Mark McIntyre

A #Bikebus attracts families that normally drive to #school. Today 60 kids in Edinburgh cycled to school in the 6 bike buses that ran across #edinburgh. That's 40 less cars polluting the city. It's an easy, safe, healthy and fun way to reducing congestion Let's roll it out to all school

Absolutely adore this song. One of my biggest regrets is never seeing Rab live in his own right (except for his appearances at Roddy Hart's various all star Celtic Connections gigs over the years, where he was always a class act).

Every night.

The truth about e-bikes: Why the distinction between legal and illegal matters Our latest blog explores what the differences are between legal and illegally modified e-bikes, why it matters and what needs to happen to stop illegal e-bikes being driven unlawfully on our roads and...

There have been recent examples of reporting that confuses safe and legal e-bikes with illegally modified bikes - with images of electric motorbikes even being captioned misleadingly as "e-bikes".

Our recent blog explains the distinctions and the importance of getting the language on e-bikes right.

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Dutch elections: first exit poll shows heavy losses for Wilders' right-far-right coalition. From 88 out of 150 seats two years ago to just 52 now. End of an experiment, fortunately.

When you drive, everyone else is in your way.

On public transport, everyone else - even if they are annoying - is a fellow passenger and there is nothing you can do to get where you're going faster but being a problem can mean you and everyone else get there a lot slower. It rewards cooperation.

Sincere thanks to you, @sundersays.bsky.social and others for pressing on this in such a forensic way.

Elon Musk continues to try to socialise civil war, political & inter-ethnic violence in Britain. He combines an argument that violence is inevitable with his call at the Tommy Robinson rally for pre-emptive violence, on grounds of an existential threat & the inevitability of violence

This is absolutely right. It’s about creating a permission structure for violence, whether that violence is conducted by the state directly or simply permitted by the state.

It is way past time for the UK government & the BBC to get off X & for Musk to be treated as a threat to national security.

The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.

You won't win him over with another conference on AI

One long walk beats short strolls for a healthy heart, study says Walking for at least 15 minutes without stopping is ideal, according to new research.

I can’t help feeling irritated that this article ends with safety tips for cyclists and pedestrians, not accountability for drivers or infrastructure.

@tomflood.bsky.social

www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is the final 'poll of polls' before the Dutch elections. Three parties at the same level, and two more not much smaller. Given the high percentage of late deciders and voters in doubt, the outcome is still very much uncertain. 🧵

Before (2020) / After (2025) the pedestrianization and greening of Rue Damesme, Paris 13. When the change is this radical, the former position of the Street View car ends up right in the new greenery ! Here I didn’t walk into it, I could take a photo from the edge :)

Car crashes into front of house in Bishopbriggs Police said there were no serious injuries in the incident, which happened about 06:00 on Auchinairn Road in Bishopbriggs.

Not saying this is a weekly occurrence, but this seems to be happening with a fair bit of regularity.

I'm reminded of words by road safety campaigner Rebecca Morris: "If this were planes or trains, they'd grind to a halt. In no other area of our lives, would we ever tolerate this level of harm."

Kirsty, an NHS health visitor in Glasgow, smiles as she stands with her bike outside the health centre where she works.

🚲🩺 For the last two years, Kirsty - an NHS health visitor in Glasgow - has cycled to work and to appointments in the community.

"I've found cycling is much quicker than driving... it gives you the headspace you need and time to reflect and think about how best I can support the families."

A series of photos of people posing with a paperback book entitled “Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation.”

A series of photos of people posing with a paperback book entitled “Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation.”

A series of photos of people posing with a paperback book entitled “Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation.”

A series of photos of people posing with a paperback book entitled “Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation.”

Nothing fills us with more pride and joy than scrolling through social media and spotting copies of #WomenChangingCities with readers across the globe.

We rely heavily on word-of-mouth, so if you’ve read it, please tell a friend, and write a review for Goodreads, Amazon, or Google Books. Thank you!

Mirror-image blonde and red sandstone tenements on Afton Street on the Southside of Glasgow. Red sandstone replaced blonde sandstone as the preferred building material in the city around 1890.

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#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #tenemwnt #glasgowtenements

Getting carried away, but playing around with other ways of visualising this after a look on Google Maps.

🌳🚶‍♀️ Streetscape changes on Carrer de Girona, Barcelona. Before (2012, right) and after the city's #superblock programme (2024, left).

Been messing around with GIF maker.

👇 Before and after of Carrer de Girona, Barcelona. Showing the changes brought in as part of the city's #Superblock programme to green and dramatically traffic-calm streets across the city centre.

YouTube video by Gene Clark - Topic The True One (2019 Remaster)

It's autumn, so time to listen to Gene Clark. I don't make the rules.

Like clockwork

X is not only completely out of control, it is also increasingly dangerous.

Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.

There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.

Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis finds Use of wood-burning stoves and fires in homes is mostly unnecessary and their toxic pollution costs the NHS millions

Please, please, please, stop installing and using wood burners. Your wish to have a wee, nice cosy fire puts lives at risk. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Cyclists defend £245m Dundee active travel plan after backlash Campaigners say the 'active freeways' will reduce the cycling fear factor for locals.

👏 "We know these things work - if you give people safe, attractive routes people who might not have done start thinking about cycling and you see the numbers going up."

Loved reading this positive piece in Dundee's @thecourier.co.uk, airing why safer streets for walking & cycling are so important.

(if anyone would like to maybe start some sort of campaigning or pressure group of and on behalf of immigrants with ILR and settled status in Britain then I would be interested in helping, or indeed trying to get it off the ground myself, email in bio, etc)

Ta. Would be very keen to support in any way. I'll keep an eye on it.

Lives aren't built living from visa to visa. But beyond this, the idea of removing ILR / permanent residence from people *previously granted permanent residence* is simply ghastly. There needs to be maximum pushback to every aspect of this from all quarters. 4/4

The basic point though is the idea of erasing ILR is ghastly. "Indefinite Leave to Remain" prob seems technical, novel concept to lots of people.

It's simply saying: "you've built a life here for long enough, that we will remove the endless anxiety and indignity of temporary residential status." 3/

In limbo: families hoping for change to UK income rules for spousal visas Photographer Frankie Mills documents the lives of nine families whose stories illustrate the human cost of this policy threshold

I mean, minimum income thresholds for spousal visas already do this for many, many British citizens and their families (most people don't know much about this - www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...)

But this'd make the entire process of repatriating unnavigable & unachievable for nearly everyone. 2/