Steve

People crowded at a bus stop - blocking movement along the pavement and access to a restaurant. People forced to walk in the road whilst buses and cars drive by, all due to incompetent and cowardly Councillors unwilling to take responsibility.

Compare and contrast.
Bus stops on South Bridge yesterday.
A dangerous chaotic mess
@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social Councillors have chosen to make people walk in the carriageway whilst refusing to restrict vehicle traffic.
Massive liability issue for the Council & major problem for local businesses

car parked in bike lane, Howard Street Glasgow

Why don't cyclists use the bike lanes? @therealyplac.bsky.social @yplac.bsky.social

Al Overview Willem Dafoe is not in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, but he has appeared in other Star Wars films, including The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).

I honestly can’t believe there are still any AI skeptics out there. This tech is obviously revolutionary

A clear road with a wide cycle lane and narrow general traffic lane, on the approach to a traffic island.

Alongside the traffic island. The front of a vehicle is visible to the right, between the cyclist and traffic island.

The car alongside me, with "Charles White, Putting you and your property first" written on the passenger door.

I don't think that's putting me first.

I'd usually be another metre to the right here to avoid the awful road surface.

Forced into carriageway by a HGV driver... and then subsequently bullied off the road by a bus driver (who I caught up with anyway).

I can't use the cycle lane if there's a HGV parked on it!

Happily, this kind of behaviour hasn't put too many people off - need a cycle lane up Leith Street ASAP.

Yup - my last 2 police complaints about the police not doing anything in the 14 day window (despite telling the officers there is a 14 day time limit) have gone as far as an Inspector, who told me to complain to my MP (though it was phrased more tactfully than that)

A post from the kill.cars Instagram. The top is Nordic blonde dude saying, "I have to switch lanes completely to pass" next to an image of a car going around a double parked truck The bottom is angry tears guy saying, "I have to switch lanes completely to pass" next to an image of a car going around a bike

I wish @kill.cars was on here

I've been chasing up a report I made 6 weeks ago with a driver going through a red light (they stopped, waited 20 seconds, then got bored and went through it). I have it on camera, and the driver parked up shortly after and they're on Google Street View there. Still too much effort for them...

Here's the worst from last week. This driver will eventually hurt themselves or god forbid someone innocent with their criminal behaviour. With no portal and practically zero enforcement from @policescotland.bsky.social nothing will be done to prevent that. #DNRPoliceScotland

Private Eye cover Starmer: UK will recognise Palestine Over a photo of decimated Gaza & Netanyahu saying “No one will recognise Palestine after I’ve finished with it “

Private Eye

The UK arms industry is making a mint out of this.

Not just one, a triptych.

*sighs* No Further Action from Essex Police for this dangerous close pass. The driver couldn't have been any closer without hitting me, and they wonder why road fatalities have increased on Essex Roads.

EXCLUSIVE: NHS Fife nurse Sandie Peggie mocked victims of Pakistan floods in series of racist posts The offensive messages, detailed below, emerged in an evidence bundle seen by The Courier at the tribunal in Dundee.

The Courier reports on Sandie Peggie's racist posts, where she used the term "p*kis" and said that, following devistating floods, Pakistan looked like a "giant bowl of coco pops".

Sandie Peggie is supported in her case by Sex Matters.

www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

Iconic Waverley Bridge, description by EdinburghGuide.com Waverley Bridge Postcode EH1 Edinburgh Area New Town About the venue For many arriving in Edinburgh by train, Waverley Bridge is the first place they step foot when leaving Waverley Station. The bridge has one of the four main entrances to Waverley railway station, with roads descending into the station itself - the North and South ramps. Since 2016, the Waverley Bridge entrance is used mostly by travellers on foot and a few, select vehicles. The bridge is located right in the heart of Edinburgh, a pedestrian and cycle thoroughfare that connects Edinburgh's Georgian New Town with the medieval Old Town, across the valley of the former Nor' Loch. Located at the East end of East Princes Street Garden, it has fine views of the Scott Monument and the garden, and it forms part of the roof of Waverley Station, with views of trains running along railway lines below the bridge. Waverley Bridge is one of three main routes linking Edinburgh's Old and New towns. The category A listed bridge was built between 1894 and 1896 by Blyth and Westland. The other nearby routes between Old and New Towns are The Mound to the West of Waverley and North Bridge, at the East End of Princes Street. In June 2020, as part of emergency traffic measures brought in during the pandemic, to encourage people to social distance, walk, roll, and cycle, the Council ordered the closure of Waverley Bridge at the Princes Street junction with Waverley Bridge "and a point 40 metres or thereby south of the south kerbline of Princes Street". There is restricted access for vehicles from the Market Street end and tour buses that once clogged the bridge have relocated. The Edinburgh City Centre Transportation Plan (2019) envisaged Waverley Bridge as a "new world-class space and gateway to the city" that makes better use of the iconic view from the bridge with "a less visually intrusive bridge parapet", more events, and possibly an information cent…

Why there is a bus gate here (for 2 years) - from Edinburgh Reporter Waverley Bridge reopens to airport buses By Phyllis Stephen - June 30, 2024 10:24 am 428 0 Share From Sunday Waverley Bridge will no longer be a pedestrian priority street, as set out in the council’s Future Streets policy, when airport buses begin using it again as a terminus. A bus gate was put in place on 24 June allowing both Lothian and McGill’s to run their airport services from Waverley Bridge as they did before 2020 when the bridge was stopped up at Princes Street. At that point a taxi rank was retained on the bridge and commercial vehicles continued to access Waverley Mall, but pedestrians enjoyed a quieter space where buskers gathered. The move has come about as a result of the bus stop at South St David Street closing during the development of the former Jenners’ store into a hotel and retail units. Transport Convener Scott Arthur has confirmed that bus operators know that it is expected that buses will move back to South St David Street after the two year closure. Footpaths at the north and south entrances to Princes Street Gardens will be widened and traffic from Princes Street will be prevented from a right turn onto Waverley Bridge. https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2024/06/waverley-bridge-reopens-to-airport-buses/

video clip showing airport bus encroached in bikebox (the bus is stopped) and leaving just a narrow gap for bikes

video clip - HGV using the bus gate

#WaverleyBridge

🙄 #busgate 🚕🚘🚚 abuse grows
-> i.imgur.com/50Sohdw.mp4

🙄 #bikebox #AirportBus abuse/danger frequent
-> i.imgur.com/qHhEnu9.mp4

🙋 Attention pls @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social

@edi.bike @lothianbuses.bsky.social @finlaymcf.bsky.social @cllrcmiller.bsky.social @leftwing66.bsky.social

Rachel Shabi: "The 2 worst things that have happened in terms of people taking antisemitism seriously. Number one, anyone who wants.. the slaughter in Gaza to stop is decried as antisemitic. Number two, its used factionally by political parties to attack their own political opponents"

How it started: How it’s going

Massive Attack announce alliance of musicians speaking out over Gaza Brian Eno, Fontaines DC and Kneecap say group will support those subject to ‘aggressive, vexatious campaigns’ by pro-Israel advocates

UK Lawyers for Israel are a menace and it's great to see Massive Attack organising to support musicians targeted by them: www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

Since the Nuremberg Charter was adopted in 1945, it has been a war crime to engage in the "wanton destruction of cities, towns or villages, or devastation not justified by military necessity".

they've made it an arrestable crime to say you support Palestine in the wrong way

Watch as an activist is arrested in Glasgow for displaying a sign reading 'genocide in Palestine, time to take action'

'We're not terrorists', he said as he was taken away by police

It's a bit like buses. No cars go around the wrong side of the island for ages, and then in quick succession... (The first driver cut it tight as well) MP19CBV #DNRPoliceScotland
(Apologies for the narrow field of view, I'd accidentally changed a view setting)

An except for access sign on a fence at the Botanics in Glasgow, except the picture depicts a constitution class starship and a Klingon bird of prey

A sign on the riverside opposite Finneston cran, warning No Godzillas 8am to 6pm except Sundays, with a graphic depicting the big kaiju fella menacing the cran and the horrible wee hotel next to it.

Whoever it is going round Glasgow putting daft signs on stuff, please keep up the good work. Thanks.

Two vans parked like utter bellends. On double yellow lines, because CUNTS.

Double van cuntiness for your delectation.

Fuckstains.

#YPLAC

Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.

Ffs

This, as with anything undertaken by the IDF, is horrific.

Good afternoon, Please note we are in receipt of your email and our management team are also aware of the issues / circumstances you have raised. We have reviewed the footage uploaded, and read your concerns (as have our management team) and would firstly like to offer our apologies on behalf of the driver in question, and confirm that this style of driving, lane jumping and horn use is not our expected driving standards, nor the type of style we want any of our drivers to exhibit. Our operation director will be meeting with the driver in question on her return to the office to discuss this incident in full and to review this footage with her. The matter will be dealt with internally, and we would again wish to apologise, and also to thank you for raising this with us. We hope any future interactions you may experience with our driving team are a lot more positive. Kind Regards Adele

A positive response from the company at least!

YouTube video by Edinburgh Cyclist Hunters Coaches - 4148VZ - Aggressive driving, horn misuse

Another day, another aggressive coach driver. Hunter's Coaches this time (I never did get a reply from Ratho Coaches...)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_ms...