Daniel Firth

NAMNINSAMLING: Återställ Side Tracks uteservering! 🌈 Side Track är mer än en bar – det är en trygg plats, en mötespunkt och ett stycke levande queer historia. Det är Sveriges äldsta gaybar. I 33 år har den överlevt båda de epidemier som plågat vårt comm...

Side Track är mer än en bar – det är en trygg plats, en mötespunkt och ett stycke levande queer historia. Det är Sveriges äldsta gaybar. I 33 år har den överlevt båda de epidemier som plågat vårt community, bara för att slutligen falla offer för dem som inte värdesätter Stockholms queera kulturliv.

We need a realistic, adult conversation about taxes, but neither politicians nor journalists are prepared to have it inews.co.uk/opinion/time...

The poster features an image of rows of graves marked by crosses in a London part. The text reads: “Don't litter London's parks Make London nuclear free. LONDON'S PARKS COULD BECOME MASS GRAVEYARDS LIKE THIS IN THE EVENT OF A NUCLEAR STRIKE”

“Don’t litter London’s parks”. One of the GLC’s anti-nuclear posters featuring the iconic imagery of Peter Kennard that was commissioned by the Council.

Me, a man with a rapidly greying beard in a metro station with a rainbow painted on the cave-like roof

Inside Stadion metro station in Stockholm, which has a rainbow painted on its cave-like roof

It’s been Pride in Stockholm this week which means a visit to our prettiest metro station, Stadion. (Yes I do look tired, like I say, it’s been Pride all week!)

Motherfucking wind farms…

The effect of battery-electric vehicle ownership on transport demand and substitution between modes Transport decarbonization is a key part of moves to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. A major component of this involves shifting private car us…

What has been the impact of Norway’s shift to electric vehicles?

New study finds: “… BEV ownership leads to an overall increase in car trip demand in the order of 10–20%. This reflects shifts from ICEV to BEV use, but also sizeable shifts away from public transport use, cycling and walking.”

Saagar Enjeti tweets: "Probably a cold take but IMO Tokyo is the male fashion capital of the world: whether it’s western wear, suits, street wear the aesthetic is refined to the highest possible level From the salaryman to the rebel teen they are impeccably dressed It also helps no one is fat"

Why is Tokyo so fashionable? Some theories. 🧵

Laughing Cow cheese spread packet with Tour de France theme

Obsessed with my Tour de France-themed cheese spread. (Though obviously not so much that I didn’t manage to eat three of them before noticing 🫢)

Contents | Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy 4, 1

With the right funding, cities can better protect people from devastating climate impacts like heat, flooding, and storms.

But local governments often miss out on the money they need, even in wealthier cities.

Read all about it in our latest journal issue: utppublishing.com/toc/jccpe/4/1

A sign, in Swedish, saying "Keep Maria [the neighbournood in question] Queer. A few local residents want to close Stockholm's oldest gay bar. Shame on you! Thank-you to everyone who supports a living inner city"

Stockholm är Sveriges fånigaste stad Kristofer Andersson Coolhet handlar om stil och förändring

Stockholm is just the latest city where people move to a "cool" neighbourhood and immediately try to dismantle everything that made it "cool"

If they succeed in closing our oldest gay bar, I will have to agree with Andersson that we are "a Pompeii of dorkiness" www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/a/OoV...

Maybe it’s not too late to learn how to love and forget how to hate. - Ozzy Osbourne

Wednesday is with us again, so grab your family and friends and drag them out to buy a book! - Michael

Först rök flaggstångsknoppen (en silverkuk), sedan togs regnbågsflaggan bort, därefter var det slut med DJs, och senast försvann uteserveringen.

Man undrar om det verkligen bara handlar om ljudnivån.

The Fossil Fuel Industry Hasn't Come Up With a New Story in 100 Years.
Why Do Climate Folks Find It So Hard to Keep Up?

The power of repetition is part of the fossil fuel industry's playbook.
Many decades of lies, scams, cheating, deception. Sadly, they continue to get away with it!
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A digitally illustrated scene depicting two members or the rescue team and one individual paddling a small inflatable boat through deep floodwaters in a residential area. The water reaches halfway up the doors and windows of houses, and partially submerged red cars are floating around. The background and general colour scheme are blue. The text reads: 'EU Day for the Victims of the Global Climate Crisis.' A European Union flag is positioned in the bottom right corner.

Every flood, fire, and storm can carry a story of livelihoods and homes destroyed.

On the EU Day for the Victims of the Global Climate Crisis, we honour those affected by its impact and act for a safer future.

By preparing our homes, infrastructure, economy, and health systems, we protect lives.

"To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing" - Raymond Williams

"To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality" - Bell Hooks

This would be a huge win for health in the US. I assume it means built out public transport and walkable cities

"Train is the new private jet." Dua Lipa continues to promote taking the train over flying, boarding a Eurostar to London at Gare du Nord. This is climate-conscious messaging done right. Posted by lejeuneengage on IG.

Congestion pricing becoming more popular is the perfect example of this! Voters’ reaction to policies isn’t static and is influenced by:

1) tradeoffs (lack of congestion pricing = MTA defunded)
2) policy impact (congestion pricing reducing traffic)
3) persuasion + framing (politicians embracing it)

Normal rush hour in Stockholm

Schengen is being dismantled because lazy coward politicians in *every* country pretends all problems come from *another* country so they don't have to try and solve anything

Buses and their drivers are the unsung heroes of our cities. I spent 7/7 with my TfL colleagues at Hammersmith Bus Station helping confused, angry and frightened Londoners get home.

One other 7/7 thread today. Because I think how the bus network got running again is a real testament to some serious heroes that day:

The bus drivers and staff who got that network running again and got London home that night.

And TfL/the Mayor disobeyed the Security Services to make it happen /1

SUSTAINABILITY AND CORPORATE STRATEGY HOW CLIMATE IS AFFECTING CORPORATES THE NEXT FIVE YEARS REGIONAL HEADLINES SAMPLE DESIGN APPENDIX = Over half of companies report that their business was impacted by climate-related events in the past year, increasing costs 57% of companies experienced an impact on their operations from climate-related events in the past year, with APAC companies citing a much higher incidence (73%). Extreme heat was the most common, named by 55% of those who saw any impact (65% in APAC). Extreme weather or storms rank second (53%) and are the most common in North America (57%). Increased costs are the most common way that businesses are impacted (54%), followed by worker disruption (40%) and revenue losses (39%).

According to a new report by those hippies at Morgan Stanley, in the past year 55% of North American companies have experienced a #ClimateChange related event that impacted their operations or business.

That's a lot!

Today marks six months of successful congestion relief—and counting!

That means six months of less traffic, cleaner air, and better public transportation as we lead the nation in designing better, more livable cities.

Our friends across the pond at Transport for London gave us a challenge: Can MTA employees figure out if TfL station names are real or fake? (Spoiler: It’s harder than you think!)

How many did you get right? 🇬🇧🚇🇺🇸

It's curious that "hard choices" always means sacrifices for the vulnerable while the rich and powerful are untouched. It's apparently not "hard" to get the rich and powerful to contribute

Tim Lenton on stage in a full lecture hall gesturing to a slide that says: MANDATE PHASE IN OF CLEAN TECH University of Exeter Nisse et al. (2025) A positive tipping coscode in power, transport and heating GLOBAL TIPPING POINTS

Tim Lenton in the closing session of the Global Tipping Points conference saying that the most effective policies for generating positive social tipping points are mandates to phase out fossil fuels and gasoline-powered cars.