Rob Ashwell

From the elections in Serbia and Brazil to the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street/removal of motornormativity there (well done @london.gov.uk, by the way), to the bike ride into work in daylight. Goodness today feels that little bit better. Just Israel / Midterms to get through now 🤞

Listening to section 28 episode of @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social Origin Story. I was 18 when labour came to power in 97. Remember much of it, but remembered everything happening far earlier than it actually did. Feels utterly insane eg 2001 Tory manifesto had reinstatement.

Finally in the second paper, he adds that French inventor Léon Gaumont has made the dream a reality and indeed you can find some info on the Internet about it. For instance, first findings : www.cockpitdz.com/post/premier...

Just fucking hell Just found out my old employer (I left after discovering it was taking pension contributions but not paying to nest), owes 437k in unpaid PAYE and national insurance. Dont even know how many years that's not been paid but it has only 3 staff (190k salaries) for past 2 ISH years.

"Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs and to reduce their presence in urban areas." Editorial in the @bmj.com, November 2025 www.bmj.com/content/391/... Photo: Crispin Hughes

Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and fairer

A cool natural experiment using cellphone data finds that, when people relocate to more walkable areas, they walk more and are more active. Why does this matter? Because many related studies were affected by self-selection bias, where people who like to walk might choose to live in walkable places

Can we now have an article like this that talks sympathetically about victims of road rage when it's cyclists. BBC News - Driving tests: 'Learner driver abuse left me shaking - but I'm not giving up on lessons' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

realistic Star Trek

A truly chilling report. The Israeli Defence Minister has is asking the IDF to draw up plans to force 600,000 Palestinians in Gaza into a camp on the ruins of Rafah- something he’s calling a “humanitarian city.” Once in they wouldn’t be allowed to leave. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

MINISTER COMMITS TO END TRAIL HUNTING AT LANDMARK PARLIAMENT EVENT www.huntsabs.org.uk/minister-com...

Research with @transenv.bsky.social finds that average bonnet height in newly-sold cars is increasing by 0.5cm a year, reaching 83.8cm in 2024, up from 76.9cm in 2010. This increases severity of crashes & reduce drivers’ visibility. Clear need for regulation. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...