Rona Wightman

Bonjour ☀️ bon dimanche ☕🚲

Good morning East Lothian!

A pet theory of mine is that one reason the Netherlands are so good at so many sports relative to their population because the kids are able to independently go to practices growing up and don’t rely on parents driving them places, and the population density allows for more niche activities

BLOG on the controversy over the dues demanded by the owner of the Kylerhea Ferry rights. andywightman.scot/2026/08/ferr...

'The area of the National Trust’s Holnicote estate where rivers have been returned to their natural courses and wetlands have been restored have remained green and lush during the five heatwaves across the summer.'

Room B23 just off the left of the picture. Where I stayed in 1981/82.

The Lodge, North Berwick, in the spring. Lovely!

The wonderful Sustain Coffee Roastery in Old Hatfield is now open 9-4 weekdays and 9-1 weekends, in case anyone is #coffeeneuring in Hertfordshire. Top notch coffee.

People who "almost got hit by a bicycle" are extremely numerous while people who actually got hit by cars remain unavailable for comment.

Never. Never. Never buy books from Amazon. I mean, try not to buy anything from there, but never ever books. They are destroyers of the thing I hold dearest. futurism.com/artificial-i...

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

We were let down. We knew this long ago of course. It’s a national scandal. “The lives of NHS staff and patients were put at risk in the pandemic because of a lack of adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), the Covid inquiry has said.”

Spicy

Today, over I-5 in L.A.

Really interesting research, great thread. Consumers don't know how much more dangerous SUVs are to people outside cars; but even when informed, they don't care. It's going to take regulation, not education, to solve this.

And not a squeak from Farage, Lowe, Robinson or Tice. Nothing. Literally nothing.

And yet amazingly no riots and calls for all white men to apologise for the actions of the attacker. Islamophobia is rising across the UK, stoked by political rhetoric and far right ideology. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's a fundamental failure to give children places to play and be kids - both online and in the real world.

Well done to Voi for taking advantage of the high latent demand for cycling in Edinburgh. Imagine what we could do with better infrastructure and more cycle hangers! #Edinburgh #cycling www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...

But fundamentally, a ban like this lets Big Tech off the hook for creating and profiting from these harms. What young people, and all of us, need is safety by design.

This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes broke traffic laws while riding bikes, yet 66% of people did so while driving. And perhaps even more importantly, if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @carltonreid.com

Sone of my personal history here - I spent a day shovelling hardcore on the Pilton Path!

A local bridal path, don’t stray.

My article on Disabled family utility cycling just got published- it’s been scary to make experiences this personal public. I hope it can support some people in authority to support accessibility better! doi.org/10.16997/ats...

Durham’s Reform Council pulls funding for annual Pride event. Result? It’s bigger than ever! www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2610382...

Sky News projecting a national vote share for Reform of 27%, based on results so far. That’s four points down on what they achieved in local elections last year. Somewhat of a counter to the prevailing narrative. More evidence that Reform appears to have peaked.

This is repellant, but it is also an opportunity. To win, Reform would rely on a lot of voters not fully signed up to its agenda – people sick of the established parties and want to roll the dice on something new. The more this stuff is publicised, the harder those voters are to win over (or keep).

And invest in safe, welcoming and accessible space for play and hanging out, of course.

We got rid of the tumble dryer that came with our house, because a garden also came with our house. All that lovely UV freshening up the nappies!

Magnificent timing!

Conscientious SUV Shopper Just Wants Something That Will Kill Family In Other Car In Case Of Accident theonion.com/conscie...

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It is now stuck in my head. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqke...

Today is Tuesday 28 April 2026 It is World Day for Safety and Health at Work 🦺 also 💜 Workers' Memorial Day 🫱🏽 Pay It Forward Day 🤭 Ed Balls Day 🐸 Save the Frogs Day French Republican Calendar: HYACINTH Roman Festivals: Floralia, Ludi Floriales

It’s now overwhelming. Full Membership. 🇬🇧🇪🇺

Congratulations to @stephenking.bsky.social for this well-deserved honor!👍 (Novels/Novellas: Approximately 65 to 67 Non-fiction books: 5 books. Short Stories: Over 200 Pseudonyms: 7 novels were published as Richard Bachman. Frequency: He has published at least one book almost every year since 1974)

I've been waiting for this paper to drop for several months 👏🏻👏🏻😎 The honour of sitting with the grown-ups is seeing the science in its raw form Now peer reviewed and published🏁 @DrMark_Faghy and Team... Bloody FANTASTIC science🏆🏆 Things that aren't "PSYCHOSOMATIC"‼️ doi.org/10.14814/phy...

A happy Abu Kir day to all who celebrate.

To my friends in Hungary: A világ veled áll, miközben visszaszerzed, ami a tiéd

No. It's their lack of independence and autonomy. *Stares at the streets in the UK*

Beyond the peloton: Cycling tourism is changing how we see and spend in Europe www.euronews.com/travel/2025/... Cycling tourism generates more than €44 billion annually for Europe. Lessons for Scotland here

This is batshit.

Robert Jenrick calling Palm Sunday 'Psalm Sunday' reminds us once again that dim witted rage baiting populists never know the slightest thing about what they are purporting to defend.

Turns out people like liveable neighbourhoods and healthy cities. Lessons for others.

Instantly recognisable