Anne ApplebaumUkraine's survival, Zelensky's triumphant speech - none of this was inevitable. Let's try to imagine what would have happened if the US and Europe had not helped Ukraine, if Russia had occupied the country, if the Ukrainian political class and creative class had been wiped out, if Russian troops were now based along the Polish border. What would the world look like now?
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De Filmende FietserThe choices you face as a Dutch cyclist can be pretty tough. For instance, do I take the bi-directional cycling path on the left side of the road or the bi-directional cycling path on the right side of the road??
So Elon Truss, sorry, Elon Musk, has destroyed $-billions of value in Twitter & now seeks investors willing to buy shares at the pre-Truss, sorry pre-Musk, price.
Giulio MattioliWow: 47% of all CO2 emissions from aviation ever were emitted after 2000 https://easa.europa.eu/eco/eaer
RobExmoor@adambienkov uk, like Texas, made the ‘fatal’ error of leaving the security of a shared emergency power grid. In the case of Texas it left the federal power security grid and spent a frozen winter with regular power cuts. The republican senator fled to Hawaii with his family, but was busted by the press. Uk left the EU emergency power grid and is now paying the highest electricity prices in the world. Can’t read that in The Mail, Express or Telegraph. #brexit
Interesting observation from 'Cycling Pathways'
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51635
I've argued for some time that the highly proportional structure of the Dutch local governmental system aids the creation of space to develop cycling policies which our FPTP closes down.
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51635
I've argued for some time that the highly proportional structure of the Dutch local governmental system aids the creation of space to develop cycling policies which our FPTP closes down.
Cycling Pathways: The Politics and Governance of Dutch Cycling Infrastructure, 1920-2020
This looks like a good read for cycling infra & policy nerds. Free download of PDF version.
Another London cyclist dies crushed under the wheels of a tipper lorry. Time for this to stop.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/west-kensington-cyclist-killed-lorry-police-b1047575.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/west-kensington-cyclist-killed-lorry-police-b1047575.html
Looks like a good read for the Xmas holidays:
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51635
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51635
Talked to someone I know recently, women in her 80s, had been saying to her husband she wanted a E-bike, but he said it was unnecessary & cheating. Then he had problems with his knee & bought an E-bike. Now she's got her's. Two happy people but she regrets listening to his views.