I was trying to be glass half full and not empty.

Easier to jump out of when the fibre optic fpv drone targets them I guess.

Wonder if this will be the in the business case for the Edinburgh tram extension?

Air pollution making people in UK get long-term illnesses earlier, study finds Pollution is ‘silent accelerator that robs individuals of their healthiest years’, say researchers

"Air pollution acts as a silent accelerator that robs individuals of their healthiest years.”

My latest piece for @theguardian.com on research on 396,000 people in the UK.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Why was I invited to Beast Studios? YouTube video by Folding Ideas

Why was I invited to Beast Studios?
youtu.be/0dwagg5wYY4

Will they be throwing trans folks under it, or is that too on the nose?

That Ch🍒rry was allowed to stay, and able to leave when it suited her, is the single biggest failing of the SNP in the last decade. They allowed her to fester and foment the bigotry that contaminates politics today.

See also Fergus Ewing.

I had forgot that Paul Whitehouse had sold his soul for tainted money and I'm sad again.

But fuck anyone that chooses to help JK Rowling make money that funds the eradication of trans people!

Harry Potter is fascist. YouTube video by The Serfs

How JK Rowling and Larry Ellison are promoting an international anti-LGBTQ+ fascist project disguised as children's entertainment.

How every dollar spent on Harry Potter goes towards global exterminationist hate orgs that reflect fascism throughout history

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

Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented.

They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed.

That energy is all around us.

And it does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

#EdTravCyc

www.facebook.com/groups/613598400508539/p...

Are Bike Lanes Actually Ruining Our Cities? YouTube video by Global Cycling Network

Inspired by this video youtu.be/etwt75kYYhk I thought I'd explore some of the statistics around car access and deprivation with some #datavis and analysis.

Usefully, the 2021 Census in the UK asked questions around car ownership as well as many aspects of 'deprivation'. So here is 📊 🧵... [1/8]

Man dies three days after being hit by car in Edinburgh Police Scotland said the man was taken to hospital after the crash on Saturday with life-threatening injuries.

Another death of a vulnerable traveller on our cities streets. Again drivers n cars are the cause. 😢

‘Our thoughts are with the man's family at this difficult time’ - but not so much that we will change anything. 😬

Chesser Ave is a car sewer.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

2026 Scottish Greens Manifesto 2026 Scottish Greens Manifesto -

Our Scottish Greens 2026 Manifesto is out! So much great stuff in here, could not be prouder of our party - a beautiful roadmap to a fairer, kinder and greener Scotland

greens.scot/Manifesto

A black and white drawing from the mid to 1800 showing the train ferry and floating bridge to load the train carriages. It ran from Burntisland to Granton on the Firth of Forth.

Has been a thing since the early days of railways. There was one on the Firth of Forth before the bridge was built.

It doesn’t take a perfect plan.
It takes people willing to try.

In their neighborhood.
With their kids.
On their streets.

That’s the #BikeBus.

A thatched roof with 2 chimney pots. Atop the roof, instead of the usual duck or pheasant made of thatch, there stands a majestic T-rex

Went for a walk and a pint and spotted the best example of free will I've ever seen

Looks quirky and fun, will give the demo a bash later.

Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?

This is quite extraordinary- scientists set a kind of trap for AI chat bots by inventing a fake disease. AI told people it was real and… the deliberately bogus preprints started being cited in peer reviewed literature 🫣
🧪 #MedSky

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

New Malcolm in the Middle is just as hilarious as it ever was.

I've been laughing so hard my I'm in physical pain.

Ouch indeed. Concidering I imagine healthcare would still have out of pocket costs if you ever use it.

That's a weird thing about America I never really get. $50k = £37k here which is just below the median salary.

Cost living must be so much higher than it seems viewed from afar.

If the map of deaths on railways looked like this, it'd be treated as a national emergency.

We need to talk about Andrew Callaghan YouTube video by The Serfs

While he's now giving interviews with Pete Buttigieg and the son the President very few people today know how bad the accusations against Andrew Callaghan of Channel 5 actually are

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

Kobo readers are the way to go I'm told if you're getting forced to upgrade.

It's probably a cynical move to try to get a few more kindles sold. See also them removing the ability to back up books off the Kindle, made it too easy to move away from Amazon.

Currently, on hold to report it to Royal Mail.

Not the smartest thing to do stupid things while wearing the uniform of your employer.

Was just casually abusing me for being on the bike and honestly acting like he was on drugs.

Pretty sure @policescotland.bsky.social would still side with him. 🤯

A large ramshackle dry stone hedgehog house. Sat in a border of a forest garden.

Think I over estimated the size of a hedgehog...

white text on black COMMUNITY: CAN WE HAVE A SAFE ROUTE FOR OUR KIDS TO WALK/BIKE/ROLL TO SCHOOL? CITY: NO, A DRIVER MIGHT GET MAD. THAT'S THE ENTIRETY OF THE DISCUSSION

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