kimindevon
Active transport advocate. Interested in all things environmental.
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- Reposted by kimindevonPeople will continue to cycle in the rain if you provide the infrastructure to make it safe and comfortable for them to do so. The greenery alongside cuts the risk of flooding, as well as improving the look of the street.
- Reposted by kimindevonTommy "cheap at any price" Robinson and the London news website linked to a Putin-backed propaganda network www.bylinesupplement.com/p/tommy-robi... Byline Times supplement @bylinetimes.bsky.social
- Reposted by kimindevonOuch. BBC has some more: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by kimindevonSurely homes at serious flood risk will be uninsurable. The reality of climate change is here. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
- Reposted by kimindevon"I'd love to play their calls to Rachel Reeves." Do callers Elliot and Kieran illustrate the implicit unfairness of the student loan system? @benkentish.bsky.social thinks so.
- Reposted by kimindevonEither you're happy for people to be killed and injured to save you a couple of minutes on your journey, or you're not. The evidence that LTNs and 20mph zones save lives is overwhelming.
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[This post could not be retrieved] - Reposted by kimindevonOur governments don't want us talking about #ClimateChange because what they're doing is indefensible #cdnpoli www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by kimindevonEngland’s most deprived areas to get worse by next election, report for No 10 finds
- ⚠️ Yellow weather warning issued ⚠️ Heavy rain across southwest England Thursday 12:00 – 23:59 Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
- Reposted by kimindevonDisappeared bodies, mass burials and ‘30,000 dead’: what is the truth of Iran’s death toll?
- Reposted by kimindevonNow destroyed for the second time in 14 years. And its won't be the last time. Climate change is making these storms and the resulting damage more extreme. We can't build our way out of this unless we get serious about urgently tackling climate change. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by kimindevonPhiladelphia sues over removal of slavery exhibit at Independence National Historical Park
- Reposted by kimindevonAsbestos found in children’s play sand sold in UK
- Reposted by kimindevonA person just crashed their vehicle through check-in at DTW airport. But yeah, moral outrage online is reserved for a person in an ebike riding on the sidewalk, not systemic car violence that has plagued us for nearly a century.
- Reposted by kimindevonThe Ed Miliband hate-fest in the UK press continued last year. Predominantly right-wing newspapers published an incredible 112 editorials attacking the energy secretary. That's two editorials a week, and more than twice as many as 2024, calling him a "crazed" "zealot" suffering with “eco insanity”
- Reposted by kimindevonThe Sun alone published 51 editorials attacking Miliband The Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph and the Times published most of the remainder. These editorials are remarkably personal - often attacking Miliband's character as well as suggesting he is "mad" due to his support for net-zero.
- Reposted by kimindevonThose impacts are directly impacting financial markets. Earlier last year, for example, a global insurance executive warned that capitalism (and civilization itself) would not be able to survive the climate crisis on the current trajectory. 2/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Reposted by kimindevon… the Tories and Deform UK still believe that the government’s drive towards renewable energy and net zero doesn’t make sense! I wouldn’t trust them with a knife and fork. news.sky.com/story/gas-pr...
- Reposted by kimindevonPhoto by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
- Reposted by kimindevonIn Exeter hundreds turned out, rejecting Britain First & UKIPs devisive message. Even with their leader there not many joined them. Minorities aren’t the cause of our country’s problems. Exeter’s not without problems, but it’s a great place to live & work & our diverse community lives well together
- Reposted by kimindevonOn today's live blog... a council officer that's fed up of cycle lane complaining
- Reposted by kimindevon🚨 #children #roads #London 🚨 💔 It may be a #NewYear but it's just another day and another #KSI on the capital's roads, this time an 11-year-old female fatality in #Lambeth💔 @londonls.bsky.social @wandsworthls.bsky.social @lambethlivingst.bsky.social news.met.police.uk/news/appeal-...
- Reposted by kimindevonI hear there’s another big influx of new folks happening here on @bsky.app. If you’re interested in cities and how to make them better, there’s a BIG, ACTIVE community here, biggest in social media. STARTER PACKS are great for finding people. Here’s my 1st of several, each with different themes.at://did:plc:ny5w2k6brb2kdubxnevke6li/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3laksm67ewu2l
- Reposted by kimindevon‘Spat at, pushed, punched’: medics tell of soaring levels of violence in hospitals
- Reposted by kimindevonJan. 16, 2025: A SpaceX Starship rocket explodes over the Caribbean. Suddenly, dozens of planes in the area must scramble to get out of a newly designated FAA "debris zone." Their passengers are now unwitting participants in a test run gone wrong. (THREAD)
- Reposted by kimindevonSickness, Disability, and Death in NHS England Staff The three graphs that *every person* needs to see. The question that every single person needs to ask their government: What are you doing to protect me from Covid infection?
- Reposted by kimindevonBREAKING: Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Elon Musk's Grok www.nbcnews.com/world/indone...
- Reposted by kimindevonJust ban it. Stop this being socially acceptable FFS 🤬
- “Blaming bike lanes is blaming the solution. The only thing that gets cars off the road is better transit and better active transportation. The two go hand in hand.” - Sam Austin www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
- Reposted by kimindevonThis is… unexpected #ActiveTravel
- Reposted by kimindevonPolice in India raid the home of climate activist Harjeet Singh, saying his advocacy for a world beyond fossil fuels is an attack on the “national interest”. Will this become a template? - see more in The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
- Reposted by kimindevon⚠️⚠️🔴 Red weather warning issued 🔴⚠️⚠️ Wind across the Isles of Scilly and parts of Cornwall Thursday 16:00 – 23:00 Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
- Reposted by kimindevonUnhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet. Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
- Reposted by kimindevon‘She was the brains, Maduro was the brawn’: Cilia Flores’ role in Venezuela
- Reposted by kimindevonIt’s been a year since Trump declared an energy emergency. Since then, experts say we’ve done little to tackle it — and a full-blown crisis is on its way.
- Reposted by kimindevonThe Utrecht morning rush hour in the snow did not disappoint!
- Reposted by kimindevonThis is what it looks like when a city is more comfortable sending bodies to the morgue than cars to the body shop.
- Lots of good reasons to further embrace renewables
- Reposted by kimindevonThe grit will bounce off the roads and clear the pavements and cycle paths! 🙃
- Reposted by kimindevonUS oil giants silent on Trump claim they will spend billions on Venezuelan oil industry
- Reposted by kimindevonMillions of Americans woke up with the same question on the first Saturday of a new year: Are we at war with Venezuela? | Analysis
- Reposted by kimindevonIsrael allowing traders to bring into Gaza ‘dual-use’ items barred from aid organisations
- Reposted by kimindevonA train derailment in southern Kentucky left over 30 rail cars off the tracks. No injuries have been reported.
- Reposted by kimindevon“Give way” … one bus equals 80 cars and 80 people (on the back of all the city buses in Baku).
- Reposted by kimindevonI generally don't like to post screenshots of text, but someone posted this in our local Strong Towns group and it was too good not to share here.
- Reposted by kimindevonPeople who know me know I am *very* particular about bike rack designs, and 99% of the time I am telling people "just install inverted Us or staples ffs", but ... yeah, the Paris Trombone might actually be the best design I've ever come across.
- Reposted by kimindevon“Climate-related disasters caused severe economic harm in 2025, with the 10 most costly responsible for damage exceeding €100 billion.” The true costs are MUCH higher & rising fast. They want us to think we can’t afford to change to address the #ClimateCrisis. The truth is we can’t afford NOT to.
- Reposted by kimindevon‘That video saved our lives’: how women are defying the Taliban’s brutal crackdown on protest
- Reposted by kimindevon‘Ghost resorts’: as hundreds of ski slopes lie abandoned, will nature reclaim the Alps?
- Reposted by kimindevonNazi Germany’s Reichsbahn treated humans as "cargo," optimizing logistics via transit "warehouses" and standardized "bulk shipments." By integrating cattle-car transports into national rail schedules, they achieved terrifying efficiency, managing millions like a routine industrial supply chain. 👀
- “.. We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said .. as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
- Reposted by kimindevon#California winter storm - San Bernardino County - Desert Front Rd Wash overflowed, flooded streets and homes. Water rescue underway. The situation in the Wrightwood area is already dire. Avoid driving and stay home. If you are in danger, seek higher ground. 📽 Sara Floyd / Facebook
