TallBikeGuy
Just a tall guy, on a bike | Recent(ish) émigré to the fine city of Norwich | Occasionally drives a car. Saving up for an e-cargo bike | Chair of norwichcycling.bsky.social
- New in PN: Inside the resistance with @whstancil.bsky.social "They seem to have thought they could come in here with big guns and intimidate everyone, then we would all just sort of run away. That didn’t happen. Ultimately, I don’t see a way out for them that isn’t some kind of defeat or retreat."
- Remember her name: Aliya Rahman Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself. It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did. ICE MUST GO‼️
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- Every other “reporter” in that room that doesn’t walk out immediately when Trump does this should never be seen as professional or credible again. I’d say they should be ashamed of themselves, but appropriate shame seems to be one of the casualties of the Trump era in the United States.
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- Cycling in the Netherlands isn’t a novelty — it’s everyday transport. I made a new post and video explaining key traffic signs and priority rules — for anyone planning to ride here.
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- ‘Støre, Norway PM: “I looked Trump in the eyes and said, 100 km from my border is the world’s largest nuclear arsenal. It is not directed against me, but against you. We monitor those submarines and share it with you. It is plain wrong, to say NATO gives nothing in return.”’ 🔗 x.com/Mylovanov/st...
- To get beyond Trumpian nonsense about Greenland and talk about what is *really* going on with Arctic security it was my great pleasure to speak to Professor Klaus Dodds. Have a listen👇 podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/c...
- Instead of conferring titles, gongs and baubles and then demanding those titles, gongs and baubles be removed… …perhaps as a modern, mature polity we should have far fewer titles, gongs and baubles in the first place.
- With the world heating up [and more pedestrians being killed], why are more SUVs being sold? “It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”
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- God’s Holy Trousers! #greyplague
- “Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.” People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence. Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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- The victim blaming of people walking or cycling and injured or killed in road collisions is off-the-charts shocking. It seems motor normativity is so ingrained that people desperately clutch at the language of “accidents” or worse just blame the victims.
- After fifteen months of intensive reconstruction, the historic Amsterdamsestraatweg in Utrecht has emerged as a markedly greener, safer and more inviting urban thoroughfare—a physical testament to the city’s evolving transport priorities and ambitions for liveability, safety, and economic vitality.🧵
- One of the most interesting things about Dutch cycling culture is how long people keep cycling. Even at 75+ you still see many people on the bike, often every day. That is not by chance. Safe cycle lanes, smooth surfaces, and clear crossings make cycling possible at every age.
- "We're here to honour him by doing something he enjoyed so much": Thousands join Alex Pretti memorial rides across the US road.cc/content/news...
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- Compare the fates of Rebecca Long-Bailey & Louise Haigh—sidelined for tweeting & misreporting a stolen phone respectively—& The Lord Mandelson, who remains a peer of the realm despite lobbying the govt to change policy for the paedophile Jeffery Epstein. Is there something a bit two tier, here?
- BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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- A floating bus stop being trialled by TRL for Transport for London in November 2013. It reminds us that the unfamiliar takes time to become familiar and it isn't always a simple journey. Perhaps the conversation needs to shift to a real vision of human-scale future streets? #FridayFun
- We've had them for real in Brighton since *May* 2013 when 14 floating bus stops were installed along Lewes Rd. Opened by then Roads Minister Norman Baker without much fuss (also @iandaveysussex.bsky.social)... Been working fine for over a decade & AFAIK no reported conflicts with bus passengers
- Regular reminder that drivers in the Netherlands are as selfish and inconsiderate as the ones in your country. It's the infrastructure that makes cycling safe (most of the time!). All of these from a single ride to Kunstmuseum Den Haag, more (including the good stuff) here 👉 wp.me/p6f6qW-8Zq
- 10/10 ICE protest sign
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- The Brexit anniversary is a day for sadness. After the results of the Brexit ref came through all those years ago, this young woman was asked to put her thoughts about it on camera. Her eloquent words spoke for so many of us back then – and her worst fears have tragically come true. #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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- It’s fair to say that when judges do this sort of thing, you are not in a constitutionally or legally normal place.
- “It all started with US citizens who had finally had enough.”
- The group bike ride for Alex Pretti is about to depart in Minneapolis, stopping at his memorial, then Renee Good’s, and finishing at the VFW. If you can join, hop on anywhere. It’s a warm 17° & sunny! I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti
- Can we take a moment to remember how at the time this home-made bomb was ignited, the police's first instinct was to rule out terrorism? Would this have happened if the target of a home-made bomb had been literally anything else, I wonder? #motonormativity www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Until 1982 Andrew was second in line to the throne. He could very easily have been king - as so many spares were before him. And really he's only been (superficially) stripped of his titles and privileges because this stuff became public and because Virginia Giuffre dared to speak out.
- We currently accept the deaths of children and adults caused by people driving cars all the time. The road death statistics bear that out, as does the hysterical screeching from certain people every time a single road safety measure is suggested.
- A reminder that in 2023 Tory MP Iain Duncan Smith supported Ulez camera destroyers.
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- The war-on-the-motorist trope turned to indefensible, actual terrorism. Retired electrician turned bomb making extremist via anti-clean-air Facebook pages. “A cautionary tale about how increasingly influential online communities, such as anti-Ulez groups, can radicalise even suburban pensioners.”
- This seems to be the issue,lack if guts. No idea why though.
- The only danger to pedestrians at floating bus stops are motor vehicles
- 🇫🇷🚲📦 🅒🅨🅒🅛🅞🅛🅞🅖🅘🅢🅣🅘🅠🅤🅔 The French term for cycle logistics was just voted word of the year by the Commission for the Enrichment of the French Language! Cargo bikes and cycle logistics are becoming mainstream in France, and this is just another sign of that trend. 👇
- Written from inside a dark, freezing #Kyiv, POLITICO’s Ukraine correspondent Veronika Melkozerova’s "Survival guide to the Kremlin’s winter of terror in Kyiv" is painfully literal (link below). Kyiv is enduring one of its harshest winters since Russia’s full-scale invasion began.
- Build it and they will come. By giving people the option to comfortably and safely get around by bike it becomes a viable choice. It's amazing to see more and more places transforming in this direction.
