Its quite an extraordinary 'natural experiment' - from which we can draw the conclusion (without too much difficulty) that #privatisation is not the way forward if #busses are to be part of the #greentransition
(and don't get me started on #London exceptionalism....)
Looking for an old Irish friend called Kieron O'Connor who lived around the Elephant and Castle from the eighties until nearly two decades ago (specifically Rockingham and Borough). He moved back to Ireland (Cork?) and I'd love to get back in touch. Probably about 65 now.
"When you drive a massive SUV you’re saying three things: I don’t care about the environment. I don’t care that I’m more likely to kill pedestrians in my car. I don’t care that there isn’t room for my car and others to co-habit smoothly on London’s streets."
The National Agency for Corruption Prevention of #Ukraine (NACP) adds #Unilever the owner of Lipton, Rexona and Done to the list of international sponsors of war.
A giant billboard showing a photoshoot with wounded Ukrainian soldiers, in the style of Dove beauty adverts, has been installed outside parent company Unilever’s HQ in #London. It comes on the same day that Unilever is officially placed on the Ukrainian Government’s International Sponsors of War list.
NatWest cash machine at King’s Cross station concourse has a skimmer on it, the machine has a phone number to ‘report suspicious activity’. So I call it.
Automated service which fails to work out what I’m on about, then won’t let me past without my NatWest bank account number, which I don’t have because I’m not a NatWest customer.
Station security disinterested.
Anyway, it’s on the rightmost one at 4pm on Sun 16 Jul if anyone gives a flying fuck.
The 60°S-60°N global average sea surface temperature broke through the 6 sigma barrier for the first time, reaching 6.08 standard deviations above the 1982-2011 mean.
If we keep ignoring the #climatecrisis or hoping that it'll be another generation's problem, its safe to say we're heading into a man-made disaster of epic proportions.
But, hey as long as drivers can pop into #London it'll all be OK, eh, Rishi?
In the years to come, all Londoners are going to be proud that it led the way on low-emissions policies and reducing lethal air pollution. We will look back on the argument about the newly extended Ultra-Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) like we do on past rule changes to outlaw child labour, betting on animal fights & defecation in public places.
Of course highly polluting vehicles have to go. You can argue about the mechanisms for managing it, but not the principle behind it all.
The #BBC are getting a lot of flak over their non-coverage of the #RejoinEU march in #London over the weekend.... while there was widespread coverage abroad, it failed to be mentioned (apparently, I no longer watch/listen to the BBC news) at all by the BBC.
Of all the anger, the best suggestion was that the next march should actually have Broadcasting House as its end point - mind you, I'm sure they's still manage to ignore that too.
But, hey, I'm sure the new Chair of the BBC will sort it out
More handmade jewellery coming in the next few hours. Would you give a boost to this toot to support a tiny handmade art business? ❤️
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URGENT: An elderly neighbour is facing eviction due to house payment issues with her lender caused by her (pending-divorce) husband.
Are there any UK charities/agencies/others I can put her in contact with to get help? Particularly/urgently in writing a Stay of Eviction request? #london#law
Shamelessly nicked from @fietsprofessor on Instagram - For decades, we literally spent trillions to retrofit our cities, our public spaces and our society around cars.
When people talk about "back during the pandemic," they clearly aren't paying attention to facts like London's Gatwick Airport canceling flights this week because 30% of their air traffic controllers were out sick with Covid.
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I went to the Courtauld Gallery on Saturday, and mysteriously came away with more pictures of the ventilation grilles than of the paintings on exhibition...
Anyone here from #Bristol or #London with a 3D printer, who would be wiling to help me create a couple of small props for an upcoming film? Paid of course.
Further away is fine, too, I just need the finished project in a few weeks time.