POV: You've heard about the magic of the Dutch bike-train system. But you did not fully understand how the details work. (Red Bull with Dawid Godziek: cyclingmagazine.ca/mtb/godzieks-e…)

Long thread: The story and treatment of Marieha Hussain is one of the most alarming, ludicrous and unbelievable I’ve ever witnessed. It is a story of eye-wateringly blatant state racism, media complicity in that racism, police manipulation and cultural incompetence. And it is a

No one can tell me this was done in good faith. It's a scandal.

Some time around 2010 there was a product announcement for a laptop you could mount on your steering wheel and the Internet collectively went 'um wtf'. Now we just ship them as a standard car part.

My employer does not provide free parking and our active travel numbers are around 50%, with another 20-30% on public transport. This in a county where people regularly insist public transport, cycling and walking are impractical.

Why did Huw Edwards avoid prison? Is this evidence of “two-tier justice”? Let’s take a quick look. 🧵 TLDR: This is an entirely expected sentence for offences of this type.

If this voice was any more passive it would be inanimate.

This fits with what I’m seeing. Nine reported deaths so far, and 2,800 injured. The devices that exploded were located throughout Lebanon. At least one of the dead was a child, possibly more.

Using medical equipment to kill medical workers seems a pretty supervillain-esque behaviour. And also a war crime. And doesn't seem to really respect the 'please stop escalating shit' requests.

If Hezbollah blew up the phones or pagers of Israeli reservists, inevitably killing and maiming children and bystanders, those cheering on Israel now would be denouncing an obscene act of terrorism. And anyone publicly cheering it on in the West would be liable for arrest.