The Dublin Cycling Campaign posted this earlier, pointing out the complete lack of #space4cycling in this image from twitter: 7 Cyclists beside bus. Not safe. @dublincycling @copenhagenize #freethecyclelanes pic.twitter.com/II1bOU2niD — Paul corcoran (@Paulcorcoran10) June 29, 2015 Many of the replies on this thread were suggesting that the cyclists are wrong to be in that position. […]
This is a great visualisation of the causes of climate change. It examines several factors, and compares to the measured temperature. Go: What’s Really Warming the World? Climate deniers blame natural factors; NASA data proves otherwise
I really need to see this now. The classic thriller predicted the rise of Thatcherism and the transformation of London’s Docklands into an area of unbridled commerce. For the re-release of the film, I revisited the streets where mobsters once ran wild. The reputation of The Long Good Friday rests on two things. The first […]
Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914 by Max Hastings My rating: 4 of 5 stars Having also read The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Munro Clark, I found ‘Catastrophe’ to be rather light on the lead up to war, particularly on the Serbian state and the personalities involved. Hastings excels […]
No, it’s not the Onion or Waterford Whispers, or even the Donegal Dollop, yes, these NYC bus drivers are protesting that they are not being allowed to squish pedestrians (and, we can presume, other vulnerable road users) with impunity if they simply don’t see them, and they are protesting by being extra careful. Apparently, this […]
Jeff Atwood is interesting as always, on being an expert: So what does it mean to be an expert, then, when expertise is perceived as impractical at best, and a liability at worst? In a recent Google talk, James Bach presented the quintessential postmodern image of an expert performing – Steve McQueen in The Towering […]
There’s nothing that can be done without a report drawn up first, and of course, there’s nothing done once it’s written either, it’ll be ‘under consideration’, ‘in committee’, ‘awaiting review’, ‘we don’t have the budget’.. take your pick. Let’s see what happens when this one lands. (I always live in hope that I’m wrong) Weekly […]
So, Omar al-Bashir has flown back to Khartoum, “despite an order barring him from leaving while a Pretoria court decided whether to arrest him on charges issued by the International Criminal Court” (BBC) The choice for Pretoria was crystal clear: to stand up and defend Nelson Mandela’s hard-earned commitment to human rights or to defy […]
I’ve been watching Detectorists, and have only one episode left. It’s a wistful & gentle comedy, the kind where laughs are spaced out and warm rather than rib-tickling. The characters are well-drawn and they pull you in to their world of metal detecting in the beautifully shot English Sussex countryside with ease. Well worth […]
