*jaw-drops* Via: Boeing Dreamliner 787-9 performs near-vertical takeoff in test flight – video | World news | The Guardian
Conor Faughnan of the AA, perhaps seeing the thin end of the wedge for private motoring in the city centre, made a well presented argument against banning cars on Matt Cooper earlier, at least before putting in extra public transport, claiming that private cars are needed to move commuters into the centre of the city. […]
Groningen is a cycling heaven, bicycles, and perhaps more importantly, people, have been put front and centre as the focus of the city, rather than focusing on moving cars around. Bikes are a normal part of life, rather than being some sort of strange hobby. “The bicycle isn’t considered to be a strange ‘toy’, it’s […]
Bicycles as tools of liberation. Why did you focus on bike riding? It’s kind of cliche, but it’s really important for a woman to be able to get somewhere without a male’s help. There are so many girls in Afghanistan who can’t afford to drive to school so they walk for hours. But they […]
This looks great: http://irishcycle.com/2015/06/10/public-imput-wanted-on-major-dublin-city-centre-transport-plan/ Especially the bit about D’Olier street.
Five great tips to help introverts survive in an open plan office: http://www.quietrev.com/5-ways-to-love-your-office/ Well worth trying a few, open plan offices are basically hellish for introverts. All that activity and half heard conversations are basically draining your ‘social’ reserves. Oh, for an office!
Fascinating read in The Atlantic. Patagonia as a company has tried hard to remove exploitation from it’s supplier chain, but in 2011 they decided to investigate deeper, beyond the usual first-tier direct suppliers, into their second level, and they found abuses of labour laws and unethical practices in their sub-suppliers that they are now aiming to […]
"Hello, my name is Mr. Rettalb, and I would like to stand for president of FIFA." pic.twitter.com/oI2cLJ7Tdi — Luke Bailey (@imbadatlife) June 2, 2015 My favourite Sepp Blatter tweet of the evening. “Sepp Blatter to resign” (rte.ie)
Fintan O’Toole in the Times: ‘I don’t know what the definition of public interest is.” Thus said Alan Dukes, former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank/IBRC on Morning Ireland yesterday. Dukes was appointed as “public interest director” at Anglo in December 2009. Says it all really. The definition of excessive private power is that it ceases […]
