Fredrik Gertten has a new documentary film out, which looks very interesting: I have, give or take, mainly peddled the line that it’s not a war between the two-wheeled and the four-wheeled: how could it be, when a lot of us are both drivers and cyclists (and sometimes, inevitably, also pedestrians)? It seemed to me, […]
Seven decades after the second World War ended in Berlin, Germany is still burying its dead. And here in the military graveyard in Halbe, an hour southeast of Berlin, hundreds of people have turned out to pay their respects to the latest soldiers to join the 27,000 already lying here.Most lost their lives here in […]
The Future. "Grandma, where were you when [Important News Event] happened?" *sighs wearily* "On Twitter, darling. We were all on Twitter" — Amanda (@Pandamoanimum) April 28, 2015 100% true.
Every now and then, I like to revisit "the actual grammar nazi" tweet. pic.twitter.com/xS3CxgR4Il — Hend (@LibyaLiberty) April 25, 2015
The Guardian has a great piece on how Amsterdam became the world’s cycling capital. It wasn’t always bike lanes and bakfiets, but a struggle against the intrusion of the motorcar into space for people. The activists of Stop de Kindermoord and the Cyclists’ Union were resourceful and undaunted, but there were other forces helping to create a […]
Gotta love tumblr: Source: 27 Times Tumblr Told The Truth About Sex
Toilet training is one of the bits of parenting that you *really* hope goes well, if it doesn’t there’s going to be a mess. Suzy has a good piece that we twittered about today. It’s hilarious once they realize you go too, and start to return the praise you heap on them for encouragement. @airing_cupboard […]