This passage from an article (in a sub-tweet to Duncan’s tweet below, worth a read) changed the way I think about architecture more than anything else that I’ve ever read. We need to start building differently.

RT @NewcastleCC: The results are in 👀. Congratulations to Dr Sarah Peters of @TheGreenParty who has been declared as the winner of the Sout….

What on earth are you still doing here. ?. Everyone else (well, the human users anyway) have moved across to BIuesky.

RT @rtvenoticias: Estas son algunas de las imágenes que deja la DANA a su paso por Letur (Albacete) y Utiel (Valencia). El Ayuntamiento de….

This (taken Friday) is an increasingly common sight for Newcastle cyclists. For everyone else, this is the newly opened re-landscaping of Grey St, our most famous street. A new dedicated cycle lane going uphill… blocked by taxis. So you have to cycle into oncoming traffic.

RT @CeliaRichards0n: Last day of voting today, National Trust members! . Nigel Farage will take the rhubarb out of my cold, dead hand. Vo….

RT @AdamRichman: Well - the entire crew of season two of #AdamRichmanEatsBritain has just been robbed. We were driving from Birmingham to L….

Have your say on Newcastle’s Movement Strategy and improve opportunities for public transport, walking and cycling!. You can see the Movement Strategy Public Consultation here: . Then respond to the consultation here:

“Trump campaign worked with Musk’s X to keep leaked JD Vance file off platform”.

RT @BadWritingTakes: Feminist and lesbian icon Sandi Toksvig is once again undergoing harassment from "Gender Criticals". Toksvig outlined….

RT @aurorawatchuk: Red alert: aurora likely. Issued 2024-10-08 00:21 UTC (01:21 BST) by @aurorawatchuk. #aurora

Czechia today. Yet we still can’t get decent insulation standards or a few cycle lanes built.

RT @ByDonkeys: New billboard in Clacton. We’ve booked this one for six months and will update it every time the new Register of Members' In….

Here goes….#greatnorthrun2024.

My training would be vastly more fruitful if I didn’t just come back and eat all of the calories I’ve just burnt. Ah well.

Starting to tail off training distances before the #GreatNorthRun next weekend. My feet need a little time to recover. I’ll be running for @Newcastle_NHS, so if you fancy giving a little to an incredibly good cause, please do:.

RT @AlistairCFord: Nice event at @The_Cycle_Hub this coming Saturday with activities for everyone. Great to see these kinds of sessions to….

Training hard (with hills) for the Great North Run, I promise. It’s flipping painful and my knees do not love it one bit. This may in the long term cost the NHS more than it provides them, so feel free to donate a fiver or two:.

Right. Finally entered the final stage of grief and have accepted that I’m running the Great North Run three weeks from now. In other news, here’s an opportunity to give money to your cash-strapped local hospital and its lovely, lovely staff!.

I suspect I’ll be on here less and less. I’ll probably spend a little more time here instead:. @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social.

RT @GwilymPryce1: The most remarkable graphs I've seen in a long time. “at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live short….