
Thomas van Laake
@vanLaakeT
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Cycling infrastructure PhD researcher @GeographyUOM Aprendí de ciclismo urbano y transporte sostenible en @despacio_org
Manchester/CDMX/Toronto
Joined February 2016
The most damning condemnations of Israel's war have always come from the Israeli soldiers who actually fought it:
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After Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced a proposal to mandate a UN protection force for Gaza and to hold the Israeli regime accountable for its crimes, the lawless US State Department has announced it will cancel Petro’s visa, compelling him to leave the US. This is
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Condenados a vagar sin rumbo por su propia tierra, donde ningún lugar es seguro. A jugarse literalmente la vida por un mísero saco de harina. No dejes de ser su voz, no dejes de hablar de Palestina.🇵🇸
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“The last thing I heard was the voice of my children playing, then everything went black. When I opened my eyes I thought I’d gone blind. I couldn’t see anything. I could no longer hear their voices. I checked to see if my wife was alive. Her back and legs were fractured, but she
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En Miraflores se inaugura la primera ciclovía del mundo en la que NO se puede montar bicicleta.
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Algunos apologistas del genocidio en Gaza se han lamentado por la muerte de Miguel Uribe. Me parece bien que lo hagan. No deberíamos vivir en un país en el que asesinan políticos. Pero creo que esa contradicción es importante y revela mucho sobre sus valores👇
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ITV pulling zero punches in this incredible footage - "This landscape of destruction looks otherworldy, but it's not, it's this world - What is happening may come to define one of its darkest eras, one that casts a stain on humanity, which will endure for generations" #Gaza
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Starvation so pervasive YOU CAN SEE IT FROM SPACE.
On one of the most unbelievable satellite images I've ever seen, showing hundreds of Palestinians surrounding aid trucks north of Rafah. https://t.co/ezMwPGRmv1
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It’s cool how Europe, right now cooking in its own juices thanks to unabated global heating, has decided to boost defense spending to 5% of GDP in the face of notional future threats
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🚴♂️🚴🏽♀️La #Ciclovía de Bogotá crece 💥 Desde el 6 de julio, sumamos más de 11 km nuevos en el sur de la ciudad para que más personas disfruten del espacio público, la salud y el bienestar. #BogotáMejorEnBici 🎥 Así lo anunció el alcalde @CarlosFGalan 👇
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Ayer quedó la Ley 219 de 2025 que resuelve el tema de si las patinetas, moped y demás son legales o no (síntesis: casi todas sí). Mi interpretación mientras sale el texto conciliado es: - Max 1000W, 40kph, pueden en ciclorruta - Se vienen siniestros a la lata en las ciclorrutas
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This is just a reminder that the largest per capita nuclear arsenal in the world is in Israel. Its program is hidden from IAEA inspection and it's leaders are indicted for war crimes. Now they are launching an attack on yet another country.
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Last spring, while encampments were sprouting everywhere, including on my own campus, an editor forced me to cut a couple paragraphs from a book review I was writing. The book's about the War on Terror, and the cut paragraphs mentioned universities. Here's the key part.
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Hola @LaMorrison_MX y @MayaEnBici , investigo políticas de ciclismo urbano en la CDMX y ZMVM. Quisiera ponerme en contacto con uds, pero X no me permite enviarles DM. ¿Me pueden escribir y/o compartir sus correos? ¡Gracias!
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New #OA special issue paper by @tricyclemayor demonstrates how through both encounters and nonencounters with #AccessControl barriers on traffic-free routes, the city is rendered less liveable, rather than #enlivened, for many #disabled people https://t.co/ZIuCTeHqr1
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For an English-language version of this piece, see
urbancyclinginstitute.org
Guest authors Thomas van Laake & Henk-Jan Dekker about the history of cycling in Bogotá - Ciclovía at 50, critical juncture in the history of urban cycling
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