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Alistair Davidson
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mastodon 4.7.2Democratic #Socialist.
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Amateur #synth musician. Big fan of #urbanism and #cycling. Love a bit of political economy. #Buddhist. Sometimes write for Bella Caledonia.
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We need a big turnout, Buchanan St steps Saturday 13th June 1pm. We need everyone out to show that we will not tolerate mobs attacking fellow Glaswegians for their skin colour. No way no how. If you go to one demo this year make it this one.
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Hey if you would like a cantankerous old man to double your users with the power of proper engineering, you could even hire me
Funny, I went on linkedin to share my blog post about how careful engineering doubled my client's userbase, only to be confronted with LinkedIn posts about how engineers need to stop being babies and realise business only cares about features, not quality.
It was pretty scary heading into this Scottish election but it is turning out pretty good for the left. Expecting gains for the most left-wing party, the Greens, and I think it's a leftward shift in the ruling social democratic SNP group. Scottish right have shifted fascist which is terrifying.
Found myself in a peloton of 16 heading South from Glasgow City Centre. 20 total at the junction. Not even a sunny day.
Glasgow!
IT'S HAPPENING!
Watch this it's beautiful and under 4 minutes long
You Only Need a £50 Bike
A once in a generation opportunity to reconnect Glasgow to itself.
Please support the "remove" option in Transport Scotland's consultation.
Eurosky, the European bluesky/ATpro people, have launched their own client called Mu :)
This video starts amazingly and is great and you should watch it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LisPfFa-n7k
You Only Need a £50 Bike
I always forget indexeddb exists and I think that is because it has a really bad name
Sea Bream is underrated. Naturally quite sweet, I've been frying it with seasoning, garlic and olive oil and it comes out very well. Pretty cheap fish.
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Holly Bruce from the Greens cycles, loves cycling, points out bikes outnumber cars at rush hour on Victoria Road in Glasgow
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Cycling UK question about cost of living.
Bruce: emphasises Greens' strong record in government winning money for active travel / target of 10% of transport budget with multi-year funding, with the move to single year funding having halted many projects in Glasgow.
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Bruce says a lot of money is being spent on active travel because of the Greens, and that Glasgow has a plan, but Glasgow is being forced to scale back because of Transport Scotland's single-year funding model.
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Bruce shouts out Women on Wheels in the southside. Says we need public realm improvements to help women feel safe - lighting, places to stop, public toilets.
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Simpson talks about chicanes etc blocking larger bikes, and the condition of bike lanes and pavements is important. Says councils need people like Holly Bruce championing active travel 😂
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Facilitating is Alastair Dalton, transport journalist from the Scotsman.
He opens by presenting the situation: cycling is surging in Glasgow, but the parties' manifestos have removed most mentions of active travel and some promise cuts.
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*I mean he knows the figures by heart. Impressive!
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Event is organised by Glasgow Eco trust and GoBike Glasgow, Cycling UK, and Aye Cycle Glasgow
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@notecharlie@social.bigcavemaps.com @GoteerTxuria@derg.social could you let me know if it works now?
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Simpson says at the last election everyone signed up to 10% of the transport budget on active travel, but it didn't happen. So that's why this time nobody has made commitments, public finances are bad he says.
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Clark points to money the SNP is spending. Makes no specific commitments on infrastructure spending. Points to a £2.5m bike repair fund and a plan to improve rural paths.
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Oh the SNP have a pothole fund too now but it's £350m over 5 years not the entire active travel budget like the Labour one.
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Peter McLaughlin says loves living in a walkable area and emphasises the role of active travel and car reduction in cutting transport emissions. He knows the targets and the Scottish Government complete failures to meet them.
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Ross Clark from the SNP says active travel is crucial on the journey to net zero and lauds the health benefits. Says the SNP wants to do more, it's not clear how that matches with the manifesto.
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Simpson wants to know what the question means. Says most of us can walk to active travel is accessible. Neil from Glasgow Eco trust says it's about quality of infrastructure - cargo bikes, adaptive bikes, support for users, safety.
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Dalton points out that the Tory manifesto (their candidate isn't here) calls cycle lanes an ideological obsession.
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Reform candidate used to be Tory transport spokesman. Says he can't remember any debate about active travel in the parliament, unless he missed it. He is personally a supporter of active travel. Focuses on attacking the Tories for being worse than Reform.
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McLaughlin says big targets don't mean anything, the SNP talked a good game but failed to meet them. Says the Lib Dem aim is bike lanes to public transport hubs.
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McLaughlin says cycling is basically free for the individual but requires infrastructure spend by government. Talks again about linking it up to public transport to get people out of their cars.
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Says he went on a tour of cycle facilities with sustrans staff and they didn't feel safe to cycle between them, he had to walk
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GoBike question: how will you resource councils to deliver projects?
Clark talks about Transport Scotland funds and the existence of the block grant to councils. Dalton asks about ring-fencing and Clark seems more confident on that and supports it.
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Clark says it's important we take people with us and work with underrepresented groups. Talks about the importance of lived experience. Wants to embed accessibility into the design process.
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McLaughlin says local authorities need more power and more control over their income. Opposes much ring fencing.
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Simpson says council have had to make cuts on and on for 20 years and need to be properly resourced. Calls for joined up routes. I am unclear how any of this corresponds to Reform's politics.
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@mdstevens0612@mas.to Furthermore it meant servers could have communities. Playstyles, settings, social values. I used to go back to the same few counterstrike servers again and again and you'd get to recognise other players.
This podcast is the best one if you want to understand energy and geopolitics. Incredible work.
Nice Scottish hiphop album
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kdeoc9tcHuAkgfL9gn4gV6ij8oJlPPHpQ
UK computer people - where do you look for jobs these days? The websites I used to use all seem quite quiet, LinkedIn has stuff but is incredibly hard to use and spammy.
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@jasper@mastodon.pointless.net There won't be a central list, they are organised by individual groups, either area-based or issue-based.
Coinbase say non-technical teams are shipping features