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Today's soundtrack: I giardini di marzo. youtube.com/watch?v=4m_ebl…

Road works around George Square means extra cones for Wellington's Copenhagen.

📮 Happy 50th birthday to our friends the Letter Box Study Group! Founded in 1976 they’re the recognised authority on the history and development of Britain’s road side post boxes, which date all the way back to 1852. Around 800 different types of post box have been identified with more than 115,500 examples across the country. To celebrate, here are 10 of our favourite 20th Century post box designs...🧵

Are we not good enough? Girls football team win tiny plastic cup as boys get full-size trophy bbc.in/4jYNPBi

World Sports Photography Awards 2026 winner revealed bbc.in/4jE3tSa

Festive Christmas wreaths on the colourful doors of Georgian homes in Edinburgh's New Town. @SWNS

Looking down Buchanan Street last night

Quiet moment just before the streets came alive celebrating Scotland's 4-2 win.

@DangleSpanners @Smudger77 @jonburkeUK If by "selfishly convenient" you mean being able to go from A to B with shopping, kids, and a guarantee of staying warm and dry, then yes, that's convenience. Public transport meets those needs too, and it isn't a private car.

@dscy83 @Smudger77 @jonburkeUK 'Nor appealing' How we get to the root of it So by 'not an option' you ment not as selfishly convenient as a private car

Basic principles for the future of the car in cities: ✅ Fewer ✅ Smaller ✅ Slower ✅ Cleaner This can be achieved with: ✅ Parking controls ✅ LTNs ✅ Road User Pricing ✅ Pedestrianisation ✅ Default 20mph roads ✅ Improved public transport ✅ Segregated cycling

@EricEatsPickles @Smudger77 @jonburkeUK And good for them if they enjoy it. The question is whether that growth is coming from former car users or mostly from people switching from other modes that are already plentiful in London...

@dscy83 @Smudger77 @jonburkeUK Every morning in London parents using e-cargobikes disprove every one of the points you make. x.com/BobFromAccount…

@Smudger77 @jonburkeUK ...for large parts of the UK population commuting by bike is neither practical nor appealing. Public transport is much more inclusive.

@Smudger77 @jonburkeUK Safety concerns, needing to carry children or large loads, physical limitations, long or hilly commutes, unpredictable weather, having to park it somewhere and worry about it being stolen, …

guy who has never looked at the women’s price list

@jonburkeUK The main problem we have in the UK is lack of infrastructure and connectivity. I'm all for fewer cars, but what are people supposed to do without access to good transit? We need to improve opportunities for work and education, not punish people whose options are limited.

@dscy83 I’m afraid you’ve got it the wrong way round. Only demand-side measures deliver reductions in car ownership and use in cities. Hundreds of academic studies prove this. The supply-side measures do, however, need to be in place to provide the alternative means of transit.

Guising #Halloween #Glasgow

And it's back in stock just in time for Christmas. paulinwatches.com/products/geo-w…

I like the design of this wall clock by Paulin.

Very sad. And of course grade inflation works primarily to the benefit of the already privileged, who can use their connections, status etc to distinguish themselves from the mass of “A” students. Some day someone will write the history of how the extreme prohibition against offending people worked to the advantage of the already privileged.

Weekend snapshots from my favourite time of year.