Andy in Totnes @andybikeability@toot.bike

NEW: The federal e-bike bill is back!

A bill introduced Tuesday would offer Americans up to $1,500 off a new e-bike. The basics:

→ E-bikes, e-cargo bikes, and e-trikes are eligible
→ Bike price capped at $8,000
→ Max credit of $1,500 or 30% of purchase price
→ Income cap of $150k for singles or $300k for joint filers
→ Eligible e-bikes must be certified for safety (a nod toward fire risk from cheap, imported models)

More info:
https://panetta.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-panetta-blumenauer-thompson-and-schiff-reintroduce-e-bike-act

#ebikes #congress

🍃 Artist: #CalDessinsAndCo / #CAL in City: #Lyon France 🇫🇷 - 2023 - Title: "C'est le printemps !"- (It's spring / Es ist Frühling)
- #Streetart #Art #Mastoart #Spring #Birds #Urbanart #GoodMorning ! 🥐 ☕

I love the miniature #landscapes of #nature. This image of a tiny #forest of pixie cups - a type of lichen which is a mutualistic relationship between fungus and algae - was taken less than 200m from my house in the Frontenac Arch... The living world is amazing!!!

#biospherereserve #biodiversity #lichensubscribe #mushrooms #mushtodon #fungi #fungus #mycology #natureconnection #naturephotography #macrophotography #pagan #animism @animism #fungifriday

#Dartmoor National Park was the only place in England with the right to #WildCamp.

This right was lost when one of Dartmoor’s landowners – the hedge fund manager and Conservative party donor #AlexanderDarwall – brought a high court case removing that right.

This film shows one of the UK’s largest ever protests over public use of the countryside and wild campers on Dartmoor as they seek to appeal against the court’s decision and extend the #RightToRoam with new laws.

https://youtu.be/0QyXr5MiCBg

#WorldPoetryDay

When I tweet about Boris Johnson,
I try to be quite direct.
But my phone thinks he’s a ducking aunt,
thanks to autocorrect.

Good morning all. I woke up to this magnificent piece of nature's art on my bedroom window this morning

#PhotoMonday #FotoMontag #Photography #BikeTooter #Cycling

Galway Bay fm had me on briefly to chat about cycling and active travel safety concerns around the new Dublin Road BusConnects plans.

People Before Profit Galway welcomes a further application to the Dublin Road BusConnects, with the caveat that pedestrians, wheelchair users, and cyclists are provided for first and foremost.

#Cycling #CyclingSafety #PublicTransport #PBP #PeopleBeforeProfit #PeopleBeforeCars #EcoSocialism

https://galwaybayfm.ie/galway-bay-fm-news-desk/people-before-profit-galway-say-safety-must-be-a-priority-as-it-welcomes-a-further-application-to-the-dublin-road-busconnects/?fbclid=IwAR0y7fpMMQnbGCCmx4uWlmLcBy9bnsC_KyAVTPDJPqbN9rN8mdE6wnhJJTw

Full moon rising over Dublin, Ireland’s Poolbeg lighthouse, 9 March, 2023. Photo by Patrick Tyrrell.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#RiverLiffey
#Dublin

"Two 16-year-old Afghan refugee girls will not be able to sit their GCSEs because the Home Office is moving them out of London weeks before their exams without guaranteed school places, their “heartbroken” headteacher has told the Observer"

The UK Home Office denying Afghan girls an education. The Taliban would be proud.

#Refugees #Afghanistan #HomeOffice #UKPolitics #HostileEnvironment

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/11/afghan-girls-may-be-blocked-from-taking-gcses-as-families-moved-from-london

Newark unveils Harriet Tubman memorial to replace Columbus statue https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/10/newark-harriet-tubman-memorial-columbus-statue?CMP=share_btn_tw

The BBC confirming the revolution will not, in fact, be televised

As seen elsewhere.

#MichelleMone #ToryCriminals #BoatPeople #Illegal

For heaven's sake. The BBC aren't 'cowed'. They've been taken over at a senior level by people that share those views.

Lovely week in Portugal working on shots for my OnlyFlans account

BBC impartiality guidelines:

Tory = impartial
Non-Tory = political

#BBC #Tories #Lineker #Attenborough

Makes you realise what good people Lineker, Wright and Shearer are. I'm proud of them and the other people in football (thinking of you, Marcus Rashford) who stand up for what is right #MOTD

So, the #BBC will not broadcast an Attenborough episode over fear of rightwing backlash.

The BBC suspend Gary Lineker over his criticism of Suella Braverman and this government's policies.

Our country is being run by fascists.

#IStandWithGary

Significant cuts announced for walking and cycling total cuts actually add up to £380 Million
#ToryIncompetence #TrussLegacy #TheyHaveToGo #WhenWillThisEnd
£710m was approved for active travel in the 2021 Spending Review.

£230m has been spent so far. Today’s announcement of £100m for the remaining two years, means a cut of £380m.
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-03-09/hcws625