Terry Coaker
@hist0man.bsky.social
Husband and dad.
Cycling enthusiast.
Retired Biomedical Scientist
Keen on Lean
Komorebi
Umarell
Ataraxia
Cycling enthusiast.
Retired Biomedical Scientist
Keen on Lean
Komorebi
Umarell
Ataraxia
Pinned
August 26, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Surely nobody just becomes a CNUT?
Are there any publications where it has been ascertained where the transition point is between either being elected by the people or making millions or being in charge of a water company?
Are there any publications where it has been ascertained where the transition point is between either being elected by the people or making millions or being in charge of a water company?
August 18, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Surely nobody just becomes a CNUT?
Are there any publications where it has been ascertained where the transition point is between either being elected by the people or making millions or being in charge of a water company?
Are there any publications where it has been ascertained where the transition point is between either being elected by the people or making millions or being in charge of a water company?
@nedboulting.bsky.social loved the new NSF Ned 🙏 #fortheloveofcycling
#nsf
Surprisingly few photobomb intrusions!
Tango’ed in Barcelona
#nsf
Surprisingly few photobomb intrusions!
Tango’ed in Barcelona
July 5, 2026 at 1:28 PM
@nedboulting.bsky.social loved the new NSF Ned 🙏 #fortheloveofcycling
#nsf
Surprisingly few photobomb intrusions!
Tango’ed in Barcelona
#nsf
Surprisingly few photobomb intrusions!
Tango’ed in Barcelona
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IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
May 24, 2026 at 4:36 AM
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
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Any government that isn't right now accelerating plans to transition to 100% clean, renewable energy is either:
a. Incompetent
b. In the pockets of people who'd rather they didn't
c. a & b
a. Incompetent
b. In the pockets of people who'd rather they didn't
c. a & b
April 13, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Any government that isn't right now accelerating plans to transition to 100% clean, renewable energy is either:
a. Incompetent
b. In the pockets of people who'd rather they didn't
c. a & b
a. Incompetent
b. In the pockets of people who'd rather they didn't
c. a & b
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An important reminder
February 21, 2026 at 2:08 PM
An important reminder
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We still don't know how the £37 Billion?! was spent on test and trace. Dido Harding needs to be held to account to.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/comm...
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/comm...
Gaps in policy, not just operational failings, are the problem with Covid test and trace | Institute for Government
However much the government spends on test and trace, the cash cannot make up for gaps in policy
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
February 20, 2026 at 9:02 AM
We still don't know how the £37 Billion?! was spent on test and trace. Dido Harding needs to be held to account to.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/comm...
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/comm...
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Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
February 14, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
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1. Interesting to see Reform abandon its flirtation with nativism / birth rate boosterism in favour of the policy of the last Tory government
2. “Starve a kid for a cheaper pint” is quite the policy. Be interested to see how that performed in focus groups (especially all male versus mixed).
2. “Starve a kid for a cheaper pint” is quite the policy. Be interested to see how that performed in focus groups (especially all male versus mixed).
February 3, 2026 at 10:49 AM
1. Interesting to see Reform abandon its flirtation with nativism / birth rate boosterism in favour of the policy of the last Tory government
2. “Starve a kid for a cheaper pint” is quite the policy. Be interested to see how that performed in focus groups (especially all male versus mixed).
2. “Starve a kid for a cheaper pint” is quite the policy. Be interested to see how that performed in focus groups (especially all male versus mixed).
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Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
February 1, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
@timharford.ft.com @brianbilston.bsky.social penned this. Thought you might be interested?
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 PM
@timharford.ft.com @brianbilston.bsky.social penned this. Thought you might be interested?
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1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10
January 23, 2026 at 11:30 AM
1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10
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457 UK armed forces personnel died in Afghanistan during the 20-year deployment.
This is a fucking hideous thing to say. Even by his non-existent standards.
This is a fucking hideous thing to say. Even by his non-existent standards.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 2:16 PM
457 UK armed forces personnel died in Afghanistan during the 20-year deployment.
This is a fucking hideous thing to say. Even by his non-existent standards.
This is a fucking hideous thing to say. Even by his non-existent standards.
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New study suggests that metastatic cancer cells may evade the immune system by stealing mitochondria from immune cells and setting up a ‘shield’ that protects them from being killed by immune cells. Wiley little bastards.
#Science 🧪
#Science 🧪
Cancer might evade immune defences by stealing mitochondria
Hijacking the energy-producing organelles from immune cells seems to help tumours in mice to infiltrate lymph nodes.
www.nature.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:39 PM
New study suggests that metastatic cancer cells may evade the immune system by stealing mitochondria from immune cells and setting up a ‘shield’ that protects them from being killed by immune cells. Wiley little bastards.
#Science 🧪
#Science 🧪
There’s a big field behind our house for the Seals Blackhawk to come and extradite me cause …
January 6, 2026 at 9:54 PM
There’s a big field behind our house for the Seals Blackhawk to come and extradite me cause …
@solveschoolrun.bsky.social
Due to inclement conditions, North Tyneside Education are advising that for drop offs parents wear two pairs of pyjamas this week! 😉
Due to inclement conditions, North Tyneside Education are advising that for drop offs parents wear two pairs of pyjamas this week! 😉
January 5, 2026 at 10:41 AM
@solveschoolrun.bsky.social
Due to inclement conditions, North Tyneside Education are advising that for drop offs parents wear two pairs of pyjamas this week! 😉
Due to inclement conditions, North Tyneside Education are advising that for drop offs parents wear two pairs of pyjamas this week! 😉
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When parents are afraid to let their children cycle, that’s not “choice” - it’s policy failure.
Unsafe roads + patchy Bikeability = less independence, worse health, more car dependence.
Children deserve safe streets.
@solveschoolrun.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Unsafe roads + patchy Bikeability = less independence, worse health, more car dependence.
Children deserve safe streets.
@solveschoolrun.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
West Midlands councils struggling to deliver bike safety training
More than half of councils in the West Midlands are seeing a fall in the number of children taking part.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 8:12 AM
When parents are afraid to let their children cycle, that’s not “choice” - it’s policy failure.
Unsafe roads + patchy Bikeability = less independence, worse health, more car dependence.
Children deserve safe streets.
@solveschoolrun.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Unsafe roads + patchy Bikeability = less independence, worse health, more car dependence.
Children deserve safe streets.
@solveschoolrun.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@POTUS copying Putin
#welcometo2016 😢
#welcometo2016 😢
January 3, 2026 at 9:38 AM
@POTUS copying Putin
#welcometo2016 😢
#welcometo2016 😢
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Let’s go back to 2010!
We didn’t need cancer pathways as urgent referrals were seen in 2-3 weeks, routine in 2-3 months
Recruitment was rising, jobs were good. It wasn’t perfect but in 4 decades of NHS work it was the best it had been
THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED ….
We didn’t need cancer pathways as urgent referrals were seen in 2-3 weeks, routine in 2-3 months
Recruitment was rising, jobs were good. It wasn’t perfect but in 4 decades of NHS work it was the best it had been
THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED ….
December 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Let’s go back to 2010!
We didn’t need cancer pathways as urgent referrals were seen in 2-3 weeks, routine in 2-3 months
Recruitment was rising, jobs were good. It wasn’t perfect but in 4 decades of NHS work it was the best it had been
THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED ….
We didn’t need cancer pathways as urgent referrals were seen in 2-3 weeks, routine in 2-3 months
Recruitment was rising, jobs were good. It wasn’t perfect but in 4 decades of NHS work it was the best it had been
THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED ….
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If you have any doubt who you are voting for let this remind you. The rich are not your friends.
It’s the Boxing Day Hunt, Nigel Farage thinks packs of hounds should chase a fox and tear it to shreds.
December 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
If you have any doubt who you are voting for let this remind you. The rich are not your friends.
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Huzzah! Northumberland’s Council has solved its housing waiting list by simply deleting half the people on the list - those whose need for housing is least.
People. Who. Don’t. Need. Housing.
When did we leave the path of Santa so completely?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
People. Who. Don’t. Need. Housing.
When did we leave the path of Santa so completely?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Northumberland council house list to have thousands axed
A Northumberland councillor says the change removes people with
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Huzzah! Northumberland’s Council has solved its housing waiting list by simply deleting half the people on the list - those whose need for housing is least.
People. Who. Don’t. Need. Housing.
When did we leave the path of Santa so completely?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
People. Who. Don’t. Need. Housing.
When did we leave the path of Santa so completely?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...