Theo

Mainly tweets about public transport and urban design in East London.

[Theo @Theoonabike]

Have you ever read a really interesting thread by someone then at the end they say something which makes you question it all?

[Steve Loftus @LoftusSteve]

@ItsChillyUpHere @rcolvile @CapX Exactly. And people keep telling us sea levels are rising, which seems like a good thing for desalination.

[Steve Loftus @LoftusSteve]

1️⃣5️⃣ The rest of the decline is likely not due to sewage. Only 36% of pollution is down to overflows says Owfat. The largest polluter at 40% is Nitrogen and Phosphorous from farming run off.

Which is why the Gov introduced Farming Rules for Water in 2018.

[Theo @Theoonabike]

@kirkkorner Tough to square trips through multiple continents and struggling to pay the bills each month.

[Theo @Theoonabike]

@generic_ @JoePostingg San Francisco. Famously cheap rents.

[Rachel Cunliffe @RMCunliffe]

A graduate employee with earnings of £27,295 has marginal deduction rate of 42.25%. Earn £50,270, and the rate is 52.25%.

The top rate of tax for high earners (over £125,140) is 45%.

Rishi Sunak, the UK's richest prime minister in modern history, had a marginal tax rate of 22%.

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

The EU executive is set to adopt a proposal to fight malfeasance across the bloc by beefing up anti-corruption bodies, harmonizing definitions and penalties and facilitating cross-border investigations.

Brussels Playbook has more: https://t.co/bzHmORZcle

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

Back to this chunky battery. It was made by a company called AGM, based in, of all places, Thurso, the northernmost town in mainland Britain. And here's the thing, it was mass produced in the early 1990s, around the same time as those first Sony cells

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

🔋Here's a story about a battery.🔋
It may not look like much.
Looks a lot like, well, a battery.
But this is no normal battery. It's a little bit of history.

[NYC Bike Lanes @NYCBikeLanes]

A driver with 63 moving violations struck and killed a pedestrian this past Friday.

The driver's car should've been impounded and crushed into a cube months ago, instead the NYPD allowed this recidivist criminal to leave the scene without any charges.
https://t.co/SZCTDBHz9O

[Theo @Theoonabike]

@Lenny_du_Nord @Fa_schieb @giulio_mattioli Wasn’t it part of an educational reform that was supposed to standardise university grading across the eu? Until then there used to be a 13 as well.

[Theo @Theoonabike]

Strong slogan.

[Theo @Theoonabike]

People believe Ukrainians will return to their homes, but Sudanese are less likely? That Ukrainian refugees are overwhelming women? That standing up to Russia is in the interests of the west, in a way that Sudanese politics isn’t?

Lots of possible reasons.

[Zoe Gardner @ZoeJardiniere]

We’re going to have to ask ourselves-

What really is the difference between Sudanese people & Ukrainian people, which means Ukrainians have free entry to Europe & a visa pathway to the UK, and Sudanese are kept out with brutal force?

[Jehiah @jehiah]

Count the number of vehicles driving in the 11th Ave bike lane. Cc @ebottcher @Chekpeds

[Theo @Theoonabike]

Do you mean critical mass?

[Nicholas Boys Smith @boys_nicholas]

Walking home just now, I’m nearly knocked over by dozens of cyclists (on the Friday night mass cycle in London) blithely and aggressively ignoring & driving through the red lights….

[Theo @Theoonabike]

@Gyexley I read it. I’ve been one of those people “unable to get through the tunnel” because they’re blocking the way.

Have you tried it?

[Theo @Theoonabike]

But degrowth would mean we have less to redistribute.

[Degrowth London @degrowthlondon]

“[Degrowth] requires radical redistribution, reduction in the material size of the global economy, and a shift in common values towards care, solidarity and autonomy. 4/

[Theo @Theoonabike]

You can always tell how committed a political group is on Twitter by how anonymous they are.

[Degrowth London @degrowthlondon]

Hello! We are excited to announce the arrival and imminent launch of 'Degrowth London'🧵1/4

[Theo @Theoonabike]

@Gyexley It’s quite intimidating when it happens.