About the author
Geek and nerd Joe D has in the past studied genetics, molecular and cell biology, worked in cancer research, and made contemptuous amounts of money from incompetently composed photographs. The views expressed on this weblog are not his own; rather, he stole them from you through mind invasion.e: joe at dunckley dot me dot uk
My other blog is a…
Photoblog! Check out cotch dot net for photos and stuff about photos.
Science blog! A blog about cancer cell and molecular biology, coming soon...
Cycling and transport policy blog! At War With The Motorist looks at how car-centric planning has ruined Britain's streets and given us bad public transport and cycling infrastructure.
Skepticism blog! I contribute to the group blog Lay Science on the nature of science, skepticism, and bad arguments.
Science publishing blog! It's called Journalology and it's a group blog about publishers, journals, papers and data.
Fiction blog! Where I make stuff up, coming soon...
Categories
- at war with the motorist (129)
- cotch dot net (30)
- darwin 200 (21)
- i get mail (2)
- journalology (14)
- lay science (19)
- new blogs (3)
- shit i made up (3)
- shouting at my radio (26)
- the life of steinsky (4)
- the sunday syndrome (7)
- Uncategorized (29)
Archives
Tags
bad arguments badscience biology boris johnson car dependency cell biology charles darwin china crap cycleways creationism cycle superhighways cycling darwin200 evidence-based policy evolution genetics good locations helmets infrastructure locations london mayor of london media medical genetics medicine molecular biology origin of species philosophy of science photo essays photography politics pseudoscience publishing radio 4 religion reviews road danger rural science scotland segregated cycle paths skepticism uk urban westcountryhey, look at these awesome people...
- Alice science and media
- Ben quacks and hacks
- Carmen skepticism and song writing
- Dawn feminism and foxes
- Frankie my sister keeps going around the world and telling people about it
- James science and showtunes in London
- Jenny the life of the lab scientist
- Jim bugs, drugs and antibiotic resistance
- Jo science and nerdy things around London
- Marianne cancer biology and skepticism in pubs
- Martin skeptical type
- Michelle science and politics in Cambridge
- Mo brain scans and funny behaviour
- Richard used to be a lab rat
- Sandra takes photos in London and Paris
- Scott science and culture
- Stephen structures of proteins and politics of science
Flickr
Tag Archives: pedestrians
AWWTM: Smoothing the flow: pushing more kids into cars
We know that Boris Johnson’s fantasy of “smoothing traffic flow” will act as an incentive for people to get into their cars and, even more so, for businesses to move more stuff around. In a city like London there is … Continue reading
AWWTM: Waiting for God
I stopped off at Ludgate Hill one morning in October, after reading this on Cyclists in the City: …most of the elected politicians [in the square mile] don’t seem to care about cycling or walking. What they do care about … Continue reading
AWWTM: Are we winning?
I’ve just been scrolling through Google Reader clearing a couple of months worth of posts with videos that got saved-for-later when using a mobile connection. Peter at Pedestrian Liberation asks whether we are winning, citing London Bridge as evidence that … Continue reading
AWWTM: Surrogates and segregation
The bicycle blogosphere has been buzzing about bike paths lately. It’s an old argument in the UK, where nine out of ten bike paths are so badly designed that bicycle users conclude that they would always be better off on … Continue reading