Wir könnten nach den Regengüssen heute Abend eigentlich wunderbar klare Luft haben. Denkste! Die Nachbarschaft betreibt Holzöfen und dadurch stinkt es auch jetzt, ganz leicht und die Augen fangen an zu brennen. Eine Nachbarschaft wie diese braucht eigentlich kein Mensch. #holzofengate #holzofenqualm #luftverschmutzung #AirPollutionKills

Sad to see cars winning by-election in Uxbridge: "Steve Tuckwell, the local Conservative councillor who will now take Johnson’s place in Westminster, had declared the vote a “referendum” on London’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez)" #airpollutionkills https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jul/21/uk-byelection-results-labour-tories-selby-ainsty-uxbridge?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

I'm not cycling today. Here in the rural Netherlands, thanks to the idiots who lit Easter fires last night, we have worse air quality today than Los Angeles. There's visible smog in the air. I.e. This is unsuitable air for healthy exercise unless you like the idea of an increased chance of many illnesses.
It's a very sad thing that we have several of these air pollution "holidays" each year (new years eve fireworks being one of the other big problems), and that people hang on to all of them as "tradition". Some people will be seeing fire to stuff this evening instead. I'm hoping that there won't be such bad air tomorrow
#paasvuren #easterfire #airpollution #AirPollutionKills #smog