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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

📢Today Google has added motor fuel prices to the maps app so you can see how expensive driving is. 🚲Not wanting to be left out we have been around the city to check on the cost of fuelling a cycle and produced our own map. 🎉It's good news - fuelling a cycle is still free everywhere.

A screenshot of the Google Maps App showing petrol prices at fuel stations.

A map of Newcastle with a number of cycle icons with the word 'Free' beneath them.

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Lawrence Davies @andrenascotica.bsky.social · 10h

Newcastle has so far to go in this respect, but fortunately so many people who want to change the city for the better.

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Lawrence Davies @andrenascotica.bsky.social · 12h

Humbling moment this morning where I had to do the whole "talk through some potentially suspicious transactions" with my bank and 95% of them involved local coffee shops...

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Colin🇦🇪 @chmac.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The men in this clip are idiots, talking shit without evidence.

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 20h

I see Newcastle's new Dot Bikes hire scheme are causing controversy by being left on pavements. Thankfully drivers are fighting back with their dockless vehicles.

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Lawrence Davies @andrenascotica.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Just learning about this. Absolutely atrocious traffic management.

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

One year ago the Movement Strategy was adopted by the council. In March this year a motion was passed at a council meeting calling for the Implementation Plan to be published, and for monthly updates while waiting for that to happen. The plan is still not published. newcycling.org/2026/09/move...

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Movement Strategy: one year after adoption

September often feels like a turning point in the year. Summer has ended, the days are noticeably shorter and the air cooler. Across the city young children get their first taste of school while ol…

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

SPACE for Fenham and Arthur's Hill are running a Glow ride again this year. They'll be meeting up outside the Civic Centre (by the God of the Tyne) on Thursday 22nd October for a ride through the Toon. It's free and all are welcome- as long as you've got a bike. www.facebook.com/events/17453...

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Tonight Reform voted to abstain from a motion rejecting the great replacement theory, rejecting attacks on the RNLI and other charities (despite some wearing RNLI lapel pins 🙄), to stand up for our status as a City of Sanctuary and to condemn anti-immigrant and anti-refugee rhetoric.

A photograph of the voting across the chamber in Newcastle City Council. 41 of the chamber voted for, 20 voted to abstain.

The other votes out of the 78 which weren’t cast were either people being absent or an error with the voting system.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is it!!!! It's the difference between a narrow loss or a Green WIN. And that difference is you!! Final sign ups for tomorrow 👇🏽 forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

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Lawrence Davies @andrenascotica.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A small win today but managed to get out the house on time this morning AND without being shouted at, hit, or bitten by the 3yo. Solidarity with all parents and carers...we'll get there!

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Lawrence Davies @andrenascotica.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Really excited for this. Join us on 22nd October to campaign for safe cycling for all in Newcastle.

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Absolutely loving the new @openenergymon.bsky.social UI. Well done @trystanlea.bsky.social and @glynhudson.bsky.social. Still can’t get over the fact our air source heat pump has run at 471% efficiency for heating over the last year! A huge testament to having a good installer.

A screenshot of an open energy monitor dashboard for an air source heat pump.

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

One of the highlights of the Municipal Year was hearing from the Youth Council at Full Council. They've spoken again tonight. As in previous years, I found their ideas, passion and determination inspriring. I once tried to bring a Notice of Motion to Council to make them statutory consultees.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A very long day but an amazing evening listening to residents as we head into the final day of campaigning. Rent controls, water nationalisation and tackling the climate crisis. Come campaign with us tomorrow! linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP

Zack holding up a leaflet late in the evening

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Dread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you think "but how am I supposed to do this without a car?" you should ask yourself "how do people in similar circumstances but without access to a car do this & what does it mean for them if the answer is that they can't?" Because for someone else that's not a hypothetical question.

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

20mph save lives and reduce casualties. If you are against 20mph limits then you want more people to be seriously injured and die. The evidence is right here.

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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

One more thing about the Tyneside nurdle crisis is that the clean-up efforts have drawn attention to all the other plastic in our sea. This volunteer’s video shows all the plastics left after sieving out the nurdles; what’s not visible is the tiny tiny microplastics that wash through the nets.

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 29/09/2026

awoke this morning with a Vision

that diagram showing the SUV blind spot in the front but it's lowly worm driving his little applemobile

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 05/10/2026

There are so many climate policy conversations in so many places around the world on "pragmatism", "realism", "compromise" etc How many of them include this end of the equation?

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Zoe Banks Gross @zoebanksgross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The pavement is for people. Walking around this monstrosity requires going into the road. You may note that this person also parked on the double yellow lines. Is it so hard to be considerate? #pavementparking

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Labour just don't get it. They don't get how scared people are with extreme weather becoming our new normal. We need voices in parliament that will force them to take wildfires seriously, not quietly shirk responsibility.

Revealed: government quietly dropped plan to orepare England for wildfires

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Holborn and St Pancras is looking incredibly close. Thank you to everyone joining us today on the doorsteps - we know it's only by having conversations with voters that we can win this. With just five days to go - we need you!

Action day photo with Zack and Ross and a big crowd

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Lawrence Davies @andrenascotica.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Wonderfully chaotic and curious litter pick around the terraces this morning organised by local parents, with no less than NINE kids under the age of 6...wish my kids would tidy their room as thoroughly as they've just tidied our street!

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Spotted on Instagram in #Newcastle. If you have time and want to do something positive for your #Community apply to become a PCSO; careers.northumbria.police.uk/pcso/ Don't join a vigilante mob. This "Patrol" will be; 1. Untrained in the Law, 2. Untrained in unconscious bias, Cont.

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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

From Scotland to Northumberland, Blackpool to Leicestershire, Reform contested six by-elections yesterday. They lost all six. Six contests. Six defeats. Reform are not inevitable. Their bubble has burst😉 Have a great weekend comrades! #NoFascists #RightWingLosers #FailingFarage

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Lawrence Davies @andrenascotica.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

There's a motion on graffiti coming to full council next week. I wonder if we'll discuss the "West Denton Banksy"?

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Changing Cities e.V. @ccitiesorg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Die #SeniorMass ist eine Fahrraddemo speziell für ältere Menschen. Diese Idee steckt im Vergleich zur #CriticalMass oder #KidicalMass noch in den Kinderschuhen. Deshalb laden wir ein zum Online-Wissensaustausch: Wie organisiere ich eine eigene Senior Mass? Welche Besonderheiten gilt es zu beachten?

Plakat für den Workshop "Senior Mass Workshop": eine lächelnde Seniorin hält ein Mikrofon. Darunter der Text: Gute Radinfrastruktur kennt kein Alter!
Wie organisiere ich eine eigene
Fahrraddemo für Senior*innen?

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs"

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North East PTUG @northeastptug.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Big day for public transport accessibility today. From 1st Oct ALL buses must have next stop audio announcements and visual display screens installed. Equipment has been installed on many older vehicles so we're looking forward to seeing and hearing it working. reviewmobility.co.uk/news/bus-acc...

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Older buses must announce every stop from 1 October 2026 | Review Mobility

From 1 October 2026 the oldest buses on local services must give route and stop information in both audio and visual form. What the rules require, and which vehicles are exempt.

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A really productive evening spent at the Active Travel Forum discussing active travel across Newcastle. Some really insightful points raised including learnings from World Car Free Day last month, the need for wrap around soft skills development, active travel routes - especially to & from schools

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Brexiters : "We aren't giving up the Great British Pound!" Also Brexiters : "Ooh, Crypto?"

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We're repeatedly told that asylum seekers pose a threat to the good people of our country... Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

On Facebook and other platforms, people
who are known to support the asylum
seekers have been threatened with acid
attacks, petrol bombs and rape. The dossier.
which has been seen by the Guardian, also
claims that several local businesses have
been threatened by far-right agitators, along
with a church where some asylum seekers
worship. One man was punched in the throat
after he held up a "Love Thy Neighbour"
sign, while an elderly couple were falsely
accused of supporting sex offenders. In yet
another case, a 92-year-old church volunteer
was reportedly woken at 3am for two nights
in a row by a man standing outside her
home, shining a torch through her window
and shouting abuse

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International Cargo Bike Festival @cargobikefest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🔋💡 𝙰 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚑 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚎-𝚋𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜: 𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚢, 𝚜𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 The Infinite Battery, developed by Gouach, is the world’s first fireproof, modular, and connected e-bike battery – compatible with over 90% of e-bike brands. 👇

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 30/09/2026

Safety alone isn't enough to get more women cycling. Cities must start building cohesive networks connecting the myriad places women need to go. This means looking beyond “Can women cycle safely here?” and asking: “Can women use this network to live their lives?” LISTEN: www.dw.com/en/why-arent...

A collage of women of all ages and abilities cycling in the Netherlands.

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Lawrence Davies @andrenascotica.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

After a year of @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @greenparty.org.uk pushing "Make Hope Normal Again" as the party's core message, did Labour really choose "Hope Again" for the backdrop for Andy Burnham's conference speech?

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Lawrence Davies @andrenascotica.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When people say "there's no demand for cycling infrastructure."

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Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We gear up for major strike action, with picket lines on Thursday while council deliberates on c.600 job losses, 48 course closures, 1:22 staff-student ratios, all for a 9% surplus. @uonucu.bsky.social put forward a comprehensive alternative financial plan to save jobs, education & research.

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Pharmacist on a Pushbike @ppushbike.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Astonishing achievement by volunteers who swung into action to clear up after the Tyne nurdle spill, whilst official bodies and those responsible faffed around doing nothing. It's painstaking work, sifting washed up nurdles out of the sand. Unfortunately still lots to clear up.

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Windows explorer @ktheexplorer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

this story is fucking appalling - people often treat international students as cash cows, while building no infrastructure to support the mental health challenges of a young person living far from home - often for the first time, in a completely foreign culture www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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‘They accepted the money but didn’t take care of my child’: what Luna Wong’s death reveals about the treatment of international students in the UK

When her parents waved her off to study in England they hoped it would be a fresh start the 16-year-old needed after struggling with her mental health in Hong Kong. Instead, 10 months later, she was d...

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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The nurdles on our Tyneside coast are back with a vengeance today, both depressing in and of itself but also a clear indication of what will happen periodically over the coming months and years and tides and winds bring some of the many millions of plastic pellets still swirling around in our seas.

Thousands of white nurdles (plastic pellets) strewn across Whitley Bay beach, amidst seaweed and sand.

Thousands of white nurdles (plastic pellets) strewn across North Shields Fish Quay beach, amidst seaweed and sand.

Thousands of white nurdles (plastic pellets) strewn across a beach, amidst seaweed and sand.

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North East PTUG @northeastptug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who took the time to have their say in the consultation on bus franchising, by far the biggest consultation on buses that we've seen in the North East. You can read NEPTUG's response on our website: neptug.org.uk/bus-franchis... We look forward to hearing the outcomes.

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Our response to the North East Bus Franchising Consultation. - North East Public Transport Users Group

Thank you to everyone who responded positively to the Mayor’s North East Bus Franchising Consultation which closed on Monday 28th September 2026 at 9am.A summary of key points from NEPTUG’s response c...

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Frogzombie @sapofrog101.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And trump saying that the suspects were already known to U.S. authorities and had been "under view for a long time" So he is either just making shit up or he's blown an undercover spy operation that's got nothing to do with the 5 guys released on bail after 24 hours.

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Lawrence Davies @andrenascotica.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Solidarity with @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social as they fight the university management's latest rounds of cuts, distinct of course from the previous round of cuts and the cuts before that and the cuts before that (and so on ad nauseam). Almost as if cutting things doesn't fix the underlying problem.

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sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

God dammit, licensed, registered, insured, safety checked cyclists on e-bikes breaking all the rules… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Thousands of illegal ghost plates on cars revealed by new cameras

Illegal registration plates are far too easy to get hold of and are putting the public at risk, BBC is told.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Google maps has finally updated its Satellite photos of Gaza and it shows the most complete destruction of a city ever. A Genocide.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We're having the best time in Holborn & St Pancras! The opportunity to win and push the Government on housing costs, tackling the climate crisis and for international justice. And so much more. We can't stop now. This is it. Sign up for the final 12 days below 👇🏽

Zack greeting a resident on her doorstep

Zack walking with Faiza and her absolutely cutie of a child!

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It never fails to suprise me that councils who constantly complain that they have no money, can somehow find the cash to make streets less safe

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Absolutely huge victory as the Green Party take on Labour and win in Brighton! Huge congratulations to Cllr Mark Strong and the entire team. Labour have tired old solutions and Burnham is more of the same. The Green Party is the change we need. Awesome win! 💚🎉

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