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Andy Pennell

@andycooll.bsky.social
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Cycles a bit, runs a bit, walks a bit. Stockport County, local stuff (Stockport & Manchester), environment & a bit of politics t.crdtg2.com/331727/5165?aff_sub5=S… linktr.ee/pthe.queer.oasis

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Andy Pennell @andycooll.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
The one thing everyone should do in 2026 www.independent.co.uk/life-style/l... - Join your local library! 🙂
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The one thing everyone should do in 2026
Library use is dwindling, with less than a third of the UK population using the service in the last year. But with community (and the latest hardbacks) on offer, Lydia Spencer-Elliott argues that memb...
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Andy Pennell @andycooll.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
A new walk for Stockport? It will be interesting to see if this makes any difference at all to what is already in place #mereseyvalleyway www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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First of nine new river walks in England announced for north-west
Mersey Valley Way takes in Manchester and Stockport on its 13-mile route with other walks to be identified in 2026
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Andy Pennell @andycooll.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
The inconsistencies of the meat lobbying market ... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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When is a sausage not really a sausage? Ask the meat lobby | George Monbiot
European legislators may ban plant-based products from using the name to prevent ‘confusion’. Just don’t mention beef tomatoes or buffalo wings, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Andy Pennell @andycooll.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
There's a pavement meant for pedestrians to walk on underneath those cars. Location: corner of A6/Alldis Street, Great Moor. Grrr! #pavementparking @stockportcouncil.bsky.social
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
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MikeroneNiner @mikeroneniner.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Right on my manor . It’s shocking it’s not shocking .
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Dread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
People will be like "I would do anything for my kids!!!" right up until you suggest dropping the speed limit to 20mph.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
This absolute turnip lives in Mississippi. He's LITERALLY an economic migrant. Does he have ZERO self-awareness? Does he just think nobody will notice? Or because he's an entitled white man, does he perhaps believe that he doesn't count?
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Andy Pennell @andycooll.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
When did #pavementparking become part of learning how to drive? Maybe the driving instructor needs a driving test resit?
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 27/07/2025
🧐 Reform UK and climate change denialism again? "The former MP dismissed net zero as a “money making racket”" ☀️"Days after the Midlands became the latest area to enter drought as the country struggles with the driest start to the year since 1976."
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'Climate change doesn't exist,' says Reform UK mayor despite third summer heatwave
Her comments came as the East and West Midlands became the latest areas of England to fall into drought as the country struggles with the driest start to the year since 1976
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Really dislike NYT's framing of Toronto's bike lane battle. Rather than "drivers vs. cyclists," this is a fight over whether Torontonians themselves can decide how to use their streets. City council voted 21 to 5 against Ford's push to kill bike lanes. You think those 21 represent cyclists alone?!
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Drivers vs. Cyclists: A Battle For the Streets in Canada’s Largest City
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Harry @harry-is-human.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
You'll never believe it - some scoundrel has been flypostering one of @jontafkasi.bsky.social stickers! :o
A black sticker with white text on a pedestrian crossing post. It reads "Been waiting long? That's because the council believes a car a quarter of a mile away is more important than you. Complain to them".
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Strange how any negative framing of auto culture is automatically anti-car & radical yet the billions of dollars spent on reckless car ads and auto first infrastructure isn't framed as anti-pedestrian, anti-bike, anti-transit, anti-person, anti-senior, anti-child or anti-planet.
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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
“Car dependency is harmful for everyone, yet we force people into driving by failing to provide safe walking routes or reliable public transport to the places we all need to go - school, work, the shops, the GP. This doesn’t just isolate people – it…traps them in poverty and poor health” Read this👇
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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
For 175 years, public libraries, despite often steeply declining Govt support, have served the educational, information and entertainment needs of the general public. Staffed by a committed national family of workers determined to transform the life chances of some 7.3mill people.Oh, and it's free.
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Andy Pennell @andycooll.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Stockport boss Challinor signs new three-year deal www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba.... Excellent news!
bbc.co.uk
Dave Challinor: New three-year contract for Stockport County boss
Dave Challinor commits himself to Stockport County until the summer of 2028 after signing a new three-year contract.
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Kevin Buist @kevinbuist.com · 31/05/2025
Yes, you did vote to deport moms.
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Antonia Bance MP @antoniabance.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
And the Times say this as if it’s a bad thing
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 27/05/2025
Misinformation: A Telegraph guide 1️⃣Find apparently shocking stat: EV fires "up 77%" 😱 2️⃣Always round up ("nearly double")🤔 3️⃣Downplay context: There are 105% more EVs🙉 4️⃣Sideline wider truth: EV fires 5-6x *less* likely🙊 5️⃣Add quote to cover yourself🙈
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AZB @azb2019.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The great thing about cars is you can just chuck them anywhere without consequences. Can’t find space in 1 of the council funded parking docks? But you still want to go shopping & you’re too lazy & ignorant to walk a little bit further? No worries! Just abandon your car in the middle of the road.
A car has been parked in  the central reservation of a high street
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 25/05/2025
Who wore it better? Delft Markt 1972 vs 2025.
A collage consisting of two images of the main market square in Delft. The top a 1972 photograph where it is filled with parked cars. The bottom photo taken in 2025 of an open air cinema filled with people.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Kemi Badenoch says that if we reinstate universal winter fuel allowance, we don’t have a system to claw it back from the very wealthiest. Err, we do. It’s called more progressive taxation #bbclaurak
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Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 25/05/2025
A white background billboard with blue sky behind with a picture of a cyclist giving the middle finger with the word saying “have your feelings been hurt by a cyclist call 1-800-LRN-2DRV you’re entitled to nothing”
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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 22/05/2025
This is from The Telegraph. Wonder when they'll do a similar piece on the lax sentences handed out to some killer motorists?
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Dread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
This ebike allows me to cycle to work up a steep hill carrying everything I need for the day. My mum's ebike allows her to continue riding now that she's in her 70s. Please don't conflate them with emotorbikes or unrestricted ebikes - they open cycling up as a viable option to so many more people.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
And @righttoroam.bsky.social has won!! The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camping on Dartmoor 🎉👏. Huge congratulations to all involved! Now Government must step up & pass a comprehensive Right to Roam Act, to protect & extend public rights of access to nature across England
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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 21/05/2025
New research provides conclusive proof that 20mph in London is saving lives 🚶🚲🚌🚗 14 yrs of analysis at 150+ sites - reviewed by experts - shows: ❤️40% fewer deaths (vs 7% drop on roads where no changes were made) ❤️75% fewer children killed & 50% fewer kids hurt.
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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Hysterical antiLTN campaigners will tell you we have to flood every street with cars otherwise ‘you’ll never be able to get an Electrician’. Meanwhile Electricians… www.askelectricalsvs.co.uk
A cargo bike belonging to ‘Ask Electrical’ suggesting perhaps it isn’t impossible to shift some commercial traffic to greener options
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The vast majority of people will be walking or cycling to this supermarket in inner Amsterdam, so there is no car parking outside but plenty of cycle parking, along with a mini playground and football pitch. A much better use of space for the community than half a dozen car parking spaces.
Cycle parking outside a Lidl store in Amsterdam Further along there is a mini football pitch and a small playground behind it
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Stop calling kidnapping and trafficking people to countries they’ve never been to “deporting.” It’s criminal behavior by a country with no conscience. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
US ‘illegally deported’ Vietnamese and Burmese migrants to South Sudan
Immigrant rights advocates say White House violated court order and ask judge to order nearly a dozen people’s return
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Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com · 21/04/2025
The NYC council voting for this downgrade was just such an own goal.
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
34% of the vote but 100% of the power. Democracy UK style. It’s time for Fair Votes @makevotesmatter.bsky.social
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Andy Pennell @andycooll.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Fans to walk from Peterborough United to Stockport County
The five men will watch Stockport County at Peterborough before walking 113 miles to the next game.
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road.cc @roadcc.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
A good idea?
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Petition asks government for drivers to be "presumed liable" for cyclist collisions
The proposal for civil cases would mean motorists would be presumed liable unless they prove otherwise when involved in collisions with vulnerable road users, such as cyclists and pedestrians
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I have misplaced a John Lewis gift voucher & really want to buy a toaster. So now I know exactly how that bloke with all the bitcoin in a rubbish dump feels.
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Andy Pennell @andycooll.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Appalling to see the level of ignorance that persists around the Highway Code and the rules of the road around cycling. Most drivers have incorrect knowledge of cycling rules of the road ... but it's not just drivers who are unaware! www.scrapcarcomparison.co.uk/blog/dangero...
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt
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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
A mobile bicycle-trailer pop-up library ... with hammocks. Genius.
A group of people are lounging in colorful hammocks arranged around a central structure that holds books. They are engaged in reading while sitting in a public space. The setting appears to be a lively urban environment.A yellow tricycle with a large blue cart in the shape of a small building structure is parked on a cobblestone street. Trees provide shade in the background, and a café can be seen with patrons seated
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
When something is a success, people like to associate themselves with it. So it's noticeable how quiet the Brexiters are. inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...
inews.co.uk
Brexit cheerleaders have gone awfully quiet – so let me remind you what they did to Britain
If we do talk about it, we start to recognise the gulf between their words and reality
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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
I was assured yesterday that charging 70p for two hours parking was killing my local village. Today I checked and the car parks were all full at 11am. Not that deadly, then.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it We cannot allow them to rewrite history. If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...
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NO Nigel Farage - the vaccine rollout was not helped by Brexit
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Broadcasters who repeated this obvious bollocks are not required to make any correction or apologise to their listeners/viewers. And I saw at least two columnists making hay with it. They too will retract nothing.
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
The @Telegraph, @thetimes, @MailOnline & @TheSun publish corrections to their scaremongering on undocumented migrants in London. Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers. The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
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David watkins @dpwatkins.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
#stockportcounty great win today getting more firmly in the playoffs. With A couple of minutes to go we were within 3 points of Wrexham. They did there old trick of scoring late on. #wrexhamtime
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Bikery @bikery.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
A bill to ban pavement parking has been introduced by Marsha de Cordova. www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=...
theyworkforyou.com
Pavement Parking
– in the House of Commons at 1:55 pm 29 January 2025
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Andy Pennell @andycooll.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
We really need this to happen. Sadly, I have my doubts it will. New law proposed to crackdown on pavement parking with fines for drivers www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news...
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
New law proposed to crackdown on pavement parking with fines for drivers
MP Marsha de Cordova, who is registered blind, introduced her proposedBill to Parliament
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Richard Leeming @richardleeming.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
We know the main reason that people don’t cycle is because they think it’s unsafe … but it appears the opposite is true, cycling makes you live longer in better health.
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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
There's an easy way to avoid the 'rip off' Chris www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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