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@andyje.bsky.social
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Cyclist, pedestrian, infrequent driver. Enthusiastic yet terrible guitarist. Did unspeakable things to computers. Likes my metäl heävy.

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 09/10/2026
Killing people doesn't unkill other people. It just causes even more dead people. In fact once you realize that, you end up being opposed to *gestures generally at everything going on right now*.
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Johnny Nice Painter @ Eurosky! @johnnynicepainter.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026
Buy some RNLI Christmas cards or I will come round to your house and paint your living room and YOU DO NOT WANT THAT shop.rnli.org/products/chr...
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Christmas Carol Christmas Cards, Pack of 8
Wish someone a merry Christmas with these RNLI-themed cards, featuring a cheerful carolling scene outside a lifeboat station - and help support the lifesavers.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
António Guterres, UN secretary general, has criticised “immoral” fossil fuel companies for their “grotesque greed”, warned that we have “opened the gates of hell” and hailed the new “clean energy age”. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘It’s my duty to tell the truth’: UN chief on the climate crisis, capitalism and reasons to be hopeful
Before his final general assembly, António Guterres speaks about why he put climate at the centre of his UN tenure
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Donaeld the Unready @donaeldtheunready.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The radio call to the Solomon Browne unanswered. The seconds of static that seem to drag on into minutes, hours, days. The repeat call, out into radio silence. Anyone attacking the RNLI is no mariner, has no concept of the power of the sea and should sit down and shut the fuck up.
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Francis Sealey @globalnet21.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Cutting traffic cuts vandalism, burglary and violence, research shows Researchers analysed data from tens of thousands of households across England, Scotland and Wales to examine how changes in traffic levels relate to how safe people feel in their communities. www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
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Cutting traffic cuts vandalism, burglary and violence, research shows
Lowering traffic on urban streets can cut vandalism, burglary and violence, according to a significant new study by Leeds researchers.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
On the one hand, some people want to make it so that kids and other people aren't crushed to death by cars. On the other hand, some people are upset that they might have to pay attention, slow down or be inconvenienced by about 15 seconds. So you can see how it's a "war on cars."
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Birmingham 20mph limit: a 'life saver' or 'a war on cars'?
Birmingham City Council is proposing the city becomes England's first 20mph city.
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Sean Madden @seanmadd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We've passively allowed the creation of a concrete and asphalt urban environment that exacerbates intense heat in the summer and precipitates flooding in the rain - both certain to worsen with climate breakdown - just to avoid inconveniencing drivers.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This is what the billionaire press and many politicians were campaigning so hard to destroy. Their freedom to drive took precedence over our children's freedom to thrive. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
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Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
🔥Chris Packham's petition calling for a televised emergency briefing by the government is on an incredible 93,400 signatures. Can we get it to 100k this weekend? Please sign and share it! Petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks
The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/08/2026
It’s the SUV tyranny: where have all the normal family cars gone? | Coco Khan
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It’s the SUV tyranny: where have all the normal family cars gone? | Coco Khan
They rule the roads and, in their wake, even old-style saloons have been supersized. It’s an illusion of consumer choice, says writer and podcaster Coco Khan
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Andy Cox @andy-cox.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
1,579 killed. 30,000 hurt on our roads last year — many more deaths than homicides. Pleased with the Victims’ Commissioner intervention. Road crime victims feel forgotten by the system. This is exactly why we need a Road Safety Victim Charter and lifetime bans. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/aug...
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Victims of road crime feel ‘forgotten by system’, official review finds
Many of those affected in England and Wales think offences are not treated with the seriousness they deserve, says commissioner
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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Doorzone bike lanes are engineering malpractice.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I can’t believe these arrests are still happening - the new PM could end this utterly absurd proscription if he chose. As Jonathon Porritt says - trying to save lives is not terrorism. Exposing this government’s complicity in genocide is not terrorism
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
When urbanists take pictures of a Paris street (like Rue de Rivoli) showing all the people on bikes now taking advantage of protected infrastructure, it’s not just because we “like bikes.” It’s because we’re picturing the gridlock if they were driving cars. And the public cost, pollution, noise…
People biking in a protected bike-lane in Central Paris, France.
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Polanski very stupid for what he shared, but Reform’s pivot from bringing a woman who called for hotels full of asylum seekers to be burned down as their guest of honour at conference, to saying the Green leader should be jailed - is a difficult circle to square
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/07/2026
"The financial impact of buying carbon credits to offset shortfalls is currently small, typically less than 7% of the annual profit for large companies. For many high-margin polluters, “paying to pollute” could become a preferred business strategy, undermining decarbonisation efforts"
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Carbon market targets unambitious, will not discourage pollution: Report | Climate Risk Horizons
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Andy Cox @andy-cox.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I’m running 200km over 7 days to demand safer roads. On average, 30 people are killed every week on UK roads — deaths that are preventable. I’m raising funds for the charity Brake, who support bereaved families & crash victims. Please donate if you can. Thank you! www.justgiving.com/page/andy-co...
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Andy's fundraiser for Brake, the road safety charity
Help Andy Cox raise money to support Brake, the road safety charity
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De Filmende Fietser @filmendefietser.eurosky.social · 12/07/2026
Your periodic reminder that cities aren’t loud. Cars are loud.
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 13/07/2026
And yet there are still politicians that will go on about “Net Zero Madness.” This year, from the look of things, will likely be the worst on record for heat related deaths since records began. We are in serious trouble.
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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
On Hampstead Heath today at 4 PM, practically no one was on the scorched yellow grass in direct sunlight, but there were dozens of people under these majestic trees. A reminder that it’s between 7 and 15 degrees cooler under their leafy branches. It’s obvious we need more everywhere …
Huge trees on Hampstead Heath, with lots of people underneath
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Richard Burgon MP @richardburgon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
When an MP can pocket more in a couple of hours of “work” than a nurse earns in an entire year - as Nigel Farage has done - something is deeply broken in our politics. This has to stop. It’s time to ban ALL MPs’ second jobs. From my speech in Parliament today.
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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
All the Reform nutters opposed expanding the ULEZ because they don’t like change. It’s helped cut deaths from air pollution by 40%.
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Deaths linked to London air pollution have fallen 40%, study estimates
However, Imperial College team also find that pollution has worse health impact than previously understood
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/06/2026
‘Carspreading’ could lead to extra 2,600 crash deaths a year by 2040, study finds
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‘Carspreading’ could lead to extra 2,600 crash deaths a year by 2040, study finds
Research shows steady growth in car sizes, which puts other road users at greater risk and increases emissions Cars have grown 1.2cm longer, 0.5cm taller and 0.5cm wider each year on average since 2000, analysis of new vehicles sold in Europe has found, in what green groups call “relentless carspreading”. The increase in size, which leaves people more likely to be killed in a crash and increases emissions that hurt lungs and heat the planet, has progressed at a roughly steady rate for two and half decades even as family sizes have fallen, the campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) found. Continue reading...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It tells you everything you need to know about Kemi Badneoch and Nigel Farage that as London schools, hospitals and transport networks all buckle under extreme record-breaking temperatures, they gather with fossil fuel lobbyists, climate deniers and the far-right to demand an end to Net Zero
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As Extreme Heat Hits London, Fossil Fuel Interests and Global Far-Right Politicians Gather for a 'Glastonbury of Climate Science Deniers'
Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch are both scheduled to address the event, reports Max Colbert
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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
It’s open! You can vote on which creatures should appear on the next series of Bank of England banknotes bit.ly/3PHeQhY to replace the single species that is on them now. When you vote you will see cute pictures of them by the tick box. Feel free to announce your choice!
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AZB @azb2019.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Life altering injuries. No remorse shown. Fled the scene rather than stay and help the injured cyclist. She won’t even see the inside of a prison cell. Simply banned from driving for 1 year. This should be a lifetime ban with no appeal.
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Driving ban for woman after cyclist 'left for dead' on roadside
Lucy Elango, 51, hit the man on the B4508 in Wiltshire and drove away before she gave any details.
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Andy Cox @andy-cox.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Public reporting provides eyes 24/7, deterrence, enforcement opportunities and saves lives. We accept public reporting for every other crime type, so why such contention re road crime? Do otherwise law-abiding road offenders fail to recognise the harm they cause? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Policing Britain's roads: Is it the public's job to report poor driving?
Use of journey cams has led road users to report bad driving to the police or post it online.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Think of CO₂ removal like a time machine. How far back does planting 100 million trees take us? One mature tree takes up ~25 kg of CO₂/year, so 100 million trees will take up 2.5 MtCO₂. That's a time machine that takes us back ~33 minutes in a year. Nature will not save us from fossil fuel CO₂.
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DeLorean Time Travel: Back To The Future
Alt: DeLorean Time Travel: Back To The Future
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂
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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 06/05/2026
It’s not a pyramid scheme if it’s a circle.
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My morning Latté @katjaschmied.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Showing, once again, that conservatism is not about fiscal responsibility but rather about puritanical ideology.
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Rosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This was fascinating. BBC News - Finding soldier Tom: Solving family mystery of WW2 Soviet prisoner of war www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Finding soldier Tom: Solving family mystery of WW2 Soviet prisoner of war
He was saved by a Jersey family after escaping a Nazi labour camp, but after the war he disappeared in the Soviet Union.
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Andy @andydrummond.eurosky.social · 26/04/2026
#ActiveTravel infrastructure is cheap, and has a massive return on investment. Building it makes us more resilient in an #OilShock Why is the UK dragging its heels @heidialexander.bsky.social? #EnergySecurity
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Trickcyclist 🦋🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @trickcyclist.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Be warned Farsge has links with Palantir that go back to before the referendum. Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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Low Carbon Oxford North @lowcon.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Did you know you can rent or buy refurbished bikes from OxBykes from as little as £55? 🚴 🚴‍♀️🌱 Find out more about buying and renting bikes, e-bikes and cargo bikes on the Oxford Travel Options website: www.oxfordtraveloptions.co.uk/travelling-w... @cycloxoxford.bsky.social @oxlivstreets.bsky.social
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Andy Cox @andy-cox.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Uninsured driving isn’t victimless. Offenders are 6–7x more likely to be in a fatal crash, and over half are linked to wider criminality—reflecting risk-taking, disregard for the law, or deception. It pushes up costs for honest drivers. Tackling it protects communities. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nearly 160,000 uninsured cars seized on UK roads
Seizure numbers hit a 17-year high as an estimated 300,000 uninsured vehicles are driven each day.
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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Susan Hall's team tell me they're still feeling "chipper" about their chances in Hungary's election.
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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Yet more evidence of the law being unfit for purpose regarding treatment of car drivers being unfit to drive a murder weapon www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @andy-cox.bsky.social @carolinerussell.bsky.social Vision Zero remains a pipe dream
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Jay Bayliss sentenced for Sophie Brimble crash death in Brynmawr
Jay Bayliss is unfit to face criminal proceedings but successfully reapplied for his driving licence.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 11/04/2026
Experts are saying it: SUVs damage our roads more than ordinary passenger cars. I’ve asked TfL to look into the effect of supersized SUVs in London as more of these vehicles take up space on London’s roads.
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SUVs are making Britain’s potholes worse, say scientists
Engineers link reduced lifespan of roads to shift to heavier cars, some bought to navigate damaged surfaces
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The earth continues to heat up at an astonishingly worrying pace. Far too many world leaders are in the pockets of the fossil fuel industry www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UN issues new climate warning as El Niño looms
The Earth's climate is further out of balance than at any time in recorded history, the UN's weather agency says.
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Andy Cox @andy-cox.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
A tragic death should unite us in empathy—yet too often it exposes blame and division. We need a societal reset: the purpose of any journey is to arrive safely. Behind the wheel, dignity and humility matter—yet too many act with selfish dominance. Where else is risking others’ lives so prevalent?
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Euronews @euronews.com · 02/04/2026
‘Right now we surrender vast swathes of land for crops that we simply burn in our cars’, said one expert.
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'Failed experiment’: Experts query the true sustainability of biofuels
‘Right now we surrender vast swathes of land for crops that we simply burn in our cars’, said one expert.
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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 28/03/2026
Spotted outside The Dorchester this afternoon...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
This is excellent. Absolutely scandalous that GB News essentially has a licence to spread misinformation like this without OFCOM stepping in. www.thenewworld.co.uk/the-gb-news-...
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GB News Scandal: The dossier
Twenty journalists analysed 15 hours of television – none of which complied with Ofcom’s regulations. These are their findings
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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Unpatriotic, stingy, unbritish and unfit for public office. No defence spending to protect him then. Send him back to Dubai. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Britons should strive to pay minimum tax legally possible, says Richard Tice
Reform UK’s deputy leader comments came as he was responding to questions raised about his own tax affairs
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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Right I know this is shocking, but guess what? The Oxford Congestion Charge is seeing LESS congestion and MORE people taking the bus. Try this one simple trick etc etc. news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/more-people-...
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More people taking the bus since Oxford temporary congestion charge
Data from bus companies shows more people are using local bus services since Oxfordshire County Council introduced a temporary congestion charge in Oxford.  The data from Go Ahead, which owns six loca...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Any time soon they'll be embracing 15 minute cities
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Andy Cox @andy-cox.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Stationary phone distraction isn’t harmless — the evidence is clear. It impairs hazard detection and reaction time, with effects lasting well beyond the interaction. This is road danger and it can (and does) have fatal consequences. Academic research strongly backs it (see pic). Enforcement matters.
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
You know what to do
Cartoon illustration featuring a man running towards a bicycle encased in a glass box. Over the box is a giant hammer and a sign that says, "In case of rising gas prices break glass."
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