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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈

@awjt.bsky.social
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Just a big, queer ADHDer who plans and designs places. Views are my own. He/him. 📍 Glasgow, Scotland

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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
If you hold a prejudice against trans people, I question your judgement on all matters. Frankly, I question your intelligence. If you, as a transphobe, run a public institution, I question your fitness for office. This interview alone proves that to be transphobic, one must first park one's brain.
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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I’d recommend everyone watch this - it’s rather cheering to watch our media discover that an incompetent crank runs our national equality regulator
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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A 'cost of living' government needs to be a 'climate action' government—or it won't be either.
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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Interesting framing in that headline. I'd say it's traffic that "closes down" streets. Children playing is a sign of a street that's *open*—safe, welcoming and community-orientated.
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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This. 👇 I can delete this app just as I've deleted many others.
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COINTREAUPRO @strings.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
So… they’re working
Atlanta says these bike barriers are protecting cyclists. Drivers keep crashing into them.
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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
i’m obsessed with this very specific genre of photo
A color photograph looking outward through the interior of a spacecraft toward a thin crescent Earth suspended in space. Dark structural elements of the spacecraft frame the view, with the window opening forming an irregular border around the planet. The illuminated crescent floats near the center of the image against a deep black sky. Reflections from the spacecraft interior and faint alignment markings are visible on the window, emphasizing that the photograph was taken from inside the spacecraft.A color photograph of Earth’s curved horizon viewed through a circular spacecraft window. The dark window frame creates a round border around the scene, while Earth’s blue atmosphere, white cloud systems, and sunlit surface occupy the lower left portion of the view. The upper right portion fades into the blackness of space with a single bright point of light visible beyond Earth’s limb. The composition highlights both the spacecraft window and the planet beyond it.A color photograph showing the silhouette of Christina Koch inside a spacecraft looking toward Earth through a window. The astronaut’s profile appears in shadow on the left side of the image, with strands of hair illuminated by sunlight. Beyond the window, Earth fills much of the background with vivid blue oceans, swirling white clouds, and part of the African continent visible. The dark spacecraft interior frames the bright view outside, emphasizing the contrast between the cabin and the planet beyond.A color photograph of a half-illuminated Moon viewed through a spacecraft window. The thick, multi-layered window frame surrounds the left and lower edges of the image, with alternating white, black, and reddish sealing rings visible around the glass. The cratered lunar surface is sharply lit against the blackness of space and appears centered in the window. A smaller, bright crescent Earth is visible near the right edge of the frame, while scattered stars and a few small reflections on the window glass appear throughout the dark background.
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Will Jennings @willjennings.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Yesterday, I met the perfect tree.
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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
#Motonormativity is... focusing on minor overnight disruption for drivers, at news that two essential footbridges spanning the single widest stretch of motorway in Europe are to be repaired - after being out of action for two years.
Coverage of upcoming repair of two essential footbridges crossing the M8 and M77 motorways in the Kinning Park area of Glasgow. These footbridges have been closed for two years. The story is framed entirely as "disruption to drivers", rather than the valuable repair of two rare pedestrian and cycle crossing points of the single widest stretch of urban motorway anywhere in Europe.
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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This drone shot of Strathbungo in Glasgow reminded me earlier of a very very similar area in Copenhagen. Similar townhouses, very similar streets. Very different uses of street space. 🌳🛝🚲🌷🏡
A street in the Kartoffelrækkerne (Potato Row) neighbourhood near central Copenhagen. Car parking has been removed from the middle third of the street and replaced with trees.A street in the Kartoffelrækkerne (Potato Row) neighbourhood near central Copenhagen. Car parking has been removed from the middle third of the street and replaced with bike parking and a zone for children's street play.A street in the Kartoffelrækkerne (Potato Row) neighbourhood near central Copenhagen. Car parking has been removed from the middle third of the street and replaced with benches, picnic tables trees and a child's playhouse.A street in the Kartoffelrækkerne (Potato Row) neighbourhood near central Copenhagen. Car parking has been removed from the middle third of the street and replaced with a play area, tree and a children's play house.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
One of the great photos of our time. Captured by Maximilien Lamy for AFP.
Smoke is seen in the distance across an expanse of water caused by a fast-moving wildfire near Lacanau in  southwestern France. In the foreground a middle aged couple are seen from behind relaxing on their beach loungers under a sun umbrella - as if it’s an entirely normal holiday. It is a very good visual depiction of life continuing amidst extreme climate change.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Holiday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out.
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Kenny Stewart @kennystew.art · 25/07/2026
The ‘Zero Flags’ exhibition just off Candleriggs, flying the flags of the Commonwealth nations that still criminalise homosexuality. The good news is, there’s fewer flags than there would have been in 2014; the bad news is, there’s still 29. Here’s to fewer still in 2030.
Various flags including Jamaica. Various flags. Various flags. A sign explaining the display.
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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I know the impacts of climate change are often abstract, but if farmers can't grow food, that's a *very real* problem. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
We might as well not bother growing things, says Merseyside farmer
Farmers in the north-west of England warn extreme weather conditions are causing significant problems.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
It's funny how no-one ever asks where the money is coming from when you announce a cut in immigration.
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Generation Rent @generationrent.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
BREAKING: The Cost of Renting Receipt 1988 was the last time we had rent controls in England. Since then rents have risen by 1,200%. If our groceries had risen at the same rate, a standard ten-item shop would cost nearly £120, more than five times what it costs today.
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Voxpops
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Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @railfocus.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A video well worth 2 minutes 20 of anyone's time. #NetZero
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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Think my new ADHD meds are subtly working... I can count to 10 reps without getting distracted by my own thoughts, so that's a win.
A pic of me doing preacher curls at the gym.
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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I marched in my first Glasgow Pride today. Some colleagues and I got hold of a rainbow JCB for the parade and I spent most of my time trying to part the crowds and get the gayest telehandler you've ever seen through the city! I wanted folks to know that queers are EVERYWHERE, even in construction.
Me with the rainbow telehandler. I have rainbow face paint on my face and I'm wearing a hard hat.The rainbow telehandler in front of the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow. There are large crowds on either side of the road.The rainbow telehandler at Glasgow Cross with the clock tower and crowds in the background.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The extreme weather we have now is not the new normal. It’s going to keep getting worse as long as we continue to burn fossil fuels.
theguardian.com
‘Unprecedented’ changes in UK climate are normalising extremes, report says
Annual State of the UK Climate analysis finds last four years in UK are in top five hottest on record
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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 15/07/2026
On his last day of PMQs and cabinet Starmer oversaw the order to enforce the trans segregation guidance that makes Britain one of the most trans hostile nations in Europe - creating a culture of gender norm enforcement, social suspicion, and vigilante toilet police.
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Campaign against Climate Change @campaigncc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Seriously, what is going through the mind of the person matching this picture to this story?
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
NEW: Anti-racism campaigners will hold a rally in Glasgow on July 25 to counter a meeting of the far-right group 'Unite the Clans' 🚨
thenational.scot
Anti-racism rally set to counter rising anti-immigration disorder in Glasgow
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Jay Pitter @jaypitter.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Pedestrianization is often framed as transforming streets. In many cases, we're actually restoring them. We're reclaiming what's been lost: social connection, local commerce, civic life, and human-scale movement. Perhaps it's time to shift from street transformation to street restoration.
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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
First day on atomoxetine today and... The effects with this one aren't supposed to kick in as quickly as they do with methylphenidate. I have however just had a three-hour nap in the middle of the day. 🤷
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Two headlines from today's papers
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The lack of urban trees across the UK is a public health emergency. We need vastly more green shade (and we need to nurture it through ever more brutal summers).
eciu.net
Heatwave: UK's overheating towns and cities rank way below European…
Only Hastings and Guildford rank above European average for urban tree cover, with Manchester leading large cities in England
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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The nice thing about lifting in a heatwave is I'm one of only few who are insane enough to do it. That's the only nice thing about lifting in a heatwave.
Me looking very hot and sweaty in am empty gym.
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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Bold of you to message me on Grindr when your profile says you're "looking for sane guys".
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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Me, unmedicated, at 2am: joyful, buzzing, brimming with joie de vivre, literally bouncing off literal walls. Me, unmedicated, at 10am: despondent, brain missing, flat, dispirited, need sleep, thinking hurts, help.
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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Ah the genuine, neurodivergent joy of catching up with an ADHDer colleague in a rambling, barely coherent 1h40m phone call. The relief of unmasking as we let the conversation flow to wherever our wonderful brains take us. This is the only circumstance in which I'm happy to leave work late.
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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 30/06/2026
This is a delightful story by @glasgowbell.bsky.social www.glasgowbell.co.uk/bungo-signs-... I love hand-painted shop signs and always wish there were more of them. I'm really glad these folks are doing well.
glasgowbell.co.uk
The signs reviving the city’s ‘forgotten’ high streets
Can you paint Glasgow back to life?
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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Update to my update: my GP's backed my decision to come off methylphenidate but prescribed me a low dose to manage withdrawal. My psychiatrist has also switched me over to atomoxetine, starting next week. Turns out a near death experience is all you need to progress titration with the NHS.
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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
ADHD medication update: today I was referred to A&E with blood pressure of 199/125. I've raised concerns about my side effects repeatedly, but in my six months on meds the NHS psychiatrist has called me back *once*. I'm now refusing to take my meds until they're reviewed—fuck knows when. I'm gutted.
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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
A dude just stopped me in the gym and asked if I compete at strongman. This is like the time I got mistaken for a trawlerman in a pub. Achievement unlocked.
static.klipy.com
It's Tom Hardy
Alt: Tom Hardy looking coy and asking "who, me?"
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Since the hard-won, fragile, and crucial consensus on climate change was unpicked by the right wing, some on the left are happy to join this regressive attack. What does Graham tell her members about failing crops, coastal erosion, and global instability? Tough tits? It is so disheartening to see.
Burnham meets trade union leaders ahead of expected premiership
Andy Burnham making a speech. He is raising his hands up to his glasses. He has dark hair.
Image source,Getty Images
ByJames Gregory, Political reporter and Iain Watson, Political correspondent
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2 July 2026A central point of contention between some of the unions and Burnham is the possible appointment of Ed Miliband as his chancellor.

The leader of the Unite union Sharon Graham – who represents workers in the oil and gas industries – has openly criticised the potential appointment of Miliband and has suggested he would "put a noose around the neck of job creation".

Miliband has repeatedly dismissed calls to approve new oil and gas licences in the North Sea.

Gary Smith, the general secretary of the GMB, has described the government's net zero policies on the North Sea oil and gas industries as "shameful" and "economic madness".

At a private meeting with Burnham last week Smith expressed the concerns of energy workers about existing policy.
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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The fact delivery robots - despite being small motor vehicles - aren't on the roads with all the other motor vehicles is inadvertently very revealing about the dangerous state of our roads
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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Hear me out: get the government to fund segregated "robot lanes", but let cyclists use them. That way, we'll get a functional cycle network this side of 2100.
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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Reducing traffic reduces crime: see new study from Leeds. www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
leeds.ac.uk
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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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Sometimes I forget I lift in a Welsh Rugby top—in Glasgow. And sometimes a random Welshman will shout CYMRU AM BYTH at me on the train to the gym.
A pic of me on the train - in my Welsh Rugby top.
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Andrew Heald @andyheald.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
We need to be planning now for the climate of 2050 and beyond. Hard to understand why there’s no consideration of additional shade or surface temperatures in the redesigned Edinburgh’s George Street. @ntbcc.bsky.social @spurtle.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social
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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Just net zero continuing to support lots of Scottish jobs. 💪
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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The heat spewed out by buses in this heatwave has pushed me yet further into trams rights activism.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/06/2026
this is a great illustration of one of the fundamental insights of democracy — that there is no such thing as "the people" and that majorities are elusive and ever shifting. no election, no decision, is final and treating an election as a final decision is profoundly undemocratic.
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Rafe Smyth @rafe-s.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Wondering why it was too hot to sleep last night? Today's @thecccuk.bsky.social report shows carbon emissions from UK surface transport grew significantly in 2025, the only sector to do so. As the biggest sector, transport is particularly responsible for #climate breakdown.
A bar chart showing change in UK emissions for 2024-25 by sector. Transport is the only sector showing an increase. Note these are provisional figures quoted by CCC in https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/progress-in-reducing-emissions-2026-report-to-parliament
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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Never thought I'd find a reason to support car bloat and yet here we are.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 23/06/2026
When people can't get together to deal with climate change because of climate change it makes me think it's probably too late.
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