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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 21h
One of the key lessons from Dutch cycling history is cities didn't start with protected lanes. They began by making streets safer, calmer and more inviting; with lower speeds, parking restrictions, traffic filters and reduced through-traffic to create an environment in which cycling could flourish.🧵
A cycling priority street in the Netherlands where drivers are guests and cyclists are the main users.
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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 22h
📢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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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sounds like the councillors are advocating for charges as this is free whilst others are £8 a day. It also needs more enforcement to stop illegal parking and some cycle lanes on the station feeder roads. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Howden train station parking a daily battle, drivers say
Commuters say car park in growing Howden is "like the Wild West", with some forced on to verges.
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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 07/10/2026
Wynn's Law remains undefeated.
Contrapoints saying "They don't want victory, they don't want power, they want to endlessly 'critique' power."
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Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you want to know why Jews are suspicious of you when you're just trying to be a well-meaning antizionist gentile, consider that these two things were written by the same man, Guangtian Ha, a (currently suspended) religion professor at Haverford
a passage from an article by guangtian ha that reads:

We make this call amidst growing concern about antisemitism on our campus. Questions have arisen in the context of a number of specific situations, including external influences from Lower Merion, from donors, and from some alumni who are hell-bent on defining the " ways to be Jewish. This, of course, flies in the face of thousands of years of Jewish tradition which is fundamentally based on interrogation, questioning, and truth-seeking. We take these attacks on our anti-Zionist Jewish community members seriously and we understand the real damage the state of Israel causes for the entire Jewish world when it claims to be acting on behalf of all Jews while engaging in horrific atrocities that - truth be told- mirror some of the worst stereotypes of Jews that have been a part of European racism for centuries. We will be clear: antisemitism should be unacceptable at Haverford, but the energy and consideration which some in our administration have granted these bad faith actors suggests otherwise.a passage from a court document about guangtian ha that reads:

In or about January 2026, through in or about February 2026, defendant GUANGTIAN HA, using X account "America IstLM" posted a series of threatening and harassing messages directed at Victim 1, including the following:
a. "Jew, get the fuck out of my country" 
b. "Jew pig, get the fuck out of Lower Merion"
c. "If jews are so special then they should also be placed in special  camps and receive special treatments" 
d. "LM jews are going to have it big time, jew. Remember this. You scums have had it too easy. Goyim are taking America back, blood-guzzling demons."
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Kieran🏳️‍🌈 @diptripping.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026
Hot take but I think if you don’t want to have your CURRENT and ONGOING friendship with a terrorist come to light maybe…don’t be friends with a terrorist? The media is obviously acting in bad faith. That’s a given. The story is still true, as much as people want to dismiss it.
A screenshot of a Bluesky post that says “The media is going after the Palestinian woman, by the way, deep-diving into her past till they found something they could use to link her with terrorism.”
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Cargo Bike Ben @cargobikeben.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Correct headline should be “End of parking subsidy in Liverpool saves council tax payers over £1m”
bbc.co.uk
Liverpool parking charges bring in more than £1m council says
The figure has been revealed following a Freedom of Information request from a group of businesses.
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Trafford Green Party @traffordgreenparty.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trafford Green Party’s councillors are deeply saddened by the passing of the Zionism is Racism motion 💚 Read our full statement and find out more about the motion here 👉 greenparty.org.uk/2026/10/04/g...
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is just indefensible. I think Greens will discover as much soon, question is how quickly they can retreat, and how much damage will be done by the time they do.
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 06/10/2026
Hosting parties is easy: Text your friends that you are having a party. Go to trader Joe’s and buy all the silly snacks that look good. Get some drinks. Put the food and drink out. Play some music. Introduce strangers to each other. When you want people to leave, start cleaning up. Done!
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Katja Diehl @katjadiehl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Analysis of data on over 600,000 collisions shows children 82% more likely to be killed if struck by an SUV or LTV rather than smaller vehicle" www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
lshtm.ac.uk
Being hit by an SUV increases the likelihood of death or serious injury | LSHTM
The likelihood of a pedestrian or cyclist being fatally injured is 44% higher if they are hit by a sports utility vehicle (SUV) or light truck vehicle (LTV) compared with smaller passenger cars, new
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
For the sake of a slogan achieving nothing except great concern and distress to British Jews, Green members have probably destroyed any hope that a party - their party - which consistently and clearly opposes the #genocide will join the next government. Genius. 🤦‍♂️ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Labour figures rule out working with Greens after ‘Zionism is racism’ vote
Minister says they could not see parties cooperating, while official says coalition should be formally ruled out
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20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What's happening here? Maybe something changed part way through 2023 on urban/residential 30mph roads! I wonder if it could be that from Sep 17th 2023 95% of roads with a 30mph limit were changed to 20mph. #20splenty making your place an even better, safer, quieter, fairer place to be!
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 04/10/2026
Following the vote on the anti-Zionist policy at Green Party Conference, the 5 Green MPs, the Leader and Co-Deputy Leaders have issued a joint statement
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’m glad this has been said 👇
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Linda Grant @lindasgrant.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Gary Younge on Zionism and antisemitism
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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I've said it before and I'll say it again: I'll believe that fuel is too expensive when I don't routinely see people parked up in their cars with the engine running.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 04/10/2026
You can easily oppose the barbaric war crimes of the current Israeli government without backing this racist motion, which also takes away agency and the right of self-determination from everyone in the region, regardless of faith and background.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My speech from the conference debate on 'Zionism is Racism’ motion
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The thing that gets me about these lurid anti-Zionist statements, like the one the Greens just passed, is that it is *so fucking easy* to criticise the Israeli government without engaging in that type of language.
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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 04/10/2026
What’s the evidence on rent control? I charted the findings from 112 studies: Great for rent-controlled tenants ✅ But: Pushes up rents for other people ❌ Pushes down new housing construction ❌ Pushes down building quality ❌
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
It does raise this point of two-tiered
justice..


Reform's Sarah Pochin believes the
sentence handed to the 64-year-old who
blew up a ULEZ camera was
disproportionate'.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 03/10/2026
“I'm brown. I’m a Muslim. But I’m as English as a Yorkshire cup of tea.” Mothin Ali on belonging, diversity and building a country confident enough to live with difference.
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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
👏👏👏 @mothinali.bsky.social 👌✊️
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Paul Campbell @paul0campbell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hi active travel fans. Please help by supporting the extension of Cycleway 9 from Syon to Hounslow. Cycleway 9 has been transformative for families in Chiswick, Hammersmith and Brentford. Let’s bring that love to more Hounslow families! haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/cycleway-9-w...
haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk
Syon Park to Hounslow town centre walking and cycling improvements
Find out more about our plans to extend Cycleway 9 between Syon Park and Hounslow Town centre, and have your say by taking our survey.
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Andy @andydrummond.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Not this again. Cutting #FuelDuty for all will stimulate demand, driving up prices when the problem is a shortage. It would be better to use the money here to reduce private car use, with tax relief for eg. hauliers. It’s unclear when and by whom this policy was agreed. @greenlibdems.org.uk
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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 02/10/2026
Listen: I don’t want to minimize the danger of high e-bike speeds. But if the problem here is that stores sell e-bikes that can drive faster than legal limits, then where’s the story about how literally *every car dealership has been doing the same thing for decades*?!?
cbc.ca
Hidden cameras show some stores unlocking speed limits on e-bikes, selling e-scooters that go up to 120 km/h | CBC News
A new hidden camera investigation by Marketplace shows how some stores are selling e-scooters and e-bikes with top speeds much higher than provincial speed limits and with recommended rider ages young...
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Personally, I’d rather have healthy kids than mollycoddled millionaires
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Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think it's absolutely mad that today there's a *national news story* about 400 oil platform workers losing their jobs, and the government being blamed. 25% of the UK TV industry lost their jobs in the last 4 years and we never hear a peep about it! Some jobs are 'real jobs' I guess.
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is why the media in this country needs regulating. I can guarantee there isn’t an iota of truth to anything that’s being said here. Their only intention is to keep this nonsense on top of the news agenda.
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Putting aside I was born in England, and both my parents were - these are my biological, maternal grandparents on their wedding day not long after the end of the war in the 1950s But the white nationalist would say I’m not English, because I have more melanin than them It’s just racism
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 20/09/2026
Normal? Not at all. Birdsong fades. Summer temperatures soar. The danger is we simply adjust – but we shouldn’t. We cannot allow the climate crisis to rewrite our idea of what's normal.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
First the real extremists are the actual Nazis you fucking idiot. Secondly how is "radical right" more "Orwellian" than "far right"? That doesn't even make sense.
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Gemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I honestly can’t believe this is what has become acceptable in the U.K. why is he not being charged with hate crime? Twitter is a cesspit of antisemitism (and every other ism)
Calvin Robinson has posted an antisemitic diatribe on Twitter that reads “It is the Jews. It has always been the Jews.
Not all of them, but always them.
There is no avoiding this truth. Everything else is a distraction. Once you notice, you cannot unsee.
Marxism/Communism/Socialism, Bolshevism,
Feminism, Liberalism/Libertarianism,
Anarchism, Psychoanalysis, Critical Theories, Neoconservatism, Zionism.”Robinson’s next antisemitic post on twitter “There is no wonder our Lord did not mince his words when describing them:
"Brood of vipers" Matthew 3:7, Luke 3:7, Matthew 12:34 & 23:33.
"Of your father the devil" John 8:44
"killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets" 1
Thessalonians 2:14-16
"Synagogue of Satan" Revelation 2:9 & 3:9
St Paul knew them well:
"You suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved."
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
That wouldn't happen to be tax paid on profits made, in no small part, from the delusions and often outright misery of thousands upon thousands of his fellow countrymen, would it?
ft.com
UK’s top taxpayer says he would ‘not wish to be reborn’ in Britain
Betfred founder Fred Done threatens 500 shop closures over tax rises that have left him fearful for the UK’s prospects
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 19/09/2026
I think it should be a source of deep embarrassment – and perhaps even shame – that Rishi Sunak has spoken out on this before Andy Burnham has.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If we drill for ever more fossil fuels we’ll trigger runaway warming and there’s a good chance food systems and civilisation will collapse, but at least a billionaire tax exile would respect us more. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Jim Ratcliffe: UK is ‘on the slide’ from days when it had world’s ‘greatest empire’
Co-owner of Manchester United says Britain is in decline because of high taxes and immigration
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Man who migrated to another country to avoid taxes says Britain's problem is migration and taxes that he doesn't pay. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Jim Ratcliffe: UK is ‘on the slide’ from days when it had world’s ‘greatest empire’
Co-owner of Manchester United says Britain is in decline because of high taxes and immigration
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
a powerful case for appointing a secretary of state specialising in media and culture
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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A man who raced over 90mph in a 30mph zone got a £253 fine and a 56-day driving ban. "If these men had caused the same level of endangerment by any other means, it’s hard to believe they would have got off so lightly." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or conscience. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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👻 David Weiskopf believes in spooks 👻 @dave.bzky.team · 14/09/2026
A statistic that haunts me because it is 100% true and shocking and useless in advocacy precisely because it is true and shocking: Policy that enables a 1-car lifestyle rather than 2 is equivalent to giving a family a $25,000 annual pay raise.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Anyone know why a newspaper owned by the Fourth Lord Rothermere, who inherited a fortune from the Third Lord Rothermere, who inherited his money from the Second Lord Rothermere, who inherited it from the First Lord Rothermere, is so strongly opposed to inheritance tax?
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Just imagine how much disinformation and micro targeting £72m gets you… Shame on the leaders who did nothing to protect democracy from the assault coming its way …as if we learnt nothing from Brexit.
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I’m all in favour of hire bikes in principle but idiot cyclists who park like this give the rest a bad reputation. It only needs a molecule of common sense …
A hire bike parked across the pavement as we round the corner. We often have to walk in the road here.
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What I love about Western democracy is you can bung a political party £ 36 million earned from criminal activity & most media will continue to point at asylum seekers & migrant care workers with families as the barbarians at the gate we need to defend ourselves from 🙄.
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Will Cooling @willcooling.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
No. This has always been a controvesial view. That's why people had to fight for a minimum wage & before that maximum working hours, and why so many key services had to be subsidised by the state or supplemented by charity
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The UK now needs to introduce political spending limits across a parliament, not just for election campaign years. Otherwise, its election spending rules could fall over. Current rules: parties have a limit (about £34m) for 12 months before an election - but no limits outside the 12 month period.
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CG in retirement @goldishcj4.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It’s almost like nobody in politics had thought about keeping big money out of politics until it became obscenely clear that any leader, politician, party or country can be bought… Weird eh?!
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Labour should have acted quicker to stop this - and it may seriously regret not doing so
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