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Charles Barraball

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1942 he/him husband/father/grandfather 2 × Married: Pam 1965 - died 2008 Alix 2016 Green Party Member Electric Mobility Cargo Biking for 2 & Jazz 2001 Stroke survivor

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VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Voting in HOLBORN & ST PANCRAS on Thursday? Your Strongest Vote for Climate is: ✅ Zack Polanski 🟢 GREEN PARTY Re-post to share with friends & family. #HolbornAndStPancras #BackZack
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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🗣️ "For too long, local authorities have got away with routing cyclists through areas that are unsafe after dark... this is simply not okay and action is needed now." Our Senior Campaigns Officer, Clare Hinchcliffe, speaking earlier today on BBC Radio London 📻 Check out the full interview... 👇
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
incredible this will get little to no coverage
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A powerful statistic from @walkmass.bsky.social. When we talk about building safe streets for everyone, that must include older adults, who often have mobility challenges and difficulty navigating huge intersections or walking in areas with poor sidewalks. Data is here: walkmass.org/crash-reports/
A graphic from Walk Mass showing that 43% of people killed while walking in Massachusetts are 65+
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East Surrey Green Party @eastsurreygreens.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Only the Greens are talking about rent control.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the new Private Eye
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Microplastics have been found in human placentas, Antarctica and clouds. The planetary boundary we've smashed through the hardest - novel entities. Plastics, pills and pesticides, we've been poisoning the planet and ourselves with a cocktail of synthetic chemicals for decades.
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Cyclegranny @cyclegranny.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Green Party is ready for government with a different vision for society. The Green philosophy has always been that there's enough resources on this planet for everyone to have a decent life, for us to look after climate and nature, if we share them out fairly.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Even dogs get victim blamed when drivers kill them. This is absolute ghoul behavior.
A Facebook post about a driver in Auburn hitting and killing a dogWas the dog on a leash. Why was the dog in the road?

I am sorry that this happened. Just a question, was the walker wearing reflective clothing with a flash light while they were walking on the road with the dogs. If they are wearing all black, they are not going to be spotted. But on the flip side, if the driver felt or heard a noise they should have stoppedWas the walker wearing high vis or the usual black, navy blue, or dark Grey?

Did the driver swerve to hit the dog or was it dog not under the owners control? If the dog wasn’t on a leash, then we know who was at fault . As far as I’m aware, Massachusetts has a leash law, and that goes for even walking your dogs in the woods. 
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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our streets are so dangerous that we measure success by the number of deaths and injuries.
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It couldn't be more critical to get more Green voices in Parliament - and with only 6 days until the by-election in Holborn and St Pancras, we need as many Green activists as possible to join us in the campaign to get Zack Polanski elected! Sign up to an action day now! linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
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Kevin Donoghue @donoghuek.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Anakin-Padme meme, with Padme assuming Irish will be required
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On LBC talking about Kemi Badenoch's banning of @bylinetimes.bsky.social from Conservative conference after calling such bans of journalists by Reform UK "authoritarian" and an assault on free speech www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps4T...
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Adam Bienkov on LBC with James O'Brien talking about being banned from Conservative conference
YouTube video by Adam Bienkov
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rprobbins.bsky.social @rprobbins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The intelligent way to employ data centers 💯🎯
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Sarah Dylan Breuer @sarahlaughed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the weasel (I refuseto call him a fox) dismantling the henhouse. Enough of the rampant inchecked corruption. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Housing Official, Who Targeted Trump Foes, Cuts Watchdog Office
Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, moved to slash his agency’s inspector general’s office. Democrats called for his resignation.
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Cargo Bike Ben @cargobikeben.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What the actual fuck? These need banning immediately before someone is killed or seriously injured by someone fucking around with these while driving.
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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🔋🚲 Dockless hire bikes are massively popular, but their sheer popularity and rapid expansion means they're causing some issues - particularly around over-full parking bays. Mayor is absolutely right that government & DfT need to hurry up to deliver a pan-London programme that works for everyone.
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Has London’s e-bike situation gone too far?
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Unexpected sides of politics: Appearing in Sky TV's very own Bayeux tapestry with @cathynewman.bsky.social and @edvaizey.bsky.social in preview of #GreenPartyConference. Glad I wore my favourite scarf! #GPC26
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Lionel Hutz @lionelhutzesq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
literally “he was asking for it dressed like that” for a dog hit by a car, these people are so personal responsibility poisoned it is heartbreaking
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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 02/10/2026
"The explosion damaged a nearby wall, front porch, shed and Wendy house." What an absolute waste of space of a person.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Time and time again when I'm knocking on doors people tell me they've still got their kids living at home with them. The extreme cost of housing is putting lives on hold across this country. We need an emergency brake on rents. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Zack Polanski to call for three-year cap on private rent rises
In his speech to his party's conference, the Green leader will frame housing as a key issue of generational fairness.
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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Man jailed for 15 years over ULEZ camera explosion. news.met.police.uk/news/man-jai...
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Danielhadadlover Galit
Alt: A man has a large graph drawn on the wall with find out up the side and fuck about along the bottom with a straight line going up to the top right. There is a caption "as you can see, the more you fuck around, the more you're gonna find out".
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Kin @kinlovesmusic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Where are all the men – the celebrity dads, the sports coaches and the role models, the male politicians who are usually only too keen to talk about sexual assault if the perpetrators are immigrants – with ideas for countering the warped, pornified messages boys receive?"
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After rape allegations at Cornell University, why are women again being urged to talk to their sons? Why not men? | Gaby Hinsliff
Boys learn by watching how the men they respect treat their partners, female colleagues, women on the street. Now is the time for those men to step up, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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Stop the A38 Expansion @stopa38expansion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We don't need bigger roads; we need transport infrastructure that works for people and planet. The alternatives to road expansion are available and pretty obvious. We included the suggestions of more than 200 supporters in our response to the DfT consultation.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 02/10/2026
We're pleased to announce that Bellingcat won three awards at the Online Journalism Awards. Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees listed here: awards.journalists.org/2026/10/02/c...
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Congratulations to the Winners of the 2026 Online Journalism Awards! - Online Journalism Awards
As the in-person celebration of the 2026 Online Journalism Awards (#OJA26) comes to a close, we congratulate the winners in the remaining 12 of 28 categories.
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
While ordinary families struggle to afford the essentials, the super-rich continue to grow their wealth to ever-more obscene figures, propped up by our unfair tax system. I've written to the Chancellor pressing him to follow the Green Party's example and take urgent action to tax wealth fairly.
While ordinary families struggle to afford the essentials, the super-rich continue to grow their wealth to ever-more obscene figures, propped up by our unfair tax system.

I've written to the Chancellor pressing him to follow the Green Party's example and take urgent action to tax wealth fairly.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Jen Mapes @mapesgeog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Amazing how a little rain makes the speeding and narrow sidewalk issues visible and...tangible as in I am now soaking wet after walking my kid to school in what is otherwise just light rain. This is what makes routes to school feel unsafe and walking feel untenable.
Narrow sidewalk and tree lawn as a car speeds by in a 25 mph zone, spraying a large amount of water on the sidewalk occupant, me.Just at the 20 mph to 25 mph school zone transition, cars speed by spraying water onto the sidewalk across a narrow tree lawn on a main street and primary route to school.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Keir Starmer wanted to be remembered as Prime Minister for building homes. Instead he will be remembered for his complicity in destroying them. #GazaGenocide
Rafah, in Gaza, on Google Earth, in 2022, left, and in 2026, right. (from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/google-earth-gaza-images-update-b3057562.html)
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bob-saccamano.bsky.social @bob-saccamano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Walk to Work Glasgow @walktoworkglasgow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
River moon, early.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Journalists are predictably, stereotypically, writing columns seeking to mock @greenparty.org.uk Inclusive Terminology Guidance. But with Far Right broligarchs & friends gleefully embracing awful, abusive language, respect matters more than ever nataliebennett.substack.com/p/change-eve...
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Change Everything No 43: 'Moron' - more than a schoolyard insult?
‘The word ‘retarded’ is back,’ Joe Regan crows
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kjcon.bsky.social @kjcon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the driving record of a guy accused of killing two cyclists. There is no reason this person should have had a license. Ah well, except for the fact that his relatives are cops.
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De Filmende Fietser @filmendefietser.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Dutch 🚲🚲 problems: The world's largest bicycle parking facility, with three levels and space for no fewer than 12,500 bicycles, is TOO SMALL! As a result of the successful train-bike combination, ensuring sufficient parking space proves to be a big challenge... www.duic.nl/algemeen/alg...
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BicycleDutch @bicycledutch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Great thread. Greetings from... a Netherlands that no longer exists, quite literally. So many modernist buildings from the 60s have been demolished. And also: cars were everywhere! We would take very different pictures today. Emphasising our past more. I don't really know what that says about us...
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Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Today we were outside Liverpool City Region Combined Authority as the Transport Committee met, joined by 200+ people standing against Merseyrail’s ban on non-folding e-bikes. Together, we then rode to Merseyrail HQ to hand over 100+ personal stories showing the impact of the ban.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
How little we know about ocean #biodiversity. We must not trash something so complex and important #NoDeepSeaMining www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Scientists find nine new sponge species in glimpse of Alaska’s deep-sea diversity
But their habitat is threatened by bottom trawling in the region and Trump’s plan to expand seafloor mining
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Would you believe me if I told you that this used to be a parking lot? (Place Boyer, Montreal)
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Mark D @markjd84.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Which of England's roads carries the most buses? by me, with #OpenStreetMap and related tools cultivate-transport.uk/blog.html
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All of England's buses for an hour | cultivate transport
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20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The number of casualties on those public spaces between buildings that we call roads is a choice. A choice for politicians who create an environment that works for all its citizens or prioritises those in motors. It's why 20mph or 30km/h should be the limit where people are.
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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 17/09/2026
Well this is fascinating. Shows how threadbare buses are outside of majors towns and cities. Interurban travel not looking good either. bsky.app/profile/mark...
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Robin A Weston @robinbike.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Whilst Trump and the Republican Party remain in govt the American decline in all issues green will continue. The USA is already behind as a result of the illogical Trump agenda. The longer this continues the more costly it will become both in finance and prestige.
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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 17/09/2026
We are already rich in commitments. Setting out timely, detailed and funded delivery is the innovation required now. Looking at you, decarbonising transport. 👀
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djcaress.bsky.social @djcaress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In the last 2 years I can only remember 1 close pass being from a female driver. It is overwhelmingly male driven and the fact it is so reveals the intent behind the behaviour - bullying. Bullies are cowards.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. 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 consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I’ve been working full time to stop this war since last summer and the one scenario I feared the most is materializing — Trump is making a play for Venezuela’s oil. I’m not saying an insurgency will definitely form, but Trump’s ploy creates the perfect storm for an absolutely disastrous occupation.🧵
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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“Worcester City Councilor-at-Large Kathleen M. Toomey announced [Sept. 15] that she will temporarily step down as chair of the Public Safety Committee following her involvement in a Sept. 2 crash.” #Worcester #Massachusetts
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Worcester councilor involved in crash to temporarily step down from committee
The councilor says she will also recuse herself from matters involving the Worcester Police Department until an internal investigation into officers' handling of the crash response is completed.
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Sally Kyd @profkyd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Deputy district judge Nicholas Hayles said the fact that the sun was shining in Langley's eyes should have caused him to drive with "the utmost care, even if you grounded to a halt because you need to see where you are going". Absolutely right. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Driver who caused death of Olympian Bradley McStravick sentenced
The crash happened in North Yorkshire in 2024, with former decathlete Bradley McStravick knocked off his bike.
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