Drew Mabey @drewmabey.eurosky.social · 12hRare to find one cargo bike at Screwfix let alone two. This despite really hostile roads and zero bike parking 030 3
Reposted by Drew MabeyTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 16has NKOTB once said, step by step 313919 139
Reposted by Drew MabeyDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22hInsulating homes and investing in heat pumps would be more effective in reducing living costs, creating jobs, and boosting the economy than drilling for new oil.theguardian.comHeat pumps and insulation would cut UK living costs more than new oilfields, study suggestsWarm homes plan would create 50,000 jobs, compared with about 1,100 for Rosebank oilfield, thinktank finds 16784281 784
Reposted by Drew MabeyAlan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 13/10/2026With data centres being rushed in production at alarming speed everywhere, Zelensky has done the world a massive service by highlighting exactly this. Slava Ukraini! 3311123 311
Reposted by Drew MabeyMichael ᚋᚔᚉᚆᚓᚐᚂ @baoigheallain.bsky.social · 13/10/2026This is an extraordinary story. 10,000 offences a week, in one area. Just look at the photo, a child's life in danger, but authorities shrug. Then consider the moral panic over e-bikes. 17726 77
Reposted by Drew MabeyCraig Grannell @craiggrannell.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Gah. Stop this nonsense. FOM is a benefit. Stop framing it as a negative. Also, FOM is one of the four freedoms. Without it, you can’t be in the EU and can’t even be in the single market. This isn’t difficult. 2225166 251
Reposted by Drew Mabeydjcaress.bsky.social @djcaress.bsky.social · 12/10/2026If the findings on the scale of drivers breaking the law and endangering other road users is “shocking”, then you’ve not been paying attention. It’s out there, it’s everywhere and the scale of it goes way beyond the ability to address it under existing measures. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukAI cameras spot nearly 19,000 road offences in West MidlandsCaptured images include a front-seat passenger holding a small child on her lap without a seatbelt. 3307 30
Reposted by Drew MabeyMarianne Heaslip @marianneh.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Heat pumps *are* defense spending. They cut our reliance on gas, and so weaken Russia. 112546 125
Reposted by Drew MabeyMatthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Meanwhile in the UK. Was. "Let's make our universities financially dependent on overseas students." Then. "Let's make overseas students feel increasingly unwelcome." Now. "Screw that, let's just withdraw our offers so they don't come in the first place." Next. "Who needs universities anyway?"ft.comUK universities withdraw offers from international students to avoid blanket banPullback comes in response to doubling in number of study visas being refused by the Home Office in the first six months of 2026 916281 162
Reposted by Drew MabeyUrban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 07/10/2026When it comes to spreading disinformation, dark money buys a lot of repetition, because repetition works. Repetition works. Repetition works. Repetition works. So WE need to be repeating the TRUTH a lot more than we do. (Did we mention that repetition works?) #UrbanTruth 19226 92
Reposted by Drew MabeyThemperor Palpatine @mxthemfatale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Badenoch claims £2,700 a month from the taxpayer to rent a grade II-listed farmhouse with six bedrooms. The property sits within the highest council tax bracket, costing over £4,000 in council tax a year, which the Essex MP also claims on expenses. "Best welfare" is being an MP. 2408147 408
Reposted by Drew MabeyPhil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image. 5528521090 2.9K
Drew Mabey @drewmabey.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026Think yourself lucky you don’t live in South Wales. They’ve already stated outright that they won’t bother with close passes, and now this: bsky.app/profile/drew... 100 1
Drew Mabey @drewmabey.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026Seriously. What's the point of Operation Snap? @swpolice.bsky.social 000 0
Drew Mabey @drewmabey.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026Gemini would suggest that a court appearance would be in order, at the very least points and a fine: 110 1
Drew Mabey @drewmabey.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026Slam-dunk breach of Section 72 of the Highway Act and Section 34 of the Road Traffic Act here. 100 1
Reposted by Drew MabeyGrant Ennis @grantennis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“Great Britain can internalize the negative externalities of driving by expanding congestion charging, increasing the cost of parking to match its true societal cost, and by going down @gregshill.com ‘s checklist to eliminate the many laws that force society to subsidise driving.” 14310 43
Reposted by Drew MabeyLee Waters @waterslee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026In 1971, 80% of British 7 year olds went to school on their own; today it’s unthinkable. As Meyer Hillman (who has died) pointed out, we’ve removed children from danger rather than removing danger from children – and filled roads with polluting cars on school run www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com'We're doomed': Mayer Hillman on the climate reality no one else will dare mentionThe 86-year-old social scientist says accepting the impending end of most life on Earth might be the very thing needed to help us prolong it 065 6
Reposted by Drew MabeyBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It’s remarkable how many people can move on a street when those people don’t feel the need to always take a massive car with them. Mobility in cities is about space. 18560112 560
Reposted by Drew MabeyKarl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“Cyclists should have number plates” Also: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukThousands of illegal ghost plates on cars revealed by new camerasIllegal registration plates are far too easy to get hold of and are putting the public at risk, BBC is told. 25925 59
Reposted by Drew MabeyThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 28/09/2026Well, well, well - if it isn’t the consequences of our own actions. It would appear that migrants are not, in fact, the fiscal drain we’ve been told they are by years if we go by the £4bn to £6.5bn shortfall that’s been caused by the precipitous drop in numbers under this government. Funny that. 391004416 1K
Reposted by Drew MabeyPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Personally, I’d rather have healthy kids than mollycoddled millionaires 4223486658 3.5K
Reposted by Drew MabeyReal Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I do think that people without an off road parking space need to accept that they have to use public charging. Like they use filling stations now. Maybe they charge at work or elsewhere. 2204 20
Reposted by Drew MabeyAlasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The BBC has long given up even pretending to be interested in who these people are, why they are coming or how they might feel, in favour of acting as a kind of shop window for the parties to display their wares of violence and crueltybbc.co.ukMost migrant small boat arrivals in single day of 2026A total of 781 migrants arrive on Wednesday, but the yearly total is below the same point in 2025. 14531178 531
Reposted by Drew MabeyCab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We have closed all safe and legal routes. This is all that's left. We can fix this by opening safe and legal asylum claims from the other side of the channel, breaking the criminal gangs overnight. That's just not racist enough. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHome Secretary hits out at 'unacceptable' migrant landings in KentThe arrivals of two unescorted migrant boats mark the first uncontrolled landings recorded in the UK since 2025. 415254 152
Reposted by Drew MabeyBrandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Every city has the room to make their urban spaces better. You simply have to look under the cars. 110632 106
Reposted by Drew MabeyMums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“What family needs a car with a 4.4-litre engine that goes from zero to 60 in four seconds?" Powerful piece on the need to ban SUV advertising and introduce limits on the width, length and bonnet height of cars. #Carspreading #RoadDangerstandard.co.ukDaughter calls on Sadiq Khan to crack down on ‘monster’ SUVs after parents killedClaire Corkery is calling on Sadiq Khan to back tougher controls on large SUVs after her parents were killed by a BMW X5 travelling at 87mph 14522 45
Reposted by Drew MabeyPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thousands of university jobs lost too, and barely a peep either. 381080332 1.1K
Reposted by Drew MabeyWill cycles slower than you 🇿🇦🇬🇧🏳️⚧️ @williamnb.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026One for all those BuT hOsPiTaL pArKiNg ShOuLd Be FrEe people: the free parking at this hospital removed £10 million from being spent on patient care. 46223 62
Reposted by Drew MabeySmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026when ai leaves u behind 75264459899 26.4K
Drew Mabey @drewmabey.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026Omg. Although I'm gutted that #Octopus haven't yet set up our outgoing tariff 😡 000 0
Reposted by Drew MabeyPatrick Harvie @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026There are few things as pathetic as the insecure whining of the super rich. To sit there on top of such a vast pile of wealth, complaining that it's all so unfair. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 610328 103
Reposted by Drew MabeyBrandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The "massive weekly grocery haul" is a symptom of car-dependent sprawl, not a universal rule of life. Healthy cities don't force you to drive to a warehouse store. Good design makes grabbing fresh food a quick, passive part of your daily walk or bike commute. These straw men arguments bore me. 1422522 225
Reposted by Drew MabeyHarry @harry-is-human.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Thanks to abundant wind power, my electricity (which provides all my heat and transport energy) is free for *15 hours* tomorrow. 153 5
Reposted by Drew MabeyGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers. Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks 671280509 1.3K
Reposted by Drew MabeyGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A 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...theguardian.comDriving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George MonbiotIn 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 1151583493 1.6K
Reposted by Drew Mabeydjcaress.bsky.social @djcaress.bsky.social · 16/09/2026As a cyclist on UK roads, you can follow every law, cycle responsibly at all times with consideration to others and still be routinely endangered by motorists. Partly because general driving standards are abysmal, but also because you bear the responsibility for other cyclists‘ misdemeanours. 159017 90
Reposted by Drew MabeyShivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It's a simple message. Why are so few mayors able to speak this clearly on road danger, still less act so decisively? @richardparkerwm.bsky.social 195 9
Drew Mabey @drewmabey.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026Impatient drivers and zebra crossings are not a good combination... 020 2
Reposted by Drew MabeyCaroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Our normalisation of driving cars over walking cycling or catching the bus or train, leaves us in a very non resilient state as this escalates. 3389 38
Reposted by Drew MabeyRich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 15/09/20265) If you are complaining about being ‘nearly’ hit by a bike or seeing cyclists run reds, but you’ve never mentioned the 29,000 motor KSIs or endemic speeding & phone driving; you’re not serious about road danger, you're just unfairly othering cyclists as a uniquely law-breaking collective 37314 73
Reposted by Drew MabeyRich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 15/09/20262) Why are you so disproportionately furious about rule-breaking by a minority of cyclists who make up a minority of road-users, but not the tsunami of death & destruction from cars? Read Ian Walker’s recent paper on Motonormativity before posting further. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1569 56
Reposted by Drew MabeyRich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Suggested ground rules for the ‘debate’ on 'bad' cycling 🧵: 1) Cyclists or cycling advocates are not collectively responsible for the bad behaviour of individuals. What’s your actual point? You want less cycling or rules that have that effect? Be clear. 49940 99
Reposted by Drew MabeyStephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Bravo Bristol. The ban covers advertising of petrol, diesel and hybrid-electric vehicles and SUV’s, flights, airports, cruise holidays and travel agents, firms and lobbying related to the fossil fuel industry, and marketing that encourages excessive consumption of fashion products or trends.bristol247.comCouncil bans advertising of fast fashion, flights and carsAdverts for high carbon products will no longer appear on council-owned ad spaces 523382 233
Reposted by Drew MabeyMatt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online. 484297687662 29.8K
Reposted by Drew MabeyBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026With our kids now #BackToSchool, never forget that we ARE the traffic that we’re afraid of. If more kids walked, biked or rode transit to school, it would erase a LOT of car trips each day, and our kids would be safer, healthier and better at school as a result. HT Ian Lockwood. Spread the word. 14438129 438
Reposted by Drew Mabeydeadmanrunning1.bsky.social @deadmanrunning1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Breaking out the meme again 17422 74
Reposted by Drew MabeyCardiff Cycle City | Dinas Feicio Caerdydd @cardiffcyclecity.bsky.social · 11/09/2026New on the website: Everything you need to know about secure bike storage in Cardiff! cardiffcyclecity.org/2026/09/11/c... 052 5