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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 5h

Here’s a cargo bike from today’s Festival of Urban Cycling in Bologna. 😊

Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 10h

Festival of Urban Cycling in Bologna. Fighting motonormativity shouldn’t be this hard. It’s a worthy cause. Well done Salva I Ciclisti Bologna and Rome! Great T-shirts 😊

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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 08/10/2026

Stopping #CrossChannelRail trains at Stratford would be possible. But it’s no panacea. 🧵 to explain.

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The Australian tv series Utopia had five seasons, the last two were done more recently.

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 09/10/2026

Wales has the highest child poverty rate in the UK, with the proportion equivalent to ten pupils in every classroom. I visited Wales to meet with families, communities and partners, to hear their stories about the impact of child poverty ✍️ Moazzam Malik, Chief Executive, Save the Children UK

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Challenge Poverty Week: Behind every statistic is a child

Moazzam Malik, Chief Executive, Save the Children UK More than 200,000 children in Wales live in relative poverty. Wales has the highest child poverty rate in the UK, with the proportion equivalent to...

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

fiscal conservatism is the wrong economic policy.

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Rachel Salvidge @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Thought the sewage scandal was bad? Think again. Sewage works are also a major industrial waste disposal route. Power stations, airports, hospitals, landfills: ~608bn litres last year. No independent regulator. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Revealed: the ‘black box’ wastewater trade that rakes in millions for UK utility companies

Exclusive: Firms made more than £340m last year from processing industrial and commercial wastewater at sewage works that are unable to remove many chemical pollutants

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

😂😂😂 oh dear! You don’t know much about voters’ behaviour! 😂 They vote on the basis of how much support a party has = what other people vote; they get influenced by the media, by friends, family etc. They vote strategically which is based again on how other people are likely to vote, etc.

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yes! Britain should also not spend on US military tech but procure together with EU countries European arms.

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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 08/10/2026

I see this stat banded around quite a lot Maybe. Just about There are roughly 7000 people on ✈️ a day London - Paris, and 13000 on 🚅, so rail c. 65% But bearing in mind a much higher % on ✈️ will transit than 🚅 will, I can realistically get to 76% that rounds to 80% 🤷‍♂️

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The UK government (previous ones too) are unfazed by the many thousands of academics being on insecure & underpaid contracts as well as the many thousands losing their jobs. Teachers don't grow on trees and I suspect that cuts in humanities & social sciences impact adversely on other depts too.

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Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

for instance, in the UK they went for the wrong heat pumps. That aside, voting is pretty social, not about individuals. Time to ditch the individualistic framework to analyse society. It's a contradiction in terms. 2/2

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

nope, cos climate change is too vague. Governments should do the maths. As a society, we've subsidised fossil fuels enormously, but very few people realise that. Decarbonisation is very disruptive and expensive in the short term. So far Govs have put the expense on people and been bad at tech. 1/

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Documents obtained by Freedom of Information requests show that parts of the 'simplification drive' have ended up closely reflecting the demands of fertiliser & chemical companies to roll back environmental & health safeguards Insects in EU have declined 75% in 3 decades www.ft.com/content/3c86...

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Chemical groups succeed in watering down EU pesticide rules

European Commission and leading MEPs side with industry demands for laxer standards

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Most changes in behaviour are dependent on infrastructure and how society is structured. Let’s stop the neoliberal dogma of focusing on individuals. We live in societies and require societal changes. Start blaming governments, developers, planners etc.

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Criticising extremist leftwing views doesn't mean accepting the Israeli far-right and its genocidal actions. Only idiots have such black and white views of the world. I guess that's you.

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We have big traffic congestion problems and are heavily reliant on cars. Train travel is around 1.9% of travel, less than cycling. It’s unreliable, expensive, and inconvenient. I doubt high speed anywhere would help much. :-(

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Thanks for looking at Wales! Yes, the UK gov hasn’t invested in any infrastructure, but the Welsh Gov has lately, though mostly in the south because that’s where most people live. Back in the day they didn’t ask for railways to be devolved, so Wales doesn’t get Barnett consequential. 1/

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

From the new Private Eye

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

They probably think that the French shouldn’t rule Guyana etc., the difference is that Jews didn’t have a country when they migrated to British mandate Palestine, Palestine back then was a British colony, and Jews migrated to escape persecution and death.

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Alas, I have talked to quite a few. I wrote ‘that Left’, not ‘the Left’.

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

How’s the German auto industry doing now? 🤔

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Why did the EU not protect its solar-PV industry from China? Oh, I see... doi.org/10.1016/j.er...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Trump historically wore Brioni, an Italian luxury company that makes suits in Italy. Here he flashes a Jos. A Bank label, a US company that long offshored its production to China and Bangladesh. They carry an associated label called Joseph Abboud, which is made in US. Curious he didn't choose that.

Donald Trump in a navy suit. He's opening the jacket, so you can see the label.

A close up of the suit label says Jos. A. Bank.

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Reminder that companies like Apple and Amazon barely pay tax. Maybe there should be an EU corporate tax so to avoid member states acting as tax havens.

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There are different forms of Zionism. One shouldn’t conflate different forms of Zionism with kahanism, but that requires some knowledge of the history of Israel.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

'A research network that used artificial intelligence to screen out about half of all applicants to a UKRI-funded scheme has apologised and said all rejected applications will now be re-reviewed by humans. ...all offers previously issued to successful applicants are now “suspended”.'

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

'seven women...have told the Guardian they are survivors of domestic abuse carried out by key figures in the anti-immigration street patrol movement. All have chosen to come forward to make the public aware of the patterns of violence behind this new form of activism.'

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‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrols

Seven women share their stories to make people aware of patterns of violence behind anti-immigration street patrol movement

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Have you surveyed Palestinians? Have you done any research? I guess not. It’s not for me to ‘dialogue’. I’m not a representative of any part in the conflict. I’ve studied the conflict though and I have studied nations and nationalism. I have no time for ideology.

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Those don’t understand anything about conflict societies and states in general. They should shut up. It’s not a question of seeing things in a different light, it’s a question of knowledge.

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

See you don’t know what you’re talking about?! 🙄 South Africa was colonised by the Dutch and the British who both had and still have a country of their own. Palestine was colonised by… the British (Ottoman first) And promised to two different people that didn’t have a country. Jews fled genocide…

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A completely different situation. You just show you don’t know what you’re talking about. 🙄

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You clearly don’t know anything about states and nations, let alone about the conflict in Israel-Palestine. 🤦 The UK is a multinational state, we live together peacefully yet there are many Welsh and Scots and Northern Irish who would like to see the back of it.

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s also easy to oppose because it’s a restriction. There should be more positive policies like free public transport, more park and ride etc. Those are harder, yes! They require taking space away from cars and spending money. 2/2

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The opposition to 20mph limit rests on the flawed perception that there’s traffic congestion, it must be the speed limit 😬 Try to tell people that lower speeds make traffic flow better and higher speeds don’t get you to your destination faster. See brains fuming! 😁

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The worst part of the motion is the aim of a ‘single democratic Palestinian State in all of historic Palestine.’ That’s a call for the destruction of the state of Israel. They respond to Netanyahu’s genocidal action with a genocidal project of their own. This is revenge, not peace.

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The worst part of the motion is the aim of a ‘single democratic Palestinian State in all of historic Palestine’ which means the destruction of the Jewish state. That’s revenge, not peace. It’s responding to Netanyahu’s genocidal actions with a genocidal project. Coming from a UK party, it’s colonial

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Israelis and Palestinians have been in conflict for a century, how could they live peacefully together? Why should one culture be hegemonic? Responding to Netanyahu's genocide of Palestinians with the promise of the genocide of Israelis is vengeance, not peace. Coming from a UK Party is colonial 3/3

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Unitary states have suppressed cultural realities and imposed a hegemonic culture, not just by force but also through economic and administrative means. E.g. the UK is a multi-national state. We live peacefully with one another, yet there are Scots and Welsh who'd like to see the back of the UK 2/

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

On the idiotic Greens motion, aside from the 'resistance' ideologues and lefty conspiracy theorists on Israel-US, I wonder whether their understanding of a 'single Palestinian democratic state' is also mere stupidity and ignorance. All states are cultural, social, economic entities 1/

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