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Campaign for Disability Justice @campaignfdj.bsky.social · 23h

New research from ACAS has found that nearly 70% of Disabled people have experienced issues at work. Employers have wrongly questioned requests for adjustments, delayed support, and failed to discuss workplace needs. 🔗 buff.ly/E71ygkQ

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New study looks at why disabled workers face significantly higher rates of conflict at work | Acas

Acas stats show 68% of disabled workers experienced workplace conflict, compared to 44% of adults overall.

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Surely having a large population but its spread over a large area is still a problem of getting people into the city centres? Also what makes Greater Manchester different to say Newcastle where they seem to be using the Tyneside figures?

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Lazzie BOO!! 😱 @lazzieb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

she didn't mention what her government in the UK is doing to trans people. it never came up. i'm not sure about all this "-our- rights" stuff. why not just drop the T from your acronym and be forthright about it?

Kate Osborne MP

@kateosbornemp.bsky.social

Today in Strasbourg I chaired the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Platform for the rights of LGBTI people, bringing parliamentarians and campaigners together to discuss the growing political weaponisation of our rights across Europe. 1/6

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A handful of photographs of the event are included, people sitting in front of a projection screen on a striped red/orange wall, standing in front of an event banner, etc.

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And it will happen within days if not months. Although my worry is the conversion will just shift to how its done and they don't need the Leeds and Manchester legs

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Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Labour Party’s women’s conference on 26/9/26 was an embarrassing farce, with only 200 delegates of the 1,000 normal attendance (no major unions) in protest of the Labour Party’s shameful abandonment of trans people following the legally absurd ruling of the Supreme Court in FWS in April 2025.

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North East PTUG @northeastptug.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This weekend is your last chance to have your say in the North East bus franchising scheme consultation. The proposed scheme seeks to return our bus services to public control - the biggest change to bus services in our region for 40 years. Please take the time to respond this weekend! Links below.

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Only a couple of days left to respond to the bus franchising consultation. www.northeast-ca.gov.uk/consultation... There are three key ways we think this will impact cycling across the region - Integration, Safety, and Infrastructure. We're asking for your help to shape that future.

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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 22/09/2026

I’ve got beaver-cam footage to show you but only if you get @protect.earth up to 500 followers. We’ve been blocked from BlueSky for months, but we’re back now. Get us that count and I’ll show you a big fat furry river baby. 🫡

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Grant Ennis @grantennis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“Car travel incurs USD 0.16 per vehicle-kilometer in private costs and USD 0.55 per vehicle-kilometer in social costs [subsidies]. Globally, these costs translate to USD 2.1 trillion in private and USD 7.2 trillion in social costs [subsidies] per year" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I still want to know how Bustimes.org gets them right as they always seem to be correct and updated frequently.

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Bus Times

Bus timetables, maps and tracking

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If you look at Heaton you can see a small routing error which is quite interesting. Looks like they are trying to route it without the operator provided routes which are normally rubbish. But where bus stops aren't connected to the road properly its routed them through the wrong places.

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Alistair Ford @alistaircford.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Over to you, Newcastle.

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Even just people constantly "advocating" for them puts people off cycling. I think it was something like only 2% of cyclists (or potentially journeys) needed to be disuaded for the effects of helmets to become negative. How many people are put off by the aparent risk or by not having a helmet?

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My favourite is when you tell people that it's probably more dangerous for society by putting people off cycling and encouraging more people to drive you get so much hate for it. You can immidiately see who's just vitue signalling and who actually cares about safety.

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The trend of locking people up for neurodevelopmental and mental health issues continues.

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Yes, all good points. Although good design can combat so much of that. I would much rather have a useful bit of infrastructure that feels more dangerous than a token bit of infrastructure that no one uses.

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North East PTUG @northeastptug.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

⏰ Only 3 weeks left to have your say and support bus franchising in the North East. It’s time to take back control of our buses. For more info see OUR site: betterbusesne.org.uk Want BETTER BUSES? Speak up now, at: www.northeast-ca.gov.uk/consultation... 👩‍💻 📱

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Home - Better Buses North East

We’re calling for bus services in the North East of England to be returned to public control. Let’s follow the example of Manchester and London and bring back integrated transport for the people of th...

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Also could have been an underpass, which are significantly better for cyclists, if there weren't 6 lanes of road either side of the 8 lane road...

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Compare this to the central motorway and the significant cost to keep that open and risk to workers to keep vehicles flowing. Similar to the central motorway pedestrian bridge which has been closed for weeks with inpropper signage and a long diversion. Anyone remember the hierarchy of road users?

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

16, JFC, 16 - what are we doing?! Heartbreaking, that is my kid, your kid, your niece, nephew, friend, community member. We ask our children to do everything right on our streets so adult drivers can do everything wrong.

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The fun thing is they could have significantly reduced the pollution from cars by reducing their acceleration. However it would have made cars feel 'sluggish' so never got implemented. All so someone in a can get their tank sized car 0-60mph a couple of seconds faster.

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Climate Andy @andycorney.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

What I hate most about @kevinclimate.bsky.social is that the maths & physics in his prognosis are unfortunately very simple & that in my opinion makes it virtually certain he’s right. And that means 4° by 2100 so no, I really do not f’ing like it, not even a little!

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

They don't even get this for actually killing someone though.

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Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

this is true and some politicians grappling with ‘culture war’ issues could learn a thing or two from Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and their campaigns and implementation

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Interesting when he just was quoted saying this ‘WorldPride would be an opportunity to showcase London’s values to the world’. Are those values supporting the funding of transphobic court cases and lobbying?

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

But he claims to not have Adhd. So either he lied to get the medication. Or he lied about not having adhd to misinform the public about it.

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Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels 🪧🛢️❌ @parentsforfuture.de · 14/08/2026

"They're selling snake oil again. Carbon capture is a pseudo-technology that's designed to maintain the status quo. It barely exists outside a laboratory, but whole swathes of academics still continue to work on it. Almost no one is working on radical emissions reductions for climate emergency."

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Without thinking of any of the potential risks involved with using the system.

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Try getting the 301 from IKEA to Tynemouth it takes 2hrs 30m. Instead of 50 mins by the number 10 and metro.

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I think it's the problem with people that are "experts in everything". He is definitely aggressively contrarian. My only issue with car park solar is that I would rather see parking removed especially in cities. Solar would be a long term investment in keeping it. Otherwise I only see benefits.

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I would love to see an electric bike motorcade.

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This is where the problem comes in. I'm sure there will now be anti rights vigilante groups as has already been seen around the UK. It's completely disconnected from reality and a disgraceful policy. I wonder if enough organisations start getting sued they might help push back against it.

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

From what they are putting put on socials they don't want people to police bathrooms. Unless someone feels uncomfortable or reports someone using the "inappropriate" bathroom. If they don't then enforce it it could be sex based discrimination against the person who complained.

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

So we're now doing it to increase traffic, not for the safety reasons previously used to justify it. At least that's finally been admitted. Now we can ask: Where is that traffic going? Is it going to cause congestion elsewhere? Is it going to decrease safety?

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reed eliot 🤌 🤌 @reedeliot.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Instead of saying that all these laws "prohibit trans people from using the bathroom of their choice" we should be more clear. Bathroom bans are intended to prohibit trans people from using the bathroom, or any public accomodations, at all.. Like be for real here.

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Then there's the barriers with no information about the works on them. The signs completely blocking the pavement and a cyclists dismount sign despite the cycle lane still having space to travel on where the works are. Why do we keep accepting such terrible traffic management?

Picture of a light grey paved footpath with a red "Footpath Closed" sign in the centre of it. To the left of that is a black asphalt cycle lane with a large yellow cyclists dismount sign blocking it. It is a residential area with car parking to the left of the cycle lane and a green hedge with a small wall to the right. There are two storey terraced style houses in the backrought and a blue cloudy sky.

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The traffic lights were phased with only a 8 second pedestrian phase. Two seconds of that had cars going through it cause there wasn't a proper gap before. There is a 10 second pause where no lights were green. And they had lights partially out in multiple directions.

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I'm sure the Anti LTN crowd is out protesting this right... They were all about stopping people being banned from their mode of choice

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JenOnTheMove 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jenonthemove.com · 26/07/2026

This bus stop is very recently rebuilt and TfGM seem to have forgot that someone in a wheelchair may want to use it.

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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 27/07/2026

Anyone thinking Burnham might be alright… he’s immediately coming after disabled people like Starmer tried and failed to do. Anyone thinking he might focus on wealth tax is deluding themselves. It’s just more of the same old austerity and let them eat cake just with a different accent.

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Less than a decade ago the Conservative party in government: - Had a costed plan to fix social care, understanding it was hugely challenging - Was at the forefront of promoting trans rights - Not only believed in net zero but passed legislation to enforce it. The Tories have not aged well.

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Wheels for Wellbeing @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk · 21/07/2026

A clear explanation of why some "legality" tests catch legal cycles, upon which many Disabled people rely. We're delighted to be working with forces and training providers to solve this problem while helping address the danger caused by illegal e-motorbikes shorturl.at/9roas

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Birmingham man's legal e-bike seized and destroyed by police in error

The BBC finds the bike was legal and supplied as part of a scheme to reduce pollution in the city.

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Rosie (she/her) @airfriedrosie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Remember Streeting's review into whether young people are being overdiagnosed with ADHD, autism, and mental health issues? Well, the interim report is out, and there's a reason the media are silent on it (spoiler: it proves what a lot of us have been saying all along)

In others, notably ADHD and autism, rising diagnoses and referrals appear to exceed changes in underlying epidemiological prevalence and are likely to reflect a combination of:

improved recognition
changing help-seeking behaviour
institutional incentives
pressures within existing service pathways
Across both ADHD and autism, best currently available population-based estimates remain relatively stable, while administrative diagnoses, self-identification and recorded service demand have increased substantially. In autism, the evidence also points to particularly rapid growth in identified need within educational systems, including increasing identification among girls and among young people without learning disability.

These patterns suggest that rising demand is not simply the result of increasing prevalence, but of several processes operating simultaneously, including:

real increases in distress in some groups
improved recognition of previously unmet need
changing expectations about support
systems that frequently rely on formal diagnosis as the primary route to assistance
Across the system, support is too often accessed through pathways that are slow, fragmented and heavily dependent on diagnostic categorisation. While diagnosis remains essential for some forms of clinical decision-making, the evidence suggests that current arrangements do not always provide the most effective or efficient way of identifying and responding to need.

In particular, where access to support depends heavily on formal diagnosis, demand for diagnostic assessment can increase more rapidly than systems are able to respond, generating long waiting times, duplication of assessment and pressure on specialist services.

The next phase of the review will therefore focus on clarifying the relationship between distress, diagnosis and need, and on examining how systems might respond more effectively to these patterns. A central objective will be to identify opportunities for developing more coherent, evidence-informed care pathways that enable support to be provided earlier and more proportionately, while ensuring that specialist services are available in a timely and appropriate manner for those whose needs are most complex.

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Repost with your most Binface policy idea Car horns must be as loud on the inside of the car as they are on the outside.

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Making the the East Coast Main Line have 4 tracks to Morpeth or even Alnwick would be a great option instead. It would allow more local stopping services, new stations and reduce the number of cars traveling up the A1 making it safer. The mayor should lobby for this over polluting road schemes.

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Except they can't be rolled out at scale as they need to collect too much data and transmit or process it in vehicle. What will eventually happen is rolling back of these safety measures for efficiency. We can have vision zero streets with safe design of infrastructure. We don't need these.

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Did yoh manage to get this sorted? I might be able to help

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Kai @greenkai.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Sorry I meant why should they have a right to buy the home. They are cheap to live in but still profitable for the councils. Its council property and should stay that way for the good of the community. If someone wants to buy a home they should have to buy a new build or private home.

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