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Where's the beer? Reposts aren't endorsements. Cycling around Coventry mostly, might have a camera or three.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 9h
Man jailed for 15 years over ULEZ camera explosion. news.met.police.uk/news/man-jai...
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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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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 14h
Really enjoyed joining @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk this week to learn about Wheels4Me - an amazing inclusive cycle hire project providing adapted cycles for people with disabilities. with @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social Pedal UK & Motability Foundation
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 12h
🚨 BREAKING: HOPE not hate has uncovered plans by neo-Nazis to disrupt an anti-racist demo in Birmingham this Sunday. On the 90th anniversary of Cable Street, they claim they will mobilise dozens of masked neo-Nazis. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/10/02/n...
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National Socialist Collective exposed: Nazi militants set to target anti-racists on Cable Street anniversary – HOPE not hate
HOPE not hate blows the lid on a new outfit uniting some of the most active and extreme neo-Nazis in the country. The National Socialist...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 12h
On 12 October, MPs will debate rejoining the EU after a petition passed 100,000 signatures. The more MPs who turn up armed with our polling, the harder the case is to ignore. Use our tool: bestforbritain.org/take-action/tell…
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 16h
The Belgian Equal Opportunities Institute, Unia is to take 'race realist' researcher Nathan Cofnas to court over remarks it believes repeatedly breached the country’s anti-racism law. www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2341...
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Unia to take 'race realist' researcher Nathan Cofnas to court
Unia said the US philosopher was spreading ideas in Belgium that rank people in a hierarchy on the basis of supposed scientific knowledge.
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Kristen Womack @kristenwomack.io · 01/10/2026
Absolutely inspiring. I’d like to live in a city that invests like this.
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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 20h
So much of this could be my city of Medford, MA. Also torn up to make a highway. Air is filthy. Two seniors were killed in recent years. This summer a child riding their bicycle during summer break was hospitalized after a driver ran over them. Cars, carnage everywhere
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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Your city might not be as far gone as Birmingham, but no matter where you live, you're likely to find familiar many of the aspects of @sarahchaundler.bsky.social's brilliant and now publicly available short film "City of Cars." Stop what you're doing and watch this.
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City of Cars: shorter version
Please be aware that this film contains scenes which show the impact of road traffic collisions, which some people may find upsetting.
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kim_harding ✅ @kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Over the past month, I have travelled with bikes on trains in Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and the UK, only in one country I did I find a total guddle like this...
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
1 October 1900 | A Czech Jew, Moritz Spitzer, was born in Olomouc. A worker. In #Auschwitz from 6 March 1942. No. 26467 He perished in the camp on 23 March 1942. --- A podcast about registration photos: youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Greenpeace UK has threatened The Crown Estate with legal action over what it describes as its “extortionate” lease fees for offshore wind farms www.rechargenews.com/legal/greenp....
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Greenpeace threatens Crown Estate with lawsuit over 'extortionate' offshore wind lease fees
The Crown Estate argues its approach has helped build the UK’s world-leading offshore wind sector and that lease fees were determined by an auction process
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
9 years after Grenfell fire killed 72 people, Police pass files to the Crown Prosecution Service for possible charges against 54 individuals and 20 companies. How many will be prosecuted? Years of litigation will follow. Justice delayed is justice denied.
bbc.co.uk
Met Police submits Grenfell Tower fire investigation files to CPS
The force is seeking charges against 54 individuals and 20 companies over the 2017 tower block fire.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
bylinetimes.com
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Important new video telling the #UrbanTruth about city streets we should never have accepted as “normal,” by our UTC collaborator @reenamahajan.bsky.social in Paris. Please watch and share. We don’t have to keep these streets.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/09/2026
🚨 We’re calling on Ofcom to open a formal investigation into Nigel Farage presenting GB News shows and whether his programme on 15 September 2026 was within the rules on impartiality ⚠️ Broadcasters are required to present news in an impartial manner, without political bias.
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 30/09/2026
As Andy Burnham said yesterday, we need a system that is “about people, not profit.” That must apply to children’s social care too.
theguardian.com
Sixteen English councils spend more than 80% of core funding on social care
Councils collectively spent record 71.9% of core spending on adult and children’s care last year, analysis shows
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sturmyarcher3.bsky.social @sturmyarcher3.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you're in London Saturday morning, 90 years since the Battle of Cable Street. No Pasaran www.ticketsource.com/the-younguns
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The Young'uns event tickets from TicketSource.
Buy tickets for the-younguns's upcoming events. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Listen to that CRUNCH. Absolutely delicious. #WorldBollardAssociation
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Better Streets for Birmingham @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org · 30/09/2026
So excited for this!
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here in Birmingham we are standing up to racism and celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street when the British Union of Fascists was sent packing by ordinary neighbours standing together against their division Unity Rally 1pm Sunday Victoria Square 🤝 @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social
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West Midlands Against Racism: Unity March and Rally to bring thousands together in Birmingham
Sunday 4 October 2026 | 1pm | Victoria Square, Birmingham
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
UNLAWFUL ARREST On Sunday, police forcefully detained and handcuffed a young man under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act. They stripped him of clothing while dragging him across the floor. He had not committed any crime.
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Bikey McBikeface @bikeymcbikeface.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Privatised service are just blood sucking vampires
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here's the full story that the Tony Blair Institute doesn't want to answer questions about, on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com
Tony’s minor tantrum: how Blair’s institute responded to fresh “cash for access” questions
We asked TBI about allegations of £500,000 corporate memberships and a logo that vanished at Labour conference. They said they’re not talking to us anymore
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ChristianG @mryeswecan.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
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'We’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla...
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Sally Kyd @profkyd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
westbridgfordwire.com/dangerous-dr... A rare case of a driver being disqualified for life!
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Dangerous driver who killed motorist in Nottingham jailed | West Bridgford Wire
A dangerous driver reached speeds of more than 80mph before killing another motorist who was waiting in traffic.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I've been blocked from attending Conservative Party conference. Just a few weeks after Badenoch blasted Reform for doing the same thing... bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/k...
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
bylinetimes.com
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 30/09/2026
If Palantir are so trustworthy, why are they intimidating anyone who criticises them? www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewis-tom…
thenerve.news
'We're watching you': MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel's AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously'. By Carole Cadwalladr
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Birmingham City Council at the High Court to seek an emergency injunction to stop more unlawful erection of Union and St George's Cross flags on lampposts and bridges by Ryan Bridge's Raise the Colours The council has acted after many complaints of harassment & anti-social behaviour for over a year
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Live updates as flaggers face court showdown with Birmingham City Council
It's a day of reckoning for the men who have put flags up all over Birmingham, as the city council seeks an injunction to stop them
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s pretty nuts. Tom Watson’s very first intervention in his new job at spytech firm Palantir is to write a letter to his former colleague @labourlewis.bsky.social detailing all the times the firm has monitored his anti-Palantir activities
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
People support clean energy but think others don't. People support clean air but think others don't. People support low traffic neighbourhoods but think others don't. And they think others don't because vested interests and right-wing media work hard to create that impression.
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 29/09/2026
The rush to speculate that asylum seekers are responsible for every crime in the news is a sort of opportunistic informational terrorism. Until it’s disproved it stokes fear and hatred. When it is disproved there are no adverse consequences and they know that they only have to be lucky once.
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ruthmayorcas.bsky.social @ruthmayorcas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@lner.co.uk I hear your new trains will have proper #cycle storage - not hanging broom cupboards. Can you confirm please??
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
💥BREAKING: Andy Burnham announces a National Commission on Electoral Reform. This is a historic moment. The era of First Past the Post is coming to an end. It's time to transform politics and make all votes count. It's time for Proportional Representation.
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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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RMT Union @rmtunion.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
📰 The RMT’s general secretary, Eddie Dempsey, said Roscos were “sucking much-needed money out of the railways and into offshore bank accounts”, adding: “This should be the start of a process of winding up the rolling stock racket once and for all.” rmtunion.org/4hBXa0Z
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Avanti West Coast to be renationalised in March as ministers float public ownership of new trains
Andy Burnham hails nationalisation of much-criticised service between London, Birmingham and Glasgow
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West Yorkshire Cycling @wyorkscycling.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨 NEW 🚨 CK15 UEC | Empty lane ahead and still a close pass from Mini Countryman on A644 westyorkshirecycling.co.uk/2026/09/28/c... #A644 #DenholmeGateRoad #Halifax #Calderdale #ClosePass #OperationSnap #Cycling #WestYorkshire
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CK15 UEC | Empty lane ahead and still a close pass from Mini Countryman on A644
A clear oncoming lane on the damp A644 Denholme Gate Road in Halifax on Friday, 20th December 2024. A white Mini Countryman registered CK15 UEC still passed a cyclist close. The cyclist held a steady ...
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Rosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What do we reckon? This is your basic rural crime and not terrorism? Theft of one or more of 1) diesel 2) heating oil 3) farm equipment 4) livestock
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here is how politics, in most cases, works: Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it. The government adopts it. Please read whole🧵
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djcaress.bsky.social @djcaress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The hyper-vigilance required in order to stay as safe as possible when cycling is not just for self-preservation purposes, it’s also because you have the pick up the mental slack on behalf of distracted or inattentive motorists, of which there are many.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've always favoured abolition of the House of Lords. But appointing establishment worthies unelected lawmakers for life and then allowing corporations bidding for huge public contracts to hire them on telephone number salaries is obviously as bent as a nine-bob note.
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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 28/09/2026
Just saw someone zoom by on a Solar powered recumbent e-bike, clearly homemade. I barely got a photo before he was away. Just commuting to work in Chippenham I think? Legend.
Industrial estate with a small grainy cyclist turning the corner, laying back on a recumbent bike, and two flexible solar panels making a roof over the top.
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Probably the greatest parallel parking you’ll ever see. #WorldBollardAssociation
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Police: 'Don't speculate about Fairford' Farage: 'Here's my speculative theory...'
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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Meta can ban: - Adverts for a Virginia Woolf play because of “feminism” - Ads for a documentary about Elon Musk. Meta seemingly cannot ban: - Generative AI Child Abuse and Child Sexual Abuse Material, adverts and content.
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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our thoughts with friends & family of ebike rider killed by moped rider on North Pole Rd, North Kensington near Westway, 12am Friday. Police believe the moped rider chased ebike rider prior to collision & are treating as murder. Please contact the Police if you have any information.
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Cyclist killed in collision with moped as murder investigation launched
Police believe the moped involved in the collision had been pursuing the e-bike prior to the incident.
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4 Chords No Net @4chordsnonet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Premiering at 17:00 today (28th September). Angry Sweary Driver With Small Man Syndrome, Gets a Marker Put On His Car - WIL 9966 youtu.be/FLzdNw6iNkA
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Angry Sweary Driver With Small Man Syndrome, Gets a Marker Put On His Car - WIL 9966
YouTube video by 4ChordsNoNet
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Sunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC
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jaj991.bsky.social @jaj991.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Another driver chooses court, date is some time away 07/07/2027. Having watched the video I think their only hope is that I don't turn up but there's nothing guaranteed when going to court.
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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The social care issue is fundamentally simple: do we carry on with a lottery where one-in-ten random families lose their life savings (and it definitely could be you), or do we all contribute towards that bill in some way?
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