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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 5h

🧵 1/ Some things we learned recently: - data centres route bot farms - bot farms manipulate elections - autocrats want data centres Do the math. Coincidence? We think not… 👀

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 7h

i am not some wild radical, i am the most boring mainstream parent you could possibly meet that spends most of my life driving my kids to hockey practise - we've fucked up our streets so bad and the narrative so bad that wanting BASIC SAFETY FOR CHILDREN is considered fucking radical.

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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 11/10/2026

Harry Webb was cycling home when he was killed by a driver using nitrous oxide. His tragic death shows the devastating consequences of people taking drugs & driving. I hope that the seriousness of this judgement will deter other offenders in the future. www.londoncentric.media/p/nitrous-ox...

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The supposed party of fiscal responsibility are now just the party of fossil fuel dependency. You can’t trust the Tories with your money - nor, more importantly, with defending us from the climate crisis: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error

Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data

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Grant Ennis @grantennis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“From a peak of 23,440 miles, the UK now has 9,785 miles of rail. Over 170 cities had tram systems, with nine today. British children used to walk six miles on their own, now they are lucky if they can safely walk 300 yards.” @felly500.bsky.social

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Race car driver Graham Hill gets the most from his Moulton as he transports his children Damon and Bridget near their home in 1964 📷Victor Blackman

Photo of race car driver Graham Hill riding a Moulton bicycle with a boy riding on the front of the bike and a girl riding on the back. They're riding on a sidewalk in a residential neighborhood.

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

@irishtimes.com Can you please learn to distinguish between e-bikes (legal, safe, convenient, limited to 25km/h, you have to pedal) and electric motorbikes. The picture is of the first type, the story is about the second www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

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Man and teenager arrested after reports of e-bikes being driven dangerously in Belfast

Police chief commends actions of officers that ‘prevented further immediate danger to road users’

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The WAR ON WALKING has taken many forms around the world. It’s often as simple as how we signal who space is and isn’t for. Once our eyes are opened to all the ways we’ve prioritized cars over people, we can’t unsee it. Frustrating photo contributed by @stadsplanering.bsky.social. #WarOnWalking

Background photo from North Macedonia, where “sidewalks are mostly used to park cars” as explained by photo contributor Carl-Henrik Barnekow. Text says “Don’t buy the lie that there’s a war on cars. They’ve been waging a war on walking for a century.” Via the Urban Truth Collective. #WarOnCars #UrbanTruth

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The sad saga of Ecclefechan at 275 Addiscombe Road in Croydon is an example of why planning law surrounding permitted development rights urgently needs to change.🧵 📷 London Fire Brigade

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Don't know who made this. But we love you for making it ❤️

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Hedgehog Cycling @hedgehogcycling.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

And it's funny how this sort of incident - man drives car into crowd injuring 134 people - doesn't result in a moral panic about motor vehicles, or the idea that it reflects badly on all drivers www.cps.gov.uk/mersey-chesh...

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Man jailed for driving his car into Liverpool FC’s victory parade crowds | The Crown Prosecution Service

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A reminder that Delo previously pled guilty in the US to violating money laundering protections and agreed to pay a $10 million fine for "willfully” breaking the law with his BitMex platform, which was described as "in effect a money laundering platform.” This is who owns Farage now

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Former Tory chancellor Kwarteng wants people to pay for private insurance to access NHS services. A plan to deny healthcare to millions. People already pay taxes, NIC. NHS drained by privatisation. Needs investment. Privatisation hikes cost - water, energy, social care.

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Kwarteng says people will need to pay private insurance to access future NHS services

Tory Kwarteng told GMB that private health insurance must "play a part" in the NHS's future, signalling a move away from a free public service

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

No matter what they claim, the REAL “war” that’s been going on in our cities has been a WAR ON WALKING. And it’s been going on for a century. #UrbanTruth

Mostly black text on white background: “ The Road Lobby claims that there’s a war going on in our cities. There is, but it’s not the war they’ve been lying about. They’ve been waging a WAR ON WALKING for a century.“ Via the Urban Truth Collective.

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fredfelt.bsky.social @fredfelt.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I'm looking forward to seeing you lot when you come to visit Oxford! Thought I'd share this post from Facebook, thoughts on Oxford's 'War on Motorists'..

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The “war on motorists” has to be one of the most fragile, overdramatic phrases in modern public debate. Apparently, asking people not to park on pavements, so wheelchair users, parents with prams, and elderly people can actually pass, is a “war.” Making roads safer so fewer people are killed or seriously injured is a “war.” Adding cycling infrastructure so people have a choice beyond sitting in traffic is a “war.” Reducing speed limits in residential areas so children don’t die is a “war.” It’s absolutely absurd. The vast majority of public space is given over to car drivers. Roads, parking bays, multistorey car parks and retail parks built entirely around driving. The idea that drivers are somehow an oppressed group is detached from reality. What’s actually happening isn’t a war on cars, it’s a slow, long overdue correction, after decades of designing everything around one mode of transport, at the expense of all others.
Being asked to drive a bit slower, being asked not to block the pavement and being asked to share space.
That’s not oppression, that’s living in a society with other people.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

On the one hand, some people want to make it so that kids and other people aren't crushed to death by cars. On the other hand, some people are upset that they might have to pay attention, slow down or be inconvenienced by about 15 seconds. So you can see how it's a "war on cars."

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Birmingham 20mph limit: a 'life saver' or 'a war on cars'?

Birmingham City Council is proposing the city becomes England's first 20mph city.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Yes, Iceland are an independent sovereign state. Who also happen to be in the Single Market, the EEA and the Schengen zone, with freedom of movement for people, goods and services. But if the UK did that I'd be screaming about Brexit betrayal and being an EU puppet.

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

warning.

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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Research undertaken here in the UK (see below) found that unprotected 'paint-only' cycle lanes are actually worse than nothing at all, so their only purpose is for a local authority to be seen to be delivering some cycle provision. road.cc/content/news...

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Painted advisory cycle lanes increase risk of cyclist casualties, study finds

A study of cyclist casualties in London has found that painted advisory cycle lanes increase the risk of cyclist casualties, with the authors urging that highways authorities cease installing lanes of...

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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Thinking today of all the water-absorbing front gardens torn out and paved over to park cars on - all without any government oversight or regulation.

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Birmingham weather warning as 'significant flooding' leads to fire service callouts

Heavy rain creates problems for residents, with flood alerts in place on Thursday across the region.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Kid just got home from overnight camp (phone free) and again him and his friend “we really didn’t miss them at all, we had stuff to do” KIDS DON’T ALWAYS WANT TO BE ON SCREENS - they just need places to go and ways to get there independently.

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Sustainable Farming @sustainablefarming.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Vegetable harvests are collapsing. Not slightly. Not just by double digits. In many locations by more than half. Broccoli harvests across Europe have collapsed very fast.

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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 25/08/2026

Among all her other amazing talents, Dolly Parton was a cracking author (as well as lyricist). Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business & Dolly Parton: Songteller are both utterly brilliant (the former a sobfest), and Run, Rose, Run is good feminist fun. Read More Dolly.

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Dolly Parton, Songteller: The New York Times bestselling celebration of the life and lyrics of country music legend Dolly Parton

A beautifully illustrated collectible hardback celebrating Dolly Parton's remarkable life and career'A goldmine of little-seen photos and personal anecdotes' - Washington PostAs told in Dolly Parton's...

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"If you see someone without a smile today, give 'em yours." #RIPDollyParton

Photo of Dolly Parton wearing a flowing dress astride a bicycle.

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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Road safety is a social justice issue. “The number of children killed or injured crossing roads is almost five times higher in England’s most deprived areas than its wealthiest” … and the gap is widening.

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Child pedestrian casualties are almost five times higher in England’s worst-off areas

Official figures expose widening gap in road deaths and injuries between poor and wealthy postcodes

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

It’s time we sorted out the press. Constant misinformation to protect their donors and fossil fuels is destroying lives and our planet. The Government must step up and stop being cowardly.

Sorry Zack Polanski this long hot summer is not the apocalypse - it's like a gloriously long holiday in France
..with village green cricket thrown in good measure

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Burnham: “This summer has shown beyond doubt that climate change is not a far-off prospect but with us today… I know people are deeply worried about the climate crisis… This govt will rise to the moment & build a better, fairer, greener & more resilient Britain” www.independent.co.uk/voices/andy-...

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I will send in as many troops as are needed to fight tinderbox Britain

The country is a tinderbox right now, and we must take extraordinary steps to protect ourselves, says prime minister Andy Burnham

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Doug is ONLINE @dasmunch.eurosky.social · 14/08/2026

What fucking difference does anything a Cambridge academic does make to me? None, none at all. It was an HR matter for his employer and nothing more. This was a spiteful, gleeful destruction of a life by racist journalists fed by the vipers nest that is academia for Twitter clout

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I don’t think there’s ever been a clearer example of the British media bullying someone, who was so clearly vulnerable, to death so shamelessly in my lifetime for engagement and clicks And now we’ll have to watch the people that did it claim they’re shocked, and horrified Revolting

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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 14/08/2026

Rewilding is the buffer we need now. 🌳🦫 In response to the Daily Mail's recent piece on wildfires and land restoration, our CEO Rebecca Wrigley has written directly to set the record straight: f.mtr.cool/wohxycndfw 🧵(1/4)

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Rewilding is the buffer we need now

A response to the Daily Mail from Rewilding Britain CEO, Rebecca Wrigley, addressing recent misinformation about rewilding and increased wildfire risk.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Revealed: just 20 out of of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation, as UK burns in fifth heatwave of this summer - FOI request by me @andyburnham.bsky.social needs to level with the country about the climate crisis & set out radical plan to tackle it 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Just 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires

Exclusive: England ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwaves

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

What a damning reflection of the pitifully low priority currently given to climate adaptation - yet building local & national resilience to increasingly damaging impacts is vital to keeping people safe & building support for more ambitious emission cuts

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Just 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires

Exclusive: England ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwaves

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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 12/08/2026

🚲 On Aug 12, International Youth Day, let's celebrate teenagers, NL's most active cyclists! Safe cycling infrastructure gives millions of teens: independence, healthier lifestyles, happiness & environmental awareness. Investment in bike safety = investment in the next generation. 🌍

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Drought, shrunken rivers, attacks on water infrastructure: our water crisis is here: we already have the tools to fix it, what we need is political will & concerted effort, writes @petergleick.bsky.social share.google/BktvuLE9cT27...

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Drought, water rationing and dry rivers: our water crisis is here | Peter Gleick

It doesn’t have to be this way. We know what needs to be done

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This is an outrageous failure from Andy Burnham and this Labour Government. He says they "don't know the remedy." It's obvious to almost anyone. Nationalise water companies. Tax fossil fuel companies. Invest in renewables. Labour selling us down the river to please their donors as country burns.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Every car ad ever showing cars ripping around empty cities, blasting through forests, conquering mountains and doing the most over the top stunts with celebrities: 🦗 Then a simple message about bikes: "ridiculous, can’t possibly work, unrealistic, this won’t work for everyone in every scenario"

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 11/08/2026

Reform’s leaders peddle rhetoric around climate change denial. Their councils act on it. Last month, Reform-run Suffolk County Council scrapped its climate emergency declaration. Now, as a wildfire tears through the county, we are seeing exactly why climate action should not be abandoned.

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Work to save the climate or be condemned as someone who helped destroy it? Dilemma? Really?

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 10/08/2026

If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon. Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

New data analysis “has provided fresh evidence that cycling is the fastest inner city rush hour transport, with new findings from London showing that 2 wheels beats the tube & cars for most trips…the bike beat 92% of matched trips aligned to TfL services, as well as 75% of rush hour driving trips.”

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Cycling again declared London’s fastest transport in new data

New data analysis from health data experts Terra and triathlon icon Alistair Brownlee has provided fresh evidence that cycling is

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Max Sullivan @maxsullivan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Westminster Council Conservatives, of 'vertical drinking' fame, earlier this year proudly cancelled a cycle lane on Hamilton Terrace. Where on a Thursday afternoon last June a 13 year old boy was hit and seriously injured by the driver of a car. They have received no negative press for doing so.

Screenshot of TfL road danger reduction dashboard summary of collision which reads:

On 12/06/2025 there was a moderately serious collision at 15:15 at On Hamilton Terrace, Near The Junction With Abercorn Place.. The collision took place on an unclassified road. The collision involved a pedal cycle and a car, resulting in 1 moderately seriously injured cyclist.

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Kanchan @kayehm.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A UK study found that telling potential SUV buyers that those vehicles directly result in higher fatalities for pedestrians, cyclists and children had zero effect on their decision to buy them. What does work? Financial penalties: Increased fees, taxes, parking. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

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SUV buyers undeterred by warnings of risk to pedestrians, UK study finds

Exclusive: Research suggests financial penalties necessary if number of large vehicles on roads is to be reduced

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.eurosky.social · 02/08/2026

Few people understand that the UK university system is in crisis, but even fewer realise that many of the people losing their jobs are amongst the best in their fields

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 01/08/2026

Over the past decade, Beijing has experienced one of the most remarkable cycling renaissances in the world, powered by an innovation that has quietly transformed everyday mobility: dockless bike-sharing. Millions of residents suddenly rediscovered the joy of the bicycle, without needing to own one.🧵

People of all ages and abilities wearing casual summer attire ride blue, yellow, and green shared bikes on dedicated facilities along the streets of Beijing.

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

If only governments watched, listened and learnt from nature, instead of invariably thinking they know best ... "How beavers are quietly tackling Europe’s raging wildfires and helping burnt landscapes recover" www.euronews.com/2026/07/29/h...

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Why beavers could be a secret weapon against Europe’s wildfires

Beavers’ penchant for dam building has created natural fire breaks across Europe, which could help tackle deadly blazes.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Half of the country is in "exceptionally serious drought" - putting us at more risk of wildfires and threatening our food security. Meanwhile water companies are wasting a staggering 2.87 billion litres of water every day through leaky pipes. Time to end water privatisation.

Half of England officially in "exceptionally serious" drought

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