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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think Iran might have just flytipped into our recycling bin.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As seen on Bernie Sanders's FB page.

A group of tech leaders sit and stand around a table with name tags, titles, and their net worth highlighted, including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Lisa Su, and others.

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is brilliant, and we definitely need more street trees. But it's going to take a sea change at Officer level to agree to it. I failed to get a single street tree planted in four years. Plenty in verges or other open spaces, but regretting not getting street trees done.

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 30/09/2026

Forgive me if I don't place much currency in the Prime Minister's confident assertions regarding Van Gang when hundreds of balaclava-clad football lads romping around on public transport have apparently been running rings around our intelligence services despite operating entirely out in the open.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Warning more homes will be uninsurable due to flood risk. 6.3m homes & businesses in England at risk of flooding. 115,000 new homes will be built in flood zones in the next decade People will struggle to sell/insure property. Problems for years to come. Sue builders and planners.

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Aviva boss warns more homes will be uninsurable due to flood risk

Aviva boss Amanda Blanc said England was "for sure" building homes that might be uninsurable at some point in the future.

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Talk to your kids.

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Grassholme Reservoir was definitely looking lower than normal at the weekend.

Long way from the dock to the waters edge.

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Quite incredible to watch the Chancellor of the Exchequer state that there's nothing he can do to help with the price shocks. Just decouple electricity prices from gas prices. Make green electricity cheaper, and you'd drive investment in renewables, ASHP's and EV's.

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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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bowprow.bsky.social @bowprow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yup Distances are enormous. Interstellar travel is beyond current capabilities (if ever) Local planets outside our own are incapable of sustaining human life naturally Why not care about our blue planet more?! Vote for sustainability & a circular economy Vote climate crisis deniers out in Nov

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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For reference, Voyager 1 launched in September 1977, and on November 18 of this year it will finally hit one light day. 49 years for one light day.

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I wonder if making the single carriageway bit of the A1 into a Dual Carriageway will make it safer?

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Reform run Durham County Civil in Calls for new County Durham festival ideas* - BBC News share.google/ekbV4iGOVeSb... Having stopped funding #Pride. I can think of an idea for an inclusive Festival that's open and welcoming to everyone. #Pride

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Calls for new County Durham festival ideas

Durham County Council wants to hear from organisations who can get behind a new community event.

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Brilliant Birthday Weekend, away in the #Campervan. First stop, a French Palace, in County Durham. The Bowes Museum - County Durham Art Gallery share.google/IxamZFyjSoqh...

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is what we are up against. It’s why I’ve always said the under 16 social media ban doesn’t go far enough. We shouldn’t be banning it for children, we should be properly regulating it for everyone. This is scary. How do we fight this?

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Revchips @revchips.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tyne pedestrian tunnel update. Operational Update: Vertical Lift Closure from 25 Sep 2026 The North and South Vertical lifts will be out of service for several weeks as they undergo refurbishment works. The tunnels remain open with the incline lifts in operation.

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North East PTUG @northeastptug.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Haven't had your say on the future of the North East's buses yet? It's now or never! Please fill in the consultation to call for public control, integration with other public transport modes, simpler fares, and more bus priority! The consultation closes at 9am on Monday. Important links below⬇️

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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 24/09/2026

We are now in the last few days of the consultation on bus franchising in the North East. Monday 28 September at 9am is the last opportunity to take part | Peter Sagar

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North East bus consultation – last few days!

We are now in the last few days of the consultation on bus franchising in the North East. Monday 28 September at 9am is the last opportunity to take part

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Gerri @gerbelean.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As ever, it's under local news. Violent English men are so common that they are rarely deemed to be of national interest by the BBC.

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Newcastle / Gateshead not in the top 100. The Decathlon on the Team Valley is incredibly difficult to get to if you're not in a car. Buses are infrequent, and the cycle network, such that it is, dangerous. Pavements! There's only dropped kerbs on one side of Dukesway.

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A really sad, and annoying report. These babies aren't dying because of some unknown illness. We solved this 60 years ago. And now the crazies are convincing parents not to give their kids the best possible start in life.

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"Save R Kidz" is it? Or not. South Tyneside Council nursery closures decision 'devastating' - BBC News share.google/RmtEFoWkiUik... Admittedly they were losing money before Reform took over the Council, but they've not managed to find any waste or run it more efficiently...

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South Tyneside Council nursery closures decision 'devastating'

Councillors confirm that all 10 Stanley's nurseries in South Tyneside will close by July 2027.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension. Means-testing even though people have paid for it. Proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains tax; cut corporation tax. Enrich the wealthiest. No means-testing. Chaos and cruelty inevitable.

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Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension

‘Radical’ report likely to influence party’s platform also proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains taxes

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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 22/09/2026

1/23 Sorry, this will be long... There is a lot of shouting about what happened in the Channel yesterday. So I want to go back to basic law. Not immigration policies or political rhetoric. At sea, the starting point is simple: Preservation of life comes first under all maritime conventions.

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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Great to hear the PM say “We are going to be much prouder in standing up for our values and the rule of law” re foreign information warfare. I wonder if he or the Home Secretary might consider doing the same when it comes to masked vigilantes shutting down infrastructure and harassing the RNLI

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Arghhhhh. Why does no-one ever take the opportunity to improve things somewhat? "Can you make the press release abundantly clear that we're still going to be allowing the same amount of oil contaminated water into the Tyne as before?" This is a choice. And not a good one. Cont.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

UK car manufacturing has halved since 2016, reports BBC. Wonder why.

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Stanandthat @stanandthat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

(chef's kiss)

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Remember kids, the reason the UK has no money is because of your PIP payment and a few people in a dingy, and definitely not because of aggressive tax reduction by the billionaires like Candy, Radcliffe etc.

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Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just heard Tom Gordon - Lib Dem MP for Harrogate talking on the radio about his party’s proposed 10p cut in fuel duty. “That’ll cost about £5bn. For that money, you could make public transport free for the whole country, and I know which I’d rather do.” Assuming he means the latter, 👏👏👏👏👏

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Quote this with a picture of the aircraft you'll accept as a bribe

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

£24m on a "meanwhile" park, tells you: 1. There is a magic money tree, 2. There's no chance of that Arena being built, 3. The current arena in Newcastle is staying. Gateshead Quays park and open-air performance area to be built in £24m scheme | Chronicle Live share.google/1O9QN8T1xgXq...

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Park and open-air performance area to be built on Gateshead Quays in £24m scheme

The plans will improve the area while authorities work on a larger scheme for an arena on the Gateshead quays

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/09/2026

Nigel Farage leads a political party. He’s a sitting MP. And he hosts his own primetime show on GB News. We believe Ofcom should investigate whether he broke impartiality rules on 15 September 2026. Use our template to write a letter to Ofcom's CEO:

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Tell Ofcom's CEO: How can Farage be impartial presenting a programme on party donations? - Best for Britain

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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It’s not your imagination, groceries ARE much more expensive 😡👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Most housing benefit goes to private landlords. A big chunk of universal credit subsidises underpayed workers. The so-called welfare bill could be seriously reduced by fixing these underlying issues, not cutting actual welfare.

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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BicycleDutch @bicycledutch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Interesting difference between these opening credits of a series in Amsterdam before and after 1972.

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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

People who moved into a new-build estate opposite a rollercoaster factory complain about the rollercoaster.

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Residents divided by UK rollercoaster looming over homes that isn't a fairground

A newbuild estate has seen the ride overlooking their homes for the past 18 months

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