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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 4h

The winds have really picked up here in Newcastle. The rain is lashing the windows.

Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 11h

You may have noticed my new handle! I’ve decided to port from US hosted bluesky servers and across to the Eurosky instead. The data is hosted on servers in Germany, subject to GDPR & European law. Eurosky is operated by Stichting Modal, a Dutch non-profit foundation. They do not sell your data.

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 23/10/2026

A really phenomenal night last night. A huge thank you to the team who pulled together the Mercury Awards and the fringe over the past week. For a second year in a row the blossoming Newcastle & North East music scene was put on the map. All great nominations, tho Raye was a very deserving winner

A photograph of the Mercury Award Newcastle stage. The arena is bathed in blue lights.

A photograph of the Mercury Award Newcastle stage, Raye is singing on stage and is on the large screen to the left. The arena is bathed in red lights.

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026

Being told by two people that will no longer vote for you because you are pro-bike 🙃 When there are hundreds more issues facing the UK and Newcastle. It’s amazing what voters focus on.

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Octopus Energy @octopus.energy · 19/10/2026

Two gas crises within a decade with no end in sight — and still, some think gas heating is the answer. China’s EV wave started with subsidies, now they’re reaping the benefits. Greg writes on how Britain’s got to back itself on heat pumps 👇

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 19/10/2026

Why do these people desperately want to stoke fires. They’ll also be the first to wring their hands when everything kicks off and say ‘’how did we let this happen? Nobody could have m predicted this would happen in the UK?’ Mysteriously these articles will probably also disappear too.

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 19/10/2026

On the doorsteps in the run up to May, I spoke to a gentleman who came out with this exact phrase. In his words (and I quote) ‘asylum seekers should be rounded up and put in concentration camps’ My response was to snap back ‘that’s vile, racist and you need rethink’. He looked back shocked at me

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Biollante @bivouacchillin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

If you're backyard is close to water, consider building a frog sauna to help treat chytrid!

Frogs chilling inside the frog sauna. It's basically just a black masonry brick

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 19/10/2026

🤣🤣🤣 If you’ve seen the clip circulating you’ll understand this reference.

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

In the last month our heat pump has used 76.24kWh electricity delivering 426.15 kWh space heating as well as 22.96kWh electricity delivering 91.49 kWh of heat for DHW. The house has been a stable 20.6C (set point is 20.5C). Total cost - £4.09 🤯🤯🤯

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Alistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

Active travel upgrades to Argyle St, Glasgow :) #Urbanism

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

🙈 went to the garden centre. Came away with two more trees 🌳🌳

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

I would buy some land, build my own eco brutalist house, grow fruit and vegetables throughout the year and run a cookery school for people to come, cook and socialise.

A photo of an eco brutalist house taken from Google (caveat, the image could be AI generated).

There is a brick tiled floor, with a concrete bench to the left hand side. Then there is a full wall of angled glass. There are growing beds throughout the brutalist concrete property.

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

A really interesting thread. It devastates me that racism has become so normalised in this country. Even yesterday. Walking through town with my show racism the red card badge on, I got called a ‘traitor’. For what? Wanting all people to have the right to exist &live their lives safely & in harmony

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Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

The Tyne Bridge half illuminated for show racism the red card.

Red lights shine from the Newcastle side. From Gateshead darkness.

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

I proudly joined colleagues, fellow councillors and others today. Wearing red to shoe that here in Newcastle, racism has no place in this city. #ShowRacismTheRedCard

A group of people wearing red, stood in front of a big red ‘show racism the red card’ flag

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Manor Park Lib Dems 🔶 @manorparklibdems.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Proud to show racism the red card. And lovely to meet a local hero!

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

Whilst people are all cutting down trees, paving over their gardens and laying fake lawns. We are going in the complete opposite direction. After I’ve found time to plant these, we will have gone from one tree when we purchased our house, to 15 trees, 50 hedge plants & beds of perennials.

A photograph of some mature trees in buckets.

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Lib Dem Peers @libdempeers.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

John Shipley spent 34 years on Newcastle City Council and 16 in the Lords. Today, he ended it where he started, opening a debate on local democracy and electoral reform. Thank you, John, and happy retirement.

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026

Flu jab done! 💉 Now to go celebrate Crumble’s 3rd birthday! 🥳🥳🥳

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

This is quite extraordinary. I don't think I have heard a more coherent, articulate and accurate deconstruction & demolition of Nigel Farage's ReformUK, Tory & Restore policy than this. In under 85 seconds! @rafaelbehr.bsky.social is on here folks and worth a follow.

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WooooOoOooOendy 👻 @wednesdaygj.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Ok, BBC, let’s have a big documentary all about all of the people whose lives have been destroyed by that woman. Let’s talk to kids who don’t feel like they want to live in this world. Let’s talk to adults whose whole existence is being threatened. Educate and Inform the world about transphobia.

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026

This is insane. Surely, the biggest defence would be not to be reliant on other people’s fossil fuels? To be energy independent would be the ultimate defence against both foe and climate change. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.com

Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending

Exclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources say

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026

Dinner tonight was hake topped lentils with a lactofermented pepper and chorizo sauce.

A black plate with a bright orange sauce on. In the middle is some puy lentils and on top of this is a pan fried hake fillet

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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

And now the best part: Bot traffic from the #Yandex network has plunged to near zero following the strike on its Vladimir data center. Bot traffic includes automated requests from search crawlers, scrapers and other online services. Twitter must be a ghost town by now.

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026

Uk developers really need to up their game

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026

Currently can faintly see the aurora out the kitchen window!

A screenshot of the aurora app. The current disturbance level is 648.8nT

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026

It’s grim seeing screenshots like this. Racist rhetoric from anyone is unacceptable, let alone an elected councillor. Kenton, you need to turn up and vote him out in May. Only 31% of people who voted actually wanted him as their councillor. Thats just 13% of the total electorate.

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026

Oh America. How far you have sunk. This is abhorrent. It exemplifies the tech bro mentality, that everything is a game. This is a human being. This is a person. Whilst they committed heinious crimes. They do not deserve this. Not only is the death penalty wrong. But this is another level of grim

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026

Absolutely loving the new @openenergymon.bsky.social UI. Well done @trystanlea.bsky.social and @glynhudson.bsky.social. Still can’t get over the fact our air source heat pump has run at 471% efficiency for heating over the last year! A huge testament to having a good installer.

A screenshot of an open energy monitor dashboard for an air source heat pump.

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026

Tonight Reform voted to abstain from a motion rejecting the great replacement theory, rejecting attacks on the RNLI and other charities (despite some wearing RNLI lapel pins 🙄), to stand up for our status as a City of Sanctuary and to condemn anti-immigrant and anti-refugee rhetoric.

A photograph of the voting across the chamber in Newcastle City Council. 41 of the chamber voted for, 20 voted to abstain.

The other votes out of the 78 which weren’t cast were either people being absent or an error with the voting system.

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Newcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

SPACE for Fenham and Arthur's Hill are running a Glow ride again this year. They'll be meeting up outside the Civic Centre (by the God of the Tyne) on Thursday 22nd October for a ride through the Toon. It's free and all are welcome- as long as you've got a bike. www.facebook.com/events/17453...

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026

Well I’ve marked my Dott on the map! 10 minute cycle from home to the city centre. Took a lovely sunny cycle through Wingrove and Arthur’s Hill, down to St James’ and then along Gallowgate. 50p cheaper than the bus at standard price, and this journey was actually only £1 with a week long pass.

A person wearing a shirt, holding a helmet in their hand.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Great Fire of Newcastle and Gateshead began on this day 1854, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured. At least 800 homes and businesses were lost. Caused by explosion at worsted yarn factory owned by Wilson and Sons in Hillgate, Gateshead. (Pic: Illustrated London News.)

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

Three buses have just disappeared from the stagecoach app and not arrived. I’ve been stood for the past 25 minutes in the rain waiting 😒😒😒 It’s clear why bus patronage is dropping. Why people choose the car over public transport. In London there would have been at least 5 buses in this time.

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026

The look of someone who scavenged in the garden yesterday, hit the jackpot with cat poo but is now feeling sorry for herself and regretting her poor life choices. 😅

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026

Two phenomenal and incredibly simple dishes by Nigel Slater Ive had this week. Potatoes with tahini and thyme (vegan) www.eatyourbooks.com/library/reci... And baked onions with taleggio sauce (vegetarian) www.theguardian.com/food/2019/ja... Both I would highly recommend.

A photo of two whole baked onions in a bowl, with a yellow cheese sauce underneath

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Reform-led Gateshead Council refuses to light up bridge red in support of anti-racism campaign www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026

Just seen an old couple driving their car through Weetslade Park. Casually following the satnav. 🤯 they would have had to drive through these barriers to get there. Do people not ever stop to question whether they should actually be driving where they are driving?

A photo of the entrance to Weetslade Country Park. There is a bollard missing which would normally prevent people driving.

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026

A really productive evening spent at the Active Travel Forum discussing active travel across Newcastle. Some really insightful points raised including learnings from World Car Free Day last month, the need for wrap around soft skills development, active travel routes - especially to & from schools

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026

Sat at my desk working. Heard a strange noise from the kitchen. Then Crumble came walking down the hallway with a strange hobble and was trying not to put her front paw down on the ground. I went to investigate and found she had some sellotape stuck to her front paw 😆

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Tom Gordon MP @tomgordonld.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I listened to Ed Davey on the Today programme this morning, and frankly, I think he missed the point. The idea that we're keeping the triple lock to help millennials is at best for the birds, and at worst downright insulting. I say that as a millennial.

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

Give me oil in my lamp keep me burning (with a never ending dislike of Reform and the far-right). 🎶🎵

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

Just witnessed a guy trying to drive up the cycle lane on Pilgrim St. i stood in front of him and told him this was not his space to drive on. It was a cycle path. Not a road. So after getting an earful of abuse from him, he gave up and drove off. Hacks me off no end.

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