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Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 4h

Introducing: the A-Z of Badvertising! key concepts unpacking how our choices & actions are manipulated against our own interests, in a bite-sized animated format Really happy to finally be able to release these into the wild!

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The A-Z of Badvertising animation

This is "The A-Z of Badvertising animation" by New Weather Institute on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 6h

Without factoring in the size of the 'city', these stats don't tell us very much. Also it's looking at Greater Manchester, which is a very different beast to some of the other examples.

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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 22h

📢 Oxford Greenways launch 📢 We launched the Greenways project today! Masterplan of connecting safe cycle routes. It was just great to be standing on a stage with City, County, and Uni ALL behind the project, and Councillors from 3 different parties speaking in support. Also I got a mug! 😍☕ (1/4)

Leaders from City, County & Uni all standing up on the stage supporting Greenways. & me :).

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As I'm on my way to Mobility Camp, let's reflect on my journey. 1. Walk to railway station (12 mins). Nothing that a good coat couldn't fix – but here I am without a coat.

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just saw folk who join the uncritical rush towards AI referred to as "LLMings", and I am stealing that.

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Vintage Pixel Game: Lemmings

Alt: Vintage Pixel Game: Lemmings

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Let's hope the contagion at City doesn't spread to the significant property developments in Manchester.

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm a few days late to this, but it's worth noting as amid all the years of deeply weird discourse about low-traffic neighbourhoods this is perhaps the most unhinged thing I've ever seen. [Plus: they're not "Sadiq Khan's LTNs". They're done by councils.]

Sadiq Khan’s LTNs made me flee Britain, says millionaire philanthropist

Sir Peter Lampl claims mayor’s traffic policies make London unsuitable for ‘wealth-creating entrepreneurs’

“To do all that, I needed to be able to get about,” he wrote. “I needed to be able to meet people, make deals, go campaigning, chivvy politicians into action. I needed black cabs and roads they could get down. And I needed to be able to get home at the end of the day without spending an hour stuck in a single lane of traffic on Park Lane.

Sir Peter said the expansion of bike lanes in London and introduction of traffic calming measures, such as 20mph speed limits and low-traffic neighbourhoods, had created “a capital city in which we literally can’t get around by taxi”.

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have completed my Sister Rosetta Tharpe pilgrimage with a visit to the place she actually performed in Manchester. The railway station is long gone, but it was here.

Looking down from a bridge onto a pathway.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"E-bike adopters reduced travel costs by 12% and increased physical activity by 14%." doi.org/10.1016/j.ur...

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

(Some of) the students are back!

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Enabling older people to get about on foot or by bike is an essential part of healthy ageing. Marple, with the oldest population in Greater Manchester, needs to do a lot better to ensure its pavements are fit for purpose and that our highways aren't dominated by cars.

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Cor, this week's full council meeting sounds reasonably exciting. It also might explain why our green bin was returned to the exact spot where it was left rather than dumped on the pavement round the corner, for once.

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Why is Spydus incapable of retaining cookies? I have to log in every time I visit either the Manchester or Stockport library sites.

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Susannah Walker @susannahwalker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So, for nearly a year I've been working with @ategov.bsky.social on designing better active for women and girls. And now it's out. There's guidance on design and engagement, and me talking about it all in a seminar to boot. www.activetravelengland.gov.uk/resources/ac...

An illustration of what an urban space might look like if it were designed to be welcoming for women and girls, with cafes, safe bike parking, greenery, separated bike lanes and play facilities for teenage girls - and food carts.

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Labour Walks & Cycles @labourwalkscycles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Lovely to hear a rousing speech from @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social at the start of our conference walk and cycle ride on the opening day of Labour conference

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hey @ategov.bsky.social: you have almost as many followers here as on Instagram, despite not having posted here since 2025. I can't see your recent Instagram activity because I'm not a member. But anyone can see posts on Bluesky. Please cross-post. @bricycle.bsky.social @chrisboardman.bsky.social

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Bart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What began two decades ago as friends filming melons rolling down a cobblestone bridge in Xalapa, Mexico, has evolved into an annual festival drawing hundreds of competitors and thousands of spectators for melon races and a “most handsome melon” competition. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/w...

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The Most Handsome Melon in Mexico? Yes, It’s a Real Contest.

In the eastern city of Xalapa, what started as a joke among friends over two decades ago has become a vibrant annual tradition that highlights creativity and absurdity with melons.

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Mark On A Bike @mtonabike.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Well these are eye catching from Better Streets for Liverpool

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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thrilled to visit Oxfordshire’s first of the new Quiet Lanes: filtered to motor traffic, safe for us cyclists and walkers and horse-riders. First time I have ever felt safe to cycle to the fabulous Rectory Farm: love supporting local businesses.

Me in hi viz by the shepherds pit lane QL

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James Stafford @jamesdestafford.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Some before and after footage of the trial closures of Lena and Paton Street.

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cones @coneshotline.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

WHY IS THERE A CHIBI ANIME ANDY BURNHAM

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Tyron @tyron.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just seen it's Wikipedia's 25th birthday. The greatest website online, and possibly the internet's greatest fruit

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sometimes the blurb is correct. This delicious almost-fairytale sits between Ursula Le Guin and Tove Jansson, and my only regret is that I've devoured it in two days. Any other Naomi Mitchison I should read?

The Virago Modern Classics edition of Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison, introduced by Samantha Shannon and with the blurb 'Read it now' – Ursula K. Le Guin. A cream cover, with an illustration of a young woman riding a black winged horse with a red dragon in the skies above.

The novel is better than the cover.

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Who's at Mobility Camp in Sheffield next week?

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"I need others to be injured, ill or dead to build a successful business" may not be the winning argument he thinks.

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Eating a loaf of parkin in September feels like I've committed a crime. I hope the mince pie buyers feel deep remorse.

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The flipside of this is 'You couldn't possibly understand this, you're only a resident.' But this can lead to 'We've had enough of experts.' Things fall apart, and we need to recognise that it takes us all working together for things to actually work.

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I see we've moved on to astroturfing accusations. Is it 2020 again?

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"People really need to cross-post," said the owl, subskeetingly.

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Also the sky has gone an apocalyptic shade of yellow.

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I just accidentally (and successfully) rubberducked myself while trying to fix a code problem. Seems like a good way to end the working week.

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tom @tommcr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Last week, the Barbakan owner plead poverty to Andy Burnham and all the hospitality places in Chorlton and Manchester backed her up. It turns out her Dad is extracting millions in retirement. There is no poverty, just bad financial planning. www.reddit.com/r/manchester...

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From the manchester community on Reddit: Had a look at Barbakan's accounts after that letter to Burnham

Explore this post and more from the manchester community

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

new favourite Smaug dropped

the 1968 "pleasure in reading" edition of the hobbit featuring an adorable bright pink Smaug torching the inhabitants of lake town

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Combined tram and train tickets are like a cheat code in GM, but they don't work on the barriers and they confuse guards.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Outstanding work from our very own @ibikebrighton.bsky.social 💚

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I realise the Venn of FT readers and people who use 2016 iPhone SEs will be vanishingly small, but this is still annoying.

A notice on the Financial Times app which says iOS 16.0 will be required to continue using the app.

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you want a weary laugh, look up the addressing story in Carmel, California. It has everything you could want from a local government story.

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's perhaps time we had the reminder that making generalisations about "cyclists" is about as useful as, say, assuming great aunts are also some sort of homogenous group who can be defined via what is just one element of who they are.

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Walk Ride Salford @walkridesalford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Would you like to see a cycle hangar in your neighbourhood? Salford Council are looking for suggestions for future cycle hangar locations across Salford. If there's a location you'd like them to consider, let them know by submitting a request: salford.gov.uk/bikehangars

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Cllr Ed Lamb @edwardlamb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is an excellent way to frame driverless cars

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Back to reality today. Though having looked over my Bluesky feed, I think I'll stick to active travel.

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

TIL Babraham is a place and not just a joke in Wayne's World.

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Simon Munk @psimonk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Possibly longest thread I've ever written. Once again, despite all evidence, some folks, closely related to the 'bus industry' want to blame cycling for slowing down London buses. tl;dr: this is a lie & it's cars wot done it. It is not buses v cycling v walking or wheeling. It's all of us v cars...

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