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Peter Brommer

@pbro.bsky.social
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Born, lives. Cares about active transport, including cycling, sustainability. Associate Professor in Materials Modelling at the University of Warwick. Pronouns: he/him.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The chipping away at citizenship, which started with Shamima Begum, is utterly poisonous. Anytime now, Restore will support the removal of citizenship on the basis of race or religion.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Two-tier British citizenship latest.
 Conservatives to strip migrant criminals of British citizenship

Dual nationals serving sentences over five years could lose passports under the proposals
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 26/09/2026
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The roofs won’t be enough
“Just put them on roofs instead” is the most comfortable argument in British politics. It is also the one that quietly hands the bill to our children.
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Ethan Siegel @startswithabang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This discovery is why Einstein was history’s greatest physicist Einstein made a whole lot of discoveries in his life, with many others very close to many of his breakthroughs. But without Einstein, General Relativity may never have come about at all. bigthink.com/starts-with-... #space #astro
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This discovery is why Einstein was history's greatest physicist
Although many of Einstein's papers revolutionized physics, there's one Einsteinian advance, generally, that towers over all the rest.
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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is UK road culture. The police don't care because they're part of it. George is bang on here. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 15/09/2026
Your app should be a fucking website. I have a browser already. Thank you.
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The hospitality industry are back lobbying for a VAT cut They don't mention the cost: £12bn They don't mention who gets the £: ❌ The smallest most vulnerable businesses? Get nothing ❌ Consumers? Prices won't fall ✅ McDonald's gets £400m. Big chains are big winners 🧵:
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Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I was asked by a colleague from my oil & gas days (who has remained in the industry) why UK producing its own gas is less acceptable to the Greens (& others) than importing it from America and West Africa.' The full question & my reply is now online at: climateuncensored.com/there-is-no-...
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There Is No Atmospheric Exemption for British Oil and Gas - Climate Uncensored
I was recently contacted by a colleague from my days in the 1980s and 90s when I worked as an engineer in the offshore oil and gas sector. He remains in the
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Anti. @antikalypse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Es geht immer noch dreister und erbärmlicher.
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Prof Ben Britton @bmatb.expmicromech.com · 03/09/2026
So... this whole article is a pile of shit, and the argument is a rage-bait/dog whistle. I have some quite personal stakes in this, as a CRC… with a learning disability 😬. As Usher articulates - use of the h-index as the sole predicator of academic quality - is bullshit.
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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I was asked by @newlinesmag.bsky.social to write about the death of Bosnian Serb genocidaire Ratko Mladić. He was a war criminal but above all he was a coward. And it is on his cowardice, and the courage of those he sought to exterminate, that we should reflect. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...
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The House Ratko Mladić Could Not Destroy
Ratko Mladić, the commander in charge of the Srebrenica genocide and architect of the Sarajevo siege, died serving a life sentence. He died a coward, much as his political progeny today still live as ...
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Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
On my way to the BBF Summer Cup on Farnham Park. First train from Coventry: cancelled by @crosscountryuk.bsky.social. An Uber got me to Leamington even earlier.
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Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Hi @londoncycling.bsky.social - can I become a LCC member, even though I don't live in London by any useful metric? I'd like to have the 3rd party liability and legal cover membership provides, without British Cycling's or Cycling UK's trans-exclusionary (or outright transphobic) positions. Thanks!
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 25/08/2026
Is it "pragmatic" to approve new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea that could cost between £119 billion to £336 billion in climate damage? Sounds more like climate and economic vandalism.
A graphic that reads "the real cost of Rosebank & Jackdaw" with two piles of money one stacked higher than the other with the higher one labelled "£119 BN to £336 BN climate damage" and the smaller one labelled "£28.7 billion value" with the green party logo and imprint at the bottom
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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 19/08/2026
Stirchley co-op did everything right to build affordable homes on their high street. Then their housing association partner handed them a £2.5 million bill. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/homeless-b...
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Homeless by GSA: The housing assocation bankrupting a community co-op
How a housing association left a community co-operative’s members homeless - and what it means for the future of community organising.
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Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Disappointed to find colleagues from Warwick have co-signed this letter, which mischaracterises Dr Cofnas' alleged breach of contract as whistleblowing.
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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Do you want to write a story about volcanoes that changed history? the editor asked. Why yes. Yes, I do. My piece in @knowablemag.bsky.social on the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days that can transpire after an eruption: knowablemagazine.org/content/arti... 🧪🌋
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Volcanoes that made history
Long after the lava stopped flowing, enormous eruptions altered Earth’s climate and societies all over the globe
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greyverse @greyverse.eu · 30/07/2026
#Flachwitz #Allesnurgeklaut Wisst ihr wo man im Baumarkt die Leihmuttern findet. Stehen direkt neben den Spahnplatten. (geklaut von Benjamin Schöttler)
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Taking the money from overseas aid budgets is fundamentally wrong headed. If you want to fund public transport, do it with car fuel duty.
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Laura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I broke this story two weeks ago for @cyclingelectric.bsky.social - good to see it get wider pickup www.cyclingelectric.com/news/police-...
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Call for education as police crush road-legal, council-funded Tern HSD e-bike
A legal e-bike, mistakenly seized and destroyed by West Midlands Police as part of a crackdown on illegal electric motorcycles
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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Can you imagine the uproar if someone's legal car was seized and immediately crushed because some woodentop made a mistake? And the Police don't even apologise or accept they made a mistake. It's good to see this go mainstream. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Birmingham man's legal e-bike seized and destroyed by police in error
The BBC finds the bike was legal and supplied as part of a scheme to reduce pollution in the city.
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Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Even though yesterday's match didn't count for much it was infinitely more fun to watch...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Deeply irresponsible. We're in a climate crisis. This is such a terrible start. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling
Drilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences.
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Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Another reason to never vote Labour again: Institutional violence against trans children.
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Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Well played @antoine.pinkbean.studio, well played. worldle.teuteuf.fr
Screenshot of https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/ showing the silhouette of today's territory to guess: a group of jagged islands: two main islands separated by a channel, surrounded by many smaller islands. The islands have many long and narrow inlets, potentially fjords.
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Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
What a fight! I might almost become an England fan now.
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I thought I was doing a small story on confusion over the sudden disappearance of water fountains on a popular South Mississippi biking and running trail. What I found was a bigger story about homelessness, the meaning people find in the things they love, public infrastructure and civic engagement.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 01/07/2026
Water fountains disappeared from the Longleaf Trace in June as the board that governs it grew concerned about how homeless people were using its facilities. Runners and bikers who use the 44-mile trail fear the decision could have dire consequences in Mississippi's summer heat. buff.ly/pBXSvrI
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Longleaf Trace Removes Water Fountains Over Homelessness Fears, Infuriating Trail Users
The Longleaf Trace removed all water fountains in June over homelessness concerns, alarming trail users and health experts.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Right now we have three right wing racist parties (Labour, Reform and Conservatives) fighting each other to prove that they are the cruelest and most inhumane towards vulnerable people. These are policies based on xenophobia and hate, aimed at excluding people who need asylum. 6/
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Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
By 2028, every Brit will have been Prime Minister. www.der-postillon.com/2026/06/prim...
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Hochrechnung: Bis Ende 2028 ist jeder Brite einmal Premierminister gewesen
London (dpo) - Mit Keir Starmer ist erneut ein britischer Premierminister nach kurzer Regierungszeit zurückgetreten. Dabei wird der hohe Verschleiß vo
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It seems that several commentators have set themselves a challenge: to write a thread or article expressing disbelief as to why Starmer was so loathed without mentioning his stances on AI, Black Lives Matter, Gaza, trans rights, and then dismiss that loathing as the hysteria of out-of-touch elites.
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
It seems to have become commonplace to blame net zero for Britain’s high energy bills and/or weak job market… … and I guess I’ll have to explain again why there is very little evidence of this. Britain has plenty of economic problems; net zero is not high on that list (though climate change is) 🧵
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Ed Miliband would be ‘noose around neck’ of job creation as chancellor, union boss warns
Comments by Sharon Graham come as Burnham team explores key government appointments
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Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
When I lived in Montréal, I lived on rue Tupper. I never knew who it was named for. Well, now I know.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The EHRC trans code explained: What it does, how it works and what happens next iandunt.substack.com/p/the-ehrc-t...
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The EHRC trans code explained
What does it say, how will it work, and what happens next?
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
With the full caveat that I have never managed a govt dept, as Wes Streeting knows very well having been health secretary, investment in active travel *pays for itself many times over* in better public health outcomes etc. Cutting investment is often a false economy, as the UK knows to its cost.
Case in point: the Prime Minister just said defence is "a number one priority". 

Growth was meant to the number one priority, is it still?

There's not enough money for defence, but today the Government announced £4.5 BILLION for walking and cycling.

Make choices. Decide. Lead.
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Robin Wilton 🇱🇧 @komadori.eurosky.social · 10/06/2026
h/t @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social The UK has a serious problem: media coverage of online safety is ill-informed and lacks serious attention to the risks inherent in the Government's dangerously intrusive policies. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-naked-...
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The naked truth about press coverage of Keir Starmer's nude ban plan
The Prime Minister's latest "won't somebody please think of the children" policy is treated seriously by a media addicted to easy solutions to complicated problems.
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Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Reutlingen HBf. Der Bahnhof, an dem die Zeit still steht. Oder zumindest die Uhr an Gleis 1. @deutschebahn.com
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Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com · 03/06/2026
Everything I know about economics, I learned queueing at Alton Towers as.ft.com/r/21e56ef4-2...
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The UK is stuck in a rollercoaster queue
British theme parks are a fitting symbol of the country’s supply-side economic woes
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The Londoner @the-londoner.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
In November 2023, police discovered the decayed corpse of Tracey Turnell in Walthamstow Market. She had no phone, job, passport, friends or lovers. There wasn’t a single photo of her. It was as if, in her far too public death, she entered the public record for the first time. Who was she?
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The body in the wheelchair: How did a troubled family get lost by the state?
A decayed corpse was found being wheeled through the centre of Walthamstow. Who was she? And who is to blame for her death?
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Maria W. Norris @mariawnorris.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Hi, expert on far-right extremism here, a history of domestic violence and misogyny is one of the strongest predictive variables for violent extremism, especially on the right. We've been raising the alarm on this for DECADES but no one cares.
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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🎃🌒 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 31/05/2026
Love this bit on Ai from the Royal Society. A classic case of the probability engine getting itself in a mess and revealing its complete lack of understanding
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/05/2026
For generations, the American empire was the most powerful force on earth, and so we tended to assume that it was the most *durable* force on earth - surely anything so powerful *must* also be *eternal*? 1/
A detail from Dore's engraving depicting the drowning of the Leviathan - a great sea-serpent thrashing in a chaotic dark sea. The image has been altered: it has been hand-tinted. The sea serpent is wearing a MAGA hat. Drowning nearby are a beleagured Uncle Sam, an Android robot, and the Statue of Liberty.
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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The UK Government’s new Code of Practice offers cruelty, not clarity. Despite promises and spin to the contrary, this is a bathroom ban and a huge rollback for human rights in the UK. Read now: transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/05...
The UK Government’s new Code of Practice offers cruelty, not clarity. Despite promises and spin to the contrary, this is a bathroom ban and a huge rollback for human rights in the UK.
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LGBTIQA+ Greens @lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk · 22/05/2026
"Call it out. Tell your friends. Write to your MPs and councillors. There will be protests – join them, we are going to." Our statement on the latest EHRC Code of Practice. lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk/2026/05/22/s...
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Statement on the latest EHRC Code of Practice - LGBTIQA+ Greens
Cover Photo Attribution: What The Trans?! The LGBTIQA+ Greens are disgusted by  the latest update to the Code of Practice from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). This version rows back o...
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Bethany~ @picklebee.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Trans people in the UK can now be banned from spaces that both align & do not align with their gender because the UK Gov believes sharing a toilet with a trans person is dubious regardless of circumstance. The UK Gov has given services free reign to completely ban trans people from their premises
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Victoria Redfern @victoriaredfern.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This truly is appalling. A massive racist would say they feel 'distressed' at black people being in the same space as them, and obviously what you do there is throw the massive racist out and ban them. This is pandering to bastards like they did to racists in the American South. Absolutely fuck this
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
So the EHRC guidance has been updated from "Fuck trans people's rights" to "I'm terribly sorry but fuck trans people's rights", and it remains glaringly obvious that the government's response to the Supreme Court judgement should have been to fix the law rather than cower in fear of bigots.
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