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Paul Joseph Corcoran

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Passionate cyclist....

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
In case you missed the red flags. 🚩 🚩 🚩
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djcaress.bsky.social @djcaress.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Just got beeped at by the arsehole driver behind for having the temerity to stop at a pedestrian crossing to let a pedestrian cross. Either they hadn’t seen the pedestrian I’d stopped for and/or they’re an impatient tw4t who isn’t fit to hold a driving licence.
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Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org · 12/11/2025
Are bike paths doomed? A brief (recent) history of active travel cuts, amid Donald Trump's war on bicycles www.cyclingweekly.com/news/are-bik...
Aa road sign which reads:

BIKE LANE CLOSED

BECAUSE MAYOR WHITMIRE IS A JERK
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Chris Wolfe @woffles.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Make sports betting illegal again, if only so I stop seeing fucking ads for these goddamn apps everywhere
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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
I see some are losing their shit over the suggestion of per mile charging for EVs, and the remote possibility of tracking mileage. My EV sends trip data to Peugeot and the app I have after every drive. It would be so easy to push that on to govt. If you don't want to be tracked then ride a bike
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Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org · 31/10/2025
When I was out shopping a woman and her husband approached me after seeing Robyn's 'ghost bike' on my van. She shared with me that her father was a cyclist killed in January of 2017 and gave me the following card:
'Clay' Bosley
1946-2017

Cyclist's Prayer

"May the road rise to meet you.

May the wind ever be at your back.

May all your journeying be joyous.

And until we meet again, may God hold you and your bicycle in the palm of His hand.

Go in peace and safety.

Amen."
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God @thegodshow.com · 29/10/2025
Why does no one take God seriously? I said “thou shalt not kill” and I meant it.
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djcaress.bsky.social @djcaress.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
A rule in the Highway Code (163) motorists often fail to adhere to. If a parked vehicle is on your side of the road and there’s insufficient road space for both vehicles to proceed, then you wait. If you barrel through anyway then I can only presume you got your driving licence from a cereal box.
Highway Code rule 163 - Overtaking (parked vehicles).
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Hamas is handing over bodies that are not even hostages
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Wheels for Wellbeing @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk · 13/10/2025
It's 'Cycle to School Week', a UK-wide event run every year by Bikeability to celebrate cycling to school and the huge benefits it brings to children's health and wellbeing.
Graphic says. "This Cycle to School Week, don't just encourage us; enable us! Every child needs safe space to walk/wheel and cycle". There are two drawings, one above the other. Top has a busy road full of grey cars and fumes, with standing silhouettes holding signs that say "you can cycle!" and "we heart bikes!". Bottom has "safe space for cycling" with a planter showing road open to cycles, pedestrians and wheelchair users, "people-friendly speed limits" with a 20mph sign and "inclusive cycles and accessible cycle parking" with a range of different trikes and bikes all parked on stands under a big shelter.
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Austrian Fietser #klimafreak @woemi.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Out of 195 countries worldwide, 0 have mandatory bicycle license plates and 0 require pedestrians to register. Switzerland once had bicycle license plates but abolished them.
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God @thegodshow.com · 10/10/2025
Thou shalt not shoot priests in the head. I shouldn’t have to say this.
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Thou Shalt Not Shoot Priests in the Head
I shouldn’t have to say these things.
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Paul Joseph Corcoran @penninepaul.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
The best conversations happen with the wind in your face and pedals under your feet.... 💙 🚴🏻‍♂️ #LoveCycling
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road.cc @roadcc.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
“The police are sending a very odd message to criminals. The evidence is there, they’re just refusing to use it” Cycling UK hits out at British Transport Police’s “alarming, gobsmacking” refusal to investigate thefts of bikes left for more than two hours at stations road.cc/316239
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Paul Joseph Corcoran @penninepaul.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
#TrumpsThugs.... #gestapo!!! 😡 The most famous quotes from the Nuremberg trials were that the accused were "Just following orders" when they committed atrocities, which the court rejected as a defense.....
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
We regularly see Toronto prosecutors toss cases or police fail to submit disclosure where cyclists have been hit by dangerous motorists, resulting in life altering injuries. This is a travesty. An injustice. Fantastic reporting by the Star's @alyshah.bsky.social: www.thestar.com/news/gta/she...
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She was thrown under a streetcar when a car driver knocked her off her bike. Her case was withdrawn — one of thousands tossed each year by a ‘system in shambles’
The mass withdrawal of road safety-related charges has become routine, the result of an overwhelmed court system that is leaving millions in fines on the table and letting dangerous drivers off the ho...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Nigel Farage has been warned his "morally repugnant" plans to scrap the main route to citizenship for migrants could push the NHS to the brink of collapse www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Nigel Farage's 'repugnant' migrants plan torn apart as NHS would 'collapse'
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has been warned his 'morally repugnant' plans to scrap the main route to citizenship for migrants could push the NHS to the brink of collapse
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Yoko Ono @yokoono.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Listen to the full-length brand new remix on Spotify open.spotify.com/album/12YikI...
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Yoko Ono @yokoono.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY On 30 January 1972 in Derry, Northern Ireland, British soldiers shot 26 unarmed Catholic civilans on a protest march. 13 died immediately. 1 died later. 6 of the victims were children. John: Written by both of us. We wrote that the day after. #powertothepeople
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djcaress.bsky.social @djcaress.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
<1% of motorists found guilty of causing Death by Dangerous Driving receive lifetime driving bans. 10k+ motorists allowed to drive despite 12+ points. Enough is enough. - Abolish exceptional hardship - 12 points+ = automatic revocation of licence - Automatic lifetime driving bans - DbDD and DbCD
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The passing of Paul Newman (2008), Sean Connery (2020), Sidney Poitier (2022), and now Robert Redford (2025) signals the slow disappearance of a certain type of 20th century figure: men who embodied classic style in a way that reflected their taste, rather than a professional stylist.
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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 16/09/2025
Human beings are not cognitively or psychologically equipped to safely and responsibly operate cars. The fact we have normalized it is truly wild.
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John Lennon @johnlennonofficial.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
WORLD PEACE We decided that the thing we had in common was Love. And from Love came Peace. So we decided to work for World Peace. #powertothepeople
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
How do we know Trump didn’t order Kirk’s assassination as a distraction from Epstein — and a tactic to start the civil unrest he needs to declare Martial Law and delay the 2026 midterms?
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djcaress.bsky.social @djcaress.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Nearly taken clean out by an inattentive driver pulling out of their driveway (leads straight onto the road). Thankfully vigilance and sharp reflexes saves me once again. Again, cyclists having to do the thinking on a motorist’s behalf. Just pay f’ing attention, you’re operating lethal machinery.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians “The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy” eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
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Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
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Paul Joseph Corcoran @penninepaul.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
This needs to be done in the whole of the U.K.! 👏🏼
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
From tomorrow, there’s no more peak rail fares in Scotland, thanks to the SNP. The Scottish government runs our trains for the betterment of all of us, thank what more we could do with the full powers of independence in Europe!
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
"Analysis has found drivers in the tallest cars could not see children as old as nine when they were directly in front of the vehicle."
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Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn
Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
“Automobiles have produced far more cumulative damage in the world, in terms of death, illness, and environmental destruction, than nearly any other invention in human history,” argue the co-creators of The War on Cars podcast, in this incisive account... This will inspire anti-car activists."
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Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile by Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, Aaron Naparstek
“Automobiles have produced far more cumulative damage in the world, in terms of death, illness, and environmental destruction, t...
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
NEW SUBSTACK: Pig. Horseface. Nasty. Trump’s insults weren’t jokes — they became law. Click link below for all the juicy tea and fact-checked receipts ⬇️
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Pig. Horseface. Nasty.
How Misogyny Became U.S. Policy: Grab ’Em by the Pussy → Grab ’Em by the Courts
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djcaress.bsky.social @djcaress.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
If you think Reform Ltd. is the answer to the failure of the main political parties. If you’re seriously considering voting for them in the next GE, it’s time to educate yourself. When it arrives, the next GE is the last chance saloon. A Reform Gov’t = Game Over.
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God @thegodshow.com · 27/08/2025
Those who have the power to stop mass shootings can go to hell with their "thoughts and prayers." Do something about it, you evil bastards.
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Paul Joseph Corcoran @penninepaul.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
#BanSUVs....
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Paul Joseph Corcoran @penninepaul.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
😳 🙄 #SpeedKills.... 😡
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Trust me, you’re not getting in.
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Peter Beadle @pwbnyc.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Folks are terrified of the NYC subway, think DC is a gang ridden hellscape and have other often irrational fears, but here's the truth, other than disease or an abusive partner with a gun, you're most likely to be killed by a reckless driver, and we barely acknowledge it's a problem.
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God @thegodshow.com · 19/08/2025
No.
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Donald Says He Wants To Get Into Heaven
Lol, lmao.
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Paul Joseph Corcoran @penninepaul.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
🤣🤣🤣
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I may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
atlantablackstar.com/2025/08/18/b... One of the reasons I don't think the death penalty in the US is viable is because the number of stories like this...where you can get jailed for 67 days because your name is similar to someone else.
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‘How Is This Possible?’: Black Pro Football Player Jailed for Murder That Took Place While He Was 80 Miles Away In Another Town, Mistaken for a Suspect Who’s 115 Pounds Lighter
"Wrongfully jailed for a murder he didn't commit while 80 miles away. A Black pro football player's nightmare. #JusticeDenied"
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djcaress.bsky.social @djcaress.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Interesting that today BBC News covered a report on a female pedestrian hit by an e-scooter rider, sending her flying into the canal. Yet they haven’t provided any coverage on the female cyclist who was pushed into the canal by a pedestrian. I wonder why they covered one but not the other 🤔
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Russian tanks are now flying the American flag. Disgraceful.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
text on black background 
THE BICYCLE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FOR EVERY TRIP IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE FOR EVERY PERSON.
YOU CAN USE IT AS NEEDED AND REPLACE THE CAR TRIPS THAT ARE DOABLE FOR YOU.
ROVÉLO
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Taras Grescoe 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 13/08/2025
NEW RESEARCH: Parked cars can account for 10 percent of the surface areas of some cities. It turns out that their albedo (reflectivity) can significantly contribute to the urban heat island effect. Dark-coloured cars are the worst, making the air around them 3.8°C hotter vs nearby asphalt road. 🧵
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Drivers over 70 who fail eye tests face ban in road safety overhaul Ministers are preparing the biggest shake-up of driving rules for two decades, including a reduction in the drink-drive limit www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
thetimes.com
Drivers over 70 who fail eye tests face ban in road safety overhaul
Ministers are preparing the biggest shake-up of driving rules for two decades, including a reduction in the drink-drive limit
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Paul Joseph Corcoran @penninepaul.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
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Paul Joseph Corcoran @penninepaul.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
So true.... 👍🏼
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Paul Joseph Corcoran @penninepaul.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
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Paul Joseph Corcoran @penninepaul.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
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