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Rachael Swynnerton

@rachaelswyn.bsky.social
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Mother, Northerner living in London, big fan of walking and cycling. Co-founder of Islington Clean Air Parents and Vice Chair, Islington Living Streets.

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Rachael Swynnerton @rachaelswyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Please sign to save our Red Squirrels before it is too late.
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Save Our Reds: Protect Britain's native red squirrels before it's too late
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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📣 We're only three weeks away from Innovations in Urban Cycling, in partnership with Osbornes Law. Speakers from across Europe will be sharing the ways in which their cities have innovated to promote cycling. Check out our website for all the details on the event 👉 lcc.org.uk/events/lcc-a...
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Rachael Swynnerton @rachaelswyn.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Thank you @londoncycling.bsky.social Women’s Network for organising this amazing Women’s Freedom Ride. Check out the campaign 👇https://lcc.org.uk/campaigns/womens-freedom/
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Women's Freedom
Less than one third of cycle trips in London are taken by women - we want to close the gap and unlock cycling for women.
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Rachael Swynnerton @rachaelswyn.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
📣 What do women want? Freedom to Ride! 🚴‍♀️ Investing in safe cycling for women, is also an investment in the children who ride with them. Win win! 🙌 @islington-council.bsky.social @cycleislington.uk
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Rachael Swynnerton @rachaelswyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
This glorious vision of a city for people deserves a repost again and again, not just on World Car-Free-Day! @barnsburylaycockcs.bsky.social @cycleislington.uk @livingstreets.bsky.social
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Rachael Swynnerton @rachaelswyn.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Disgraceful, dishonest and disinfromation - not a suprise for Trump, but deeply worrying. Please share widely. @barnsburylaycockcs.bsky.social @letsgetcracking.bsky.social @zero-hour.bsky.social @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
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Rachael Swynnerton @rachaelswyn.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
It’s simple, 20mph zones work. We all know it. Pedestrians and cyclists deserve to feel safe on the street. Make London safe. @london.gov.uk @cycleislington.uk @livingstreets.bsky.social
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Rachael Swynnerton @rachaelswyn.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
I just signed the open letter demanding all MPs take bold action to tackle the climate emergency. Will you join me? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/sign-the...
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An Open Letter Demanding Bold Climate Action
I just signed the open letter demanding all MPs take bold action to tackle the climate emergency. Will you join me?
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
It's not ideal that the one person in the entire world that Trump is willing to listen to is Vladimir Putin.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Here’s a tip. Siding with the illegal, genocidal invader and pressuring the heroic nation that was invaded to give up stolen land in a fake “peace deal” won’t win you a Nobel Peace Prize, Donald. It makes you complicit in the invasion and genocide, and a at best a puppet of the genocidal invader.
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam in 1982 and today
In 1982 there is a car lane with car parking, a cycle track with barriers and cars parked on the square. Today, no car parking and the cycle track removed due to the low volume of motor traffic in the area
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Cycle Islington @cycleislington.uk · 01/06/2025
🎸 Fancy a guitar lesson ? 🧘 a yoga session ? 🍰 a cheeseccake made for a special date ? Get yourself some raffle tickets ! @camdencyclists.bsky.social @hackneylcc.bsky.social @haringeycyclists.bsky.social @cleancitiescampaign.org @islington-council.bsky.social @islingtoncleanair.bsky.social
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
De Ruijterkade, Amsterdam Centraal station, in 2003 and today
In 2003 it is a road behind Amsterdam Centraal station, today it is a cycle path behind it.
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Islington Clean Air Parents @islingtoncleanair.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Please sign the petition to prevent more dark kitchens in Islington www.change.org/p/no-dark-ki...
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NO DARK KITCHENS - ISLINGTON
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Islington Clean Air Parents @islingtoncleanair.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Commercial cooking is one of the major contributors of air pollution 2.5pm in Islington which is highly damaging to health. Dark kitchens are increasing in densely population residential areas and you can see the spike in pollution in Barnsbury where dark kitchens are increasing
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Rachael Swynnerton @rachaelswyn.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
My beloved @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social was stolen in #islington just before Christmas. I got another one, but you’ll never guess what happened, the bolt from the frame was stolen! 😲 So it’s unusable, cos the thing with these bikes is, they fold! 🤯 @londoncycling.bsky.social @cycleislington.uk
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Martyn Schmoll @martyn.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
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IBikeLondon @ibikelondon.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Kidical Mass - Spring 2025! Sun 23rd March - 11am🚴👏 Let's have one giant leap for mankind - less #carspreading please😃👏 Join us: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ibikelondon/... #kidicalmass #cycling #cyclinglife #cyclinglifestyle #CyclingCommunity #carfree #cyclesunday #london #londonist #londonlife
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Laura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Never mind spending millions shaving seconds off drivers' journeys. The complexity of working out how not to spend £££ on a train ticket, while travelling with a bike, can waste hours. I discovered it's cheaper to pay to stay over the night before, and somehow my ticket was less on MS Edge vs Chrome
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Rachael Swynnerton @rachaelswyn.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
‘This should unnerve every American who eats. Our food system is only as safe as our ability to respond to the next plant disease or other emergent threat, and a strong N.P.G.S. is central to our preparedness.’ #Trump
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Westminster Cycling Campaign @westminster-lcc.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
London🔔📢🚨! Would YOU want to ride across this junction?! Watch our new video and see what you think 👀🚴 It's the intersection of Edgware Road & Sussex Gardens and we spent a few hair-raising hours here to show you what it *really* looks like for cycling And unfortunately...
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Kidical Mass London @kidicalmasslond.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
KIDICALMASS IS BACK!!! 23rd March. 11am. National Theatre. WE WANT SPACE FOR CYCLING! Dress code: Intergalactic 🌙 💫 🚲 🚲 🚲 @ibikelondon.bsky.social @cleancitiescampaign.org @zeroemissions.bsky.social @kidicalmasslond.bsky.social www.ticketsource.co.uk/ibikelondon/...
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"Kidical Mass - Spring 2025" at o/s National Theatre
Tickets are now available for Kidical Mass - Spring 2025 at o/s National Theatre, London on Sunday 23rd March 2025 at 11:00AM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!
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Rachael Swynnerton @rachaelswyn.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Fantastic news for our children’s health. 🫁💚 #ULEZ has had a significant impact on reducing #airpollution across London. According to a report from @london.gov.uk 👏 @cleancitiescampaign.org @mumsforlungs.bsky.social @londonls.bsky.social london.gov.uk/programmes-str…
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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
If you only listen to one podcast today, make it this one Why women don’t cycle After Dark open.spotify.com/episode/1mgp...
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Women’s ‘unsafe’ London night-time cycling routes revealed
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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
"My local cycleway is unusable after dark." "Two guys tried to block the cycle path." "I will never ride here again. I felt so unsafe." Over half of London's official TfL Cycleways are unsafe for women after dark. Full LCC report w/ @forestbike.bsky.social & Madison UK lcc.org.uk/news/womens-...
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Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
🌎 Today is the day! The Climate and Nature Bill has its crucial Second Reading in Parliament. 🗳 We’ll be watching to see if MPs show up and vote to progress the #CANBill. Will you? 📺 Watch the debate live ⏰ 9:30—14:30 👉 tinyurl.com/33229c4x
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Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
📣 "Keir Starmer—some issues transcend party politics, and the future of our planet is one of them. We ask you to officially support the Climate and Nature Bill, and grant a free vote to all MPs, at its Second Reading on Friday 24 January." 📰 Business Green www.businessgreen.com/news/4399756...
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Rachael Swynnerton @rachaelswyn.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Hi @emilythornberry.bsky.social We're in intertwined climate and nature crises, but there is a golden opportunity to make history and deliver the bold, science-led legislation we need. Will you add your support to the #CANBill tomorrow? action.zerohour.uk/islington-so... @zero-hour.bsky.social
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Climate and Nature Bill Campaign
Ask your MP to back the CAN Bill
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Rachael Swynnerton @rachaelswyn.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Tonight is Clean Air Night. Why? Wood Burning is costing us our health, our money and our planet. 🔥🪵 Find out the facts about Wood Burning. @globalactionplan.bsky.social www.cleanairhub.org.uk/clean-air-ni... @cleancitiescampaign.org @islingtoncleanair.bsky.social @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
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Clean Air Night
Did you know that lighting fires in our homes is the largest source of harmful small particle air pollution in the UK? If you didn’t, you’re not alone! Wood burning harms our health and the environmen...
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Rachael Swynnerton @rachaelswyn.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I’ve been looking for some blue sky, think I’ve found it! 💙
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road.cc @roadcc.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
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New Spanish law to "protect" cyclists proposes drivers must slow 20km/h below speed limit before overtaking cyclists
Authorities introduce raft of road safety proposals, with safe speeds and distances highlighted when overtaking cyclists
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