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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 29/09/2026

I spotted a young person who was riding home with a flat tyre… I offered them some air (or directions to a nearby bike shop), and mercifully the air held and they got home. Little things.

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 24/09/2026

@joshih.bsky.social are you sending anyone to MCC planning ctte today? Expect both items to be interesting 😘

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CEEFAUX @ceefaux.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

22.00 FILM: GODCILLA
When nuclear tests off the cost of Merseyside disturb her slumber, a 300ft high redhead with huge teeth and a booming roar brings fear and a lorra lorra destruction to the surrounding areas.

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Loz Kaye. @lozkaye.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Is there any kind of tracking of air quality /pollution at Manchester Victoria platforms 4 5 6? It's always chokingly awful in the covered area. Cc @samsterby.com

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ChinnyVision @chinnyvision.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

National and Internal Borders 2029 might look something like this

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Good news! I made the case for banning adverts for high-carbon products back in 2020. It was important then and it’s even more crucial now. Huge respect to @adfreecities.bsky.social for their years of campaigning, and to my @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social council colleagues for making it happen 👏

Screenshot of an Instagram post by Adfree Cities: Bristol bans polluting ads - ads for fossil fuels, SUVs, flights and fast fashion will no longer appear on council-owned sites. Huge result as Bristol council approves ban on ads for fossil fuels and other polluting products and services.

Screenshot of second page of Instagram post by Adfree Cities: In a massive win against polluting advertising, Bristol City Council has introduced restrictions on ads for SUVs, fossil fuels, airlines, cruises and ultra-fast fashion on council-owned and sites. The policy aims to make rim for the promotion of more sustainable forms of transport, travel and holidays.

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I'm all in favour of cars in principle but idiot drivers who park like this give the rest a bad reputation. It only needs a molecule of common sense* *pavement parking is normalised & socially acceptable, despite the fact that it's virtually impossible to get past. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Driver wedges Kia SUV on Wales Coast Path at Mumbles

It was jammed between a concrete fence post and a bench, and had been abandoned by the driver.

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Dave Morton @dmonbeer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Click every box that contains Lancaster (Forton) Services so we know you are human.

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 12/09/2026

I have had zero reasons to use the DLR for many years, but I absolutely love that they have done this.

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Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Mesmerising!

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 10/09/2026

This is how the school run should be.

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Mags Campbell @magscampbell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

If you don't know about the Battle of Cable Street, and other times we stood up to British fascists, you can learn about that now, before it's too fucking late. History is not boring and it's definitely not irrelevant.

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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If MI5 and SO15 were aware of the operation being planned, then they clearly either chose not to inform Kent Police and withheld vital operational information needed for adequate policing.* OR If they were unaware, which indicates a massive intelligence failure, undermining UK national security.

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Dr Phoenix CS Andrews @thatdocphoenix.com · 07/09/2026

No, you don’t understand. It’s 4D chess so they can catch them properly next time. It’s definitely not a failure of public order

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 07/09/2026

I was thinking of joking earlier that the far right can get in the sea… And they actually did… 🙄

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 07/09/2026

@aptshadow.bsky.social really enjoyed Preaching to the Choir. The name does sound familiar, but we definitely aren’t quite that posh. 😉

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 05/09/2026

Mélenchon vs Le Pen would be a disaster and I really hope that we see the French left come up with someone, anyone else. Or Mélenchon sinks himself so much that Glucksmann can step into the gap. He's not great, but he's not Mélenchon.

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 03/09/2026

What’s really impressive here is the sheer density of air quality monitoring in London. They have the London Air Quality Network for high quality reference data, and have that padded out by sensors from BreatheLondon and loads of NO2 diffusion tubes. Manchester has nothing on this scale.

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 03/09/2026

In small acts of kindness, today I helped someone *not* get defrauded of several hundred pounds. They were trying to buy an item on FB, and the seller had asked for an upfront payment. The buyer was already suspicious but we were able to establish that the seller wasn’t who they said they were.

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 03/09/2026

We had a Full Council meeting this evening to elect my ward counterpart Garry Bridges as the new leader of Manchester City Council. In his speech he spoke of a collaborative approach - and we Greens very much welcome that. We’ll be keeping them honest, robustly and politely.

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Where's my bike shed gone? And more importantly, my fecking bike lock???

Some empty concrete surrounded by barriers where a bike shed ised to be. No sign of my bike lock.

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The Seldom Seen Kid @seldom-seen-kid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

They're all dead, Dave.

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Martin Farley 🔰 @martinfarley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

There is no doubt that this is Section 28 for trans people Absolute shame on @uklabour.bsky.social

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Owain Sutton @owainsutton.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Bollards don't care about the size of your salary.

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 26/08/2026

I am also sad about Dolly and Tim. Legends both 😢

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Before we lock more young people into the costs of car use and ownership, surely we should be looking to increase public transport options so no one is forced to own a car to access work, healthcare or the shops?

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Jack Fifield @jackfifield.uk · 25/08/2026

You never know when you're gonna see your last Mobike. Tesco Express Bow Gladstone, August 25 2026.

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richard mortimer @richardmortimer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The Daily Mondriano in association with The Joy of Wall Furniture, Highbury & Islington #aofoto

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Malcolm Wilson @malcolmwilson01.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The day after the Brexit referendum, one of my 9 year-old pupils, born in the UK to Polish parents, said to her mother, “They really don’t like us, do they?” That was the single saddest memory of the Brexit vote for me.

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 22/08/2026

Post a picture that should be on an album cover. This must be the difficult 3rd album by the doom-prog-folk band Ecocide, called “Frog”

A photograph of a dead frog lying on tarmac. The frog is in the upper half of the picture.

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The negative externalities of car dominance always affect the poorest the most.

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 21/08/2026

There’s a pair of hedgehogs chasing each other around my garden and huffing noisily at each other. This will likely result in more hedgehogs 🦔🦔

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 20/08/2026

@crabpolygons.bsky.social fyi it crashed as I clicked through the screens after first launch. Was fine on relaunch. (And excellent fun)

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 20/08/2026

I downloaded it. I played it. It’s a fun racing game! Yes!

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Dr Claire Asher @claireasher.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This was a fun one to write for @sciencefocus.bsky.social! From space harpoons to robotic tentacles, here are 5 weird and wonderful methods proposed to clean-up space junk: www.sciencefocus.com/space/space-... 🧪

sciencefocus.com

5 bizarre ways space experts want to clean up Earth’s orbit | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Sticky satellites? Space harpoons? Robotic tentacles? Laser cannons? Space lassos? The fight against space junk continues

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 17/08/2026

Tomorrow, family and I are off to see Robin Hood in Williamson Park in Lancaster. In a sign of the universe coming together it was written by @danielbye.bsky.social who I know from the *past* and last bumped about 15 years ago in London. So looking forward to it! @thedukeslancaster.bsky.social

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Sal Keith (she/her) @salkeith.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 15/08/2026

When I was growing up, I saw countless bands, and played a few gigs of my own at the Yorkshire House (later re-named the Yorkshire Tap). It was such a thriving small venue back in the day and scene of much nonsense. That owners are wilfully allowing buildings like this to rot is just not on.

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JenOnTheMove 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jenonthemove.com · 14/08/2026

There are now going to be many many people turning off emergency alerts if it gets used like this It actively harms the system if it's misused.

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 14/08/2026

Yes don’t set more shit on fire… but then how about we fund and legislate for some proper systemic change? Sorting out the uplands, slashing our emissions, building resilience, all that good stuff.

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 14/08/2026

Well that sets a whole new precedent for use of the national alert system. 🚨

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 13/08/2026

Remember everyone: Greens are not here to be disappointed. We are here to replace them. Because taking both immediate and long term action on climate change is critical. To our health, livelihoods, and survival. Sure ban the BBQ, but it’s the tip of the (rapidly melting) iceberg.

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 13/08/2026

We took some pictures (with the blurry little filter that came with our specs, and the biggest lens I’ve got)

Partial eclipse of the sun! The moon is covering about half of it. There’s quite a lot of golden blur.

Partial eclipse! Telephone wires are crossing.

The peak. Only a tiny slither at the top of the sun is visible. A relatively clean shot.

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Sheffield Green Party @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Here's what your Sheffield Green Party councillors have to say about the EHRC's updated Code of Practice on single-sex spaces 🏳️‍⚧️👇 #SheffieldGreenParty #TransRights

When trans rights are under attack what do we do? Stand up and reject the transphobic EHRC code.

A responsible government listens to its communities. The EHRC's new code of practice has been roundly rejected as both unworkable and needlessly cruel.

Sheffield Green Party stands in solidarity with our trans community, now and forever. We fight as one.

"The EHRC guidance is completely unworkable and puts trans people and cis women at more risk, not less. If this government is serious about protecting women, it should deal with domestic violence and the perilously low conviction rate for sexual crimes, rather than focusing on people taking a piss."
Cllr Tom Atkin-Withers

"No-one should be excluded from access to the toilet. Trans men, trans women and non-binary people are being put at risk when needing to use the most basic of public services. Put at risk of humiliation, at risk of violence and at risk of serious health issues when they cannot access the toilet. This rulling is unfair, inhumane and very very wrong. Everyone should have the right to pee and poo in the toilets they feel most comfortable using. It is not up to the EHRC to make that decision for them."
Cllr Lynsey Angell

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 08/08/2026

The segregation of trans people is absolutely that. A choice. It’s the very definition of apartheid to say that a certain group can’t use the same facilities as everyone else. As an ally and a local politician I will never accept it, and call on us all to defy and reverse it. 🏳️‍⚧️

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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Three years after @cardiffcyclecity.bsky.social first raised the issue, illegal barriers in Grangemoor Park have been removed and replaced with accessible entrances. Everyone can now use the park, whether on a bicycle, adapted trike or cargo bike. cardiffcyclecity.org/2026/07/29/i... Before, after

A hideous A-frame barrier. Good luck getting through it on a cycle.

LTN 1/20 compliant access for people riding cycles: a 1.5 metre air gap.

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

In practice, this will mean trans people will be stuck in corridors permanently with no privacy.

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