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I’m totally with you. Glossy gorgeousness. Years ago I came across a group of teens in the woods opposite my house. “I bet they’re up to no good” said the man who went on to bother them.* They were actually playing “Conkers Got Talent” which involved judging the deliciousness of various conkers

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Cycle Advocacy Network - South East England @canseengland.bsky.social · 6h

New guidance from Active Travel England with the "Women and Girls’ Safety Hub" for street design with women’s and girls' experiences at its heart. activetravelengland.gov.uk/resources/ac...

An aerial daytime and night time split shot showing a steet and park with human scale design taking female safety into account e.g. good lighting at night.

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 9h

Safety alone isn't enough to get more women cycling. Cities must start building cohesive networks connecting the myriad places women need to go. This means looking beyond “Can women cycle safely here?” and asking: “Can women use this network to live their lives?” LISTEN: www.dw.com/en/why-arent...

A collage of women of all ages and abilities cycling in the Netherlands.

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Jess Asato MP @jessasatomp.bsky.social · 5h

Absolutely brilliant to hear Yvette Cooper call violence against women and girls an “epidemic” and for it to be formally treated as a “public health” crisis. Alongside the roll out of Steps to Safety to GPs this represents a clear commitment to tackling VAWG.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed

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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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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 28/09/2026

patriarchy is humanity's oldest protection racket patriarchs: you should give up most of your power and freedom to us because the world is big and scary and dangerous and we will protect you from the danger also patriarchs: *are the danger*

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026

Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.

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Fr. Cannabranna Lammer. @drraulduke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Gather round, children. In the year 2022 the Old Empire fell. A mad emperor seized the throne, renamed the realm after a single letter, and made his horse a verified account. The legions fled west across the sea, to a land of blue butterflies.

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Susannah Walker @susannahwalker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As ever, the simplest solution would be for them to all stay at home and leave the space to women who don’t want protection but freedom.

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Susannah Walker @susannahwalker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For several years I wrote a lot about vintage posters and to my surprise some bits of this have worn quite well. The original piece about losing the North to England is interesting in our new times… link below.

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Nick S @holgate.permanent.red · 24/09/2026

A lot of this comes via @susannahwalker.bsky.social's brilliant Quad Royal blog where I got to mither in the comments about Industrial North England vs Deep England and she found posters to make clear this understanding of England was actually always there: vintageposterblog.com/2013/01/24/n...

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Northern return - Quad Royal

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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

we will now cross to David talking to Tom discussing what Anthony said to Tony about male violence… great. Males dominating every fucking corner of the public sphere including conversations about male violence will definitely work this time.

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Susannah Walker @susannahwalker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is my brother. What shall I get him for Christmas then?

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Susannah Walker @susannahwalker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Interesting thread which is v relevant to my work. I help people create public places which work better for women and girls. So to some extent normalising the issue by trying to design out dangerous men. There are good critiques of this.

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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

the museum sounds great i hope they also build one for women

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Simon Pease @simonpease.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I may have missed it. Can anyone point me to the govt. Statement on attacks on volunteers for the RNLI, and their commitment to have the police pursue and prosecute every perpetrator?

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Jennifer Graham @jennrgraham.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Every intro to sociology class I teach gets this image.

A small digger trying its hardest to dig out the Ever Given ship that has run aground. It says, “Structural Problem” on the giant Ever Given and, “Making different personal choices” on the tiny digger.

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Jess Pendley @jesspendley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Future me watching temporary -productivity-burst me commit to meetings and calls.

A small machine, the front resembles a smiling face, and its back reflected in the mirror behind it resembles a horrified face.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you’re someone. You hear them shouting “Heil, Spode!” and you imagine it is the Voice of the People.” Bertie Wooster

Daniel Thomas and his Black Shorts in London today.

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Brett Lempereur @brettlempereur.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

So it’s a common mistake to think you should attack the ones in black first, the one in white hits harder and can take out 1/3 of your HP bar if you’re not careful. Get white guy first, then take out the goons in black, and hope beige shorts guy doesn’t spawn.

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Ilikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Disgraceful that the RNLI have to say this today, but here we are 😞. If you would like to donate👇🏻. rnli.org/support-us/g... #RNLI #RNLISavesLives

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Susannah Walker @susannahwalker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

And everyone said, oh this is just a whimsical Victorian recreation of folklore. Until they tested the horns, which date back to Viking times... I wrote about it in The Hard Way; tradition often lingers longer than we think.

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Susannah Walker @susannahwalker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Also note that the process he described is currently being used against the RNLI volunteers who helped rescue the migrant boat.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Bill Bryson on the RNLI in "The Road to Little Dribbling : more notes from a small island" (2015)

I had never really stopped to consider what an extraordinary thing the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is. Think about it. A troubled ship calls for help, and eight people - teachers, plumbers, the guy
who runs the pub - drop everything and put to sea, whatever the weather, asking no questions, imperilling their own lives, to try to help strangers. Is there anything more brave and noble than that? The RNLI - I looked this up later - is an organization run by volunteers, supported entirely by public donations. It maintains 233 stations around the coast of Britain and averages twenty-two call-outs per day. It saves 350 lives a year on average.

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This Neo-Nazi is attempting to target RNLI volunteers. The police have to act, and the Prime Minister should be making a public statement.

Neo Nazi attempts to target RNLI volunteers

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Reports From Unknown Places @clever-reports.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We report at nightfall, ahead of the cold front we are expecting in the morning: the wind is rising. The atmospheric pressure is still dropping. The stars are twinkling through the clouds; the humidity is creating halos around them. The few raindrops are flying in the breeze.

Digital painting of a night sky: dark purple, fuzzy clouds are letting a gradient of dark blues show through some gaps. There are dim stars scattered there.

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Susannah Walker @susannahwalker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Hello, yes, this is Somerset. All completely normal, nothing odd going on here at all.

An emergency warning sign which says:
"ATTENTION ALL ROAD USERS!
ABNORMAL CARNIVAL VEHICLES WILL BE OUT ON THE ROADS OVER THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS:
IN THE DEVON AREA FROM SAT 5TH SEPTEMBER 2026.*
IN THE DORSET/SOMERSET/WILTSHIRE AREA FROM SAT 12TH SEPTEMBER 2026.*
WE KINDLY ASK FOR YOUR PATIENCE IF YOU COME ACROSS ANY ON YOUR TRAVELS. PLEASE SLOW DOWN, PULL OVER TO THE LEFT AND GIVE THEM AS MUCH ROOM AS POSSIBLE TO PASS SAFELY.
ALWAYS TREAT THE ESCORT TEAMS WITH RESPECT AND LISTEN TO ANY INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN. THEIR ROLE IS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ALL ROAD USERS AND TO KEEP INCONVENIENCE DOWN TO A MINIMUM.
PLEASE ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR YOUR JOURNEYS IF YOU CAN.
* UNTIL SUNDAY 22ND NOVEMBER

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Susannah Walker @susannahwalker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I am going to say this over and over again. Women don’t want protection, never asked for it. I want freedom and equality. Protection positions women as inferior and at the mercy of others- and what are we being protected from?

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

'Question' at Lobby today: "You seem to be just looking at the negatives of [the slave trade] which is of course appalling, but we do have to say about a positive side...we ended it. Don't you accept that?" No 10: "It's difficult to acknowledge the positive side of the transatlantic slave trade."

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Alexa Wilson @alexadwilson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Tea towel anyone?

A tea towel - from H17's website - saying WE DON'T NEED THIS FASCIST GROOVE THANG.

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Michael @mmdc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

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And I don’t want protection, never asked for it. I want freedom and equality. Protection makes me inferior - and what am I being protected from?

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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Rod Hull, time traveller. Villa Romana Del Casale.

Roman mosaic depicting man carrying a large bird like an emu.

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Just so we are clear: The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns

A photo from the BBC of an older woman, with grey hair, being led away by police.

A photograph of a line of men in black clothes and balaclavas blocking the port at Dover.

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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 04/09/2026

This Finnish guy has been teaching himself Sumerian, and sent a cuneiform tablet to the British Museum to check his progress. They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post. I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail! www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/...

a photo of a hand holding a cuneiform tablet

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Susannah Walker @susannahwalker.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Also, there’s a common thread between this and the Reform dipshittery of the last few days. Every single person involved is a man

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Susannah Walker @susannahwalker.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I bet every single one of them is against burkas

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Women in Urbanism Canada @womenurbanismca.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

📣 Blog writers wanted! WiUC is seeking fresh voices to write on housing, mobility, accessibility, placemaking & more through an intersectional feminist lens. Honoraria available. No experience required! Submit by Sept. 22 @ 11:59PM PT 🔗 forms.gle/cXhedLGfGkuwovUs8

Call for blog contributors for Women in Urbanism Canada. Honoraria available, and no publishing experience is required. Seeking fresh perspectives through an intersectional feminist lens on housing, mobility, accessibility, placemaking, and other urbanism-related topics. Submissions are due September 22 at 11:59pm PT. Submission link is in the caption of this post. Illustration shows a person waiting at a bus shelter over a stylized city map.

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

not beating the allegations there Nige #ReformConference

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It’s a video that deserves extensive humanities and social science analysis. Let’s start with gender…

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

At what point does a British by-election get awarded to the silver medalist, à la Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis? Asking for a friend of a friend, i.e. me. #Clacton

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Roman clay hot water bottles in the shape of human body parts used for therapeutic purposes some 2,000 years ago! Found in a building which may have been a healing centre. Paphos Archaeological Museum, Cyprus 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a museum display at Paphos Archaeological Museum of ancient Roman red clay vessels shaped like human body parts each of which has a spout with a handle either side, allowing it to be filled with hot water or oil. The clay walls of the vessels are only 3 mm thick so that heat would be conducted to the body. They are comparable in size to the corresponding human parts of the body including ears, torso, groin, hands, thigh, knee, shin, and feet. They are mounted for the display over a simple outline of a human figure, illustrating their possible therapeutic use around 2,000 years ago.

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