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I wanna go places on my bike without risking my life. Electrical engineer

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Stephen Gower @sjgower.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
With little more than the stroke of a pen*, government could allow enforcement of double yellow lines, loading bays, etc, by camera enforcement with PCNs sent by post, rather than requiring an officer to fix the paperwork to the windscreen.
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ceo of burger king: our burgers have gone rogue again and infected people with e coli
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djcaress.bsky.social @djcaress.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Speeding is more common than not. Distracted driving, often illegal, is endemic. Driving without insurance or with an expired MOT, I could go on… All of the above and more are everyday, contributory factors that lead to people losing their lives. The focus is very rarely where it should be.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
So the ultra-rich will continue to own our politics, and our country. Disappointing to say the least. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 16/08/2026
[redacted person who does not know whose mentions they wandered into]: In my city, the cyclists are so entitled, they act like they own the roads. Me: LET THE BIKES OWN THE ROADS. THE BIKES ARE FAR LESS DANGEROUS AND POLLUTING BY ABSOLUTELY EVERY MEASURE. MAKE THE CARS PAY TOLLS TO THE CYCLISTS.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/08/2026
Amazon is investing in a natural-gas-burning power plant, as part of a huge A.I. data center in Texas, that could become the largest single source of climate pollution in the U.S., the company confirmed.
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New Amazon Data Center Stokes Worry It Would Be the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S.
The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.
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Bon Pote @bonpote.com · 04/08/2026
Oh shit, le PIB
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Simple message, really. Thanks for the bluntness, @nondriver.bsky.social. #UrbanTruth
“3/4 of disabled people don’t drive. Stop using us as an excuse for car dependency.“ Via Anna Zivarts. The tagline at the bottom says “mobility freedom comes from mobility choices.“ Via the Urban Truth Collective in  collaboration with Anna Zivarts.
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Final Friztination @frizfrizzle.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Meta are sending Fucko the Knife Robot to stab you in the knee. To disable go to Accounts> Settings> Robots> Knife Robots> Fucko> Opt Out
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Solve the School Run @solveschoolrun.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This insanely out-of-touch government advice for kids on how to cross the road safely would be laughable if it weren't for the 443 children injured on London's roads each year.
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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
This is why automatic geo-aware speed limiters should be mandatory. In an urban environment it should simply not be possible to do this much damage to a supermini, let along a quasi-military vehicle that weighs almost 3 tons.
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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Tech companies: Our pavement robots are safe for pedestrians and don't get in their way! The robots:
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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 02/07/2026
"Mommy, how long was the N64 account creation, multi-factor enrollment, update process, and new user experience when you got it on Christmas?" Matilda is distracted and scoots away, so missing your hand over the saucepan, wooden spatula shaking like a wet dog. Oh god. What world did we build?
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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The quick way to improve safety on this road would be to reduce the speed limit and install average speed cameras. That's not enough for the impatient car driving lobby who just wanna go faster an faster... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Northumberland Council leader calls for A1 dualling after deaths
Council leader Glen Sanderson says the mostly single carriageway A1 near Morpeth, is "appalling".
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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 22/06/2026
NEWS! Man coincidentally resigns just as the sun comes out newsthump.com/2026/06/22/m...
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Man coincidentally resigns just as the sun comes out
Keri Starmer has insisted that his decision to resign as Prime Minister has absolutely nothing to do with Britain finally getting a few consecutive days of sunshine.
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Rosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
And adult education classes. You're not bored out of your brain and radicalising yourself into blowing up ULEZ cameras if you're learning how to do dovetail joints in carpentry class down the local community centre, are you?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
If you say "I support Palestine Action", they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on the news.
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corpus @corpus.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Police bias aside, it's actually a lot easier for them to arrest hundreds of people sitting peacefully with signs than a mob throwing stuff at them and I'm not sure that's the lesson they want us to learn.
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Dread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Whenever I'm like "active & public transport are underfunded to the detriment mainly of poor people" people are like "how are you going to fund it?" but when it's subsidising driving (already far more heavily subsidised, with massive negative externalities) it's "we can't expect poor people to pay."
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road.cc @roadcc.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Driverless taxi firm Waymo insists its cars “prioritise the safety of other road users” and “take the safest action available” after cycling campaigner claimed it was “normal practice” to block bike lanes
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Expecting driverless taxis to respect bike lanes “too high a bar” – because customers want to be dropped off in them, autonomous vehicle firm Waymo tells cyclists
Waymo, the autonomous driving tech firm whose so-called ‘robo-taxis’ are now roaming the streets of London, has allegedly told cycling campaigners that expecting their driverless cars to respect cycle...
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The courts should stop treating driving bans like they're this big hardship. If you kill or even seriously injure someone while driving, the ban should be for life. Take the bus and cry me a fucking river.
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Living Streets @livingstreets.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
It's happening! 📢 On Tuesday, MPs will consider an amendment to enable local leaders to ban pavement parking in their area. We need you to help us get this amendment on to the Bill. Ask your MP to agree to Amendment 265 when it's considered on Tuesday: bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/4tMU2Uq
An image of a person with a pushchair down a residential street near inconsiderately parked cars. The person is wearing striped clothing and walking past a black car. The setting includes brick buildings and a view of houses on a hill in the background.
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Albert Lechat @albertlechat.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
La Queen 👸 La sécurité des gens > parking Cela devrait être du simple bon sens pour tout le monde, mais apparemment, c’est encore un débat en 2026… 🤦‍♀️ #motonormativity
Titre de la DH (avec photo de Elke Van den Brandt au parlement bruxellois:
"Si je dois sacrifier quelques places de stationnement pour sécuriser un carrefour, je continuerai à le faire"

Elke Van den Brandt (Groen)
ministre bruxellois de la Mobilité
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toastedflakes.bsky.social @toastedflakes.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
If you're disgusted that, in the UK, a driver can kill someone, fail to stop, and drive again legally 6 months later, tell the governent in this consultation www.cyclinguk.org/campaigns/sa...
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Respond to the motoring offences consultation
Proposed tougher penalties for driving offences could make our roads safer for cycling. Cycling UK’s Campaigns Manager Sophie Gordon explains how you can take part in the consultation before it closes...
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Maybe the reason why there are so many potholes isn't because the council aren't doing their job, but because so many of you selfish pricks are driving round in 3 ton SUVs
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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
"They both have a background in geology and the oil and gas industry" Fxcking tough. The industry you worked for has screwed the climate. Shut up, put up or move somewhere with a view of oil rigs. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Our rural dream is under threat from a huge battery storage plant
Marguerite Fleming and her husband are facing the prospect of a major battery energy storage site on their doorstep in Aberdeenshire.
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Ruth Mersereau @ruthmersereau.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
1/7 I’m a Green Party councillor for City Ward #Sheffield. It’s a densely populated urban ward. I’m going to talk about digital advertising screens, which doesn’t sound exciting, but please bear with me. I want to explain why I spend time objecting to so many of these. Since 2023, I’ve …
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
If they prioritised direct, smooth, safe cycleways over new roads, people would use them. If buses were free people would use them. If trains were affordable, with bicycle vans, people would use them. If pedestrians weren’t always given the longest routes to cross short distances, people would walk.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Political Will Sold Separately. @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
person biking in protected lane

CONCRETE

Stronger than any helmet!
Louder than any bell!
Brighter than any clothing!
More effective than any tech!
*political will sold separately. Ask your elected official if they care about the safety of people on bikes.
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 23/03/2026
Good people, please fill out those Anthropic claims. Settlement is going to be around $3000 per book. "Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion plus interest into a settlement fund, equating to approximately $3,000 for each work covered by the settlement." www.susmangodfrey.com/wins/susman-....
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Susman Godfrey Secures $1.5 Billion Settlement in Landmark AI Piracy Case | Susman Godfrey L.L.P.
Agreement Would Result in First Major Payout to Creators Challenging AI Exploitation of their Work, Believed Largest Recovery Ever in a US Copyright Case Susman Godfrey has announced the terms of a la...
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Britain is sliding into a really, really dark place We seem to look at the US with a ‘could never happen here’ attitude, meantime long accepted tenets of life in a liberal democracy are thrown out in real time Needs concerted pushback now
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toastedflakes.bsky.social @toastedflakes.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
contactus@haart.co.uk
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 13/03/2026
The Spectator, a right wing news magazine owned by Paul Marshall, falsely accused a HOPE not hate journalist of committing a serious criminal offence. They were forced to retract the story and apologise. But instead of stopping there, The Spectator couldn’t resist one more swing.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 11/03/2026
Prospective Car Buyer Takes SUV Out For Test Hit And Run theonion.com/prospective-car-buyer-…
Prospective Car Buyer Takes SUV Out For Test Hit And Run
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I had to check the date on this three times ‘At home with Peter Mandelson’ in Times magazine *today* This is how we cover corruption in Britain? Seriously??
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Craig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
you don't know your neighbors because of cars your city doesn't make enough in taxes because of cars busses are slow because of cars they won't build light rail because of cars your city's air is awful because of cars one of the leading causes of death and injury from accident: cars
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Here's the context: When Mandelson was Business Minister, Epstein wrote asking him to make only the cash portion (ie not equity etc) of bankers’ bonuses taxable. Mandelson's answer: “Trying hard to amend as I explained to Jes last night. Treasury digging in but I am on case.”
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I'm guessing that the "Jes" in this message is that other moral paragon, Jes Staley, though I can't be sure. A Labour government minister, channelling the demands of his finance-bro chums. This, my friends, is how it happens. This is why we don't get what we want, or what we vote for.
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toastedflakes.bsky.social @toastedflakes.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Another reason to stop humouring the human right abusing Saudi regime with sports. A 20% descent ? Both riders and the public must tell them in no uncertain terms where to shove it.
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Andy Cox @andy-cox.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Let’s shift the narrative: focus on drivers — with better legislation, clearer guidance and stronger communication — so harm isn’t normalised or dismissed as “cycling is risky”. It’s long past time to prevent harm, not explain it away. Less victim-blaming.
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Ben Seager @benseager.co.uk · 29/01/2026
It’s time to ban social media for the over-60s, restrict their screen-time and implement upper-limit age verification.
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toastedflakes.bsky.social @toastedflakes.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Stop giving airtime to ghouls I’ve never heard of before
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Just excellent and all they deserve. www.ft.com/content/ad94...
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Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Housebuilders have been lobbying against the inclusion of batteries which would cost an estimated £2,000-5,000 for each new home but... savings on an average 3-bed, semi-detached home from a heat pump, solar panels and batteries would be roughly £1,350 a year. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ministers may cut green tech mandate from new homes regulations in England
Critics say removing battery installation requirement will reduce amount homebuyers save on energy bills
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Drivers are never asked to justify their infrastructure, but bicyclists (and pedestrians) are constantly forced to defend why their infrastructure is "necessary"
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Where's the right-wing furore about delaying drivers and blocking ambulances? How many years did @just-stopoil.bsky.social activists spend in jail for briefly stopping traffic, to draw attention to a crisis killing millions - rather than requesting a tax exemption?
Screen shot of the Observer's title of an article on "tractor protests" with a pic of possibly hundreds of tractors blocking Whitehall in London
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Cities of Lions @citiesoflions.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Who needs a village when you can have parking lots?
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CerberusXt @cerberusxt.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
We can do even more.
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