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Pedestrian in Liverpool, UK.

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sturmyarcher3.bsky.social @sturmyarcher3.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Just out of shot, the parki g enforcement officer who told them it was OK to do this @yplac.bsky.social
Crossing, dropped kerb, tactiles, pedestrians can't see the light opposite...White van
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13h
Corporate Welfare Tory tax break for banks cost UK public purse £6bn In 2023 Tory govt cut the bank surcharge from 8% to 3%. Current govt hasn't reversed it. Record profits, exec pay, dividends at banks Reversing the surcharge would raise billions.
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Tory tax break for banks has cost UK public purse £6bn, says TUC
Exclusive: Chancellor urged to reverse Jeremy Hunt’s tax surcharge cuts to claw back billions in lost revenue
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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This story is so sad. At least the 10 year sentence is significant but the driving ban in such a case should always be for life. www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/s...
standard.co.uk
Speeding driver high on laughing gas who killed student in east London jailed
Tiffany Treanor-Johnson, 27, was speeding at 53mph in a 20mph zone in Hackney when she knocked down and killed cyclist Harry Webb
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Jeremy Glover @jgrantglover.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I have removed the leaves from the sidewalk without the use of a two-stroke engine. #believeintheimpossible
A pile of leaves next to a large trash can full of leaves on a wide sidewalk
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sturmyarcher3.bsky.social @sturmyarcher3.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ban these dockless ebikes and scooters, or make them have number plates www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Woman charged after car crashes into Edinburgh basement
Video footage of the incident showed a tow truck lifting the car up into the air from the basement of the building.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 10/10/2026
#AfricanPenguinDay 🐧 We are losing our penguins Industrial fishing is emptying our oceans of fish and destabilising ecosystems that have survived for thousands of years This simply cannot go on We need to stop these greedy industrial fishing companies plundering our waters 👉 act.gp/42igFpk
Image of African penguins contrasted with an image of industrial fishing
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What a pathetic, cringing performance by Christian Fraser on BBC World News actually asking the head of the Nobel Peace Prize committee if it wouldn't be better to give Trump the prize because Trump's threatened to stop thinking about peace - as if Trump's psychosis were its fault
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Private equity owners of Boots sell it to another PE group from Canada for £6.74bn. Debt-laden PE has no long-term interest. Everything is a commodity. No UK tax levied on dividends paid to foreign owners, which sweetens cash extraction. PE dominates town centres, when it crashes ...
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Canada’s Weston family buys Boots for $8.9bn
Former Selfridges owners buy UK high street institution from long-term backer Stefano Pessina
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The threats to our resilience are the same as the threats to our democracy: corporate lobbyists shaping policy, with dire consequences for our ability to withstand crises. Burnham seems to want to change this. But is he aware of scale of the task? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot
The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Failures of privatisation. Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs Foreign-owned RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets even after regulator lowered them. Postage: 1st class, £1.80, 2nd class 91p. When privatized in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p. Poor service at triple price. Customers fleeced.
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Royal Mail plans to cut 2,500 head office jobs
The postal service firm wants to cut the head office and other jobs by the end of 2027.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999.
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sidewalks that dump pedestrians into the street for the benefit of turning cars is hostile design. It shouldn't be allowed design in any proper city. 90° corners direct behavior and force motorists to slow their speed and pay attention. This is how you create safe streets.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
UK govt plans £1bn energy bills help for poorer households. How about cutting energy profit margins, 100% windfall tax on excess profits before turning to the public purse. UK energy sector is mostly foreign-owned. Dividends paid without any UK tax deduction. End this perk, raise billions.
theguardian.com
Chancellor plans major intervention to help poorer UK households with rising energy bills
Exclusive: Officials working on further radical changes that would change how much energy companies could charge customers
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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It’s often said that we know how to party in Liverpool and I think this photo illustrates that perfectly!
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tories to hand free childcare to those earning more than £100,000, would cost £700m to the public purse. Previously, they pledged cuts to universal credit, housing benefit, support for the long term unemployed. Continuation of the Tory war on less well-off.
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Tories would expand free childcare to high earners, Badenoch says
Kemi Badenoch says those earning more than £100,000 should not be discouraged from working more
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Zoe Banks Gross @zoebanksgross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The pavement is for people. Walking around this monstrosity requires going into the road. You may note that this person also parked on the double yellow lines. Is it so hard to be considerate? #pavementparking
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Flying is officially on course to account for *almost all* the UK's carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Heathrow expansion alone would cause more carbon emissions by 2054 than *any other sector of the economy*. So why is it being contemplated? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot
A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Chris The Gardener @nkdgardener.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@yplac.bsky.social @therealyplac.bsky.social On the pavement Out side the doctors. 10 ft from a parking space He followed me in to the chemist and threatened me He said he had a blue badge so it’s allowed Looking like he just gone 10 rounds at the boxing gym WHAT A CUNT
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Wankpanzer Childkiller SUV" Bang-on from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or conscience. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And I’ve been blocked by my MP Scott Arthur for asking questions about safe travel in my city. 😜 Sensitive soul. Didn’t like being called out for pro car actions and policy and being a council message person. Would anyone like to ask why he’s blocked one of his constituents? Thanks all.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This, my friends, is one of your legislators. We didn't elect him, but he sits in the House of Lords as a reward for bringing us Brexit, injecting his bigotry, perversity and ignorance into our lives. Daniel Hannan in the Daily Mail today, once again grossly misrepresenting history.
Meanwhile, Caribbean countries are demanding ‘reparations’, not from the African states that enslaved their ancestors, but from the nation that poured its blood and treasure into a relentless campaign for abolition.

Incredibly, African countries – which became British colonies, in no small measure, because we were trying to extirpate slavery – also straight-facedly demand compensation.
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Campaign for Better Transport @bettertransport.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Rather than expanding Heathrow, the Government should focus on cleaner alternatives to flying by improving rail links to Europe. A frequent flyer levy and ending aviation's tax privileges would also ensure those who fly most and pollute most contribute most to decarbonisation.
Aeroplane taking off from Heathrow Airport at sunset with a quote about Heathrow's negative climate impact from the Climate Change Committee.
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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
5) If you are complaining about being ‘nearly’ hit by a bike or seeing cyclists run reds, but you’ve never mentioned the 29,000 motor KSIs or endemic speeding & phone driving; you’re not serious about road danger, you're just unfairly othering cyclists as a uniquely law-breaking collective
What kills pedestrians showing the vast majority are cars, HGVs buses and motorbikes
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Dan Thomas resigns as Reform Wales leader after arrest on suspicion of assault. Last yr Nathan Gill, former Reform UK leader in Wales, received 10.5 years prison sentence for taking bribes to make pro-Russia interviews and speeches. Taking back control?
bbc.co.uk
Reform's Dan Thomas resigns as Wales leader after arrest
Thomas said he has done nothing wrong as Gwent Police confirms arrest on suspicion of assault.
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Jack Fifield @jackfifield.uk · 15/09/2026
Someone who was hit by a driver and whose life has been completely changed. Unfortunately this sort of thing doesn't get as much media attention. discover.swns.com/2026/08/driv...
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Driver jailed after mowing down schoolboy at bus stop - Discover SWNS
A schoolboy suffered life-changing injuries after a dangerous driver smashed into him as he waited for a bus.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Regenerative grazing" is a greenwashing scam, nothing more. Here's why. Please don't be taken in. drawdown.org/insights/eig...
drawdown.org
Eight reasons regenerative grazing can’t make beef climate-friendly
An influential regenerative grazing movement continues to grow. But here's why the science doesn't back up the purported climate benefits.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
For years I've been told that aviation emissions are negligible, so don't worry your little head about them. But I've kept pointing out that there are - and will be - no good technical solutions, and they'll keep growing. Now we know just how big the problem is. www.carbonbrief.org/ccc-heathrow...
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CCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’ - Carbon Brief
Aviation is on track to be responsible for 80% of the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC).
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Degrowth" doesn't mean we want everyone to be poorer. It means we SHRINK what is killing us,fossil fuels, fast fashion, industrial waste And EXPAND what makes us human,care, education, art, local food.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Without getting into any either/or nonsense - I’m a longstanding disapprover of cyclist light-jumping - the context often missed is cyclist wrongdoing is just more *visible*. You’ll notice a goon on a Lime bike glide across a red light; when he’s in car and doing 30 in a 20 zone you probably want.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Literally hours later, although at least nobody was killed.
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@MSF
On 13 September, an MSF bus carrying 10 humanitarian staff in Gaza City was damaged by an Israeli airstrike on a targeted vehicle just two metres away. One of our colleagues was injured in the strike.
The bus was clearly identified as an MSF vehicle, with a large MSF sticker visible on its roof. Once again, Israeli forces have shown a blatant disregard for the safety of humanitarian and medical personnel.
Nowhere is safe in Gaza. Civilians, healthcare workers and humanitarian staff must be protected. Clearly marked medical and humanitarian vehicles must be spared from attacks.
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Paul Boldrin @paulboldrin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I did have a look at recent pedestrian deaths last night and it is shocking. It is almost invisible - many of the deaths don't even get reported in the local news. Here are a few of the recent ones:
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Remember quantitative easing. Bank of England created £895bn, bought gilts/bonds, City speculators profited. Govt could keep them, save interest/redemption costs. NO. It is selling them at £120bn loss, pushing up interest rates. Adding about £47bn to govt debt by 2031, the City profits.
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Bank of England urged to slow or halt bond-selling to slash UK borrowing costs
Economists urge John Healey to press Bank to change policy that is costing the exchequer billions of pounds
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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Cops opposing cycleways on the grounds that bad people might use them [unlike roads, of course]
road.cc
Police oppose new cycle lane amid fears of “a highway for illegal e-bikes on drug runs” – but council insists area will be safer and avoid “mania” of local roads | electric bike reviews, buying advice...
Plans for a “fantastic” new cycleway have been approved by councillors, despite opposition from the local police amid concerns about anti-social behaviour caused by illegal bike and motorbike users, w...
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“Asking for tax handouts while turning record [unearned war] profits during a #climateemergency takes staggering audacity – even by the fossil fuel industry’s standards" 1/2 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Scrap windfall tax on oil and gas firms early, North Sea industry urges
Labour should replace levy in 2027 rather than 2030 as energy bills are poised to surge over the winter, says lobby group
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 15/09/2026
For decades, we’ve been told growing cities require more traffic, noise and asphalt. But places like Delft prove that we can move more with less, while gaining beauty, safety, sociability and flexibility. That’s what curbing traffic looks like: not the absence of movement, but the abundance of life.
In this single frame of Delft, a young couple cycles effortlessly on a canal-side path. A tram glides by in the background. Flowers spill into the foreground. Church spires punctuate the skyline. No single mode dominates the scene; each has been given its own space to thrive.
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Macc Sustainable Travel @fhvjhvgvb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Drivers in Macc want the Westminster Road/Coare Street crossing moved. Apparently it's dangerous. Oddly, the crossing isn't the problem, it's the drivers. Woman seriously injured there a week ago by drink/drug driver. DPD delivery van driver bailed share.google/XUyCwwiogSvE...
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DPD delivery van driver bailed as pedestrian remains in 'critical condition' after crash
Cheshire Police have shared an update following a crash on Coare Street in Macclesfield
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
One more time: Inheritance tax *is not unique or even uncommon* in being "double taxation". The coffee I just bought was paid for with wages on which income tax and NI had been levied, but was also subject to VAT. Just stop it.
elen Whately: “One of the problems with inheritance tax is that it's a form of double taxation.
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
HISTORIC MEDITERRANEAN HEAT WAVE Another exceptionally hot day with 45C in North Africa, 40.9C in Portugal and Canary Islands SP, 40.0C in Spain FRANCE 37.6 Villevielle Monthly record: 36.0 Aigues Mortes More extreme heat tomorrow: Up to 47C in Sudan and Egypt and 40C in Spain
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wallgraf @wallgraf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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AZB @azb2019.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We really do need to do something more to restrict e-bikes. They’re destroying our pavements and making pedestrians unsafe. Look at how big this particular e-bike was!
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You can’t park there mate, only in Welsh
bbc.co.uk
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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rob @robpatrick.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“the 68-year-old (the victim) had been given the all-clear from cancer earlier the same day” “He (the driver) was given a two-year driving ban, fined £500 and ordered to pay £85 costs, along with a £154 statutory surcharge” really, what kind of justice is this?
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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Govt agrees that students in England were misled by how student loan terms were explained, but only proposes changing them for the future bit.ly/4cCau3W no compensation for millions whose were misled at barely 18
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UK government to offer clearer guidance on student loans after repayment row
Criticism of three-year threshold repayment freeze prompts update to guidance warning terms and conditions could change
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
For the record, climate change is not going to kill us all in a few years and neither is AI, but that shouldn’t be the metric by which we judge how bad something is.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Neoliberals have neutered direct state investment in infrastructure. Everything is privatised, state guarantees profits. UK languishes at or near the bottom of the OECD league for investment in productive assets. China invests over 41% of its GDP in productive assets, India 34.3%, UK 17.9%.
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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 13/09/2026
"These escalating extreme #heatwaves, storms and #wildfires are not random chaos: they are instead the result of government inaction allowing fossil fuel companies and #nature destroyers to profit over people." act.gp/4qDLmPT
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What the ‘natural’ disasters of 2026 reveal about climate change - Greenpeace International
Record-shattering global temperatures across land and sea are the grim reality of climate crisis, and the reason we need an immediate transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energies.
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My city has recently been discussing the dangers of e-bikes on our infrastructure, while car violence continues to wreck our urban landscape.
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It takes a special kind of arrogance to wipe out large numbers of entire species and not care about it www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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One in nine migratory birds threatened with extinction, global report says
Findings on decline of species such as Arctic tern and turtle dove published alongside flyways pledge at Kenya summit
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Ocean’s En Fuego! 15% of the oceans are record warm right now. Double the record of 7.3% set back in 2023. (data NOAA OISST) #elnino
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ruthmayorcas.bsky.social @ruthmayorcas.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Yes but you can move these. Clearly more bike parking using car parking spaces are need. And by the way you can’t move these 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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