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Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 2d

🌊 Marine heatwave leaves critical Florida corals "functionally extinct"

Following the record-breaking 2023 marine heatwave and the ninth mass coral bleaching, staghorn and elkhorn corals have dwindled to populations too small to reproduce

oceanographicmagazine.com/news/marine-...

Marine heatwave leaves critical Florida corals "functionally extinct" - Oceanographic

Following a record-breaking marine heatwave in 2023 Florida's critical staghorn and elkhorn corals have been left 'functionally extinct.'

oceanographicmagazine.com

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AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 1d

Well worth supporting BBOWT if you don't already... "Chimney Meadows" is the largest of their nature reserves. Warburg in the Chilterns a great place too - have walked there a few times, & earlier in the year cycled a bridleway from Cookley Green through Warburg, to Bix & beyond. Good stuff.

Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust @bbowt.bsky.social · 14d

🌳 The current owners of Hamgreen Wood have carefully managed the woodland rides over the past thirty years.

When the time came for them to sell, they knew BBOWT had the expertise to care for their precious land.

👉 Please support our appeal: bbowt.org.uk/hamgreen

Continuing a legacy for wildlife at Hamgreen Wood

Help us to continue a legacy of careful management for wildlife and protect Hamgreen Wood for future generations: https://www.bbowt.org.uk/hamgreen

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AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 2d

Still a few days left to have your say on the East St Helen Street Active Travel scheme in Abingdon...

#Cycling #Walking #Cyclists #Pedestrians #ActiveTravel #Infrastructure #Abingdon #Oxfordshire

Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 27d

🚲 Big win for Abingdon! £1.5m secured to fix the missing NCN5 link + boost walking & cycling

Plans include a new two-way contraflow on East St Helen St, Dutch entrance kerbs, continuous footways + better crossings

Have your say by 28 Oct – letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/east-st-hele...

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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 12d

London is proud to host Japan's Grand Sumo Tournament this week - it's fantastic to see the the teams using our cycling infrastructure to get around.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 11d

Thames Water has announced that the hosepipe ban for OX postcodes is to continue after receiving 50% of the average rainfall over the last six months. They also warn of increased likelihood of localised flooding during periods of heavy rain on exceptionally dry ground, due to increased run off.

Lonely hose, hung out to dry, unable to be used. (John Nzoka, unsplash)

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AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 11d

I hear you & do have a rack 'n bungees on my local journey 'leave in unattended' bike, which I use panniers on.
Though everyone should of course carry at least two reusable cable ties on any bike journey, at all times... 😁

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AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 12d

Easiest way to use the hopeless GWR vertical bike spaces, for one stop & when train is quiet, with some handy reusable cable ties...

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AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 12d

These ones tell the knee scuff tale, of when I had an off on a slimey mini roundabout...

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AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 12d

Still going after all these years. No longer made though...

#Bikester

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AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 17d

👍 I remember having to try keep the front wheel from lifting completely off the road... First time there, I was around when MM was everesting the climb - 51 ascents/descents!
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1466947...

Man completed 'Everesting' challenge raising £5,000 for charity

A MAN who took on a challenge to cycle up and down Rosedale Chimney in the North York Moors the equivalent of the height of Everest has raised more…

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

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AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 17d

Nice. Love the NYMs - stayed there a few times (with bike), not far from Rosedale Chimney bank. 😮🙂

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AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 17d

Yes, more of an modern 'VespaCar' style submicrovan...

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 17d

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 19d

"The biggest legal claim ever brought in the UK over environmental pollution in the country has been filed at the High Court."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit

Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.

www.bbc.co.uk

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AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 20d

Trip to Abingdon Ock Street, October fair last night. One of my tasks was to bring home some candy floss - cable tied to the saddle pack... Also tested out the new Lumintop B01 bike light - pretty good. Takes 21700 or 18650 cells...

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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 21d

Another miracle performed by your friends at the #WorldBollardAssociation

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 21d

Also… this kind of thing is just frustrating. On several greenways (which are signposted traffic-free cycleways) near me the A frame barriers are far too narrow for this e-bike. I imagine anyone with an adapted cycle would find this impossible to get past.

Handlebars of this e-bike are too wide to fit through the entrance meant for bikes

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AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 21d

That's a corker of a poor misjudged overtake. I've lost count of the number of times I've seen an oncoming driver have to slow up as someone overtakes.

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AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 23d

Public contol now. #ThamesWater

"creditors also said that “a full return to legal, regulatory and environmental compliance” under their plan would not be completed until at least the 2035-2040 period"

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Thames Water creditors ask for up to 15 years’ leniency from river pollution rules

Lenders say a ‘full return to legal, regulatory and environmental compliance’ under new rescue plan would not be completed until at least 2035-2040

www.theguardian.com

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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 24d

Request: contraflow cycle lanes

Can anyone point me towards any guidance or examples which basically confirm "this is ok"?

Usual social media backlash from a few people, and I'd like to be armed with the facts (FWIW I love this)

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AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 25d

10x 200kms in October? 😮 Epic.

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DC Rainmaker @dcrainmaker.com · 25d

Exclusive: Strava just sued Garmin, demanding the company stop selling all their fitness devices (watches and bike computers), due to infringing on a patent. I dive into what's being said, a whole lot of history, what it means, and much more: www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/10/stra...

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AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 25d

Unfortunately, CCTV just does not deter determined bike thieves, & train stations are basically 'deli-bars' for these criminals = use a folding bike/ use a 'low risk', non stand out bike, &, still use two locks - at least one good quality D-lock. Leaving an e-bike = using a LiteLok, or two?

AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 25d

The New Road descent in the direction of Wantage, just W of the Letcombes, is a goody though. Fairly long, good visibility, surface not bad, & nicely steep but not too much... 🙂

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AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 25d

That looks close! Seems like a case of 'Must get in front - mustn't go over the double solid lines - nevermind closepassing the cyclist'. You do have to wonder what became of the 'hang back a second until safe to pass'.

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