Kieranheg
@castleheg.bsky.social
“Humans aren't very efficient animals, but a human with a bicycle becomes the MOST efficient animal.” — Steve Jobs
Love coffee, hate coffee shops.
Love coffee, hate coffee shops.
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Burning of wood and coal in homes contributes to almost 2500 deaths a year. Stopping unnecessary burning would save the NHS millions of pounds, but current laws fail to address the problem. See piece by Sally Howard for @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Domestic wood burners kill thousands and cost NHS millions a year, report suggests
Burning of wood and coal in homes contributes to almost 2500 deaths a year, and stopping unnecessary burning would save the NHS millions of pounds, a report suggests.
An analysis by the charity Globa...
www.bmj.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Burning of wood and coal in homes contributes to almost 2500 deaths a year. Stopping unnecessary burning would save the NHS millions of pounds, but current laws fail to address the problem. See piece by Sally Howard for @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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Run an effective public health campaign raising awareness of the health impacts of burning, asking people not to burn.
#WoodBurning #AirPollution
Run an effective public health campaign raising awareness of the health impacts of burning, asking people not to burn.
#WoodBurning #AirPollution
October 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Run an effective public health campaign raising awareness of the health impacts of burning, asking people not to burn.
#WoodBurning #AirPollution
Run an effective public health campaign raising awareness of the health impacts of burning, asking people not to burn.
#WoodBurning #AirPollution
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Nothing say "I am a complete wanker" as effectively as taking a call on speaker phone, in a public place, within earshot of others.
October 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Nothing say "I am a complete wanker" as effectively as taking a call on speaker phone, in a public place, within earshot of others.
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Good news! People who don't use indoor wood burners have better lung function than those who do.
Glad to see investigations into potential links between living in an area with a high concentration of wood stoves & increased rates of respiratory issues, eg inhaler prescriptions. #AirPollution
Glad to see investigations into potential links between living in an area with a high concentration of wood stoves & increased rates of respiratory issues, eg inhaler prescriptions. #AirPollution
Experts reveal the hidden impact of indoor wood burners on our health
Wood burning stoves have grown in popularity in Europe during the cost of living crisis
www.independent.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Good news! People who don't use indoor wood burners have better lung function than those who do.
Glad to see investigations into potential links between living in an area with a high concentration of wood stoves & increased rates of respiratory issues, eg inhaler prescriptions. #AirPollution
Glad to see investigations into potential links between living in an area with a high concentration of wood stoves & increased rates of respiratory issues, eg inhaler prescriptions. #AirPollution
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24hrs after ID cards were announced the first petition is heading towards a million signatures.
Starmer really has the reverse Midas touch - everything he does turns to shit.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Starmer really has the reverse Midas touch - everything he does turns to shit.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
September 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
24hrs after ID cards were announced the first petition is heading towards a million signatures.
Starmer really has the reverse Midas touch - everything he does turns to shit.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Starmer really has the reverse Midas touch - everything he does turns to shit.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Another dangerous driver uses the exceptional hardship get-out because they have to do things that other people without cars have to do.
And of course, this cannot be the first offence to be facing a ban.
#TwoTeirLaw
www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/2547951...
And of course, this cannot be the first offence to be facing a ban.
#TwoTeirLaw
www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/2547951...
BMW driver who made 'unsafe overtake' of cyclist avoids ban due to family hardship
Chadwell Heath man Abdul Noim avoided a ban after he carried out a close overtake of a cyclist in Pembrokeshire.
www.romfordrecorder.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Another dangerous driver uses the exceptional hardship get-out because they have to do things that other people without cars have to do.
And of course, this cannot be the first offence to be facing a ban.
#TwoTeirLaw
www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/2547951...
And of course, this cannot be the first offence to be facing a ban.
#TwoTeirLaw
www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/2547951...
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Thank you to @anguscouncil.bsky.social for recognising the damage wood burning does to our #Health and #Environment. This is good to see - which council will be next? #Angus #WoodBurning
Ban on wood-burning stoves in council houses agreed by councillors
Angus Council will not permit the installation or replacement of solid fuel heating systems in its properties unless there are 'exceptional circumstances'.
news.stv.tv
September 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Thank you to @anguscouncil.bsky.social for recognising the damage wood burning does to our #Health and #Environment. This is good to see - which council will be next? #Angus #WoodBurning
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Disney is no longer associated with magic and innocence in the minds of millions now.
There are mistakes - and there is catastrophic cowardice that changes your brand identity.
Boycott Disney.
There are mistakes - and there is catastrophic cowardice that changes your brand identity.
Boycott Disney.
September 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Disney is no longer associated with magic and innocence in the minds of millions now.
There are mistakes - and there is catastrophic cowardice that changes your brand identity.
Boycott Disney.
There are mistakes - and there is catastrophic cowardice that changes your brand identity.
Boycott Disney.
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Disney is no longer associated with magic and innocence in the minds of millions now.
There are mistakes - and there is catastrophic cowardice that changes your brand identity.
Boycott Disney.
There are mistakes - and there is catastrophic cowardice that changes your brand identity.
Boycott Disney.
September 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
100%
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Nationwide chair first major British lender boss to publicly engage with Reform UK. Building society defends Kevin Parry after he attends party’s breakfast event, sitting next to Richard Tice.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Nationwide chair first major British lender boss to publicly engage with Reform UK
Building society defends Kevin Parry after he attends party’s breakfast event, sitting next to Richard Tice
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Nationwide chair first major British lender boss to publicly engage with Reform UK. Building society defends Kevin Parry after he attends party’s breakfast event, sitting next to Richard Tice.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Corporate interests and fascism have always been aligned
Nationwide chair first major British lender boss to publicly engage with Reform UK. Building society defends Kevin Parry after he attends party’s breakfast event, sitting next to Richard Tice.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Nationwide chair first major British lender boss to publicly engage with Reform UK
Building society defends Kevin Parry after he attends party’s breakfast event, sitting next to Richard Tice
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Corporate interests and fascism have always been aligned
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WATCH & SHARE: This is very good. A prominent youtuber is actually giddy (but also very thorough in covering the joys, advantages, issues and challenges) about how trying biking for transportation in London has changed his life.
Easy to watch & more convincing probably than 99% of public campaigns.
Easy to watch & more convincing probably than 99% of public campaigns.
I Cycled 2500km in London — Here's How It Changed My Life
YouTube video by Evan Edinger
youtu.be
August 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
WATCH & SHARE: This is very good. A prominent youtuber is actually giddy (but also very thorough in covering the joys, advantages, issues and challenges) about how trying biking for transportation in London has changed his life.
Easy to watch & more convincing probably than 99% of public campaigns.
Easy to watch & more convincing probably than 99% of public campaigns.
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”Perhaps the most comprehensive study of the real-world impact of cycle lanes, found businesses on streets with separated bike routes grew on average more quickly than those without.”
Remember, bike-lanes mean business.
10 WRONG Myths about Bike-Lanes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Remember, bike-lanes mean business.
10 WRONG Myths about Bike-Lanes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ten common myths about bike lanes – and why they're wrong
From congestion to cost, there are many entirely misguided arguments in circulation
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
”Perhaps the most comprehensive study of the real-world impact of cycle lanes, found businesses on streets with separated bike routes grew on average more quickly than those without.”
Remember, bike-lanes mean business.
10 WRONG Myths about Bike-Lanes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Remember, bike-lanes mean business.
10 WRONG Myths about Bike-Lanes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I'll be speaking at the Stop Trump demo in Parliament Square today. A fascist autocratic clearly itching to declare martial law is not welcome here.
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Trump Not Welcome | 17 September 2025
Stop Trump Coalition
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September 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I'll be speaking at the Stop Trump demo in Parliament Square today. A fascist autocratic clearly itching to declare martial law is not welcome here.
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Casualty rates down by 46%
900 fewer injured.
14 fewer fatalities.
Lower insurance costs.
It's a win win.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
900 fewer injured.
14 fewer fatalities.
Lower insurance costs.
It's a win win.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nearly 900 fewer people injured since 20mph introduction in Wales
Figures show a 25% reduction in the number of injuries on Wales' roads in the past 18 months.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Casualty rates down by 46%
900 fewer injured.
14 fewer fatalities.
Lower insurance costs.
It's a win win.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
900 fewer injured.
14 fewer fatalities.
Lower insurance costs.
It's a win win.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows
Thinktank says an ‘SUV loophole’ means UK buyers pay up to 20 times less tax on biggest models than in neighbouring nations
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
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"It’s absurd that public money is being used to subsidise SUV-sized electric cars. They may be cleaner than petrol, but they’re still oversized, wasteful and dangerous."
Well said @labourlewis.bsky.social. We need to stop the trend for ever bigger, more dangerous cars on our roads. #AirPollution
Well said @labourlewis.bsky.social. We need to stop the trend for ever bigger, more dangerous cars on our roads. #AirPollution
Ed Miliband accused of subsidising ‘wasteful and dangerous’ electric SUVs
MPs criticise ‘inconsistent’ climate policy that includes grants of up to £3,750 for ‘supersized status symbols’
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"It’s absurd that public money is being used to subsidise SUV-sized electric cars. They may be cleaner than petrol, but they’re still oversized, wasteful and dangerous."
Well said @labourlewis.bsky.social. We need to stop the trend for ever bigger, more dangerous cars on our roads. #AirPollution
Well said @labourlewis.bsky.social. We need to stop the trend for ever bigger, more dangerous cars on our roads. #AirPollution
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Northern Ireland man from Lisburn kidnapped by Trump’s Ice raids because he “looked like a Mexican”. He had the correct visa, all his documents. He’s never been in trouble with police.
Held in terrible conditions. A fellow captive couldn’t get his medication and dropped dead of a heart attack
Held in terrible conditions. A fellow captive couldn’t get his medication and dropped dead of a heart attack
Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
September 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Northern Ireland man from Lisburn kidnapped by Trump’s Ice raids because he “looked like a Mexican”. He had the correct visa, all his documents. He’s never been in trouble with police.
Held in terrible conditions. A fellow captive couldn’t get his medication and dropped dead of a heart attack
Held in terrible conditions. A fellow captive couldn’t get his medication and dropped dead of a heart attack
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Birmingham City Council has been running a great campaign about the harms of wood burning on its Facebook account over the last month.
If you’re a Bham resident, please give it a like and/or positive message or perhaps contact the council officers and/or Cllr Majid Mahmood to thank them 🙏
If you’re a Bham resident, please give it a like and/or positive message or perhaps contact the council officers and/or Cllr Majid Mahmood to thank them 🙏
September 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Birmingham City Council has been running a great campaign about the harms of wood burning on its Facebook account over the last month.
If you’re a Bham resident, please give it a like and/or positive message or perhaps contact the council officers and/or Cllr Majid Mahmood to thank them 🙏
If you’re a Bham resident, please give it a like and/or positive message or perhaps contact the council officers and/or Cllr Majid Mahmood to thank them 🙏
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Campaign from Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
Agency: twotango.co
Agency: twotango.co
September 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Campaign from Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
Agency: twotango.co
Agency: twotango.co
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"We’ve known about the health impacts of #WoodBurning for decades. We need to make sure councils are given the tools and resources to protect children from toxic pollution and not just talk about the risks." #CleanAir #Birmingham
All UK households in England with a chimney risk £300 fine in September
The Met Office and BBC Weather teams are warning no Indian Summer is on the cards, with the UK instead set to turn "autumnal".
www.birminghammail.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"We’ve known about the health impacts of #WoodBurning for decades. We need to make sure councils are given the tools and resources to protect children from toxic pollution and not just talk about the risks." #CleanAir #Birmingham
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"We often treat our pale blue spaceship. that we call Earth. as if we have somewhere else that we can go. If you can't breathe the air, or drink the water, nothing else that you plan to do really matters. Don't sit this one out. Get up and do something!" -Carl Sagan
“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces.
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
"We often treat our pale blue spaceship. that we call Earth. as if we have somewhere else that we can go. If you can't breathe the air, or drink the water, nothing else that you plan to do really matters. Don't sit this one out. Get up and do something!" -Carl Sagan
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WATCH & SHARE: This is very good. A prominent youtuber is actually giddy (but also very thorough in covering the joys, advantages, issues and challenges) about how trying biking for transportation in London has changed his life.
Easy to watch & more convincing probably than 99% of public campaigns.
Easy to watch & more convincing probably than 99% of public campaigns.
I Cycled 2500km in London — Here's How It Changed My Life
YouTube video by Evan Edinger
youtu.be
August 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM