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Heather Glass @heatherglass.bsky.social · 1h

Presumably the reasoning’s similar to calling the agreement for a slightly less bonkers form of Brexit the Windsor Framework, helps make it more appealing to some of the obvious sources of opposition

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 5h

Thousands of miles of disused railways, canal towpaths, and green spaces lie blocked off or forgotten across the UK.

@TimFarron.bsky.social explains the Lib Dem plan to reopen them, creating a national network of green routes for all.

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Banbury Liberal Democrats @banburylibdems.bsky.social · 1h

This is good. Can't help think this is Tim in his element. Get a lot of Duke of Edinburgh youngsters around here, great to see them having such an experience, especially those who don't normally have the opportunity to enjoy the countryside ... whatever the weather.

Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 5h

Thousands of miles of disused railways, canal towpaths, and green spaces lie blocked off or forgotten across the UK.

@TimFarron.bsky.social explains the Lib Dem plan to reopen them, creating a national network of green routes for all.

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Heather Glass @heatherglass.bsky.social · 12h

I needed to transfer some money to a friend in the US a few years ago and it was UNBELIEVABLY hard to find a method that worked. Just kept running up against computer says no whatever I tried

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 16h

ICYMI: “Some still insist ‘downtowns will never attract kids & shouldn’t try.’ Then they design downtown to virtually repel kids, and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Vancouver proves the opposite can be true...”

I’m quoted in this article by @johnlorinc.bsky.social for @calcities.bsky.social

People want to have kids and live downtown. Can they? - Western City Magazine

For decades, planners focused on attracting young singles to dense urban cores. That dynamic has shifted, in part because ...

www.westerncity.com

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

The ENERGY in our big public event in downtown Kingston, Jamaica Thursday (700-800 registered plus walk-ins) was seriously off the charts. Remarkable constructive energy. An urgent call to action(I was VERY blunt!) Will it, along with media and 3 days working with local leaders, be a turning point?

Part of the big crowd. Huge room, full balcony too

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Neil Hegarty @neilhegarty.bsky.social · 1d

'In Fermanagh, the almost total disappearance of greys and re-emergence of red squirrels is being largely put down to pine martens.' This is a great story.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Pine martens on the move in Northern Ireland

One of Northern Ireland's rarest native mammals have been turning up in some unusual places.

www.bbc.com

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European Movement West London #FBPE #FBPR #RejoinEU @em-westlondon.bsky.social · 2d

Simon Jenkins, who once thought Brexit would be good for Britain, thinks it was an error.
Like him, the public is clearly ready to see #Brexit reversed. There cannot be a single industry that would oppose it.

Of course it will not be easy. But it will be right.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel – it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it | Simon Jenkins

With British industry faltering, the excuse that the public wants this is risible. Parliament must force Starmer to act, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

www.theguardian.com

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Heather Glass @heatherglass.bsky.social · 1d

His poor kids

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Heather Glass @heatherglass.bsky.social · 1d

What’s going on in Soho please? Am passing through today, wondering if I should take suitable agitation materials

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Darrell Wakelam @darrellwakelam.bsky.social · 2d

Still making, still learning, still experimenting, still chasing.
www.darrellwakelam.com
#edusky #sculpture #artwork #recycle

A model of a T-Rex made entirely from recycled toilet roll tubes. Pictures show a simple head, made from one tube, and a complete 3D sculpture, something a little more complex, and made from many tubes.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 1d

At 9:03 am, the Mary Rose broke the surface of the water, seeing sunlight (such as you can on a cloudy day!) for the first time in 437 years.

#WhereWereYouIn82

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 3d

By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal

"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."

www.economist.com/internationa...

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

www.economist.com

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Nick Norris @nicknslc.bsky.social · 2d

You can do a lot with an e-bike.

An e-bike with a trailer carrying a ladder and other work equipment used to hang banners from street lights.

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Heather Glass @heatherglass.bsky.social · 2d

Like, I don’t doubt that it can take time and effort for parents to understand and learn appropriate ways to relate to their child’s new gender identity but I’m so bloody angry at these parasitic groups that pour their energy into trying to reinforce those family members’ most destructive reactions

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Heather Glass @heatherglass.bsky.social · 2d

Was talking to a friend recently who was angry about her sister’s child ‘suddenly’ coming out as non binary and seeking hormone therapy. Turned out that this ‘sudden’ process had been going on for FIVE YEARS

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Heather Glass @heatherglass.bsky.social · 2d

Oh we used to camp there. Double win of a lovely New Forest break and endless opportunity for hilarious jokes

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

Regrettably relevant research today

Disguised Repression: Targeting Opponents with Nonpolitical Crimes to Undermine Dissent
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 3d

And while China was surging ahead on solar power, Kemi Badenoch was pretending climate action doesn't really matter.

Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 4d

"While Britain was redefining what a woman is, China was building five nuclear reactors," says Kemi Badenoch.

I cannot be the only person curious about how these two things are related

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Heather Glass @heatherglass.bsky.social · 4d

It’s funny, I got to know Emma reasonably well once upon a time and she’s a very smart and insightful woman with a perfectly good understanding of the value of studying humanities. Can only imagine there’s something about have to churn out opinion columns that melts people’s brains

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4d

"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.

Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?

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Heather Glass @heatherglass.bsky.social · 4d

They’d have conniptions if they saw the make up of the people who actually keep the Church of England functioning these days

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 4d

No, it's not. It's all a lie. The blunt truth is across the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them.

Iain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.social · 4d

Outstanding piece by Stephen Daisley.

Ethnicity is no barrier to Britishness - it's culture and integration.

That means 'smaller cohorts and aggressive integration policies' - and tackling the institutions that 'have amplified grievance narratives and radical anti-Western ideologies'.

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Heather Glass @heatherglass.bsky.social · 4d

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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 4d

London's Network of Cycleways is continuing to grow and get even better. 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲

Great to see the temporary cycle lanes on Haverstock Hill being made permanent by Camden Council - this includes new kerbs to protect cyclists, raised zebras and new bus stop bypasses.

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@adamdkharrison.bsky.social

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