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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16h

Taking a spin on Cycleway 4 with #thedoodle and #mpoulet.

*Impossible* without the floating bus stops.

A girl in a blue top standing next to a black tandem bicycle parked in a two way cycle track with a bus stop passenger area to the right of it.

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 2d

This from X is a striking example of what I argue in today’s column. Reform and the Tories are out here gleefully saying disabled people on Motability should be forced to drive a 3-wheeler, like a scarlet letter. The stigma is not an accident - it’s the design.

A tweet that says: Just got Reform to commit to a serious crackdown on Motability as part of their reforms to PIP.

Lee Anderson says he’d be keen to see anyone with a Motability car forced to drive a ‘blue three wheeler’

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Dr Dean Burnett @garwboy.bsky.social · 3d

Your brain works fine when you're under 25 (no matter how 'inconvenient' this fact may be)

theneuroscienceofeve...

The myth that 'if you're under 25, you're not mature enough to decide anything' refuses to die. But it absolutely should

#Brains #Development #Maturity

Your brain works fine when you're under 25 (no matter how 'inconvenient' this fact may be)

The claim that, if you're under 25, your brain isn't fully developed, so you can't be trusted to make mature decisions, or held responsible for actions, is very common. But also very wrong.

theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 4d

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paulsinha.bsky.social @paulsinha.bsky.social · 4d

In the last fifteen years, if i do something badly, i get stick on social media. That's fine. I'm realistic.

However when i do things well, the number of people keen to ignore, make excuses for, diminish or attack shows the degree to which cognitive bias rules. Racism is one of many such biases.

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TRUK Avril @avril-lgbtqia.bsky.social · 4d

Sooo, lets get this right... when hate and abuse on social media affects MPs the headlines say this. However when the trans community are targeted and attacked, nothing....

How about stopping hate and abuse on social media for ALL

news.sky.com/story/strong...

Headline from Sky News with a picture of Westminster. Text says "styronger oversight of social media needed to protect MPs from abuse, report says"

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Will Jennings🗠🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 4d

It’s impossible to avoid the conclusion that large parts of Westminster remaining on X - a platform that tolerates and amplifies extremism and racism - has led a great many people to normalise what previously was unacceptable.

Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 4d

Waking up, again, to the sound of two white men on the radio arguing about whether it is ok to be made "mad" by the very sight of black and Asian people on TV. 😒

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 4d

UK wind power benefits and costs 2010-2023 :

Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn

Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**

Don't believe the wind power haters

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds

Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand

www.theguardian.com

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 4d

Waking up, again, to the sound of two white men on the radio arguing about whether it is ok to be made "mad" by the very sight of black and Asian people on TV. 😒

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 7d

Happy new LTN week to those who celebrate.

In a borough with the lowest car ownership per household in London (26%), drivers are still frothing at the consequences of their own actions: driving. It's no longer just about you.

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 8d

**** Trans Exile Network press releaset 24 October 2025 ****
UK and Ireland: 24 October 2025
The Trans Exile Network and the Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective write to the Women and Equalities Network in relation to re-opening Human Rights enforcement and seeking questioning of minister

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Natalie @natalieg.bsky.social · 9d

Disappointing that it seems to be going down badly because of cost to businesses rather than for human rights reasons but you have to take what you can these days

Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 9d

Losing words in vocabulary for exacly how bad today has been for the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Baroness Falkner, her incoming replacement and for the Gender Critical Ideological Movement of the UK who are strangely subdued. Cannot think why.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Dozens of Labour MPs warn of chaos for firms over gender recognition advice

Nearly 50 backbenchers write to business secretary over potential costs and legal ‘minefield’ of upcoming guidance

www.theguardian.com

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14d

We often assume the places we love in cities were “always that way.” But even in European cities, cars got in the way for decades. Torino’s Piazza San Carlo was a parking lot from the 1970s until 2005, when it was made a people place again for the 2006 Winter Olympics. HT @modacitylife.com for pics.

Striking before-and-after photos showing the transformation from parking lot back to a piazza for people, provided by @modacitylife.com

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Phil Jones @phil-pja.bsky.social · 13d

No, backlash has not undercut the success of 30km/hour speed limits. They have incontrovertibly reduced death and injuries wherever they’ve been introduced. The backlash is just noise, it doesn’t change the facts.

Charles Montgomery @charlesincities.bsky.social · 13d

If we really want safe, vibrant streets, we should focus on design rather than just lower speed limits. neat new work from Carlo Ratti's team: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

There’s a Better Way to Win on Traffic Safety

Backlash has undercut the success of 30km/hour speed limits. New research finds that a less controversial policy can be more effective in slowing cars.

www.bloomberg.com

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Natalie @natalieg.bsky.social · 15d

Something I have really noticed in the last 5 years is that arriving into London from a rural or seaside holiday, there is no longer an noticeable burnt odour in the air. It’s really very encouraging.

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Natalie @natalieg.bsky.social · 16d

Terrifying.

UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.bsky.social · 16d

Seems many UK trans people are losing their NHS prescriptions - including when requested by the official NHS GICs!
metro.co.uk/2025/10/16/i...

'I used to pay £200 for trans healthcare - now I pay nearly £2,000'

'I just feel like my GP can, at any given time, ruin my life.'

metro.co.uk

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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · 16d

Trans Safety Network have written to Healthwatch regarding their concerning recommendations in their trans health report. We fear if this report is not withdrawn, it will lead to significant deterioration in trans people's ability to access NHS care. transsafety.network/posts/danger...

'Dangerous Recommendations': Trans Safety Network write to Healthwatch

Trans Safety Network was shocked by the dangerous recommendations of Healthwatch's recent trans healthcare report. We find it hard to believe that any trans organisations or persons were involved sign...

transsafety.network

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Chain of Flowers @craigatcof.bsky.social · 16d

The Cure confirm new album is recorded, add more 2026 tour dates

The album was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales in March 2025

www.brooklynvegan.com

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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 16d

Needs answering

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ᚇᚐᚏᚉᚅᚓᚄᚄ ᚋᚐᚅᚔᚃᚓᚄᚈᚓᚇ @ciara2001.bsky.social · 16d

Compare the wall to wall coverage of the supreme court decision and the initial EHRC guidance and the lack of such stories today. The BBC report doesn't even mention the fact the guidance was withdrawn

As with most transphobic stories, the rush is to get it into print, and never retract it

A list of stories about the EHRC guidance, only two mention of being withdrawn

A much longer list of stories saying trans people must be banned from toilets

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16d

British.

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Natalie @natalieg.bsky.social · 17d

“Click here to be annoyed.”

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 17d

Michael McDowell: Liberals must stop adopting lazy, woke stances on complex issues

Political and social liberalism, nationally and internationally, is more vulnerable than ever

www.irishtimes.com

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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.bsky.social · 19d

Some good news from the employment tribunal, but it does make me wonder why is Royal Mail so bad at trans rights?

www.scenemag.co.uk/trans-postal...

Trans postal worker wins discrimination case against Royal Mail

A trans postal worker has successfully sued Royal Mail for harassment and discrimination after enduring repeated abuse from colleagues, in what is being hailed as a landmark legal victory. Sophie Col...

www.scenemag.co.uk

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Natalie @natalieg.bsky.social · 22d

Very sexy lady!

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 24d

Without one I just couldn’t balance work/kids and would have given in and bought a car. The biggest challenge for mass take-up is everyone’s buying them through regressive Cycle to Work tax dodge. So a £5k bike costs 12 x £241 monthly payments if you’re high earner or 12 x £416 if you’re in poverty.

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 25d

Electric cargo bikes can replace many everyday car trips for the average family and “reshape suburban family mobility”, say Oxford University researchers. 49 British households were loaned e-cargo bikes for school runs, shopping trips, family outings and other day-to-day use.

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