Andy Smith
@avetchling.bsky.social
Removing barriers to cycling for people of all ages.
Happy to help.
Not all Green Cross course men wear a cape, some have a HiViz tabard instead.
First 2 little pensions now kicked in. Still working full-time though.
Happy to help.
Not all Green Cross course men wear a cape, some have a HiViz tabard instead.
First 2 little pensions now kicked in. Still working full-time though.
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"Covering a war means going to places torn by chaos, destruction and death... It means trying to find the truth in a sandstorm of propaganda" - the late Marie Colvin.
Truth is the cornerstone of justice. Without it we can't start to hold those responsible to account. Let journalists into Gaza.
Truth is the cornerstone of justice. Without it we can't start to hold those responsible to account. Let journalists into Gaza.
The Rafah crossing is expected to re-open.
Alongside the desperately needed aid, journalists must be allowed into Gaza.
Over 200 journalists have been killed in Gaza - but the crimes of the Israeli government and military must not go undocumented.
Let the journalists in.
Alongside the desperately needed aid, journalists must be allowed into Gaza.
Over 200 journalists have been killed in Gaza - but the crimes of the Israeli government and military must not go undocumented.
Let the journalists in.
October 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Covering a war means going to places torn by chaos, destruction and death... It means trying to find the truth in a sandstorm of propaganda" - the late Marie Colvin.
Truth is the cornerstone of justice. Without it we can't start to hold those responsible to account. Let journalists into Gaza.
Truth is the cornerstone of justice. Without it we can't start to hold those responsible to account. Let journalists into Gaza.
As a guy in a country with a king, I understand how much better it would be if we didn't have one. Nice to know how easy it is to find your nearest protest at www.nokings.org #NoKings #Protest
October 16, 2025 at 6:48 AM
As a guy in a country with a king, I understand how much better it would be if we didn't have one. Nice to know how easy it is to find your nearest protest at www.nokings.org #NoKings #Protest
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Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."
October 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."
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AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
October 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
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Liverpool! We have an amazing panel at 4pm at @OpenEyeGallery with the brilliant & inimitable @carolvorders.bsky.social Stewart Lee & @ellenejonesbsky.social & the entire @thenerve.news team on this our launch day!
It’s first come, first served for seats. See you there!! 👊👊👊
It’s first come, first served for seats. See you there!! 👊👊👊
September 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Liverpool! We have an amazing panel at 4pm at @OpenEyeGallery with the brilliant & inimitable @carolvorders.bsky.social Stewart Lee & @ellenejonesbsky.social & the entire @thenerve.news team on this our launch day!
It’s first come, first served for seats. See you there!! 👊👊👊
It’s first come, first served for seats. See you there!! 👊👊👊
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
My first substack post. Please be kind. I feel a little naked.
Who am I?
A not quite brief enough introduction.
open.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
My first substack post. Please be kind. I feel a little naked.
Saturday 30th August: 9.30 am — 4 pm — Stover Bike Event
including Adult Cycle confidence sessions: 1 hour. Bikes provided.
Smoothie bike – Make fruit smoothies using pedal power! – No need to book. #NewtonAbbot #Stover #Devon #Cycling #BikeEvent
including Adult Cycle confidence sessions: 1 hour. Bikes provided.
Smoothie bike – Make fruit smoothies using pedal power! – No need to book. #NewtonAbbot #Stover #Devon #Cycling #BikeEvent
Newton Abbot: Saturday 30 August: Cycle Confidence - FREE Adult Cycle Training | Outside of Exeter
Please click on the calendar date and time to book your session.Please note: cycling is not allowed within the main area of Stover Country Park; you will meet your instructor (and if required, borrow ...
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August 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Saturday 30th August: 9.30 am — 4 pm — Stover Bike Event
including Adult Cycle confidence sessions: 1 hour. Bikes provided.
Smoothie bike – Make fruit smoothies using pedal power! – No need to book. #NewtonAbbot #Stover #Devon #Cycling #BikeEvent
including Adult Cycle confidence sessions: 1 hour. Bikes provided.
Smoothie bike – Make fruit smoothies using pedal power! – No need to book. #NewtonAbbot #Stover #Devon #Cycling #BikeEvent
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Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I have spent the last 17 years in my own prison for what she, Jeffrey, and all the co-conspirators did to me. I was raped three times a day. Ghislaine must die in prison.”
August 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I have spent the last 17 years in my own prison for what she, Jeffrey, and all the co-conspirators did to me. I was raped three times a day. Ghislaine must die in prison.”
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By supporting the expansion of Heathrow Airport and spreading outright lies about decarbonising flying, Labour has again capitulated to lobbyists.
This is its defining characteristic: doing whatever powerful lobbyists ask, regardless of the social, environmental and even political costs.
This is its defining characteristic: doing whatever powerful lobbyists ask, regardless of the social, environmental and even political costs.
August 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
By supporting the expansion of Heathrow Airport and spreading outright lies about decarbonising flying, Labour has again capitulated to lobbyists.
This is its defining characteristic: doing whatever powerful lobbyists ask, regardless of the social, environmental and even political costs.
This is its defining characteristic: doing whatever powerful lobbyists ask, regardless of the social, environmental and even political costs.
Did all this with just the batteries in the frame on my #Ribble #eBike. There would be photos if the weather hadn't been so #dreich. 55.5 miles
Lassoing the Malverns | bike ride | Komoot
Andy Smith went on an outdoor adventure with komoot! Distance: 89.3 km | Duration: 04:19 h
www.komoot.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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🧵Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website!
Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
July 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
🧵Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website!
Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
Emerging from a portal on #BlackpoolSands #PortalSaturday
July 19, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Emerging from a portal on #BlackpoolSands #PortalSaturday
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The thing about the Epstein disgustingness that strikes me hardest is that hundreds of rich old men raped underage girls and the only person currently in jail for that vile behavior is a woman.
July 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The thing about the Epstein disgustingness that strikes me hardest is that hundreds of rich old men raped underage girls and the only person currently in jail for that vile behavior is a woman.
Anyone have any idea why you would vote for #ToryLight like this? #BlueLabour. You know what's holding us back. the rich not being quite rich enough, apparently.
Cutting "red tape" (aka public protections), as Reeves is doing, does not save money. Instead, it transfers costs from the rich to the poor. Other people pay for financial recklessness, filthy rivers, air pollution, lax building standards and consumer rip-offs.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reeves says rules and red tape are ‘boot on the neck’ of business
At the Mansion House dinner she calls for regulators to allow more risk to clear the way for economic growth
www.theguardian.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Anyone have any idea why you would vote for #ToryLight like this? #BlueLabour. You know what's holding us back. the rich not being quite rich enough, apparently.
#Guardian, stop using his name for these 'agents'; they are #TrumpsSecretPolice. That's why they wear masks. #Ice
Trump authorizes Ice agents to protect themselves using ‘whatever means’ necessary
Order comes after California raids resulted in clashes with protesters and a shooting outside a Texas detention center
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 5:57 AM
#Guardian, stop using his name for these 'agents'; they are #TrumpsSecretPolice. That's why they wear masks. #Ice
"High-profile defection"? Really, #Guardian. How many on #BlueSky would know if this was a real picture of a real guy? #RatLeavingSinkingShip #PolicitalNonEntity #SeenThisGuyBefore?
Former Conservative party chair Jake Berry defects to Reform UK
Former cabinet minister claims Tories have ‘abandoned the British people’ in fresh blow to Kemi Badenoch
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:06 AM
"High-profile defection"? Really, #Guardian. How many on #BlueSky would know if this was a real picture of a real guy? #RatLeavingSinkingShip #PolicitalNonEntity #SeenThisGuyBefore?
Election days like these make me just a little more hopeful about the States. #NewYorkMayor #PodSaveAmerica #NYMayor
MAGA Has Racist MELTDOWN Over Zohran Mamdani In New York
YouTube video by Pod Save America
youtu.be
June 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Election days like these make me just a little more hopeful about the States. #NewYorkMayor #PodSaveAmerica #NYMayor
It explains a lot.
June 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It explains a lot.
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The Ballad of Wallis Island is a gorgeous little instant classic. I laughed hard, I wept, I sighed — such a beautiful film. Go see it in cinemas, and support a charming UK indie
June 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Ballad of Wallis Island is a gorgeous little instant classic. I laughed hard, I wept, I sighed — such a beautiful film. Go see it in cinemas, and support a charming UK indie
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Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
June 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
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Yes "leadership", which is largely lacking in the United States.
Especially with Donald Trump and his cronies taking the country on the opposite direction.
See Project 2025 concerning the Department of Transportation.
www.planetizen.com/blogs/131929...
Especially with Donald Trump and his cronies taking the country on the opposite direction.
See Project 2025 concerning the Department of Transportation.
www.planetizen.com/blogs/131929...
June 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Yes "leadership", which is largely lacking in the United States.
Especially with Donald Trump and his cronies taking the country on the opposite direction.
See Project 2025 concerning the Department of Transportation.
www.planetizen.com/blogs/131929...
Especially with Donald Trump and his cronies taking the country on the opposite direction.
See Project 2025 concerning the Department of Transportation.
www.planetizen.com/blogs/131929...
This is how most of the electricity we use is currently generated. #Totnes #ArchemedesScrew #EnergyLocalClub #Devon #SavingMoney
Totnes Archimedes screw
YouTube video by Andy Smith
youtu.be
June 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This is how most of the electricity we use is currently generated. #Totnes #ArchemedesScrew #EnergyLocalClub #Devon #SavingMoney