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oh this is gold

On the one hand YouTube is a giant radicalisation machine that is pushing existing global political structures to breaking point. On the other, there’s ALWAYS a video by a retired handymen showing how to fix the door slide on your specific brand of kitchen drawer. So I’m calling it a score draw.

One of the greatest bollard walks in history.
#WorldBollardAssociation

Stand in it Carla. STAND IN THE HOLE.

Warwickshire councillors defect from Reform UK to Restore Britain The pair have confirmed their move to the party that was set up by formed Reform MP Rupert Lowe.

@apiln.bsky.social The headline is incorrect, it's obviously the same man but with a moustache disguise 🕵️
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a tweet reply from Northumberland County Council reading: "The platform numbering won't be changing at Northumberland Park as it's two separate systems and there's a similar situation with the rail and Metro interchange at Heworth where both systems have platforms 1 & 2 on each station"

How long before both Northumberland Park and Heworth stations have their platform numbering corrected to create a single coherent interchange at each?

If we can get this tweet viral I'd say we can get it done in a month.

Something compelled me to make this

Emma and Hannah hugging in the Green Party hub, both smiling at the camera

Two lovely plumbers we met who said they are voting Green. Two Pakistani men stand near their trade van, holding a Green Party poster and leaflet.

Emma and Zack Polanski hugging and smiling. They are in a park and there are lots of volunteers in the background.

Was actually up in Manchester for the Gorton and Denton by election, door knocking for Hannah Spencer. The vibes were excellent and the doors very Green!

Park Street traffic ban plan bites the dust Greens wanted to stop traffic driving through the road to make buses more reliable and reduce air pollution

I'm quoted at the end of this very sorry tale of evidence-free decision-making from my non-Green councillor colleagues

Park Street traffic ban plan bites the dust
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We tried to invite Ontario Premier Doug Ford to our live show in Toronto on Thursday, February 5th, hosted by @cycletoronto.bsky.social, so we brought two comically large tickets to Queen's Park. Here's how it went.

Get normal sized tickets here:

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Please use other path – a pilgrimage When Henry VII visited Bristol in 1486 was he obliged to DISMOUNT or USE OTHER PATH on his pilgrimage to the holy well of St Anne? He rode into town from Gloucester and was greeted by crowds at the…

BLOG POST: “There’s also St Philip’s Causeway, a concrete flyover constructed in the 1970s, which reminds me that when Henry VII entered Bristol in 1486 it was by a ‘causey way’ somewhere in the suburbs...”

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Two protesters holding up a sign saying “pedestrianise the M6”

Say hello to literally the only protesters outside Tory conference this year

Photo of 5 dog figurines in profile facing to the left in a staggered line. The closest one is reddish, the three in the middle are beige, and the furthest is dark grey. Each one has a cuneiform inscription on their side.

For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources.

On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.

dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”

munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”

mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”

A bus gate sign on the side of a road, with Bus Gat written in white paint across the middle of the road

I visited Barton Hill's latest Bus Gat, can't wait for our bus to be faster and more reliable travelling through Barton Hill, the council just need to paint the 'E'! #Bristol #EBLN

NEW: Official advisers CCC say UK shld cut emissions 87% by 2040

⚖️Net cost of net-zero 73% less than thought
💷Total cost to 2050 = £108bn (~£4bn/yr, 0.2% GDP)
🏡🚗H’hold energy/fuel bills to fall £1,400
🔌Electrification is key

THREAD + charts

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A huge drop from yesterday's forecasts, across the whole week! 👀

Imagine how upset at Elon you have to be to part with a bunch of eggs right now.

A street with shops to the left and forecourt parking and a fairly wide footway, but a bit cluttered with a glass phone box at the rear and a bin and a lighting column to the front. There are cycle lanes on the road to the right and the lighting column has a triangular cycle warning sign.

We had @mrdannyw.bsky.social showing us a terrible footway-blocking advert sign.

Here's how I dealt with a well-known telecoms company on such a site.

There was a phone box which said company wanted to remove because it was old, but they also made money from the advertising space.