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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah about that though…

Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 4h

Are people in the UK seriously looking at what’s going on in the US and think “yeah, that seems great, I want a bit of that”?!!

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 4h

Thank god they were not protesting against a genocide, they may have gotten into trouble.

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 22h

last time I used a Lime bike in London, arriving in Camden it could not be returned until located in designated hire bike parking (on street!) - we need these rules in (certain parts of) Oxford as well.

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 1d

He also put a political poster on public land. Which is illegal.

image taken from https://www.fixmystreet.com/report/7504775 showing a political poster stake advertising David Henwood for a council seat on a public green space

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

So refreshing to see someone challenge the smug, nasty Reform narrative

Anita R @venividiverily.bsky.social · 1d

I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t forget, they’re sending troops into their own cities.

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 1d

Wie wäre es mit einem gesellschaftliches Pflichtjahr für Millionen+ Erben.

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 1d

😞

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

We can't keep up...

Yesterday we reached 90,000 members. Today we're at 95,000.

Be part of the Green surge. Join the Green Party today ⤵️

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 1d

Would it be naughty to .... www.oxford.gov.uk/call-develop...

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Owain Sutton @owainsutton.bsky.social · 2d

You have nothing to lose but your chain.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 2d

Zohran Mamdani hops on a Citi Bike and a woman heckles him, shouting “communist!” He responds, “That’s cyclist”

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 2d

hahaha!!

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 2d

second that, they're lovely.

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 2d

I just watched back the live stream recording with the Green Party motion and debate starting at 3h39 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C9h...

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 3d

Not me shouting "hell, yes ✊!" when my collegue, presenting a chart, recommends: "we should not move further to the right, we should go more to the left".

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 3d

250,000+ by when?!?

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 3d

(she visits me quite regularly in my dreams, which is usually very nice, especially when she isn't all skinny from the chemo and sick and dying in the dream)

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 3d

sadly I did not take her perfume with me after she died and I cannot for the life of me remember what it was called or what it looked like. Guess I have to rely on her scent visiting me in my sleep every now and then...

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 3d

The other day I nodded off on the sofa, just a half slumber where I still heard what was being said on Masterchef. Suddenly I smelled my Mum's perfume, clear as day. The scent woke me up, and then it was gone. My Mum died 4 years ago this October. This experience was bizarre but also lovely. 💔

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 3d

the Oxford Mail's editorial stance isn't known for pointing out the positives.

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 3d

"coincide" they say, as if that's a coincidence

Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 3d

In case you had not clocked that yet: the congestion charge is a pro bus measure. 🚌💚

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 3d

Oxford Bus Co has announced more frequent bus services from November to coincide with the congestion charge coming into effect. The improvements mean Blackbird Leys and Cowley will have services to the city centre every 10 minutes, while Iffley Road gets a new night bus.

Oxford Bus Company 300 stops off for a quick half at the Wetherspoons

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 3d

Thoroughly enjoyed listening to your conversation!

Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 3d

Car drivers getting free rides.

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 3d

Park & Ride bus journeys will be free when Oxford’s congestion charge comes into effect on 29 October. Holders of P&R parking tickets will be entitled to catch any Stagecoach or Oxford Bus Co service from the sites, not just the P&R-branded ones. news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/free-park-an...

Free park and ride bus travel with temporary congestion charge

Oxfordshire County Council is providing free park and ride bus journeys in Oxford for an initial period of three months from 29 October, when the city’s temporary congestion charge scheme starts. The ...

news.oxfordshire.gov.uk

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