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Cllr Emma Garnett

@greenpartyemma.bsky.social

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Green Party county councillor for Parks (Oxfordshire) & sustainability researcher @ox.ac.uk‬ Books. Bikes. Buses. Trains. Cooking. Hiking. Nature. Climate. Inequality. Public Health. She/her Promoted by James Thorniley at 12A Merlin Road, OX4 6EP

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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 25d

🅿️ Removing parking is one of the most effective ways to reduce car use:
theconversation.com/12-best-ways...

🤦‍♀️ @ox.ac.uk Warneford Hospital proposes adding ~50% more car parking..

📝 Sign Headington Liveable Streets' petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...

www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2546328...

Fears for ‘traffic hell’ over new parking spaces at Oxford hospital

Adding new parking spaces to Warneford Hospital in Oxford could create “traffic hell” and lead to hundreds of more car journeys into the area,…

www.oxfordmail.co.uk

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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 15h

We're at 95,000!
What are you waiting for
join.greenparty.org.uk
Be part of the fastest growing movement for change!

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18h

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 23h

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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 23h

Good point about UK wide - that does complicate calculations.
Tory membership was reported as 123k in July this year, so probably pretty similar to now?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politic...

Political party affiliation in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social · 23h

Greens are doing amazing things on a local level whilst Reform causes chaos. I'll make sure people find out about all the work our local Greens are doing across the country. Thanks to @owenjones.bsky.social for the interview! 💚

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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 1d

📈 A few days ago I thought we'd hit 100,000 @greenparty.org.uk by the end of the year.

🤯 Now I think we'll probably hit it by the end of the week.

🌳 Next stop: overtake the Tories 123,000 members!

join.greenparty.org.uk

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Patrick McAllister 🌱 @patdbmcallister.bsky.social · 1d

6,000 members in one day, are you kidding me? 🤯📈💚

I was at an event tonight and I had so many people come up to me and say they either had just joined the Greens or were thinking of doing it soon.

Many had quit Labour recently in dismay and disgust.

Be part of history: join.greenparty.org.uk

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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 1d

This graph is so useful, thank you!
For future posts, could you include alt text for accessibility? Thanks!
(There's a setting in Bluesky which you can turn on so it always reminds you)

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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · 1d

The membership rise is unbelievable. As a party without major corporate donors, members are key contributors to all of our campaigning efforts. Joining now is a way to make a real contribution to the only viable left-wing party in the UK. There has never been a better time to join!

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

We just hit 93,000 members.

We're polling on average higher than we have ever before.

Over 1000 people joining a day!

Join our movement.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Join the Green Party

Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 1d

Oo, looks like it will be sooner than that!

bsky.app/profile/zack...

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

We just hit 93,000 members.

We're polling on average higher than we have ever before.

Over 1000 people joining a day!

Join our movement.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Join the Green Party

Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 1d

On Monday, Oxford City Council near-unanimously supported the Green Party motion which made clear our city stands against the far right and against regressive migration policy - from banning asylum seekers from working to scrapping family reunion.

Oxford City Council backs city's minority communities in vote

A Green party motion called on Oxford City Council to oppose far right rhetoric.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 1d

End of next year?

I can't wait for >123,000 and overtaking the Tories!
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politic...

Political party affiliation in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 1d

I've updated my 100k estimate!

bsky.app/profile/gree...

Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 1d

🟢 80k to 85k members in 7 days.
🟢 85k to 90k members in 3(!) days.

I'm betting we're going to hit 100,000 members by 20th October.

Want to help us get there?
join.greenparty.org.uk

Screenshot from the video quote posted.
70k members 9th September
80k members 28th September
85k members 5th October
90k members 8th October

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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 1d

I think we're going to get there by the 20th.
bsky.app/profile/gree...

Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 1d

🟢 80k to 85k members in 7 days.
🟢 85k to 90k members in 3(!) days.

I'm betting we're going to hit 100,000 members by 20th October.

Want to help us get there?
join.greenparty.org.uk

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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 1d

🟢 80k to 85k members in 7 days.
🟢 85k to 90k members in 3(!) days.

I'm betting we're going to hit 100,000 members by 20th October.

Want to help us get there?
join.greenparty.org.uk

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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 1d

Very proud of my fellow Green councillors for proposing this motion. "We are a rich tapestry, we are strengthened by our diversity, and we must stand up as a council and as a city for that diversity, unite against the far right and the divisive narratives of them." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Oxford City Council backs city's minority communities in vote

A Green party motion called on Oxford City Council to oppose far right rhetoric.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 1d

I was in the Netherlands this summer for work then a holiday and the cycling was glorious.
I can really recommend Schiermonnikoog as an island filled with bikes and beaches and forests and wildlife.

Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! That's useful to know :)

Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 2d

A fair point.

Our Green group view is that the Becket Street car park should become a bus&coach station.
But I'm keen to hear yours!

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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 2d

Excited that the Oxford Congestion Charge means that the 3/3A will now run to the station!! Amongst a whole host of other bus improvements.

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 2d

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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Cyclox @cycloxoxford.bsky.social · 2d

⚠️ IMPORTANT: BIKE RACK REMOVAL ON BROAD STREET + PARKS ROAD ⚠️

Ahead of the Oxford Half Marathon, Oxford City council will be removing and suspending bike racks on Broad Street and Parks Road this Sat 11 Oct from 6am.
Bikes not removed by Friday night will have locks cut and will be kept for 35 days

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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 2d

Ebikes are magical. Cargo bikes are magical.
Put them together and you have one of the most powerful ways to decarbonise our cities and make them safer, quieter, cleaner and so much more FUN.

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 2d

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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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 2d

If you want places to be accessible to older and disabled people installing benches is one very helpful thing to do.

Seems a few people are worried that young people will sit on a bench and be a bit annoying, so the bench won’t be installed after all.

Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 2d

A parish council in Oxford has refused to install a bench on a quiet side street in case people sit on it and get hit by a car

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/2552131...

#motonormativity

@apiln.bsky.social

Proposed 'eyesore' bench causes outrage among community

Plans for a new artistic bench that have been two years in the making have caused outrage among residents in Botley near an Oxford Brookes campus.

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 3d

OpenAI’s planned data centers will use more power than New York City & San Diego use at their peak consumption, combined. More power than the entire nations of Switzerland & Portugal combined. And San Altman’s buddies in this administration have been cutting all of our energy infrastructure upgrades

Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’ | Fortune

Andrew Chien told Fortune he’s been a computer scientist for 40 years but we’re close to “some seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.”

fortune.com

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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 2d

I'll see you on both!
Don't forget the first passenger service from Oxford to MK :)

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