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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
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“Why is it always hard choices for working-class communities — not for multimillionaires and billionaires?”
Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT
Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT
October 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
“Why is it always hard choices for working-class communities — not for multimillionaires and billionaires?”
Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT
Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT
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What if you had to take your drivers test at least every 10 years?
A lot changes over time. Including knowledge/memory of the road rules, driver skills and ability, and the size and deadliness of vehicles.
A lot changes over time. Including knowledge/memory of the road rules, driver skills and ability, and the size and deadliness of vehicles.
October 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
What if you had to take your drivers test at least every 10 years?
A lot changes over time. Including knowledge/memory of the road rules, driver skills and ability, and the size and deadliness of vehicles.
A lot changes over time. Including knowledge/memory of the road rules, driver skills and ability, and the size and deadliness of vehicles.
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Carpool karaoke's gone shite
October 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Carpool karaoke's gone shite
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Why on earth do the Tories want to keep people locked into high energy bills? And, come to that, why is the BBC citing Reform but saying nothing about climate science or renewable alternatives?
Complete madness - except for the fossil fuel industry of course
Complete madness - except for the fossil fuel industry of course
Tories pledge to get 'all our oil and gas out of the North Sea'
The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would "only accelerate the worsening climate crisis".
www.bbc.com
August 31, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Why on earth do the Tories want to keep people locked into high energy bills? And, come to that, why is the BBC citing Reform but saying nothing about climate science or renewable alternatives?
Complete madness - except for the fossil fuel industry of course
Complete madness - except for the fossil fuel industry of course
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High-speed trains aren't rocket science. We solved all the technological problems long ago.
(Fuck Musk's hyperloop and robocars. We want AM, not FM: Actual Machines, not Fucking Magic.)
The main problem is that only 2 percent of Americans has even set foot on an intercity train.
(Fuck Musk's hyperloop and robocars. We want AM, not FM: Actual Machines, not Fucking Magic.)
The main problem is that only 2 percent of Americans has even set foot on an intercity train.
August 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
High-speed trains aren't rocket science. We solved all the technological problems long ago.
(Fuck Musk's hyperloop and robocars. We want AM, not FM: Actual Machines, not Fucking Magic.)
The main problem is that only 2 percent of Americans has even set foot on an intercity train.
(Fuck Musk's hyperloop and robocars. We want AM, not FM: Actual Machines, not Fucking Magic.)
The main problem is that only 2 percent of Americans has even set foot on an intercity train.
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Three cargo bikes, delivering enormous benefits for human and planetary health — or one enormously harmful SUV.
We know what we'd choose.
We hope you do too.
We know what we'd choose.
We hope you do too.
August 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Three cargo bikes, delivering enormous benefits for human and planetary health — or one enormously harmful SUV.
We know what we'd choose.
We hope you do too.
We know what we'd choose.
We hope you do too.
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Simon Tisdall highlights the dangers posed by the proliferation of lower-yield, tactical warheads which supposedly allows “limited” nuclear war. Crossing that red line could lead to an unstoppable chain reaction, with horrific consequences. The campaign against nuclear weapons must get much louder👇
As the world hurtles ever closer to nuclear oblivion, where is the opposition? | Simon Tisdall
The puerile standoff between the US and Russia ought to alert a slumbering public to a risk that is in many ways greater than during the cold war, says Simon Tisdall, a Guardian foreign affairs commen...
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Simon Tisdall highlights the dangers posed by the proliferation of lower-yield, tactical warheads which supposedly allows “limited” nuclear war. Crossing that red line could lead to an unstoppable chain reaction, with horrific consequences. The campaign against nuclear weapons must get much louder👇
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We’re recruiting!
We are looking for our new Campaigns Coordinator for Birmingham Friends of the Earth.
If you are passionate about environmental campaigning, and love supporting and working alongside committed voluntary activists, we’d like to hear from you.
#Birmingham #Charity #Jobs
We are looking for our new Campaigns Coordinator for Birmingham Friends of the Earth.
If you are passionate about environmental campaigning, and love supporting and working alongside committed voluntary activists, we’d like to hear from you.
#Birmingham #Charity #Jobs
We’re recruiting – Be our new Campaigns Coordinator!
We are looking for our new Campaigns Coordinator for Birmingham Friends of the Earth. If you are passionate about environmental campaigning, and love supporting and working alongside committed volu…
birminghamfoe.org.uk
August 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
We’re recruiting!
We are looking for our new Campaigns Coordinator for Birmingham Friends of the Earth.
If you are passionate about environmental campaigning, and love supporting and working alongside committed voluntary activists, we’d like to hear from you.
#Birmingham #Charity #Jobs
We are looking for our new Campaigns Coordinator for Birmingham Friends of the Earth.
If you are passionate about environmental campaigning, and love supporting and working alongside committed voluntary activists, we’d like to hear from you.
#Birmingham #Charity #Jobs
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LADS! I did it! I finally did it, and it was fucking glorious. On Sunday 20th July, I finally had a use for one of the hundreds of off-cuts of wood I've stored "just in case I need it" over the years! One down, a few hundred to go.
July 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
LADS! I did it! I finally did it, and it was fucking glorious. On Sunday 20th July, I finally had a use for one of the hundreds of off-cuts of wood I've stored "just in case I need it" over the years! One down, a few hundred to go.
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Why billionaires are funding the far right
July 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Why billionaires are funding the far right
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The business secretary Jonathan Reynolds says the racist protesters intimidating asylum seekers in Epping are "upset for legitimate reasons.”
I don't remember any Labour frontbencher saying the same about people protesting the genocide in Gaza. On the contrary, they've criminalised peaceful dissent.
I don't remember any Labour frontbencher saying the same about people protesting the genocide in Gaza. On the contrary, they've criminalised peaceful dissent.
July 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The business secretary Jonathan Reynolds says the racist protesters intimidating asylum seekers in Epping are "upset for legitimate reasons.”
I don't remember any Labour frontbencher saying the same about people protesting the genocide in Gaza. On the contrary, they've criminalised peaceful dissent.
I don't remember any Labour frontbencher saying the same about people protesting the genocide in Gaza. On the contrary, they've criminalised peaceful dissent.
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Just taken a mint condition, high-quality 1080p TV to the recycling centre because we literally couldn't give it away. Future historians will write about stuff like this.
July 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Just taken a mint condition, high-quality 1080p TV to the recycling centre because we literally couldn't give it away. Future historians will write about stuff like this.
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I just booked a last minute trip from Rotterdam to anywhere, anywhere but Rome. Well actually to Milan and then to Lake Como .
Last minute easyJet with no luggage checked in and airport transfers plus hassle: €380+€10
First class Eurostar plus First class Frecciarossa in luxury and chill: €370
Last minute easyJet with no luggage checked in and airport transfers plus hassle: €380+€10
First class Eurostar plus First class Frecciarossa in luxury and chill: €370
July 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I just booked a last minute trip from Rotterdam to anywhere, anywhere but Rome. Well actually to Milan and then to Lake Como .
Last minute easyJet with no luggage checked in and airport transfers plus hassle: €380+€10
First class Eurostar plus First class Frecciarossa in luxury and chill: €370
Last minute easyJet with no luggage checked in and airport transfers plus hassle: €380+€10
First class Eurostar plus First class Frecciarossa in luxury and chill: €370
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At Friends of the Earth Europe and PENGON, we believe that environmental justice is inseparable from justice for Palestine.
There can be no sustainability and no peace without an end to the occupation and the return of stolen land and resources to their rightful owners, the Palestinian people.
There can be no sustainability and no peace without an end to the occupation and the return of stolen land and resources to their rightful owners, the Palestinian people.
July 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
At Friends of the Earth Europe and PENGON, we believe that environmental justice is inseparable from justice for Palestine.
There can be no sustainability and no peace without an end to the occupation and the return of stolen land and resources to their rightful owners, the Palestinian people.
There can be no sustainability and no peace without an end to the occupation and the return of stolen land and resources to their rightful owners, the Palestinian people.
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Scary to see extreme heat become the norm in the UK - this will cost more and more lives.
What is govt doing to protect us from these effects of climate change that are already with us?
And how can they justify giving go-ahead to airport expansion which will worsen the crisis?
What is govt doing to protect us from these effects of climate change that are already with us?
And how can they justify giving go-ahead to airport expansion which will worsen the crisis?
July 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Scary to see extreme heat become the norm in the UK - this will cost more and more lives.
What is govt doing to protect us from these effects of climate change that are already with us?
And how can they justify giving go-ahead to airport expansion which will worsen the crisis?
What is govt doing to protect us from these effects of climate change that are already with us?
And how can they justify giving go-ahead to airport expansion which will worsen the crisis?
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🙌 Critical Mass Harborne. 🙌
This Saturday 19th July.
14:30 from outside the High Street Post Office.
Slow ride for good vibes.
This Saturday 19th July.
14:30 from outside the High Street Post Office.
Slow ride for good vibes.
July 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🙌 Critical Mass Harborne. 🙌
This Saturday 19th July.
14:30 from outside the High Street Post Office.
Slow ride for good vibes.
This Saturday 19th July.
14:30 from outside the High Street Post Office.
Slow ride for good vibes.
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BREAKING: A water company with “money issues” just DOUBLED its CEO’s pay to £1.6 million.
While sewage spills into rivers and pipes leak across the UK, Keith Haslett gets a RAISE of nearly £900k.
How is this not a SCANDAL?
While sewage spills into rivers and pipes leak across the UK, Keith Haslett gets a RAISE of nearly £900k.
How is this not a SCANDAL?
July 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
BREAKING: A water company with “money issues” just DOUBLED its CEO’s pay to £1.6 million.
While sewage spills into rivers and pipes leak across the UK, Keith Haslett gets a RAISE of nearly £900k.
How is this not a SCANDAL?
While sewage spills into rivers and pipes leak across the UK, Keith Haslett gets a RAISE of nearly £900k.
How is this not a SCANDAL?
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"Train is the new private jet." Dua Lipa continues to promote taking the train over flying, boarding a Eurostar to London at Gare du Nord. This is climate-conscious messaging done right. Posted by lejeuneengage on IG.
July 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
"Train is the new private jet." Dua Lipa continues to promote taking the train over flying, boarding a Eurostar to London at Gare du Nord. This is climate-conscious messaging done right. Posted by lejeuneengage on IG.
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Very exciting job news! 🥳 We're looking for our new Campaigns Coordinator who will be based @inthewarehouse.bsky.social
Passionate about environmental campaigning, and love supporting and working alongside committed voluntary activists? read more here:
birminghamfoe.org.uk/campaigns-co...
Passionate about environmental campaigning, and love supporting and working alongside committed voluntary activists? read more here:
birminghamfoe.org.uk/campaigns-co...
July 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Very exciting job news! 🥳 We're looking for our new Campaigns Coordinator who will be based @inthewarehouse.bsky.social
Passionate about environmental campaigning, and love supporting and working alongside committed voluntary activists? read more here:
birminghamfoe.org.uk/campaigns-co...
Passionate about environmental campaigning, and love supporting and working alongside committed voluntary activists? read more here:
birminghamfoe.org.uk/campaigns-co...
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I just voted against proscribing Palestine Action, a civil disobedience group, as a terrorist organisation. But I'm furious that in doing so, the government forced me and others to vote against proscribing two other clearly terrorist groups. Cynical and dangerous from govt.
July 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I just voted against proscribing Palestine Action, a civil disobedience group, as a terrorist organisation. But I'm furious that in doing so, the government forced me and others to vote against proscribing two other clearly terrorist groups. Cynical and dangerous from govt.
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Delighted to do this with @thebiaankara.bsky.social.
The Turkish experience is a harbinger for elsewhere - including the UK…..
@nottspolitics.bsky.social
The Turkish experience is a harbinger for elsewhere - including the UK…..
@nottspolitics.bsky.social
🎧 The latest episode of Heritage Türkiye is out!
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🎙️ Journalism, Academia and the ‘Securitisation of News’ with @drnataliemartin.bsky.social
Links via biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
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#türkiyerelations #Politicaliscourse #misinformation #disinformation #malinformation
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🎙️ Journalism, Academia and the ‘Securitisation of News’ with @drnataliemartin.bsky.social
Links via biaa.ac.uk/publication/...
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#türkiyerelations #Politicaliscourse #misinformation #disinformation #malinformation
July 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Delighted to do this with @thebiaankara.bsky.social.
The Turkish experience is a harbinger for elsewhere - including the UK…..
@nottspolitics.bsky.social
The Turkish experience is a harbinger for elsewhere - including the UK…..
@nottspolitics.bsky.social
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📢 We’ve hit a major milestone – over 250,000 people have added their name to our call to reform the House of Lords!
electoral-reform.org.uk/a-quarter-of...
electoral-reform.org.uk/a-quarter-of...
A quarter of a million voices are calling for House of Lords reform
We have hit a significant milestone in our campaign to reform the House of Lords: over a quarter of a million people have now signed our petition calling for the second chamber of our Pa
electoral-reform.org.uk
June 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
📢 We’ve hit a major milestone – over 250,000 people have added their name to our call to reform the House of Lords!
electoral-reform.org.uk/a-quarter-of...
electoral-reform.org.uk/a-quarter-of...