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Ghosts of Bikes Past

@bikes4future.bsky.social

#CamRideHome moves from the last Friday in December to New Years Eve lunchtime.
Meet at Noon by Cutter Ferry Bridge south, on Wed 31st December. Ride for an hour then feast at The Lord Byron Trumpington.
We need to book, so please respond by Tuesday 23rd if you would like to eat.

December 22, 2025 at 7:25 AM

Ghosts of Bikes Past

@bikes4future.bsky.social

#CamRideHome winter wonderland lights ride. We ooowed and arrrghed around #Cambridge loving the Botanical Garden lights - great company, great Calverley beer at The Engineer’s House. See you in December.

November 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM

Ghosts of Bikes Past

@bikes4future.bsky.social

#CamRideHome Christmas lights ride! Friday 28th November, starting 6pm from The Mill. We’ll ride for an hour admiring the festive lights and then retire for refreshment.

November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM

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Jack Jenkins

@jackjenkins.me

NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."

Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...

(RNS) — In video recorded on Friday (Nov. 4) outside the embattled U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Illinois, the Rev. Michael Woolf stands alongside fellow protesters, fiddling awkwardly with his backpack as faith leaders and other protesters chant slogans at a line of police officers. A moment later, one officer can be seen walking forward, grabbing Woolf by the wrist and yanking.

Demonstrators attempted to hold on to Woolf, who was a clerical collar, but four officers wrenched him from the crowd and tossed him to the ground. After turning him onto his stomach, officers proceeded to arrest Woolf, and removed him to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in Maywood, Illinois.

“I’ve got bruises all over my body,” Woolf, an American Baptist minister who is pastor of Lake Street Church of Evanston, Illinois, told Religion News Service. He was speaking in his first interview since being released Friday afternoon after about seven hours in custody.

Woolf said when he asked the arresting officers to loosen the plastic handcuffs that were causing his hands to go numb, an officer replied: “Nobody wants to talk to you — shut the f–k up.”

“It’s part of the dehumanizing nature of it, and it’s it gives me a lot of clarity around what’s happening here,” said Woolf, who has been active in protests against ICE. “It’s really a spiritual emergency.”

November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM

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Camcycle

@camcycle.bsky.social

This week (10-16 Nov) is #LivingWageWeek. Camcycle is proud to be accredited by @livingwageuk.bsky.social as a local Living Wage employer.

All our employees, including interns, will always be paid at least the Living Wage, enabling those who work for us to have a good standard of living.

Anna and Rosie from Camcycle with a big 'Living Wage Employer' sign.

November 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM

Ghosts of Bikes Past

@bikes4future.bsky.social

#CamRideHome Halloween edition rides tomorrow Friday 31st. 6pm from The Mill. Seeking out the atmospherically spooky side of Cambridge - lights, turnips, funny hats, anything and everyone invited to enhance the vibe. Looking forward to seeing all who can make it.

October 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM

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Danie Ware

@danacea.bsky.social

Battersea Power Station

Front view of Battersea, with two iconic chimneys rising to the sky, all under a noir filter

October 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM

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Carlton Reid

@carltonreid.com

Happy 200th birthday to passenger rail travel!

Although, as my piece shows, actual history is messier than that: www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

From Steam to Sustainability: How Railways Could Help Calm the Climate Crisis

Born in the age of coal, the rail industry helped ignite the climate crisis. Today, rail — celebrating its 200-year anniversary — is reinventing itself as the greenest mode of mass transport.

www.forbes.com

September 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM

Ghosts of Bikes Past

@bikes4future.bsky.social

CamRideHome September a ride celebrating the cycling infrastructure of #Cambridge and a love of cycling. Marvellous hospitality from Roxanne and her freezer and pictures by Dagma of Petersfield and Simon

September 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM

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Hackney Cyclist

@hackneycyclist.bsky.social

People continue to cycle in Dutch cities, even if they have hills. It's about infrastructure!

September 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM

Ghosts of Bikes Past

@bikes4future.bsky.social

#CamRideHome September heads NW on the “Chesterton Cocktail” run.
An hours gentle cycling meander, exploring #Cambridge and its cycle infra structure.
All welcome - meeting @ The Mill 6pm Friday 26th

September 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM

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Ghosts of Bikes Past

@bikes4future.bsky.social

Remember! #CamRideHome Friday 29th starting from 🔥🔥STATION SQUARE - end of Station Road. 🔥🔥

August 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM

Ghosts of Bikes Past

@bikes4future.bsky.social

Remember! #CamRideHome Friday 29th starting from 🔥🔥STATION SQUARE - end of Station Road. 🔥🔥

August 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM

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Cool Bike Art

@coolbikeart1.bsky.social

Once the fastest man on two pedals, Chris Boardman now encourages people to go car-free as the Commissioner of Active Travel England.

Happy #BicycleBirthday, Chris!
BornAugust 26, 1968

Photo of a man riding a bicycle on a city street.

August 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM

Ghosts of Bikes Past

@bikes4future.bsky.social

CamRideHome August this Friday 29th 6pm

🔥Starting STATION SQUARE - end of Station Road. 🔥🔥Change of start point for this ride🔥

Ending, after exploring our dna and the far reaches of Shelford at The Blue Ball.

See you at Cambridge Central Station Friday 6pm :-)

August 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM

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Luca

@lucagalletti.bsky.social

Naturally formed hexagonal basalt pillars from past volcanic activity in Fingal's Cave, Isle of Staffa, the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

August 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM

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richard mortimer

@richardmortimer.bsky.social

In The Gutter, Stapleford

August 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM

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kiukiuli

@kiukiuli.bsky.social

Cherries are the only fruit you can hang over your ears ... and still hear the song of the lark rising into the heavens at dawn

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Cherries - the only fruit you can hang over your ears

...and still hear the song of the lark rising into the heavens at dawn

open.substack.com

August 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM

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That Tall Bloke

@thattallbloke.bsky.social

I’ll admit I nearly forgot day 79! Have a bit of Bob looking fantastic to make up for it 😊

July 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM

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Ivan Radin

@radinbio.bsky.social

I love this image of moss (Physcomitrium patens) chloronema cells, as you can see how chloroplasts (in magenta 🟣) indent the vacuole to make room for themselves. The vacuolar membrane is labeled with a GFP marker (green 🟢).
#microscopymonday #cellbiology #plantmicroscopy #plant #moss

Chloroplasts (spherical structures in magenta) are surrounded by membranes of vacuoles (in green).

July 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM

Ghosts of Bikes Past

@bikes4future.bsky.social

#CamRideHome thanks all for a lovely Cam Bridges ride - some controversy but around 25 “bridges” bagged and a good time had by all :-)

July 26, 2025 at 6:20 AM

Ghosts of Bikes Past

@bikes4future.bsky.social

This Friday #CamrideHome the Cam Bridges Ride 6pm @TheMillCam following the river, flowing elegantly from bank to bank ultimately not to the sea, but, The Engineers House Riverside.
All welcome for an hours easy riding, exploring the cycle paths of #Cambridge