Charles Barraball
@charlesb42.bsky.social
1942 he/him husband/father/grandfather
2 × Married:
Pam 1965 - died 2008
Alix 2016
Green Party Member
Electric Mobility Cargo Biking for 2
& Jazz
2001 Stroke survivor
2 × Married:
Pam 1965 - died 2008
Alix 2016
Green Party Member
Electric Mobility Cargo Biking for 2
& Jazz
2001 Stroke survivor
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A former Trump adviser owning the land where a proposed new ICE facility is set to be built gives away the game.
The systematic hunting down of immigrant communities is no more than a corrupt 💵 money-making scheme 💵 for the wealthy and well-connected.
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
The systematic hunting down of immigrant communities is no more than a corrupt 💵 money-making scheme 💵 for the wealthy and well-connected.
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
Former Trump adviser owns spot proposed for Hudson Valley ICE facility
A warehouse owned by Carl Icahn would process 500 to 1,500 immigrants at a time before sending them to larger detention facilities until their deportation.
www.timesunion.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:58 PM
A former Trump adviser owning the land where a proposed new ICE facility is set to be built gives away the game.
The systematic hunting down of immigrant communities is no more than a corrupt 💵 money-making scheme 💵 for the wealthy and well-connected.
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
The systematic hunting down of immigrant communities is no more than a corrupt 💵 money-making scheme 💵 for the wealthy and well-connected.
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
My Twitter/ X account confirmed as closed.
January 14, 2026 at 10:04 PM
My Twitter/ X account confirmed as closed.
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January 14, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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Great progress in new poll for Wales.
Absolutely no complacency though. We're campaigning for every vote between now and May 7th.
Wales needs rent controls, nationalised water and funded public services. To do that, Wales needs to vote Green.
Absolutely no complacency though. We're campaigning for every vote between now and May 7th.
Wales needs rent controls, nationalised water and funded public services. To do that, Wales needs to vote Green.
January 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Great progress in new poll for Wales.
Absolutely no complacency though. We're campaigning for every vote between now and May 7th.
Wales needs rent controls, nationalised water and funded public services. To do that, Wales needs to vote Green.
Absolutely no complacency though. We're campaigning for every vote between now and May 7th.
Wales needs rent controls, nationalised water and funded public services. To do that, Wales needs to vote Green.
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The Government have u-turned on ID Cards.
Good.
Authoritarian plans to scrap jury trials need to go next.
Good.
Authoritarian plans to scrap jury trials need to go next.
January 13, 2026 at 7:03 PM
The Government have u-turned on ID Cards.
Good.
Authoritarian plans to scrap jury trials need to go next.
Good.
Authoritarian plans to scrap jury trials need to go next.
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Hello #USA, this is how you deal with a treasonous and corrupt president who tries to invoke martial law and head an insurrection. Former South Korean president #Yoon may face either life imprisonment or the death penalty if convicted. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w...
January 14, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Hello #USA, this is how you deal with a treasonous and corrupt president who tries to invoke martial law and head an insurrection. Former South Korean president #Yoon may face either life imprisonment or the death penalty if convicted. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w...
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Still buzzing about this. So much so I've actually been to the gym TWICE this week! I'm only sorry I don't have kids the right age for the softplay.
The revamped Easton Leisure
centre is fantastic. A 4 storey soft play, a huge gym, new swimming pool changing rooms and a women only gym. 🤩🤩🤩 congratulations @everyoneactive.bsky.social
centre is fantastic. A 4 storey soft play, a huge gym, new swimming pool changing rooms and a women only gym. 🤩🤩🤩 congratulations @everyoneactive.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Still buzzing about this. So much so I've actually been to the gym TWICE this week! I'm only sorry I don't have kids the right age for the softplay.
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🕯️ Today marks 1 year since a man in his 20s was hit and killed by a lorry driver while he was cycling at Carpenters Rd junction. Our thoughts, as always, remain with the family and friends of the young man who died.
January 13, 2026 at 11:03 PM
🕯️ Today marks 1 year since a man in his 20s was hit and killed by a lorry driver while he was cycling at Carpenters Rd junction. Our thoughts, as always, remain with the family and friends of the young man who died.
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Utterly outrageous situation with South East Water
Privatisation has failed
It won't be fixed by more investigations or the boss resigning
Government must withdraw their licence, they have failed to fulfil their statutory duties
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Privatisation has failed
It won't be fixed by more investigations or the boss resigning
Government must withdraw their licence, they have failed to fulfil their statutory duties
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
‘It’s a shambles’: Anger grows as thousands still without water in mass shortage
‘Not only is the infrastructure depleted, but the leadership is rubbish,’ local MP says
www.independent.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Utterly outrageous situation with South East Water
Privatisation has failed
It won't be fixed by more investigations or the boss resigning
Government must withdraw their licence, they have failed to fulfil their statutory duties
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Privatisation has failed
It won't be fixed by more investigations or the boss resigning
Government must withdraw their licence, they have failed to fulfil their statutory duties
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Bloody cyclists, demolishing a wall and blocking a safe pedestrian route.
Oh, no, my mistake it was a car.
Swansea Council’s answer ? Shut the pavement (school just 200m further along) and do nothing - no safe crossing, no alternative - just nothing…
Oh, no, my mistake it was a car.
Swansea Council’s answer ? Shut the pavement (school just 200m further along) and do nothing - no safe crossing, no alternative - just nothing…
January 12, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Bloody cyclists, demolishing a wall and blocking a safe pedestrian route.
Oh, no, my mistake it was a car.
Swansea Council’s answer ? Shut the pavement (school just 200m further along) and do nothing - no safe crossing, no alternative - just nothing…
Oh, no, my mistake it was a car.
Swansea Council’s answer ? Shut the pavement (school just 200m further along) and do nothing - no safe crossing, no alternative - just nothing…
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Someone at the council had their Weetabix this morning...
"Motorists don't pay for roads any more than anybody else": Council shuts down backlash to 20mph speed limit to "support new cycling route" + more on the live blog
By lunchtime you'll be closer to the weekend than the start of the week, so join Dan Alexander in the live blog procrastination station as he distracts you with another eclectic mix of news, views, re...
road.cc
January 14, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Someone at the council had their Weetabix this morning...
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The Green Party supports UK troops serving in a peacekeeping role in Ukraine after a negotiated settlement with a robust international mandate. That must come with full democratic scrutiny.
#Ukraine #DemocraticOversight
Full response 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2026-0...
#Ukraine #DemocraticOversight
Full response 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2026-0...
January 14, 2026 at 10:37 AM
The Green Party supports UK troops serving in a peacekeeping role in Ukraine after a negotiated settlement with a robust international mandate. That must come with full democratic scrutiny.
#Ukraine #DemocraticOversight
Full response 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2026-0...
#Ukraine #DemocraticOversight
Full response 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2026-0...
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Council’s proposals for the excellent & transformative active travel scheme for Dundee St & Fountainbridge - a project intended to benefit families, kids, older people, less-confident cyclists, to enable them to walk or ride.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
Safe routes campaigners call critics of Fountainbridge scheme 'NIMBYs'
Safe routes campaigners have backed controversial active travel proposals for Edinburgh's Dundee Street and Fountainbridge and labelled critics of the plans "Nimbys".
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Council’s proposals for the excellent & transformative active travel scheme for Dundee St & Fountainbridge - a project intended to benefit families, kids, older people, less-confident cyclists, to enable them to walk or ride.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
Do we know which council? Could be @mertoncouncil.bsky.social or anywhere. Best to avoid actual damage though as some police see that as an easy win.
Thanks to a yellow bellied spineless #RedTories Gov, we won't see an, end to illegal pavement parking! I know, our local council DGAF about it! These 2 are in the so called pedestrian zone, not that you would know it! 1st car now has some new marks along the RHS from my panniers & IDGAF.
January 14, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Do we know which council? Could be @mertoncouncil.bsky.social or anywhere. Best to avoid actual damage though as some police see that as an easy win.
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#CBS Evening News viewership down 23% from a year ago. Congrats, Bari Weiss and Tony Dokoupil, for sucking up to #Trump and #Maga, thereby ruining the credibility of CBS. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
‘CBS Evening News’ Viewership Slips in First Week Under Tony Dokoupil
CBS Evening News' Viewership Slips in First Week Under Tony Dokoupil
variety.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:47 AM
#CBS Evening News viewership down 23% from a year ago. Congrats, Bari Weiss and Tony Dokoupil, for sucking up to #Trump and #Maga, thereby ruining the credibility of CBS. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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We're recruiting a Communications Lead to join our fantastic team. .
We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills who can run our press office and lead the way in creating and implementing our new Comms Strategy.
For more info go to transactual.org.uk/jobs
#hiring #vacancy
We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills who can run our press office and lead the way in creating and implementing our new Comms Strategy.
For more info go to transactual.org.uk/jobs
#hiring #vacancy
January 14, 2026 at 12:01 PM
We're recruiting a Communications Lead to join our fantastic team. .
We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills who can run our press office and lead the way in creating and implementing our new Comms Strategy.
For more info go to transactual.org.uk/jobs
#hiring #vacancy
We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills who can run our press office and lead the way in creating and implementing our new Comms Strategy.
For more info go to transactual.org.uk/jobs
#hiring #vacancy
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“If you work in or around the insurance industry, you’re probably already feeling theimpacts of accelerating climate breakdown.Why are so few people talking openly about the true scale of the risks we’re facing or how to respond?”
@climatemajority.bsky.social
Film: Joseph Harrington, Jack Bernadin
@climatemajority.bsky.social
Film: Joseph Harrington, Jack Bernadin
An uninsurable world isn’t a future idea. Climate risks are rising so fast that insurers are pulling back, leaving some regions nearly impossible to cover.
Watch our short film “An uninsurable future?” and join the conversation:
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Yq...
Watch our short film “An uninsurable future?” and join the conversation:
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Yq...
An Uninsurable Future? | Climate Majority Project
YouTube video by Climate Majority Project
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
“If you work in or around the insurance industry, you’re probably already feeling theimpacts of accelerating climate breakdown.Why are so few people talking openly about the true scale of the risks we’re facing or how to respond?”
@climatemajority.bsky.social
Film: Joseph Harrington, Jack Bernadin
@climatemajority.bsky.social
Film: Joseph Harrington, Jack Bernadin
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This is #CarmelValleyVillage in a nutshell. Kids just can’t win.
December 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This is #CarmelValleyVillage in a nutshell. Kids just can’t win.
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😍 Simply stumbled upon this city as I’m heading to the coast. Turns out to be a poster child for “if you build it they will come in extreme numbers”. 6,000 📈70,000 for all ages and abilities in 2015. Further reading 👇https://t.co/RDwtKL1EyZ
How Seville transformed itself into the cycling capital of southern Europe
Spain remains far from a paradise for bikes – yet cycling has increased 11-fold in Seville in the space of a few years. Is this proof that any city can get lots of people riding by building an ambitious network of connected, segregated bike lanes?
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
😍 Simply stumbled upon this city as I’m heading to the coast. Turns out to be a poster child for “if you build it they will come in extreme numbers”. 6,000 📈70,000 for all ages and abilities in 2015. Further reading 👇https://t.co/RDwtKL1EyZ
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GUILTY‼️
December 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
GUILTY‼️
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If you still support Trump, I don’t judge you for your choice of political party.
I judge you for your lack of morals, ethics, compassion & humanity.
I judge you for your support of pedophilia, racism, treason & fascism.
So will others. So will history.
I judge you for your lack of morals, ethics, compassion & humanity.
I judge you for your support of pedophilia, racism, treason & fascism.
So will others. So will history.
December 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If you still support Trump, I don’t judge you for your choice of political party.
I judge you for your lack of morals, ethics, compassion & humanity.
I judge you for your support of pedophilia, racism, treason & fascism.
So will others. So will history.
I judge you for your lack of morals, ethics, compassion & humanity.
I judge you for your support of pedophilia, racism, treason & fascism.
So will others. So will history.
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Our new paper (with @jwfurlong.bsky.social and @rachelaldred.bsky.social) out today calculates cyclability scores for every postcode in Greater London, revealing a lot of variation across the city.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jt... (Open access)
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doi.org/10.1016/j.jt... (Open access)
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December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Our new paper (with @jwfurlong.bsky.social and @rachelaldred.bsky.social) out today calculates cyclability scores for every postcode in Greater London, revealing a lot of variation across the city.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jt... (Open access)
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doi.org/10.1016/j.jt... (Open access)
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i rep this angle everywhere i go. fighting for tired parents everywhere.
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
i rep this angle everywhere i go. fighting for tired parents everywhere.
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As a parent I love walkable neighbourhoods cause I can send my kid to the store to get stuff I need. No big conspiracy, I'm just lazy.
December 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
As a parent I love walkable neighbourhoods cause I can send my kid to the store to get stuff I need. No big conspiracy, I'm just lazy.