Alex
@doorsgalaxy.bsky.social
Moving about Edinburgh by bike, with a sprinkling of socialism
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Wrote myself a pep talk to get back to work tomorrow. It helped me. Hope it helps you.
I don't know how to do this
But I'm going to keep doing it anyway.
heated.world
January 26, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Wrote myself a pep talk to get back to work tomorrow. It helped me. Hope it helps you.
One of these is not like the others.
January 15, 2026 at 8:25 AM
One of these is not like the others.
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❗We need your help to strengthen Scotland's climate plan!
Currently it doesn’t contain the ambitious, fair action we need to tackle the climate crisis and deliver real benefits to our lives.
Find out how you can add your voice and call for a stronger plan: www.stopclimatechaos.scot/campaign/sco...
Currently it doesn’t contain the ambitious, fair action we need to tackle the climate crisis and deliver real benefits to our lives.
Find out how you can add your voice and call for a stronger plan: www.stopclimatechaos.scot/campaign/sco...
January 7, 2026 at 9:42 AM
❗We need your help to strengthen Scotland's climate plan!
Currently it doesn’t contain the ambitious, fair action we need to tackle the climate crisis and deliver real benefits to our lives.
Find out how you can add your voice and call for a stronger plan: www.stopclimatechaos.scot/campaign/sco...
Currently it doesn’t contain the ambitious, fair action we need to tackle the climate crisis and deliver real benefits to our lives.
Find out how you can add your voice and call for a stronger plan: www.stopclimatechaos.scot/campaign/sco...
Cowgate is truely #Edinburgh 's worst pedestrian experience. The City-Centre Transformation can't come soon enough, but enforcement of existing rules on pavement parking, scaffolding licences, and biz waste would be a start. @cllrcmiller.bsky.social @finlaymcf.bsky.social @leftwing66.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Cowgate is truely #Edinburgh 's worst pedestrian experience. The City-Centre Transformation can't come soon enough, but enforcement of existing rules on pavement parking, scaffolding licences, and biz waste would be a start. @cllrcmiller.bsky.social @finlaymcf.bsky.social @leftwing66.bsky.social
When my bike was stolen in London, I left it outside a train station in direct view of CCTV for 90 minutes, and was told by Met Police that this timeframe was too long to be worth investigating. 🤷
📣 “Bikes stolen from train stations left for more than 2 hours will not be investigated,” says British Transport Police.
🗣️ Cycling UK’s Sophie Gordon: “Bike theft isn’t petty — it can be devastating.”
👉 Read more: road.cc/content/news...
🗣️ Cycling UK’s Sophie Gordon: “Bike theft isn’t petty — it can be devastating.”
👉 Read more: road.cc/content/news...
"Effectively decriminalising bike thefts": Bikes stolen from train stations that were left for more than two hours will not be investigated, says British Transport Police
CCTV footage will not be looked at outside a two-hour timeframe — as British Cycling accuses policy of "letting cyclists down across the country and providing further barriers to people riding a bike"
road.cc
October 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
When my bike was stolen in London, I left it outside a train station in direct view of CCTV for 90 minutes, and was told by Met Police that this timeframe was too long to be worth investigating. 🤷
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Ed Balls: the Greens taking votes from Labour helps the Tories
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "I want to see every Labour politician whose voted for a two child benefit cap, for disability cuts, for the ongoing genocide in Gaza to sell arms to them, I want to see them replaced" #GMB
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "I want to see every Labour politician whose voted for a two child benefit cap, for disability cuts, for the ongoing genocide in Gaza to sell arms to them, I want to see them replaced" #GMB
September 3, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Ed Balls: the Greens taking votes from Labour helps the Tories
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "I want to see every Labour politician whose voted for a two child benefit cap, for disability cuts, for the ongoing genocide in Gaza to sell arms to them, I want to see them replaced" #GMB
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "I want to see every Labour politician whose voted for a two child benefit cap, for disability cuts, for the ongoing genocide in Gaza to sell arms to them, I want to see them replaced" #GMB
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📢 BREAKING: Scottish Government accepts Green proposal to stop funding Israel’s arms dealers.
September 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
📢 BREAKING: Scottish Government accepts Green proposal to stop funding Israel’s arms dealers.
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⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
July 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
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Just sickeningly inhumane. People are forced to take dangerous small boat journeys to flee danger because for the vast majority there is no other way to claim asylum in the UK. The ONLY way to prevent horrific channel deaths is to open safe routes and Yvette Cooper knows this
July 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Just sickeningly inhumane. People are forced to take dangerous small boat journeys to flee danger because for the vast majority there is no other way to claim asylum in the UK. The ONLY way to prevent horrific channel deaths is to open safe routes and Yvette Cooper knows this
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Been sent this from Eurobike, a prototype balance cargo bike for 3-5 year olds. Just take my money.
June 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Been sent this from Eurobike, a prototype balance cargo bike for 3-5 year olds. Just take my money.
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There are some big things driving social disconnection and undermining cohesion: but don’t underestimate the impact of smaller soulless, price of everything mentality things like this.
Rather a society where traffic went a bit slower & kids high five the lollipop man
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rather a society where traffic went a bit slower & kids high five the lollipop man
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Howden lollipop man told to stop giving kids high-fives
Neil Cotton says he has been told the gesture 'upsets drivers' by causing extra seconds of delay.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
There are some big things driving social disconnection and undermining cohesion: but don’t underestimate the impact of smaller soulless, price of everything mentality things like this.
Rather a society where traffic went a bit slower & kids high five the lollipop man
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rather a society where traffic went a bit slower & kids high five the lollipop man
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Edinburgh Royal Mile when? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Banning cars in city centres has worked around the world. Why isn’t London’s Oxford Street pedestrianised yet? | Phineas Harper
From Sydney to Seoul, the results have been positive. It’s time for Sadiq Khan to put his foot down, says writer and curator Phineas Harper
www.theguardian.com
May 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Edinburgh Royal Mile when? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Was asked whether the public have lost faith in net zero for radio this morning. I think it's the wrong question. The public still overwhelmingly support climate action. The question is do they trust government to deliver and make good on promises of fairness and prosperity.
May 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Was asked whether the public have lost faith in net zero for radio this morning. I think it's the wrong question. The public still overwhelmingly support climate action. The question is do they trust government to deliver and make good on promises of fairness and prosperity.
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✍ Is there really a “war on motorists” in Scotland?
Ahead of this afternoon's debate in parliament, we’ve issued an evidence-based briefing to debunk the claim.
Read the briefing:
transform.scot/2025/04/30/w...
Ahead of this afternoon's debate in parliament, we’ve issued an evidence-based briefing to debunk the claim.
Read the briefing:
transform.scot/2025/04/30/w...
War on the motorist? Our briefing for MSPs - Transform Scotland
We’re calling on MSPs to reject divisive rhetoric and back a transport system that works for everyone – not just drivers. Ahead of this afternoon’s Holyrood debate on the so-called...
transform.scot
April 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
✍ Is there really a “war on motorists” in Scotland?
Ahead of this afternoon's debate in parliament, we’ve issued an evidence-based briefing to debunk the claim.
Read the briefing:
transform.scot/2025/04/30/w...
Ahead of this afternoon's debate in parliament, we’ve issued an evidence-based briefing to debunk the claim.
Read the briefing:
transform.scot/2025/04/30/w...
Edinburgh Old Town when?
To great uncertainty and controversy, in 2007, Ljubljana closed 12 hectares of its city center to private cars. At the time, 40% of residents approved.
A decade later, no less than 97% were against reopening the streets to motor traffic: “None of us can really imagine cars ever staging a comeback”.
A decade later, no less than 97% were against reopening the streets to motor traffic: “None of us can really imagine cars ever staging a comeback”.
March 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Edinburgh Old Town when?