Sami Garratt
@sami-garratt.bsky.social
Edinburgh Uni Alumni - 18th-century Scandinavian Historian 🏛️ | Cyclist 🚲 | fan of Tolkien 📚
Former parliamentary staffer🌹
💬 views are my own - looking for some peace and quiet.
Former parliamentary staffer🌹
💬 views are my own - looking for some peace and quiet.
Reposted by Sami Garratt
In a car-dominated society, the idea of bikes as everyday transport seems wild, until you experience it.
Human-scale streets feel safe, calm, and natural. It’s only when you return to car chaos that you realize what actually feels crazy.
📸 @radrevolte.bsky.social
Human-scale streets feel safe, calm, and natural. It’s only when you return to car chaos that you realize what actually feels crazy.
📸 @radrevolte.bsky.social
May 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
In a car-dominated society, the idea of bikes as everyday transport seems wild, until you experience it.
Human-scale streets feel safe, calm, and natural. It’s only when you return to car chaos that you realize what actually feels crazy.
📸 @radrevolte.bsky.social
Human-scale streets feel safe, calm, and natural. It’s only when you return to car chaos that you realize what actually feels crazy.
📸 @radrevolte.bsky.social
oooo sounds a bit fascist Donny.
The White House said it will bar the Associated Press from future events in the Oval Office and Air Force One, over the AP's refusal to obey Trump's executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
White House bars AP from Oval Office, Air Force One over "Gulf of Mexico" use
Press advocates are likely to be up in arms over the government's penalizing a news organization in this way.
www.axios.com
February 16, 2025 at 7:37 AM
oooo sounds a bit fascist Donny.
Reposted by Sami Garratt
History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
February 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
Yeah... Trump definitely didn't listen in history class.
Worst of it, this same phrase was used by the far-right terrorist responsible for the 2011 Norway attacks.
First appeasement and praise of Putin, now this. Trump's intentions are clear as day.
Worst of it, this same phrase was used by the far-right terrorist responsible for the 2011 Norway attacks.
First appeasement and praise of Putin, now this. Trump's intentions are clear as day.
February 16, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Yeah... Trump definitely didn't listen in history class.
Worst of it, this same phrase was used by the far-right terrorist responsible for the 2011 Norway attacks.
First appeasement and praise of Putin, now this. Trump's intentions are clear as day.
Worst of it, this same phrase was used by the far-right terrorist responsible for the 2011 Norway attacks.
First appeasement and praise of Putin, now this. Trump's intentions are clear as day.
Thank you! - this is a brilliant and much need bit of legislation.
For too long pedestrians space has been taken up by parked cars.
I look forward to seeing how this progresses going forward.
For too long pedestrians space has been taken up by parked cars.
I look forward to seeing how this progresses going forward.
📝 Today I'm presenting my 10 minute rule bill, which will give local authorities the power of enforcement to stop people parking on pavements.
Tune in this afternoon ⏩ www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons
@guidedogsuk.bsky.social @livingstreets.bsky.social @sustrans.bsky.social
Tune in this afternoon ⏩ www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons
@guidedogsuk.bsky.social @livingstreets.bsky.social @sustrans.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Thank you! - this is a brilliant and much need bit of legislation.
For too long pedestrians space has been taken up by parked cars.
I look forward to seeing how this progresses going forward.
For too long pedestrians space has been taken up by parked cars.
I look forward to seeing how this progresses going forward.
Yesterday we goodbye to this old bean 🕊️ Thank you for the last 14 or so years. You were the best!
I’m gonna miss you 🐾
I’m gonna miss you 🐾
January 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Yesterday we goodbye to this old bean 🕊️ Thank you for the last 14 or so years. You were the best!
I’m gonna miss you 🐾
I’m gonna miss you 🐾
Reposted by Sami Garratt
Probably just me, but I'm struggling to remember any of the times Kemi Badenoch called for an inquiry into grooming gangs when she was Minister for Women and Equality.
January 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Probably just me, but I'm struggling to remember any of the times Kemi Badenoch called for an inquiry into grooming gangs when she was Minister for Women and Equality.
Apparently I am a “sprinter” now … @gozwift.bsky.social 👀
January 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Apparently I am a “sprinter” now … @gozwift.bsky.social 👀
Snow running is always fun! ❄️
Should have brought skis 🎿
Should have brought skis 🎿
January 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Snow running is always fun! ❄️
Should have brought skis 🎿
Should have brought skis 🎿