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I think we may need to consider the possibility that the scheme was designed by someone who aspired to be the Harold Shipman of highway engineering. The bays on the south side of the A4 definitely have a give way at both ends, so there's a good chance of meeting a bus head on with nowhere to go.

cycle.travel | route-planner and maps - traffic-free & quiet roads The best-kept secret of a great ride - find scenic routes with fewer cars.

It seems odd that cycle.travel isn't honouring the access=customers tag on the private service roads through the Mercedes site.

Global firms ‘profiting from genocide’ in Gaza, says UN rapporteur Report by Francesca Albanese singles out companies such as Palantir and calls for prosecutions

Palantir, who Keir Starmer went to show his support for in Washington DC? Palantir, who Wes Streeting wants to hold your confidential healthcare data? That Palantir? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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Image with traces of running routes in white on green circles, generated by the Veloviewer app. Text reads: "June 2025 274.8km 24:29:46 [ascent] 1,833m".

June's running totals in 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇩🇰🇸🇪, including a bridge or two.

#VeganRunnersUK #Velographic

Eden Dock, looking SW from the new footbridge. The picture shows open water swimmers and marker buoys in the dock, with tall buildings in the background.

First swim of the season at Eden Dock, Canary Wharf. 13.9°C is quite "refreshing" for June, but it's surrounded by tall buildings and always a few degrees cooler than West Reservoir or Royal Victoria Dock.

Things to know before you answer How long will it take? There are a lot of questions to answer (up to 52 if you respond to all sections). However, even if you only have ten minutes, it’s still really important to have your say and tell the EHRC how you feel. If you have… 10 minutes: Answer all of the tick-box ‘would you like to provide feedback’ questions with ‘yes’ and answer all of the tick-box ‘to what extent do you agree with’ statements. 15 minutes: Answer all of the tick-box ‘would you like to provide feedback’ questions with ‘yes’ and answer all of the tick-box ‘to what extent do you agree with’ statements, then fill in the open-text ‘general comments’ section at the very end. 30 minutes or more: Answer all of the tick-box ‘would you like to provide feedback’ questions with yes and answer all of the tick-box ‘to what extent do you agree with’ statements, fill in as many of the open-text ‘is there anything you would like to change’ boxes as you can, then fill in the open-text ‘general comments’ section at the very end.

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Here is the guidance from @transactualuk.bsky.social @scottishtrans.bsky.social and #Mermaids on the EHRC Code of Practice consultation.

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Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss | The Observer New national guidance suggests officers look for menstrual tracking apps or abortion drugs

This guidance is harrowing. Telling police to use menstrual tracking apps to investigate women for illegal abortion reads like something you get out of Texas, not the UK. There's only one way to protect women - #SupportNC1 to change abortion law.
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I recently re-mapped most of those in OSM, which helped drive home to me how ridiculous that arrangement is.

Public transport fares for people not breaking the law go up every year. The laughably low fine for a Band A higher rate contravention has been frozen for a decade.

It's also a lot easier to park illegally since CCTV enforcement of most contraventions was banned by Chris Grayling in 2015.

I'm on my way to Harrow for this month's London Vegan Runners parkrun meet up.

I'm well insulated with about 10kg of extra bioprene™ under the skin and an incredibly inefficient runner 🙂 As there wasn't any noticeable wind chill, I felt pleasantly warm while I was running.

Slightly chilly at Stevenage parkrun this morning with Hertfordshire Vegan Runners.

These comments by Streeting are disgraceful. The safety of a senior female politician has been put at risk; let alone that she's been grotesquely defamed.

Petition: Fund Covid booster vaccines for all, with priority for Long Covid sufferers Long Covid can ruin lives and cause financial hardship so we believe the Government must try to prevent new Covid infections. We want free Covid booster vaccines for all and Long Covid sufferers shoul...

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Wes Streetings decision is dangerous enough alone but when you add context of the spiralling state of our mental health services - it is cruel, callous and unnecessary.

Medical practitioners should be making these decisions with the patient - not politicians pushing austerity.

Family includes everyone! ❤️

Petition: Decriminalise Abortion I am calling on the UK government to remove abortion from criminal law so that no pregnant person can be criminalised for procuring their own abortion.

Giving my petition to decriminalise abortion in the U.K. another push

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70....

Here’s a good one to multi block some wrong ‘uns… this is how it works

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Bluesky is trying to keep this place tidy with healthy debate
Let’s help them to do it
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Btw re: trans sports. If we offered a permanent ban on trans women in sports in exchange for no further attacks on trans rights in other areas, not a single GC activist ir conservative lawmaker would accept the deal.

Because it's not really about sports. And thats why it's pointless to concede.