Please save us from seeing Phil's tits. I donated what I could, now some of you can have a go. It's for an excellent cause (not seeing Phil's tits).

How the fuck has Starmer turned out to be so shit as to give *Kemi Badenoch* a genuinely compelling argument against him. How. How.

If you’re annoyed about Bluesky being unreliable today, be gently reminded that Mastodon is actually decentralised.

What if we go bankrupt before we do the work. What if you can stop that with £20. I cannot accept failure on this after fighting for TWO YEARS to get this land bought. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/warleigh-n...

It seems an eternity since that train went out of the station, taking him away, into the darkness. I was happy then.

If anyone is in the Whitehaven area, could you pop over to the Jawas and ask if they have any secondhand droids for sale, thanks.

So I ride everywhere, have multiple bikes, and all that… but the BEST thing has been my kids learning to ride. They love it, and get pouty with me if we ever go anywhere by foot or car. Here’s my youngest, who had just turned 3, the day she nailed pedalling.

I thought I had got rid of this Boglin but it’s cursed, so it just came back.

Bicester is a long way from me, but I’m glad to hear that they should be getting an underpass below the shiny railway - and one that’s for walking and cycling as a priority over motor vehicles.

Make a cuppa and cosy up with The Most Controversial Street in London #LTNsAreGoodActually

We went to the South this weekend, to visit family and do a mandatory trip to Peppa Pig World. We went on a Voyager. It took forever. Oh how I wish we had better railways…

Maps are political acts.

It may seem like nerdy detail that the increasing weight of cars is worsening potholes, but it matters. The car makers push to sell wider and heavier cars is increasing road maintenance costs and that affects us all. Not to mention worse crash outcomes and less space to pass (wider) parked cars.

🐝 Make Manchester Affordable!

It won't come as a surprise to many, but good to see The Times pointing out that people actually like less traffic in local neighbourhoods. It concludes that no big change is ever introduced without some initial opposition - so leaders should stick to their guns! www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

My children are playing a delightful game of “Portal” … in which they career around the house teleporting each other.

If the map of deaths on railways looked like this, it'd be treated as a national emergency.

Here’s a map of road deaths in Manchester since 2020… every single one an unacceptable loss of human life. And preventable. The council and mayor may have adopted a “Vision Zero” strategy, but it actually needs implementing. Otherwise it’s just nice words and continuing death and injury.

"This isn't Amsterdam, you know – we have twice as much snow!" is my new favourite excuse @stockportcouncil.bsky.social what can we do about this? (No, not the snow, the lack of safe and accessible cycling infrastructure)

I foresee us descending into Douglas Adam’s “Sirius Cybernetics Corporation” future, in which we spend half our lives arguing with cheery fun machines with Genuine People Personalities, only to be delivered something that is almost but not quite entirely unlike tea. 🫖

We survived an Easter holiday day out to @chesterzoo.bsky.social today! We haven’t been since they opened the new “Heart of Africa” area, and oodles more giraffe space. Popular with my small ones today were the eagle owls (with chick!), the mini monkeys, and the anteater.

My children: who mows the grass in the park? Me: the council do it Them: so if you become a councillor you’ll get to mow the grass in the park! Me: no but I’d kinda be their boss Them: no, you’ve got to do it yourself so we can go on the tractor

Won’t someone think of the Range Rovers? 😱

Certainly changing the narrative so people no longer think there’s no harm in glancing at a phone while driving would be good.

In 1990, a family friend sent me a mixtape. A few tracks in and he dropped “O Superman” by Laurie Anderson and left me utterly spellbound. Oh and side 2 had “Big Eyed Beans from Venus” on it. 🤯

Very much here for this.

Over the years we've blamed social media, mainstream media music, gaming, comice... Anything but address the actual problems of social inequality, social mobility, educational inequality and personal autonomy. Britain's in denial on this. It always was.

I’ve started casting the net. I’m actively looking for a new job.

A great time to do more than 270 projects on Britain's railways then, including closing the West Coast Main Line between Euston and Milton Keynes. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

The image in this article is Beech Road in Chorlton. Somehow magically cleared of cars. It should be like that all the time.

We will keep calling for greater road safety! 🚗 If you, like us, want to see a 25% reduction in casualties, support Councillor Michael Welton and your Trafford Green Party team 💚

There used to be a canal in Stockport town centre, which terminated north of the Mersey. However, there is a Canal Street south of the Mersey, near Hopes Carr. Any ideas why?

Maybe we should try maintaining motorways like the National Cycle Network!

Payday Friday dinner courtesy of Sue’s Chippy (because there was a @mcrgreenparty.bsky.social errand to run)

We have been highly motivated to be on-time for school every day this week… because there are DUCKLINGS 🐥 And us parents got to meet them this morning ❤️

Tonight I held the line against a ReformUK We regard any framing that presents the rights of women, transgender, bisexual and non-binary are in inherently in conflict Protecting women & protecting transgender people are both essential and compatible obligations www.instagram.com/reel/DWXK78Y...

When people say that some deaths on the road are an acceptable price to pay for unrestricted car use, they rarely mean their own death or the deaths of people they love.

Labour have been smearing the Greens on our evidenced-based approach to drugs. If the PM won’t listen to us, and he won’t listen to the experts, will he listen to the families at @anyoneschild.bsky.social, who have lost loved ones under the UK’s current negligent drug policies?

So I’ve been learning a Beethoven piano sonata (op 14 nr 1) which is duly nails but I’m getting there. And then I watched a video about period fortepianos and their non-equal tunings… and am now obsessed and need to see if I can persuade a synth to simulate this.

88% women in the ATE poll said they don’t feel safe walking at night & routinely change routes to avoid spaces that feel threatening. The guidance from ATE is welcome in designing a blueprint for streets of the future for all #walkingsummit @livingstreets.bsky.social

I used to live just off Oldham Road in Ancoats, and it was truly a horrid swathe of tarmac. The proposed walking and cycling improvements really look good. Have a read of what @walkridegm.org.uk are saying about it and respond to the consultation if you can. www.walkridegm.org.uk/2026/03/24/s...

Judicial Review against @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social's Congestion Charge has fallen (or rather not even been considered relevant to be heard, maybe a lawyer can explain). Just announced. Good news for safe streets advocates everywhere. www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/council/judi...

💚 ANNOUNCEMENT 💚 I am standing for the Green Party in the local elections. In the ward of Old Moat, Manchester. On May 7th 2026. It’s time to make the rest of Manchester Green. To replace disappointment with hope. This time it’s real. (Imprint in bio 👍)

I hope @jenonthemove.com doesn’t mind me boosting this, because I really want to raise awareness about how EMR have run their services into the ground.

Time to bring this out again then.....

Yeah, this about sums it up.

Useful blog from @lowtraffichackney.bsky.social talking through some of the many reasons that councils that want to address social inequality and that care about reducing road danger use low traffic networks of streets.

Wowsers.