Yet another evidence review argues very strongly that simply providing alternatives to driving doesn't reduce driving This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🦷 DIY dentistry should never be anyone’s only option. Across the country people can’t get an NHS dentist. Children end up in hospital with tooth decay and adults live in pain. NHS dentistry needs urgent funding and reform. It’s time for the Government to fix this gap for good.

From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"

Hugely concerning that govt is considering slashing funding for desperately needed home insulation to cut bills in the short term. It’s vital to protect the Warm Homes Plan for long term investment to fix poor housing. Why not use a wealth tax to cut energy bills instead, Rachel?

Liz represents a ward where 38% of households don't have access to a car or van. 26.4% drive to work.

Analysis from @friends-earth.bsky.social provides new insight on environmental injustice in the UK: “… people of colour, those on low incomes and non-drivers are now disproportionately overrepresented in the 5% of neighbourhoods still exposed to the most extreme air pollution.”

In the Netherlands, cycling is as much a social activity as it is a healthy, efficient, and sustainable way to get from A to B. The key? Good infrastructure planning and design!

Greens - Lower bills through nationalising our public services, wealth tax on assets and huge increase in investment in our public services. Labour - ID Cards, random statements about flags and Austerity 2.0. But apparently the Green Party are the "vibes era?" Make it make sense!

Let's just take a moment to reflect on the self-sacrifice and hope this person embodies - not the evil, hateful monsters thirsting for violence.

Very important journalism. Probably not a suprise but it matters - any councils leaving these flag displays up knowing full well where they came from can no longer hide behind plausible deniability.

"Wherever we looked for the prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."

bloomberg ran an absolutely killer investigation this week into the Silicon Valley + Koch/Abundance forces running the show on nuclear deregulation this year:

"but it's half term!" - traffic literally down compared to the other days of half term

You can see why @zackpolanski.bsky.social Polanski has got the elite panicking.

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

Game's back. join.greenparty.org.uk

Oxford Green councillors are sounding the alarm over @networkrail failing to include buses in its proposed rail station redevelopments. Sign the petition today - www.change.org/p/sign-for-a...

Good. There is nothing positive about betting shops in communities journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

An important message to the people of New York City. More information at zohranfornyc.com/birthday

Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."

✍️ An excellent evening getting feedback from residents in East Oxford with @jamesthorniley.bsky.social and @tortoise46.bsky.social 🥀 Disillusionment with Labour coming through clearly on the doorstep. 🌱 Want to get involved? 👇 greenoxford.com/events/ Feel free to dm me with any questions!

It's a sign

Incredible headline

Polanski's interview with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg has now been rescheduled amid complaints leftfootforward.org/2025/10/zack...

#banpavementparking across the whole of the UK. Not just Scotland and London. Charity calls for pavement parking to be banned across UK - BBC News share.google/04I2TSUi5loJ... @guidedogsuk.bsky.social

I made an infographic map. Oxford's Congestion Charge scheme (from 29th Oct) is not like most congestion charge schemes, because you can get to most streets in the city without being charged. My impression is a lot of people haven't realised this.

#HostileEnvironment at the Home Office: a deeply abusive environment www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Of course, Greens have previous form on joining disastrous electoral pacts. Perhaps Zarah making the lack of reciprocal good faith from the other side so clear this early on might ironically help to avert another one.

‘We need to unite to keep Farage out of Downing Street… But I too have purity tests for my rivals’

I'd park the snark if I was serious about building alliances. It's remarkable how Your Party have managed to throw away so much good will so quickly.

My respect for Zarah is plummeting fast. And judging by the replies and quotes, it seems nearly everyone here feels the same join.greenparty.org.uk

One could be a lot nastier in response to this but, if nothing else, it's striking that she chooses to be snide towards Polanski when he has been for more respectful and polite to her than any of the Your Party MPs.

Stabbing allies in the back before they have even started. It's all plain to see that this lot are just like the other parties and will do anything for power. I hope The Greens side steps this mess of a party.

It's good when the line goes up

If you want places to be accessible to older and disabled people installing benches is one very helpful thing to do. Seems a few people are worried that young people will sit on a bench and be a bit annoying, so the bench won’t be installed after all.

Idea: keep the inhalers, get rid of half a million cars per year.

jumpscare on instagram @dandekadt.bsky.social

Good that the Covid Inquiry is hearing about play, that it’s not just a nice to have, that it’s essential to childhood, for fun, that it’s how children exercise, that public play is unevenly policed, and that children’s right to play should have been upheld in lockdown. @playingout.bsky.social

Let's call a spade a spade. A "flying electric taxi" is essentially a private jet. The last thing we need more of - electric or not. Flying is hugely energy intensive. Let's get East West Rail built and trains running asap instead. #TrainsNotPlanes

my daughter really captured my essence in this portrait of me “at work”

Over a million, I think it was 300k ish when I first looked this morning. Struggling to fathom why Labour would spend their non existent political capital on this at this moment. Is this supposed to get applause at conference? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

"on a technicality" Not really. A failure to get necessary consents to a terror charge is not a slight error. They are safeguards when a person faces a serious charge. Prosecutors should take such safeguards seriously: this is terrorism law they are using. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide! It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers. It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

It is pretty noticeable that even as mainstream opinion on Israel and Gaza finally shifts, you don’t hear the Responsible Adults apologizing for punishing all the college kids protesting the atrocities. Quite the opposite in fact!

Absolutely ridiculous that Caerleon doesn’t have a railway stop. It’s 100% needed and ridiculous that one wasn’t given under the New South Wales Metro scheme. One of the most important Tourist destinations in Cymru. It is also located in a commuter area. I hope sense prevails.

The "student politics" thing really comes down to the fact that for most of our political and media class, the last time they had to deal with a left winger challenging them was when they were doing student politics themselves.

World Championship level sneering from Penny Mordaunt here.

'We cannot claim to stand with Palestine while undermining the unified, strategic voice of its people. If we are serious about justice, then we must do more than signal support, we must practice principled solidarity.'

This honestly should’ve been the bigger scandal for Rayner than her underpaying stamp duty

SPECIAL REPORT: A large swath of the U.S. currently does not have the basic, ground-level immunity necessary to stop the spread of viruses that had once receded into the past, a six-month NBC News investigation in collaboration with scientists at Stanford University finds.