Lights Up this evening was a JOY. Such a delight to cycle with friends and 200 other people, mainly women, around the city as a disco on wheels. Loved it. Could do it every week. #bikesky #lightsupride #ridesforwomenmcr

A wonderful “Lights Up 2025” #glowride Disco On Wheels cycle in Manchester this evening. Many parks & quiet routes feel unsafe to women & girls in the dark nights. About 200 cyclists with music+lights. Empowering ✊🚦💡🚲 Thanks organisers & ride leaders. @walkridegm.org.uk @stationsouth.bsky.social

If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it. Peter Gabriel - PG1 Released - 1977

Y’know I always draw on my envelopes? Well. I started by just drawing the little bee during lockdown. And the local post office lady just loves my doodles. They always make her smile. Well I went in yesterday and she gave me this for my birthday, and it was so kind and frickin’ sweet I almost sobbed

“I’ve done so many A to B walks that a circular walk from a car seems pointless to me now" David Bocking @bbobillsmothers.bsky.social went on a #SlowWays hike with the brilliant @maryoz.bsky.social and Susan. Read all about it on his Substack!

We are very excited this week to be selling signed copies of Len Grant's new Chorlton Sketchbook, and even more excited to be featured in the book itself! Come by and pick one up while stocks last! #shoplocal #chorlton #sketchbook

BBC stop using the word “gotten” in your articles. Please and Thank you 🙏 #journalism #news #AI #standards <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7m2pd3810o>

The Real Energy Scandal The Media Won't Tell You About – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/10/22/t...

“‘A monument to kindness’: the rise of Britain’s community cinemas” An uplifting story in a sea of gloom news! 🎬🍿 <https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/20/britain-community-cinemas-film-screens>

The kindness of strangers: a gang of scary-looking youths stepped in to save me from being mugged

“Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.” Bob Kerrey For those who share kindness freely… you make the world lighter, brighter, and more hopeful for all of us. 🧡 #kindness #positivity #compassion Picture by Little Sisters Studio

#StreetArt Barcelona on this morning’s short 3 mile leg stretch. #GetUpGetOut #JustKeepMoving #AlwaysLookUp #NoNegativeVibes

In 2008 the House of Commons Transport Committe recommended far wider use of 20mph limits with PACTS recommending a 20mph national default. Had UK Gov done that in 2008, then Welsh evidence (-25%) shows it would have saved over 300,000 casualties on UK roads since then.

‼️ New ‼️Great British Railways’ signature station clock launched at London Bridge station. Chosen after an international competition, the winning design is by London-based Design Bridge & Partners. Nice work! I really like it ⏰👏👏👏 all stations will have one soon www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Google has ended its support for Full Fact. Our fact checks are free to read but not to produce. Support independent, impartial fact checking today: donate.fullfact.org/july-rg-ask?...

Really sad to read Diane Keaton has died, she was one of the good ones. RIP 🕊️🫶

Happy Full Supermoon 🌚🌝 to all who enjoy staring up at the night sky in wonder. It’s bright right now and even brighter at 5am (Tues) - a Neil Young Harvest Moon #autumn

Tips hat to @katharinehayhoe.com !

Excellent knowledgeable analysis, worth a read! #lfc

Outstanding BlueSky “post of the day”. A wonderful story of love, care and natures’ ability to repair. And boy, I needed a happy ending today! 💚🦉

Bus strike mania has hit Manchester This week Oxford Road saw the most cyclists in a single day EVER Nearly 4000 people used the route on Monday

Superb thread of Q&A’s about the spread of misinformation and how to counter it. Highly recommend a follow and support for @fullfact.org 👊🗳️ #democracy #truth

Good work for highlighting this. Not a single pundit or game analysis has mentioned it. Sucked the life & enjoyment out of the match completely & ref was dreadful. “Ball in play for only 52 out of 103mins. As per Opta, via 365scores, the match was stopped 93 different times” 👎👎👎 #lfc

2.6m signed the ID card petition in a week. The petition to add road safety to the national curriculum? Just 785. Says a lot about the UK’s deep distrust of the state - and our priorities. 👉 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Happy “beautiful trees in autumn sun” day everyone. Have a good one whatever you are up to! 📸🍂 #NorthernEngland

I’d like to post another #favourite for #BirdOfTheDay if you don’t mind. I absolutely love Little Egrets, I think they’re quirky and have the most amazing yellow feet and eyes. #photography #EastCoastKin

NEXT BOOK PROJECT. We could do with a little help. We've gone live with our @crowdfunder.bsky.social today! Please do help us spread the word, Mr Schwitters is a remarkable book, he was a remarkable man. There are some lovely rewards. Huge thanks www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/looking-fo... #BookSky

What an amazing woman in life and death. RIP Holocaust survivor Ruth Posner and her husband Michael 🕊️ Their final note: “We enjoyed our time together, we tried not to regret the past, live in the present and not to expect too much from the future". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Any of the knowledgeable cycle folk have an answer to this? @owlernook.bsky.social @showmeasign.online @tomjeffs.bsky.social

This looks great! #stockport

Aw. This is wonderful. So glad @philsturgeon.com has got his beloved bike back. Trek bike shop in Bath, bravo human kindness 🥰🫶🚲

Ridiculously excited to see two visitors to my new bird feeder just now. It’s been up since July and not seen a bean til today. It’s only a tiny yard & cats patrol the ally. I put a quince tree in a dustbin a few yrs ago & they perched on that first whilst sussing things out. #GardenForNature

Have we all checked our Blue Sky score? 🦋 The higher the number the better! #NotCompetitiveAtAll blueskyscore.com

Utrecht shows us what the European Cycling Declaration looks like in real life. 📍46% of weekday trips by bike 📍Almost 80% via active modes -Just 17% by car Proof that with the right urban planning and investment, the shift to sustainable mobility isn’t theoretical — it’s happening.

My new small museums for mental health w'shop is on Sat 4 Oct Recent compelling research shows that collecting & arranging collections neatly alleviates anxiety & lifts mood. Includes: 🌿2 hr zoom-we'll make & photograph small museums 🗝️30% off my Etsy shop: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/smal...

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing. These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Final call for this! If you're in and around Manchester and have some free time this weekend, please come along and see #PeatOnEarth 🍃

The news is out! Manchester Mind is moving to a new city centre home! This is an exciting step, but also a big challenge. To make our new home our own, we need your support. Visit our website to find out more: www.manchestermind.org/get-involved/donate/ournewhome/

My niece is in this video, (heavily pregnant), and so is my great niece. So proud. It’s a great campaign

BREAKING: They're scrubbing @banksy The court is erasing Banksy's mural just like it's erasing our right to protest.

Fed up with pavement parking? We're supporting @livingstreets.bsky.social to show where pavements are used as car parks to the detriment of all who walk/wheel. Go & take photos (make sure you cover over reg numbers) & upload them to the Living Streets map: lnkd.in/ekEmPn3q Contribute by 22 Nov

What to do with those extra apples 🍎 🇺🇦🍏 #recipe This looks delicious!

Bravo Banksy. 👏 “A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy has appeared on the side of the Royal Courts of Justice building in central London.”

Worth a trip to Barrow for this! One of the UK's most influential documentary photographers was Chris Killip. His work captured life in the North East of England and is superb. Exhibiting at Cooke Studios in Barrow: 19 Sept - 1 Nov 2025. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This may seem be a bit cringey. But everyday I’m thankful I can ride my bike around the city & on trails. I never take it for granted. I’m grateful that for some odd reason riding my bike just looking around makes me cheerful. I know a lot of you feel the same & that you’re out there. Hello 👋 ❤️🚲

If you want to get more involved in campaigns like this, join our discord with over 400 members. Be the change you want to see! discord.com/invite/scjf9...

We did it! @manmetuni.bsky.social has dropped plans to block Cavendish Street to cyclists A huge thanks to everyone who spoke up with us Join us at All Saints Park on 4th September at 5pm as we celebrate our success together with a toast to the campaign

GoFundMe is 85% to target 🎯 #chorlton £439 still needed to save this beautiful handmade mosaic before developers demolish the building. Would be great to see it installed as part of a public square when the new precinct gets built.

It would be worth me becoming an expert on something (anything) just so I could go on the news positioned in front of a carefully curated backdrop of albums by Prefab Sprout, Captain Beefheart, Steely Dan, Magma, Joni Mitchell and Bogshed