Chris Young
@christhetaurean.bsky.social
Husband, Father, Gardener, climate and active&sustainable travel campaigner, artist, photographer #carisnotking #noplanetB born 326ppm #dyslexicthinker
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Chris Young
@christhetaurean.bsky.social
· Jan 13
Low Traffic Corstorphine Statement on Road Safety Concerns - Low Traffic Corstorphine
Low Traffic Corstorphine (LTC) is deeply concerned about the recent spate of road traffic incidents in our area, including a death on St John’s Road and several other alarming collisions involving dr...
lowtrafficcorstorphine.org.uk
Concerns aired by LTC regarding recent uptick in serious injuries and crashes caused by driver error in and around Corstorphine lately. Asking for CEC cllrs and police to address as matter of urgency lowtrafficcorstorphine.org.uk/low-traffic-...
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Five years on from the Government’s consultation on pavement parking in England and there is still no action.
Meanwhile, Susanne and her son Joseph, a wheelchair user, found freedom in Scotland, where there pavement parking is restricted. Read about their story here 👇 http://bit.ly/4hicmQe
Meanwhile, Susanne and her son Joseph, a wheelchair user, found freedom in Scotland, where there pavement parking is restricted. Read about their story here 👇 http://bit.ly/4hicmQe
Pavements are for people – not for parking
How the pavement parking ban in Scotland is transforming things for one family.
www.livingstreets.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Five years on from the Government’s consultation on pavement parking in England and there is still no action.
Meanwhile, Susanne and her son Joseph, a wheelchair user, found freedom in Scotland, where there pavement parking is restricted. Read about their story here 👇 http://bit.ly/4hicmQe
Meanwhile, Susanne and her son Joseph, a wheelchair user, found freedom in Scotland, where there pavement parking is restricted. Read about their story here 👇 http://bit.ly/4hicmQe
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My god, the sheer relief of reading a piece by someone who knows something about this football match and didn't just learn to spell Maccabi two days ago www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew
Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
My god, the sheer relief of reading a piece by someone who knows something about this football match and didn't just learn to spell Maccabi two days ago www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped
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A different Scotland is possible. Be part of building it 👇
members.greens.scot/join
members.greens.scot/join
The system isn't broken, it's rigged. It's time for real change.
October 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A different Scotland is possible. Be part of building it 👇
members.greens.scot/join
members.greens.scot/join
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Give today to help re-elect Lorna Slater, so that she can continue to her transformative work as a Green MSP.
Any contribution - big or small - will make a huge difference to our people-powered campaign to deliver a record 3 Green MSPS for Edinburgh!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/re-elect-l...
Any contribution - big or small - will make a huge difference to our people-powered campaign to deliver a record 3 Green MSPS for Edinburgh!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/re-elect-l...
October 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Give today to help re-elect Lorna Slater, so that she can continue to her transformative work as a Green MSP.
Any contribution - big or small - will make a huge difference to our people-powered campaign to deliver a record 3 Green MSPS for Edinburgh!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/re-elect-l...
Any contribution - big or small - will make a huge difference to our people-powered campaign to deliver a record 3 Green MSPS for Edinburgh!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/re-elect-l...
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So many people across the country are struggling.
And they're rightly angry at a political system which has failed them.
With a new generation of leadership across the UK only Greens will deliver the transformation that our country desperately needs. 💚
greens.scot/join
And they're rightly angry at a political system which has failed them.
With a new generation of leadership across the UK only Greens will deliver the transformation that our country desperately needs. 💚
greens.scot/join
September 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
So many people across the country are struggling.
And they're rightly angry at a political system which has failed them.
With a new generation of leadership across the UK only Greens will deliver the transformation that our country desperately needs. 💚
greens.scot/join
And they're rightly angry at a political system which has failed them.
With a new generation of leadership across the UK only Greens will deliver the transformation that our country desperately needs. 💚
greens.scot/join
He’s not wrong.
Remember this. Always.
September 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
He’s not wrong.
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Remember this. Always.
September 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Remember this. Always.
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Absolutely no one should be surprised by this.
Why? Well “before his appointment [as Energy Secretary], he was the CEO of Liberty Energy, North America's second largest hydraulic fracturing company.”
This is a fossil fuel advocate. This is what they do.
Why? Well “before his appointment [as Energy Secretary], he was the CEO of Liberty Energy, North America's second largest hydraulic fracturing company.”
This is a fossil fuel advocate. This is what they do.
Energy Secretary Attacks Offshore Wind and Dismisses Climate Change
Chris Wright, who travels to Europe next week to promote American gas, called climate change “not incredibly important.”
www.nytimes.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Absolutely no one should be surprised by this.
Why? Well “before his appointment [as Energy Secretary], he was the CEO of Liberty Energy, North America's second largest hydraulic fracturing company.”
This is a fossil fuel advocate. This is what they do.
Why? Well “before his appointment [as Energy Secretary], he was the CEO of Liberty Energy, North America's second largest hydraulic fracturing company.”
This is a fossil fuel advocate. This is what they do.
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We were told that trams, 20mph, the pavement parking ban, the low emissions zone and new bike lanes would damage #Edinburgh’s economy.
What if these are actually economic enablers?
🚌🚋 Time to ignore the naysayers and double down on sustainable investments in #Edinburgh
news.stv.tv/east-central...
What if these are actually economic enablers?
🚌🚋 Time to ignore the naysayers and double down on sustainable investments in #Edinburgh
news.stv.tv/east-central...
Edinburgh economy outperforms London for first time, new data reveals
Figures from ONS showed a gross domestic product per capita of £69,809 in Edinburgh, compared to £69,077 for London.
news.stv.tv
July 1, 2025 at 6:08 AM
We were told that trams, 20mph, the pavement parking ban, the low emissions zone and new bike lanes would damage #Edinburgh’s economy.
What if these are actually economic enablers?
🚌🚋 Time to ignore the naysayers and double down on sustainable investments in #Edinburgh
news.stv.tv/east-central...
What if these are actually economic enablers?
🚌🚋 Time to ignore the naysayers and double down on sustainable investments in #Edinburgh
news.stv.tv/east-central...
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Climate.gov, a major US government website supporting public education on climate science, will likely shut down after almost all of its staff were fired. What would be worse is if the website were co-opted to publish climate denial content.
Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired
Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Climate.gov, a major US government website supporting public education on climate science, will likely shut down after almost all of its staff were fired. What would be worse is if the website were co-opted to publish climate denial content.
Factcheck: Why expensive gas – not net-zero – is keeping UK electricity prices so high
www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...
www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...
Factcheck: Why expensive gas – not net-zero – is keeping UK electricity prices so high - Carbon Brief
The UK’s high electricity prices have become intensely political, with competing claims over the cause of rocketing bills and how best to get them down.
www.carbonbrief.org
May 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Factcheck: Why expensive gas – not net-zero – is keeping UK electricity prices so high
www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...
www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...
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Labour has a whopping great majority and four years left to turn this country around.
They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.
It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing
They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.
It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing
May 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Labour has a whopping great majority and four years left to turn this country around.
They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.
It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing
They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.
It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing
*The 89% project*
A silent majority of the world’s people wants stronger climate action. It’s time to wake up
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A silent majority of the world’s people wants stronger climate action. It’s time to wake up
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A silent majority of the world’s people wants stronger climate action. It’s time to wake up | Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
About 89% of the public want their governments to do more to tackle the climate crisis – but don’t know they’re the majority
www.theguardian.com
April 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
*The 89% project*
A silent majority of the world’s people wants stronger climate action. It’s time to wake up
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A silent majority of the world’s people wants stronger climate action. It’s time to wake up
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Happy Earth Day 🌎 🌹🦋
April 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Happy Earth Day 🌎 🌹🦋
This is excellent news: open.substack.com/pub/greendis...
Good news: renewables outpace fossil fuels the world over
And renewable energy leads to longer lives!
open.substack.com
March 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This is excellent news: open.substack.com/pub/greendis...
What an awful way to deal with a long term sitting tenant - 🤞 Martin Crawford can keep hold of this beautiful gem and groundbreaking work in sustainable forest culture.
I was lucky to live very near Martin Crawford's fantastic forest garden, but many have come from all over the world to see it and benefit from courses Martin runs with the Agoforestry Research Trust (with the garden shown on the website: www.agroforestry.co.uk)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Pioneering Devon food forest garden at risk after landowner serves notice
Thousands sign petition to save ‘vital’ Dartington Estate project that teaches agroforestry methods
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
What an awful way to deal with a long term sitting tenant - 🤞 Martin Crawford can keep hold of this beautiful gem and groundbreaking work in sustainable forest culture.
Tickets now available!
Tickets are now on sale!
Come join us for Twelfth Night this summer!
🗓️ June 25th - 28th 2025
🕖 7pm & 2pm (see ticket site for details)
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/twelfth-ni...
📍Saughton Park - Sunken Garden
Come join us for Twelfth Night this summer!
🗓️ June 25th - 28th 2025
🕖 7pm & 2pm (see ticket site for details)
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/twelfth-ni...
📍Saughton Park - Sunken Garden
March 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Tickets now available!
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Time to meet the last three actors rounding out our cast!
🗓️ June 25th - 28th 2025
🕖 7pm & 2pm (see ticket site for details)
🔗ticket link coming soon!
📍Saughton Park - Sunken Garden
🗓️ June 25th - 28th 2025
🕖 7pm & 2pm (see ticket site for details)
🔗ticket link coming soon!
📍Saughton Park - Sunken Garden
March 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Time to meet the last three actors rounding out our cast!
🗓️ June 25th - 28th 2025
🕖 7pm & 2pm (see ticket site for details)
🔗ticket link coming soon!
📍Saughton Park - Sunken Garden
🗓️ June 25th - 28th 2025
🕖 7pm & 2pm (see ticket site for details)
🔗ticket link coming soon!
📍Saughton Park - Sunken Garden
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We are delighted to be returning to Saughton Park this summer with another of Shakespeare’s classic comedies!
Stay tuned for casting announcements 🎭
🗓️ June 25th - 28th 2025
🕖 7pm & 2pm (see ticket site for details)
🔗ticket link coming soon!
📍Saughton Park - Sunken Garden
Stay tuned for casting announcements 🎭
🗓️ June 25th - 28th 2025
🕖 7pm & 2pm (see ticket site for details)
🔗ticket link coming soon!
📍Saughton Park - Sunken Garden
January 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
We are delighted to be returning to Saughton Park this summer with another of Shakespeare’s classic comedies!
Stay tuned for casting announcements 🎭
🗓️ June 25th - 28th 2025
🕖 7pm & 2pm (see ticket site for details)
🔗ticket link coming soon!
📍Saughton Park - Sunken Garden
Stay tuned for casting announcements 🎭
🗓️ June 25th - 28th 2025
🕖 7pm & 2pm (see ticket site for details)
🔗ticket link coming soon!
📍Saughton Park - Sunken Garden
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Our national shame knows no bounds under the Trumperate of Trump/Musk/Vance.
March 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Our national shame knows no bounds under the Trumperate of Trump/Musk/Vance.
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Good on the STUC. Similar vein to (think I posted about this on here) Roz Foyer at Poverty Alliance conference at the end of last year explicitly warning against an anti-immigration turn. Glad Scotland's Unions collectively seem willing to stand up for *all* of their workers and not bow to bigotry.
We will always stand by and support Scotland's trans community! 🏳️⚧️
February 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Good on the STUC. Similar vein to (think I posted about this on here) Roz Foyer at Poverty Alliance conference at the end of last year explicitly warning against an anti-immigration turn. Glad Scotland's Unions collectively seem willing to stand up for *all* of their workers and not bow to bigotry.
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Well, we've finally deactivated our Twitter account for good, thanks to the actions of its owner. On a lighter note, here's a real emperor 😀
February 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Well, we've finally deactivated our Twitter account for good, thanks to the actions of its owner. On a lighter note, here's a real emperor 😀