MummaLovesExeter
@loveexeter.bsky.social
I love Exeter I just want it to be lovelier
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MummaLovesExeter
@loveexeter.bsky.social
· Nov 15
My dream... my neighbour's children can go from our street to anywhere in Exeter without having to use a car just to be safe. Is that so radical?
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Commenting as Govt launch a road safety strategy.
Every death on our roads is unacceptable. We need a Vision Zero ethos: no deaths or serious injury. Change driving culture, reject speeding, use speed-limiting tech, strengthen sentences, end ‘accident’ language. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
Every death on our roads is unacceptable. We need a Vision Zero ethos: no deaths or serious injury. Change driving culture, reject speeding, use speed-limiting tech, strengthen sentences, end ‘accident’ language. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
January 7, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Commenting as Govt launch a road safety strategy.
Every death on our roads is unacceptable. We need a Vision Zero ethos: no deaths or serious injury. Change driving culture, reject speeding, use speed-limiting tech, strengthen sentences, end ‘accident’ language. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
Every death on our roads is unacceptable. We need a Vision Zero ethos: no deaths or serious injury. Change driving culture, reject speeding, use speed-limiting tech, strengthen sentences, end ‘accident’ language. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
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Road casualties are utterly normalised in political debate, but in England and Wales alone, on average around 80 people are killed or suffer injuries which could change their lives forever *every single day*. More should be done.
January 7, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Road casualties are utterly normalised in political debate, but in England and Wales alone, on average around 80 people are killed or suffer injuries which could change their lives forever *every single day*. More should be done.
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This is very good. He even gets the language right that too many of our media outlets still fail on. People aren't randomly killed by "cars", but by people driving them. And people are men, women, children, not defined by whether they are "a pedestrian" or "a cyclist". 🙌🏻
"I'm so sorry that we could not have done this earlier...to have saved the loved ones in your life. But I thank you fopr the work that you have done...to ensure that this pain not be felt by others who call this same city home." — Mayor Mamdani at McGuinness Blvd. presser youtube.com/shorts/uwAYI...
Mayor Mamdani commits to ending traffic violence across NYC on third day in office #safestreets
YouTube video by Streetsblog NYC
youtube.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:07 PM
This is very good. He even gets the language right that too many of our media outlets still fail on. People aren't randomly killed by "cars", but by people driving them. And people are men, women, children, not defined by whether they are "a pedestrian" or "a cyclist". 🙌🏻
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Not this absolute rubbish again. He’s been pushing this same made-up pet theory for years based on simplistic assumptions that contradict the actual evidence of both pollution & vehicle miles around LTNs. Why does The Times repeatedly sanction his ignorant fag-packet nonsense?
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods cause more pollution not less bit.ly/49iebJp analysis finds.
A single LTN road closure to add 1.4 million extra miles to journeys
‘Green’ traffic restriction plan in Islington, North London, could generate 400 tonnes of CO2
bit.ly
January 3, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Not this absolute rubbish again. He’s been pushing this same made-up pet theory for years based on simplistic assumptions that contradict the actual evidence of both pollution & vehicle miles around LTNs. Why does The Times repeatedly sanction his ignorant fag-packet nonsense?
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BLACK ICE WARNING!
We've had email re black ice, & falls on Rifford Rd path & etc
Take care, get angry, campaign for more walking/cycling paths to be treated.
Councils say aim = 50% journeys🚶🚲🧑🦽
Shouldn't the routes be treated?
www.devon.gov.uk/news/highway...
goo.gl/maps/p5J9oQh...
We've had email re black ice, & falls on Rifford Rd path & etc
Take care, get angry, campaign for more walking/cycling paths to be treated.
Councils say aim = 50% journeys🚶🚲🧑🦽
Shouldn't the routes be treated?
www.devon.gov.uk/news/highway...
goo.gl/maps/p5J9oQh...
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 AM
BLACK ICE WARNING!
We've had email re black ice, & falls on Rifford Rd path & etc
Take care, get angry, campaign for more walking/cycling paths to be treated.
Councils say aim = 50% journeys🚶🚲🧑🦽
Shouldn't the routes be treated?
www.devon.gov.uk/news/highway...
goo.gl/maps/p5J9oQh...
We've had email re black ice, & falls on Rifford Rd path & etc
Take care, get angry, campaign for more walking/cycling paths to be treated.
Councils say aim = 50% journeys🚶🚲🧑🦽
Shouldn't the routes be treated?
www.devon.gov.uk/news/highway...
goo.gl/maps/p5J9oQh...
Porridge with chilli, cinnamon, cocoa and banana is delicious.
I can't be the only one....?
I can't be the only one....?
January 3, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Porridge with chilli, cinnamon, cocoa and banana is delicious.
I can't be the only one....?
I can't be the only one....?
Had a gentle walk for @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt today, rewarded with buttercup, dandelion, Hazel, ragwort, gorse and an out of season hogwort.
#Exeter #nature
#Exeter #nature
January 1, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Had a gentle walk for @bsbibotany.bsky.social #NewYearPlantHunt today, rewarded with buttercup, dandelion, Hazel, ragwort, gorse and an out of season hogwort.
#Exeter #nature
#Exeter #nature
If the sky only did this once a year, we'd travel thousands of miles to see the miracle.
#Exeter #beauty #naturalworld #sunrise
#Exeter #beauty #naturalworld #sunrise
December 31, 2025 at 7:34 AM
If the sky only did this once a year, we'd travel thousands of miles to see the miracle.
#Exeter #beauty #naturalworld #sunrise
#Exeter #beauty #naturalworld #sunrise
A baby cargo bike. Love it.
December 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A baby cargo bike. Love it.
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Another campaign to go peat free, it only takes a second, please sign (link in comment below). Such an easy step we could take to address both climate and biodiversity crises.
December 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Another campaign to go peat free, it only takes a second, please sign (link in comment below). Such an easy step we could take to address both climate and biodiversity crises.
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The idea of “imported” violence against women and girls is a deeply comforting fiction - one that allows people to avoid looking at where it actually happens: within our homes and behind closed doors.
The Violence Isn’t Imported. It’s Domestic.
Kemi Badenoch’s attempt to blame violence against women on migrants doesn’t just collapse under scrutiny - it actively distracts us from where the harm really happens, and who is actually responsible.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The idea of “imported” violence against women and girls is a deeply comforting fiction - one that allows people to avoid looking at where it actually happens: within our homes and behind closed doors.
Interesting FYI @exetercycling.bsky.social, I couldn't get past here on my regular bike the other day. I can see how it would completely exclude someone on a mobility scooter or arriving with a pushchair.
The new access from "Ikea bridge pathway" to big Tescos Exeter is great - unless your 🧑🦽🚲🚼means are unable to squeeze past parked cars. Trolleys also in way. We've written to Tescos inviting them to reconsider disabled access from this entrance.
We'll keep you updated.
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We'll keep you updated.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Interesting FYI @exetercycling.bsky.social, I couldn't get past here on my regular bike the other day. I can see how it would completely exclude someone on a mobility scooter or arriving with a pushchair.
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Is it common for people to find it much easier to imagine that car travel can always be improved (parking provided, congestion reduced, cheaper fuel) while seeing problems with any other transport as inherent and unchangeable (delayed/costly buses, streets being unsafe to cycle or walk/wheel)?
December 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Is it common for people to find it much easier to imagine that car travel can always be improved (parking provided, congestion reduced, cheaper fuel) while seeing problems with any other transport as inherent and unchangeable (delayed/costly buses, streets being unsafe to cycle or walk/wheel)?
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UK govt war on bats and newts, part 328
Small building developments will no longer need to worry too much about the damage they cause to nature
Or as London Wildlife Trusts say "We’ve got a flatlining economy, I know what’s to blame: hedgehogs"
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Small building developments will no longer need to worry too much about the damage they cause to nature
Or as London Wildlife Trusts say "We’ve got a flatlining economy, I know what’s to blame: hedgehogs"
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Labour weakens nature protections in push for building boom
Rachel Reeves says changes to biodiversity rules will lift block on new housing but conservationists accuse government making wildlife a scapegoat for failure
www.thetimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
UK govt war on bats and newts, part 328
Small building developments will no longer need to worry too much about the damage they cause to nature
Or as London Wildlife Trusts say "We’ve got a flatlining economy, I know what’s to blame: hedgehogs"
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Small building developments will no longer need to worry too much about the damage they cause to nature
Or as London Wildlife Trusts say "We’ve got a flatlining economy, I know what’s to blame: hedgehogs"
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
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The car industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The fossil fuel industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The NHS would LIKE you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The fossil fuel industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The NHS would LIKE you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
December 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The car industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The fossil fuel industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The NHS would LIKE you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The fossil fuel industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The NHS would LIKE you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
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“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
www.euronews.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Good. Let’s not let it go away. This man wants to be Britain’s next PM. His denials and obfuscations around his long history of repulsive behaviour show that he is utterly unfit.
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Good. Let’s not let it go away. This man wants to be Britain’s next PM. His denials and obfuscations around his long history of repulsive behaviour show that he is utterly unfit.
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We went to Paris to launch a fake brand campaign for the bank Société Générale.
Société Générale said they’d stop funding coal.
But instead underwrote a $409 million a bond to the world’s largest private coal company (through one of their subsidiaries).
Sign the petition at pollutiongenerale.fr
Société Générale said they’d stop funding coal.
But instead underwrote a $409 million a bond to the world’s largest private coal company (through one of their subsidiaries).
Sign the petition at pollutiongenerale.fr
December 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We went to Paris to launch a fake brand campaign for the bank Société Générale.
Société Générale said they’d stop funding coal.
But instead underwrote a $409 million a bond to the world’s largest private coal company (through one of their subsidiaries).
Sign the petition at pollutiongenerale.fr
Société Générale said they’d stop funding coal.
But instead underwrote a $409 million a bond to the world’s largest private coal company (through one of their subsidiaries).
Sign the petition at pollutiongenerale.fr
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Advent #3
"As an activist, I realised, I must do more than just ring the fire alarm: I must also detail the way out of the building, and show people how to find it."
"As an activist, I realised, I must do more than just ring the fire alarm: I must also detail the way out of the building, and show people how to find it."
December 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Advent #3
"As an activist, I realised, I must do more than just ring the fire alarm: I must also detail the way out of the building, and show people how to find it."
"As an activist, I realised, I must do more than just ring the fire alarm: I must also detail the way out of the building, and show people how to find it."
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Advent #2
"People in the Global North live in bubbles. We surround ourselves with stuff, immerse ourselves in a human-made world, live without any connection to nature, and deny any need for it. For many people, nature can seem peripheral, optional or irrelevant.."
"People in the Global North live in bubbles. We surround ourselves with stuff, immerse ourselves in a human-made world, live without any connection to nature, and deny any need for it. For many people, nature can seem peripheral, optional or irrelevant.."
December 2, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Advent #2
"People in the Global North live in bubbles. We surround ourselves with stuff, immerse ourselves in a human-made world, live without any connection to nature, and deny any need for it. For many people, nature can seem peripheral, optional or irrelevant.."
"People in the Global North live in bubbles. We surround ourselves with stuff, immerse ourselves in a human-made world, live without any connection to nature, and deny any need for it. For many people, nature can seem peripheral, optional or irrelevant.."
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Advent #1
"You don't have to throw soup on anything. You don't have to glue yourself to things. But if you really do care about all this, please find your own way to act like the truth is real."
"You don't have to throw soup on anything. You don't have to glue yourself to things. But if you really do care about all this, please find your own way to act like the truth is real."
December 1, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Advent #1
"You don't have to throw soup on anything. You don't have to glue yourself to things. But if you really do care about all this, please find your own way to act like the truth is real."
"You don't have to throw soup on anything. You don't have to glue yourself to things. But if you really do care about all this, please find your own way to act like the truth is real."
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Britain didn’t get any more hilly between 1949 and 2024.
November 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Britain didn’t get any more hilly between 1949 and 2024.