Rachael Swynnerton
@rachaelswyn.bsky.social
Mother, Northerner living in London, big fan of walking and cycling.
Co-founder of Islington Clean Air Parents and Vice Chair, Islington Living Streets.
Co-founder of Islington Clean Air Parents and Vice Chair, Islington Living Streets.
This glorious vision of a city for people deserves a repost again and again, not just on World Car-Free-Day!
@barnsburylaycockcs.bsky.social @cycleislington.uk @livingstreets.bsky.social
@barnsburylaycockcs.bsky.social @cycleislington.uk @livingstreets.bsky.social
🚲 Today is World Car-Free Day!
Have you ever imagined a city designed for people, not cars?
Greenpeace Seoul teamed up with Korean cartoon artist @lazy.drawing to bring this vision to life 👇
Have you ever imagined a city designed for people, not cars?
Greenpeace Seoul teamed up with Korean cartoon artist @lazy.drawing to bring this vision to life 👇
September 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This glorious vision of a city for people deserves a repost again and again, not just on World Car-Free-Day!
@barnsburylaycockcs.bsky.social @cycleislington.uk @livingstreets.bsky.social
@barnsburylaycockcs.bsky.social @cycleislington.uk @livingstreets.bsky.social
Disgraceful, dishonest and disinfromation - not a suprise for Trump, but deeply worrying. Please share widely.
@barnsburylaycockcs.bsky.social @letsgetcracking.bsky.social @zero-hour.bsky.social @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
@barnsburylaycockcs.bsky.social @letsgetcracking.bsky.social @zero-hour.bsky.social @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
NEW – Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @leohickman.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org
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Read here: buff.ly/AvcB7Aw
August 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Disgraceful, dishonest and disinfromation - not a suprise for Trump, but deeply worrying. Please share widely.
@barnsburylaycockcs.bsky.social @letsgetcracking.bsky.social @zero-hour.bsky.social @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
@barnsburylaycockcs.bsky.social @letsgetcracking.bsky.social @zero-hour.bsky.social @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
It’s simple, 20mph zones work. We all know it. Pedestrians and cyclists deserve to feel safe on the street. Make London safe. @london.gov.uk @cycleislington.uk @livingstreets.bsky.social
Dear Britain, it’s now clear: 20mph zones save lives & don’t slow traffic. Implement them.— @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social.
“Despite what detractors might claim, 20mph speed limits haven’t actually made journeys slower because journey times are largely dictated by junction delays, not vehicle speed.”
“Despite what detractors might claim, 20mph speed limits haven’t actually made journeys slower because journey times are largely dictated by junction delays, not vehicle speed.”
Dear Britain, it’s now clear: 20mph zones save lives and don’t slow traffic. Implement them | Sadiq Khan
There is too much bluff and bluster on this subject. Ordinary people just want safe streets for themselves and those they love, and we can achieve that, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It’s simple, 20mph zones work. We all know it. Pedestrians and cyclists deserve to feel safe on the street. Make London safe. @london.gov.uk @cycleislington.uk @livingstreets.bsky.social
I just signed the open letter demanding all MPs take bold action to tackle the climate emergency. Will you join me? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/sign-the...
An Open Letter Demanding Bold Climate Action
I just signed the open letter demanding all MPs take bold action to tackle the climate emergency. Will you join me?
act.38degrees.org.uk
August 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I just signed the open letter demanding all MPs take bold action to tackle the climate emergency. Will you join me? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/sign-the...
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
August 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
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It's not ideal that the one person in the entire world that Trump is willing to listen to is Vladimir Putin.
Q: Are you optimistic that a deal will emerge from this Russia meeting?
Leavitt: This is a listening exercise
Leavitt: This is a listening exercise
August 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
It's not ideal that the one person in the entire world that Trump is willing to listen to is Vladimir Putin.
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Here’s a tip. Siding with the illegal, genocidal invader and pressuring the heroic nation that was invaded to give up stolen land in a fake “peace deal” won’t win you a Nobel Peace Prize, Donald. It makes you complicit in the invasion and genocide, and a at best a puppet of the genocidal invader.
August 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Here’s a tip. Siding with the illegal, genocidal invader and pressuring the heroic nation that was invaded to give up stolen land in a fake “peace deal” won’t win you a Nobel Peace Prize, Donald. It makes you complicit in the invasion and genocide, and a at best a puppet of the genocidal invader.
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Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam in 1982 and today
June 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam in 1982 and today
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🎸 Fancy a guitar lesson ?
🧘 a yoga session ?
🍰 a cheeseccake made for a special date ?
Get yourself some raffle tickets !
@camdencyclists.bsky.social
@hackneylcc.bsky.social
@haringeycyclists.bsky.social
@cleancitiescampaign.org
@islington-council.bsky.social
@islingtoncleanair.bsky.social
🧘 a yoga session ?
🍰 a cheeseccake made for a special date ?
Get yourself some raffle tickets !
@camdencyclists.bsky.social
@hackneylcc.bsky.social
@haringeycyclists.bsky.social
@cleancitiescampaign.org
@islington-council.bsky.social
@islingtoncleanair.bsky.social
June 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🎸 Fancy a guitar lesson ?
🧘 a yoga session ?
🍰 a cheeseccake made for a special date ?
Get yourself some raffle tickets !
@camdencyclists.bsky.social
@hackneylcc.bsky.social
@haringeycyclists.bsky.social
@cleancitiescampaign.org
@islington-council.bsky.social
@islingtoncleanair.bsky.social
🧘 a yoga session ?
🍰 a cheeseccake made for a special date ?
Get yourself some raffle tickets !
@camdencyclists.bsky.social
@hackneylcc.bsky.social
@haringeycyclists.bsky.social
@cleancitiescampaign.org
@islington-council.bsky.social
@islingtoncleanair.bsky.social
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De Ruijterkade, Amsterdam Centraal station, in 2003 and today
May 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
De Ruijterkade, Amsterdam Centraal station, in 2003 and today
Reposted by Rachael Swynnerton
Reposted by Rachael Swynnerton
Commercial cooking is one of the major contributors of air pollution 2.5pm in Islington which is highly damaging to health. Dark kitchens are increasing in densely population residential areas and you can see the spike in pollution in Barnsbury where dark kitchens are increasing
April 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Commercial cooking is one of the major contributors of air pollution 2.5pm in Islington which is highly damaging to health. Dark kitchens are increasing in densely population residential areas and you can see the spike in pollution in Barnsbury where dark kitchens are increasing
My beloved @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social was stolen in #islington just before Christmas.
I got another one, but you’ll never guess what happened, the bolt from
the frame was stolen! 😲
So it’s unusable, cos the thing with these bikes is, they fold! 🤯
@londoncycling.bsky.social
@cycleislington.uk
I got another one, but you’ll never guess what happened, the bolt from
the frame was stolen! 😲
So it’s unusable, cos the thing with these bikes is, they fold! 🤯
@londoncycling.bsky.social
@cycleislington.uk
April 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
My beloved @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social was stolen in #islington just before Christmas.
I got another one, but you’ll never guess what happened, the bolt from
the frame was stolen! 😲
So it’s unusable, cos the thing with these bikes is, they fold! 🤯
@londoncycling.bsky.social
@cycleislington.uk
I got another one, but you’ll never guess what happened, the bolt from
the frame was stolen! 😲
So it’s unusable, cos the thing with these bikes is, they fold! 🤯
@londoncycling.bsky.social
@cycleislington.uk
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Reposted by Rachael Swynnerton
Kidical Mass - Spring 2025! Sun 23rd March - 11am🚴👏
Let's have one giant leap for mankind - less #carspreading please😃👏
Join us: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ibikelondon/...
#kidicalmass #cycling #cyclinglife #cyclinglifestyle #CyclingCommunity #carfree #cyclesunday #london #londonist #londonlife
Let's have one giant leap for mankind - less #carspreading please😃👏
Join us: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ibikelondon/...
#kidicalmass #cycling #cyclinglife #cyclinglifestyle #CyclingCommunity #carfree #cyclesunday #london #londonist #londonlife
March 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Kidical Mass - Spring 2025! Sun 23rd March - 11am🚴👏
Let's have one giant leap for mankind - less #carspreading please😃👏
Join us: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ibikelondon/...
#kidicalmass #cycling #cyclinglife #cyclinglifestyle #CyclingCommunity #carfree #cyclesunday #london #londonist #londonlife
Let's have one giant leap for mankind - less #carspreading please😃👏
Join us: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ibikelondon/...
#kidicalmass #cycling #cyclinglife #cyclinglifestyle #CyclingCommunity #carfree #cyclesunday #london #londonist #londonlife
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Never mind spending millions shaving seconds off drivers' journeys. The complexity of working out how not to spend £££ on a train ticket, while travelling with a bike, can waste hours. I discovered it's cheaper to pay to stay over the night before, and somehow my ticket was less on MS Edge vs Chrome
March 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Never mind spending millions shaving seconds off drivers' journeys. The complexity of working out how not to spend £££ on a train ticket, while travelling with a bike, can waste hours. I discovered it's cheaper to pay to stay over the night before, and somehow my ticket was less on MS Edge vs Chrome
‘This should unnerve every American who eats. Our food system is only as safe as our ability to respond to the next plant disease or other emergent threat, and a strong N.P.G.S. is central to our preparedness.’ #Trump
I missed this - honestly? Sacking people who maintain seed banks and genetic diversity of crops? 🌿🌱🌾🪴
Generations of dedicated public servants have, unseen by the general public, done all kinds of extraordinary things that benefit all of us—like preserving the genetic diversity of crop species that sustain humanity.
Musk is blindly slashing it all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...
Musk is blindly slashing it all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...
March 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
‘This should unnerve every American who eats. Our food system is only as safe as our ability to respond to the next plant disease or other emergent threat, and a strong N.P.G.S. is central to our preparedness.’ #Trump
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London🔔📢🚨! Would YOU want to ride across this junction?! Watch our new video and see what you think 👀🚴
It's the intersection of Edgware Road & Sussex Gardens and we spent a few hair-raising hours here to show you what it *really* looks like for cycling
And unfortunately...
It's the intersection of Edgware Road & Sussex Gardens and we spent a few hair-raising hours here to show you what it *really* looks like for cycling
And unfortunately...
March 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
London🔔📢🚨! Would YOU want to ride across this junction?! Watch our new video and see what you think 👀🚴
It's the intersection of Edgware Road & Sussex Gardens and we spent a few hair-raising hours here to show you what it *really* looks like for cycling
And unfortunately...
It's the intersection of Edgware Road & Sussex Gardens and we spent a few hair-raising hours here to show you what it *really* looks like for cycling
And unfortunately...
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KIDICALMASS IS BACK!!!
23rd March. 11am. National Theatre. WE WANT SPACE FOR CYCLING! Dress code: Intergalactic 🌙 💫 🚲 🚲 🚲
@ibikelondon.bsky.social @cleancitiescampaign.org @zeroemissions.bsky.social @kidicalmasslond.bsky.social
www.ticketsource.co.uk/ibikelondon/...
23rd March. 11am. National Theatre. WE WANT SPACE FOR CYCLING! Dress code: Intergalactic 🌙 💫 🚲 🚲 🚲
@ibikelondon.bsky.social @cleancitiescampaign.org @zeroemissions.bsky.social @kidicalmasslond.bsky.social
www.ticketsource.co.uk/ibikelondon/...
"Kidical Mass - Spring 2025" at o/s National Theatre
Tickets are now available for Kidical Mass - Spring 2025 at o/s National Theatre, London on Sunday 23rd March 2025 at 11:00AM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!
www.ticketsource.co.uk
January 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
KIDICALMASS IS BACK!!!
23rd March. 11am. National Theatre. WE WANT SPACE FOR CYCLING! Dress code: Intergalactic 🌙 💫 🚲 🚲 🚲
@ibikelondon.bsky.social @cleancitiescampaign.org @zeroemissions.bsky.social @kidicalmasslond.bsky.social
www.ticketsource.co.uk/ibikelondon/...
23rd March. 11am. National Theatre. WE WANT SPACE FOR CYCLING! Dress code: Intergalactic 🌙 💫 🚲 🚲 🚲
@ibikelondon.bsky.social @cleancitiescampaign.org @zeroemissions.bsky.social @kidicalmasslond.bsky.social
www.ticketsource.co.uk/ibikelondon/...
Fantastic news for our children’s health. 🫁💚
#ULEZ has had a significant impact on reducing #airpollution across London.
According to a report from @london.gov.uk 👏
@cleancitiescampaign.org @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
@londonls.bsky.social
london.gov.uk/programmes-str…
#ULEZ has had a significant impact on reducing #airpollution across London.
According to a report from @london.gov.uk 👏
@cleancitiescampaign.org @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
@londonls.bsky.social
london.gov.uk/programmes-str…
March 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Fantastic news for our children’s health. 🫁💚
#ULEZ has had a significant impact on reducing #airpollution across London.
According to a report from @london.gov.uk 👏
@cleancitiescampaign.org @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
@londonls.bsky.social
london.gov.uk/programmes-str…
#ULEZ has had a significant impact on reducing #airpollution across London.
According to a report from @london.gov.uk 👏
@cleancitiescampaign.org @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
@londonls.bsky.social
london.gov.uk/programmes-str…
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If you only listen to one podcast today, make it this one
Why women don’t cycle After Dark
open.spotify.com/episode/1mgp...
Why women don’t cycle After Dark
open.spotify.com/episode/1mgp...
Women’s ‘unsafe’ London night-time cycling routes revealed
The Standard · Episode
open.spotify.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
If you only listen to one podcast today, make it this one
Why women don’t cycle After Dark
open.spotify.com/episode/1mgp...
Why women don’t cycle After Dark
open.spotify.com/episode/1mgp...
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"My local cycleway is unusable after dark."
"Two guys tried to block the cycle path."
"I will never ride here again. I felt so unsafe."
Over half of London's official TfL Cycleways are unsafe for women after dark. Full LCC report w/ @forestbike.bsky.social & Madison UK lcc.org.uk/news/womens-...
"Two guys tried to block the cycle path."
"I will never ride here again. I felt so unsafe."
Over half of London's official TfL Cycleways are unsafe for women after dark. Full LCC report w/ @forestbike.bsky.social & Madison UK lcc.org.uk/news/womens-...
February 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"My local cycleway is unusable after dark."
"Two guys tried to block the cycle path."
"I will never ride here again. I felt so unsafe."
Over half of London's official TfL Cycleways are unsafe for women after dark. Full LCC report w/ @forestbike.bsky.social & Madison UK lcc.org.uk/news/womens-...
"Two guys tried to block the cycle path."
"I will never ride here again. I felt so unsafe."
Over half of London's official TfL Cycleways are unsafe for women after dark. Full LCC report w/ @forestbike.bsky.social & Madison UK lcc.org.uk/news/womens-...
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🌎 Today is the day! The Climate and Nature Bill has its crucial Second Reading in Parliament.
🗳 We’ll be watching to see if MPs show up and vote to progress the #CANBill. Will you?
📺 Watch the debate live ⏰ 9:30—14:30
👉 tinyurl.com/33229c4x
🗳 We’ll be watching to see if MPs show up and vote to progress the #CANBill. Will you?
📺 Watch the debate live ⏰ 9:30—14:30
👉 tinyurl.com/33229c4x
January 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
🌎 Today is the day! The Climate and Nature Bill has its crucial Second Reading in Parliament.
🗳 We’ll be watching to see if MPs show up and vote to progress the #CANBill. Will you?
📺 Watch the debate live ⏰ 9:30—14:30
👉 tinyurl.com/33229c4x
🗳 We’ll be watching to see if MPs show up and vote to progress the #CANBill. Will you?
📺 Watch the debate live ⏰ 9:30—14:30
👉 tinyurl.com/33229c4x
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📣 "Keir Starmer—some issues transcend party politics, and the future of our planet is one of them. We ask you to officially support the Climate and Nature Bill, and grant a free vote to all MPs, at its Second Reading on Friday 24 January."
📰 Business Green www.businessgreen.com/news/4399756...
📰 Business Green www.businessgreen.com/news/4399756...
January 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
📣 "Keir Starmer—some issues transcend party politics, and the future of our planet is one of them. We ask you to officially support the Climate and Nature Bill, and grant a free vote to all MPs, at its Second Reading on Friday 24 January."
📰 Business Green www.businessgreen.com/news/4399756...
📰 Business Green www.businessgreen.com/news/4399756...
Hi @emilythornberry.bsky.social
We're in intertwined climate and nature crises, but there is a golden opportunity to make history and deliver the bold, science-led legislation we need. Will you add your support to the #CANBill tomorrow?
action.zerohour.uk/islington-so...
@zero-hour.bsky.social
We're in intertwined climate and nature crises, but there is a golden opportunity to make history and deliver the bold, science-led legislation we need. Will you add your support to the #CANBill tomorrow?
action.zerohour.uk/islington-so...
@zero-hour.bsky.social
Climate and Nature Bill Campaign
Ask your MP to back the CAN Bill
http://action.zerohour.uk/islington-south-and-finsbury…
January 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Hi @emilythornberry.bsky.social
We're in intertwined climate and nature crises, but there is a golden opportunity to make history and deliver the bold, science-led legislation we need. Will you add your support to the #CANBill tomorrow?
action.zerohour.uk/islington-so...
@zero-hour.bsky.social
We're in intertwined climate and nature crises, but there is a golden opportunity to make history and deliver the bold, science-led legislation we need. Will you add your support to the #CANBill tomorrow?
action.zerohour.uk/islington-so...
@zero-hour.bsky.social