Rebecca Sharkey
@rebshark.bsky.social
Londoner now in Liverpool
Chair of Merseyside Cycling Campaign @merseycyclists.bsky.social 🚲🚲🚲
#ActiveTravel
Chair of Merseyside Cycling Campaign @merseycyclists.bsky.social 🚲🚲🚲
#ActiveTravel
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Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You’ll Hear This Year.
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Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You’ll Hear This Year
Anti-bike arguments aren’t just frustrating—they’re outdated, inaccurate, and often repeated without a shred of evidence.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You’ll Hear This Year.
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You can’t take away parking spaces in Liverpool city centre, it’ll destroy the local economy they say…
Would you bring the cars back to Bold Street? 🚙🚙🚙🚙
Would you bring the cars back to Bold Street? 🚙🚙🚙🚙
October 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
You can’t take away parking spaces in Liverpool city centre, it’ll destroy the local economy they say…
Would you bring the cars back to Bold Street? 🚙🚙🚙🚙
Would you bring the cars back to Bold Street? 🚙🚙🚙🚙
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8 a.m. this morning on a very chilly but beautiful day, a month since the counter was fixed, 339,000+ journeys by bicycle in one month. Imagine if they were car journeys; cycle lanes benefit everyone. @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
8 a.m. this morning on a very chilly but beautiful day, a month since the counter was fixed, 339,000+ journeys by bicycle in one month. Imagine if they were car journeys; cycle lanes benefit everyone. @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
Well that was a blast! 💥🚲🪩💕
Ride the Night Liverpool was a-maz-ing!
Thanks to everyone involved.
🪩 60 people
🚲 5 to 72 years old
🪩 Wide range of capabilities and experiences
🚲 Cycles as mobility aids
🪩 Cycling in the dark on roads and in parks
Brilliant to be one of 65 Glow Rides with @cyclinguk.bsky.social #MyRideOurRight
Thanks to everyone involved.
🪩 60 people
🚲 5 to 72 years old
🪩 Wide range of capabilities and experiences
🚲 Cycles as mobility aids
🪩 Cycling in the dark on roads and in parks
Brilliant to be one of 65 Glow Rides with @cyclinguk.bsky.social #MyRideOurRight
October 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Well that was a blast! 💥🚲🪩💕
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MCC backs Liverpool’s new parking strategy - our letter to the Echo.
This is not a “war on cars” — it is a war on congestion, toxic air and streets where people feel they have no alternative but to drive.
www.merseycycle.org.uk/mcc-backs-li... @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social @liverpoolecho.co.uk
This is not a “war on cars” — it is a war on congestion, toxic air and streets where people feel they have no alternative but to drive.
www.merseycycle.org.uk/mcc-backs-li... @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social @liverpoolecho.co.uk
MCC backs Liverpool’s new parking strategy
In response to an article in the Echo from 14 October, Warning against ‘war on cars’ as major parking plan to be agreed, Merseyside Cycling Campaign has written to welcome Liv…
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October 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
MCC backs Liverpool’s new parking strategy - our letter to the Echo.
This is not a “war on cars” — it is a war on congestion, toxic air and streets where people feel they have no alternative but to drive.
www.merseycycle.org.uk/mcc-backs-li... @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social @liverpoolecho.co.uk
This is not a “war on cars” — it is a war on congestion, toxic air and streets where people feel they have no alternative but to drive.
www.merseycycle.org.uk/mcc-backs-li... @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social @liverpoolecho.co.uk
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Bloody brilliant 👇
October 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Bloody brilliant 👇
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About 5 years #carfree for us. Well north of £10k saved. I’m used to it now but ‘free’ is the right term. It honestly felt like having a weight lifted. No stressing about insurance, huge unexpected bills & money wasted at petrol pumps. Journeys are now fun. 🚆 🚊 🚃 🚌 🚲 🚶♀️
3+ years #carfree for me too 🚶🏻♀️🚲🚌🚖
Walk, ride, public transport, and the occasional car share (Co-Wheels) or taxi when needed. Honestly? It’s nowhere near as hard as we thought it would be
Still saving money, still getting places, still feeling good.
#CarFree #NoRegrets #ActiveTravel #BrumbyBike
Walk, ride, public transport, and the occasional car share (Co-Wheels) or taxi when needed. Honestly? It’s nowhere near as hard as we thought it would be
Still saving money, still getting places, still feeling good.
#CarFree #NoRegrets #ActiveTravel #BrumbyBike
October 13, 2025 at 6:31 AM
About 5 years #carfree for us. Well north of £10k saved. I’m used to it now but ‘free’ is the right term. It honestly felt like having a weight lifted. No stressing about insurance, huge unexpected bills & money wasted at petrol pumps. Journeys are now fun. 🚆 🚊 🚃 🚌 🚲 🚶♀️
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Remembering John Lennon on what would have been his 85th birthday 🕊️
“As a kid, I had a dream – I wanted to own my own bicycle. When I got the bike I must have been the happiest boy in Liverpool, maybe the world. I lived for that bike.”
“As a kid, I had a dream – I wanted to own my own bicycle. When I got the bike I must have been the happiest boy in Liverpool, maybe the world. I lived for that bike.”
October 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Remembering John Lennon on what would have been his 85th birthday 🕊️
“As a kid, I had a dream – I wanted to own my own bicycle. When I got the bike I must have been the happiest boy in Liverpool, maybe the world. I lived for that bike.”
“As a kid, I had a dream – I wanted to own my own bicycle. When I got the bike I must have been the happiest boy in Liverpool, maybe the world. I lived for that bike.”
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@petergeoghegan.bsky.social talks about the financial powers behind the UK's right wing politics.
#ukpolitics #farage #podcast
#ukpolitics #farage #podcast
September 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social talks about the financial powers behind the UK's right wing politics.
#ukpolitics #farage #podcast
#ukpolitics #farage #podcast
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Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
Trump/Hegseth to the military: you work for me now, I’m going to use you to control US cities, you can kill anyone you want, and anyone who disagrees is fired.
September 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
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In 2013, when faced with Miami-area gridlock, tennis champion Serena Williams made headlines by riding a bicycle to her match. "It was probably one of my best memories I think ever, riding a bike to a match" she said.
#BicycleBirthday Serena Williams
September 26, 1981
#BicycleBirthday Serena Williams
September 26, 1981
September 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
In 2013, when faced with Miami-area gridlock, tennis champion Serena Williams made headlines by riding a bicycle to her match. "It was probably one of my best memories I think ever, riding a bike to a match" she said.
#BicycleBirthday Serena Williams
September 26, 1981
#BicycleBirthday Serena Williams
September 26, 1981
In other news, I’ve discovered that I don’t mind sitting facing backwards on trains after all.
September 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In other news, I’ve discovered that I don’t mind sitting facing backwards on trains after all.
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Between this & zero traffic deaths in Helsinki last year....
The simple truth that's somehow utterly unintelligible to capitalism & those in its thrall is that doing the right thing by the vulnerable (be they houseless, pedestrians, or anything else) makes the world BETTER FOR EVERYONE.
The simple truth that's somehow utterly unintelligible to capitalism & those in its thrall is that doing the right thing by the vulnerable (be they houseless, pedestrians, or anything else) makes the world BETTER FOR EVERYONE.
“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.
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September 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Between this & zero traffic deaths in Helsinki last year....
The simple truth that's somehow utterly unintelligible to capitalism & those in its thrall is that doing the right thing by the vulnerable (be they houseless, pedestrians, or anything else) makes the world BETTER FOR EVERYONE.
The simple truth that's somehow utterly unintelligible to capitalism & those in its thrall is that doing the right thing by the vulnerable (be they houseless, pedestrians, or anything else) makes the world BETTER FOR EVERYONE.
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🚨🚨 Sound up loud for our brand new video! 📽️📽️
People riding to the song of the moment - turn it up and enjoy! 🎶
Last Saturday, Haringey Cycling organised a marshalled family ride around local animal murals.
We got an amazing turnout, because People Love Cycling. … /1
People riding to the song of the moment - turn it up and enjoy! 🎶
Last Saturday, Haringey Cycling organised a marshalled family ride around local animal murals.
We got an amazing turnout, because People Love Cycling. … /1
September 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🚨🚨 Sound up loud for our brand new video! 📽️📽️
People riding to the song of the moment - turn it up and enjoy! 🎶
Last Saturday, Haringey Cycling organised a marshalled family ride around local animal murals.
We got an amazing turnout, because People Love Cycling. … /1
People riding to the song of the moment - turn it up and enjoy! 🎶
Last Saturday, Haringey Cycling organised a marshalled family ride around local animal murals.
We got an amazing turnout, because People Love Cycling. … /1
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Get your headphones on and go for walk with @walkridegm.org.uk's excellent podcast Moving Up North, to learn more about what effective #ActiveTravel campaigning looks like🚲🚶🏾♀️🧑🦽 🛴 www.walkridegm.org.uk/2024/11/01/m...
Moving Up North - Walk Ride GM
The northern perspective on walking, wheeling and cycling. Harry and Will digest each month’s policy and delivery news into a friendly, easily accessible round-up. Walk Ride GM campaigns to make walk...
www.walkridegm.org.uk
September 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Get your headphones on and go for walk with @walkridegm.org.uk's excellent podcast Moving Up North, to learn more about what effective #ActiveTravel campaigning looks like🚲🚶🏾♀️🧑🦽 🛴 www.walkridegm.org.uk/2024/11/01/m...
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After the rivers of blood speech, precisely no one in the major parties patted themselves on the back and declared free speech to be alive and well. They declared Powell a pariah, and he was only able to re-emerge in public life as the incongruous unionist MP for South Down.
Scale of ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march shows free speech ‘alive and well’ in UK, says minister – UK politics live
Scale of ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march shows free speech ‘alive and well’ in UK, says minister – UK politics live
Peter Kyle said he was not ‘disturbed’ by huge Tommy Robinson-organised far-right protest but condemns violence against the police
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September 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
After the rivers of blood speech, precisely no one in the major parties patted themselves on the back and declared free speech to be alive and well. They declared Powell a pariah, and he was only able to re-emerge in public life as the incongruous unionist MP for South Down.
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You can spend your time arguing with their bot accounts. You can dismiss them as an extreme minority we should ignore.
It won’t shift the dial.
To reclaim our future use your voice to build and strengthen the communities they attack and show firsthand how hope beats hate.
It won’t shift the dial.
To reclaim our future use your voice to build and strengthen the communities they attack and show firsthand how hope beats hate.
September 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
You can spend your time arguing with their bot accounts. You can dismiss them as an extreme minority we should ignore.
It won’t shift the dial.
To reclaim our future use your voice to build and strengthen the communities they attack and show firsthand how hope beats hate.
It won’t shift the dial.
To reclaim our future use your voice to build and strengthen the communities they attack and show firsthand how hope beats hate.
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Things are incredibly grim, but there are small, tentative signs of improvement. Maybe. iandunt.substack.com/p/three-reas...
Three reasons to feel hope
Things are incredibly grim, but there are small, tentative signs of improvement. Maybe.
iandunt.substack.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Things are incredibly grim, but there are small, tentative signs of improvement. Maybe. iandunt.substack.com/p/three-reas...
There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
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September 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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Breaking: Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to 27 years in prison after being found guilty of plotting a military coup.
This is the appropriate consequence and punishment for attempting to overthrow your own nation's democracy.
This is the appropriate consequence and punishment for attempting to overthrow your own nation's democracy.
September 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Breaking: Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to 27 years in prison after being found guilty of plotting a military coup.
This is the appropriate consequence and punishment for attempting to overthrow your own nation's democracy.
This is the appropriate consequence and punishment for attempting to overthrow your own nation's democracy.
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Notre ville change ! Nos rues sont peu à peu rendues aux habitants, de nouveaux arbres sont plantés et les promenades facilitées et sécurisées.
C'est le cas de la rue Chaptal dans le 9e ou celle du Docteur-Lecène dans le 13e !
C'est le cas de la rue Chaptal dans le 9e ou celle du Docteur-Lecène dans le 13e !
September 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Notre ville change ! Nos rues sont peu à peu rendues aux habitants, de nouveaux arbres sont plantés et les promenades facilitées et sécurisées.
C'est le cas de la rue Chaptal dans le 9e ou celle du Docteur-Lecène dans le 13e !
C'est le cas de la rue Chaptal dans le 9e ou celle du Docteur-Lecène dans le 13e !
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Where would I start? Discouraging short car trips for those who can walk, obvs, and taking steps like banning pavement parking and fixing pelican crossings to make walking easier and quicker. Getting house builders to stop building car-dependent transport deserts could also be a lasting impact
September 1, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Where would I start? Discouraging short car trips for those who can walk, obvs, and taking steps like banning pavement parking and fixing pelican crossings to make walking easier and quicker. Getting house builders to stop building car-dependent transport deserts could also be a lasting impact