Sam Easterby-Smith
@samsterby.com
Mobile Tech Lead at the Co-operative Bank, Green Party person, rider of massive bike. Withington, Manchester. He/Him
Caught short? I so love all the work @carolinerussell.bsky.social puts in to improving access to toilets in London. More of this everywhere!!
🚽 World Toilet Day today and I’m off to join the @londonlooalliance.bsky.social at White Hart Lane to enjoy one of the new toilets installed by TfL.
💷 So glad that I eventually got the Mayor to put £3m a year for five years into improving toilet availability on the transport network.
💷 So glad that I eventually got the Mayor to put £3m a year for five years into improving toilet availability on the transport network.
Busy week at City Hall - publication last week of the toilet feasibility study was a big milestone in my push for the Mayor to include public toilets as an accessibility measure on the TfL network and was amazing to get to talk about it on Sunday Politics.
Love that EVERYONE loves toilets 😍
Love that EVERYONE loves toilets 😍
November 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Caught short? I so love all the work @carolinerussell.bsky.social puts in to improving access to toilets in London. More of this everywhere!!
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uksnowmap.com looking good this morning! Send your #uksnow reports if it’s snowing where you are!
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
uksnowmap.com looking good this morning! Send your #uksnow reports if it’s snowing where you are!
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A headline that would have been unthinkable a few months ago
November 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A headline that would have been unthinkable a few months ago
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Wild that the response to this question on pavement obstructions is almost entirely focused on e-scooters and hire bikes (primarily a London problem), rather than the big four-wheeled things which are a national and much greater problem.
A question on #PedestrianAreas #Standards tabled by Manuela Perteghella on 10-11-2025 has been answered by Lilian Greenwood. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-10/89198
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Wild that the response to this question on pavement obstructions is almost entirely focused on e-scooters and hire bikes (primarily a London problem), rather than the big four-wheeled things which are a national and much greater problem.
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🏳️⚧️ Ashleigh joined the Green Party just a few minutes after interviewing @zackpolanski.bsky.social for her podcast @whatthetrans.com
She wanted to make sure she could vote for him in the recent leadership contest.
✅ Join the Green Party today
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She wanted to make sure she could vote for him in the recent leadership contest.
✅ Join the Green Party today
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November 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🏳️⚧️ Ashleigh joined the Green Party just a few minutes after interviewing @zackpolanski.bsky.social for her podcast @whatthetrans.com
She wanted to make sure she could vote for him in the recent leadership contest.
✅ Join the Green Party today
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She wanted to make sure she could vote for him in the recent leadership contest.
✅ Join the Green Party today
join.greenparty.org.uk
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The #CrossChannelRail final report is now out!
You can download it here:
crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/projects/cro...
You can download it here:
crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/projects/cro...
#CrossChannelRail Report Launch - 17 November, 12:30 CET (event in Brussels, and online) - #CrossBorderRail
The PDF of the report is available to download here, Version 1.0.0 IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE LOGIN LINK FOR THE WEBINAR, PLEASE E-MAIL stream@crosschannelrail.eu FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT! In the r...
crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The #CrossChannelRail final report is now out!
You can download it here:
crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/projects/cro...
You can download it here:
crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/projects/cro...
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What a stunning car!
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
What a stunning car!
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
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"The UK tech minister has said a mathematics ban is on the table."
It's the same thing. LITERALLY.
(The "AI-powered surveillance" will be some bullshit from a major donor.)
It's the same thing. LITERALLY.
(The "AI-powered surveillance" will be some bullshit from a major donor.)
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"The UK tech minister has said a mathematics ban is on the table."
It's the same thing. LITERALLY.
(The "AI-powered surveillance" will be some bullshit from a major donor.)
It's the same thing. LITERALLY.
(The "AI-powered surveillance" will be some bullshit from a major donor.)
Given that AI is notoriously bad at arithmetic (because large language models are guessing machines) and have a habit of being a bit racist (because they amplify bias in their training data) this seems like such a great idea…
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
All schools in England to be given AI-generated pupil attendance targets
Unions decry move, saying it will put more pressure on headteachers without tackling absence from classrooms
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Given that AI is notoriously bad at arithmetic (because large language models are guessing machines) and have a habit of being a bit racist (because they amplify bias in their training data) this seems like such a great idea…
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Asylum Seekers must be given the right to work - to contribute their skills, and their tax! And to be much more safely integrated into our society.
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Asylum Seekers must be given the right to work - to contribute their skills, and their tax! And to be much more safely integrated into our society.
I do not have enough asses to laugh off.
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
HMP Wandsworth gets ‘green light’ to use AI after team sent in to find ‘quick fixes’ after spate of mistakes
Artificial intelligence chatbots could be used to stop prisoners from being mistakenly released from jail, a justice minister told the House of Lords on Monday.
Lord Timpson said HMP Wandsworth had been given the “green light” to use artificial intelligence (AI) after a specialised team was sent in to find “some quick fixes”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I do not have enough asses to laugh off.
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Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
April 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
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suspect that anyone on the progressive side of politics who put any stock in the utterly hollow concept of BBC political neutrality is about to find out how bad it can get.
You should have listened to trans people.
You should have listened to trans people.
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
suspect that anyone on the progressive side of politics who put any stock in the utterly hollow concept of BBC political neutrality is about to find out how bad it can get.
You should have listened to trans people.
You should have listened to trans people.
The Greens (in England and Wales) may be all about crushing Labour right now with our focus on social justice, but we are also fighting traditionally blue areas by doing good work and not being awful people.
I was out today in leafy Hale, doing exactly that with @traffordgreenparty.bsky.social
I was out today in leafy Hale, doing exactly that with @traffordgreenparty.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The Greens (in England and Wales) may be all about crushing Labour right now with our focus on social justice, but we are also fighting traditionally blue areas by doing good work and not being awful people.
I was out today in leafy Hale, doing exactly that with @traffordgreenparty.bsky.social
I was out today in leafy Hale, doing exactly that with @traffordgreenparty.bsky.social
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Councillor Emily Kerr and Councillor Saskia Heijltjes have announced that they have asked for their names and faces to be removed from Cycling UK’s publicity.
road.cc/content/news...
road.cc/content/news...
Councillors ask to be removed from Cycling UK publicity after decision to exclude trans women from Women in Cycling award
They have asked for their names and faces to be removed "due to the decision to remove trans women from their awards"
road.cc
November 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Councillor Emily Kerr and Councillor Saskia Heijltjes have announced that they have asked for their names and faces to be removed from Cycling UK’s publicity.
road.cc/content/news...
road.cc/content/news...
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When you've ended up with the SWP in your ranks they will end up making literally everything about themselves until you dedicate yourselves entirely to getting rid of them
November 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
When you've ended up with the SWP in your ranks they will end up making literally everything about themselves until you dedicate yourselves entirely to getting rid of them
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There's even an ABSOLUTELY PERFECT example of a Sparrow Crossing coming. I knew they'd catch on up here eventually.
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
There's even an ABSOLUTELY PERFECT example of a Sparrow Crossing coming. I knew they'd catch on up here eventually.
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Hedgerow vs Canal for holding fluffy suicidal escape artist idiots?
November 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Hedgerow vs Canal for holding fluffy suicidal escape artist idiots?
Ok so I didn’t end up posting much at all this week. Because I got a cold and was robbed of half my holiday. Never mind.
November 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Ok so I didn’t end up posting much at all this week. Because I got a cold and was robbed of half my holiday. Never mind.
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“a person from the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than the poorest 50% emit all year”
A stark visual from ‘Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster’ by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
A stark visual from ‘Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster’ by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
November 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“a person from the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than the poorest 50% emit all year”
A stark visual from ‘Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster’ by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
A stark visual from ‘Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster’ by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
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"Councillors estimate the cost of providing free car parks to be around £10 - £15 [per household per year]: equivalent to a ten per cent increase in council tax."
- I find this story interesting mostly because it's rare that the true cost of free parking sees the light of day.
- I find this story interesting mostly because it's rare that the true cost of free parking sees the light of day.
Ever wondered what it costs to provide free parking?
Thetford Town Council have decided to keep all car parks at an increase of £10-15 per year for every council tax payer in the town.
Details below
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2558378...
Thetford Town Council have decided to keep all car parks at an increase of £10-15 per year for every council tax payer in the town.
Details below
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2558378...
Tax hikes loom as market town votes to take over car parks
Thetford Town council has taken a decisive step towards taking over its car parks, which could see locals pay more in council tax.
www.edp24.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:46 AM
"Councillors estimate the cost of providing free car parks to be around £10 - £15 [per household per year]: equivalent to a ten per cent increase in council tax."
- I find this story interesting mostly because it's rare that the true cost of free parking sees the light of day.
- I find this story interesting mostly because it's rare that the true cost of free parking sees the light of day.
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Reflection on on how cycleways materialise mundane pedestrian infrastructure.
This is a bus stop on the newish Chorlton cycleway.
I've seen so many posts about it on social media. Largely around accessibility concerns.
So here's my thoughts:
1/
This is a bus stop on the newish Chorlton cycleway.
I've seen so many posts about it on social media. Largely around accessibility concerns.
So here's my thoughts:
1/
October 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Reflection on on how cycleways materialise mundane pedestrian infrastructure.
This is a bus stop on the newish Chorlton cycleway.
I've seen so many posts about it on social media. Largely around accessibility concerns.
So here's my thoughts:
1/
This is a bus stop on the newish Chorlton cycleway.
I've seen so many posts about it on social media. Largely around accessibility concerns.
So here's my thoughts:
1/
I’m off work for a week. May have the energy to post on here.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I’m off work for a week. May have the energy to post on here.
Have you lot all joined the Green Party yet? join.greenparty.org.uk
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A politician answering every question he’s asked… it’ll never catch on.
Here’s 1 minute 20 seconds of @zackpolanski.bsky.social interview this morning, answering every single question he’s asked.
When was the last time you saw that happen in politics? 👀
join.greenparty.org.uk 💚
When was the last time you saw that happen in politics? 👀
join.greenparty.org.uk 💚
October 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A politician answering every question he’s asked… it’ll never catch on.