Pippa Sandford
@pippasandford.bsky.social
Concertina player, gardener, retired medical translator. Concerned about loss of biodiversity; and likely to bang on about the environment.
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Madrids economic and health program also reduces emissions from transportation.
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Madrids economic and health program also reduces emissions from transportation.
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🆓 Did you know you can borrow a electric cargo bike FOR FREE to transport people 👩👧👦or bulky/heavy things 📦
@banzaiedinburgh.bsky.social has this fab cargo bike library service based in Bruntsfield and you can get started with a quick sign up
banzaiedinburgh.org.uk/banzai-cargo...
@banzaiedinburgh.bsky.social has this fab cargo bike library service based in Bruntsfield and you can get started with a quick sign up
banzaiedinburgh.org.uk/banzai-cargo...
October 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🆓 Did you know you can borrow a electric cargo bike FOR FREE to transport people 👩👧👦or bulky/heavy things 📦
@banzaiedinburgh.bsky.social has this fab cargo bike library service based in Bruntsfield and you can get started with a quick sign up
banzaiedinburgh.org.uk/banzai-cargo...
@banzaiedinburgh.bsky.social has this fab cargo bike library service based in Bruntsfield and you can get started with a quick sign up
banzaiedinburgh.org.uk/banzai-cargo...
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Since 2009: spending on preventative children’s services is down 79%.
Spending on crisis care up 71%.
Local government has turned from community building to damage control.
Stephen McNair reports
Spending on crisis care up 71%.
Local government has turned from community building to damage control.
Stephen McNair reports
New report confirms local government crisis is growing
The Institute for Government’ annual review of the state of local government, published last week, paints an alarming picture
eastangliabylines.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Since 2009: spending on preventative children’s services is down 79%.
Spending on crisis care up 71%.
Local government has turned from community building to damage control.
Stephen McNair reports
Spending on crisis care up 71%.
Local government has turned from community building to damage control.
Stephen McNair reports
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We see you Zack Polanski 👀
October 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
We see you Zack Polanski 👀
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Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
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I try not to do politics on here, but this absolutely needs sharing ❤️
October 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I try not to do politics on here, but this absolutely needs sharing ❤️
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Hey, folks, please check out the new Drawdown Explorer.
It’s the world’s leading resource for science-backed climate solutions. And now it provides the most up-to-date, localized, actionable intelligence to help scale these solutions out in the world.
Drawdown.org/explorer
It’s the world’s leading resource for science-backed climate solutions. And now it provides the most up-to-date, localized, actionable intelligence to help scale these solutions out in the world.
Drawdown.org/explorer
October 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Hey, folks, please check out the new Drawdown Explorer.
It’s the world’s leading resource for science-backed climate solutions. And now it provides the most up-to-date, localized, actionable intelligence to help scale these solutions out in the world.
Drawdown.org/explorer
It’s the world’s leading resource for science-backed climate solutions. And now it provides the most up-to-date, localized, actionable intelligence to help scale these solutions out in the world.
Drawdown.org/explorer
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The UK privatised all their Fossil Fuel, Power Plants and Electricity transmission.
Norway still owns all of theirs.
The price in the UK for 1 Kwh is 26.5p.
Norway reduce their cost to 3p on Oct 1st.
9x cheaper, the ripoff is insane.
Norway still owns all of theirs.
The price in the UK for 1 Kwh is 26.5p.
Norway reduce their cost to 3p on Oct 1st.
9x cheaper, the ripoff is insane.
September 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The UK privatised all their Fossil Fuel, Power Plants and Electricity transmission.
Norway still owns all of theirs.
The price in the UK for 1 Kwh is 26.5p.
Norway reduce their cost to 3p on Oct 1st.
9x cheaper, the ripoff is insane.
Norway still owns all of theirs.
The price in the UK for 1 Kwh is 26.5p.
Norway reduce their cost to 3p on Oct 1st.
9x cheaper, the ripoff is insane.
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This is so overwhelmingly the wrong message it's untrue.
1) Says to people with genuine concerns that the way to express them is like this
2) Legitimises a minority of thugs led by a convicted hooligan
3) Implies the country is more broken than it is
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
1) Says to people with genuine concerns that the way to express them is like this
2) Legitimises a minority of thugs led by a convicted hooligan
3) Implies the country is more broken than it is
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tommy Robinson tapping into disquiet in country, says minister
Business Secretary Peter Kyle says Robinson has been able to tap into a years-long sense of grievance in the country.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This is so overwhelmingly the wrong message it's untrue.
1) Says to people with genuine concerns that the way to express them is like this
2) Legitimises a minority of thugs led by a convicted hooligan
3) Implies the country is more broken than it is
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
1) Says to people with genuine concerns that the way to express them is like this
2) Legitimises a minority of thugs led by a convicted hooligan
3) Implies the country is more broken than it is
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Not that kind of free speech, exhibit 578964.
Follow the 'free speech' logic
- liberal criticism of conservatives is reponsible for violence against them
- but it's an unacceptable limit on free speech for the UK to criminalise people who directly call for burning asylum-seekers to death
- liberal criticism of conservatives is reponsible for violence against them
- but it's an unacceptable limit on free speech for the UK to criminalise people who directly call for burning asylum-seekers to death
Here we go. Trump just made it unmistakably clear that it will now be absolutely open season on whoever they decide to label "the left," and that this will be pursued with the full force of the government. This could get very, very bad.
September 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Not that kind of free speech, exhibit 578964.
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Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
August 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
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If your mate formed a useless indie band called Asylum Hotels they would get bigger crowds than this
"CROWDS wave flags" according to the Daily Mail caption of this picture
August 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If your mate formed a useless indie band called Asylum Hotels they would get bigger crowds than this
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So Texas Republicans have now set up a TIP LINE to rat out the Texas Democrats
So PLEASE, for the sake of the public, DO NOT FLOOD THIS NUMBER with tips on Bigfoot sightings, UFO sightings, or asking why Trump is on “the list”
1-866-786-5972
Thank you!
So PLEASE, for the sake of the public, DO NOT FLOOD THIS NUMBER with tips on Bigfoot sightings, UFO sightings, or asking why Trump is on “the list”
1-866-786-5972
Thank you!
August 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
So Texas Republicans have now set up a TIP LINE to rat out the Texas Democrats
So PLEASE, for the sake of the public, DO NOT FLOOD THIS NUMBER with tips on Bigfoot sightings, UFO sightings, or asking why Trump is on “the list”
1-866-786-5972
Thank you!
So PLEASE, for the sake of the public, DO NOT FLOOD THIS NUMBER with tips on Bigfoot sightings, UFO sightings, or asking why Trump is on “the list”
1-866-786-5972
Thank you!
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Loove the new parking protected bike lane on Main st in cambridge between Kendall and Central sq.
Much better than the dangerous door zone lane they had before.
Really feels like a missing piece of the puzzle has been filled in!
Great job Cambridge! 👏👏
Much better than the dangerous door zone lane they had before.
Really feels like a missing piece of the puzzle has been filled in!
Great job Cambridge! 👏👏
August 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Loove the new parking protected bike lane on Main st in cambridge between Kendall and Central sq.
Much better than the dangerous door zone lane they had before.
Really feels like a missing piece of the puzzle has been filled in!
Great job Cambridge! 👏👏
Much better than the dangerous door zone lane they had before.
Really feels like a missing piece of the puzzle has been filled in!
Great job Cambridge! 👏👏
Now 26 hours since we had a water supply here in Linslade, with optimistic successive 6-hour deadlines for fixing it raising our hopes. Though last time they eventually stopped doing that and admitted it'd be several days before we had water again. Currently waiting for a lampost to be moved. Sigh
Anglian Water’s profits have soared by 15% to £0.5bn in the year to March 2025. The for-profit water monopoly for the East of England hiked prices by 19% as its debt swelled to £7.7bn. Anglian Water also revealed an increase in pollution incidents over the year. This is what I said to local media.
June 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Now 26 hours since we had a water supply here in Linslade, with optimistic successive 6-hour deadlines for fixing it raising our hopes. Though last time they eventually stopped doing that and admitted it'd be several days before we had water again. Currently waiting for a lampost to be moved. Sigh
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excited for Dan Hannan's fireworks party later today!!
Nine years on from the Brexit referendum, heres' a quick reminder of how it was sold to us
June 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
excited for Dan Hannan's fireworks party later today!!
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🔴'Nine Years on from Brexit: And I've Had Enough of London Too!'
Inspired by the insights of Matthew Goodwin and David Goodhart, Professor Ivor Oddgrin documents the terrifying change that is happening before our eyes
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/23/n...
Inspired by the insights of Matthew Goodwin and David Goodhart, Professor Ivor Oddgrin documents the terrifying change that is happening before our eyes
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/23/n...
'Nine Years on from Brexit: And I've Had Enough of London Too!'
Inspired by the insights of Matthew Goodwin and David Goodhart, Professor Ivor Oddgrin documents the terrifying change that is happening before our eyes
bylinetimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
🔴'Nine Years on from Brexit: And I've Had Enough of London Too!'
Inspired by the insights of Matthew Goodwin and David Goodhart, Professor Ivor Oddgrin documents the terrifying change that is happening before our eyes
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/23/n...
Inspired by the insights of Matthew Goodwin and David Goodhart, Professor Ivor Oddgrin documents the terrifying change that is happening before our eyes
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/23/n...
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I’m extremely chuffed by just how well the below article has done - who knew public procurement frameworks could be so popular!
Thanks to @bylinesnetwork.co.uk and @eastangliabylines.co.uk for sharing it so far and wide, and for all the lovely comments and DMs.
Thanks to @bylinesnetwork.co.uk and @eastangliabylines.co.uk for sharing it so far and wide, and for all the lovely comments and DMs.
June 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I’m extremely chuffed by just how well the below article has done - who knew public procurement frameworks could be so popular!
Thanks to @bylinesnetwork.co.uk and @eastangliabylines.co.uk for sharing it so far and wide, and for all the lovely comments and DMs.
Thanks to @bylinesnetwork.co.uk and @eastangliabylines.co.uk for sharing it so far and wide, and for all the lovely comments and DMs.
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The top image:
The Guardian, July 2016
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The bottom image:
The Guardian, May 2025
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian, July 2016
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The bottom image:
The Guardian, May 2025
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
May 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The top image:
The Guardian, July 2016
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The bottom image:
The Guardian, May 2025
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian, July 2016
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The bottom image:
The Guardian, May 2025
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Love this sax / pipe duet! www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8Gc...
ARMIN KÜPPER | PIPELINEFUNK - concert / Saxophone jamsession & crazy natural echo from the pipeline
YouTube video by Armin Küpper
www.youtube.com
May 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Love this sax / pipe duet! www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8Gc...
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Will no one think of the boys?
I’m still waiting to be informed how many dolls boys are allowed to have in this brave new economy
May 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Will no one think of the boys?
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Draft response to Ed Martin's demand that the New England Journal of Medicine answer his political questions.
(link below)
(link below)
April 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Draft response to Ed Martin's demand that the New England Journal of Medicine answer his political questions.
(link below)
(link below)
Friends and gardeners in Leighton Buzzard - a reminder that South Beds Friends of the Earth have a Plant Sale this Saturday, 10:30 to 12:30, in the car park next to Linslade Memorial Gardens. Here's a sample! Tea & coffee available too
April 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Friends and gardeners in Leighton Buzzard - a reminder that South Beds Friends of the Earth have a Plant Sale this Saturday, 10:30 to 12:30, in the car park next to Linslade Memorial Gardens. Here's a sample! Tea & coffee available too