Sam Easterby-Smith
@samsterby.com
Mobile Tech Lead at the Co-operative Bank, Green Party person, rider of massive bike. Withington, Manchester. He/Him
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Very few St George’s flags around, not even rain soaked and miserable-looking. However, in Manchester earlier today a Che Guevara flag was flying.
December 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Very few St George’s flags around, not even rain soaked and miserable-looking. However, in Manchester earlier today a Che Guevara flag was flying.
Insert a movie into another movie:
Attack of the fried green killer tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe
Attack of the fried green killer tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe
Insert a moving into another movie:
The Fellowship of The Thing
The Fellowship of The Thing
Insert a movie into another movie:
Close Brief Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Brief Encounters of the Third Kind
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Insert a movie into another movie:
Attack of the fried green killer tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe
Attack of the fried green killer tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe
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What, you thought they'd stop at trans people?
Why is Wes Streeting coming for my ADHD medication?
Why is Wes Streeting coming for my ADHD medication?
Why is Wes Streeting coming for my ADHD medication?
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
What, you thought they'd stop at trans people?
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We need to stop caving to awful people and we need a government who aren’t part of the problem but actually do the moral leadership thing
December 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
We need to stop caving to awful people and we need a government who aren’t part of the problem but actually do the moral leadership thing
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This is brutal. A decade of inaction.
*Statements directly lifted from the A6 Corridor Study of ten years ago (p194). www.highpeak.gov.uk/media/1620/M...
It’s a fun read (trust me) that proposes loads of other sensible interventions while discounting a bypass idea. Let’s see how many have been achieved since… (yet bypass talk returns!)
It’s a fun read (trust me) that proposes loads of other sensible interventions while discounting a bypass idea. Let’s see how many have been achieved since… (yet bypass talk returns!)
December 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is brutal. A decade of inaction.
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In the Netherlands, where the Dutch invest in safe cycling, the over-65s cycle around a quarter of their journeys, while the over-80s cycle around 10% of theirs.
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and cycle lanes don't 'restrict freedom', they expand it.
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and cycle lanes don't 'restrict freedom', they expand it.
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In the Netherlands, where the Dutch invest in safe cycling, the over-65s cycle around a quarter of their journeys, while the over-80s cycle around 10% of theirs.
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and cycle lanes don't 'restrict freedom', they expand it.
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and cycle lanes don't 'restrict freedom', they expand it.
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What a dream! What a brilliant day!
Got to work 810s on their first day in traffic with 1C59: 1400 Sheffield to St Pancras being worked by 810010
The reaction to these trains have been really positive and everyone was really enjoying themselves, both crew and passenger 😊
What... a... day!
Got to work 810s on their first day in traffic with 1C59: 1400 Sheffield to St Pancras being worked by 810010
The reaction to these trains have been really positive and everyone was really enjoying themselves, both crew and passenger 😊
What... a... day!
December 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
What a dream! What a brilliant day!
Got to work 810s on their first day in traffic with 1C59: 1400 Sheffield to St Pancras being worked by 810010
The reaction to these trains have been really positive and everyone was really enjoying themselves, both crew and passenger 😊
What... a... day!
Got to work 810s on their first day in traffic with 1C59: 1400 Sheffield to St Pancras being worked by 810010
The reaction to these trains have been really positive and everyone was really enjoying themselves, both crew and passenger 😊
What... a... day!
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"ultimately the WI is a women's organisation"
"We could have waited for the EHRC guidance, but I think society needs organisations such as my own to lead,"
I was willing to give the WI the benefit of the doubt, but these comments are unreasonably cruel.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"We could have waited for the EHRC guidance, but I think society needs organisations such as my own to lead,"
I was willing to give the WI the benefit of the doubt, but these comments are unreasonably cruel.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Women's Institute to stop offering trans women membership
The National Federation of Women's Institutes said it made the decision with “sincere regret”.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"ultimately the WI is a women's organisation"
"We could have waited for the EHRC guidance, but I think society needs organisations such as my own to lead,"
I was willing to give the WI the benefit of the doubt, but these comments are unreasonably cruel.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"We could have waited for the EHRC guidance, but I think society needs organisations such as my own to lead,"
I was willing to give the WI the benefit of the doubt, but these comments are unreasonably cruel.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Stop driving into town, you plums.
Manchester's city centre nightmare is getting worse, and now police are involved
Last weekend was Manchester city centre's busiest on record with a huge 1.4 million journeys
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Stop driving into town, you plums.
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Can you lovely lot song and share this around please
@greenparty.org.uk
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
www.change.org/p/allow-tran...
@greenparty.org.uk
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
www.change.org/p/allow-tran...
Sign the Petition
Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
www.change.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Can you lovely lot song and share this around please
@greenparty.org.uk
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
www.change.org/p/allow-tran...
@greenparty.org.uk
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
www.change.org/p/allow-tran...
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It’s also what happened with Virgin gyms. Everywhere targeted caves when the date on the letter before action gets too close
December 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It’s also what happened with Virgin gyms. Everywhere targeted caves when the date on the letter before action gets too close
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still waiting for intelligent longform cultural criticism with psychomarxist explanation of the "everything is butthole" logorrhea in the AI space
December 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
still waiting for intelligent longform cultural criticism with psychomarxist explanation of the "everything is butthole" logorrhea in the AI space
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I met a Real Estate developer from Hong Kong at a party in London at the weekend, and was fascinated to learn they’re using AI to go back thru hours of recorded planning meetings to analyse each councillor for the councils they’re investing in. Am fun at parties, obvs.
December 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I met a Real Estate developer from Hong Kong at a party in London at the weekend, and was fascinated to learn they’re using AI to go back thru hours of recorded planning meetings to analyse each councillor for the councils they’re investing in. Am fun at parties, obvs.
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Why is it getting harder to buy Advent calendars?
Their days are numbered!
Their days are numbered!
December 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Why is it getting harder to buy Advent calendars?
Their days are numbered!
Their days are numbered!
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Are the Labour Government finally going to bring in rent controls?
I seem to be living rent free in their heads!
(Thanks for the shout out!)
Join.greenparty.org.uk
I seem to be living rent free in their heads!
(Thanks for the shout out!)
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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November 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Are the Labour Government finally going to bring in rent controls?
I seem to be living rent free in their heads!
(Thanks for the shout out!)
Join.greenparty.org.uk
I seem to be living rent free in their heads!
(Thanks for the shout out!)
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Welcome to my “week off work achievements thread”
1: hunted around in the garage for ages, found this, and bled the radiators ✅
1: hunted around in the garage for ages, found this, and bled the radiators ✅
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Welcome to my “week off work achievements thread”
1: hunted around in the garage for ages, found this, and bled the radiators ✅
1: hunted around in the garage for ages, found this, and bled the radiators ✅
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Shame on this government. Is this the change Britain wanted? I doubt it. SHAME. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Heathrow airport’s £33bn third runway plan chosen by government
Scheme includes plan to move the M25 and could mean up to 760 more planes in the skies around London every day
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Shame on this government. Is this the change Britain wanted? I doubt it. SHAME. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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If you're a Not Disabled person and you're setting up a room for a meeting, what do you wish you had as guidance to include disabled people?
A fold out paper "wheelchair space guide" for ex.
What actual, practical stuff would you want? What kinds of guidance? (Making a pack for local parties)
A fold out paper "wheelchair space guide" for ex.
What actual, practical stuff would you want? What kinds of guidance? (Making a pack for local parties)
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If you're a Not Disabled person and you're setting up a room for a meeting, what do you wish you had as guidance to include disabled people?
A fold out paper "wheelchair space guide" for ex.
What actual, practical stuff would you want? What kinds of guidance? (Making a pack for local parties)
A fold out paper "wheelchair space guide" for ex.
What actual, practical stuff would you want? What kinds of guidance? (Making a pack for local parties)
Ok, that’s impressive!!
Macclesfield Central (Cheshire East) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Ok, that’s impressive!!
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It’s super-Thursday.
The 7 council by-elections taking place this week:
🌹 Macclesfield Central
🌹 Southbank
🌳 Ashdown & Conquest
🌳 Salford Priors & Alcester Rural
🔶 Quinton
🌍 Hale
🙋 Stranraer & The Rhins
electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
🌹 Macclesfield Central
🌹 Southbank
🌳 Ashdown & Conquest
🌳 Salford Priors & Alcester Rural
🔶 Quinton
🌍 Hale
🙋 Stranraer & The Rhins
electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It’s super-Thursday.
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