Me: I'd like to take a short cycle trip with my kids, getting to the start and back from the finish by train, please. Scotrail: sure, we'll just chop down half a forest for your cycle reservations... (And force you to phone us to book because our app & website are crap for cyclists)

How the climate crisis intensifies conflict.

i’m one of the 3/4, I need to live somewhere with a good public transit system or I cannot get anywhere without spending a shit ton of money ✅✅

Urban Truth Collective@urbantruth.bsky.social · 2w ago

Simple message, really. Thanks for the bluntness, @nondriver.bsky.social. #UrbanTruth

It is very telling that the Tories have yet to explain what they propose should replace the CCA. Are they really proposing - as is the implication - that they are literally rejecting any effort to tackle climate change? Are they really prepared to explicitly admit they are rejecting climate science?

Simon Evans@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 2w ago

NEW: The opposition Conservatives are making a symbolic attempt to repeal the UK's Climate Change Act It will be debated on 2 September, after summer recess (and a series of deadly heatwaves)

Temperatures in Basra, Iraq hit 48°C today. Next 4 day period will see 48°C every day during which temps will not go below 32°C. This is a lethal heatwave driven by climate change.

Please attend if you can to show that racism and islamophobia is unacceptable in #Leith or Edinburgh.

Global warming has clearly been a major factor in the radicalisation of the Western right-wing. A truth so inconvenient for their interests and ideology that they preferred to cut ties with empirical reality itself. This then bred habits of belligerence and dishonesty that fed into other issue areas

Leo Hickman@leohickman.carbonbrief.org · last mo.

Letter in today's Times by climate scientist Sir Brian Hoskins: "The discourse around net-zero is increasingly decoupled from…science and our changing weather. "Net-zero is not an arbitrary slogan, rather it is dictated by the laws of physics."

Temperatures have reached 36.7°C at Merryfield, Somerset, provisionally making it the hottest June day on record again for the UK 🥵 Wales has also seen its hottest June day with 35.9°C at Cardiff and Northern Ireland tied with 30.8°C at Castlederg 🌡️

The freedom of the press is a fundamental pillar of democracy and that includes the freedom to ask difficult questions of elected representatives. I agree 100% with my union on this.

The National Union of Journalists@nujofficial.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"The Scottish Parliament was founded on the principles of openness and accountability, so it is inexplicable that the Presiding Officer has made a decision that restricts legitimate scrutiny," said Nick McGowan-Lowe, NUJ Scotland national organiser. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...

“Children do not vote, they do not submit objections, […] but they are the people who will be most affected.” Transport committee yesterday failed these kids.

Councillors vote to remove traffic filters from Edinburgh estate

‘The council has a duty to safeguard its most vulnerable road users’ - parent Ruth Findlay

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@bsky.app any plans to introduce an ipad app? Would make my life so much easier and increase my engagement on Bluesky significantly.

Extremely disappointed the @edinburghgreens.bsky.social addendum on Greenbank-Meadows Quiet Route, which would have preserved the modal filters in the Braid estate, has been voted down 6-5 at committee. Committee has prioritised 'reducing legal risk' over the safety of our kids. 😔

🚨 Tesco recycling site closing 🚨 I was told this morning that, due to flytipping & dumping, the recycling site at Tesco Duke Street will be closing on 20 July. I have appealed to council officers to consider additional enforcement action in order to keep this site open.

🟢 Your Scottish Greens parliamentary team for session 7 of the Scottish Parliament. With a historic 15 Green MSPs, we are focusing on cutting household bills and tackling the climate emergency

RT Carlton Reid

Carlton Reid (@carltonreid.com)

I love that this post by a Muslim cyclist was RT’ed by C of E priest @fatherhilarious.blog We need more ecumenical outreach in this world … especially if it’s pedal powered. #worldbicycleday…

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Scottish Greens are "in for the win" as 2 by-elections are announced in Edinburgh edinburgh.greens.scot/news/scottis...

Scottish Greens say they are "in for the win" as 2 by-elections are announced in Edinburgh today. - Edinburgh Green Party

Green councillors have welcomed the by-elections, claiming that they are in a strong position to win by-elections in Edinburg

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Pride is a celebration and a protest. Greens will always stand in solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community as we fight for: 🏳️‍🌈A ban on conversion therapy 🏳️‍🌈End the Gender Recognition Reform block 🏳️‍🌈Improve trans healthcare provision 🏳️‍🌈Create a kinder, fairer country for all

#pop26 🤩 Love this photo by @andycatlin.com More... #AndyCatlin PoP gallery --> andycatlin.myportfolio.com/pedal-on-par... #SpokesBulletin --> bsky.app/profile/spok... @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social @policescotland.bsky.social @pedalonparliament.org

SpokesLothian@spokes.org.uk · 4mo ago

🙋 Spokes 2026 Bulletin 🚲🚲 -> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/04/spok... @wolct.bsky.social @ssc-edinburgh.bsky.social @deleriad.bsky.social @harryjwilliams.bsky.social @edtiss.bsky.social @leithfeederride.bsky.social @reizkultur.bsky.social @d4cae.bsky.social @secretedinburgh.bsky.social @edinpl.bsky.social

"We need a government that treats cycling as normal transport for normal people" speaker from @pedalonparliament.org at #pop26

Leith feeder ride @leithfeederride.bsky.social to @pedalonparliament.org to demand better funding, protected cycle infrastructure and safer roads for all. #pop26

🙋 #PedalOnParliament Sat 30 May --> pedalonparliament.org 🙋 visit our #cargobike stall with #SpokesMaps etc, from 11am @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social @davidfkey.bsky.social @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social @johnrobson87.bsky.social

"I think it's pretty grotesque to see him selling the future of our children and grandchildren down the river" - Zack Polanski discusses Tony Blair's latest intervention on Sky News

Please donate if you can, and help turn the Tories' worst nightmare into reality... www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/DlX6zAj...

Today the Scottish Parliament voted to request the powers to hold a referendum on independence. The UK government must now respect Scottish democracy and Scottish voters.

Good news. And clear evidence that building protected cycling infrastructure increases cycling levels.

SpokesLothian@spokes.org.uk · 3mo ago

#SpokesCount: ... 🚲 up everywhere! 🤔 #VoiBikes #CostOfLiving @furtherfrom.bsky.social @sccscot.bsky.social @wwctrustscot.bsky.social @2050climategroup.bsky.social @gobikeglasgow.bsky.social @ssnscotland.bsky.social @thegcph.bsky.social @cyclingscot.bsky.social @activetravelcaf.bsky.social

Climate crisis and cost of living crisis are inextricably linked. Trying to tackle one while ignoring the other is doomed to fail.

Dr. Helena Wright@hwright.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Elevated temperatures alone could increase food prices by as much as 3% per year "Climate change is already making the affordability crisis worse" Important piece @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

#SpokesCount 🚲 up everywhere! 🚲 31% of citybound #ForrestRoad 🚘 single-occupancy 👇 -> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/05/spok... ?Reasons 🤔 #VoiBikes 🤔 #CostOfLiving @edi.bike @edinreporter.bsky.social @edinburghminute.com @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @edtiss.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social

Thank goodness Starmer is finally supporting all those Range Rover drivers by keeping their costs low www.theguardian.com/politics/202... If we cared about poorer people we'd give them money to meet their needs, not subsidise one very specific, very harmful, activity

Planned fuel duty rise to be scrapped, says Keir Starmer

PM tells Commons extending the temporary 5p cut is a necessary response to cost-of-living pressures

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Would drinking on the job be tolerated in any other line of work? Why do we accept it for our law-makers?

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Westminster politicians reacted with outrage after a Green MP called on the Prime Minister to back her call to ban MPs from 'drinking on the job'

New co-convenor team for Edinburgh Green councillors...

Edinburgh Greens (@edinburghgreens.bsky.social)

A big welcome 👏 to our new councillor group co-convenors Alys and Ben as they take up the reins going into the final year of this term at Edinburgh Council! Thank you Chas for your 2 years of…

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