Eilidh Murray
@letsgetcracking.bsky.social
Scot living cycling walking in London. LCC trustee. Cycle Islington coordinator. LCC Women’s Network Steering Group member. No longer in Cycling UK's 100 women. Quite likes bicycles
So much to #Unlearn. “Historians of the 1860s and 1870s believed in a largely matriarchal Iron Age until 1880s English anthropology asserted a patriarchal norm.” #WomensHistory www.newscientist.com/article/2584...
DNA reveals a society organised around women in pre-Roman Britain | New Scientist
Descent passed from mother to daughter rather than from father to son, a study of more than 500 Iron Age individuals from north-east England suggests
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Will these same water companies be banned from awarding bonuses to their Boards ?
Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social · 18h agoEngland's water companies to hike customer bills by an extra £3.4bn. Over a trillion litres of water lost to leaky pipes Sewage dumped in rivers No new reservoirs since 1989 Exec pay and dividend bonanza Over 1,200 criminal convictions Still allowed to trade Captive customers fleeced.
1,579 killed. 30,000 hurt on our roads last year — many more deaths than homicides. Pleased with the Victims’ Commissioner intervention. Road crime victims feel forgotten by the system. This is exactly why we need a Road Safety Victim Charter and lifetime bans. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/aug...
Victims of road crime feel ‘forgotten by system’, official review finds
Many of those affected in England and Wales think offences are not treated with the seriousness they deserve, says commissioner
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....life flourishes and more women will be able to cycle safely where and when they choose. Which isn't the case at the moment. Which is why we campaign for Freedom to Ride. @londoncycling.bsky.social
Jon Burke🌍@jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 2w agoThe same street in Levenshulme, Manchester, one hundred years apart. The private motor vehicle is an invasive species, which gradually crowds out and suffocates the rich social life of our cities. When cars don’t dominate the streets, life flourishes.
Inspiring stuff from Bogota!! 🇨🇴 ‘They were told bikes were for men’: how Latin America’s city of cycling is breaking gender barriers | Cycling | The Guardian
Welcome to Bluesky !
The LCC Women's Network@lccwomensnetwork.bsky.social · last wk.Hello! We’re the London Cycling Campaign Women’s Network – working towards a London where women cycle in equal numbers to men. Find out more and join us in our vision for a capital city where women have freedom to ride at lcc.org.uk/campaigns/fr...
“The old choice between growing food and making power is starting to look like a false one. The sun, it turns out, can be asked to do two jobs at once.” If govt is looking for new jobs and economic activity as well as food security, this looks promising. (Veg yields up and water use down too!)
hoergen cencored by Bluesky@hoergen.bsky.social · 2w ago*American farmers slid solar panels over 62,000 acres of farmland, and the biggest payoff had almost nothing to do with electricity* #Erneuerbare #Renewable #Solar #Photovoltaik energiesmedia.com/solar-panels…
the 20p per minute charge. I can see why riders might get a bad reputation amongst the anti-cycling lot; while I don't condone it, there's an incentive for people to not stop at lights, to cut across pavements, to ride too fast etc. Charging should be on distance, not duration. [2/2]
According to the parliamentary annual report & accounts for the 2025/26 financial year, the cost of subsidising the bars in the House of Commons alone was around £5.8 million. Meanwhile, to save £3 million less than that, Jodrell Bank is being defunded and shut down. share.google/MRHIvCsCsKoc...
Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands
Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.
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“Flood unapologetically uses the directness seen in advertising messaging to try to disrupt the dominant car-focused narrative. Often using quotes, phrases and concepts over and over again — like advertising does to get through to people.” Our own @tomflood.bsky.social. #UrbanTruth
Car adman turned road safety and sustainability advocate Tom Flood to speak in Dublin
Tom Flood — whose work used to include car advertising but who turned his skills to promoting road safety and mobility beyond cars — is to speak at an event in Dublin on September 22nd.…
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The same street in Levenshulme, Manchester, one hundred years apart. The private motor vehicle is an invasive species, which gradually crowds out and suffocates the rich social life of our cities. When cars don’t dominate the streets, life flourishes.
We desperately need people to understand the difference between e-bikes and e-motos
The wildfires in Suffolk are the reality of a fossil-fuelled climate emergency that is making our summers hotter and more extreme. If we have any chance of preventing the worst of the climate crisis, we need to keep fossil fuels in the ground.
Following weeks of work by many people, West Midlands Police have dropped charges and agreed to reimburse the owner of a legal e-cycle they seized and destroyed. Our Campaigns and Policy Lead, Kate, shares why policies like this are so damaging for Disabled people with the BBC. tinyurl.com/y6yckp83
The £6000 Tern cargo bike crushed by the Police BY MISTAKE!
YouTube video by David Gregory-Kumar
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Honestly, I’m professionally embarrassed we’re still calling for action on road safety. There’s evidence of progress but it’s slow, and nowhere near ambitious enough. Meanwhile, people keep dying needlessly. That’s why I’m running for Brake. More on why 👇 www.northants.police.uk/news/northan...
Andy Cox takes on 200km challenge for road safety charity Brake
Andy Cox is nearing the halfway point of a gruelling 200km running challenge to raise awareness of road danger and support the road safety charity, Brake.
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Literally the only reason to hate on Cycling Mikey is if you're the type of shitty driver he targets.
I hope the cars in question are crushed. There should be zero tolerance for this type of activity.
Christian Wolmar@christianwolmar.bsky.social · 2w agoI suspect this sort of unofficial racing goes on quite a lot ..we were passed in N Wales by a similar group of cars... www.mylondon.news/news/east-lo...
Everyone has the right to protest and to organise protests. This right is protected by the European Convention on Human Rights. Setting up a podium for poetry reading at a protest is terrorism?
Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 2w agoSetting up a podium for people to read poems is now terrorism. Andy Burnham can stop this. He isn't.
YES ! Is there still a Noise Abatement Society ? If so, they've been rather quiet on the topic of noise pollution. Paris leads the way again
Peter Walker@peterwalker99.bsky.social · 2w agoBring on universal Paris-style motorbike noise monitors linked to ANPR cameras.
For the 5th consecutive year child casualties have flat-lined at around 13,000 road casualties of age 16 and under. In what other area of life would the death or injury of 13,000 children be "acceptable"? The government has a Road Safety Strategy that aims to reduce child KSIs by 70%.
It was so inspiring to see how many women were involved in bringing the Romford Road improvements in Newham to life. From project manager, to cabinet members and of course campaigners!
London Cycling Campaign@londoncycling.bsky.social · 2w ago...how many *women* were involved in leading and supporting this scheme! ✊ Click on alt text for more details 2/2
As wildfires devastate communities across Europe, the climate crisis can no longer be ignored. Transport produces almost a third of carbon emissions. Choosing sustainable travel is one of the easiest ways to reduce your carbon footprint and support a cleaner future.
Looking forward to this - want to apply to be a volunteer on 1 August 2027 ? www.letourgb.com/volunteer/ @lccwomensnetwork.bsky.social @londoncycling.bsky.social
Become a JOY Maker! | Grand Départ GB 2027
Our team of JOY Makers will be a key part of us making next summer’s Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift so special.
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London Cycling Campaign@londoncycling.bsky.social · 4mo ago🙌 Great to see London hosting this historic event for women: buff.ly/e6qGhZA However there's so much more we need to do to make cycling a real option for women for day to day journeys in our city too! 👨💻 See the full list of actions our Women's Network are calling for: buff.ly/8RGHZYs
Still feeling the good vibes ..... @lccwomensnetwork.bsky.social
Eilidh Murray@letsgetcracking.bsky.social · last mo.It was such a joy ! And none of it possible without the tireless focus of Gonul over the past few months ... with me trying to keep up. We loved our poster specially designed for the ride @rustytrike.bsky.social
Half of the country is in "exceptionally serious drought" - putting us at more risk of wildfires and threatening our food security. Meanwhile water companies are wasting a staggering 2.87 billion litres of water every day through leaky pipes. Time to end water privatisation.
CEO of Anglian Water, England's worst-polluting water company, handed extra £1.3m despite govt ban on bonuses for failing firms. Companies circumvent rules to reward execs for dumping sewage, fleecing customers, neglecting investment. Govt/Ofwat do nothing.
England's most prolific polluters hand water boss extra £1.3m - despite ban on bonuses | LBC
Last year, the government delivered new legislation to prevent underperforming water companies from offering bonus payments to their executives.
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