Nick Langley

Nick Langley

@nicklangley.bsky.social

Retired freelance journo & editorial consultant* to conservation NGOs. Badly healed achilles tendon; now e-bike & urban rambling. Allotment, cautiously. Big reader. *Facilitating stakeholder engagement by correcting grammar & spelling. Will edit for food.

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Nick Langley
@nicklangley.bsky.social

The Government has responded to the petition you signed – “Ban on sale of #disposableBBQs” The government will consider the case for further restrictions, including a permanent ban, on the sale of disposable barbecues in the light of experience gained from the temporary ban introduced on 14 August.

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Bill McKibben
@billmckibben.bsky.social

Lula’s win is the first good news for the planet in a while! I bet it shaves a tenth of a degree off how hot our earth eventually gets, which will save millions of lives Thank you Brazil!

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Guy Shrubsole
@guyshrubsole.bsky.social

Victory for Lula, who has already reduced Amazon deforestation by 70% since 2022, means there is now a chance of ending deforestation of the rainforest entirely I’m weeping with joy for Brazil, for the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon, and for life on Earth 🇧🇷🌳🌎 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

theguardian.comLula wins fourth term as Brazil president after historic upset over far-right Flávio BolsonaroLeftist incumbent Lula stages unprecedented comeback weeks after narrowly losing first round of election to Bolsonaro
Nick Langley
@nicklangley.bsky.social

Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex – home to rare species – for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before it’s gone forever 🐝🦋 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

you.38degrees.org.ukSave Arena Essex- Tell Google to search elsewhere!  Wedged between the Mar Dyke Valley and Lakeside Retail Park, the former Arena Essex Raceway is not your usual wildlife haven. Where once stock cars and speedway bikes lined up to cross the fini...

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Rob Thomas
@robthomasbirds.bsky.social

Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex – home to rare species – for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before it’s gone forever 🐝🦋 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

you.38degrees.org.ukSave Arena Essex- Tell Google to search elsewhere!  Wedged between the Mar Dyke Valley and Lakeside Retail Park, the former Arena Essex Raceway is not your usual wildlife haven. Where once stock cars and speedway bikes lined up to cross the fini...

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Jon Owen
@anotherjon.bsky.social

"[Our research] found: - Every additional 100kg of vehicle weight was associated with a 6% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality; - Every additional 10cm of height was associated with an 11% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality. " theconversation.com/big-us-style...

theconversation.comBig US-style trucks are killing more pedestrians in Australia – our research proves itPedestrians are more likely to be killed by heavier cars – and even more so if the vehicle is taller, Australian-first research has found.

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Jon Owen
@anotherjon.bsky.social

Replying to @anotherjon.bsky.social

A study of 10,000 crashes has found that, for every 10cm of vehicle height, the odds of a pedestrian death rise by 11%. "Big cars have the momentum," say the researchers, "and without any change in policy, the momentum is not going to go away." “Right now, there is no disincentive to buy big.”

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GeorgeWeeks2014
@georgeweeks2014.bsky.social

I lived & worked in London when the Mayor's Vision for Cycling was published "London's cycling mode share is too low", said the naysayers. "Cycling won't work here." The profound shift in ambition for the bicycle has led to many more cycling trips. Build for the traffic that you want to see. 🚲🚴‍♂️🚵‍♂️

Melissa & Chris Bruntlett@modacitylife.com

Since 2016, London’s cycling network has grown fivefold, from 90 to 450 kilometres. The results? 1.5 million daily cycle journeys—a 43% increase since 2019—twice as many bikes as cars on City of London streets during the day, and motor traffic in steady decline—having fallen 25% in the same period.

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Leo Murray
@crisortunity.bsky.social

Good morning to almost everyone

Jon Owen@anotherjon.bsky.social

"[Our research] found: - Every additional 100kg of vehicle weight was associated with a 6% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality; - Every additional 10cm of height was associated with an 11% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality. " theconversation.com/big-us-style...

theconversation.comBig US-style trucks are killing more pedestrians in Australia – our research proves itPedestrians are more likely to be killed by heavier cars – and even more so if the vehicle is taller, Australian-first research has found.
Nick Langley
@nicklangley.bsky.social

The As You Like It on BBC4 tonight is from 1978 & has Dave (Darth Vader) Prowse as Charles the Wrestler, Helen Mirren as Rosalind, and James Bolam as Touchstone. "An ill-favoured thing, Sir, but mine own."

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Timothy Snyder
@timothysnyder.bsky.social

Step by step, day by day, Americans experience the big platforms becoming Orwellian political censors. The US needs a federal government that will tax them and break them up; the democratic world needs to learn the lesson and protect itself.

Alex Gibney@alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social

Note: TikTok - 15% owned by Musk pal Larry Ellison - permanently banned our "Musk" the movie account on the platform. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...

hollywoodreporter.comTikTok “Permanently Suspends” the ‘Musk’ Film Ad Account, Raising Suppression Fears (Exclusive)Move comes just as Alex Gibney doc film expands to nearly 500 screens. Distributor Bleecker Street says it is appealing.

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Anti-Reform
@antireform.bsky.social

Reform UK has lost a county council seat ... "Labour’s Jane Lennie won the Shepshed division of Leicestershire County Council with 32.8% of the vote, just ahead of Reform’s Stuart Wood on 31.3%. The Conservatives finished third on 23.1%, and Restore Britain took 6.4%." via Lovely Great Britain

Nick Langley
@nicklangley.bsky.social

Parliament is going to debate the petition you signed – “Hold a UK-wide briefing on #climate and #nature risks”. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... The debate is scheduled for 16 November 2026. Once the debate has happened, we’ll email you a video and transcript. Thanks,

petition.parliament.ukPetition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risksThe UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...

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HOPE not hate
@hopenothate.org.uk

Reform says “a handful” of bad apples slip through vetting. It’s not a handful. We’ve exposed Reform councillor after Reform councillor, and many of them are still in the party. Here are some of the worst👇 hopenothate.org.uk/2026/10/16/t...

hopenothate.org.ukTen of the worst Reform councillors we've exposed – HOPE not hateYet another scandal has hit Reform. Earlier this week, ITV published the first findings of a year-long undercover investigation, in which several of the party’s...
Nick Langley
@nicklangley.bsky.social

The further Right you go the stupider they get. "They’ve said I only took questions from conservative outlets. However, the Daily Mail is not known to be a conservative outlet or friendly to conservative. So I do challenge that narrative.” #Zacharia #DailyMail www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

theguardian.comKatie Zacharia admits she never passed legal exam as scrutiny mounts over her past claims of being a lawyer – liveTrump’s new and already under fire press secretary was asked on Fox News if she still had the confidence of the president, to which she said ‘I’m standing here’

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Adam Bienkov
@adambienkov.bsky.social

Who amongst us hasn't been provoked into saying black people are animals and the King is a secret Muslim who should be decapitated?

Kevin Schofield@kevinschofied.bsky.social

Nigel Farage Suggests Race Row Reform Candidates May Have Been 'Provoked' www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-...

huffingtonpost.co.ukNigel Farage Suggests Race Row Reform Candidates May Have Been 'Provoked'The party’s leader has been accused of “making excuses” for their behaviour.
Nick Langley
@nicklangley.bsky.social

I used to call #Reform the White Dogshit Party (based on a particular kind of bogus nostalgia). But there are so many candidates for that title these days. How about the Bad Apple Party? #Jenryck on R4 Today leaving interviewer speechless. A crust of septic snot around a moral vacuum.

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Philip Ball
@philipcball.bsky.social

Excellent news.

Prince Charles Cinema@princecharlescinema.com

The Prince Charles Cinema Secures its Future The Prince Charles Cinema is thrilled to announce that we have signed a new 25-year lease with no break clause, ensuring our projectors will keep rolling for years to come. #YouSavedthePCC

Nick Langley
@nicklangley.bsky.social

New Labour's Fixer, Mandelson's client. Watson: The mayor & his team have recognised their actions could have created the impression the decision to block the contract was based on Palantir’s values. I’m very pleased they have today corrected any such impression www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

theguardian.comPalantir and Sadiq Khan drop legal battle over Met contractDispute related to claims London mayor blocked US tech firm from £50m police deal because of concerns over its values
Nick Langley
@nicklangley.bsky.social

A couple of weeks after the CEO of #Equinor bullied the UK government with the threat of withdrawal of international investment, and a day after the CEO of #Centrica did it, the CEO of #Heathrow is at it. Sheer coincidence obviously.

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Anti-Reform
@antireform.bsky.social

Will some intrepid journalist please ask Boris Johnson & Nigel Farage to admit their lies, end their silence, and #ApologiseForBrexit "Freedom of movement wasn't about immigration. It was your freedom" via The UK Against Hate