Rachel Withey
@rachellwithey.bsky.social
Interested in nature, active travel, better streets, rewilding, reading, politics, history and much more.
Happiest outside.
Live in Brum.
With work hat on interested in research strategy and delivery, particularly within the social sciences.
Happiest outside.
Live in Brum.
With work hat on interested in research strategy and delivery, particularly within the social sciences.
Flags have been gone from my bit of Brum for a few weeks now. Pleased to see that the stickers remain.
#Birmingham #Brum #HopeNotHate
#Birmingham #Brum #HopeNotHate
June 26, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Flags have been gone from my bit of Brum for a few weeks now. Pleased to see that the stickers remain.
#Birmingham #Brum #HopeNotHate
#Birmingham #Brum #HopeNotHate
Via Greenpeace
As schools shut and people struggle to do the everyday things - sleep, travel, move around - this is what we should all be focusing on.
As schools shut and people struggle to do the everyday things - sleep, travel, move around - this is what we should all be focusing on.
June 24, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Via Greenpeace
As schools shut and people struggle to do the everyday things - sleep, travel, move around - this is what we should all be focusing on.
As schools shut and people struggle to do the everyday things - sleep, travel, move around - this is what we should all be focusing on.
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📢 Polling stations are now open! 📢
Want to replace the failing Labour Party and defeat the hateful message of Reform? Get yourself down to your local polling station and vote Green today!
Every vote counts. Make sure your voice is heard 💚
Don’t forget your Photo ID for voting in England!
Want to replace the failing Labour Party and defeat the hateful message of Reform? Get yourself down to your local polling station and vote Green today!
Every vote counts. Make sure your voice is heard 💚
Don’t forget your Photo ID for voting in England!
May 7, 2026 at 6:24 AM
📢 Polling stations are now open! 📢
Want to replace the failing Labour Party and defeat the hateful message of Reform? Get yourself down to your local polling station and vote Green today!
Every vote counts. Make sure your voice is heard 💚
Don’t forget your Photo ID for voting in England!
Want to replace the failing Labour Party and defeat the hateful message of Reform? Get yourself down to your local polling station and vote Green today!
Every vote counts. Make sure your voice is heard 💚
Don’t forget your Photo ID for voting in England!
Voted
Off to spend the day encouraging likely Green Party voters to do the same
If you’re in #Brum and you want to minimise the inevitable number of reform councillors announced on Friday please, please go and vote. It’s one of those elections where every vote is really going to make a difference
Off to spend the day encouraging likely Green Party voters to do the same
If you’re in #Brum and you want to minimise the inevitable number of reform councillors announced on Friday please, please go and vote. It’s one of those elections where every vote is really going to make a difference
May 7, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Voted
Off to spend the day encouraging likely Green Party voters to do the same
If you’re in #Brum and you want to minimise the inevitable number of reform councillors announced on Friday please, please go and vote. It’s one of those elections where every vote is really going to make a difference
Off to spend the day encouraging likely Green Party voters to do the same
If you’re in #Brum and you want to minimise the inevitable number of reform councillors announced on Friday please, please go and vote. It’s one of those elections where every vote is really going to make a difference
Made me laugh over on Instagram courtesy of Uk Transport Department
April 23, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Made me laugh over on Instagram courtesy of Uk Transport Department
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With three new rail stations on the Camp Hill line and two tram stops on the Eastside extension open in the last few days, we're taking the opportunity to ask for more stops please!
April 7, 2026 at 7:41 AM
With three new rail stations on the Camp Hill line and two tram stops on the Eastside extension open in the last few days, we're taking the opportunity to ask for more stops please!
Find out more about energy efficient travel and safer streets from
@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
March 21, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Find out more about energy efficient travel and safer streets from
@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
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@knittingcultlady.bsky.social
Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a protest against Nazi occupation of their country
All proceeds from the sale of this pattern go to local immigrant aid organizations who support those impacted by the actions of ICE
payhip.com/b/TqQL1
Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a protest against Nazi occupation of their country
All proceeds from the sale of this pattern go to local immigrant aid organizations who support those impacted by the actions of ICE
payhip.com/b/TqQL1
Melt the ICE Hat Pattern
In the 1940’s, Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a form of visual protest against Nazi occupation of their country. Within two years, the Nazis made these protest hats illegal...
payhip.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:36 PM
@knittingcultlady.bsky.social
Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a protest against Nazi occupation of their country
All proceeds from the sale of this pattern go to local immigrant aid organizations who support those impacted by the actions of ICE
payhip.com/b/TqQL1
Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a protest against Nazi occupation of their country
All proceeds from the sale of this pattern go to local immigrant aid organizations who support those impacted by the actions of ICE
payhip.com/b/TqQL1
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Their demands are reasonable, their treatment is disgraceful. The government's intransigence is killing the #PalestineAction hunger strikers. Just as its complicity has assisted the genocide in Gaza. It needs to wake up right now to the moral consequences.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Two Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers taken to hospital
MPs and next of kin of prisoners Amu Gib, 30, and Kamran Ahmed, 28, call for immediate government intervention
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Their demands are reasonable, their treatment is disgraceful. The government's intransigence is killing the #PalestineAction hunger strikers. Just as its complicity has assisted the genocide in Gaza. It needs to wake up right now to the moral consequences.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Every year I stop myself from posting “now look here you lot, my books would make an excellent Christmas present” in October because it’s way too early, and then I forget until it’s way too late.
Hope I’ve hit the sweet spot this time.
levparikian.com/index.php/sh...
Hope I’ve hit the sweet spot this time.
levparikian.com/index.php/sh...
November 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Every year I stop myself from posting “now look here you lot, my books would make an excellent Christmas present” in October because it’s way too early, and then I forget until it’s way too late.
Hope I’ve hit the sweet spot this time.
levparikian.com/index.php/sh...
Hope I’ve hit the sweet spot this time.
levparikian.com/index.php/sh...
September 30, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Do donate if you have a little bit of spare money and follow for great cycling tour updates Tim style. Slow pace, great scenery, great food and drink
We have now raised over £3000 for our Ride for Tim 🩵
We’re riding LEJOG to remember the amazing @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social and raise a few bob for charities he supported. Thanks so much to everyone who has donated and sent supportive messages.
www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...
We’re riding LEJOG to remember the amazing @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social and raise a few bob for charities he supported. Thanks so much to everyone who has donated and sent supportive messages.
www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...
Ride for Tim
In January 2025, our friend Tim McKenna lost his battle with his mental health and took his life. He was a wonderful man, friend and father, and was an inspiration to many, through his cycling adventu...
www.givewheel.com
August 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Do donate if you have a little bit of spare money and follow for great cycling tour updates Tim style. Slow pace, great scenery, great food and drink
July 28, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Only the led ride and counter aspects of the event will go ahead tomorrow.
We've been watching the forecast and there's some pretty grim looking thunderstorms happening later in the afternoon that doesn't look like it would mix well with outdoor gazebos and bike checks.
We've been watching the forecast and there's some pretty grim looking thunderstorms happening later in the afternoon that doesn't look like it would mix well with outdoor gazebos and bike checks.
June 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Only the led ride and counter aspects of the event will go ahead tomorrow.
We've been watching the forecast and there's some pretty grim looking thunderstorms happening later in the afternoon that doesn't look like it would mix well with outdoor gazebos and bike checks.
We've been watching the forecast and there's some pretty grim looking thunderstorms happening later in the afternoon that doesn't look like it would mix well with outdoor gazebos and bike checks.
Today!!
#CircleTheCity tomorrow!
Circle the City – Better Streets for Birmingham
First Friday of the month, 6pm start, meet at Victoria Square, city centre Join us on the first Friday of every month for a group ride around Birmingham. Meet people, learn new cycle routes and enjoy ...
betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
June 6, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Today!!
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This Saturday we’re celebrating our cycle lane’s 6th birthday.
• Led ride from Hippodrome Square to UoB via the Cycleway, leaving at 1pm
• Help get the Sir Harry’s Road counter to 6,000 in a day
• Free bike checks and minor repairs at UoB Green Heart, 1.30-4pm
💙
• Led ride from Hippodrome Square to UoB via the Cycleway, leaving at 1pm
• Help get the Sir Harry’s Road counter to 6,000 in a day
• Free bike checks and minor repairs at UoB Green Heart, 1.30-4pm
💙
June 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
This Saturday we’re celebrating our cycle lane’s 6th birthday.
• Led ride from Hippodrome Square to UoB via the Cycleway, leaving at 1pm
• Help get the Sir Harry’s Road counter to 6,000 in a day
• Free bike checks and minor repairs at UoB Green Heart, 1.30-4pm
💙
• Led ride from Hippodrome Square to UoB via the Cycleway, leaving at 1pm
• Help get the Sir Harry’s Road counter to 6,000 in a day
• Free bike checks and minor repairs at UoB Green Heart, 1.30-4pm
💙
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"Katwala's paradox of racism"
In a demonstrably less prejudiced society (attitudes shifted, esp across generations), I am in receipt of much more racism
Minorities in 2020s have more equal opps than ever before - esp at very top - yet an increasingly unequal experience of more equal opportunities
In a demonstrably less prejudiced society (attitudes shifted, esp across generations), I am in receipt of much more racism
Minorities in 2020s have more equal opps than ever before - esp at very top - yet an increasingly unequal experience of more equal opportunities
May 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"Katwala's paradox of racism"
In a demonstrably less prejudiced society (attitudes shifted, esp across generations), I am in receipt of much more racism
Minorities in 2020s have more equal opps than ever before - esp at very top - yet an increasingly unequal experience of more equal opportunities
In a demonstrably less prejudiced society (attitudes shifted, esp across generations), I am in receipt of much more racism
Minorities in 2020s have more equal opps than ever before - esp at very top - yet an increasingly unequal experience of more equal opportunities
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Swifts have lost more than half their population in 20 years. A simple brick in new builds could help save them. Labour used to support this – now they’re planning to backtrack. Sign the petition now to show them the public still backs this nature-friendly fix: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/swifts-p...
Sign the petition: Save Our Swifts
Swifts have lost more than half their population in 20 years. A simple £35 brick in new builds could help save them. Labour used to support this – now they’re planning to backtrack. Sign the petition ...
act.38degrees.org.uk
May 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Swifts have lost more than half their population in 20 years. A simple brick in new builds could help save them. Labour used to support this – now they’re planning to backtrack. Sign the petition now to show them the public still backs this nature-friendly fix: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/swifts-p...
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May 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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In just one week 40,000 people have demanded that Scottish Government Ministers recall and reject the Flamingo Land mega-resort application!
Send your message to the Planning Minister today 👇
greens.scot/LochLomond
Send your message to the Planning Minister today 👇
greens.scot/LochLomond
Save Loch Lomond - TAKE ACTION NOW
Save Loch Lomond - TAKE ACTION NOW -
greens.scot
May 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
In just one week 40,000 people have demanded that Scottish Government Ministers recall and reject the Flamingo Land mega-resort application!
Send your message to the Planning Minister today 👇
greens.scot/LochLomond
Send your message to the Planning Minister today 👇
greens.scot/LochLomond
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WTF? If this Government can’t even agree to this smallest of initiatives, which has no cost to them & absolutely no down-sides, what hope that it will step up to the bigger nature challenges we face? This is a *popular* policy, for heavens sake. Obstinate tin-eared stupidity doesn’t come close …
Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes
MPs had previously backed Conservative amendment to ask developers to provide hollow bricks for endangered birds
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
WTF? If this Government can’t even agree to this smallest of initiatives, which has no cost to them & absolutely no down-sides, what hope that it will step up to the bigger nature challenges we face? This is a *popular* policy, for heavens sake. Obstinate tin-eared stupidity doesn’t come close …
Birmingham folks - Critical Mass comes to Harborne on Sunday 1 June. Come and enjoy riding in a big group. All welcome. Please share #Birmingham #Brum #Harborne #Cycling #CriticalMass
May 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Birmingham folks - Critical Mass comes to Harborne on Sunday 1 June. Come and enjoy riding in a big group. All welcome. Please share #Birmingham #Brum #Harborne #Cycling #CriticalMass
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We're pleased to announce our first monthly public meeting for Northfield constituency will take place on Tuesday 10th June at 7pm in the NAF Shop on Northfield High Street.
They will take place every second Tuesday of the month.
‼️ Save your place: actionnetwork.org/events/bsfb-...
They will take place every second Tuesday of the month.
‼️ Save your place: actionnetwork.org/events/bsfb-...
What would make your street better? Come and talk about it on Tuesday 10th June
Come to Better Streets for Birmingham's monthly public conversation: What would make your street better?
actionnetwork.org
May 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
We're pleased to announce our first monthly public meeting for Northfield constituency will take place on Tuesday 10th June at 7pm in the NAF Shop on Northfield High Street.
They will take place every second Tuesday of the month.
‼️ Save your place: actionnetwork.org/events/bsfb-...
They will take place every second Tuesday of the month.
‼️ Save your place: actionnetwork.org/events/bsfb-...
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Meanwhile
Driest 3 months period in last 90 years in England (per Canals Trust article)
May 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Meanwhile