Co-founder of Playing Out movement for children’s freedom and right to play out in the streets and spaces where they live. Bristol, UK. #SafeStreetsNow #PlayStreets #YesBallGames #KidicalMass www.playingout.net @playingout.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.social/post/3mkwovbfplc27It’s not feasible to have cameras or traffic wardens full-time on every street, so if drivers can’t manage to stick to the (vast amount of) space allocated to them, they need to be physically blocked from doing things like this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:5hbqrfqbmjwfhp36tcrufgxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwovbfplc27https://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.social/post/3mkup3gslx22vAs @timrgill.bsky.social says, there are 2 groups whose interests overlap around the issue of children and cars: those who care about children’s well-being and those who care about better streets. If you fall into one or both of these, please find time to listen to this chat (and read our report!) [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:5hbqrfqbmjwfhp36tcrufgxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkup3gslx22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.social/post/3mkuosspr422vGive an inch… #Motonormativity02 May 2026 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:5hbqrfqbmjwfhp36tcrufgxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkuosspr422vhttps://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.social/post/3mgjyy6udgk2eWomen of the world, take over. Because if you don’t, the world will come to an end, and we haven’t got long. #IvorCutler #InternationalWomensDay https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7xUlixFMpUw08 Mar 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:5hbqrfqbmjwfhp36tcrufgxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgjyy6udgk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.social/post/3mfyfl5zcpk2h@playingout.bsky.social has leaflets in Urdu too! Printing leaflets in different languages is democratic, inclusive, empowering - values clearly threatening to those who want to control the narrative. @greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social @carladenyer.bsky.social01 Mar 2026 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:5hbqrfqbmjwfhp36tcrufgxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfyfl5zcpk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.social/post/3mdixew5tzs2eMy friend Dee is a parent at this Bristol school and wrote an open letter to Keir Starmer (in comments). https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jan/28/ofsted-brunel-academy-bristol-report-damien-egan-visit28 Jan 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:5hbqrfqbmjwfhp36tcrufgxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdixew5tzs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.social/post/3mda7nxajak2gThank you @theguardian.com for this truthful and responsible reporting. And shame on those media outlets and journalists - including BBC - who are not calling out Trump’s lies. We’ve all seen the videos. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jan 2026 07:33 +0000at://did:plc:5hbqrfqbmjwfhp36tcrufgxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mda7nxajak2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.social/post/3mcxoag24jc2b“Board of peace”. Right.21 Jan 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:5hbqrfqbmjwfhp36tcrufgxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcxoag24jc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.social/post/3mcwaxu6f5c2qBrilliant speech **but** we “middle powers” need to acknowledge what has been very wrong with the “old world order” - colonialism, exploitation, racism, oppression, economic inequality, environmental disaster - and plan to rebuild better alongside the global majority. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jan 2026 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:5hbqrfqbmjwfhp36tcrufgxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwaxu6f5c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.social/post/3mcg4dsxewc2iI fully support their decision to live. They have already succeeded in exposing beyond doubt the UK Government’s pathological loyalty to a genocidal state. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/14/three-palestine-action-protesters-end-their-hunger-strike14 Jan 2026 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:5hbqrfqbmjwfhp36tcrufgxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcg4dsxewc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.social/post/3mcb4mki47k2kFYI non-crazy Americans - this is pretty much what we are all feeling right now and I know you are in anguish so I say that with love. But also desperation. https://www.facebook.com/100079206830744/posts/pfbid01UM2oKp3GqDRPz8np9hTDFMkYmXWChKcwUkDcnJPuAQoY1EoENRE66tJfCWJceuul/12 Jan 2026 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:5hbqrfqbmjwfhp36tcrufgxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcb4mki47k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.social/post/3mcat5g46l22d“The UK is now perilously close to…authoritarian rule. Ministers won’t even meet with hunger strikers who are now at death’s door. They seem perfectly ready to let this country’s most committed and courageous opponents of an ongoing genocide waste away and die.” https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/12/hunger-striker-heba-muraisi-linked-palestine-action12 Jan 2026 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:5hbqrfqbmjwfhp36tcrufgxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcat5g46l22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.social/post/3mc6mzqe72s2bFormer hunger strikers have written this powerful plea to the UK Government, who would rather let these dedicated young activists - who have not been found guilty of any crime - starve to death in prison than meet them to discuss their demands for fair treatment. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/1/11/an-urgent-appeal-to-save-the-lives-of-palestine-action-hunger-strikers?link_id=7&can_id=51423e00849b5a7a348fc8a25854d391&source=email-2026-we-believe-that-we-will-win&email_referrer=email_3047418&email_subject=newsletter-hunger-strikers-scotland-review-and-the-attack-on-juries&&11 Jan 2026 23:02 +0000at://did:plc:5hbqrfqbmjwfhp36tcrufgxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc6mzqe72s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.social/post/3mc66xfqehc2yThis happened today, not on a “main road” but on our local busy high street, where people of all ages walk and cycle every day. No words.💔 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxjkly45pqo11 Jan 2026 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:5hbqrfqbmjwfhp36tcrufgxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc66xfqehc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.social/post/3mbx3lgshis26Thank you to all those inside the US who are brave enough to stand up against the horror we are all witnessing from the outside. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jan 2026 23:01 +0000at://did:plc:5hbqrfqbmjwfhp36tcrufgxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbx3lgshis26https://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.social/post/3mbuitq524s2n“I might just stick to my bicycle”. Good plan kids!! #activetravel #safestreetsnow07 Jan 2026 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:5hbqrfqbmjwfhp36tcrufgxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbuitq524s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.social/post/3mbskpd7li22dOrdinary Americans who want to do something to stop the madness: Non-cooperation with the oil-based, individualist/consumerist project feels a good place to start. Stop buying shit, swap your car for a bike, have your neighbours round for tea (and get out on the streets too). 🙏07 Jan 2026 03:48 +0000at://did:plc:5hbqrfqbmjwfhp36tcrufgxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbskpd7li22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.social/post/3mbsj3orqns2dFrom the BBC just now. One senator? Sorry but why isn’t *everyone* saying the same thing???07 Jan 2026 03:19 +0000at://did:plc:5hbqrfqbmjwfhp36tcrufgxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbsj3orqns2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.social/post/3mbsiil2qbc2nHow is everyone here not already following this account?? [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jan 2026 03:08 +0000at://did:plc:5hbqrfqbmjwfhp36tcrufgxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbsiil2qbc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.social/post/3mbsi5byfyc2nThe word “Lego” comes from the Danish to “play well” and the toy was created in the 1930s to help children do exactly that. Today, it’s profit, not play, driving this global corporation. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmlnmnwzk2o07 Jan 2026 03:02 +0000at://did:plc:5hbqrfqbmjwfhp36tcrufgxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbsi5byfyc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/aliceferguson.bsky.social/post/3mbs5nr5cqc26I’m beginning to wonder if the most powerful human quality is not love, compassion or intellect - but ego. If so, what is the antidote and how do we save the world from it? Answers on a postcard…06 Jan 2026 23:55 +0000at://did:plc:5hbqrfqbmjwfhp36tcrufgxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbs5nr5cqc26