The Tyre Extinguishers
@T_Extinguishers
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We are The Tyre Extinguishers. We will make it impossible to own an SUV in the world's urban areas. For climate, health, public safety.
Everywhere - join in!
Joined July 2021
"If I buy an SUV will it be vandalised by climate protesters?". Yes. Yes it will. The @Telegraph tells its readers not to buy SUVs in case we target them. Our campaign is working. We will make it impossible to own an SUV in the world's urban areas. But only if you join in!
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"The governments that claim to act in the interest of the public have not acted on this epidemic, so activists chose to take the matter into their own hands and keep these murderous machines off the roads for some time.".
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The Waterloo Regional Police Service says they received several reports from people in Elmira who found the air had been let out of the tires on their vehicles. A group called Tyre Extinguishers has...
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"Electric vehicles are not a solution. We don't need electric oversized metal monsters on the roads, we need to get rid of them entirely in favour of robust and accessible public transport and cycling options.".
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"They are not practical or necessary at all, they are just symbols of the financial status and ego of their owners. They are a climate and public safety disaster that have no reason to be so widely used.".
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ELMIRA, CANADA: 100 SUVS DISARMED. "On July 21, Tyre Extinguishers in Elmira deflated the tyres of approximately 100 SUVs and pick-up trucks, to bring attention to the immense danger these gas guzzlers present to the environment, pedestrians, cyclists and other motorists."
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Very cool, very sexy.
OilSabsย drill the tyres and scratch the paintwork of cars in 4 UK Telsa dealerships. Musk, via his support of Trump using X and his own money, has enabled the burning of fossil fuels more than nearly any other person in the last 12 months. More at
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RT @blueb1rdtweet: sorry if itโs slightly off topic, but wanted to share this #3D printable Tire Deflator which should 'NOT' be used for diโฆ.
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๐THE TYRE EXTINGUISHERS HANDBOOK ๐. The Tyre Extinguishers are 3 years old! ๐ฅณ. We want to publish a handbook to show others how to set up similar direct action movements. Any leads on publishers? DM us!
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Need a Tesla tyre deflator, with a 3D priter? Try these.
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Climate-fuelled wildfires are devastating the USA, enabled by the greed of the fossil fuel industry. but WE'RE the extremists?
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Built for terrorism.
The truck used in the New Orleans terrorist attack is a Ford F-150 Lightning, which is perfectly designed for this kind of attack. It weighs more than 6000 lbs, accelerates to 60 mph in just 4 seconds, and the battering-ram-shaped front is nearly 5 feet tall. Deadly by design.
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RT @badvertising11: ๐๏ธ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐: Paris unanimously passed the #StopSUV vote. In a referendum, Parisians voted to ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ก๐ parking fees for Sโฆ.
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ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS: 29 HUGE VEHICLES DISARMED OVER THE WEEKEND . "Last weekend we disabled another 29 huge resource wasters on wheels in the Rotterdam area!". Happy New Year, here's to more action in 2025!.
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"The overwhelming majority of these fake 4x4s drive in cities where they have no business being, and fill up the streets unnecessarily. SUVs are also dangerous: they're too heavy, too high, pollute too much and represent a lifestyle of the past.".
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"These metal monsters are an ecological aberration: if SUVs were a country, they would be the fifth biggest CO2 emitter in the world (IEA, 2024). We can no longer afford to drive SUVs today, at a time when the climate crisis is claiming more and more victims.".
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"In the wake of cyclone Chido's arrival on Mayotte, which claimed dozens of victims, the aim of this action was to make the population, and in particular the owners of these oversized vehicles, aware of their responsibility and the harmful impact they have on climate change.".
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LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND: 47 URBAN TANKS DEFLATED IN RESPONSE TO SPAIN FLOODS. "Les Abeilles de Lausanne" struck again on Monday after hitting 50 SUVs back in October, in response to climate change-fuelled deadly floods in Spain.
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KARLSRUHE, GERMANY: 32 SUVS DISARMED IN NOVEMBER IN SPORADIC ACTIONS. "32 huge killing machines had their tyres deflated in November. Mostly in the Innenstadt and Weststadt areas.".
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