andyje
@andyje.bsky.social
Cyclist, pedestrian, infrequent driver. Enthusiastic yet terrible guitarist. Does unspeakable things to computers. Likes my metäl heävy.
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Happy weekend everybody! If you would like to make it that little bit more joyful, do yourselves a favour and watch this video at least once: youtu.be/-tfH1nty62U
Ugly Nasty Commie Bitch (Official Video)
YouTube video by Carsie Blanton
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Happy weekend everybody! If you would like to make it that little bit more joyful, do yourselves a favour and watch this video at least once: youtu.be/-tfH1nty62U
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The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
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A huge 89% majority of global people [56% even in the United States] want stronger action to fight the #ClimateCrisis, but mistakenly believe they’re in a minority.
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say
Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A huge 89% majority of global people [56% even in the United States] want stronger action to fight the #ClimateCrisis, but mistakenly believe they’re in a minority.
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
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In 2025 in the UK, 4.5 million children are living in poverty, which is 31% of all children, a record high.
It’s staggering that someone else in our society can go to bed, do absolutely nothing but sleep and be £35,000 richer in the morning - every single day.
It’s staggering that someone else in our society can go to bed, do absolutely nothing but sleep and be £35,000 richer in the morning - every single day.
Wealth tax should not be a tool to extraxt money from those only moderately wealthy.
It could start at 1% for those with over £10 million, and rise in 1% increments every £milion until all the wealth over £bilion is taxed in its entirety. >
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
It could start at 1% for those with over £10 million, and rise in 1% increments every £milion until all the wealth over £bilion is taxed in its entirety. >
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A wealth tax would be simple and fair – what’s not to like? | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to an article by Aditya Chakrabortty that said a 1% levy on the super-rich wouldn’t be enough to tackle Britain’s inequality
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
In 2025 in the UK, 4.5 million children are living in poverty, which is 31% of all children, a record high.
It’s staggering that someone else in our society can go to bed, do absolutely nothing but sleep and be £35,000 richer in the morning - every single day.
It’s staggering that someone else in our society can go to bed, do absolutely nothing but sleep and be £35,000 richer in the morning - every single day.
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The problem with the "Farage was a racist" story is that we have a "left wing" gov't essentially saying that racism is a normal and expectable response to immigration. We are in a position where we have to argue "why it is wrong to be racist" and Labour need to take some responsibility for it
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The problem with the "Farage was a racist" story is that we have a "left wing" gov't essentially saying that racism is a normal and expectable response to immigration. We are in a position where we have to argue "why it is wrong to be racist" and Labour need to take some responsibility for it
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Impressive increase until you read that in a similar period, Paris cycling numbers increased by 240%.
Only 40% of people cycling in London feels safe when sharing with cars, but 76% feel safe on designated routes.
London needs to do a lot more and a lot quicker.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Only 40% of people cycling in London feels safe when sharing with cars, but 76% feel safe on designated routes.
London needs to do a lot more and a lot quicker.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cycling journeys up by 43% in London, TfL report suggests
Cycling journeys have increased to more than 1.5 million daily this year, according to a new report.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Impressive increase until you read that in a similar period, Paris cycling numbers increased by 240%.
Only 40% of people cycling in London feels safe when sharing with cars, but 76% feel safe on designated routes.
London needs to do a lot more and a lot quicker.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Only 40% of people cycling in London feels safe when sharing with cars, but 76% feel safe on designated routes.
London needs to do a lot more and a lot quicker.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Compassion is a better investment than greed.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Compassion is a better investment than greed.
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ICYMI: “In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike-lanes aren’t fit for office.”— @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes aren’t fit for office
Amid the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes — as in Montreal municipal election campaign — aren’t fit for office.
cultmtl.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
ICYMI: “In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike-lanes aren’t fit for office.”— @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, & not nearly enough space in cities.
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X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
By Nafeez Ahmed
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
By Nafeez Ahmed
Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
By Nafeez Ahmed
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
By Nafeez Ahmed
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This is what happens when you put a preening, lazy, populist, dilettante in charge of a country.
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is what happens when you put a preening, lazy, populist, dilettante in charge of a country.
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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Can we all get behind this one, please?
My faith in these petitions is minimal but this one is not just important but urgent, as actual war with Russia creeps ever closer.
Please repost even if you don't sign it.
But please do sign it.
My faith in these petitions is minimal but this one is not just important but urgent, as actual war with Russia creeps ever closer.
Please repost even if you don't sign it.
But please do sign it.
November 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Can we all get behind this one, please?
My faith in these petitions is minimal but this one is not just important but urgent, as actual war with Russia creeps ever closer.
Please repost even if you don't sign it.
But please do sign it.
My faith in these petitions is minimal but this one is not just important but urgent, as actual war with Russia creeps ever closer.
Please repost even if you don't sign it.
But please do sign it.
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This little poll seems to have really upset the racists - many of whom don't appear to live anywhere near London
Why not upset them a little more.
www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/2562835...
Why not upset them a little more.
www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/2562835...
Do south east Londoners support Sadiq Khan? Poll
Do south east Londoners support Sadiq Khan? Vote in our poll.
www.newsshopper.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This little poll seems to have really upset the racists - many of whom don't appear to live anywhere near London
Why not upset them a little more.
www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/2562835...
Why not upset them a little more.
www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/2562835...
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While problem gambling tears families apart and costs lives, firms like SkyBet go abroad to dodge their taxes.
It’s time to tax their UK profits. No escape, no loopholes.
It’s time to tax their UK profits. No escape, no loopholes.
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
While problem gambling tears families apart and costs lives, firms like SkyBet go abroad to dodge their taxes.
It’s time to tax their UK profits. No escape, no loopholes.
It’s time to tax their UK profits. No escape, no loopholes.
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
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Anyone who agrees that these workers are exploited, yet keeps using the services of companies that exploit the workers, is quietly assisting with the exploitation.
We are living in a real-life episode of Black Mirror: an app dispatches workers, monitors their every move, while riders - some using rented identities - risk abuse, exhaustion and invisibility.
“We are a very modern kind of slave.”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“We are a very modern kind of slave.”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Life as a food delivery worker: ‘Sometimes men open the door naked’
To earn a living as a delivery rider, some work 10-12 hour days, contending with low pay, exhaustion, accidents, injuries and harassment. Is this a new form of modern slavery?
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Anyone who agrees that these workers are exploited, yet keeps using the services of companies that exploit the workers, is quietly assisting with the exploitation.
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Looking for the most detailed #TrafficFree cycle route guides for UK routes there are?
Want info on the route surface, barriers, safety, café stops, an interactive map AND a weather forecast?
Of course you do!
Here you go, but share with others, too!
#Cycling
www.willcycle.com/traffic-free...
Want info on the route surface, barriers, safety, café stops, an interactive map AND a weather forecast?
Of course you do!
Here you go, but share with others, too!
#Cycling
www.willcycle.com/traffic-free...
Traffic-free cycling routes in the UK - WillCycle
Easily find gorgeous traffic-free (and usually family-friendly) cycling routes in the UK. Browse the interactive map to make finding routes nearest to you a breeze!
www.willcycle.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Looking for the most detailed #TrafficFree cycle route guides for UK routes there are?
Want info on the route surface, barriers, safety, café stops, an interactive map AND a weather forecast?
Of course you do!
Here you go, but share with others, too!
#Cycling
www.willcycle.com/traffic-free...
Want info on the route surface, barriers, safety, café stops, an interactive map AND a weather forecast?
Of course you do!
Here you go, but share with others, too!
#Cycling
www.willcycle.com/traffic-free...
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There is no reason why this should have made me laugh so hard a bit of gas escaped.
November 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
There is no reason why this should have made me laugh so hard a bit of gas escaped.
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At the close of my victim personal statement, I said: “I ask you, my daughter’s killer, as one parent to another, please do not drive a car again in your lifetime. Experience life as a vulnerable human being.”’
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/news-op...
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/news-op...
A dangerous driver killed my little girl - he should never get behind the wheel again
BirminghamLive is campaigning for dangers drivers who kill to be banned from driving for life. Here, Clare O'Neill, whose daughter Alice was killed in front of her eyes, shares how she can't drive as ...
www.birminghammail.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
At the close of my victim personal statement, I said: “I ask you, my daughter’s killer, as one parent to another, please do not drive a car again in your lifetime. Experience life as a vulnerable human being.”’
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/news-op...
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/news-op...
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan on why the Far Right lie about London crime: “They don’t want our modern, multicultural, progressive metropolis to succeed because they can’t stomach the truth. London is a place where people of every creed, colour and culture live together in peace and mutual respect.”
November 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
London Mayor Sadiq Khan on why the Far Right lie about London crime: “They don’t want our modern, multicultural, progressive metropolis to succeed because they can’t stomach the truth. London is a place where people of every creed, colour and culture live together in peace and mutual respect.”
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NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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😮 A sobering statistic for Road Safety Week... In the UK, SUVs are three times more likely to kill a child under the age of 10 and heavier cars are more likely to be involved in fatal collisions.
Source: @cleancitiescampaign
#roadsafetyweek #roadsafetyweek25 #carspreading #suvs #schoolrun
Source: @cleancitiescampaign
#roadsafetyweek #roadsafetyweek25 #carspreading #suvs #schoolrun
November 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
😮 A sobering statistic for Road Safety Week... In the UK, SUVs are three times more likely to kill a child under the age of 10 and heavier cars are more likely to be involved in fatal collisions.
Source: @cleancitiescampaign
#roadsafetyweek #roadsafetyweek25 #carspreading #suvs #schoolrun
Source: @cleancitiescampaign
#roadsafetyweek #roadsafetyweek25 #carspreading #suvs #schoolrun