Jon
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Bikes, beer, piano, security, gaming.
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Misinformation-based policy-making or tabloid-headline-chasing policy-making were never good ideas.
...And in terms of asylum applications per 10,000 people the UK is lower down, at 16 per 10,000 people in 2024...
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Misinformation-based policy-making or tabloid-headline-chasing policy-making were never good ideas.
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Cities w/ good mass transit should ban cars (excepting disabled folks) and expand cycle and bus routes. HGVs only allowed within certain hours. SUVs banned completely forever.
Cities without good mass transit need to build it.
Nationalise trains, reopen everything Beeching closed. Capped pricing
Cities without good mass transit need to build it.
Nationalise trains, reopen everything Beeching closed. Capped pricing
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Cities w/ good mass transit should ban cars (excepting disabled folks) and expand cycle and bus routes. HGVs only allowed within certain hours. SUVs banned completely forever.
Cities without good mass transit need to build it.
Nationalise trains, reopen everything Beeching closed. Capped pricing
Cities without good mass transit need to build it.
Nationalise trains, reopen everything Beeching closed. Capped pricing
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Windows boss defends 'agentic OS' push as users plead for reliability
Windows boss defends 'agentic OS' push as users plead for reliability
Microsoft claims it listens to feedback while complaints mount over everyday usability
Rather than enjoying some downtime at the weekend, Windows boss Pavan Davuluri made the classic mistake of reading the replies to his post about the operating system's "agentic" future.…
dlvr.it
November 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Windows boss defends 'agentic OS' push as users plead for reliability
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Perhaps we could limit power-to-weight for EVs, when in cities, the same as we do for e-bikes?
250W for a 100kg bike+rider would translate to around 4kW for an EV
(EVs currently have 100kW and up!)
250W for a 100kg bike+rider would translate to around 4kW for an EV
(EVs currently have 100kW and up!)
China is bringing the hammer down on hyper-fast EVs, setting a minimum 5 seconds for accelerating from 0 to 100 KMH (62 MPH).
For context, the Rivian R1S hits 60 MPH in 2.6 seconds, as does the Tesla Cybertruck in "Beast Mode." (H/t @reillybrennan.com)
For context, the Rivian R1S hits 60 MPH in 2.6 seconds, as does the Tesla Cybertruck in "Beast Mode." (H/t @reillybrennan.com)
China mulls limiting cars' default performance as EV crashes frequently occur
China plans to require passenger vehicles to default to a state where acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h takes less than five seconds upon each startup.
cnevpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Perhaps we could limit power-to-weight for EVs, when in cities, the same as we do for e-bikes?
250W for a 100kg bike+rider would translate to around 4kW for an EV
(EVs currently have 100kW and up!)
250W for a 100kg bike+rider would translate to around 4kW for an EV
(EVs currently have 100kW and up!)
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We're hearing more and more cases where Disabled people are being denied the right to use safe powered mobility aids for essential mobility in their homes, workplaces, education, healthcare and transport settings.
Mobility isn't nice-to-have: it's essential.
Mobility isn't nice-to-have: it's essential.
November 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We're hearing more and more cases where Disabled people are being denied the right to use safe powered mobility aids for essential mobility in their homes, workplaces, education, healthcare and transport settings.
Mobility isn't nice-to-have: it's essential.
Mobility isn't nice-to-have: it's essential.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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A lot of men attended A&E with Hoover related injuries that year.
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A lot of men attended A&E with Hoover related injuries that year.
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PSA From Epstein Survivors - Please Share
November 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
PSA From Epstein Survivors - Please Share
Can anyone think of another regime where this was a thing?
Refugees’ jewellery could be seized to pay for asylum costs, says Home Office minister
Refugees’ jewellery could be seized to pay for asylum costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of refugees coming to UK
Refugees could have jewellery or other valuables taken to pay for the costs of processing their cases, a Home Office minister has said, in another detail of changes to migration policy likely to cause worries among Labour MPs.
Speaking to broadcasters before the formal announcement of sweeping changes to asylum policy on Monday, the Home Office minister Alex Norris said while this would not involve seizing wedding rings, jewellery without sentimental value could be taken. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Can anyone think of another regime where this was a thing?
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Holy shit reverse MeToo is wild
epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
November 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Holy shit reverse MeToo is wild
Yet another astounding meal from Meera Sodha. Honestly, get one of her cooking books, she knows her stuff.
November 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Yet another astounding meal from Meera Sodha. Honestly, get one of her cooking books, she knows her stuff.
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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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OK, I'll hold my hand up and admit that I got it completely wrong when I called Labour Tory-lite.
That's provably not true, as they are in fact Reform-lite.
That's provably not true, as they are in fact Reform-lite.
For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
November 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
OK, I'll hold my hand up and admit that I got it completely wrong when I called Labour Tory-lite.
That's provably not true, as they are in fact Reform-lite.
That's provably not true, as they are in fact Reform-lite.
Because they're incredibly stupid?
November 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Because they're incredibly stupid?
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Racism is dividing the country, not immigration. Labour are f+++ed.
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Racism is dividing the country, not immigration. Labour are f+++ed.
Good. He's a Grade A arsehole. I hope he goes to prison and get beaten up a lot. What a wanker.
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Good. He's a Grade A arsehole. I hope he goes to prison and get beaten up a lot. What a wanker.
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Cyclists should stay in the bike lane
The bike lane
The bike lane
November 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Cyclists should stay in the bike lane
The bike lane
The bike lane
Absolutely cracking morning for an easy gravel ride. Even the bridge of death was nice.
November 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Absolutely cracking morning for an easy gravel ride. Even the bridge of death was nice.
Always reach for the stars.
November 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Always reach for the stars.
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Clearing through some old papers I found the instruction manual for my dad’s radio.
‘The Sound of Quality Around the World’
Since it’s still going strong 60 years on, I’ll give them that.
‘The Sound of Quality Around the World’
Since it’s still going strong 60 years on, I’ll give them that.
November 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Clearing through some old papers I found the instruction manual for my dad’s radio.
‘The Sound of Quality Around the World’
Since it’s still going strong 60 years on, I’ll give them that.
‘The Sound of Quality Around the World’
Since it’s still going strong 60 years on, I’ll give them that.
A film you've seen more than 7 times with a gif.
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A film you've seen more than 7 times with a gif.
Just checked the summerhouse, not been in there all year. Its soaked inside, must be a big split in the roof felt. Had to move the sofa into my shed to let it dry out. 😁 no one believes this wasn't intentional.
November 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Just checked the summerhouse, not been in there all year. Its soaked inside, must be a big split in the roof felt. Had to move the sofa into my shed to let it dry out. 😁 no one believes this wasn't intentional.
She really is a terrible person. Every time she says something she exposes her cold, black heart.
www.thepoke.com/2025/11/15/k...
www.thepoke.com/2025/11/15/k...
Kirstie Allsopp went after an elderly children’s author for having a free bus pass and, safe to say, she lost the room with this argument
Kirstie Allsopp seems to have a knack for locating, locating, locating herself in online spats about different facets of modern life – from giving kids iPads over breakfast to young people ditching fe...
www.thepoke.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
She really is a terrible person. Every time she says something she exposes her cold, black heart.
www.thepoke.com/2025/11/15/k...
www.thepoke.com/2025/11/15/k...