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Once again I must stress: If you think I defend the BBC because I've worked for it, you've completely misunderstood. I, and anyone else in this position, am defending the BBC *despite* the fact I've worked for it.
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Once again I must stress: If you think I defend the BBC because I've worked for it, you've completely misunderstood. I, and anyone else in this position, am defending the BBC *despite* the fact I've worked for it.
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Tickets trickling away for @sohotheatre.bsky.social we start in just over a week. Whosoever might like to attend, make yourself known! JE x
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Tickets trickling away for @sohotheatre.bsky.social we start in just over a week. Whosoever might like to attend, make yourself known! JE x
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Wow! Free bikes trial schemes in 3 areas showed a 12x returning investment.
Reduced expected cases of disease by 16% and deaths by 6%.
What a win. We should be rolling these schemes to all deprived neighbourhoods.
road.cc/content/news...
Reduced expected cases of disease by 16% and deaths by 6%.
What a win. We should be rolling these schemes to all deprived neighbourhoods.
road.cc/content/news...
Free bike schemes in deprived communities improve people's health, wellbeing and social mobility, report shows
The trial took place in three areas across the UK and found the scheme also resulted in healthcare savings in relation to preventable deaths and disease
road.cc
November 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Wow! Free bikes trial schemes in 3 areas showed a 12x returning investment.
Reduced expected cases of disease by 16% and deaths by 6%.
What a win. We should be rolling these schemes to all deprived neighbourhoods.
road.cc/content/news...
Reduced expected cases of disease by 16% and deaths by 6%.
What a win. We should be rolling these schemes to all deprived neighbourhoods.
road.cc/content/news...
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This is also great reminder that cities aren't noisy; vehicle traffic is. The fewer vehicles on the road, the quieter your life is.
Voorstraat in Utrecht: a true fietsstraat where bikes come first and cars are guests. It’s not just safer and more relaxed to cycle - the whole street benefits. Outdoor cafés, quieter homes, and a vibrant public space. When you design for people, cities flourish.
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This is also great reminder that cities aren't noisy; vehicle traffic is. The fewer vehicles on the road, the quieter your life is.
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Bellamystraat, Amsterdam in 1981 and today
November 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Bellamystraat, Amsterdam in 1981 and today
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
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Need gift ideas? 🎁
Check out the Arts Emergency shop page 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/about-us/shop
From beautiful art prints to books and calendars, we've got good things that help fund our great work! 💗
Check it out!!!
Check out the Arts Emergency shop page 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/about-us/shop
From beautiful art prints to books and calendars, we've got good things that help fund our great work! 💗
Check it out!!!
Shop
Have a browse and shop with purpose! Every item listed powers young creatives by raising money for Arts Emergency's impactful programmes.
www.arts-emergency.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Need gift ideas? 🎁
Check out the Arts Emergency shop page 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/about-us/shop
From beautiful art prints to books and calendars, we've got good things that help fund our great work! 💗
Check it out!!!
Check out the Arts Emergency shop page 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/about-us/shop
From beautiful art prints to books and calendars, we've got good things that help fund our great work! 💗
Check it out!!!
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Worth remembering that freezing fuel duty, which could well happen again, costs about 30x more than the cycle to work scheme per year.
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Worth remembering that freezing fuel duty, which could well happen again, costs about 30x more than the cycle to work scheme per year.
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Thanks to open data, it's possible to look at what the spending on the cycle to work scheme is compared to other similar schemes, say vehicle salary sacrifice.
Both involve buying things before tax on wages so reducing your tax bill, giving an idea of the tax raising potential from each.
Both involve buying things before tax on wages so reducing your tax bill, giving an idea of the tax raising potential from each.
November 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Thanks to open data, it's possible to look at what the spending on the cycle to work scheme is compared to other similar schemes, say vehicle salary sacrifice.
Both involve buying things before tax on wages so reducing your tax bill, giving an idea of the tax raising potential from each.
Both involve buying things before tax on wages so reducing your tax bill, giving an idea of the tax raising potential from each.
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The next episode of Eleanor & Alasdair Read That comes out in a week! Please remember that, at the time of recording, Kier Starmer was Prime Minister and our hilarious remarks made sense.
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The next episode of Eleanor & Alasdair Read That comes out in a week! Please remember that, at the time of recording, Kier Starmer was Prime Minister and our hilarious remarks made sense.
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MY SCRIPT FOR NEXT JAMES BOND
GROUCHO: (Enters wearing bow tie and fez) Greetings, Russkies. I’m Bond James Bond, my Dad had a stutter. Put your guns down! Now put your hands up! Now put your feet up! It gets tiring, this espionage game. Allow me to introduce my associate, Voluptua Gazungas.
GROUCHO: (Enters wearing bow tie and fez) Greetings, Russkies. I’m Bond James Bond, my Dad had a stutter. Put your guns down! Now put your hands up! Now put your feet up! It gets tiring, this espionage game. Allow me to introduce my associate, Voluptua Gazungas.
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
MY SCRIPT FOR NEXT JAMES BOND
GROUCHO: (Enters wearing bow tie and fez) Greetings, Russkies. I’m Bond James Bond, my Dad had a stutter. Put your guns down! Now put your hands up! Now put your feet up! It gets tiring, this espionage game. Allow me to introduce my associate, Voluptua Gazungas.
GROUCHO: (Enters wearing bow tie and fez) Greetings, Russkies. I’m Bond James Bond, my Dad had a stutter. Put your guns down! Now put your hands up! Now put your feet up! It gets tiring, this espionage game. Allow me to introduce my associate, Voluptua Gazungas.
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It’s not just about what you remove (cars, noise, dirty air). It’s about what you add (people walking, a lot of bike parking, trees, outdoor dining, and room for kids to play safely). Amsterdam: 1986 and today.
Streets for people.
HT @hackneycyclist.bsky.social for the great before-and-after
Streets for people.
HT @hackneycyclist.bsky.social for the great before-and-after
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 AM
It’s not just about what you remove (cars, noise, dirty air). It’s about what you add (people walking, a lot of bike parking, trees, outdoor dining, and room for kids to play safely). Amsterdam: 1986 and today.
Streets for people.
HT @hackneycyclist.bsky.social for the great before-and-after
Streets for people.
HT @hackneycyclist.bsky.social for the great before-and-after
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Sorry one more
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Sorry one more
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
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Incredibly naive.
Basically kills off any career path for Over Head Line teams.
The industry will down skill to repair and maintenance alone.
Kills off any investment or innovation in OLE too.
Bet they announce a new road or airport expansion within a month.
Basically kills off any career path for Over Head Line teams.
The industry will down skill to repair and maintenance alone.
Kills off any investment or innovation in OLE too.
Bet they announce a new road or airport expansion within a month.
Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Incredibly naive.
Basically kills off any career path for Over Head Line teams.
The industry will down skill to repair and maintenance alone.
Kills off any investment or innovation in OLE too.
Bet they announce a new road or airport expansion within a month.
Basically kills off any career path for Over Head Line teams.
The industry will down skill to repair and maintenance alone.
Kills off any investment or innovation in OLE too.
Bet they announce a new road or airport expansion within a month.
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by Alan Saunders in the Cow Tools Sophisticationposting group on facebook
December 25, 2024 at 6:06 PM
by Alan Saunders in the Cow Tools Sophisticationposting group on facebook
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Football Chant Therapy For Men
(With @misterabk.bsky.social @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social @seanburkeshow.bsky.social @samlakecomedy.bsky.social @wsebag.bsky.social @bjalborough.bsky.social @cbthorburn.bsky.social and Chris Weir)
www.youtube.com/shorts/V20uv...
(With @misterabk.bsky.social @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social @seanburkeshow.bsky.social @samlakecomedy.bsky.social @wsebag.bsky.social @bjalborough.bsky.social @cbthorburn.bsky.social and Chris Weir)
www.youtube.com/shorts/V20uv...
Football Chant Therapy #comedy #football #mentalhealth
YouTube video by Eleanor Morton
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Football Chant Therapy For Men
(With @misterabk.bsky.social @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social @seanburkeshow.bsky.social @samlakecomedy.bsky.social @wsebag.bsky.social @bjalborough.bsky.social @cbthorburn.bsky.social and Chris Weir)
www.youtube.com/shorts/V20uv...
(With @misterabk.bsky.social @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social @seanburkeshow.bsky.social @samlakecomedy.bsky.social @wsebag.bsky.social @bjalborough.bsky.social @cbthorburn.bsky.social and Chris Weir)
www.youtube.com/shorts/V20uv...
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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I'm going on tour in 2026! Come and see me doing one of the best reviewed shows from the Ed Fringe (according to the British Comedy Guide). It's called King of Crumbs, and it's a load of old nonsense, really. Book now!
Tickets: www.mickperrin.com/tours/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs
Tickets: www.mickperrin.com/tours/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs
October 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I'm going on tour in 2026! Come and see me doing one of the best reviewed shows from the Ed Fringe (according to the British Comedy Guide). It's called King of Crumbs, and it's a load of old nonsense, really. Book now!
Tickets: www.mickperrin.com/tours/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs
Tickets: www.mickperrin.com/tours/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs
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Women deserve the freedom to move - yet many still feel unsafe cycling
No one should have to choose between a busy road or a dark path. When cycling’s safer for women, it’s safer for everyone 🚲
👉 Donate or join: cyclinguk.org/my-ride-our-right
'My ride. Our right' – supported by Cycle SOS
No one should have to choose between a busy road or a dark path. When cycling’s safer for women, it’s safer for everyone 🚲
👉 Donate or join: cyclinguk.org/my-ride-our-right
'My ride. Our right' – supported by Cycle SOS
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Women deserve the freedom to move - yet many still feel unsafe cycling
No one should have to choose between a busy road or a dark path. When cycling’s safer for women, it’s safer for everyone 🚲
👉 Donate or join: cyclinguk.org/my-ride-our-right
'My ride. Our right' – supported by Cycle SOS
No one should have to choose between a busy road or a dark path. When cycling’s safer for women, it’s safer for everyone 🚲
👉 Donate or join: cyclinguk.org/my-ride-our-right
'My ride. Our right' – supported by Cycle SOS
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By 2040, your train journeys will be transformed:
📍 Copenhagen – Berlin: from 7hr to 4hr
📍 Paris – Rome: from 10hr50 to 8hr45
📍 Sofia – Athens: from 13hr40 to 6hr
📍 Vienna – Ljubljana: from 6hr05 to 4hr30
🔗 link.europa.eu/hDyYBG
📍 Copenhagen – Berlin: from 7hr to 4hr
📍 Paris – Rome: from 10hr50 to 8hr45
📍 Sofia – Athens: from 13hr40 to 6hr
📍 Vienna – Ljubljana: from 6hr05 to 4hr30
🔗 link.europa.eu/hDyYBG
High-speed rail plan
Connecting Europe, shortening travel time.
link.europa.eu
November 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
By 2040, your train journeys will be transformed:
📍 Copenhagen – Berlin: from 7hr to 4hr
📍 Paris – Rome: from 10hr50 to 8hr45
📍 Sofia – Athens: from 13hr40 to 6hr
📍 Vienna – Ljubljana: from 6hr05 to 4hr30
🔗 link.europa.eu/hDyYBG
📍 Copenhagen – Berlin: from 7hr to 4hr
📍 Paris – Rome: from 10hr50 to 8hr45
📍 Sofia – Athens: from 13hr40 to 6hr
📍 Vienna – Ljubljana: from 6hr05 to 4hr30
🔗 link.europa.eu/hDyYBG