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Ivanskavinsky
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Photographer, tutor, bicycle evangelist, tired kitten herder, wheel builder, big hugs, shy gobshite
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mrjamesob.bsky.social
She’s just asking questions.
lbc.co.uk LBC @lbc.co.uk · 12h
‘Is Nigel Farage a Russian asset?’
‘Are you seriously asking me that?’

@shelaghfogarty.bsky.social refuses to back down while questioning Reform’s Zia Yusuf.
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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ianwalker.bsky.social
Holy moly - Welsh Government have approved side-road zebras! www.gov.wales/written-stat...
Written Statement: Side Road Zebra Crossings in Wales | GOV.WALES
Ken Skates, Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
www.gov.wales
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
ivanskavinsky.bsky.social
FFS!! 🤦‍♂️
josiahmortimer.bsky.social Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 13h
Cost of extending the fuel duty cut plus cancelled uprating next year: £2.4 billion.

Cost of freezing rail fares next year: £145 million.

Sixteen times more expensive to maintain the fuel duty cut/freeze than to freeze rail fares

Imagine how much fares could be *cut* by ending car fuel subsidies.
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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lbc.co.uk
‘The chill wind from the White House is already rippling through New Broadcasting House.’

@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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ragumpert.bsky.social
Photojournalist Arrested Covering ICE Protest as Authorities Impound His Camera Gear petapixel.com/2025/11/24/p...
Photojournalist Arrested Covering ICE Protest as Authorities Impound His Camera Gear
A GoFundMe campaign has been set up to help him with the costs.
petapixel.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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josiahmortimer.bsky.social
Today's good news corner: New data published in Transport for London’s Travel in London report shows cycling journeys are up by 43% compared with 2019 levels

Tfl says the number of daily cycle journeys has increased by 13% since 2024 alone, with 1.5 million daily journeys taking place in 2025 (1/x)
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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rutgerbregman.com
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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marcdavenant.bsky.social
I spent hours yesterday at the tent encampment behind the Adelphi in London and as a result have sent this open letter with a plea for a meaningful intervention to
Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk
Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social
@matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social
@paulabarkermp.bsky.social and Bob Blackman
A plea for a meaningful intervention - Adelphi tent encampment London Dear Paula, Bob and Matthew I wanted to thank you again for facilitating the display of my Outsiders exhibition on homelessness inside Parliament last year. The touring exhibition has now had over 120,000 visitors and continues to tour. Matthew I really valued our conversation about homelessness in the exhibition space - it was clear to me then that you really understood the issues and were determined to do something meaningful to address the problems. Dear Adam and Sadia You don't know me, but I am a documentary photographer who works with marginalised communities and uses photography to highlight social inequality. You can see something about the Outsiders project on homelessness and substandard housing here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnOdqk4req0o Dear All Five of the participants in Outsiders have now died while experiencing homelessness. Since I stopped the photography in 2022 the situation has become exponentially worse both in London and in the other cities which I covered during the project. One of the most noticeable changes has been the development of tent encampments and I am writing to all of you about the encampment which is currently behind the Adelphi in London. I believe plans are being drawn up to get an injunction to clear the encampment without any meaningrut Intervention to address the problems laced by the community there. It seems to me that it is an extraordinary situation that in the wealthiest borough, in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, these people are struggling to survive against all the odds and not receiving the support needed to transition them out of homelessness and help them become productive members of society. As a society we are defined by how we treat the poor. Regardless of the legal position I believe that we all have a moral and ethical responsibility towards those who have fallen through the gaps and ended up experiencing homelessness. The people in this encampment are vulnerable and marginalised. The women have all been sexually assaulted or subjected to violence while sleeping rough in London. They rely on the men in the encampment for their safety and if the camp is simply cleared, they will end up back on the street with no safety net, likely being subjected to ongoing sexual abuse and exploitation. People in the camp have both mental and physical health needs which need to be addressed. One has diabetes, has open sores on his legs and is likely to suffer amputations, blindness and possibly death via diabetic coma unless this is addressed. There are mental nean ana suostance abuse chauenges as wel. However overa nis is a close knit communit wrich nas become ponded togeter ov the power of a shared experience. Disbanding the camp with no plans for transitioning the occupants into a stable home would be cruel and irresponsible. The people in the camp also rely on their dogs to provide emotional support. One of the worst things about sleeping rough is being ignored and treated like something less than human. Having something to love and which will love you back unconditionally can be the difference between life and death for someone in their situation. All of them have been told they will have to give up their dogs to get support. I believe that to be an inhumane and unreasonable position to take. There is a desperate need for a multidisciplinary intervention with this camp. If you bulldoze it you will break the bonds within the community ana simply move the problem somewnere else. It isn t a solution to what nas become a nuge problem tor society and is a test for your humanity as the people with the power to change things. Collectively you control billions in spending, control the public policy on homelessness and housing and do have the power to intervene and ensure a positive outcome for the people in this camp. I have attached some portraits taken yesterday and would urge you to look at them and consider how you would feel if they were members of your family who had fallen on hard times. I know that with a sweep of a pen you can simply have them moved on but would ask you to consider whether there is a different approach and who gains from simply sweeone unese oroolems under ine caroet. Experience has taught me to have very low expectations when it comes to asking for support like this in a society which knows the price or everything ana the value or little, but i belleve that you are all good people who came Into public service with the best of Intentions and hope you can find it in your hearts to help. Thank you all for reading this and I hope something can be done. Best Marc Davenant
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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thenerve.news
NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
Picture of Nathan Gill arriving at court. Headline: Reform UK and Russian Bribes. A Nathan Gill Timeline.
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
😂
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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carolecadwalla.bsky.social
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...
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
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robb.stankey.me
Sarah Kendzior's response: substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
I was suspended from BlueSky for defending the honor of Johnny Cash. I wish I were joking. In early October, I referenced the “I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die” lyric of “Folsom Prison Blues” in response to a terrible Wall Street Journal article saying that Johnny Cash was uncool. I quote-tweeted the article and everyone understood the reference. There was no outcry. I stand by my assessment that Johnny Cash is cool. I do not like being the subject of so much attention, especially when I cannot see the discussion. But the BlueSky admins are now claiming that I wrote a post saying, out of nowhere, “I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die”. They are not posting a screenshot of the actual tweet, which shows that I am quote-tweeting an article about Johnny Cash, and that my post is obviously not a threat but a play on “Folsom Prison Blues.” BlueSky is lying and saying I posted this line on November 10. I did not. I posted it in early October, when the WSJ article came out. You can see that they are lying about the date from this page showing my last BlueSky tweets: I was not given any explanation for my suspension the first two times I inquired. Later I was told it was for the “Folsom Prison Blues” reference, and I asked for clarification but did not receive it. I thought it might be a prank until a reporter reached out this morning and confirmed it. BlueSky’s behavior is bizarre and unwarranted. I have lost access to friends and all my posts and photos. I am incredibly grateful for the outpouring of support here on Substack and also on BlueSky — though I cannot see it, because I am suspended. To quote another Johnny Cash song: "I ain’t never done nothin' to nobody/ I ain’t never got nothin’ from nobody, no time/ And until I get somethin' from somebody, sometime, I don't intend to do nothin' for nobody, no time." As for BlueSky…
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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ianfraser.bsky.social
Art gallery where Princess Eugénie is director charged with busting Russian sanctions.

The gallery's owners, Iwan Wirth and Manuela Hauser, also own the Groucho Club in London and Fife Arms in Braemar.

www.thetimes.com/article/6fbf...
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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aridrennen.bsky.social
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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coolbikeart1.bsky.social
Bicycles - Why you might need more than one
Artist: Dave Walker
Cartoon illustration of a shed completely filled with bicycles and the text: Bicycles, why you might need more than one. The rest of the picture is descriptions of different kinds of bicycles with labeling arrows pointing to inside the shed.
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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lewisgoodall.com
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.

New piece from me.

open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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bearlypolitics.co.uk
The BBC’s week from hell might look like accountability - but there is more than a whiff of orchestration about it all.

When the Telegraph cheers and Trump claps, you have to ask yourself:

Who, exactly, benefits when the Beeb bleeds?
The Beeb Bleeds, the Telegraph Cheers, and Trump Claps From the Balcony
The people who always hated public broadcasting finally smell blood - and the BBC seems too tired and compromised to fight back.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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anonopin.bsky.social
Unless there's an unbreakably valid safety reason why not, all button-operated pedestrian crossings should activate the lights in pedestrians' favour instantly when pressed.
November 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Layoffs are reaching their highest levels since the pandemic, but America's corporate elite have never been doing better.

Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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transmetropolitanr.bsky.social
lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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katienotopoulos.bsky.social
This article is really great bc it's about an org everyone knows but seems so boring we forget about it (Common Crawl) and turns out they're doing something extremely shady, AND the guy in charge keeps saying the most damning things to a reporter www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
The Nonprofit Doing the AI Industry’s Dirty Work
The web archive Common Crawl has been quietly funneling paywalled articles to AI companies—and lying to publishers about it.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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bsrg1.bsky.social
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
Nobody had even heard of Katie Lam outside of Westminster until about two weeks ago.

Literally all it takes to be considered "brilliant" and a "rising star" on the right of British politics now is just a willingness to say something slightly more racist than all of your competitors
October 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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drjennings.bsky.social
It’s impossible to avoid the conclusion that large parts of Westminster remaining on X - a platform that tolerates and amplifies extremism and racism - has led a great many people to normalise what previously was unacceptable.
October 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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coldwarsteve.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM