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Now, these are images of future cities the people living there can get behind - and it's happening right now, in Columbia. #GoodGreenNews

Me when my female friends talk about younger men:

rip brian wilson, this is my favorite story about him, from the "be my baby" wikipedia page, which has a section dedicated to him

I’m watching parliament’s women and equalities committee grill Baroness Falkner and the EHRC so you don’t have to, follow along with this thread for a summary of what’s said

people on chinese social media are saying a real authoritarian would have killed him by now btw

This is why I try to mix my political nonsense in with some aquarium nonsense, some cooking nonsense and some gardening nonsense

Those DOGE savings are adding up

LAPD when they think nobody is watching

It's really hard to watch a Labour government go all-in on AI and not conclude that they're hoping it will be a massive income/value generator like North Sea Oil in the 70s. Emphasis on the hope, though - I just don't see where the value comes from.

Watch the slow motion: it appears to me that the officers discuss the photographer and reporter before the one on the end fires on them (it looks to me like he's aiming at the camera, not the reporter, but you decide)

If you publish on substack, you should stop.

Made an absolutely delicious crab and tomato salad last night using this recipe. Strongly recommend. www.independent.co.uk/life-style/f...

I feel like the President of the United States threatening a private citizen if they support the rival political party should be a big story? - “If he does, he’ll have to pay the consequences for that,” Trump told NBC News. “He’ll have to pay very serious consequences if he does that,” he added. -

Reform UK struggles to find friends to share council power

The Financial Times editorial board calls on all members of the European Union to -Ban trade with Israeli settlements -Sanction settlers and settler organizations -Suspend offensive weapon exports to Israel -Sanction Smotrich and Ben-Gvir -Recognize the State of Palestine

Looking forward to Spurs finishing trophyless but in a much-improved eighth place next year

⚡️ Moscow ready to grant Musk asylum if necessary amid rift with Trump, Russian official says. "I think Musk is playing a completely different game," Dmitry Novikov, deputy chair of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, said.

Long-running pay dispute resolved www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/news/2025/lo... UNISON and Brighton & Hove council have successfully negotiated a resolution to a long-running dispute over pay for social workers in Adult Social Care services.

Amazingly

Twitter: this is how men with huge balls fight. This is what masculinity looks like Bluesky: this is the first messy breakup of pride month

‘Few persons can be aware…of the rich tawny hue that Egyptian limestone assumes after ages of exposure to the blaze of an Egyptian sky. In certain lights, the pyramids look like piles of…gold.’ ~Amelia Edwards. Tomorrow #BookWormSat celebrates Amelia Edwards with literature from or about Egypt.

Only two months before his Tesla mysteriously explodes, except it won’t be a mystery as that’s generally what they do

“Desire paths” are unofficial trails, usually bypassing a planned path, that reveal the most convenient route to get somewhere. The people (AKA meanderthals) that tramp along these routes often wear away grass, creating the secondary path Walk this way for more on desire paths (a thread / tread)...

I will say it if no-one will: it's amazing to me that if you're a woman and would like to buy summer swimwear, your only two options are seemingly "god no I don't swim, if I breathe my entire tit will fall out" or "ach ja, ich had a wonderful time swimming for East Germany at the 1988 Olympics "

A lovely gift from my friend Makis before I left Greece: 𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘢𝘯 by Marianna Leivaditaki - recipes from the mountains to the sea. Looking forward to spending time with it and cooking some of the beautiful dishes. #cookbooksky 📖🍽️

A dim bulb brightens

Who’s got green shoots? #WeGotGreenShoots

The billionaire class poisons activist discourse spaces by filling them with white noise, making it harder to use the internet to build social movements. Now they're coming for the knowledge spaces too, at a time when political assaults on real-world learning spaces are growing.