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Lanky Londoner banished to Scotland with an unhealth obsession with radio, tv, Disney, aviation, politics & technology. Loves food too & runs to offset. he/him
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Matt Frei, "Everything everywhere all at once" "From mayhem in the markets to chaos in global security" "This is what 2.5 months of Trump the sequel have created so far" Exceptional coverage by #C4News

submitted 42 days ago • 3 comments

As the article (in thread) says, outsize SUVs cost the public purse more in terms of strain on the infrastructure & pollution, and are far more dangerous for pedestrians & cyclists. Yes, we should tax them and their usage heavily. Why on Earth should the rest of us subsidise this obnoxious trend?

submitted 46 days ago • 104 comments

Turns out Le Pen is not mightier than the fraud.

submitted 50 days ago • 421 comments

Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia will tomorrow permanently disconnect from Russia’s power grid. Russia can no longer use energy as a tool of blackmail. This is a victory for freedom and European unity.

submitted 102 days ago • 74 comments

US Obesity Rate By State In 2024 See how European countries compare: brilliantmaps.com/obesity-r...

submitted 101 days ago • 1 comment

submitted 101 days ago • 632 comments

Fewer than half of British people can name the 2022 British PM with a 5-letter surname starting with T. Politics can be more brutal than showbusiness sometimes.

submitted 113 days ago • 177 comments

Watching the Inauguration coverage…

submitted 119 days ago • 6 comments

If a man can’t give a Nazi salute at a party for a racist convicted fraudster and proven sex offender, then what kind of sick world are we living in, I ask you.

submitted 119 days ago • 72 comments

Now Alex has been banished will we see under the beanie? @scottygb.bsky.social

submitted 123 days ago • 0 comments

Untranslatable Words from Swedish, German, Finnish, Latvian, Greek and French credit: @europemagazine.bsky.social More Here: brilliantmaps.com/untransla...

submitted 128 days ago • 2 comments

What being a pedestrian feels like when you’ve surrendered too much space to cars, leaving too little for everyone and everything else. Powerful llustration by Karl Jilg for the Swedish Road Administration.

submitted 150 days ago • 13 comments

This opening paragraph really made me laugh 🤣

submitted 156 days ago • 42 comments

“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.” #Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.

submitted 158 days ago • 19 comments

Romania’s constitutional court has annulled the first round of the presidential election after declassified intelligence showed Russia ran a secret campaign on TikTok and Telegram to promote the Far Right first round winner Calin Georgescu, a complete outsider. This is how you do it.

submitted 165 days ago • 46 comments

Nice overview of the common heatpump myths and the reality here: (And thanks for differentiating between the places ppl think of as cold and “very cold climates where winter temperatures routinely fall below -20C”)

submitted 166 days ago • 1 comment

The Economist: "Acc. to the UN, the average daily food intake of a person in upper- & middle-income countries increased by about 40% btwn 1975 & 2021, to 3,300 kilocalories. In that time, obesity rates have more than tripled; today, nearly 1 in 3 people globally is either obese or overweight"

submitted 173 days ago • 1 comment

Incredible delivery, here. No notes.

submitted 175 days ago • 6 comments

The Brian Blessed Dry Gin Martini Ingredients: Gordon’s Olive

submitted 178 days ago • 34 comments

Appreciate this may not be a universally popular opinion but the less you treat BlueSky as a crusade or cause, and the more you position it as simply a superior user experience with a better governance approach, the more sustainable the growth will be.

submitted 181 days ago • 262 comments

Spending some time thinking about knowledge & ignorance. Loved listening to how their relationship helps us transcend both. Thank you RoryStewart www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

submitted 266 days ago • 1 comment