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Most of us are surrounded by things we use without even really thinking about them – door handles, kitchen utensils, light switches – and now the V&A Museum wants you to think about them, in a very different way. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/fro...

After prescribing cycling for President Eisenhower after his heart attack, cardiologist Dr. Paul Dudley White became America's most prominent advocate of cycling for preventative health. Happy #BicycleBirthday! June 6 (1886-1973)

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Okay, final offer: They get their marbles back, but have to take Osborne, too

🏆 I love LA.

*** BREAKING *** Liz Truss has responded to Mel Stride. This is it, this is our Trump vs Musk. thecritic.co.uk/what-mel-str...

The Onion doesn’t miss

Three never works. Ask Lady Di.

This makes zero sense. If you want peace, you have to impose the sanctions. Then you have leverage. Trump is enabling Russia’s war, just as Moscow hoped and expected. He just does what he is told. Not even by Putin directly. By Putin’s underlings. Over and over.

A Lib Dem source said: “We have sent Agent Truss so deep undercover that Kemi Badenoch can’t even say if she is in the party anymore. Truly stunning work.”

The Florida Bar has filed misconduct charges against Attorney General Pam Bondi. She has been in violation of multiple ethics rules since being sworn in.

In my three decades of staring at pixels, this may be the worst thing I have ever seen.

If you think he's mad now, wait until he finds out the resale price for Teslas.

Kemi Badenoch: I remember the SDP-Liberal alliance at 50 per cent in the polls... That was when she was two years old, and living in Nigeria. #wato

Lovely to arrive at Cheltenham lido this morning (on foot) and discover that they’ve covered their car park in solar panels since I was last here. This should be standard for car parks everywhere. Same goes for any large roof.

Zelensky has promised to stop the war between Trump and Musk in 24 hours.

Heroes Couple save six people after boat explodes on river www.bbc.com/news/article...

As I reported last week the plane carrying the men to South Sudan was still over the Atlantic Ocean when the judge said they had to stay in American custody in any way the government chose to do that…going to Djibouti was definitely a deliberate choice

She was clingy, like a LinkedIn connect request from someone with "Business Development" in their title.

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At a child first aid course. Fascinated to learn that around 20% of people survive heart attacks in Denmark vs 10% in UK: 90% of Danes are first aid trained vs 38% of Brits. Reason? Done at school and you need to pass first aid to pass driving test in Denmark.

So then Elon goes "Kill the Bill!" and Trump goes "Elon has TDS!" so Elon goes "I'm the reason Trump won!" so Trump goes "we waste billions on Elon!" so Elon goes "Epstein!" and a corpulent flunkie goes "Deport Elon!" and Elon goes "Impeach!" And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.

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Good quote from Ed Miliband: "Solar panels can save people hundreds of pounds off their energy bills, so it is just common sense for new homes to have them fitted as standard. So many people just don’t understand why this doesn’t already happen. With our plans, it will" www.gov.uk/government/n...

If it’s 6 June, it must be 193 years to the day since Jeremy Bentham died, stipulating in his will that his body should be preserved at University College London so he could be wheeled in to attend every council meeting. Well... except most of the stories about his remains aren’t true 🧵

Ukrainian national track team in Lutsk for the national championship was hit by Russian shelling overnight, per media. 6 missiles and 15 Shahed drones struck residential areas and the city center, targeting the "Motor" hotel where the team stayed.

An annual reminder of what true leadership looks like: General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s note - in the event that D-Day had been a failure - makes explicit that the failure is *his* responsibility … “If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone” #DDay #leadership #6June1944

Scores and scores of tickets available for Beyoncé at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium tonight, first of six nights

The tactic for Labour should be simple. Govern as a Labour Party. Don’t try to take Reform’s place, or Reform’s voters. Let Reform implode.

Time to do something silly I've a rare chance to take a day off, so I'm on the train to Cardiff from where I'll walk back home to Swansea Updates to come, as I see interesting things

So Ukraine carries out a very specific and tactical attack on military targets and in return Russia bombs civilians. I imagine Trump (and other world leaders who should be standing up) will simply not see the disparity. Perhaps the Ukrainian drones should just go for Moscow.

With the massive caveat that I’m not a political pundit, but extrapolating from by-elections to general elections is a bit bizarre.