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Lots of folks are, understandably, not cool with a driver who does 81 mph in a posted 65, and then whines about being held accountable for that dangerous, antisocial behaviour. I stand with those folks. Violation of the social contract, my arse.

Beach Walk, Whitby, by Bridget Wilkinson. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

Because he's equal parts lazy fucker and slippery little shit, Farage took an IfG figure for achieving net zero, and presented it as if it will wholly come from the taxpayer, when most is private sector investment. Also left out: the cost of *not* achieving net zero. m.youtube.com/watch?v=m_R4...

Just this fuck in particular.

Nothing says care for public realm like tarmacing over a D-lock πŸ™ˆπŸ™ˆ

UK Media is doing the meme today.

Kids thrive on PM2.5

#AdoorableThursday Dartford

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Of course we are.

Good to know.

Some of those that work forces Are the same that burn crosses

I've always known she's inspirational, but I didn't know that my amazing wife had inspired an actual book.

Yeah, I'd spotted that; distinct out-grouping going on.

It's all go here.

A fine drop of Farm Yard What's That Then? IPA in Kendal's Brewery Arts Centre.

@shitlawns.bsky.social …

"Like most of the British establishment, Cameron didn't take English nationalism seriously. It was an obsession confined to those they dismissed as 'swivel-eyed loons'. Nationalism was a Scottish & Irish disease (with a minor Welsh variant). He was, of course, profoundly wrong." A good read, this.

If your industry is only viable with theft, then it deserves to die.

"The evidence is clear: lower speed limits make the roads safer for everyone." Kudos to @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article...

It does not need to be this way...

Black Marks, 1998 by Japanese printmaker Ayomi Yoshida, woodblock print, the Tokyo-based artist explores the medium's roots in Buddhism #WomenArt

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πŸ“š ΒΏy tΓΉ? πŸ“–

I know it's early, but will anyone join me in a delicious glass of schadenfreude?

We once had a dog who would chase a torch beam across the living room carpet, and pounce on where it shone. She was smarter than Badenoch.

If you need a cookie not to become a bigot then you were always going to be a bigot.

I'm listening to contemporary jazz. Oh yes I am. [GoGo Penguin, for both people interested]

HARVARD PROF David Armitage: β€œWe’re being made an example of by Trump β€” authoritarians across the world go for the universities first, because they’re set up for freedom of thought and provide critical opposition.”

Yep. I can't say with confidence what you'll find half way between the truth and a lie, but it's very unlikely to be the truth.

Love the brevity.

Yeah, nah: taxjustice.uk/blog/wealth-...

Thoughts and prayers.

Go 'Straya

Given the strong and growing evidence base that 20mph speed limits make roads and streets safer, the optics of this are terrible for the bus company. They're fortunate to be given time to back up their concerns; other councils may have just called their bluff. www.transportxtra.com/publications...

More ambitious politicians.

Got it.

Yes, they will, and I have.