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Watching Joffrey and Reek trying to bully Jon Snow was quite a thing.

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

Slava Ukraini. 💙💛Zelensky. Go fuck yourself Trumpy.

The most shameful day for the United States of America in any of our lifetimes.

I miss DEI

Last week, the new owners of the Observer wrote to tell me they would *not* be issuing me with a new contract. 🤷‍♀️ So...I want to say publicly that it was an absolute privilege to speak on behalf of my Observer colleagues during our strike. I don't regret doing so. And I learned so much from it. 1/

Incredible. Second visit for Martin to the Dexeus hospital in Barcelona after yet another injury. Rains and pours etc. This one sounds pretty nasty as well. MotoGP 2025 starts without its reigning champion this weekend

NEW: The Papua New Guinea Courier's overseas correspondent, with the very latest from Washington. open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...

Sepang is done and dusted, Buriram is up next. For subscribers, what each factory learned at Sepang, and what they will need to be testing in Thailand. motomatters.com/analysis/202...

www.motorcyclenews.com/sport/britis... Big news for #iomtt

It's...not countering if....it's....the same stuff.

Is this real?? Sckening - serving up people’s suffering to appease the populist Right. When will Labour learn you can’t out-Reform Reform? Instead, offer a far bolder agenda of green investment in local communities, public services in public hands, wealth taxes on super-rich, & a bit of hope FFS

@bsky.app guys can you bring back @vizcomic.bsky.social please? They're one of the foundational institutions of British comedy. Absolute filth of course, but that's how we like it.

Max Richter has spoken to UK MPs in two select committees to argue against UK government plans to allow artificial technology (AI) to be trained using copyrighted music. #MaxRichter Warns UK MPs of Effect of AI on Music https://buff.ly/3QawzLc

‘From 2019 to 2024 we improved six tenths, and from 2024 to 2025 we improved eight tenths’

New Paddock Pass Podcast online. A fresh reaction, and a bucketload of observations from the first proper day of MotoGP 2025 and the Sepang test: on.soundcloud.com/XRFBP9pMNN6D...

Incredibly moving Justin Trudeau remarks: "We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people....Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us."

Moved onto Malaysia from Indonesia! First MotoGP test of the year this week here 😎👍🏻

A massive vote of thanks to the efforts of British Divers Marine Life Rescue who today freed a Humpback Whale tangled in plastic line in Scotland . Brave (it’s dangerous work) , rapid and effective . Thank you . Please donate here www.justgiving.com/bdmlr

Wonderful evisceration as usual from Marina Hyde

MV Agusta is no longer part of KTM. It’s back in the hands of the Russian Sardarov family - Timur & billionaire oligarch dad Rashid (pith hat), a personal friend of Putin who loves wildlife hunting panamapapers.investigativecenters.org/namibia-russ...

I worry about bats and newts, more than I do about flying and other useless growth objectives.

The Prince Charles - a West End institution - is under threat. Support them, unless you want to see another fucking M&M superstore where this beautiful cinema is. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Apple Intelligence’s commitment to writing incomprehensible summaries is unparalleled

UK motorcyclists: please sign this petition to implement a strategy to protect motorcyclists from imports of unsafe clothing. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

In case you missed it...latest OTOR Blog and observations from a chilly but well fed-and-watered event in Italy for the Ducati Lenovo team launch: ontrackoffroad.substack.com/p/the-flirta...

Heil Tesla

Pals pals pals!! SEVERANCE is back!!!!! @robmahoney.bsky.social and I will be here every week to break it down on the Prestige TV feed so we want your theories and thoughts. Come on down to the pineapple bobbing tank. Water's fine. open.spotify.com/episode/6GDf...

Still completely surreal to me that Google chose to light its search engine on fire

A new era for On-Track Off-Road and slight reinvention as a long-form Blog containing insight and columns from MotoGP, MXGP, SMX (hopefully) and more. First-up: why there is a vast positive vibe around the 2025 Aprilia push. ontrackoffroad.substack.com/p/betting-on...

Tech inaugural donations: Biden Apple CEO: $0 Amazon: $276,509 Google: $337,500 Meta: $0 Microsoft: $500,000 OpenAI CEO: $0 Trump Apple CEO: $1,000,000 Amazon: $1,000,000 Google: $1,000,000 Meta: $1,000,000 Microsoft: $1,000,000 OpenAI CEO: $1,000,000 wapo.st/3PzjIC1

Love that these two are teammates at the ranch #motogp #iomtt

Revzilla is (are?) on Bluesky. Give them a follow, motorcycle people

Don't hate me but I've started a (free) substack. A sort of political journal to try and make some sense of it all. So here is the first one- why Farage may yet emerge from this humiliating day in a stronger position than before. Do subscribe ! goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/were-five-...

ah this is so great, you should read it even if you're not really into darts imo

If, like me, you've decided 2025 will be the year you start riding with an airbag, there are some great deals around. Reckon next gen versions must be about to launch. Just picked myself up a D-Air smart jacket. #motorcycles

Meta is testing, or has started to ship, its AI generated profiles, here on Instagram www.instagram.com/himamaliv #SocialWeb

Increasingly it feels like the only way to think about algorithmic media is that it’s a game normal people don’t even know they’re playing

A reminder that the current leader of the Conservative party describes herself as a "huge fan" of this "fantastic" man

2025 is a year where we need to stop amplifying those whose brutality and bigotry is also their living - as Eve Kosofsky Sedwick wrote - we spend too much time identify poison and not enough time seeking nourishment - our reaction to those who hate for profit rewards them

‘Trump is a little guy, Musk is a big guy’: historian predicts trouble for president-elect