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

submitted 10 hours ago • 140 comments

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

submitted 10 hours ago • 2475 comments

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

submitted 13 hours ago • 14 comments

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

submitted 13 hours ago • 132 comments

I miss DEI

submitted 3 days ago • 2282 comments

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/

submitted 3 days ago • 129 comments

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

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

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

submitted 15 days ago • 15 comments

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...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

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

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

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

submitted 18 days ago • 56 comments

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

submitted 20 days ago • 50 comments

@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.

submitted 21 days ago • 34 comments

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

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

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

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

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...

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

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."

submitted 27 days ago • 708 comments

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

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

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

submitted 28 days ago • 6 comments

Wonderful evisceration as usual from Marina Hyde

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

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...

submitted 28 days ago • 9 comments

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

submitted 30 days ago • 17 comments

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...

submitted 31 days ago • 43 comments

Apple Intelligence’s commitment to writing incomprehensible summaries is unparalleled

submitted 33 days ago • 278 comments

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

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

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...

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Heil Tesla

submitted 37 days ago • 42 comments

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...

submitted 42 days ago • 10 comments

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

submitted 42 days ago • 136 comments

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...

submitted 42 days ago • 4 comments

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

submitted 48 days ago • 116 comments

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

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

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

submitted 53 days ago • 2 comments

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-...

submitted 54 days ago • 84 comments

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

submitted 55 days ago • 21 comments

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

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

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

submitted 56 days ago • 124 comments

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

submitted 57 days ago • 53 comments

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

submitted 57 days ago • 75 comments

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

submitted 58 days ago • 8 comments

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

submitted 58 days ago • 65 comments