So, under the proposed refugee plans from the UK Home Secretary, would Olympic hero, Sir Mo Farah, be offered a knighthood or a ticket back to his birthplace, Somalia?

Jonathan Pie is on fire. youtu.be/iCMnJ4KicW8?...

On Veterans Day we honor those courageous men and women who answered the call and swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution 🙏

Orrrrrr you could just put HEPA filters into every workplace and allow people to work from home again instead of forcing them into offices infecting one another. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Underground, Overground My hunt to find locations where you can see Underground trains traveling over Overground trains (or vice versa) continues. This vantage point near East Putney station has views of tube trains traveling over the railway. I waited 30 mins to get this shot.

Celebrity Traitors

An advisory opinion

London is proud to host Japan's Grand Sumo Tournament this week - it's fantastic to see the the teams using our cycling infrastructure to get around.

#BBCNews Just reported that British medics had rejected Donald tRump's theory about paracetamol and autism, as if he was an expert in the field in his spare time. No mention of why it was rejected, or whether it was bonkers and dangerous. Why not say, "He's a dangerous, lying idiot."

Interesting how you never see the head of this school on Question Time or elsewhere opining on the culture-war topic of the day.

Who else thinks Putin will agree to handing back the invaded parts of Ukraine, if tRump gives him back Alaska?

The Monty Python law: “this is getting silly” is a good point at which to consider changing course.

Desperation of people in Gaza is visible from space in extraordinary image from Planet Labs PBC captured on Saturday afternoon showing crowds on and around aid trucks north of Morag Corridor. The same scene is visible at street level in numerous videos like this one: www.instagram.com/p/DMkmVvNo6nj/

Midges attacking Trump but not those other people? Well done, midges.

The FT View: The longer it has continued, the more it has borne the hallmarks of a vengeful assault by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government to destroy the very fabric of Palestinian society. https://on.ft.com/3UBv3Us

“We will not allow a windmill to be built in the United States. They're killing us. They're killing the beauty of our scenery, our valleys, our beautiful plains. And I'm not talking about airplanes. I'm talking about beautiful plains” Jesus, 🇺🇸 . Is this the best you could find to be President?

I’m seeing many reposts of Donald Trump’s demented distraction from the Jeffrey Epstein mess about Rosie O’Donnell. What I’m not seeing is her sassy response. Here it is:

BBC kindly pointing out that the Live Aid appeal is no longer active, so don't bother sending your cheque to the National Giro bank (closed in 2003)!

If only I was lucky enough to live in a country that had railways. Oh, wait!

So, this time Nick Robinson waffles on about "dangerous illegal ebikes" that speed over 40mph , when he means fake, illegal electric motorbikes. #BBCRadio4Today seems to have a problem describing the vehicles that some food firms use to deliver food. Wilful ignorance?

What other sporting event would have the commentator read out excerpts from Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables"? Chapeau, Ned Boulting! ITV4, #tdf #ITV

According to the UK government, and thanks to Yvette Cooper and Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, these elderly people are all legally terrorism supporters for holding ‘I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action’ signs www.instagram.com/reel/DLunNar... (London)

obviously this is mental in and of itself but man alive it really does suck extra hard when you think about all the ACTUAL CRIMES the police just isn't investigating, because of "lack of resources"

I love how the right is trying to scare us by saying the United States is turning into one of those European countries with great mass transit and free healthcare.

I HAVE NOW RESTORED THE ROMAN EMPIRE. THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL CEASEFIRE IN ITALY THERE IS NO WAR WITH THE GOTHS AND THERE IS UNIVERSAL PROSPERITY, ANYBODY SPREADING RUMOURS ABOUT A plague IS WRONG, THER IS ALSO NO HERESY ANYMORE ALL IS ORTHODOX THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER, YOUR EMPEROR

You're probably tucked up in bed or getting ready for Monday, but if you're looking for something to scroll mindlessly that's a tad more interesting than most of the rubbish on here, here's my latest blog post. So hot off the press it's still steaming www.passportandpixels.com/ancient-egyp...

Why do journos on #radio4 Today programme feel it's OK to be inaccurate when discussing ebikes, fake or legal? And why not have someone on who knows the subject, rather than Iain Duncan Smith, a politician who happily conflates legal, illegal, pedal, electric and mopeds in the same sentence?

If Kim Jong Un and Vlad Putin can have big parades, then why not the mango nan?

The flags of the EU are out in force in Richmond upon Thames this week.

Jesus Christ that 2nd photo. How can you not desperately want that in your neighborhood?

For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other items has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel. Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare. Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.

Ed McLaughlin, who rides his bike every morning, said he’s proof that it’s never too late to start a hobby. “You need to exercise every day,” said McLaughlin, now 96, adding that he prefers cycling to indoor fitness activities.

If you know, you know

In the Comic Timing dep't, feline division... (via @cosmonautroger on Tumblr)

Calm quiet safe pollution free. Lovely

Fundamentally the issue is clear: if I leave my home and choose the most polluting and antisocial form of transport my local authority makes this easy; if I try to be responsible, pro-social and healthy, my local authority makes this hard

STOP what you are doing, find some headphones or a secluded location, and watch this. I am crying with laughter and admiration at an idea seen through to its (nearly) bitter end. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD3Q... Sound--as they say--on.

WELL...It looks like Felon 47 is guilty of Extortion!!!

So much for the right to have an opinion.

“The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying ‘anti-Christian bias’ as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new order on supporting employees of Christian faith.”

Lots of differences but the similarity with Truss is that a lot of the market response is less about the specific event and more the realisation that these people really are total clowns and there's no clever plan behind the public statements of blathering ignorance.

53 people on bikes leaving this Utrecht parking garage in 30 seconds. It's clean. I can hear people talking. Now imagine 53 cars leaving this parking garage. 53 mensen op de fiets in 30 seconden. Het is schoon. Ik hoor mensen praten. Stel je nu eens voor dat er 53 auto's een parkeergarage verlaten.

"The Heard and McDonald Islands have exploited our nation’s economy for decades. Now, instead of paying exorbitantly high prices for penguin-made products, American consumers will revitalize the American ice and freshly vomited fish industries."

The purpose of the WWII sacrifices was to defeat the people making Nazi salutes - not to enrich them

The FALKLAND ISLANDS⁉️⁉️⁉️ Population under 4,000 That’s kinda 1% for every 40 people. Which is probably about as much thought as went into determining the tariff

You truly could not make it up. You could not.