That "in 30 years' time" he mentions, it will fly by. I swear my last 6 years passed in heartbeat. Below 40, the decades feel like they will last forever. So, go ride that bike; see that band; really talk to the people in your life, before they're gone and it's too late.

Everyone who spent the last 50 years lobbying for and agreeing to delays and dilution of climate action is responsible for these heat deaths. Hope the pay cheques were worth it.

I am once again wondering whether "no, the legitimate concerns racists don't have a point, fuck off, they're racist" might have been a better way of combating the far right.

“I entered prison weighing 120 kilograms and left weighing 60 kilograms.” On the inhumane treatment of Palestinians in Israeli prisons. No charges (but suspicions), no trials, no dignity. Instead beatings, torture, withholding of food and medicines and non adherence to basic human rights.

These people are not feminists. These people are bigots True Feminism is the fight for equality for all

#WillCycle #Throwback: Kit Review – West Biking Panniers West Biking 25 litres panniers overall rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Panniers are essential cycle touring pieces of kit, as well as extremely useful for commuting. Generally speaking... https://www.willcycle.com/kit-review/kit-review-west-biking-panniers/

One someone says, "Just one moment!" How long is that, do you think? 🤔 Actually we know how long it should be because around the 14th century, hours were divided into points, moments, ounces, and atoms. Since an hour had four points and each point contained ten moments, one moment equaled […]

This, fundamentally, is how you know which side is right, because the side backed by actual science hasn't changed its story since the 1950's, whereas climate deniers are constantly moving the goalposts.

Standard climate denier trajectory - "It's not happening" (becomes untenable) - "It's happening but natural" (becomes untenable) - "It's happening and man made but no big deal, or even beneficial" (becomes untenable) - "It's happening, man made and a problem, but we can't stop it"

Byline Times; on the money again.

Solar-plus-batteries is the cheapest energy source that humanity has ever invented. Right-wing parties, under the guise of "pragmatism" and "resilience" are pooh-poohing science in favour of direction from fossil-fuelled donors. Atlas Network isn't keen on evidence, but does like corporate cash.

I'm seeing so much rhetoric about not having time to delay curbside charging to facilitate the switch to electric cars, despite the obvious problems it both creates & entrenches. Where has this urgency been for public & active transport the last several decades? Indeed, where is it now?

A good thread

#WillCycle #Throwback: Summer holidays adventures with kids If you're a parent, you don't need reminding how expensive kids can be, or how difficult it can be to incorporate healthy activity and adventure into family ou... https://www.willcycle.com/adventure/summer-holidays-adventures-with-kids/

Make it stop.. Repeat after me... I will not borrow at expensive market rates (& pay a profit%) just to appear to borrow less To use politicians favourite metaphor your putting it in a credit card rather than getting a mortgage

About the most moral army in the world. Overwhelmingly USIAN. www.reddit.com/r/IsraelCrim...

#WillCycle #Throwback: Cycling Home From Siberia – Rob Lilwall I'm not sure that I'd want to cycle in the Siberian winter, and even if I did, I'm quite sure I wouldn't simply rely on an untested postie pair of... https://www.willcycle.com/cycle-touring/cycling-home-from-siberia-rob-lilwall/

#WillCycle #Throwback: Ouch! Saddle-sores – the unmentioned curse of cycling Saddle sores are not fun, especially not while you're on a long, multi-day cycle tour! They can be quite a challenge for cyclist... https://www.willcycle.com/adventure/ouch-saddle-sores-the-unmentioned-curse-of-cycling/

#WillCycle #Throwback: Revelstoke Drive [route_overview] Revelstoke drive was created in the 1880s, by Edward Baring, the first Baron Revelstoke, as a horse-carriage route, to show off some of the most scenic parts of his... https://www.willcycle.com/daycycle/revelstoke-drive/

Whatever your politics: stop leading with crisis, start leading with what we're building. "Lower bills, good jobs, healthier communities" is the rare climate message that wins across the aisle. Most people are far more worried than they let on. Give them the version with a way forward.

The most effective climate messenger isn't a scientist or a celebrity. It's a trusted voice in someone's own network. That's you. If this reframe helps, don't just like it, repost it with the one line you'd use to make the economic case to someone in your life. That's how it travels. 🌿👇

It's performative cruelty. Government institutions like the HO and DWP are at the forefront of the spiteful mindset that pervades Britain.

#AI is a threat to all of us. UK military looks at allowing lethal strikes without human approval - www.ft.com/content/a216... via @FT

💕FBU “We will not accept attempts to roll back hard-won rights… Statement reposted with Alt text

This! @privateeyenews.bsky.social #bluelabout @lukepollard.bsky.social @fredthomasuk.bsky.social

Genuinely odd sea surface temperature anomaly pattern in the North Atlantic right now: pulse.climate.copernicus.eu

This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

The headline talks about Antisemitism fears. Yet both people were criticising a genocidal Israeli Government. This constant conflation of criticism of Jewish people with criticism of Israel makes me as a Jewish person feel less safe. Such a dangerous decision by Labour.

The fucking Guardian really is the spiritual home for trans hatred. You have to assume they have a massive Rowling statue in the building somewhere that the staff have to pray to three times a day.

Interesting thread.

This makes me so angry! Cast your memory back 6 years and care workers were understood to be essential. We treat them poorly as it is (crap hours, crap pay) - and now families are being broken up! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Spot on. "With climate change and the other geopolitical challenges around the world, food security can't be taken for granted any more." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#WillCycle #Throwback: Cycle tour destroyer If like me, you spend considerable time planning and preparing for a cycle tour, then you'll be excited when the day comes to go cycle touring. Finally, a chance to... https://www.willcycle.com/cycle-touring/cycle-tour-destroyer/

#WillCycle #Throwback: Treasure Hunt: A Cycling Adventure You Can’t Plan For Somewhere along some of WillCycle's traffic-free routes, there are stickers hidden. Those were been placed there deliberately, ... https://www.willcycle.com/adventure/treasure-hunt-a-cycling-adventure-you-cant-plan-for/

This is a really grim decision alongside Cenk. People often talk about dangerous road we'd go down under a Reform government - this is another clear warning we're down there already. A Labour government doing everything possible to silence criticism of the Israeli Government

FFS "A man crashed his car into a wall, knocking it onto the rail line and shutting it for five hours. He disappeared during that time and attacked police after a manhunt. " "has been allowed to keep his licence so he won't lose his job at the National Grid." Talk about #motonormativity. Get […]

This femininity policing is not just an unexpected outcome from people too stupid to see it coming, it’s the point. TERFs are bigots and fascists. Even the women involved at some level want women back in their place. “Don’t go to the gym. Spend more time on your hair. Get surgery if you have to.”

TERFs are making the world less safe for CIS women too. Everyone’s femininity is now being policed, and if you don’t look exactly like how they expect (tall, strong, jawline, etc) people will be verbally and possibly physically assaulted. Everyone loses with the rise of transphobia.

Labour do not work for you, they work for the 1%. In fact, they don’t just not work for you, they actively work against you. The only “change” they offer is further embedding the systems that result in you paying more for less.

Oh, just Labour yet again taking orders from Israel.

#WillCycle #Throwback: A Bike Ride, by Anne Mustoe In 1983, the head teacher of a posh girl's school in Suffolk was on holiday in India. Out the window of the tour bus, she saw a cyclist, and instantly... https://www.willcycle.com/book-review/a-bike-ride-by-anne-mustoe/

#WillCycle #Throwback: The Great North Road, by Steve Silk I recently reviewed another cycle touring book by Steve Silk, and that reminded me I never got round to doing a review for The Great North Road, despite having ... https://www.willcycle.com/book-review/the-great-north-road-by-steve-silk/

#WillCycle #Throwback: An act of rebellion You can't accuse me of not nailing my colours to the mast. I loudly and proudly oppose racism, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, xenophobia, genocide and more. Climate change I understand t... https://www.willcycle.com/better-world/an-act-of-rebellion/

#WillCycle #Throwback: AI can’t ride a bicycle I'm absolutely sick to the back teeth about yet another company "upgrading" their product to be "enhanced" by AI! The Luddites In the UK there's a description often incorrectly used... https://www.willcycle.com/better-world/ai-cant-ride-a-bicycle/

🎨Michel Canetti

I still have the day off tomorrow (though had to stand in for someone else, and worked 6 hours today!) Having ANOTHER early night. I just can't seem to get enough rest, and am feeling tired.

@patagonia.com Are you for real? This makes you look like complete idiots. Did you pay Argentina and Chile for rights to the name? Grow up, don't be dicks. Leave Pattie alone. You are hurt more by your own actions than her name. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

IMPORTANT: For any artists/writers/etc etc, using Linktree to point people to their work, from 5 July, they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E by OpenAI. I deleted my account this morning.

#WillCycle #Throwback: Upgrade is the new N+1 My bike is, as I'm writing this, eight years old, and has carried me over many thousands of miles. As you'd expect, it took a battering over that time, including... https://www.willcycle.com/back-to-basics/upgrade-is-the-new-n1/