Gonna attempt a half marathon tomorrow (the real thing is in 3 weeks’ time 🥶) fuelled mostly by gels (perhaps a pastry break as well if I’m really suffering). I’m thinking that the chances of shitting myself are quite high 🥶

I sort of hate how dependent we are on Wetherspoons with the sport that we do (long distance cycling, where getting your hands on food and drink FASTTTTT is sort of critical)

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... by @petridishes.bsky.social

A quiet night ride under a full moon. 🌕 Two cyclists on an empty road, watched by an owl in the trees. This is Night Ride — an original hand-printed linocut inspired by night cycling and rural landscapes. Is this your type of ride?

Bonjour

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Two former presidents felt compelled to comment publicly

I just thought everyone should see this

Holy shit. I’ve arranged to meet friends tomorrow night BUT ITS THE TRAITORS FINAL OH MY GOD

Stephen and Rachel during most of the roundtable #TheTraitors

www.thenation.com/article/acti... Hit them where it hurts them - boycotts can work

Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears: archive.is/ur35j

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

Stephen about to live a gay man's greatest dream of watching the ultimate motherquake #TheTraitors

Stephen while all of this is happening = red-faced, incredulous, unable to watch what is happening (v suspicious behaviour tbh)

Absolutely mad. 👀 (Tbh I think Fiona has fucked it with that audacious move)

Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.

My biggest year yet, with some bonus running thrown in for good measure!

Partway through my December 200k audax. Fuck me, it’s bad. Not ostentatiously bad, but not enjoyable really

That’s the fugliest redesign I’ve ever seen. Jesus!!!

WHO MANAGED TO BUY A LAST MINUTE TICKET FOR DOVES SUPPORTED BY HAYDEN THORPE FOR CAMBRIDGE TONIGHT FOR LESS THAN THE RRP!

Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.

Knives Out 3! So satisfying on so many levels. Top notch murder mystery shit with so much humour and so much heart - this is what distinguishes the Knives Out films from your average murder mystery. I’ve adored all of them so far ❤️

Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health. The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information. They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift. Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr

I haven’t eaten since lunch but I’ve had quite a lot of liquid calories (I’m starving 🥶😬🥺)

I will go to my grave screaming about how Pennywise being a clown hits completely different for anyone under 40 or 50, because the original intent was that Pennywise LOOKED HARMLESS, because “IT” predates scary clowns, & if the story were modern, Pennywise would manifest as a ninja turtle or Luffy

Riding 45km from the brewery back home when you’re half cut 🚫 Dicking around half cut on the phone on the train instead ✅

I love a good mid-week movie. Chill vibes. And oh, hey, #WakeUpDeadMan is in theaters! See my pinned post for a theater finder link. We drop Friday on Netflix ⏰☠️🪦

“Chrimbo”

cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to have stumbled upon the Paris building shared by metal music fans and the union for metal workers, what a delight

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

Me- “I’m planning to semi-retire from audax this season ✌️” Also me - “I’m going to organise an all-ladies Easter Arrow team and ride 3 audaxes and run a fucking half marathon next March(?!)” 👀😬

Also www.buynothingday.co.uk

I appreciate that Black Friday sales are a great opportunity to buy something that you truly need or have coveted for a while for less money but GOOD GOD I AM SICK OF BEING BOMBARDED WITH EMAILS ABOUT BLOODY BLACK FRIDAY

Cc @owenaudax.bsky.social ❄️😬

The Discover tab is insane though! Mine is moderately interesting stuff interspersed with booby anime ladies (I have zero interest in booby anime ladies)

Number of times I have exclaimed a desire to travel to, or to be in Spain (specifically Mallorca or the Canaries) today = at least 10 🥶❄️

Another season of Line of Duty…!

Breaking: Line of Duty has been confirmed for a seventh series, BBC has said. 17 million people saw the series six finale in 2021. Steve, Ted Hastings (like the battle) and Kate are all reprising their roles.

That’s most people’s 5K time 👀😆

The fact that this person remains Health Secretary is objectively one of the most significant British political scandals of the post-Covid era. But because he's doing something the media barons like, everyone has decided it's fine.

Whaaatttt 👀 road.cc/content/news...

The problem with having sadgirl tastes in music - you really have to scrabble around to find tunes to add to a running playlist. I appear to be limited to Charli XCX, Beyoncé and Kings of the Stone Age 😬

This person took this when they called the race

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

It’s remarkable how much I’m still aching from Saturday’s parkrun (legs, abs(?!)). The moral of the story is - it is a bad idea to stop running for 4.5 months, and then proceed to do some half-arsed stretches on a start line before jumping straight in with a full gas effort for 5K 🥶

Yes. Exactly this.

Walking to work in London and being hit by a thump of culture shock. It’s amazing how many people are commuting to work on public bicycles here! Inspiring, really! #LoveLondon