We recently spoke at @hackneycouncil.bsky.social Scrutiny Commission about the school closure proposals, how we got here, and impacts of the previous closures. Watch it at buff.ly/4i7NiLQ Many thanks to @londonspy.bsky.social for their useful report: buff.ly/4igZ8DC

Amazing map work by @londonspy.bsky.social on bike theft in London: biketheft.thelondonspy.co.uk Can show by total bike theft volumes or as rate compared to cycling in census. Latter is particularly fascinating IMO - as it shows 'risk' of your bike being stolen by area. @londoncycling.bsky.social

The little London newsletters like @londoncentric.bsky.social @londonspy.bsky.social and a wonderful app called opencouncil.network @opencouncil.bsky.social

My favorite thing in the world is historical records of ancient people being incredibly petty or complaining a lot

I live in the people's republic of Camden. You get one small general waste bin allocated at birth. I'm going to have give up a kidney for a replacement

Don’t you just hate it when that happens? www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/n...

Exciting news: We’re taking another step to making Bluesky an open network for public conversations. Around the end of this month, we’ll release a public web interface. With this, you’ll be able to view posts on Bluesky without being logged in on an account.

just dropped — believe this is the first London mayoral poll to include Corbyn: 🔴 Khan: 39% 🔵 Hall: 24% 🟣 Corbyn: 14% 🟠 LD: 7% 🟢 Green: 6% www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

Yay it’s MySociety’s 20th birthday!!! Absolutely trilled to be here

tonight we starting replying to all of the recent FREELANCE PITCHES that have been arriving in the Spy inbox — so exciting! if you’re interested in contributing to a new local mag for London too, more deets here 👇

shoutout to the Colouring London project, which launched officially recently it’s a huge open data project on building information — land use, construction date, architectural style also, it looks beautiful — worth your time! colouringlondon.org

still thinking about this kitten saved in Woolwich recently — was stuck in a cars innards and those passing by heard its mews x.com/thegwn_/stat...

big news for Wimbledon locals fighting the new tennis courts a Wandsworth planning officer has recommended councillors vote *against* the expansion plans at their meeting next Tuesday it's already over?

these charts showing rapid increase in cycling in Paris over the past year are crazy will dig out the same stats for London at some point...

Hounslow fire: House being made safe ahead of investigation

air fryer mag market is booming in sainsburys

actually crazy how much harder it is to buy in London now, even with the recent fall in prices extra £1,000 a *month* in mortgage payments to buy the average London home in nov 2023 interest rate rises have been brutal…

This is how you hit back at these Nazis. Well done Arsenal. "Following yesterday's horrifying footage, we will be reviewing our own CCTV tapes to identify this individual and ensure he will never again enter the Emirates stadium. Kick racism out of football.”

Probs the weirdest link we included in yesterday’s issue of the Spy: someone was caught ‘watching porn and masturbating’ while driving through central London 👀 The latest unhinged stuff from across the capital here 👉 www.thelondonspy.co.uk/p/your-ultim...

You can't just bring back David Cameron he was killed off in season 3 you'd have to pretend Boris Johnson era was a different branch of the multiverse and erase Greensill. Jesus some spad has taken that Vanity Fair deep dive on Marvel very much to heart

Hats off to Chris Mason for using the phrase "big bananas" in his story.

Bluesky has just hit the 2 Million User Mark!!!! It's been just about 2 months since we hit 1M users Daily stat changes from 1M -> 2M Users: Posts per Day: ~500k -> ~800k Likes per Day: ~2M -> ~3M Daily Active Posters: ~100k -> ~160k Daily Active Likers: ~140k -> ~240k

#CruellaBraverman has been sacked according to the BBC. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk...

Happy Exploding Whale Day to those who observe

Many hoped London’s house price ‘crash’ would make the city more affordable. Instead, the very opposite has happened 💀 The 10 things you should know about a weird year of housing in the capital leads today’s Spy 👇

morning — here are some delightfully grim snaps from a recent walk in the Walthamstow Wetlands 🌧️

And with the goat with a cone on its back!!!

a beaut

Greenwich Town Hall 1939 Clifford Culpin & Partners The southern and eastern suburbs have lots of great town halls and civic centres, such as Greenwich. Discover them in our new guidebook, Modernism Beyond Metro-Land right here ⬇️ unbound.com/books/modern...

THREAD 🧵 what better way to start our sleuthing on bluesky with some recent fav pieces — starting with 1. the employers quietly dropping their London Living Wage status we found posh auctioneers Sotheby's, culture centre the RSA and the hip Camden Town Brewery have all left the decent wage scheme

❤️ this dinky bus spotted near Walthamstow — are they all this cute in outer London?!

hello bluesky! any Londoners on here yet? 🤔🔎