I need a job where I am allowed to fix the things that are broken rather than tediously burn time fixing the symptoms.

Imagine voting for a company that's going to do these things No NHS Remove the Pension triple lock No Working from home No Overseas care home workers No Disability benefits Higher council tax Healthcare insurance Reduce the minimum wage No unemployed benefit Shall I go on

Lewis does make some good points here, but look: Mandelson is not just some guy here. He has been at the core of the Labour right for decades; he was clearly right in the middle of McSweeney’s project all along, both the secret wrecking campaign and after; he was *literally picking candidates*.

A motorist had the audacity to mount and completely block the footway - next to a busy road - in front of us this morning. Her defense was, that she was outside her house. Well how about using your driveway then, instead of putting other people at risk? In terms of driver interactions ...

"When a neighbor, friend, or family member is struck and killed in our city, it is always due to a series of choices and actions."

Do you remember when vinyl records were cheap and plentiful because people were buying into CDs? Well thats CDs now. Just pulled the trigger on 200 CDs at 17 pence each. Mystery boxes so who knows how many I will want to keep.

Mandelson revelations show need for tougher UK constraints to resist rule of the rich. Big money buys access to policymakers, ministers, thwarts threatening laws. Political corruption is normalised. Democracy hijacked l Must end political donations, second jobs for MPs; must control lobbyists.

Keir Starmer cannot escape this. Mandelson financially backed Progress in 1996. Progress installer Starmer, with Mandelson's backing. Starmer is because of Mandelson. With no Mandelson, he would not be PM.

Warning: Driving may stunt the imagination

"If we don't pay enough attention to non-functional requirements then at some point everything ceases to function" Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

You know who's NOT in the Epstein files? Immigrants, Muslims, and Trans people. You know who's IN the Epstein files? Billionaires.

Turning this HiFi shelf from 'cherry wood' to black. Because I am too stingy to spend £250 to get one in the right colour. This one was £36.

This why cyclists need number plates, registrations, endorsable licenses and mandatory third party liability insurance. Oh, hang on...

The Venn Diagram between racists and transphobes is a circle. The actions of the far right against migrants and how likes of many "gender critical activists" act towards trans and non-binary individuals are one and the same. It was inevitable it would escalate. www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/06/t...

The positive impact of early morning exercise on mental state and alertness should not be underestimated.

Ride to work for your minimum wage job on your scooter or eBike? Hey, wear this, wear this, wear this. Disqualified for driving with no licence or insurance on methadone killing a 14 y.o.? Hey, let's get you back behind the wheel asap! Wouldn't want to leave you stuck on a scooter or eBike!

In other thankfully insignificant news, went to cross a side road with a pedestrian refuge. Notice a driver on the side road, approaching the junction, on the wrong side of the road. She corrects herself and draws to a stop. She is tapping away at her hand held phone.

The selfish drivist that lives around the corner, whom has close passed me on several occasions, whom also leaves his car parked half on road, half on mud/grass verge, forcing other drivists onto the wrong side of the road on a bend, has a brand spanking new Audi. Where's the paint stripper?

Waiting for the calls to further regulate private cars...

Not for the first time a deiver has shown complete contempt for other road users. Vehicles left like this should be removed from their owners possession. @yplac.bsky.social

If any policymakers or campaigners in Ireland want to discuss the evidence base for these policies I'm happy to talk

According to recorded figures, Israel has slaughtered every single member of 2,700 families, with over 6,000 families left with just a single sole survivor. And of course the actual death toll is far higher.

Well, in other very insignificant news, I bought a new to me (second hand) CD player. There's nothing wrong with the one I have. For some reason I got fixated on getting the one to match my amp. Trouble is, the one I have matches my streamer. So I might keep both.

“We paid £80 billion back in PFI debts for JUST £12 billion of assets.” @richardburgon.bsky.social at our House of Commons event. 🤑Private Finance will always be a rip off & the government must drop plans to reintroduce it into our NHS. Read our MP Private Finance briefing. vist.ly/4nnc6

I don't usually promote petitions, but given the tragic events of this week this one seems especially important. Sign to prioritise the safety of cyclists and pedestrians on Bristol’s roads. c.org/9pYkWxMJs5

🚨BREAKING - The Court of Appeal has substantially eroded the independence of juries, a centuries-old democratic safeguard against the abuse of power www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...

My partner recently began cycling to work, to save £6 a day on the bus. Problem is, it's way faster, so I lost my best time for a cheeky wank as she gets home at nearly the same time as I finish.

I worked the tents at peak pandemic. It was the scariest thing I ever did, and I’m a former firefighter. I saw a lot of people die horribly. How many people have I seen die from an mRNA vax? Zero. How about die from covid after being vaxxed? Also zero. Listen to Prof. Hotez, not grifters.

That slow creeping realisation that $newJob might be worse than $oldJob. FFS I am an engineer. Let me engineer, actually solve problems and make life better/easier for people.

This Government ...

Funding NHS facilities with private finance a breach of manifesto, Labour MPs say. Govt paid £6 for £1 PFI investment. Private equity profiteering from NHS contracts. Public money buys less. Govt reviving PFI, handing NHS to private equity. Govt can borrow, create money, do QE, tax the rich.

There is a petition going around calling for UK blood bikers to be permitted to uae green flashing beacons. Futile putting more flashing lights on things in hope drivers will notice. We need a safety strategy for public highways that raises driving standards, enforcement and improves infra.

This morning's dog walk: Porcupine Tree This evening'a dog walk: Wolf Alice Wet Leg Last Dinner Party CMAT Lorde

So not only have I reneged on selling my cassette deck, I appear to have acquirer a reel-to-reel machine. Oops.

The "road crash[ed]" FFS

For the avoidance of doubt: BBC == Biased Bullshit Content

We cannot afford rich people

To Zwift this evening or not Zwift this evening. That's the pressing question circling my brain at the moment.

Make this go viral. Labour MP Louise Haigh.

I think it is time world leaders start sanctioning the USA until Trump is removed from power.

My Public Highways Safety Strategy would: * Outlaw extreme hardship defences against driving bans as a result of totting up 12 penalty points * Make lifetime driving bans the default for any driver whose negligence is demonstrated to take a life 1/

UK Government's Road Safety Strategy sums up LINO. A lofty ambition backed by soft measures that will barely move the needle, let alone achieve the ambition. They have carved up the measures in the strategy into such small niches that for the average road user, it is business (or risk) as usual.

Broke my wrist. Falling out of bed.

What do you say to a person who complains about a 10 minute car journey taking 90 minutes because of the weather? Is it wrong to send them links to YakTrax and Schwalbe Winter tyres without further comment?

No doubt the very same people who don't give a flying fig as to what traffic congestion and traffic violence cost us every year will be up in arms about school closures etc. today.

The simplest way for everyone in the US to protest this imperial action is to stop using oil. Ride your bike for all short trips, switch to an EV, car pool to use less. It also saves you money. I started using my bike for everything in the early 2000’s to divorce myself from the Iraq oil war.

TIL: There is a company in Leeds that manifactures juke boxes. Even ones that play vinyl records! soundleisure.com

We refused to stop trump's lawlessness at home and now he kidnaps foreign leaders. This is what happens when you don't hold a malignant narcissist accountable. Nothing is sacred to him except power and money. This is not defense. It is theft. Refuse the lies. Name it. #MaduroKidnapping

Not owning many cassettes, I have just sadly put my mid-90s Yamaha cassette deck on ebay. Sad times. Played a cassette to make a video showing that it is in good working order. First time since I bought the current amp and speakers. Sounded far better than it had any right to.