More of this! ✊

67 year old #Madonna has just scored her 13th number 1 album. Not bad for someone who was told by Smash Hits magazine to ‘put it away, grandma!’ when she was 35!

When mom leaves you with the spare parent

Fantastic to see this article by Laura Laker in Cycling Electric highlighting the harm that police seizure and destruction of legal e-cycles is causing - and some of the solutions we need. www.cyclingelectric.com/news/police-...

Scenes here in Leigh.

Hey, Utah teens, if you enjoyed the films Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me, you’re out of luck. The state won’t let you read the Stephen King novellas on which the movies are based. This concludes today’s lesson on fascism.

"But what if I can't fit a huge compost bin in my car?"

PSA: Poor wifi in your house? No signal in the garden? Get a Tri-band mesh wifi system. This is an Orbi system, a router and two satellites. I get wifi everywhere now. 300Mbps in my living room over wifi, that's what I get wired! 20Mbps right at the bottom of the garden, 80 feet away from the house.

These are the sort of shops you could look round for hours. Gott & Butterfield ironmongery store was located within the Royal Arcade in Keighley pictured here around 1912.The business was described as an "Aladdin's cave" that sold household goods, bicycles, and camping equipment.

That's the longest I've gone from getting a new bike, to actually building it up (5 days). Its chunky and heavy and has the most recreational gearing I've ever used. It won't be going anywhere fast. Croix de tour 40.

This is probably the most powerful photo from the July 4th, Independence Day, 250th year anniversary celebrations. This is the United States 2026.

🚲🩺 For the last three years, Kirsty, an NHS health visitor in Glasgow, has cycled to work and appointments, helped by new cycling infrastructure. "Seeing all the people cycling on the cycle lane is amazing. I feel so much safer where I know that area is for people on bikes and there are no cars."

"it has cost £75,000 to put these up all throughout Nottinghamshire, but the good news is, it will not cost the taxpayer a single penny because we want to get these sponsored by local businesses." And not a single sponsor has come forward. Utter clowns 😂😂 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Mercian irredentism.

Fun fact: because BOTH of my cars broke down, I finally broke down, got a loan, and bought an ebike AND LET ME TELL YOU, THIS IS THE BEST PURCHASE I'VE EVER MADE I wish I'd done this sooner. I feel like my commute to work actually means something now. Anyway her name is Bluey

Instead of encouraging people to get around using active methods, we should be enabling it. Building safe, convenient, attractive walking and cycling infrastructure would save the NHS an absolute fortune. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cycling infrastructure. Chester.

Nandy pulls the plug on X two weeks before Burnham takes over. Ministry of Culture, Media & Sport will no longer wallow in Musk's pit

Another selfish driver parking on the mandatory cycle lane on West Bank. One of very few half decent bits of Cycleway 1 and drivers still find a way to make it more dangerous. @hackneycouncil.bsky.social are you even taking notice of driver behaviour like this anymore?

How does a president's net worth nearly triple in a single term? Trump's newest disclosure answers that plainly: bribes, tributes, and self-dealing, woven so tightly that each scandal fades before the next lands. That's not an accident. It's the design, and we can start dismantling it.

178mph. A life lost. Driving is a privilege, not a right — this extreme speed with lethal consequences warrants nothing less than a lifetime ban. We revoke firearms licences for less. Why should a vehicle user be any different? Protect every road user. #RoadSafety www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Very useful book you should all buy and fill out. Makes a very difficult time, just that little bit easier for the people who have to tidy your estate up. Plenty of humour in here too, although I took the question about whether I want to be brought back as a deathbot or not, entirely seriously.

Not all heroes wear capes. This is what the people want, Microsoft. Sorry if that doesn't bump your share price quite as much. www.theregister.com/os-platforms...

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Sending love and strength to all trans people. You will eternally have my support & allyship, regardless of me or anyone liking you individually or not (true equality, no?) Your rights are my rights are our rights. We're in this together.

Reducing traffic reduces crime: see new study from Leeds. www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

I saved this one because it's so perfect

I've found the Velveteers, and I'm liking them.

Another great one.

Who the fuck rounds up nuns for imprisonment, exile or exportation? Oh yeah, that's right, fucking nazi's.

There is no better tribute to Penelope Keith than the laughs Margot Moments is giving us all a full 50 years on from their first appearance. Let's raise a glass to Penelope and the role that will be forever associated with her. Bringing forward one I only really noticed recently...

🚨 Breaking news: from today, it's no longer a crime to sleep rough in England and Wales. The Vagrancy Act has finally been repealed. For more than 200 years, this archaic law criminalised people for sleeping rough or begging. But no more.

If you use Gmail, you need to read this. Google’s AI, Gemini, can read your emails, attachments, bank statements, etc. For many, this feature was switched on without consent. Here's how to turn it off 🧵 1/

Humans should not be forced off pavements by delivery robots, but that's exactly what's happening. The people who pay the price are those with the least room to give it up.

😆 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Is anyone else in this weird position with tech where if something doesn't work right with software or the OS, you think about trying to fix it, but then you realize you aren't sure if it is your problem or just a symptom of how shit software is right now, so you just sigh and move on with your day?

Not now..../checks notes....Remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches that can breathe underwater.

Things to do NEAR Alton Towers? Honour nephew & his sister intend to spend the whole day at Alton Towers from 10am to 6pm next Tuesday. Please help me find something for me to occupy myself all day. Somewhere nice to cycle, a good cafe, interesting country house, interesting walk, etc...

A mere 8 years ago we removed cars from Central Park. Never listen to anyone that claims you can't remove cars. Ever.

The World's largest Wind Turbine 26MW. In its lifetime it will produce the same energy as burning 750,000 tons of coal. That's 44,118 truck loads. Imagine how much money you save... It's 8x cheaper than using Fossil Fuel, were you close?

Still reading Akenfield. There's a quote about how farmers did well out of the Second World War – does anyone know more about this?

On March 26, 2026, during a debate on violence against women in Germany’s Bundestag, left-wing MP Kathrin Gebel was repeatedly interrupted by AfD MP Martin Reichardt. She responded: “Mr. Reichardt, the clitoris has 3,000 nerve endings, and you’re still more sensitive. That’s quite an achievement.”

I'd go a step further and guess that there isn't a billionaire who doesn't have some history of removing agitators from their worlds. Allegedly, obviously.

I especially love this diagram.

Hugely unpopular policy. Khan could have reneged or bowed to pressure at any point over the last few years but he stuck to principles and pushed on. Politicians could learn a lot from the Mayor. Ignore the papers, and invest in long-term policies for public good.

My mum took this amazing photo on Northumberland coast a couple of days ago. Colours amazing..

So, how many hybrid workers went into the office today *just* so they could sit in an air-conditioned office? ☝️

#DriverSparedJail www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/m...