"Funnily enough Andy [Wigmore], the only time I ever experienced political interference in one of my investigations at the BBC, was when I was investigating you and Arron Banks Your mate Robbie Gibb put a stop to a story we were running." - former BBC investigative reporter Manveen Rana, 2022

This would work better if cities & towns adopted sustainable mobility = trams, e-buses, bikes. Cutting air (and noise) pollution is essential for safe farming. Incidentally, rural farming is incredibly polluting,

Why is this something anyone even considered doing?

ICE is inflicting a lifetime of trauma on families. And it’s being carried out in the name of the United States of America.

America First my ass!!! Are we great yet?

UK rail electrification in three graphs, for folks who prefer their information in graph format

Great @danielagabor.bsky.social on @lrb.co.uk podcast. Alas BoE, politicians, journos still cling to a flawed neoliberal ideology. @isabellamweber.bsky.social has proven that inflation was the result of shocks & sellers’ inflation yet we’re stuck with immobility podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Funny how right-wingers hate welfare but refuse to do anything to make work pay. 🤔 Indeed they think it’s efficient & smart the mass firing of people, the imposition of low wages, and company asset-stripping.

File under ‘No shit, Sherlock’.

Why is this not front page?

Ordinary Norwegians are driving thousands of kms from Oslo to Kyiv, delivering cars they fundraised and repaired themselves directly to Ukrainian soldiers. The volunteer group Ukrainian Freedom Convoy has now delivered more than 400 vehicles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine 🎥: @corrie-ua.bsky.social

In Italy right now watching the political tv programme Omnibus on LA7. A bunch of wealthy journos commenting on Mandani without any data, let alone analysis. Easy judgements on populism and fantasist policies without bothering to justify their judgement. Bad media damage democracy.

i really didnt want to share this but here we go! im a snap recipient. i barely make enough to cover my celiac-friendly food as a celiac haver since gluten free food is generally more expensive. please consider commissioning me or donating as i am in a horrendous spot right now financially. ty ;;

The feds attacked a car wash, abducted people who have legal status, and their boss can’t find them to HELP them because he has no idea where they are. This is insane. These are our neighbors. 4/

Perhaps this is even more significant than Mamdani’s win in NYC. #democrats #election #virginia

This is bad. They have been doing excellent work.

Note to self: don’t read comments on any news involving cycling and don’t comment! 🤦 I despair at drivers’ mentality but also at the car normativity many cyclists share. 😭 Cars need to be the exception not the rule. They pollute, occupy a disproportionate amount of public space, and motorists kill.

Train drivers and other railway staff deserve a good salary for what they do every day but this example shows that they also go the extra mile and that good training is essential. The pen-pushers in the right wing media need to shut up and be ashamed.

And a six-figure salary as payout as well as annual stipend.

Bit of a long shot, but looking for someone who is living on a new housing estate and would be prepared to speak to a journalist about poor local access to fresh food.

Good news: exit poll suggests D66 have won the election in the Netherlands beating the far right of Wilders. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

BREAKING: Letitia James has announced a Government portal for Videos and images of ICE Agents who may have committed crimes. Please Use it and SHARE! ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...

I shouldn't look at the comments on newspaper articles on Facebook. Humanity is dreadful. Racist and stupid. I'm beginning to think that what makes fascism possible is people's stupidity. Proper thickos! Hannah Arendt got it right.

Russia is using cryptocurrency to pay its army of European saboteurs in an effort to prevent intelligence agencies from tracking the payments, senior Polish security official says

Why isn't this a bigger story? The joint intelligence committee prepare a report saying our national security is at risk from environmental collapse. And No. 10 bury because they don't to draw attention to how little they care! @snellarthur.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Nice to see the Greens being second and doing so well.

It’s pronounced cyclist.

Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.

I learned many things, including about safe cycle routes and cyclotourism. That's what pushed me to upgrade to gravel! Looking forward to cycling in nature in Italy next week.

Via Euronews: Scientists uncover biological cause of Long COVID brain fog in major breakthrough www.euronews.com/health/2025/...

Authoritarianism is often ridiculous. That's no reason to underestimate it. This authoritarianism comes from a former 'human rights lawyer'.

This strikes me as pretty bad

Excellent piece on basic income for the arts by Mick Gallen. One of the most talented and hardest working artists I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. Amazing to read what the scheme did for him. www.thejournal.ie/readme/opini...

There were nearly 45,000 road deaths in the US last year, none from marijuana.

Spot on.

Blustery day, isn't it? Here's the National Grid: Live generation data. Wind and solar are generating 74.2% of our electricity. Gas is generating 13.1%. And yet our household electricity prices are pegged to... the volatile price of gas. Which is the basis on which the right attacks... renewables.

Because leaving the EU worked so well! The British establishment always says that Britain is a liberal country (unlike those dodgy Europeans). By establishment I include the progressive media. Yet, being against human rights is accepted, rationalised, justified, not taken as beyond the pale.

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

Our hearts are with the Jewish community in Manchester and across the UK in the wake of the horrific attack yesterday. We're also sending our deepest condolences to the victims' friends and families, and those injured. (1/3)

Very poor journalism from @the-independent.com How can we trust anything the media report when the standards are so low?

Saddened, not surprised. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...

The express poll asking whether reforms migrangt visa plan is racist is about 91% "no" so it REALLY needs your help - this is a direct link to poll xd.wayin.com/display/cont...

Private equity wrecks everything.

The new frontier of manufacturing? For those who still think they can 'bring back' manufacturing jobs. #china #manufacturing #tech www.texspacetoday.com/china-enters...

Trump trying to get political opponents arrested.

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

The idea that foreign leaders freak out when they see your nouveau-riche gold-plated ornaments in the White House, when many of them live in actual palaces, is really laughable. I'm sorry, but this is where the Italian president lives. He'll definitely be impressed, right?

SUVs are more dangerous, have less visibility, and are not even spacious. 🤷 If you can't carry a couple of bikes, what's the point? www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

What next? @npr.org tell women not to wear skirts so they don’t get raped or people not to carry phones so they don’t get mugged? 🤔