Not a minor point IMO. share.google/EmE314z3TY7A... . In 1986 I worked for London Strategic Policy Unit (under governance of @camdencouncil.bsky.social ) and received...20p per mile cycle allowance for work trips by bike. That would be 60p now due to inflation! I'm not saying the allowance 1/.

Whether you’re a fan of Stephen Colbert or not, I encourage you to watch this part of his final show last night. No one will ever match him in intelligence, integrity, authenticity, empathy and razer-sharp humour. May CBS, Paramount, Skydance, the Ellisons and Trump choke on this.

BREAKING: CBS ERASED COLBERT ON HIS FINAL DAY by Jim Heath ==========

What if T. rex’s tiny arms weren’t a flaw… but part of what made it such an effective predator? Sarah Collins on new science

“From climate change to smoking & cancer, this is the story of how doubt has been manufactured. This 10 part series will explore how powerful interests & sharp PR managers engineered doubt about the connection between smoking & cancer & how similar tactics were used to make us doubt climate change.”

Putin has taken revenge for his Victory Day parade humiliation in typical fashion by targeting Ukrainian civilians. Over the past 24 hours, the Russian dictator launched one of the largest bombardments of the entire war. Multiple Ukrainians were killed in the attack

@footballweekly.bsky.social looks like the Fitba too might be decided by a controversial VAR (Vatican Assistant Ref) decision. It’s also a handball so even more triggering. My wife is a Bluenose so I am seeing it as the defender’s hand being pushed to the ball by the attacker. What do you think?

Today, another student, Elene Gelashvili, was arrested and sentenced to 2 days in detention for protesting against Georgian Dream from the sidewalk. She was also taken from the university to be arrested. #TerrorinGeorgia

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The silence that meets the rape of Palestinians ❝ Male and female Palestinians describe brutal sexual abuse at the hands of Israel’s prison guards, soldiers, settlers and interrogators. ❞ – Nicholas Kristof • NYT

A really tough week. I am doing everything I can to spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. You can help me by subscribing to Democracy Docket for free and sharing its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

What a cool idea! Keep the pressure! @redactedreadingroom put all 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files bound together in 3,437 volumes of books, on display in a new exhibit in Tribeca. David Garrett, one of the organizers, says the goal is to push for the release of all of the files. #Pinks

Let’s all post it and see if they indict all of us.

This case highlights the extreme inequality of the law and its enforcement. "Property" rights - in a lobster - pursued all the way to a police raid & strip searches. But we can do whatever the hell we want to marine wildlife. Take one step back and it all looks mad. theecologist.org/2026/apr/28/...

I thought Alito was history’s worst supreme court justice. But Thomas has outdone him. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/27/supreme-court-judges-alito-thomas

Tbf most men would beat a gorilla in a boxing match, since the beast is unlikely to stick to the Queensbury rules and would be disqualified. The men would be dead, but they would win.

Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia— AOC: Wah wah wah. We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no. What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.

Evidence grows of insider trading by people who know what is going to be announced by Trump or his administration TAT: [Corruption]

I think it’s good politics to speak loudly and clearly about the climate crisis. Time to end the climate hushing billmckibben.substack.com/p/lets-talk-...

Scenes from another frustrating day cycling around Brum. Impossible stuff to navigate if you are on a cargo or adaptive bike and pretty impossible for all but the fittest riders with light bikes. First the cycle route that is blocked by these “gates” 1/4

How tragic that you could publish, then re-publish, then re-publish, then re-publish, then re-publish a cartoon like this over and over again...

What happened to the combined $63 million that Paramount, Meta, X, and ABC paid to the ‘Trump Presidential Library’ fund after surrendering? It just kinda disappeared. newrepublic.com/article/2092...

New housing development in the Chilterns. Note the footway* *It's not there. 1./

Richard Tice deputy leader of Reform ran four shell companies which did not pay any tax on profits between 2020 and 2022. He's now offering to "put things right". Go on then Richard - resign. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Was this GP struck off just because he asked a Muslim woman to remove her veil? How likely does that sound? 🤷‍♀️ Did he actually ask her to remove her veil 'because he was struggling to understand her?' Let's take a look at what really happened based on the tribunal reports... 🧵 1/25

Bereaved family members of Covid victims write to Nigel Farage urging him to sack his Croydon candidate who said COVID was a "staged event" by the US military, with vaccines used to control the population. Reform has not responded to our story revealing his views bylinetimes.com/2026/04/15/r...

Are cycles a good mobility aid? Can cycles be useful as a mobility aid for disabled people? westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/transpo...

This story is based entirely on dodgy advisers lying to potential clients to get money out of them. The one person they actually spoke to who used this 'service' was rejected and returned to Pakistan and has since been blocked from returning to the UK.

Farage and Reform don't just trade on fear, they're afraid themselves: ..afraid that journalists might hold them to account for false and baseless statements, by asking tough questions. So if you get the chance, ask a Reform candidate why their party bans journalists. "What are you afraid of?"

Vance says that stopping funding for Ukraine is one of his proudest achievements in this administration. ​I’m watching this stunningly cruel speech from Ukraine, as Russia continues to kills us every day. Just today, they killed 8-year-old boy in Cherkasy and five people in Dnipro.

*For the 3rd time*, unelected Baroness D'Souza has exploited her position to ask the DfT about speed limits in London. What she omits from her questions is her suspension from the HoL for trying to get off a speeding ticket en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances... bsky.app/profile/dft-...

Emergency

GB News repeatedly presented Reform UK and Conservative politicians and activists as being ordinary members of the public, without declaring their political affiliations. Byline Times investigation reveals pattern of behaviour by the Channel, but Ofcom still refuses to act

It's so funny to me that right-wingers love to pretend to love the Middle Ages and the Crusades and all that and then complain that the Pope shouldn't get involved in politics.

Sinead O'Connor was an angel who touched us for a time. And she knew how to kick out the jams. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PweU...

It's common sense to allow Philadelphians to build generational wealth and age in place by adding bonus units (ADUs). This is one way we can prevent displacement and create affordable housing in one go. share.inquirer.com/geX7Mb

The questions Richard Tice isn't answering about the £120k of tax that wasn't paid by his Quidnet REIT property company: Let's start with a "spot the difference" competition. Here's a dividend announcement from Quidnet. And here's one from another REIT, Glenstone.

A reminder: The Attorney General of the United States should be the people's lawyer, not the president's personal attorney. The Department of Justice should act to protect the public, not the occupant of the Oval Office and his political allies.

Imagine that! #ICE shot another person fleeing them. The lied again! The video clearly shows the car trying to escape, not run down the officers. Hold them all accountable!!! #FuckTrump #FuckICE #AbolishICE apple.news/AeTBQ5S4HR6y...

Four weeks ago I asked billionaire Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital if they'd been issuing fake electrical safety papers to their tenants. Why? Because when we went door-to-door, we kept noticing the paperwork was curiously identical. And tenants said they'd never seen an electrician. Little thread:

Thank you so much to everyone who's shared their mobility aid stories and talked about what works for you - and what isn't working yet. Together, we'll keep working for better mobility options for all Disabled people. #EveryJourneyEveryone

“That the universal credit cut will affect new claimants says the quiet part out loud: anyone can become disabled or ill. And every time governments slash the safety net, we can’t know if it’ll be us, a loved one or stranger who will fall through it.” Today’s col www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

NEW at the EMPTY CITY blog The Mueller report was a turning-point where United States history failed to turn How the cynical reframing of report by Trump and Barr worked in our low attention span age Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/the-muelle... Non-Substack theemptycity.com/blog/2026/03...

NEW: The housing minister has written to Criterion Capital, the property firm accused of evicting tenants before no-fault evictions are banned to seek “urgent” answers. Criterion denies mass evictions. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

New Paris mayor Emmanuel Grégoire cycles to city hall after election win

My father came to the U.S. with $30 and a belief that your worth isn’t defined by where you’re born, but by what you build. That promise is under attack. On April 1, SCOTUS will hear a case challenging birthright citizenship—putting countless families at risk. Here’s what’s at stake.

BREAKING: Emmanuel Grégoire @egregoire.bsky.social is the PROJECTED WINNER and next PARIS MAYOR, succeeding Anne Hidalgo (& presumably continuing that legacy). "Paris has decided to remain true to its history” by choosing “the alliance of the left & environmentalists." Congratulations Paris voters!