While politicians procrastinate, sport and sports’ fans are taking a lead with cycling in the vanguard

Kagame came and gave a speech at the UCI congress today, but there’s no place for politics in sport, right?

there's also a labeler on bluesky that will put a little crown on your profile if you consistently use alt text bsky.app/profile/did:...

If the modern state of Israel with its specific Levantine location on top of already existing Palestine had actually been promised to the white western colonial Zionists for several millennia, why the fuck do they still need to participate in the European Championships and Eurovision? Like, come on!

if ppl under 18 cant vote, ppl over 65 shouldnt be able to vote either

If I had a pound for every time there was a really likeable bike brand that had a trade team where one American rider was, shall we say, problematic… I’d have two pounds— which isn’t much but weird that it’s happened twice

Since Vuelta protests: 🗣️Vuelta discussed on Hollywood red carpet ❌ O Gran Camiño say no IPT ❌ Gran Canaria (Vuelta) say no IPT ❌ Barcelona (TDF) say no IPT ❌ Factor say no IPT ❌ Spain World Cup boycott 🇵🇸 (not directly related) UK, Canada, Aus & France recognise Palestine state ✅ Protest works

This guy just walked around the Charlie Kirk vigil in Boston, yelling Kirk quotes through a bullhorn

When people say "if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear." the correct response is: "I need privacy, not because my actions are questionable, but because your judgement and intentions are."

This is obviously good, although I wish the Factor CEO had not said "this is not a matter of right or wrong" because it very clearly is. Anyway, it's still good pressure to apply to the team.

In case you were wondering if it's safe to root for Chloe Dygért again: It's not www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/i-sta...

The Kaufmann Lady Cycle Troupe ca. 1905

And back on top of the "NOPE, the vibes are bad" list we have... The eternal favourite Dygert! 😭 Seriously, the only thing I think I can agree with her on is the "short shorts are superior" agenda. Everything else from her is literally the worst.

This is so unbelievably embarrassing and dumb.

🇸🇪 Jakob Söderqvist is the new men's U23 ITT 🌈 world champion, stopping the clock in 38'24"43. Domination. #Kigali2025

Please also note Mike Godwin wrote a second Godwin's Law that applies to Trump and the MAGAts.

Godwin himself was fine with comparing certain people to Hitler ... www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Apparently, it’s socially unacceptable to compare anyone or anything to Hitler. Mention Hitler, and you’ll be shouted down with a chorus of “Godwin’s Law”. Well sod that. Until we start comparing Trump to Hitler, we’re unprepared for what is barrelling towards us. 🧵1/4

Det er unge mænds ret at, der er kvinder til rådighed… Når @socialdemokratiet.dk går Charlie Kirk..

Godt fremmøde til demonstration imod chatkontrol, selvom ingen var på arbejde, og ingen derfor lagde mærke til os. Her er mit supplement til, hvad folk egentlig kan gøre: Klag over at dine sms'er bliver læst, finansier retssager og stem til valget. #dkpol #chatkontrol #dkjura #borgerforslag

Hang it the Louvre #Kigali2025

Kam on Remco, you’re a legend eh, you catch him

The yappiest adorable aero chihuahua strikes again 😂

🇧🇪 REMCO EVENEPOEL! 🤯🤯🤯 This is crazy... he passes Pogacar! #Kigali2025

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"if you dont use smart glasses with an always-on AI assistant youre going to fall behind intellectually" i cannot express how little i am concerned about being shown up by people who have paid money to have a simpering computer lie into their ear at all times

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The point of going to university is to explore research and knowledge, not to start an effing business. The skills and experiences gained might help you start a business, as might the interactions with the people you meet, but it is not the purpose of a degree. Fed up of this manure.

UCI continues to showcase their stellar geopolitical decision-making skills... 👀😵‍💫😑😵

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This is, I think we can all agree, absolutely fucking ridiculous.

Not gonna lie, at first I didn't even notice that this was from The Onion... 🫣🫣🫣😂😂😭😭 Yes, we're absolutely at that point in the stupidest and most destructive available timeline in the entire multiverse 😭

Every headline talking about Kimmel being suspended for his “Kirk comments” is journalistic malpractice. He was suspended for comments about MAGA opportunists exploiting Kirk’s death, after the FCC chair issued a Mafioso threat.

of all the things I am not going to buy, this is the thing I am not going to buy the most

“ABC and CBS are making a serious miscalculation. Their servility to Trump will not earn them peace, only greater pressure.” That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.

I'm really proud to work at a media company that isn't made up of cowards, that can say All of This Is Really Fucking Bad over and over again because it is. defector.com/charlie-kirk...

If a publisher won't commit to human editing, art and translation, the deal is not worth having. They're signalling how little they care about the final product, which comes with your name attached. This is the right place to push back. Having an agent here helps.

We have it as a contract point that translations of my work have to be performed by actual humans, I think actual human readers deserve to have actual humans translating and making the works as excellent as they can be regardless of language

For this to happen, it would have required the existence of a conservative with a good sense of humor

O Gran Camiño 🇪🇸 are the first race to ban Israel-Premier Tech from taking part in their race. The entertaining and challenging Galician week long race may pave the way for other races to take the step to ban the team in 2026.

Excellent rider, in stellar shape, stands a chance on this parcours, could also help his compatriots, strong contenders as well, selected, backs out last minute citing "the course" Totally not because he could be asked to help beat Pogacar of course. Absolute coincidence and not a UAE tactic at all.

Russia and Rwanda. Two countries annexing their neighbours. One is banned by the UCI, one gets a World Championships. Lewis Mudge of Human Rights Watch asks what the difference is.

Like if you talk to women who are pro bike racers. They want and deserve equal economic opportunities as their male counterparts. They deserve an equal platform. They want to be safe and treated fairly in an ecosystem that historically has been plagued by harassment and discrimination (by cis men).

I'll ask aloud how authentically someone cares about women's bike racing if they are way more passionate to post photos of a local cat 4 podium with the intent to direct outrage at someone trying to exist instead of sharing photos and enthusiasm about world-class female athletes in televised races.

If you truly care about women's bike racing, the best thing you can do is watch women's bike racing. Arguing about culture war issues is a distraction from the hard-fought battle for economic equity that these amazing athletes deserve. PS savvy win from Shari Bossuyt!

The Save Women's Sports chuds who target trans bike racers don't give a shit that two of the most promising women American cyclocross racers of the last decade retired because there are vanishingly few financially viable paths. You want to "save" women's bike racing? Help it grow. Make it equitable.

Lots of right-wingers are going to be very mad about this article that just extensively quotes nearly every horrific thing Charlie Kirk has said. It's absolutely wild that simply calling a hate monger a hate monger is something bold and courageous.

there’s a lot going on here, not least: in a world where student satisfaction is the most important objective, surely universities owe it to students to invest in high quality feedback

It’s official: the United Nations Commission of Inquiry concludes Israel is committing genocide. The UN body calls on nations to stop sending weapons to Israel, ensure people within their jurisdiction aren’t aiding or inciting the genocide, and hold those who are accountable.