Had to pleasure to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social at Letters Live this evening. Pure gravitas.

The earth will be fine. So will most of the rocks floating around space. This is the only one where the universe became aware of itself. Pretty special if you ask me.

I’m delighted to announce that this morning I have joined Reform UK. Nigel Farage is a principled politician, and his team are ready for government.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupT... A timely reminder.

Easily one of the top charts of all time

Similar crisis occurred in pharmaceuticals after Covid. 100s of clinical trials put on hold because there was a global glass shortage.

The only peace that will come from the Epstein files will be a trial of everyone involved on the scale of Nuremberg. The last major prosecution took place in 2020. 80 years. The resulting upending of culture will be catastrophic. Or it won’t. Hugo Boss made the SS suits and Ford made the trucks.

Brian Jacque’s Redwall mocapped liked Avatar.

Protest doesn’t work. If you don’t like this, you think it stinks, don’t watch, don’t engage, don’t like posts, don’t put your eyes on any media, don’t watch the World Cup. The only metric they care about is their bottom line, and the best way to affect that is by not watching.

1) very little can be ruled out in science, we observe things like gravity, we cannot rule out another unknown thing that creates gravity 2) the strength of our measurements, the breadth of experiments make us sure 3) a study on 1m children didn't find a link, this makes us sure.

The great tragedy in the UK is this is not questioned. It's a nothing statement that means whatever the reader wishes it to mean. It either sounds racist enough to please the racists or not racist enough to sound like a concern for women's rights. But what basic values would this defend?

🚨Breaking news: London now meets legal limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). ❤️🩹This is a major milestone which will improve health across the city. And congratulations to the Mayor @london.gov.uk, whose leadership has been crucial for improving air quality. 🧵👇 www.london.gov.uk/london-meets...

I am coming to the conclusion that Silicon Valley is comprised entirely of people who believe they are the hammer and that every facet of humanity is a nail to be bashed and bent out of shape.

Butlerian Jihad now: defector.com/butlerian-ji...

Went to see Avatar and in the audience was Jeremy Paxman. As the credits rolled he stood and loudly proclaimed “biggest load of old shit I’ve ever seen” quickly walking out with his daughter.

Elon Musk is responsible for at least 300,000 deaths, a number that's steadily increasing, it doesn't include Ukrainian civilians murdered as a result of his attempt to protect the Russian navy when he disabled Starlink to sabotage a Ukrainian defence operation.

Design vehicles to fit cities. Don’t design cities to fit vehicles.

My friend is in charge of the team that wrote the climate change adaptation plan for Switzerland and this is one of the things they expected.

More of this please. Co-designing play spaces with children and young people near their homes led to “what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind”

There’s two ways this is all ending. Both aren’t good. Every day the better option gets worse and more difficult.

Just before the author Ryan Holiday was scheduled to deliver a lecture at the U.S. Naval Academy, he was asked not to mention the recent removal of 381 supposedly controversial books from the campus library. Holiday refused, and the talk was canceled. This is the story he was going to tell.

A study using data from the China Kadoorie Biobank and led by researchers from Oxford Population Health and Peking University has revealed a strong link between physical activity and reduced risk of a wide range of health conditions. Read more 👉 buff.ly/UJGzZnX

“It's a really fun and joyful way for children to get to school” - @coachbalto.bsky.social Great to see this article on benefits of organised cycle rides to school. Doubly pleased as it is one a former colleague set up! See below for conclusion from a recent study on effectiveness of ‘bike buses’

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

It was a privilege joining the 6,632 SC Freiburg fans—and our friend Jill—who cycled to Europa-Park Stadium for today's match against Union Berlin. Not only did we all beat the traffic, but—as is custom—one euro was donated to a local charitable organization for each bike counted outside the gates.

A small antidote from the proud tradition of protest songs. In the words of Woodie Guthrie. This machine still kills fascists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPHa...

NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline? Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s What should we make of this? www.ft.com/content/a801...

Music or no music? Depends a lot on how well you know your mind. For me it really shuts down the little monkey that tells me to stop. Sometimes I want to hear that monkey, and practice telling it to piss off. #Running #NoStats.

The Pentagon has marked 26,000 photos for deletion to purge evidence of diversity. The photos include the 1st black pilots in WWII, the 1st women to pass infantry training & the plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb because it’s called the “Enola GAY”. This is real. We’re living in a horror story.

Take a moment to listen to this man. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQLW...

Nobunaga the 'Demon King' a 16th century Japanese warlord who built Azuchi castle, on each of the 7 floors were depictions of Japanese spirits. Each floor was a higher spiritual realm, then the 7th which lay bare except for a mirror where Nobunaga gazed at his own reflection. He reminds me of Trump.

Run up the hill slow. Ran down fast. Get the work done on the uphill, take the break off and enjoy yourself on the downhill. #running #noStats

When the going gets tough, having a mental trick can make all the difference. Whether it’s counting to 100 like Paula Radcliffe, syncing your breaths, or repeating a motivational mantra, find what keeps you pushing forward! What's your trick to get through those challenging miles?

Took off the watch. Sun came out today and all there was to do was relish in what my body can do under the blue skies. It’s better like that sometimes. #running #noStats.

Day off. I know a run would make me feel better. I know it would. But it’s not going to be today and that’s okay. #Running #NoStats

Climbing today. Don’t get the chance to run with friends. The plan can wait for quality time with people you’re close to, if it’s exercise all the better for it. #running #NoStats

Went hard today. Something like HIIT. Not for any fitness goal but just to push my limits. Try and feel something near the edge. #running #NoStats.

Running in the rain. Body felt heavy. But mind feels lighter. Manage to get a rhythm going about when it was time to stop. Leaving a lot on the table is good. #Running #noStats

Tough working on strength. Feel weaker than I would like. But I enjoyed moving and testing my strength. No plan, just got down and did push-ups. A plan is better, but don't let it get in the way of getting down and doing work. #strength #fitness

I think most people really want to find anything to confirm what they want to believe. I googled quantum teleportation and plants. There were two articles in the first three links about quantum teleportation of matter inside plant cells. You can find anything and I wasn’t even on twitter.

A Familiar Spike in Magical Thinking on Health and Wellness [Thanks, MAHA] conscienhealth.org/2025/02/a-fa... "Today, we have better science and better tools for flooding the zone with pseudoscience and cynically profitable misinformation. But the pattern is the same."

Going to try something different. Bluesky feels like the place it could work. I want to try and take the performative out of running. Running is about being better than yesterday. Going outside. Testing yourself. It’s not about times or distance. Putting the metrics first is taking away from…

We’re going places. Good to see our politicians doing good work, priorities set straight, creating jobs and lowering the cost of living, addressing inequality… www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

“Knowing no matter where I’m going in Scotland that my companion can travel with me at no extra cost will change my life. As a blind person, having someone to help me get on and off the train is vital – I’d be lost without them.” This is excellent. Hope the trial is a success.

Spot on. “… [the NHS] should normalise active travel for staff, patients, and visitors-linking safe routes for cycling, walking, and wheeling into communities. This would transform NHS sites into health promoting places…” Better public transport connections important part of enabling this too.

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

Twitter no longer serves a functional purpose… science is here, balanced news is here, independent journalism is here and my football team. It misses some silly cat videos and other sports stuff I like. But that’s it.

Yesterday when questioned on vaccines and autism he didn't want to go in with preconceived notions. Now RFK Jr. seems to have read 'the studies' and has fairly definitive view on race... let's not talk about those 'replicated' studies and good science.

Max capacity passengers per hour: * Boring Co’s Vegas Loop: 4,500 * NYC subway 6 train: 105,000

“Shot in the Arm” A scientifically informed, yet compassionate Documentary on the curious and costly phenomenon of Vaccine Hesitancy Now streaming (free) on PBS [Video; 90 mins] www.pbs.org/video/shot-i...