Cyclist ca. 1926 Artist: Enzo Benedetto

I used to run a team that did Moderation on a ratings and reviews platform. We limited posters to those who had a valid purchase. We still spent a few hours a week reviewing, debating and deciding on the gnarly of cases. This involved not just me, but heads of product, sales, marketing, and finance.

Hopefully I've done this correctly in terms of the leaflet setup this time. Here's a first post in a series on T&S on Bluesky.

I used to love walking through and seeing the glass blowing. Amazing, always on the edge where it might all collapse.

Set off from Richmond Station, up Richmond Hill and into the park. Then around the 7.35 mile Tamsin Trail, which does a rough loop of the Park. Saw some deer, and lots of colour on the trees that hadn't lost their leaves yet. Back out the same gate, and down to Richmond Station.

First time I read this post, I thought it said, "waste of resources in this case," and assumed it was talking about the sandwich. A perfectly good Subway sandwich, wasted.

Sandwich verdict wasn’t jury nullification. It was failure to prove the required “reasonable fear of physical injury” in a case where the agent was wearing A BULLETPROOF VEST. The only crime was the waste of resources on this case. My thoughts in @MSNBCDaily. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”

@dreadships.bsky.social stuck ship. Detroit river. Live stream. Live stream: Freighter stuck in Detroit River near Ren Cen share.google/AITgu9T0T9iu...

Conservatives were worried that Judas Priest would turn kids evil, when really the band's biggest impact turned out to be grammatical: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtuo...

It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points

Which one is more English?

If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit

If I lived in the US and somehow got selected for this jury, I would have been removed day one for giggling too much.

If you see something that doesn't look right, like a trunkless pair of legs and half buried head, speak to a member of staff or call British Transport Police on 61016.

We had the lovely Carol Fucker around for tea. She’s the singer with 80’s band T’Cau. After some cake she said I was a total c*nt. She called the vicar a twat & told Bunty to go f*ck herself. She left blaming Ramrod our lab for the rise of knife crime in the UK. We adored her!🥺

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and see it, say it, sorted.

Southeastern is fitting thermal imaging cameras to the fronts of more of its trains following a trial that used them for live track inspections. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/sou...

On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable

This may be an accurate representation of me travelling.

Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back! Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary. Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest! #MundaneHalloween

"Western tourist in Japan" x.com/dailyportalz...

Group walk from Staines to West Drayton through Staines Moors and the Heathrow Biodiversity Area yesterday. Lovely day for it, especially as it was November 1st.

The art of defending oneself with a bicycle 1904 guide

And we have now progressed from data analysis to policy recommendations. I told her that we'd calculate the cash value of her candy haul, that I'd ask her to raid her piggy bank and donate 1/3 the candy cash value to a local food bank, and that I'd add on a 5X match.

In the cardinal justice system, the birds are represented by two separate, yet equally important groups... XI. Justice #birds

Found this bakery in the 11th arrondissement in Paris which specialises in Sean Bean croissants and baguettes

Gloomth www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Nothing I watch this Halloween can compare with these lines about midges I just read in Jane Powers's "An Irish Nature Year"

31 October 1926, in Bologna, Mussolini narrowly escapes assassination by Anteo Zamboni, aged just 15. Mussolini has already survived three attempts on his life in the last year but this one shakes him so much it will be 10 years before he returns to the city (photo: Zamboni aged 7)[Thread] >> 1

It's wet out there. Just picked my way around puddles on the Thames Path on the way home, including cutting through one of the riverside pubs with entrances on either side. Waiter: Bathrooms? Me: No just cutting through the pub as there is a massive puddle out front.

Here’s something really graphic for Halloween:

"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."

BOO!-lean.

#London must be the world capital of "ghost stations." There are at least 50 disused stations in the ol' metrop. York Road Station, opened 1906, shuttered 1932, is one of the most spectacular.

Between this and the Louvre prosecutor describing the suspects’ statements as “minimalist” while bragging that they had worked on the case over a weekend it’s an absolutely incredible week for Frenchness

All is well with Andy - so far.

The Andrew formerly known as Prince www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

This is a real: Pope Leo XIV was gifted a Buffalo Bills jersey. The Diocese of Buffalo said Bishop Fisher met with the Pope on Monday to discuss the ongoing bankruptcy filing, among other issues. Pope Leo was said to have "expressed his gratitude for this symbol of hometown pride." #billsmafia

Leone Norwood Farrell invented the Toronto Method for large-scale vaccine production, making childhood immunisation programmes more affordable and facilitating the mass production of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine in the 1950s. adalovelaceday.subst...

This is disastrous; hospices do such important work, not only to give people a good death, but to provide pain management and other services to people with terminal conditions. The staff in hospices work so, so hard and the fact that these institutions depend on charity to operate is a scandal.

looking to meet a like-minded person to have a child with so together we can create

BLOG POST: “It’s still a breathtaking to stand on that beach. To hear water lapping over stone, intensified by the passing of passenger boats, and the cries of seabirds. And to sense that beneath your feet, no doubt, are the stems of a million clay pipes.” boakandbailey.com/2025/10/the-...

Donner Party Frozen Dinner for Four

Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story. Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done. You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story! 🧵 1/9

I'm suddenly thinking I've done Halloween wrong for many years...

Picturing the chefs either crying or laughing while doing half this menu. Could be either.

Minority representation on TV causes outrage From the new Private Eye, in shops now.