I got within three squares of solving Miles' new Rubik's cube... ..and then disaster.

If you missed your Brockley Market Xmas order, there is still time to bag pheasant! cc @chimpman.bsky.social @rhymerrigby.bsky.social

A train-sized tunnel is now carrying electricity under South London www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/a-t... #london

Interesting thread:

The European Union has triggered Article 122 to indefinitely immobilise the assets of the Russian Central Bank, worth a whopping €210 billion. I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans. 🧵 Long thread.

Really interesting article on Ukrainian ground drones (it's a two part article) cc @covertshores.bsky.social stefankorshak.substack.com/p/dec-3-2025...

I've visited the Toni and Guy ward at Kings Hospital this morning. Yes, it is named after the hairdressers.

@bobbyllew.bsky.social might be of interest for ABM as you did an episode about ZipCar a few years ago.

@jurajmikurcik.bsky.social I suspect you've already seen it, but I was catching up on that latest season of Grand Designs Aus yesterday and it features straw panels Durra Panel featured on Grand Designs Australia | Durra Panel share.google/jzjM9xlO6wDt...

@chimpman.bsky.social @rhymerrigby.bsky.social we've already had an estate agent letter through the door effectively saying "now could be a great time to get a valuation to see if you'll be affected by the new mansion tax"

Interesting article (I haven't previously seen any summaries of Ukraine's interceptor drones)

Make sure to follow what @phillipspobrien.bsky.social says about the "peace plan"

@chimpman.bsky.social Just peered into the new coffee place under the railway bridge. There were already coffee pots on the counter. Could be opening soon? Or have they been gathering dust there for a while?

Interesting thread

This is so cool, and in a country as small as Aotearoa New Zealand, electric airplanes make SO much sense. Yes, I would infinitely prefer trains, and particularly electric trains (PLEASE!) but in lieu of such, replacing our domestic ICE airplanes is a no-brainer: evsandbeyond.co.nz/air-nzs-firs...

This story is wild, definitely worth a subscription to London Centric

Great sub stack from @robinlustig.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/robinlus...

Interesting for Lewisham locals:

@elliotrhys.com seen a few cars like these in Amsterdam. They remind me of the Lao Tou Le you reviewed a while ago.

After 10+ years of running in the same make and model of shoe (Saucony Kinvara), I've thrown the rule book out of the window and bought a pair of runners from a brand I'd never heard of before yesterday (Altra)

There's a huge transformer coming to New Cross next weekend. HT @ianvisits.co.uk CC @chimpman.bsky.social @rhymerrigby.bsky.social @rebeccamelliot.bsky.social Watch out for two 180-tonne transformers rolling into London this August share.google/LPc52neABEgW...

Interesting read on the relative spending power of gnerations

Had a COVID vaccine boost today. I'm now a AZ, AZ, Moderna, Moderna, Pfizer cocktail

I like Robin's tongue in cheek speech writing:

I find Sergii Kostezh's writing on Ukraine really worthwhile:

Worth the subscription:

You know it's been a brutal track session when your watch tells you you've hit a new maximum heart rate.

Any suggestions on where to eat in #Haggerston?

Child casualties almost halved, child deaths down by 3/4… All the other stats don’t really matter

Everything ruffles feathers, but these ideas would seem a good way to promote growth while staying tax neutral.

Ukraine asked for NATO membership, we said no because of Russian nukes. Ukraine asked for security guarantees, we said no because of Russian nukes. Ukraine asked for long-range weapons, we said no because of Russian nukes. So Ukraine got rid of Russian strategic nuclear bombers

Absolutely incredible work from Ukraine today. This was one for the history books.

Ukraine security service, SBU, say they hit 34% of strategic cruise missile carriers in the Russian Federation with damage valued at $7 billion.

@elliotrhys.com I hope you didn't get it too much trouble form your purchase! Does it have isofix points??

I’m heavily invested in vaccines, as it was my late father’s life’s work, and frankly decades of scientists have looked at the cures Mr Kennedy is promoting and concluded that they do not cure measles. But you know what safely prevents measles? The measles vaccine.

I'm pleased I never actually added up how much we spent in total on childminders and nurseries getting up to school age (and it doesn't stop there). We met brilliant early years educators so I don't resent the money, but it is a lot!

New solar farm near where I grew up - great to see! Solar farm in Denchworth that will power 11,000 homes approved - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Behind the scaffolding: Taking a look at the Hungerford Bridge restoration project www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/beh... Anyone walking or catching the train across the Hungerford Bridge in central London can't have failed to notice that much of it is covered in scaffolding.

From the nation that brought us the Marshall Plan, we now have this proposal for the “Trump Plan” for #Ukraine. Where the Marshall Plan embraced enlightened self-interest by America, the Trump plan is predatory, and basically an extortion bid against the people of Ukraine. 1/7

I don't have many celebrity stories, but I once cooked* for Eddie Jordan. I was doing some work experience at Jamie Oliver's then restaurant Montes back in 2001 and Eddie Jordan came in for lunch. *I was very much the junior in the kitchen, so my contribution was probably only chopping the veg.

@elliotrhys.com belated congratulations on the channel rebrand. It's changed a bit since the Geely Geometry review that I first discovered!

@phillipspobrien.bsky.social pulling no punches in his morning update when describing what Trump is doing to Ukraine.

Clocked up 14,000kms on my cycle into work this morning.

I tried a pair of carbon plate running shoes tonight (five years after every other runner) and I now want a pair. So springy. It's a completely different feeling running in them.

Mouse klaxon cc @chimpman.bsky.social

A war leader should always wear a suit. (apparently)

Phillips OBrein writes an excellent substack about Ukraine, strategy and geopolitics. Hopefully European leaders grasp the reality and go all in on supporting Ukraine without America.

The US voting WITH Russia at the UN. Neither China nor Iran did. A clear sign of the new world order. Europe needs to quickly unite and stand up for itself quickly.

In the update no one was looking for, it seems much better if you toggle from video to audio mode (which is fine for me as the video I was trying to watch was just a podcast)

Watching videos on the website version of sub stack is an incredibly frustrating experience. They keep skipping back to the start, won't play in the background etc... all over annoyingly frustrating.