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Motorcycles ::: Usually found in the dark ❌
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Alex Andreou
3 days ago
Further to the quoted... This is becoming a sort of national psychosis. I mean, look at defence. 😂
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Dan Sohege
4 days ago
Not a fan of Burnham anyway, but seriously, what is the point of changing leader if they are going to keep the same inhumane and hostile policies Starmer supports which have pushed so many voters away from Labour. Whoever takes over needs to u-turn on them, fast.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham to back Shabana Mahmood’s immigration changes, allies say
Exclusive: Greater Manchester understood to support home secretary’s push to limit legal and illegal migration
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/20/burnham-to-back-shabana-mahmoods-immigration-changes-allies-say
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Philip Ball
7 days ago
Why I live here.
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David Emmett
12 days ago
The real lesson of the Starmer disaster is that progressive politicians need to fight. Voters like that. It's why the populist right are so popular. Fight for progress, for things you believe in, for good. Don't just try to middle manager mediate your way through.
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The Green Party of England & Wales
17 days ago
❗️Polls close in just a few hours ❗️ Head to the polls NOW and vote for real hope, real change 🗳️ Don’t lose your chance to have your say - Polling stations will close at 10pm!
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Rhys Jones
17 days ago
Except for viewers in Wales and Scotland, who can just turn up, so please do (polling card makes things quicker mind)
#ItsDevolved
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Your Local Epidemiologist
18 days ago
1/ Update on what we know about the evolving hantavirus situation, strap in. A Swiss man linked to the ship has now tested positive after developing symptoms after disembarking. He received an exposure alert, sought care, and tested positive. This means there are 3 deaths and 5 suspected.
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Mat Oxley
19 days ago
The weekend's Hungarian WSBK round told us that Balaton's scary Turn 12/13 chicane hasn't been changed. Why not?! And there was talk at the Miami F1 round that Liberty wants a
#MotoGP
race there. That's why MotoGP riders need to get organised & speak out
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...
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Dangerous Balaton chicane and a Miami MotoGP street race? It’s time for riders to speak up
A dangerous corner sequence at Balaton has yet to be fixed and there’s been talk of a MotoGP race at the Miami F1 venue – two more reasons for riders to unite for their own good
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/motorcycles/motogp/dangerous-balaton-chicane-and-a-miami-motogp-street-race-its-time-for-riders-to-speak-up/
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James O'Malley
21 days ago
This is grotesque on multiple levels.
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Duncan Weldon
21 days ago
Banning private jet flights during a jet fuel shortage feels fair enough to me.
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David Imel
22 days ago
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Matthew Highton
29 days ago
Couldn't resist. That's not my Booky Wook.
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Been a good week for the animals
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US millionaire big-game hunter dies after being crushed by elephants
Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner, was hunting an antelope species in Africa when the incident occured
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/millionaire-hunter-dies-elephants-gabon?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Josiah Mortimer
about 1 month ago
🔴 Britain’s Solar Revolution Is Here and We Should Be Shouting It From the Rooftops Ed Miliband is helping to turn the country into a nation of ‘solar zealots’ and I'm enthusiastically along for the ride. Thankfully I'm not alone.
bylinetimes.com/2026/04/22/b...
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Britain’s Solar Revolution Is Here and We Should Be Shouting It From the Rooftops
Ed Miliband is helping to turn the country into a nation of 'solar zealots' and Josiah Mortimer is enthusiastically along for the ride
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/04/22/britains-solar-revolution-is-here-and-we-should-be-shouting-it-from-the-rooftops/
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Ryan Schwartz
about 1 month ago
#ThePitt
boss R. Scott Gemmill breaks down the Season 2 finale, confirms a Season 3 time jump, and reveals who's returning... and who may not. Now up at TVLine:
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The Pitt creator R. Scott Gemmill breaks down the Season 2 finale with TVLine, confirms a Season 3 time jump, and reveals who's returning — and who may not.
https://www.tvline.com/2149438/the-pitt-finale-explained-season-3-cast-time-jump/
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Corey Atad
about 1 month ago
this is fucking unreal stuff from Noah Wyle on the magic of The Pitt.
www.gq.com/story/noah-w...
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Nikita Gill
4 months ago
Really powerful, hopeful paragraph from the latest article in the Atlantic by
@adamserwer.bsky.social
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Ian Dunt
about 1 month ago
He's an enemy of liberty and a friend to tyrants.
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Mike Galsworthy
about 1 month ago
Oh, FGS -
@politico.com
is taking sponsorship money from Palantir - running their ads through news updates. That's absolutely the *last* thing we need in our politics, Palantir going straight for the political-media environment at a time when we need massive scrutiny of their contracts in the UK.
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Magnus Orest
about 1 month ago
I wish more people on this side of Ukraine would understand Ukraine's importance for the rest of Europe. What we're seeing here is a new powerhouse coming into existence, and a country the EU really needs to have as a member state.
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Khashoggi's Ghost
about 1 month ago
I lol'd at this.😆
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Mina Kimes
about 1 month ago
I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.
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The Guardian
about 1 month ago
Anger as swifts’ nesting holes in Derbyshire rail viaduct ‘blocked up’
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Anger as swifts’ nesting holes in Derbyshire rail viaduct ‘blocked up’
Campaigners say birds could die trying to access ancestral nests that were sealed during rail refurbishment Some swifts returning to Britain to breed will be unable to access their ancestral nesting holes after they were blocked in a £7.5m refurbishment of a Derbyshire railway viaduct, campaigners say. Nature lovers had appealed to Network Rail to unblock three holes which were among at least nine swift nesting sites on the twin viaducts at Chapel Milton, on the edge of the Peak District. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/10/anger-as-swifts-nesting-holes-in-derbyshire-rail-viaduct-blocked-up?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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David Emmett
about 1 month ago
Because opening new oil fields which will come online in the 2030s and produce a relatively small amount of oil will really help push down the spot price of Brent crude
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Henry Mance
about 2 months ago
Presenting the reopening the Strait of Hormuz as a victory is like the Greeks failing to take Troy but celebrating the safe return of their wooden horse
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Zack Polanski
about 2 months ago
The US military has 22 sites in the UK. Every day long range US bombers are taking off here to drop bombs on Iran. This is a rogue state carrying out war crimes, and threatening more. The UK Government must grow a spine - and stop our bases being used for this war.
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The Empty City
about 2 months ago
This is the ultimate test for a constitutional order. Either constitutional mechanisms are used to check and balance this, and remove him from office, or they are not. For there can be no greater test for any constitution.
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Neal Champion
about 2 months ago
This is a fantastic and very welcome perspective, as well as being a great piece of writing
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Tom Cox
5 months ago
Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.
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Olga Nesterova
about 2 months ago
Can you imagine how many people approved it before publishing? Shameful.
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Philippe Auclair
about 2 months ago
Using Spotify is just as bad as using X, in some aspects, even more consequential: Spotify is actively killing music, not just exploiting musicians. All other streaming platforms are better, and have as wide a choice. Migrating your playlists is dead easy. Please leave that evil platform - now.
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Robin Ince
about 2 months ago
I can’t get excited by our next journey to the Moon when this is what is happening on Earth.
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Fantastic assessment of where Marc might be right now
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Simon Evans
about 2 months ago
NEW ANALYSIS: Record wind and solar generation saved UK from gas imports worth £1bn in March 2026 📈Wind+solar were up 22% year-on-year in March to a record high for the month ⛴️This avoided the need for gas imports worth £1bn at current high prices
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John Crace
about 2 months ago
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
I love a dog story with a happy ending
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Molly the border collie rescued after a week waiting for injured owner in New Zealand’s remote backcountry
A rescue mission involving volunteer helicopter crew and public donations ended in joy after Molly was located and brought home
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/01/molly-border-collie-rescued-new-zealand
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James O’Brien
about 2 months ago
Wow.
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Spaghetti
about 2 months ago
maybe my favorite thing on the internet:
neal.fun/deep-sea/
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The Deep Sea
Scroll down the deep sea in this interactive page.
https://neal.fun/deep-sea/
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Ian Dunt
about 2 months ago
This reminds me of when you travel in a developing country and they have different rates for locals and foreigners. Feels like a sign of severe economic decline. Also, let's be real here. We basically nicked all this shit. The least we can do is let them see it for free.
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Adam Wheeler
2 months ago
The maturation of the current MotoGP World Championship leader could be his last step to the title big time (…I think). Up close with Marco Bezzecchi…or as close as you want to be. Fresh writing for Motorsport Magazine:
www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...
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Marco Bezzecchi is having the time of his life. But don't ask him about it
Aprilia rider Marco Bezzecchi is dominating the 2026 MotoGP season with the same quiet, truculent self-assurance that has always made him impossible to ignore, and even harder to interview
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/motorcycles/motogp/marco-bezzecchi-is-having-the-time-of-his-life-but-dont-ask-him-about-it/
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The Guardian
2 months ago
‘I woke up and couldn’t move’: Scottish rockers the Twilight Sad on births, death and breakdown
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‘I woke up and couldn’t move’: Scottish rockers the Twilight Sad on births, death and breakdown
In the seven years since their last album, the Scots have faced down dementia and cancer. Now they’re returning with a visceral new sound – and eager to get back to globetrotting with the Cure
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/19/scottish-rockers-twilight-sad-cure?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1773901586
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James O’Brien
2 months ago
This is absolutely brilliant. Instigated by Gordon Brown, delivered today.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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World's longest coastal path opens in England to the public
The King Charles coastal path will allow walkers right of access to the entire coast for the first time.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0dxexdd8xo
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Ryan Nanni
2 months ago
"Open the Strait of Hormuz. You may not receive the help of any other sovereign nation. Fastest wins."
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David Emmett
2 months ago
Wanted to do something a little different. An introduction and explanation of how a
#MotoGP
weekend works. What the teams and riders are doing each session, and what to watch out for
motomatters.com/analysis/202...
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MotoGP 101: How To Watch And Understand A Grand Prix Weekend | MotoMatters.com | Kropotkin Thinks
https://motomatters.com/analysis/2026/03/13/motogp_101_how_to_watch_and_understand_a.html
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Bill McKibben
3 months ago
This is what ecocide looks like.
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Dorian Lynskey
3 months ago
Just fascinating to see Blair, a man whose reputation was ruined by the Iraq war, advocate joining a war that is exponentially stupider and more chaotic. How is it possible to learn nothing from the worst mistake of your life?
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Tom Roberts
3 months ago
It's extremely clear that the US doesn't really have an objective here except to inflict maximum pain, and attacking water supply is going to end catastrophically for the entire region. It's not just a war crime, it's approaching a crime against humanity.
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David Emmett
3 months ago
Delighted to announced that
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has sent me a
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article. Here's Neil's thoughts on Pedro Acosta after Buriram. He might even be better than we think.
motomatters.com/analysis/202...
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Neil Morrison: Pedro Acosta - From Buriram Sandbagging To Championship Leader | MotoMatters.com | Kropotkin Thinks
https://motomatters.com/analysis/2026/03/07/neil_morrison_pedro_acosta_from_buriram.html
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Protect the Wild
3 months ago
These are the scenes at Mercure Nottingham City Centre Hotel. Sickening use of deadly bird netting that ends up with birds trapped and starving to death. Police have been contacted. Please sign the petition calling on the hotel to end the use of netting:
protectthewild.org.uk/mercure-hote...
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