Porn That Didn't Get Approved

This is a great example of "blame inversion" (coined by @ashtonindc.bsky.social) where danger very clearly caused by cars is blamed on anything else: parents letting their kids play outside, kids riding bikes, etc.

HEROES SHED NO TEARS (Woo, 1984)

Not to victim blame but this balloon does feel like it's asking for trouble

Skater Girls of Ethiopia #WomensArt 🛹 (Photo S. Tanna)

Good on Leicester Libraries for stocking @thewaroncars.bsky.social book, Life After Cars. Essential reading @rideleicester.bsky.social @leicsactivetravel.bsky.social

only british political analysis you need

I know how mr tractor feels #pareidolia

This was tonight's entertainment. 10/10 & two thumbs up.

"The Labour Party under Keir Starmer will abandon its core idealism and principles and won't even gain tactical advantage. It will be a party which gives no one a reason to vote for it, and no one will, in fact, vote for it." - David Graeber (from 2020)

Strewth!

Philanthropic Mexican pharmacy mascot Dr. Simi and friends in Shibuya, Tokyo.

Effect of Tory freeze of personal allowance at £12570 in April 2021, and its continuation by Labour. Income tax payers 2021/22, 33m; 2025/26, 39.1m. Basic rate payers 2021/22, 27.4m; 2025/26, 30.4m Pensioners paying income tax, 2021/22, 6.74m; 2025/26, 8.72m. More poor people paying income tax.

Nearly got hit by 2 motorists on my ride in to work this morning. Got to love cycling in Leicester....

The people who forced Gary Lineker out of a job for accidentally posting an antisemitic image are silent about the intentionally antisemitic cartoon of Zack Polanski published in The Times They're busy smearing the Jewish Anti-Zionist Green Party leader as antisemitic They think you're stupid

Meet Bumpy! This enchanting little chap was rescued over the weekend. This was Bumpy's first night with us, snuggled next to Keeper Simon. Simon put his mattress on the ground and the tiny hippo nestled by his side, swaddled in his cherry blanket.

Mods are asleep, post celebratory pig pics

“A lot of us are trapped in one-hour cities right now. The alternative — having a lot more things close by, and a lot more time in our day — isn’t the conspiracy. It’s the cure.”

The people yearn for a time when insanely rich paedophiles could at least dance.

Tonight's entertainment

For Christmas, my nephew got me one of the worst value bets of all time. #LCFC

"Driver avoids jail" latest

It's important to remember that, yes, sometimes good things still happen. www.dailymail.com/news/article...

Tonight I went to Leicester's steampunk bar, The Metal Monocle, to see Mss Frnce, a punk band from Paris. They were pretty good

Of course it's smelly, it's full of snooker fans

Zhang Shan won the gold medal for the mixed skeet shooting event in the 1992 Olympics. The International Shooting Union *immediately* banned women from competing against men.

- PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT - DO NOT BE CONFUSED! These are TWO DIFFERENT movies about unrepentant pedophiles with the same title. Markus Schleinzer's 2011 pedophilia-themed drama MICHAEL is NOT the same movie as Antoine Fuqua's 2026 pedophilia-themed drama of the same title.

Rún + @penelopetrappes.bsky.social at Firebug in Leicester Tickets: www.seetickets.com/event/penelo... Full tour dates: 23 Apr / Glasgow 24 Apr / Liverpool 25 Apr / Newcastle 26 Apr / Leicester 27 Apr / London 28 Apr / Brighton 29 Apr / Bristol

honestly i’m really struggling with the shallow acceptance of the michael biopic. from peers even!!!! i feel insane.

Got my ticket for Sunday night 🤸

Perhaps we should create an environment where 86 year-olds don't have to drive cars to get about

Having seen Richard Kind in The Producers on Saturday, I thoroughly endorse this suggestion.

Can you imagine the headline: 'Attempted murder arrest after knife hits pedestrian on Argyll Street'? No, of course you can't. Because no sub would ever write that!!

RIKI-OH: THE STORY OF RICKY (Lam, 1991)

On the coach to London

A related point I like to make: The act of riding a bike is inherently very safe. The danger comes from cars.

The Telescopes tonight at Firebug.

een enj ing uesky today

Few joys on earth greater than walking around the front desk to see the rabbit someone has brought in is a Flemish giant

The future is here, it’s just not evenly distributed

And here's Asha Bhosle's fabulous recording of Dum Maro Dum, lip-synced by Zeenat Aman in the 1972 film Haré Rama Haré Krishna which satirised hippie culture youtu.be/kOrRYDJ4AuY

Another beautiful day in #Croydon