Anyone who doesn't want to subscribe to Apple Music/likes to own things - I can confirm that if you buy the Mayhem Requiem album on iTunes and download it to your desktop, it's all DRM free - including the videos - and works on Android.

I don't think it's a good idea to legally privilege someone else's discomfort over another person's rights.

Neighbour put in plans for an extension months ago. Obviously they waited until this week to start.

Read our original story: ‘Bogus Independents’: Tameside Labour accused of planting its own Independent candidates manchestermill.co.uk/bogus-indepe...

This is fucking disgusting. This country makes me feel sick. The 'progressives' in charge enable this. What's the point in them? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Mosquito really ate me up last night

Anyone got any recommendations for decent laptops capable of editing video/photos that I can get used from CeX or something?

The EMR train map doesn't recognise some of the letter F on its map, and nobody clocked it before installation? Sheffield, Chesterfield, Cardiff? Not acknowledged Grindleford? That's fine. This is a printed sticker that will be on every EMR carriage. That's dire. How did nobody spot this.

Priorities 👀 £400m support for people who can afford to drive, but nothing for people who walk, ride a bike or catch the bus? “The cost of the package, including postponing the 5p rise and the discount on red diesel duty, is expected to be around £400m.”

Has anyone else had a sore throat today

Can anyone suggesting that drilling for oil in Scotland would somehow lower prices for the average Brit? Surely it would just be sold on the international market for whatever the going rate is. Unless we think Scottish oil would significantly dent the international price?

Convinced the swept back handlebars are a massive part of the Lime bike's appeal (and the motor, obvs). Dutch style bike riding is so comfortable and natural feeling. Bike shops and other bike hire companies should take note.

Today, the DfT announced its marvellous, magical changes to HS2 to save costs. These changes are: ⭕ Reduce the maximum speed from 360 to 320 km/h 🤖 Remove Automatic Train Operation (ATO) 🚦 Reduce the signalling system (ETCS) specification This will save 2% off HS2's capex. Good idea?

Sick of hearing nonsense from these politicians that there's no money to do anything when they can seemingly find it for actively harmful stuff like this. Hope this is wrong.

Very Burnham www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Left my laptop running to do a task last night. Woke up and it had updated itself, rebooted, and had a full screen multi-step process where I had to untick small checkboxes and repeatedly refuse Microsoft 365. Windows is like a virus.

Met Office: low pollen, some early season grass pollen. Victoria Park: pollen literally raining down from the trees and causing a haze in the air + loads of sneezing

Can you imagine the volume and shrillness of condemnation we would be hearing, if environmental protesters or BLM activists were doing this?

Former Labour councillor Bisi Osundeko, [...] said in a social media post that the "concern" was not related to Mousdell's sexuality or private life, but was due to the content being "posted publicly on a platform that is easily accessible to children and young people". Jfc Labour.

Israeli nationalists chant ‘death to Arabs’ in violent Jerusalem Day march

We see this day in, day out, with rhetoric from the highest parts of Government basically saying Palestinians should shut up. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

This country is insane. Leave people alone. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So Nigel Farage is a liar www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

When I grow old I will absolutely be the bored pensioner hanging around town centres in the hope that I'm vox popped. Providing journalism still exists by then.

Hope Prime Minister Burnham never has anything as contentious as a Clean Air Zone where trade vehicles have to pay but private car owners would go in for free to deal with when he's running the country

The government needs to work at pace to open this line www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's ME Awareness Week - it's so important to recognise the shocking impact of this chronic condition. If you can, please donate

Why does the Lower Thames Crossing plan not include a cycle path?

Yeah more roads that'll fix it www.gov.uk/government/s...

I get why, but it is also quite astonishing that they'll issue a £950,000 fine and not name who they're fining www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...

E-bike hire app companies - please let me upload to Strava from your apps with all the power meter data included! Thanks.

Do not understand how anyone in the Labour party could possibly think Wes Streeting is popular enough to be an effective Prime Minister

Jess Phillips resigns with a letter that concludes that Jess Phillips is right about everything.

The clothing repair shop near me is so so so useful. They've fixed holes in jeans, a jumper, and a pair of trackies for me and they all look pretty much as good as new. Great stuff.

Thanks for sending this through

This shit takes up too much public space - the car + the charger.

God I hate FPTP. 73% of councillors on 32% of the vote is legitimately batshit.

Fave ep so far of #SNLUK

Disgusting www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

The “Blue Labour” strategy still being promoted by some on Labour right is premised on being able to win social conservatives while holding on to social liberals. Failure state for this strategy is failing to win social cons while alienating social liberals. Here is a map of that failure state:

Perfect size for locking up your penny farthing

A lot of words of absolute nothing. The summary is basically "I'll listen to voters, but I'm not going to change my approach." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Yes but Zack Polanski!!! www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Two years into the 'ruthlessly focussed on winning' Starmer project and they still haven't brought back preferential voting for the mayoral contests.

"The whole signalling system in the area is not working" according to Southeastern. Great stuff !

An off peak return to Stansted from London now costs £42 without a Railcard. Though, you can now use contactless. Thanks Labour!

More and more clear that FPTP is making it more likely we get the far right in power. We need PR now.

Important data point here: “A sharp fall in Labour's performance is accompanied more often by an above average Green performance than it is by a strong Reform performance”. The Greens have already hurt Labour even before any direct gains.

Pls don't tell me local elections for don't matter when it's the far right ppl are voting for. Stakes are a little too high for some of us to be that complacent

“If I can bicycle, I bicycle.” Sir David Attenborough. Happy 100th birthday to a legend. He has never passed a driving test and doesn’t own a car.