My friend Alisha lost her mother in the cruelest way possible. The killer never told her where the body was. She was denied a final goodbye. He's allowed to move forward, she'll never get the chance. Refusing to say where the body is shows no remorse. www.change.org/p/oppose-the...

My friend Alisha lost her mother in the cruelest way possible. The killer never told her where the body was. She was denied a final goodbye. He's allowed to move forward, she'll never get the chance. Refusing to say where the body is shows no remorse. www.change.org/p/oppose-the...

For the first time, I can say with confidence that the newest generation of HelloBike has a serious challenger. On smooth roads, blue still takes it because it's lighter & quicker. Everywhere else, I think we have a new champion.

There's a weird thing in UK politics. Labour treats Reform as largely correct on the merits but bad at implementation. It treats the Greens as wrong on the merits and so good at implementation they will destroy the country. But that's... the opposite of how their actual likely voters feel?

Participation in hiking and camping has exploded in China recently. This is the queue for the ferry to start the Li River hike near Yangshuo

sadik

stop dumpin

Chester's ability to simultaneously house both the most stunning examples of British architecture alongside the the ugliest never ceases to amaze me. This place would have York & Edinburgh levels of tourism if they didn't build anything post war.

Expect an absolute avalanche of bullshit like this to try and force the idea that punishing Prince Andrew alone means everything is fixed.

r kid

Popped to Liscard earlier to grab some cheap Carhartt. When I was younger I saw Liscard on the front of a bus & asked my Dad what it meant & he said 'nothing'. Thought for years as a kid that 'Liscard' meant a bus was out of service.

went coining

When I was 10 my 16 yr old neighbour killed a man. A father. No reason at all. Not someone he knew. Didn't see his face. Just at random. Pure chance. The house we lived in is gone now, replaced with new builds. My neighbour served four years. His brothers were taken by social services soon after.

The world feels increasingly fucked & it hurts me to think about it too much. But I take selfish solace in the fact that I'm eating hotpot over the hob & listening to Geese with my favourite person, in the glow of lights I once dreamed of but never thought I'd live near.

I just don't know what to do anymore

Thousands of glowing drones rehearsed for the 2026 Spring Festival Gala over Hefei, China. The Gala reportedly set a Guinness World Record for the number of drones controlled by a single computer.

Happy 4 year anniversary to The Economist showing Eileen Gu being stolen by a Vietnamese person holding chopsticks.

working hard

There ain't no reason for a man to be pulling this face while talking about steam trains. Please reel yourself in Curt.

I am in a big city at the end of the universe

These Conservative takes are always so funny since Chinese universities have affirmative action policies so strong they would give Conservatives an aneurisma

We ride rental bikes of a morning to the local metro station. This morning, for some reason, Shishi's phone wouldn't scan the bike. Seeing us struggling & hearing us discuss it, the guy putting the bikes out scans one & hands it to her for free. Most people you'll ever meet are nice.

It sure would be awkward if the World's media had tripped over themselves rushing to praise an account that compares an entire people to monkeys. That really would be quite awkward.

It's a pity no one warned us he was a grifter

ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives. We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.

Just defected to Reform

We are currently at that stage in life where we're now middle class enough to own a Universal Studios annual pass, but still working class enough to make sure we absolutely get our money's worth & then some. Which is why we've now been 4 times in two months, and will be back at least twice in Feb.

this summarizes about anything that could ever possibly happen under trump as president

In a report timed for the opening of the World Economic ‌Forum, anti-poverty group Oxfam said billionaire wealth surged at three times its recent pace last year to reach its highest level on record, deepening economic and political divides that threaten democratic stability reut.rs/4b8PEcw

I've long suspected my rollercoaster tastes are a little unconventional - many of my favourites in the world (The Smiler & Swarm, especially) do not seem all that well loved, or even liked, by many enthusiasts I confirmed this this weekend by riding my 3 favourite Beijing coasters in one day...

10 years, still flyin'

Person who doesn't know that Chinese people exist:

After two relatively simple years of long, easily-shapen animals in the snake & dragon, the horse is a little more difficult to incorporate into the numbers. Two main approaches so far - use it as the 2, or write the numbers in strokes of the horse's tail like an old paint brush

Well since we're doing 2016 nostalgia - it was my first year in China, & while life is much easier now, I do miss every day being a discovery. I'd never top up my phone back then. Rarely used it. I'd stuff 1RMB notes in my pocket & hop on random buses through 呼和浩特 & 包头 on my days off.

Turn 31 next week

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

🚨 BREAKING: Israeli forces have killed 7 Palestinians, including 5 children, the youngest 5 years old, in less than 24 hours by striking tents and homes sheltering displaced families across northern and southern Gaza, Palestinian Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said today. Since that...

Fellow transport & infrastructure nerds - what's your favourite transport themed item you own? Mine is probably this sweater I picked up at Beijing Daxing Airport. I used to own a pair of Paris Metro boxer shorts, but I don't know where they are (& you don't want to see them!)

What a joke.

As you watch horror unfold daily, in the year that the US hosts a World Cup, two before it hosts an Olympics, keep in mind the 11 places that boycotted the Winter Olympics in Beijing in 2022. See if they hold the US to the same standard. (Spoiler: you already know the answer)

This feels very 'this bad thing happening to someone else is bad not because it's bad, but because it might eventually impact our lives'

The trees on my street have bought scarves. & who can blame them?

Call me old-fashioned, but following evidence-based policy on reducing alcohol limits to reduce "killing off" pedestrians and other road users seems pretty sensible. It's not actually obligatory to drink booze in a pub, plenty of modern non-alcoholic options. Also let's improve walking routes!

I've been reading a lots of @bannister.org's old China trip reports recently, so decided to check out the somewhat infamous Shijingshan Amusement Park amid its ongoing face lift. But alas, almost every coaster was closed – including the new & improved* SLC clone 'Space Coaster'. * I hear.

I've been reading a lots of @bannister.org's old China trip reports recently, so decided to check out the somewhat infamous Shijingshan Amusement Park amid its ongoing face lift. But alas, almost every coaster was closed – including the new & improved* SLC clone 'Space Coaster'. * I hear.

The current Nobel Peace Prize holder, there - talking about sharing the prize with a man who just kidnapped another country's leader and broke international law, killing 80+ people in the process.

BREAKING: Prime Minister Keir Starmer refuses to say whether the US's attack on Venezuela broke international law

this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier