No-one seems to have noticed, but many of the core developments in the Mandelson/Epstein story these last few days have been broken on this website. @pickardje.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social are both posting each breaking development on BlueSky, not X.

These numbers are only countless if you can't count to six.

You could ask about the feasibility of frequent flier levies, the scalability of sustainable aviation fuels, the cost of decarbonising aviation compared to the cost of climate impacts. Or you could do this facile gotcha question bullshit.

This is becoming a critical election for control of the left bloc samf.substack.com/p/whats-the-...

Been called into the office to work on a Sunday. Thought I'd wear the most ironic t-shirt I have.

This is such a daft and revealing line of questioning. I don't think we elect Greens because they don't fly; surely we elect them because they'd deliver the alternatives to flying for all of us? I think the Greens are the only English party to support the delivery of HS2 in full, for example.

Five jobs I've had. - Porter - Receptionist at a bowling alley - Photographer - Barista - Mixologist

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

*Do* go chasing waterfalls.

Listen to Derek Clifford, 50 year longstanding resident of Bethnal Green, talk about the transformative effect of the LTN residents just saved from being ripped out. #LTNs #StreetsForPeople

"The standard response to these warnings is that it is eco-warrior doom-mongering. But these warnings are not coming from Greenpeace; they are coming from the security services and the defence establishment." Excellent thread on how "serious people" are responding (or not) to climate risk. 👇

"We have a ridiculous situation where the House of Commons doubles as the parliament of both the UK and England. This is not ideal. The governor of California can’t also be the president of the US. There are clearly conflicting priorities." ☝️ We don't talk about this enough.

I was heckled by another MP while asking about inclusive relationship education in schools Sickened but not really surprised that homophobia is alive and well on the bench behind me 'They're primary school kids' he says - as if no primary school kids have lesbian or gay parents!

My reasons for not eating meat are varied. This is one of them:

Currently sat on a Scotrail train that isn't moving 15 minutes after it was meant to depart and I can't check if they are giving any info online because they exclusively use the Nazi child abuse site for real time customer information. This is not a sustainable state of affairs.

More and more of us are coming to terms with not only our queer identities, but also our neurodiversity. What are the parallels?  From the archive @diffwyscriafol.bsky.social  👇

Me lifting in my influencer gym among a crowd of ripped, bronzed gods who do cardio and shit:

It was the same in Syria, if memory serves. Environmental degradation as a catalyst for civil disruption, deadly uprisings and war is underreported by the media and underpriced by global leaders.

The single biggest thing (in cost terms) I’ve changed my mind about is UK tuition fees. Dreadful system, need to scrap it.

Things which are not worse than Chernobyl: Glasgow, possibly

I feel obliged to share this masterpiece from my brother:

Plaid Cymru and the Greens are surging in Wales, according to this latest poll. Where’s the media narrative around this? Where are the stories saying Farage is failing? When will Labour try to regain ground by appealing to Plaid & Green voters, not just copy Reform? www.itv.com/news/wales/2...

It's past time we put this failed deregulation experiment to bed. It hasn't improved services or driven down fares. We're held to ransom and forced to pay these exorbitant fares. SPT are blazing a trail, ScotGov needs to recognise this is vital and support them in the budget next week.

"i am sorry for what i have done in the past and don't yet know how to fix it, but don't want to make it worse" is legitimately about the level best you can hope for someone like this to say, and it should be strongly encouraged anywhere we see it

CW: homophobia. 😉 This street repair in my neighbourhood.

I genuinely wonder why the Government bothers to reduce immigration at all.

Fishing villages remind me of my childhood (cute) and also why I don't eat fish (not cute). Anyway, I was trying to channel my inner @jonpountney1.bsky.social for some of these pics. Tourist honeypots out of season are a vibe.

I came away from here with salt spray stuck in my beard. The sign of a good day.

A timeline cleanse. Two tiny figures on a hill, captured this Friday gone.

Who governs?

I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.

Two weeks on ADHD medication done! All the weird side effects have gone—the sluggishness, sleepiness, lightheadedness and headaches. All good fun! 😬 Feeling more energised now and in a slightly less chaotic way than pre-meds. I can now self-intervene when I wanna do side quests, which is weird. 1/n

Very sincerely, every bit of travel we do in an EV, on a train, on a bus, on a bike/e-bike, by walking or rolling, or by other active transport, helps the climate, helps air quality, and helps national & economic security. We should fund these as national security infrastructure.

It's actually important that, to the extent you are able, you stop using oil

Seems like an appropriate time to post these pics of the reindeer friends I made up on the Cairngorms. Even in a year of solid adventure, getting up close to these creatures is a big highlight of mine; the privilege to connect with them, although for too short a time, will never be lost on me.

I think we nailed the whole merry and bright thing today, @gemct24.bsky.social.

If you've been anywhere on the British rail network today, remember that Delay Repay is a thing. I'm expecting a juicy Christmas bonus for my 2h49m delay. 🤑

If the Democrats don't immediately jump on 1) how much this will add to energy bills, 2) how many decent jobs this will cost, and 3) how much climate change is already costing American taxpayers, what are they even in politics for?

Day two! Better experience today so far. It's so weird being able to tune into the conversations I'm having with people—effortlessly *listen* rather than strain just to hear. And I once again *experienced* my morning yoghurt instead of thinking about experiencing my morning yoghurt. This is wild.

First day on ADHD medication today. 🥳 Trust me to feel mega sluggish and sleepy after basically taking a stimulant. Absolutely standard. 🙃

The main thing to conclude from this Labour strategy to compare the Greens to Reform is that they don’t understand the threat that Reform pose. They’re not bothered by fascism.

It's your birthday, Duane.

All of these skills built up on the project will be scattered to the winds because we have cancelled a chunk of the project and we're not building any more high speed rail.

My campaign worked! Christmas has come early and I should be starting on meds next week. I'm simultaneously tryna keep my expectations in check while intending on becoming unstoppable.

This but more gay please.

Really good work from The National. Want to know what happened? Read this.

& work as storm Bram ships in all afternoon (river already in its woods, prowling the alders), an agency of its own (birds roost early), the heavy sky shutters & dark comes down as a slammed door

"We need to look after our own first."