Saying we should all go back to physical media I think misses the point. I actually *like* buying games and movies digitally for a bunch of reasons. What we need is better consumer protections so the things we do buy digitally are actually owned and companies cant delete/revoke access!

Here are the two cars my parents had from the time I was born until I was five years old. Obviously, you know already how I got this way. #WeirdCarBS

you just can't replicate the thrill of reading the little text box before a license test, internalizing its instructions, and putting it to practise by chipping away at your best time by hundreths of a second until you get the gold.

Eyvind Earle... De rien.

More than half way to Net Zero in UK The key fact is that most people believe it is a long way off and hard. Only 8% believe we're halfway there. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Welp, the US Government just banned Polestar from selling cars here because our sinophobic leadership is scared of anything even remotely Chinese. www.reuters.com/business/aut...

#OnThisDay in 1911 a baby boy was born in Argentina. His name was Juan Manuel Fangio - & the rest is history. My favourite pic of him is this one, taken by Louis Klemantaski, at Mirabeau, Monaco, during race morning warm-up, in ’56. #F1 #TrackLimits #Precision

I remember being up the whole night scouring mil Twitter for updates, texting with colleagues, and wishing both 🇷🇺 teams equal measures of success - from the bottom of my heart! Side note: about 2 weeks later, Xi Jinping started purging the 🇨🇳 PLA Rocket Force. Surely that was a complete coincidence

It's now been 10 years since Brexit. A futile exercise fueled by lies and racism that will scar the country of my birth for decades, propelling it into a spiral of ignorance, bigotry and hatred.

Bridge Over the Sea (2020) Available as art print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...

I’ve got the fondest possible memories of this car. I fear I didn’t appreciate it enough at the time. Not sure, but I think it’s likely a 405 would still feel pretty goodxahainst the modern crop.

Punting is a uniquely pleasant experience, so long as you remain in the boat.

"My happiness is 120 russians dead per day. Don't love me. My task is to ensure my people return home alive and whole," says Leila Abdullayeva "Saracen," the commander of a drone company in the K-2 Brigade of Unmanned Systems Forces. Saracen commands over 100 people. 🧵 1/5

It really is bleak where Cadbury's, a deeply ethical company with a beautiful history, has ended up. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Here are some pictures of Taipei, where Jensen Huang is from, that were taken between 1969 and 1973. He was 6 years old in 1969.

Most of these estates have historic public right of ways over the grounds. You may have to show a ticket to get through the front gate but if you check the OS map, 9/10 times there’s an open door in a boundary wall somewhere that you can just walk through.

this perfect Miata magazine ad came up on the FB

Don’t ban kids using YouTube. Make YouTube behave like a broadcaster. Pay creators. Reinvest in the creative industries. Pay fair tax back into creators’ economies. Follow guidelines on fair usage and copyright. Play fair. It’s bigger than TV now. Make it behave like TV.

I built Bayer Cam because I'm interested in using my phone camera as a photographic tool, that I can control & understand I get that all this AI stuff that hallucinates the perfect picture of your dreams without any knowledge/effort required is exciting for many, but it's not inspiring at all to me

Demon-Haunted World reference ftw

There's probably never been a better time to remind you that when David Hockney first took his Mum to California she remarked 'all this lovely weather and nobody puts their washing out'.

Factoid: Never mind all those safety features in modern cars, Brockbank had a great solution 70 years ago… Incidentally, don’t just enjoy the great illustrations, the copy noting the operating instructions is equally good.

UK Defence Secretary John Healey has quit over the government’s military spending plans.

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The USA is doing sportswashing all wrong. The idea is you do a Russia or a Qatar and welcome everyone in, trying to appear super-cute so that people stop thinking about your appalling human rights violations and corruption. You're not meant to shine a light on it. Stupid country.

As of today, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has gone on longer than the First World War.

Daily sketch 🪾🌸🥷🐈‍⬛️ Can you spot the Cat ? (Sorry about the ink spills, she wouldn't stop running around while I was painting) #art #artsky #ink #sketch

English commentators need to stop analysing Northern Ireland through an English lens! When you see anti-immigrant riots in Belfast, Ballymena or Larne and immediately reach for "Britain's far-right problem", you're missing half the story. This isn't just racism. It's loyalist terrorism. 1/

A while back an amazing battery announcement caught the attention of many people outside the clean tech, new energy, EV bubble. Donut labs, a startup in Finland had cracked the code and built truly incredible solid state batteries. I'm proud to say I was skeptical. electrek.co/2026/06/08/d...

That is pretty remarkable? Given in almost every other trade off we pitch vs cost of living right now, cost wins, but not Ukraine, where even if it leads to higher bills people say keep sanctions. Ditto there has been no tail off in 3 yrs how important Brits think Ukraine is

Every chatbot and LLM should legally be required to use comic sans.

Hi all, todays drawing in my all new drawing series The Lost Art Of The Mainstream Luxo-Barge is the true DS replacement. #citroencars #citroencx #citroencx2400 #citroencxprestige #citroencxseries1 #citroencarsuk

Been a while since I had a great day! Bringing E36 selfies back :)

One thing that really annoys me with trains - at least with Southern, maybe others are better - is that they literally refuse to state their off peak or super off peak times online, while ticket machines instruct you to check the allowed times but the only way of doing so is to ask a staff member.

Well, here we are finally - the sound of one door closing and the end of a 17-year journey. codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/06/04/a...

Looking for a fun summer project? I just spotted this £5k Honda Beat. Seems solid but needs TLC and going through (inc. timing belt). Knock the asking down, break out the spanners, and enjoy. Cheap way into a car with ITBs, for sure. Tempted? facebook.com/share/1A1bfA... #WeirdCarBS #KeiCar #JDM

💭 🎬 L'artiste franco-iranienne Marjane Satrapi, qui s'est fait mondialement connaître avec la bande dessinée et le film "Persepolis", est décédée à l'âge de 56 ans, a annoncé son entourage jeudi à l'AFP.

...and don't you forget it!

Using generative AI for imagery is **directly harmful** to artists, graphic designers, photographers etc. This isn't a vague moral argument: this is just normal, standard theft, except at a completely new scale and social acceptability. We need to reverse that. www.instagram.com/reel/DY2L2-g...

Seven Point Three - Fourty-Eight rmsothebys.com/auctions/s06...

Visited Byōdō-ji (Inaba-dō) Temple in Kyoto on Sunday, as part of my work trip the past couple of days. Photographed the Audi W8 E-Tron there. And picked up a few omamori. This one for me. The magical rabbit. Imbuing me with magical powers. Happy to report that it’s already working. 🙏🏻

They're* calling them the Japanese indie pop duo you'll** be listening to all summer. *Me **Also me youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#ClassicCar question. Anyone in #Scotland who can rebuild SU carburettors on a 40s #MG? That drip of fuel on the split pin shouldn’t be there aaaaaaand it drips onto the downpipe. Car needs to be roadworthy in 4 weeks 😬

The new EHRC Code of Practice is not fit for purpose. It does not provide clear guidance or do enough to protect everyone from discrimination, and it is not compatible with longstanding British values. @EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk and @MarieCGoldman.bsky.social have written to Bridget Phillipson. ⬇️

Quiet work week so spending some time working on the next book, on the NSX. If anyone on here happens to have any brochures on any gen (hybrid included) from any market (US & Japan welcome) and fancies scanning spec pages for me, it would be gratefully received.

This is how Leading Aircraftwoman Margaret Horton earned herself a free flight on, and not in, a Spitfire...

Someone asked me the other day what my favourite car was, which has been an easy question to answer since the Alpine A110 came out. But after cycling the Shimanami Kaido I think I have an answer to my favourite place too - that island chain is just unbelievably peaceful and beautiful.

Checklist of car user interface aspects which shouldn't be "improved" with tech - how many do you agree with?

Six years ago, I fell into writing and journalism when a 5,000-word article I wrote on a whim about being jobless went viral. Although my personal material conditions have gotten better, I can't help but feel like everything I've talked about here has gotten worse. medium.com/@kevinwillia...