Government officials operating on a quota system of some kind will continue to treat brown people in bad faith regardless of what piece of laminated plastic they carry.

Reform aren't really objecting to immigrants because labour markets and housing. It's racism. Hence the lies about eating swans and sexual assault.

This week, a 1964 film about accidental nuclear war from an acclaimed director, featuring a mad scientist who plans to kill millions. That's right, it's... "Fail Safe" Expecting something else? An amazing film and the amazing story of its battle with Dr Strangelove. With @markpackuk.bsky.social

Kestrel. Over River Adur North of Upper Beeding. #birds #nature #wildlife #sussexbirds

It shouldn't have taken a UNGA speech for a lot of people to face the reality that Trump's brain is mush, and the United States under his rule is useless to allies abroad and facing mounting instability at home.

My goodness the Thuringian Forest is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. The natural beauty of the German countryside doesn't get talked about enough - it's stunning. You can spend hours just sitting in a field staring at it, and that is enough. www.germansights.com/thuringia/th...

Absolute legend. MORE of THIS from all our politicians

(I agree that the endless chastising of Twitter users can occasionally get grating but lol at the somehow many people going "oh I only use it to post links to my work now", like "oh I'm actively trying to profit from the fascism site" is meaningfully better than "I'm on the fascism site for fun")

It seems relevant to ask why it is said to be important to leave the ECHR. I can get to ‘so we can abuse the rights of asylum seekers’; or ‘so we can abuse the rights of immigrants’; or ‘so we can abuse everybody’s rights’. Not the most attractive proposition.

Excellent short read - especially pertinent as flags are going up in Brighton and, crucially, being taken down again by anti-fascists

The UK's tiny and historically ineffectual far-right groups - with new financial & strategic backing from US fascists - are successfully capitalising on five years of cowardly "mainstream" ruling-class politicians and media (Tory & Labour) blaming refugees for all the misery they themselves created.

This will be good.

Apropos of, well, *waves hands around at everything* thought I’d reshare this old post pieriaview.blogspot.com/2022/08/gett...

Kaunertal 2737m

Nauders, Austria

This is why we need Bluesky for Biking! bikepacking.com/plog/when-we...

Tour de l’Avenir

If you find the work of an individual designer/maker/artist you like on one of the 'marketplace' type apps it's often worth seeing if they offer direct sales by doing a social media/web search for them. You still get what you wanted *and* the person making it gets all of the profit margin.

Glorenza/Glurns Sudtirol Post run random notes.

Nice explainer,history article about Preston Park velodrome in Brighton - built in 1877 and still going after a brief hiatus a few years back. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Part of a must read thread. The BBC and many other parts of the established media are clearly failing.

The point of the EU is to ensure European prosperity, stability and survival through a shared supra-national system. The international law themes are an optional extra

Sam's latest post, continuing his exploration into the rise of the American right, is an interview with author John Ganz (@lioneltrolling.bsky.social) about his book on American in the 1990s, in which they talk about Pat Buchanan, Ross Perot and also Trump. (free) samf.substack.com/p/when-the-c...

Introduce yourself with four cycling climbs ⛰️🚴💨

I think this is also why people love underdogs so much, because they embody that exciting potential to go against the statistically likely outcome. There's some excitement in stats following through, but even more so when we can find someone defying the odds (feels like transcending materiality).

NEW EPISODE: Starship Troopers! We're joined by @jonnelledge.bsky.social‬ as we head to Klendathu in Paul Verhoeven's much-misunderstood satire. Remember: the only good bug is a dead bug. Would you like to know more? Search for "War Movie Theatre" wherever you get your podcasts.

South Downs

Sometimes it’s good to meet your heroes. Prof Carol Tulloch popped in for some running shoes today. hundredheroines.org/criteria-of-... I could have chatted with her forever.

This is great from the utterly brilliant @coldwarpod.bsky.social Be prepared to be hooked.

More morally abhorrent and politically counterproductive speech from Starmer. 1. It propagates a nativist narrative by blaming immigration/immigrants for the UK’s economic and social ills. 2. It thereby also whitewashes Tories for years of destructive economic and social policies.

@mattpt55.bsky.social Spotted on travels.

What the hell was the Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930 and why was it so consequential? Listen in as David and I both focus in on the details and range far and wide across the last 100 years of global trade...

Ardennes looking very pretty and very hilly. #LiegeBastogneLiege

“I didn’t read project 2025 because it was my understanding that wasn’t what he was running on” Oh dude. You drank the kool aid spewed by Faux News & Newsmax. “I never thought the leopards would eat my face.” They’re saying “yum.” 🗣️ @chescaleigh.bsky.social

"Vance, who never left the base, and has never before visited Greenland, was quite sure how Greenlanders should live. He made a political appeal to Greenlanders, none of whom was present. . .It takes some patience to unwind all of the nonsense here."-- @timothysnyder.bsky.social

"Occupation?" "No, just here for a few days." :)

The Mark Blyth (professor at Brown University) interview from 17:22 on On the media podcast is a must-listen podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Zelensky's finest achievement to date may be in not lamping these cunts

I celebrate the 80% of Germans who did not vote for the far right. Do not make 19.6% of German voters into "the" German people (again). "The" German people don't exist! The German population is diverse and divided, but voted overwhelmingly for liberal democratic parties. #BTW25 #GermanElection

Pre 7am dawn. Finally 🙏

This is an excellent (long) read by @thomaszimmer.bsky.social on Russell Vought, one of the few people in the Trump 2.0 administration that actually matters (and is largely ignored in the media).

@benjinaesen.bsky.social Hi Benji Vis a vis Carbon Monoxide use. This podcast is a very thoughtful and informative primer for this complicated subject. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

A reader writes… “The last time I made a submission to Private Eye was in 1968, when I was 15 years old. I received this wonderful response which I still treasure:”  JOHN CLIVE

Neiwert is amazing, be sure and stick around for the surprise ending...

David Olusoga and I discuss the historical denialism on Empire with which Black Lives Matter was met. howtoacademy.com/podcasts/dav...

i360 always makes me stop and look up.

On this day 12 years ago, @kcg.bsky.social posted the “This is Fine” comic.