Well worth a read about what happened in Caerphilly. Also worth noting the risks that the author ran by simply reporting on Reform.

Sometimes even a familiar view can surprise you with its beauty. We are lucky. #edinburgh.

WHAT A WIN!!! 😍

Have you caught the ‘woke mind virus’ yet? Symptoms include compassion, reason, and a healthy dose of common sense. Join fellow sufferers at Humanist Society Scotland today! You can find more information about how to become a member here: portal.humanism.scot/join/

We’re delighted to introduce Boro’s new crest 🔴⚪️ A celebration of our 150-year history, the crest will be implemented permanently from the 2026/27 season onwards.

“Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will.” - Joseph Goebbels

This strikes me as pretty bad

RISQUE GALORE

This is Reform's only Senedd Member Laura Anne Jones. She is very angry about the Wales' Nation of Sanctuary that mainly supports Ukrainian refugees. However she didn't always feel this way. Here are two speeches she has given where she says opposite things.

The true parasite class of the UK.

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

St. John's, Newfoundland Canada #Newfoundland #canada #autumn #photography

Here’s another poem for National Poetry Day. This one is called ‘A Brief History of Modern Art in Poetry’.

New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer. This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

A comment on itch reminded me of this idea for creating #TTRPG dungeons I had a while back. I still think its neat and I don't think I've actually shared it here on bsky. So bsky.. meet Crossword Dungeons! Do a crossword, use the answers and designs as inspiration for the rooms, get creative!

the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is - more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week) - more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages) - more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)

Failing to adopt a national approach to 20mph as an urban/village norm in England increased 2024 casualties by 15,000 and insurance costs by £2bn. Read our latest press release in anticipation of the release of the DfT 2024 road casualty stats. bit.ly/4gIBPlJ

Alien: Earth (N. Hawley and others, 2025)

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

Disney learned nothing from Andor.

wow

Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

I recommend everyone watches this

The next #Corstorphine and Clermiston #CommunityCouncil is 7pm-9pm, Tuesday 16th September at St Ninian's Church Hall. Enter from the back on St. Ninian's Road and follow the signs. Your community council is a place where you can raise concerns and find out what is going on locally. #Edinburgh

This explains it better than I can

Every Apple event

Enlightening seeing Jim pull this together over the months. A reminder that real journalism takes persistence, time and money. Worth it for readers, I hope. I've removed the paywall and will make a loss on this, but local business owners I know will agree it's an important topic, so please share.

Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.

The global phenomenon of “bikelash” has become one of the biggest barriers to implementing interventions that make our streets more liveable, accessible and sustainable. So how do we best manage it as advocates for change? Here are eight strategies we recently presented at the Velo-city Conference.🧵

Apparently you can't just record yourself screaming as a description, so I have relunctantly written some actual words about the problems we're facing as a rescue

Easy to be cynical about green screen and CGI but seeing this is great. It shows the work, art and effort that goes into producing a movie that many will sneer at.

Parkour.

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death https://yle.fi/a/74-20174831 A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and high-quality cycling and walking infrastructure. See Edinburgh, it can be done...

Today is World Emoji Day apparently, so what finer way to celebrate than with this sensitive and poignant translation of W.H. Auden’s ‘Funeral Blues’ into emoji.

Just in case you ever think The Times offers impartial reporting and responsibly informs its readership… Have a word with yourself and delete that thought… It is the voice of its rancid press baron owner and doesn’t care about anyone else’s interests or in telling you the truth. (Private Eye)

Instead of “Alligator Alcatraz” or “Alligator Auschwitz”, let me suggest that we call it simply the Dade-Collier Concentration Camp. Hang the name on Florida. Make them own this disgraceful moment in U.S. history. Make our grandchildren lobby to change the name of Dade County out of shame.

As Hackney’s Cabinet Member for Transport, I delivered the largest number of LTNs in the U.K. In return, I was abandoned by my colleagues, got deaths threats, and received the largest number of complaints of any Cllr in the U.K in 2020. It was worth it. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

it’s absurd that NYT forced him to delete these skeets, which … convey the factual information that Zohran Mamdani is, in fact, a man of South Asian descent who was born and raised in Africa, and that the pseudonymous source of the hacked material is a white supremacist eugenicist.

The illegal killing of Hen Harriers has hit a devastating new high. ⚠️ A new RSPB report reveals 102 incidents in just five years - with the majority on, or near, grouse moors. A thread…

English People Encounter Pizza for the First Time 🧵

🚨 Last night JK Rowling attacked The National as an "anti-woman newspaper". I think that is absolutely ridiculous chat. Here's my open letter setting out why this kind of attack does not work on our team. www.thenational.scot/news/2525321...

This photo. ICE is a gang.