There's a video of the new episode of my podcast, up to YouTube!

How long before the producers of 'Drive to Survive' decide "we need this to be more like Heated Rivalry"?

Whatever impact on the season for Liverpool, it's probably a good thing Guehi isn't coming. It prevents me and other LGBTQ fans from having to do moral gymnastics when Liverpool play. Yes, Pepe Reina and Tommy Smith among others turned out to be awful, but we didn't know when we signed them.

Let me do it for you...

Look at this absolute queen

Imagine if motorsport did its own version of Heated Rivalry. What's that? There are hundreds of gay fanfics of drivers, some of which expertly capture their realistic voices? I'm ready for the deluge.

Since the dumbasses in Washington think Greenland is bigger than it really is, it seems appropriate to re-post this: xkcd.com/977/

New episode of my podcast: I discuss with @georgiesends.bsky.social the Formula E masterclass Nick Cassidy put on in Mexico, sim-racing action coming up, a 4h Interlagos solo domination, and some spicy future racing plans...

But no, wait, if John Luther knows Detective Munch, and Munch was also a guest character in The Wire, that means Luther and Stringer Bell are in the same universe, which... could blow someone's mind some day.

Reminds me of all the people who expressed deep concern when Elon bought Twitter, causing me to believe that if I deleted my account, they would, but who then stayed there because follower numbers.

“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”

This might be the only way to get Lance Stroll out of Aston Martin. It would also mean some of the WEC, IndyCar and Formula E drivers who deserve to be considered *part of* the 22 best in the world get a chance.

The radio is playing Demolition Man by Def Leppard (1998). It was never a single, but it's distinguished by having a guitar solo from Damon Hill. I'm not sure if that, or the win in Belgium, is the greatest thing he did that year.

Things are grim right now but as a reminder of who we are and why we fight, this is the US Women’s figuring skating champion.

Tomorrow I'm (@saschalumi.bsky.social) commentating on the first Road To A Cause simracing event, the Four Hours of Sao Paulo. Start time is 3pm UK, you can watch and join the chat on the @prismaticmotorsports.com Twitch stream.

@elizablackstock.bsky.social Hi Elizabeth! I reached out over Discord and your website contact form about @motionracing.bsky.social - even if you're not in a place where you feel like participating (which is more than okay), I would still be really happy to hear how things are going. Sascha

Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?

Can't shake the thought that Lando Norris might be the Kenny Roberts Jr. of Formula One: the "oh yeah, he won the title, didn't he!" between eras of dominance.

I still remember all those podcasters who said Jake Paul was good for boxing because he "promoted women boxers", at the same time he called one of the best ones a man while she was at the Olympics.

Let me tell you what I love about Sonos: I love how, when I go to bed late on a weekend, I've turned all the lights out, and I'm changing the Sonos alarm, the phone app won't do it so I need to turn the lights on, go to the living room, open my laptop, and open the Sonos Windows app to do it.

78% of all searches for people on Bluesky will result in an account with one post, from January 2025, saying "just trying out Bluesky!"

Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."

I would describe the difference between later Bob Dylan and later Tom Waits as: Bob Dylan sounds like he would rather be on his own, while Tom Waits sounds like he needs your company so he can tell his story.

Best wishes, Norwich.

Some personal news, as all the top journos say.

Sad, the space one is taking his live gig to my town next year. Oh well, that saved me 45eur.

You're welcome. Other than having to tell multiple family members I'm not insane and not dying, and having to do a dignity-sapping pharmacy scavenger hunt every few months, it's a piece of cake.

Joint Statement from Labour LGBTQ+, SDLP LGBT+ & Labour Women Ireland Condemning UK Labour party ban on trans women from attending its conference labour.ie/news/2025/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Nigel Farage is probably delighted today that Reform have the most members of a political party. It doesn't have to be this way. 180,000 and rising. Hope ready to overtake hate. Stand and be counted. Join.greenparty.org.uk

A lovely podcast that I'm glad is back, hosted by two real authorities on motorsport.

Either some day this selective purge of non-conservative opinion from mainstream media will be seen as a kind of second coming of McCarthyism, or it won't be remarked-on, because it'll be the start of a new Medieval period but with surveillance. I don't know which, yet. Strength to Robin. ✊🏻

You will have doubts. You'll probably spend several evenings crying, and you'll avoid conversations with old friends to avoid having That Talk, but it'll be worth it in the end. If you can afford it, get a therapist, and if you can't, join online/IRL support groups, and move forward with your life.

He did it. I don't think he's beyond criticism, but Damon Hill found fun ways not to win the title until the last round in 1996, and at the end of the day, in 29 years, nobody will remember that Lando was as convincing as the Mormons on my street.

Congratulations, Wes, not only are you not protecting kids, thanks to your government they're now banned from Girl Guides (would they monopolise the medals?), and they can't play in f***ing club tennis tournaments. Is this why anyone voted Labour?

It's okay though, my guess is the Labour Obesity Tsar probably doesn't think trans women are women, so I'll see you at the buffet.

We've bounced back.

This year I've cancelled Netflix due to their lack of trans-relatable content, Spotify due to drones, sound quality, and artist pay, and yet I continue to pay for the NYT in the face of its soft-soaping of genocide and trans exclusion, partly because I play the games against my mum every night.

Why would anyone fake being trans to enter a women's esports contest? It's such a non-argument. Nobody decides, for attention or to win trophies, to enter a sometimes toxic environment as something that would potentially draw online hate. Also, THERE IS NO BIOLOGICAL ADVANTAGE IN ESPORTS.

I told family back home today that I wanted to be called by my chosen name by them when I'm there for Christmas. It's a cocktail of relief, sadness, and grief that I feel. Transition isn't something I love and embrace in myself 100% of the time. Sometimes I wish I could be less drama for loved ones.

The Trans Journalists Association is building a future of journalism where stories about trans people are just, ethical, and informed by our leadership. This #GivingTuesday, we’re asking you to support our movement: bit.ly/tja_pride. 🧵

Pluto Press is probably the best publisher currently in existence. I downloaded 12 of their ebooks for less than £30 in their sale last week, including a free book about Palestine. It's unusual for learning to be so accessible.

The aim of UK anti-gender movements is to make life so hostile for trans people that they all go back into the closet. The country is going mental, and now one of the last things that stood for openness and community is not open to the very people who need it.

Tell all your friends. Or don't. Anyway, I'd love to get reconnected with as many old faces as I can, on this account or that account. I am once again dreaming of Mahindras. @hayleymulch.com @dreharrison.bsky.social @hazelsouthwell.bsky.social

Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day

He still has my old address.

As I told @georgiesends.bsky.social the other week, if James Vowles told me my dog had been shot, I'd be grateful. Truly the best voice from which to hear bad news. #F1

I've written what feels like one of the best pieces I've ever written, for a big feminist website, but the trouble is that something dramatic keeps happening to change the course of my legal transition, and that means I keep having to rewrite the damn thing.

Conflict: if Liverpool beat West Ham, they begin the long path to recovery. If they lose to West Ham, West Ham are 16th and it'll probably mean one week less of having to put up with Slot looking like he's trying to fix his own boiler with only YouTube videos.

I wrote this in response to the question on Reddit, "what are the European football equivalents of #F1 teams, and I thought it was worth a thread... (1/11)