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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 41m

NEW: We need to talk about Russia.

So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.

My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.

open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 2h

Boris Johnson broke the news model – smirking as he lied on camera, knowing no journalist would dare call him out.

The joke was on us.

Peter Thurlow reports

How deference becomes client journalism in plain sight

We have come through a period of often shameful journalism, bending the knee to Downing Street. Can our journalism recover?

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2h

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 4d

In a nutshell.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 3h

Norfolk’s crumbling coastline exposes the human cost of climate change – and the painful limits of what councils can do.

By Owen Sennitt, Local Democracy Reporter

Norfolk’s vanishing coast and the limits of protection

Norfolk’s crumbling coastline exposes the human cost of climate change – and the painful limits of what councils can do

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 3h

The more in favour of welfare you are, the more likely you are to support cycle lanes

theconversation.com/the-more-in-...

The more in favour of welfare you are, the more likely you are to support cycle lanes

Findings show that the most political people have the strongest views on green transport infrastructure, potentially skewing the debate.

theconversation.com

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TallBikeGuy @thetallbikeguy.bsky.social · 3h

Amazing.

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 3h

‼️To destroy the hundreds of Russian drones that attack Ukraine almost every night, Ukraine’s air defense uses every possible method. For example, Soviet, propeller-driven aircraft such as the Yak-52 are used - they are cheaper than the drones themselves.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 3h

Release the Epstein files. All of them. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email

Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 3h

Not sure why it has taken until late 2025 to see this, but this is how you do it. Every time. For every one of these guests.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 3h

Your next pricey takeaway could well be cooked in an entirely different kitchen from the one you expected, delivered by someone who doesn't match the picture of the courier, using what the platforms say is a bicycle but is actually an unlicensed motorbike.

www.londoncentric.media/p/host-kitch...

Your upmarket Deliveroo might be made by your local kebab shop

"On one hand, it’s a lifeline... But on the other hand, it’s a harbinger of doom.”

www.londoncentric.media

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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 4h

The weather may be turning, but we're still riding 🍂 🚴‍♀️

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 12h

Trevor Phillips on Sky about Trump and the Nobel Peace Prize: “Even long-time critics are conceding he will probably deserve it next year.”

I really don't think that's true. By any normal metric, Trump would and should be the very last person to win the prize, and many people realise that.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 12h

Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the next mayor of New York City. One of us!

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 21h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 14h

The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds

The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do

www.theguardian.com

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 14h

Some of the urbanism happening in New York City…is stunning.

Broadway between Union Square and the Flatiron.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

“The big advantage of bikes is that they go directly from where you start to where you finish, when you need to go. The advantage over cars is that they need perhaps 1/10th of the amount of space. Roads that jam up quickly with cars can carry effectively unlimited numbers of people by bicycle.”

Why e-bikes are more important the EVs

Bikes can actually transform cities in the way driverless cars promise

danielknowles.substack.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

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TallBikeGuy @thetallbikeguy.bsky.social · 2d

There isn't even a safe route to the garden centre...

The NDR cycle track was a great missed opportunity. I wrote about what it could have been.
www.norwichcyclingcampaign.org/cycling-the-...

Cycling the NDR Part 1: Taverham to Horsham St Faith

When the Northern Distributor Road was constructed in 2018 a cycle path was also built along much of its length, but just how useful is it?

www.norwichcyclingcampaign.org

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 2d

One day - *one day* - a UK newspaper will do a similar count of motor vehicles speeding inside a 20mph zone.

In 60 minutes I saw 172 cyclists run these lights – it’s a matter of time before they kill someone

The offenders included Lime bike riders, school children and a woman in high-heeled boots

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 5d

Sunday's actions were all about trying - and failing - and trying - and failing to deploy the National Guard to Portland and Oregon. It's really confusing, so I break it down in this video...

youtu.be/v4ZP_DJKkvE