Bernard the Badger
@thebadgerpuncheur.bsky.social
MTB, gravel and road bike rider. Avid bicycle race watcher. Occasional snowboard turner. Art dabbler. 🇺🇦🇬🇧🏳️⚧️
If you’ve a few bob to spare this Christmas, please consider helping a refugee gain two-wheeeeeeeeled freedom.
thebikeproject-winter-appeal.raiselysite.com
thebikeproject-winter-appeal.raiselysite.com
Gifts for Refugees: Transform a Refugee's Winter with a Gift
Gifts for refugees: Transform a refugee's winter with a gift
thebikeproject-winter-appeal.raiselysite.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If you’ve a few bob to spare this Christmas, please consider helping a refugee gain two-wheeeeeeeeled freedom.
thebikeproject-winter-appeal.raiselysite.com
thebikeproject-winter-appeal.raiselysite.com
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If you really think we need to listen to some Russians, forget "navalnist" and other "Russian opposition" activists, who are too afraid to call the war for what it is and are only concerned about "poor Russians suffering under evil Putin".
Listen to Kasparov:
Listen to Kasparov:
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
If you really think we need to listen to some Russians, forget "navalnist" and other "Russian opposition" activists, who are too afraid to call the war for what it is and are only concerned about "poor Russians suffering under evil Putin".
Listen to Kasparov:
Listen to Kasparov:
A worthy winner of sports book of the year.The Escape - sport, travelogue and personal journey👌🏻
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/writing...
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/writing...
'Writing this book was emotional and at times difficult' – Philippa York and David Walsh win William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2025
Pair win prestigious sports book award for The Escape: The Tour, the Cyclist and Me
www.cyclingweekly.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A worthy winner of sports book of the year.The Escape - sport, travelogue and personal journey👌🏻
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/writing...
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/writing...
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Indeed!
Thanks @marvth3martian.bsky.social for the suggestion
This is definitely an interesting one that I think is causing some Right wing heads to explode!🤯
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Thanks @marvth3martian.bsky.social for the suggestion
This is definitely an interesting one that I think is causing some Right wing heads to explode!🤯
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November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Indeed!
Thanks @marvth3martian.bsky.social for the suggestion
This is definitely an interesting one that I think is causing some Right wing heads to explode!🤯
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Thanks @marvth3martian.bsky.social for the suggestion
This is definitely an interesting one that I think is causing some Right wing heads to explode!🤯
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Reform UK recently launched a new organisation within the party to boost small businesses. The first entrepreneur chosen to champion the cause is Kevin Byrne, founder of Checkatrade But Byrne is a rather interesting pick by Reform. 🤔
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/11/26/r...
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/11/26/r...
Reform UK's small business champion supports Tommy Robinson and peddles conspiracy theories – HOPE not hate
On 10 November, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage launched Small Business for Reform, an organisation within the party. During the launch, Farage declared that “we...
hopenothate.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Reform UK recently launched a new organisation within the party to boost small businesses. The first entrepreneur chosen to champion the cause is Kevin Byrne, founder of Checkatrade But Byrne is a rather interesting pick by Reform. 🤔
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/11/26/r...
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/11/26/r...
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Decided to provide some budget counter-programming, here’s some London transport trends over the last year. www.londoncentric.media/p/tfl-london...
Less WFH, more Lime, slower buses
What's really going on in London transport?
www.londoncentric.media
November 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Decided to provide some budget counter-programming, here’s some London transport trends over the last year. www.londoncentric.media/p/tfl-london...
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The Art of the Five-Minute Ride
The world tells us that journeys need to be big to matter. That the real adventures start where maps start to fade, where days stretch long, and where you lose sight of home. But the humble five-minute ride - the trip to the shop, the detour to the post box, the…
The world tells us that journeys need to be big to matter. That the real adventures start where maps start to fade, where days stretch long, and where you lose sight of home. But the humble five-minute ride - the trip to the shop, the detour to the post box, the…
The Art of the Five-Minute Ride
The world tells us that journeys need to be big to matter. That the real adventures start where maps start to fade, where days stretch long, and where you lose sight of home. But the humble five-minute ride - the trip to the shop, the detour to the post box, the spin around the block after your supper - has its own quiet kind of magic.
www.willcycle.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The Art of the Five-Minute Ride
The world tells us that journeys need to be big to matter. That the real adventures start where maps start to fade, where days stretch long, and where you lose sight of home. But the humble five-minute ride - the trip to the shop, the detour to the post box, the…
The world tells us that journeys need to be big to matter. That the real adventures start where maps start to fade, where days stretch long, and where you lose sight of home. But the humble five-minute ride - the trip to the shop, the detour to the post box, the…
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The 30 Most Bike-Friendly Cities in the World, the 2025 Copenhagenize Index Arrives.
momentummag.com/the-30-most-...
momentummag.com/the-30-most-...
The 30 Most Bike-Friendly Cities in the World, the 2025 Copenhagenize Index Arrives
The Copenhagenize Index, the most comprehensive ranking of urban cycling friendliness, evaluates 100 cities on how far they’ve gone to make cycling safe, convenient, and appealing.
momentummag.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The 30 Most Bike-Friendly Cities in the World, the 2025 Copenhagenize Index Arrives.
momentummag.com/the-30-most-...
momentummag.com/the-30-most-...
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NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
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I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough
Hammersmith Bridge
Where did 25,000 vehicles go?
nickmaini.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough
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Arabic numerals joke sends the US right into a full-blown meltdown www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
Arabic numerals joke sends the US right into a full-blown meltdown
A joke about Arabic numerals triggered a full-scale US right-wing meltdown, exposing deep ignorance, racism, and the fragility of fascists
www.thecanary.co
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Arabic numerals joke sends the US right into a full-blown meltdown www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
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100 days.
Just 100 more days and the peloton will be back where it truly belongs. Just 100 more days until the Flemish climbs and cobblestones are once again lined with passionate cycling fans.
100 days until the Omloop!
www.instagram.com/p/DRSRHeFDMt...
Just 100 more days and the peloton will be back where it truly belongs. Just 100 more days until the Flemish climbs and cobblestones are once again lined with passionate cycling fans.
100 days until the Omloop!
www.instagram.com/p/DRSRHeFDMt...
November 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
100 days.
Just 100 more days and the peloton will be back where it truly belongs. Just 100 more days until the Flemish climbs and cobblestones are once again lined with passionate cycling fans.
100 days until the Omloop!
www.instagram.com/p/DRSRHeFDMt...
Just 100 more days and the peloton will be back where it truly belongs. Just 100 more days until the Flemish climbs and cobblestones are once again lined with passionate cycling fans.
100 days until the Omloop!
www.instagram.com/p/DRSRHeFDMt...
Which Tesco Xmas Tree do we want, Jim?
They’ve the ‘Swiss Alpine Frosted’ one, the ‘Norwegian Fir pre-lit’ one, the ‘Canadian Pine and tinsel’
one, or the ‘IT’S A FUCKING PATRIOTIC CHRISTIAN BRITISH NEW FOREST CHRISTMAS TREE (complete with Union Jack attired fairy and God save the King audio)’ one.
They’ve the ‘Swiss Alpine Frosted’ one, the ‘Norwegian Fir pre-lit’ one, the ‘Canadian Pine and tinsel’
one, or the ‘IT’S A FUCKING PATRIOTIC CHRISTIAN BRITISH NEW FOREST CHRISTMAS TREE (complete with Union Jack attired fairy and God save the King audio)’ one.
Let’s have a look at a crazy Twitter to newspaper pipeline story and debunk as we go! 🔎👍🏼
16th Nov the “Britain is Broken” account shared the following post claiming “Tesco are no longer celebrating Christmas”
With a picture of their “Evergreen” Trees
2.2Million views to date🙄
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16th Nov the “Britain is Broken” account shared the following post claiming “Tesco are no longer celebrating Christmas”
With a picture of their “Evergreen” Trees
2.2Million views to date🙄
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November 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Which Tesco Xmas Tree do we want, Jim?
They’ve the ‘Swiss Alpine Frosted’ one, the ‘Norwegian Fir pre-lit’ one, the ‘Canadian Pine and tinsel’
one, or the ‘IT’S A FUCKING PATRIOTIC CHRISTIAN BRITISH NEW FOREST CHRISTMAS TREE (complete with Union Jack attired fairy and God save the King audio)’ one.
They’ve the ‘Swiss Alpine Frosted’ one, the ‘Norwegian Fir pre-lit’ one, the ‘Canadian Pine and tinsel’
one, or the ‘IT’S A FUCKING PATRIOTIC CHRISTIAN BRITISH NEW FOREST CHRISTMAS TREE (complete with Union Jack attired fairy and God save the King audio)’ one.
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NEW | The Daily Telegraph, anti-immigrant rhetoric, and some very weird Winnie the Pooh fan fiction...
A column from Allison Pearson shows how Labour's attitude to asylum seekers will never be cruel enough for the Right.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-daily-...
A column from Allison Pearson shows how Labour's attitude to asylum seekers will never be cruel enough for the Right.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-daily-...
The Daily Telegraph, anti-immigrant rhetoric, and some very weird Winnie the Pooh fan fiction...
A column from Allison Pearson shows how Labour's attitude to asylum seekers will never be cruel enough for the Right.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
NEW | The Daily Telegraph, anti-immigrant rhetoric, and some very weird Winnie the Pooh fan fiction...
A column from Allison Pearson shows how Labour's attitude to asylum seekers will never be cruel enough for the Right.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-daily-...
A column from Allison Pearson shows how Labour's attitude to asylum seekers will never be cruel enough for the Right.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-daily-...
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This hits hard.
I too experienced an "event" many years ago which turned out to be, what my doctor described as a mini heart attack, due to undiagnosed super high blood pressure enlarging part of my heart. Scary is an understatement.
1/ www.bikeradar.com/advice/healt...
I too experienced an "event" many years ago which turned out to be, what my doctor described as a mini heart attack, due to undiagnosed super high blood pressure enlarging part of my heart. Scary is an understatement.
1/ www.bikeradar.com/advice/healt...
Heart problems can strike any cyclist – here's how to navigate an alarming diagnosis | BikeRadar
Nick Christian examines the mental scars of riding with a worrying heart condition
www.bikeradar.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This hits hard.
I too experienced an "event" many years ago which turned out to be, what my doctor described as a mini heart attack, due to undiagnosed super high blood pressure enlarging part of my heart. Scary is an understatement.
1/ www.bikeradar.com/advice/healt...
I too experienced an "event" many years ago which turned out to be, what my doctor described as a mini heart attack, due to undiagnosed super high blood pressure enlarging part of my heart. Scary is an understatement.
1/ www.bikeradar.com/advice/healt...
What you looking at!? You looking’ at me!?
November 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
What you looking at!? You looking’ at me!?
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Out for a lunchtime walk. And wow it’s mild! Mid November in a T-shirt - wild!
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Out for a lunchtime walk. And wow it’s mild! Mid November in a T-shirt - wild!
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WATCH: If you REALLY want to understand a BIG reason why cycling [aka riding a bike] is so dangerous in North America, and one of the biggest villains in the origin story of our unsafe status quo, invest some time watching this one, by NOT JUST BIKES (aka @theurbanistagenda.com here). Then share it.
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
WATCH: If you REALLY want to understand a BIG reason why cycling [aka riding a bike] is so dangerous in North America, and one of the biggest villains in the origin story of our unsafe status quo, invest some time watching this one, by NOT JUST BIKES (aka @theurbanistagenda.com here). Then share it.
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This is an incredibly moving story - well worth your time www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
When I met Craig he was 13 and homeless. I still thought his life might turn around. I was tragically wrong
The long read: I knew he was running away from something. It wasn’t until many years later that I discovered the truth
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This is an incredibly moving story - well worth your time www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
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NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
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in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
Last week it was blazing Spanish sunsets and a final hurrah for Vitamin D topping up. This week dull and drizzly - battening down for British winter. Roll on spring 😃
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Last week it was blazing Spanish sunsets and a final hurrah for Vitamin D topping up. This week dull and drizzly - battening down for British winter. Roll on spring 😃
Yeah U.K. needs saving by importing the supporters of a rapist pedo narcissistic orange authoritarian faux-Christian prick. Can these mediocre power hungry whiney U.K.-hating cvnts at GB News who never articulate any actual love for this nation please fuuuuuck off and leave us all alone.
🔴GB News Calls For Trump's America to 'Save Britain’
GB News’ new show broadcast live from the US features non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner begging ‘MAGA’ politicians to save the UK, reports @josiah.writes.news
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/gb-news-ca...
GB News’ new show broadcast live from the US features non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner begging ‘MAGA’ politicians to save the UK, reports @josiah.writes.news
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/gb-news-ca...
GB News Calls For Trump's America to 'Save Britain’
GB News’ new show broadcast live from the US features non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner begging ‘MAGA’ politicians to save the UK, reports Josiah Mortimer
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Yeah U.K. needs saving by importing the supporters of a rapist pedo narcissistic orange authoritarian faux-Christian prick. Can these mediocre power hungry whiney U.K.-hating cvnts at GB News who never articulate any actual love for this nation please fuuuuuck off and leave us all alone.
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...