Gavin
@aleedscyclist.bsky.social
Spent many years exploring some of the highways and many of the byways in West Yorkshire and further afield, on a bike. To see what I could see.
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The supper club serving up trans solidarity
The supper club serving up trans solidarity
Every dish served is the quietly meaningful act of helping a trans person in need
www.bristol247.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The supper club serving up trans solidarity
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Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
December 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
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Bet365 CEO collects £280m (£104m salary + £176m dividend), pre-tax profits down from £627m to £349m.
CEO collected around £2.67bn over the last decade.
Gambling industry recently opposed increase in tax.
Public purse bears the cost of gambling addiction.
CEO collected around £2.67bn over the last decade.
Gambling industry recently opposed increase in tax.
Public purse bears the cost of gambling addiction.
Bet365 boss receives at least £280m in pay and dividends despite profit slump
Denise Coates’s gambling empire reports turnover of £4bn in year to March 2025, up from £3.7bn
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Bet365 CEO collects £280m (£104m salary + £176m dividend), pre-tax profits down from £627m to £349m.
CEO collected around £2.67bn over the last decade.
Gambling industry recently opposed increase in tax.
Public purse bears the cost of gambling addiction.
CEO collected around £2.67bn over the last decade.
Gambling industry recently opposed increase in tax.
Public purse bears the cost of gambling addiction.
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This reminds me! Five years ago I had a chat with the local council official who created “Winterval” in 1998. A real canary in the coal mine of future British culture wars. TBH the real story is that councils used to have money to spend on cultural events. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
December 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This reminds me! Five years ago I had a chat with the local council official who created “Winterval” in 1998. A real canary in the coal mine of future British culture wars. TBH the real story is that councils used to have money to spend on cultural events. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Israeli assault on Bethlehem accelerated since February 2023 when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu handed Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, head of the Jewish ultra-nationalist Religious Zionism party and a settler himself, authority over the West Bank
www.middleeasteye.net/news/christm...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/christm...
Christians in Bethlehem face existential threat under Israel's occupation
Christmas should be the busiest time of the year for the shopkeepers of Manger Square, but the birthplace of Jesus is now a ghost town
www.middleeasteye.net
December 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Israeli assault on Bethlehem accelerated since February 2023 when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu handed Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, head of the Jewish ultra-nationalist Religious Zionism party and a settler himself, authority over the West Bank
www.middleeasteye.net/news/christm...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/christm...
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🎁 Edinburgh’s very own The Phoenix Choir sing ‘Twelve Days of Clickbait’ at Central Hall in Tollcross. Next time a friend or relative complains about the state of (some) local news websites, send them this video. Lyrics in the replies. On the 12th day of clickbait, the headlines screamed at me:
December 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🎁 Edinburgh’s very own The Phoenix Choir sing ‘Twelve Days of Clickbait’ at Central Hall in Tollcross. Next time a friend or relative complains about the state of (some) local news websites, send them this video. Lyrics in the replies. On the 12th day of clickbait, the headlines screamed at me:
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Reform UK-led Derbyshire council announce closure of eight residential care homes just days before Christmas.
That's going to spell misery and considerable upset for hundreds of vulnerable people and their carers.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
That's going to spell misery and considerable upset for hundreds of vulnerable people and their carers.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform council’s plan to shut eight care homes ‘a betrayal of local people’
Announcement after proposed sale falls through prompts backlash and union says more than 200 jobs at risk
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Reform UK-led Derbyshire council announce closure of eight residential care homes just days before Christmas.
That's going to spell misery and considerable upset for hundreds of vulnerable people and their carers.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
That's going to spell misery and considerable upset for hundreds of vulnerable people and their carers.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I have exactly zero sympathy for anyone who was stupid enough to vote RefUK
Reform UK-led Derbyshire council announce closure of eight residential care homes just days before Christmas.
That's going to spell misery and considerable upset for hundreds of vulnerable people and their carers.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
That's going to spell misery and considerable upset for hundreds of vulnerable people and their carers.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform council’s plan to shut eight care homes ‘a betrayal of local people’
Announcement after proposed sale falls through prompts backlash and union says more than 200 jobs at risk
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I have exactly zero sympathy for anyone who was stupid enough to vote RefUK
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🇺🇳 UN Secretary General’s Office:
“Over the past 24 hours, and despite the ceasefire, the UN has continued to receive reports of air strikes, shelling and gunfire in all 5 governorates of the Gaza Strip.”
(December 22, 2025)
“Over the past 24 hours, and despite the ceasefire, the UN has continued to receive reports of air strikes, shelling and gunfire in all 5 governorates of the Gaza Strip.”
(December 22, 2025)
December 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
🇺🇳 UN Secretary General’s Office:
“Over the past 24 hours, and despite the ceasefire, the UN has continued to receive reports of air strikes, shelling and gunfire in all 5 governorates of the Gaza Strip.”
(December 22, 2025)
“Over the past 24 hours, and despite the ceasefire, the UN has continued to receive reports of air strikes, shelling and gunfire in all 5 governorates of the Gaza Strip.”
(December 22, 2025)
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Israel’s Knesset has approved a temporary order late Mon. in its 2nd & 3rd readings granting Communications Minister Shlomo Karai the authority to shut down foreign media outlets in Israel, even w/o a declared state of emergency or a special home-front situation, Ma’an News reports. The measure...
December 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Israel’s Knesset has approved a temporary order late Mon. in its 2nd & 3rd readings granting Communications Minister Shlomo Karai the authority to shut down foreign media outlets in Israel, even w/o a declared state of emergency or a special home-front situation, Ma’an News reports. The measure...
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That split-ticketing exists in the UK, to seek the most economic fare, demonstrates the idiocy of the current system.
Utterly bonkers.
Utterly bonkers.
December 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
That split-ticketing exists in the UK, to seek the most economic fare, demonstrates the idiocy of the current system.
Utterly bonkers.
Utterly bonkers.
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And these champions of "free speech" are now demanding that visitors to the US submit their social media accounts so that officials can scour them for evidence of wrongthink. And redacting any evidence of Trump's crminality from the Epstein files.
It's Trump policy that U.S. tech must be globally dominant.
It's also US policy that its tech corps must be free from:
Regulation. Taxation. Fact checking and monitoring for hate lies, disinformation.
All are now being treated as attacks on the U.S. itself.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
It's also US policy that its tech corps must be free from:
Regulation. Taxation. Fact checking and monitoring for hate lies, disinformation.
All are now being treated as attacks on the U.S. itself.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators
State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
And these champions of "free speech" are now demanding that visitors to the US submit their social media accounts so that officials can scour them for evidence of wrongthink. And redacting any evidence of Trump's crminality from the Epstein files.
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Can you imagine if we were as strict on MPs expenses and billionaires tax avoidance as we were on Disabled People?
The money would be raining down.
The money would be raining down.
December 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Can you imagine if we were as strict on MPs expenses and billionaires tax avoidance as we were on Disabled People?
The money would be raining down.
The money would be raining down.
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He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.
December 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.
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via Middle East Monitor
December 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
via Middle East Monitor
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We analysed 73,000 articles and found the UK media is divorcing ‘climate change’ from net zero
theconversation.com/we-analysed-...
theconversation.com/we-analysed-...
We analysed 73,000 articles and found the UK media is divorcing ‘climate change’ from net zero
Articles on net zero used to always explain the scientific background. But not anymore.
theconversation.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:39 AM
We analysed 73,000 articles and found the UK media is divorcing ‘climate change’ from net zero
theconversation.com/we-analysed-...
theconversation.com/we-analysed-...
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And we hear in the UK are still actively supplying Israel and helping them carry out has genocide.
Yep, that is our #Zionist prime minister #Starmer
Yep, that is our #Zionist prime minister #Starmer
"Belgium has formally joined the case launched by South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) alleging Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip."
www.facebook.com/WalidMahmoud...
www.facebook.com/WalidMahmoud...
Walid Mahmoud
Belgium has formally joined the case launched by South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) alleging Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip.
In a statement on Tuesday, the ICJ....
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December 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Interesting article. Photos I take are such a poor representation/record of the vibrancy of real life that I think I would appreciate some help, but how much? I can never take a good photo of a beautiful moon for eg
Now that phones alter our photos without us knowing, how do we know what’s real? | Isabel Brooks
Comparing the pictures taken with my camera’s automatic software to those taken with a ‘zero-processing’ app, the results are shocking. Is this a good idea, asks writer Isabel Brooks
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Interesting article. Photos I take are such a poor representation/record of the vibrancy of real life that I think I would appreciate some help, but how much? I can never take a good photo of a beautiful moon for eg
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Britain (and Labour, incredibly) cancelling #transport schemes outside the capital is a national obsession. Leading to our provincial cities being among least productive in #Europe. How does the #Chancellor sleep whilst « delaying » this in her own constituency? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain’s cities are desperate for better transport. Why is Westminster derailing our plans in Leeds? | Thomas Forth
A long-promised tram network has been pushed back to the late 2030s – unless we build local, northern growth will be snuffed out, says Thomas Forth, co-founder of tech firm The Data City
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Britain (and Labour, incredibly) cancelling #transport schemes outside the capital is a national obsession. Leading to our provincial cities being among least productive in #Europe. How does the #Chancellor sleep whilst « delaying » this in her own constituency? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Rural cycle routes in the Netherlands, that put the UK and most of the rest of the world to shame. Riding to Duinrell from Katwijk aan Zee, from the latest #Netherlands25 blog post.
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December 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Rural cycle routes in the Netherlands, that put the UK and most of the rest of the world to shame. Riding to Duinrell from Katwijk aan Zee, from the latest #Netherlands25 blog post.
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Accident waiting to happen KLAXON but my car KLAXON those pencil-necked desk jockeys at the council KLAXON unlikely scenario that exists only in my head KLAXON
Local slams new speed bumps between villages as ‘accident waiting to happen’
The resident believes the number of speed bumps needs to be reduced
www.cambridge-news.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Accident waiting to happen KLAXON but my car KLAXON those pencil-necked desk jockeys at the council KLAXON unlikely scenario that exists only in my head KLAXON
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Re: 70s Public Information Film - Think Bike!
YouTube video by BeltwayBandity
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December 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM