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David Brady @antiprofessor.bsky.social · 45m

Project costed at £100 billion, abandoned in 2035 when costs rise to £160 billion with tunnel half dug and flyover half demolished

ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 1h

The Hammersmith Flyover, which slices through Hammersmith town centre, could be buried in a road tunnel if a plan by Hammersmith and Fulham Council goes ahead.

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Hammersmith Flyover could be buried in new road tunnel under council plans

The Hammersmith Flyover, which slices through Hammersmith town centre, could be buried in a road tunnel if a plan by Hammersmith and Fulham Council goes ahead.

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 2h

I am thinking of you because I am sad.

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David Ziggy Greene (Jam bookshop) @jambookshopuk.bsky.social · 22h

A cool charity in Hoxton that teaches & gives disadvantaged kids skills in filmmaking has asked me a question:

Any female animators want to take part in a mentorship programme they run?

They've been doing good work for 25+ years.

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History Today @historytoday.com · 1h

The expulsion of England’s Jews began #OnThisDay 735 years ago

The first year of Edward I’s reign saw waves of strictures placed on a Jewish community in an already perilous situation.

🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days

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Edward I’s Destruction of England’s Jews

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David Brady @antiprofessor.bsky.social · 50m

Rhys Benjamin is what a certain sort of tory activist has ALWAYS looked like, absolutely terrifying

Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 2h

Is this real or am I in a coma?

Young Conservative with a Doctor Who question mark pullover.

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Faye Getz @fayway.bsky.social · 6h

Release the Epstein Files yet

Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 10h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21h

“When streets became calmer & safer, more people felt comfortable trying a bike commute for the first time. Families began pedaling to the park…Local businesses saw new life…And cycling stopped feeling like a niche activity—it became part of everyday Parisian life.”

Via @momentummag.bsky.social

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution

Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Jeffries: "The streets are hot right now on Capitol Hill because the Republicans are just falling apart. They cannot justify their position having shut the government down. They cannot justify their position in terms of hiding the Epstein files from the American people."

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-scary dr. booty @justbrady.bsky.social · 7h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa”

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David Brady @antiprofessor.bsky.social · 6h

Live from war-torn #Chicago right now

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 9h

Michigan Avenue right now.

David Brady @antiprofessor.bsky.social · 7h

#RFK junior has personally contacted the #NobelPrize committee to tell them to back off because he doesn't believe in this research

samuelwa.de @samuelwa.de · 10h

"My wife’s phone blew up when we went through some little town and she got some signal. She kind of yelled, 'Oh my god, oh my God.' I was outside and we’re in grizzly territory, and I thought, 'Bear? There’s no bear.' She comes out and says, 'You just won the Nobel Prize.'"

Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 12h

I love this man.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10h

This is well said. Trump and Noem need to back off before we have another Kent State tragedy.

Tweet from Aaron Reichlin-Melnick quoting Laura N. Rodríguez Presa.
Aaron’s comment: “DHS is an escalation spiral; the more they do things like this, the more people on the ground push back... and I'm deeply worried what the ultimate result will be.”
Laura’s tweet reads: “A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them... Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents ICE activity, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.”
Attached photo shows a federal agent inside a vehicle pointing a rifle out of the driver’s side window.

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David Brady @antiprofessor.bsky.social · 8h

Is she... Eleanor Roosevelt?

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 13h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 10h

Maybe Pritzker can offer to send in the IL National Guard

Chron.com @chron.com · 10h

Details surrounding the bloody string of shootings remain murky, police said.

4 dead in Houston-area shooting rampage starting in Sugar Land

Details surrounding the bloody string of shootings remain murky, police said.

bit.ly

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Will Jennings @willjennings.bsky.social · 9h

Throughout history whenever new technology has promised that the worker would have a lighter load & fewer working days, it's 100% absolutely been the case it's happened & not at all reduced worker rights & made bigger profit for the factory owner.

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Ari Emanuel bets AI will boost leisure time with three-day working week

Hollywood agent raises almost $3bn from investors including Apollo and QIA for venture spanning tennis to car auctions

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 9h

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

Not even News Nation is buying Mike Johnson's insincere bullshit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 12h

Oversight Democrats have one message for Speaker Johnson: Stop the Shutdown, Release the Files!

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Jacob Grier @jacobgrier.bsky.social · 11h

Reading this post from a recently opened coffeeshop enclosed by surprisingly transparent plywood.

View from a coffeeshop with wall-length windows

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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David Brady @antiprofessor.bsky.social · 10h

Leicester Square

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 13h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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David Brady @antiprofessor.bsky.social · 10h

My copy of the René Herbst portfolio is lacking plate 33, the Lefebvre jewellers shop, but moving seamlessly on to plate 34, the gallery of French shops was designed by Henri Sauvage, it was particularly influential on US visitors, who went home and built copies of it all over America from NYC to LA

David Brady @antiprofessor.bsky.social · 12h

Who made, paid for, and installed elaborate Edwardian[?] commemorative plaques like this one?
There aren't very many of them, afaik, are they a predecessor to the London County Council plaques?

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 13h

Final reminder that I will be presenting a talk about Hendon Aerodrome for the Pinner Local History Society tomorrow at 8pm.

More details here www.pinnerlhs.org.uk/forthcoming-...

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 13h

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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