London folks! Come and see Mogul Mowgli, starring Riz Ahmed, screening as part of the 'unspoken' mental health film festival THIS FRIDAY 10th October at the Source in Stratford www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unspoken-a...

Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week
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Beautiful haul of peaches from the free shop* yesterday. #LoveFoodHateWaste #Hackney #UrbanGleaning #BinDipping #DumpsterDiving *bin

Morning! If you're up for an autumnal wander, today's #DistanceDrift is a gentle invitation to gather the colours of the season. Wherever you find yourself, seek to join the dots of oranges, reds and golds. As ever, interpret freely; share finds as you go or at the end.

Any sufficiently advanced skipping is indistinguishable from magic

"What’s teacherly abt me... is that I love giving people a concept they can use as a tool to open up the world. That’s what theory is to me: a can opener. Or a key to a vast kingdom. Using things as 🔑s, instead of as 🔨s, is to me one of the most beautiful thing abt being an academic + a theorist."

Laughing out loud with my kids seeing this sign 'amendment'. Building 'plot' for sale £700k +... (It's a tiny scrap of land in between two houses). Welcome to London E8 🥴

Today's car free adventure, taking a load of stuff to sell on the neighbourhood jumble sale trail #carfree #hackney #cycling #urbantravel 🚶‍♀️🌇🚴

One good thing about being made redundant has been, by necessity, making much more of being based in the Tweed valley. It’s led to some wonderful opportunities, such as being commissioned to write for a new literary trail. And then this: findraclothing.com/blogs/journa...

Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results:

1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)

I have a book out in ONE WEEK! A preorder is a good deed: it lets retailers know there's a lot of demand, so they'll keep loads instock, so they'll sell more. If you'd like to aid my pre pub nerves, a preorder is GOLDEN. And you can do it here or at your local indie! www.walker.co.uk/978152951581...

Peak rail fares have been scrapped on ScotRail trains, meaning passengers will no longer pay higher prices for travelling during busy weekday rush hours.

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Heard last week of advice at a uk uni to prepare teaching plans using ai... if ai plans the teaching & writes the assignments, ai completes the assignments & ai grades the assignments, I guess students & teachers can sit back, relax (& operate the ai)? #academicchatter @academic-chatter.bsky.social

This is over 5 years old now.
But it was not only about walking during Covid, but touched on walking with ill health, class, and the overlap between travel writing and #naturewriting.
I am heading back to the council estate where it all began today.

I've been in Hayle for almost a week now (without a car) and can say with certainty that it's quite a long walk, especially with small kids, from the beach into town. I'd imagine that encouraging car free holidays would be a priority in Cornwall, where summer often means gridlocked roads? 🚶‍♀️🌇

Reading about children and walking with @cqualmann.bsky.social @wordscaper.bsky.social walklistencreate.org/2025/07/30/w... reminded me how the 10 years of walking to and from primary school with my children was also about the neighbourhood we walked through and the... /

People who live in the town basically have to drive to the beach, leaving those without cars cut off from a beautiful public amenity... So even if you don't live in, visit, or know where Hayle is, please sign & share on principle for public transport as public service 🚶‍♀️⛱️🌊 #transportequity

I've been in Hayle for almost a week now (without a car) and can say with certainty that it's quite a long walk, especially with small kids, from the beach into town. I'd imagine that encouraging car free holidays would be a priority in Cornwall, where summer often means gridlocked roads? 🚶‍♀️🌇

Please sign to try and get this bus route reinstated... It supported loads of people (including me) to have car free holidays, as well as local infrastructure and leisure chng.it/5GPDXqjrJS

Incredible scenes as the University of Warwick refuses to answer an FOI on the cost of an advertorial photo feature on their chief marketing officer in Vogue Singapore because it is a 'trade secret' www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/cost...

Please sign to try and get this bus route reinstated... It supported loads of people (including me) to have car free holidays, as well as local infrastructure and leisure chng.it/5GPDXqjrJS