Mr Sparkle
@darwendashers.bsky.social
Outsider. Fell running. Cycling. Mountains. Moors. Lakes. My politics dress left of centre.
Well worth your time to read. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
A moment that changed me: My stammer made life a misery – then a song gave me back my voice
As a teenager, I was so ashamed of my speech disability that even my family didn’t know about it. When Scatman John came on the radio, celebrating his own stammer in a hit about self-esteem, I knew I ...
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‘Considers’?! These bloody things should have been banned years ago. apple.news/ADMCae7NoQ0e...
PM considers banning disposable BBQs to help prevent fires – as COBRA meeting on heatwave called — Sky News
Temperatures will climb north of 30C today and could hit 38C in some places on Thursday. Thousands of homes are without water amid widespread drought conditions, and firefighters are still battling a ...
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An American interviewer asked me about my political beliefs. #VoteBinface
He got the idea from Boris ‘The Fridge’ Johnson, apparently…
#BlueStormComin1🌪️🦋🇺🇸 #Resistance 🦋🙌🏻 #Blues@bluestormcomin1.bsky.social · 21h agowww.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... While leaving others to potentially be attacked that were on the plane he snuck out of! Iran can now do a new LEGO clip! #Blues #TrumpIsACoward #Iran
Being on the street with the City Police & #gigeconomy workers was unlike other experiences I've had as a journalist. It's clear where the demand for overpowered electric bikes comes from. Yet the broader issues under the surface run deeper. A long read: www.cyclingelectric.com/in-depth/how...
How dwindling gig economy pay drives the trade for illegal vehicles
It's a Wednesday morning, only 10.30 in the morning, when we arrive at the City of London police station in
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It’s election week! At this important moment I would like to address your entire planet with a message to the people of Earth. And I think I found the perfect place to do it.
The government practically made a West End musical of introducing life sentences for 'killer' cyclists, supposed punishments equal to drivers without regard to physics or reality. All while the courts time and time again refuse to pass meaningful sentences to drivers who kill in their thousands.
Rosamundi@rosamundi.bsky.social · 2d agooh fuck offfffffffffffffffffffffff www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Our Co-Founder & tea-drinking champ Damian Hall @ultradamo.bsky.social writes about his latest FKT 👇🏻 “I squealed. Effing cramp! My old nemesis. I couldn’t get up. Or even reach my feet. Instead I’m writhing in an spassamy agony that only those of us who get cramp know.” #FKT #UltraRunning #Run
Chasing Joss, Evading Cramp, and the Art of the Midlife Record - The Green Runners CIC
Our Co-Founder and tea-drinking champ Damian Hall writes about his latest FKT and we are here for it! I squealed. Effing cramp! My old
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Reform UK councillors in Kent wanted the national anthem played at the end of council meetings, but it blew up in their faces in the most hilariously petty way
Reform UK councillors in Kent wanted the national anthem played at the end of council meetings, but it blew up in their faces in the most hilariously petty way
Footage from a meeting in July shows opposition party members holding Reform UK to their (every last) word on the national anthem.
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"...it became clear that the celestial body, having withstood 4.5 billion years of meteor impacts, sonnets and the occasional flag-raising service, was encountering the one force in the universe that it is ill-equipped to withstand – venture capital." www.thenewworld.co.uk/henry-morris...
The billionaire littering crisis: Now Elon Musk and co are fly-tipping in the cosmos
When parts of a SpaceX rocket crashed into the Moon, a new era of celestial capitalism and colonisation began
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Delighted to report that yer man here has bamboozled those pencil-necked desk jockeys at the phone company #NiceThings
Man makes 1,700-mile round journey to save rare phone box on Scottish island
William Arnold made 52 calls from the phone box part of a project to save phone lines in rural areas.
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How to watch a meteor shower, complete guide: 1. Lie down. Don’t stand — you’ll last 15 minutes. 2. Wrap up warmer than you think. 3. Look UP. Any direction. It doesn’t matter. 4. Phone away. Screen light kills night vision. 5. Give it an hour. That’s the lot. #meteorwatch www.nightskyshow.co.uk
The last weekend to help #CitizenScience, please take 15 minutes to help us understand how #butterflies are faring this year. @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Butterfly Conservation@savebutterflies.bsky.social · 4w agoThe Big Butterfly Count 2026 is here and butterflies need our help! 🦋 From now until 9 August, spend just 15 minutes outside counting the butterflies you see and help us take nature's pulse. The best part? Anyone, anywhere can take part. Count yourself in 👉 https://butrfli.es/3SVFepj
