A new press release from the volunteer nurdle community on England’s north-east coast, a month after the plastic spill, as official, insurance-funded teams are being prematurely laid off while nurdles are now being found on North Yorkshire beaches. docs.google.com/document/u/0...

PRESS RELEASE: NE Volunteers left to fill the gap as official clean-up scales back

PRESS RELEASE North East volunteers left to fill the gap as official clean-up scales back and nurdle pollution reaches Yorkshire coast North East England – 24 August 2026 Nurdle pollution now stretche...

docs.google.com

The Lib Dem’s are best placed to stop Reform UK in Throckley, Newburn and Walbottle by-election later this week. stopreformuk.vote/local/newcas...

Stop Reform and the Tories in Throckley, Walbottle & Newburn, Newcastle upon Tyne Council

Vote tactically in Throckley, Walbottle & Newburn to stop Reform and the Tories

stopreformuk.vote

You Called Gaza a Genocide Last Year, Louise Haigh. So Why Not Act Now You’re in Government? You have a legal obligation to do so after all. open.substack.com/pub/zeteouk/...

You Called Gaza a Genocide Last Year, Louise Haigh. So Why Not Act Now You’re in Government?

Mehdi pens an open letter to the most powerful woman in the British government on the need for action – especially sanctions – against Israel’s ongoing genocidal crimes in Gaza.

open.substack.com

🤯 A car-free car racing event? Sounds impossible! In the Netherlands last weekend, nearly all of the 110,000 fans attending the #Formula1 #GrandPrix arrived by bike or public transit. Cars were practically banned. Ironic to say this: but it's a masterclass in sustainable mega-event planning.

Any government or political party not advocating for the UK to Rejoin the EU immediately is not working in our best interests. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/sad...

'Brexit lies are exposed, the debate is settled... we must rejoin the EU' - Sadiq Khan

This is searing stuff from Sadiq Khan, and his arguments for the UK to rejoin the EU are as clear and comprehensive as it gets.

thelondoneconomic.com

I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now. I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system. It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.

The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich

I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now. I’ve watched as corporations ransacked our system. In 1952,

youtube.com

He was right about ULEZ He’s right about Brexit. No need to “revisit old arguments”/lies now we know it’s rubbish and costing us a fortune. Moving on means admitting this and asking about how to now join. Not pretending it’s ok in case Farage loses his shit. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/sad...

'Brexit lies are exposed, the debate is settled... we must rejoin the EU' - Sadiq Khan

This is searing stuff from Sadiq Khan, and his arguments for the UK to rejoin the EU are as clear and comprehensive as it gets.

thelondoneconomic.com

More than 100 former British and French diplomats have issued an unusually blunt warning to Andy Burnham and Emmanuel Macron. They say statements are no longer enough. And they want Britain and France to start imposing real consequences. Full story 👇

Even with headphones/earbuds, a person on a bike is far more aware of their surroundings than a driver in a soundproofed car. This is a distraction from the real issue of safe, mode separated infrastructure. Much like the helmet debate, it puts the burden on the rider instead of the infra design.

Derek Beres@derekberes.bsky.social · yesterday

Just saw a post by a cyclist who wears earbuds. Please don’t do this. Bone conduction headphones are a much safer choice. I come across too many cyclists or runners wearing in-ear buds that have no situational awareness. It’s just not worth the risk, for you or others.

First actual direct hit, then it went to sh..t a bit www.maptap.gg August 23 100🎯 95🏅 80🌞 80✨ 80✨ Final score: 835

“Carney’s official statement deserves to be read in full, slowly, with a beer, because underneath the diplomatic wallpaper it’s the most quietly savage document a G7 leader’s put out in years. It reads like a bank manager foreclosing on a bloke’s entire self-image & the bank manager is enjoying it.”

KING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKS

Carney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler

ifloz.substack.com

Orwellian UK government pamphlet contradicts police on photography law. This is flat out unacceptable. share.google/yyLHDVYoFR5N...

Orwellian UK government pamphlet contradicts police on photography law. Imagine if Martin Parr had been prevented from taking photos in public…

UK government brochure tells asylum seekers they “could be arrested” if they photograph people in public, even though the Metropolitan Police says otherwise

share.google

There are two questions these people need to answer: 1. How does a vehicle approaching from behind that is about to hit you sound different from a vehicle approaching from behind that is about to miss you? 2. If it did sound different, what action could a rider take in one second or thereabouts?

IrishCycle.com@irishcycle.com · 2d ago

Should cyclists wear headphones or earphones? Chair of Ireland’s parliamentary Committee on Transport wants your views -- It's an "extremely divisive subject" but little to suggest it's more distracting than a car radio....

The British press continuing their attempts to deflect blame for their part in Jason Arday's death is a pretty alarming trend. The Times should stfu and reflect. Be better.

Carole Cadwalladr@carolecadwalla.bsky.social · yesterday

Yet TODAY, the Times can publish a piece today, citing the fraudulent marathons that Arday ran "on a broken leg", a claim he never made. It was a hairline fracture *that was reported at the time*. And the headline of the piece? You cannot make this stuff up. 5/

Repost if your account is a safe place for the trans community 😍🏳️‍⚧️ All day, every day. 💖

Not In Our Name (NION) Women@nionwomen.bsky.social · yesterday

Repost if your account is a safe place for the trans community 😍🏳️‍⚧️

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... Closer ties "could provide a £92bn GDP boost" & give us back our freedom of movement. What's not to like?

What rejoining the EU single market would mean for the UK economy

The prime minister has been urged to bring the UK back into the European Union’s single market. But would it bring economic boosts? Dan Haygarth, Athena Stavrou and Karl Matchett find out.

independent.co.uk

The amazing Emma Monk 👏 Are we happy that citizen journalists like her (or me during Tories), acting with no resources, working in our own time, untrained and unpaid, can so easily expose so much that the BBC, Telegraph and Times *somehow* manage to miss? It's almost like they're not trying.

Emma Monk@monkemma.bsky.social · 2d ago

One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26

Earlier this year I had a spell of feeling utterly hopeless. One weekend (husband was away) I felt so awful that I got as far as drafting a letter to my family and working out how I would end my life. I'm not telling this story for sympathy, but to ask you to please support the Samaritans.

Gary Cummins@garyinscotland.bsky.social · 2d ago

The Samaritans do quietly wonderful work, this film is superb and makes me cry every time I see it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX8T...

Zuckerberg is upset. @fbpech.bsky.social

My train home this afternoon was delayed. On their Delay Repay scheme,Northern Rail offer the option of receiving a refund or donating it to Samaritans. I am glad that they suggest it. (The person was helped off the tracks by the police, and will hopefully receive the help that they need).

This is good, necessary, common sense" www.banfacialrecognition.com/venues/

Ban AI Surveillance at Live Events

Artists and venues take the pledge: no facial recognition at shows.

banfacialrecognition.com

£216 MILLION per year for the North East. That's what's on offer from EU membership. If Andy Burnham's serious about "growth in every postcode" this, surely, is the way. https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/eu-membership-offers-at-least-216mn-boost-to-north-east-per-year-new-report-finds/

EU membership offers at least £216mn boost to North East per year, new report finds

A boost of at least £216mn could be injected into England’s North East economy per year, the equivalent to a Gross Value

northeastbylines.co.uk

This week.. A jury refused to convict 8 members of Palestine Action A judge ruled that five Palestine Action activists (Barclays 5) will not be sentenced as terrorists. And yet protesters outside Preston Court were still arrested under terrorism laws for holding up placards!

Byline Times@bylinetimes.bsky.social · 6d ago

🔴 The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday The academic's coordinated targeting by an explicitly anti-black race science network did not come out of nowhere, reports @nafeez.bsky.social

Road safety is a social justice issue. “The number of children killed or injured crossing roads is almost five times higher in England’s most deprived areas than its wealthiest” … and the gap is widening.

Child pedestrian casualties are almost five times higher in England’s worst-off areas

Official figures expose widening gap in road deaths and injuries between poor and wealthy postcodes

theguardian.com

Better today, just the last misplaced. www.maptap.gg August 22 98🎯 92🏆 94🏅 97🔥 85😁 Final score: 924

OnlyFans? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

As they return to the UK, Harry and Meghan search for a brand that sticks

They will not be working royals when they come back. So what could they be doing instead?

bbc.co.uk

@americanfric.bsky.social is becoming unlistenable. Even when there's something worth talking about they dissolve into 'laughing' and cross talking to such a degree it's like a bunch of drunk children. Ugh. I think we've reach peak podcast. So many of them have become disappointing shit posts.

🚨 THIS IS NOW A NATIONAL FOOD SAFETY WARNING we warned was inevitable if we left the EU!!! The FSA is telling pregnant women, children under five, over-65s and vulnerable people not to eat runny eggs when eating out. Why? 👇 🧵

Can someone compare this to the school good standards in say Japan Where food is freshly prepared from scratch on site by professionals, every day. doi.org/10.1136/bmj-...

Junk food suppliers have “shocking” major presence at UK’s biggest school food event

As the government prepares to introduce updated school food standards, The BMJ finds that more than a third of the firms exhibiting at a major school food show sell products high in fat, sugar, or sal...

doi.org