I mean, adjusted for inflation a plane ticket from New York to London in 1980 would cost about $4,500 dollars today. It's not that air travel has got worse. It's democratised. If you pay the 'old' price in modern money you basically get the same, if not better, experience than you did then.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · yesterday

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

Air quality. I grew up in the Los Angeles basin in the 70s and 80s and remember having to stay inside because the smog was so bad - Stage 2 smog alerts, they were called. Apparently they haven't had one of those since 1988. Haven't had a stage one smog alert since 2003.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · yesterday

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

got a text today from an unknown number asking me if I'd seen Christopher Nolan's Odyssey and if I had any thoughts on it ... it turned out to be from a friend's new number, but for a while I really thought it was a devious new scam targeted at heterosexual men

Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable!

I'd say Badenoch has lost the plot but I've never seen any indication she had plot to lose

If there are three things that trans people need to remember if they’re using toilets in pubs, restaurants etc., it is these:

Say what you like about the Nazis, but they put the bins out on time.

Chris Terry-Enescu@cjterry.bsky.social · 20h ago

It's OK for criminal ex-neo Nazis to run your bins is a hell of a line.

The printer is out of cyan ink so can't print a monochrome black and white print :( I'm also out of minced beef so I can't make an apple pie :(

Guys like this don’t realize that they are the freak

dipped over into Threads and it's basically nothing but this

I was today years old when I found out how Edgar Allan Poe died.

This is a very good explainer of why the EHRC code is surprising even within the current case law This is a legislative issue, the law will need to change to unravel this mess, but a greater degree of accurate clarity for duty bearers on these points would make a big everyday difference until then

Jess O'Thomson@jessothomson.co.uk · 20h ago

We have also written a detailed legal explainer about why we think the code of practice gets the law wrong.

CSSC – the Civil Service Sports Council If you work for the Civil Service, armed forces, or a whole range of public sector organisations, then you may be able to join the CSSC, and get access to... https://neilturner.me.uk/2026/08/05/cssc-the-civil-service-sports-council/

CSSC – the Civil Service Sports Council

If you work for the Civil Service, armed forces, or a whole range of public sector organisations, then you may be able to join the CSSC, and get access to discounted sports and leisure activities. I joined the CSSC last month, primarily because one of its perks is free entry to all Cadw properties which...

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can I just mention how delighted I am to have found out that the Official Monster Raving Looney Party helped make the pedestrianisation of Carnaby Street happen

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... You can hear the cargams screeching about this from here. How dare children have somewhere to play, are there no workhouses? No prisons? Incidentally Play Streets go back to about 1930. We knew cars speeding in residential areas was bad *then*.

Leeds: The city closing down streets so children can play

In Leeds, streets are being temporarily closed to traffic so kids have more space to safely play - an initiative proving beneficial to both children and adults.

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"No, I am the land of your fathers."

Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra@fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · yesterday

MAY S4C BE WITH YOU

You mean you got taken by the guy who's entire existence is a scam who has never created anything ever and is only thought of a a genius because a style reporter from the WaPo said so? Weird. I cannot believe this is happening

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 2d ago

SpaceX shares are down by half from their June peak as investors worry Musk may have oversold them on its future prospects.

Amazing how this article about what could be done to improve the hideously overcrowded train service not once mentions the thing being built right now to do exactly that. Aka, HS2. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

A rail nightmare: what it’s like on England’s busiest commuter-only train

This evening service from London to Crewe is hot, sweaty and heaving with people, many having to stand or sit in the gangways

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This was posted today by the Ukrainian publishers of Bunny Vs Monkey, Dogman, and many others. Just heartbreaking.

This is the literal definition of terrorism.

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 2d ago

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.

Its quite hard to know what, exactly, will actually lose someone their licence if 59 points, driving while disqualified and no insurance doesn't. Its not juat dangerous - its clear contempt for the law. We should treat car crime like any other crime

Jon Owen@anotherjon.bsky.social · 2d ago

"I'm getting fed up with getting pulled by you guys, so this one will result in a complaint," says the driver with 59 points on his licence. 59 points, and still driving, and he didn't go to prison. The system is broken. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Do these things whether or not there's an amber alert on

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan@london.gov.uk · 2d ago

🟠 The Amber Heat-Health Alert remains in place until 9am Wednesday. Drink plenty of water, avoid the hottest part of the day where possible and look out for those with health conditions, older people, and young children and babies who might struggle to keep cool.

Ah, my favourite PR approach: the one suggesting I review the restaurant to which I gave an absolute slating less than a year ago, because a quick google is far too much trouble.

Why did the French coeliac sufferer keep eating the baguette? Because she was a gluten for punishment and loved the pain.

Say what you like about TikTok there are some bangers in the comments

'It is, in 2026, quite clear that only certain people are allowed to treat the internet as their own playground.' Marie Le Conte writes on the handful of high-profile legal battles challenging an industry that has operated with unfathomable impunity https://bit.ly/4w38TuK

For women, the internet was freedom. Then the tech bros b...

From nude deepfakes to gagging orders, a handful of high-profile legal battles are challenging an industry that has operated with unfathomable impunity

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I did assume that this was a case of a local organisation having totally lost the plot, but Kemi Badenoch is now forcefully and explicitly defending the selection of a former neo-Nazi with a significant criminal history as a candidate. Crackers and terrifying.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 2d ago

Kemi Badenoch certainly seems to be advancing with her agenda to turn the Conservatives into Reform.

Many journalists and commentators revealing their biggest fear is to die and then be absolutely rinsed on social media for being cunts

Donald Glover's 'Good' Reaction

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