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London-based writer. Often climbing.

  • Driver stopped in Tesla Cybertruck banned in UK

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  • Didn't realise they're illegal here. Makes you feel a bit patriotic.

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    London Bridge

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  • London Bridge now has cycle lanes, too, but they're not properly connected at either end. Still, a bit of an improvement, makes it easy to admire the view as you cross!

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  • What's the five-year failure rate for start-ups, again?

  • When you die, what do you want to be done with you?

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  • I'd like my corpse to be used to frame someone for murder. Obviously I can't name names, because that would undermine the plot, but I trust my loved ones to frame up someone who has it coming.

  • Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed

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  • This is also yet another reason SUVs are bad: bigger tyres, higher weight, more wear, more pollution.

    It's also another reason to have lower speed limits: less friction, less wear, less pollution.

  • Why only cyclists should wear hi-viz in the dark? Cars can too!

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  • Yes, particularly difficult with clipless pedals, such that strictly speaking I think it's illegal to ride at night with them!

  • Kate Nash and Lily Allen on OnlyFans should be a wake-up call for the music industry

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  • A classic party game!

  • Kate Nash and Lily Allen on OnlyFans should be a wake-up call for the music industry

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  • So you get a puzzle piece with a photo that might be a bit of boob, and after six months you have enough pieces to see that it is, in fact, a very smooth man's knee?

  • Why only cyclists should wear hi-viz in the dark? Cars can too!

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  • As others have said, this depends on the jurisdiction.

    In the UK, you have to have lights on at night: white at the front, red at the back. They can either be steady or blinking.

  • Don’t Just Do Nothing: 20 Things You Can Do To Counter Fascism

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  • Treat others the way you would want others to treat you.

    Which, interestingly, is also in the Pirkei Avot! The old rabbis were definitely onto something.

  • Don’t Just Do Nothing: 20 Things You Can Do To Counter Fascism

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  • The other really famous saying from the Pirkei Avot is also relevant now:

    If I am not for myself, who is for me? And being for my own self, what am 'I'? And if not now, when?"

  • Three of Trump's Cabinet selections face allegations of sexual misconduct

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  • Only three, huh? And people say he can't change.

  • It's about to be the 1930s all over again in so many ways.

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  • Same goes if you're obviously white but have family members who are not.

  • Have you read Babel by R.F. Kuang? Did you like it?

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  • Yeah, you're right about the footnotes. I read someone the other day saying they felt like Kuang was writing with an imaginary social justice scold hovering over her, and I think that's about right. I find it odd that someone feels they have to say 'racism — which is bad, by the way — exists in this society'. We know it's bad! Even racists don't like being called racist!

  • Have you read Babel by R.F. Kuang? Did you like it?

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  • I started reading it yesterday, so I'll let you know.

    Why did you dislike it?

  • Keir Starmer pins economic growth hopes on British Hollywood with new tax relief

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  • Terrified this will now actually catch on.

  • Keir Starmer pins economic growth hopes on British Hollywood with new tax relief

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  • Brollywood?

  • As someone who believes in fuckcars, this is oddly based

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  • God will save the King, us peasants have to save ourselves.

  • As someone who believes in fuckcars, this is oddly based

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  • First time I've ever felt like joining the army.

    GOD SAVE THE KING