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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The only numbers that matter will be viewing figures. When the tournament ends the thing that will affect change will be “lowest viewing figures in history”. Make sure you look away. Do not participate by watching. onefootball.com/editorial/42...

onefootball.com

Iran says entire ticket allocation for World Cup withdrawn days before tournament

Read this news on OneFootball.

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

When does Davina McCall come out and tell us whether Starmer was a Traitor or a Faithful?

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

There are 3 problems with modern politics; 1) People are addicted to change, everything must be new, different or moving. 2) The shifting baseline fallacy. Nobody remembers that small boats were not a problem before Brexit. 3) First past the post.

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Had to pleasure to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social at Letters Live this evening. Pure gravitas.

Photo of Green Party leader Zack Polanski at the Albert hall.

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

The earth will be fine. So will most of the rocks floating around space. This is the only one where the universe became aware of itself. Pretty special if you ask me.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I’m delighted to announce that this morning I have joined Reform UK. Nigel Farage is a principled politician, and his team are ready for government.

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Chris Paxton @cpaxton.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Easily one of the top charts of all time

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Similar crisis occurred in pharmaceuticals after Covid. 100s of clinical trials put on hold because there was a global glass shortage.

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The only peace that will come from the Epstein files will be a trial of everyone involved on the scale of Nuremberg. The last major prosecution took place in 2020. 80 years. The resulting upending of culture will be catastrophic. Or it won’t. Hugo Boss made the SS suits and Ford made the trucks.

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Brian Jacque’s Redwall mocapped liked Avatar.

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Protest doesn’t work. If you don’t like this, you think it stinks, don’t watch, don’t engage, don’t like posts, don’t put your eyes on any media, don’t watch the World Cup. The only metric they care about is their bottom line, and the best way to affect that is by not watching.

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

1) very little can be ruled out in science, we observe things like gravity, we cannot rule out another unknown thing that creates gravity 2) the strength of our measurements, the breadth of experiments make us sure 3) a study on 1m children didn't find a link, this makes us sure.

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Large Danish Study: No link between vaccines and autism or 49 other health conditions

A new Danish study finds no association between aluminum in childhood vaccines and 50 different health conditions, including autism, asthma, and autoimmune diseases. The findings reaffirm the safety o...

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

The great tragedy in the UK is this is not questioned. It's a nothing statement that means whatever the reader wishes it to mean. It either sounds racist enough to please the racists or not racist enough to sound like a concern for women's rights. But what basic values would this defend?

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Impact on Urban Health @impurbanhealth.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

🚨Breaking news: London now meets legal limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). ❤️🩹This is a major milestone which will improve health across the city. And congratulations to the Mayor @london.gov.uk, whose leadership has been crucial for improving air quality. 🧵👇 www.london.gov.uk/london-meets...

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London meets legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s world leading air pollution policies

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, today hailed the success of his bold air quality policies which have led to the capital’s air pollution levels falling to within the legal limit for the first time.

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I am coming to the conclusion that Silicon Valley is comprised entirely of people who believe they are the hammer and that every facet of humanity is a nail to be bashed and bent out of shape.

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Went to see Avatar and in the audience was Jeremy Paxman. As the credits rolled he stood and loudly proclaimed “biggest load of old shit I’ve ever seen” quickly walking out with his daughter.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Elon Musk is responsible for at least 300,000 deaths, a number that's steadily increasing, it doesn't include Ukrainian civilians murdered as a result of his attempt to protect the Russian navy when he disabled Starlink to sabotage a Ukrainian defence operation.

There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk's foray into politics accomplished.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

My friend is in charge of the team that wrote the climate change adaptation plan for Switzerland and this is one of the things they expected.

theguardian.com

Swiss village almost entirely destroyed after collapse of glacier buries it in mud

One person missing and Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated town

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

More of this please. Co-designing play spaces with children and young people near their homes led to “what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind”

theguardian.com

Bradford project produces ‘outstanding’ rise in children’s physical activity

JU:MP programme included co-design of play spaces, exercise in faith settings and interventions in schools

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

There’s two ways this is all ending. Both aren’t good. Every day the better option gets worse and more difficult.

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 19/04/2025

Just before the author Ryan Holiday was scheduled to deliver a lecture at the U.S. Naval Academy, he was asked not to mention the recent removal of 381 supposedly controversial books from the campus library. Holiday refused, and the talk was canceled. This is the story he was going to tell.

nytimes.com

Opinion | Naval Academy Censors Ryan Holiday’s Lecture on Censorship

How a lecture to the U.S. Naval Academy on censorship was censored.

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Oxford Population Health @oxpop.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

A study using data from the China Kadoorie Biobank and led by researchers from Oxford Population Health and Peking University has revealed a strong link between physical activity and reduced risk of a wide range of health conditions. Read more 👉 buff.ly/UJGzZnX

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

“It's a really fun and joyful way for children to get to school” - @coachbalto.bsky.social Great to see this article on benefits of organised cycle rides to school. Doubly pleased as it is one a former colleague set up! See below for conclusion from a recent study on effectiveness of ‘bike buses’

bbc.co.uk

Bike bus in Cardiff creates safety in numbers on school run

Cycling in convoy is a safe and fun way to get to school, organisers say.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 30/03/2025

It was a privilege joining the 6,632 SC Freiburg fans—and our friend Jill—who cycled to Europa-Park Stadium for today's match against Union Berlin. Not only did we all beat the traffic, but—as is custom—one euro was donated to a local charitable organization for each bike counted outside the gates.

Hundreds of parked bikes sit outside Europa-Park Stadium, home of SC Freiburg.

Six cyclists ride in a bike lane past a red sign reads "Stadion" with a bike symbol in Freiburg, Germany.

Three middle aged adults wearing red and white scarves pose for a selfie during a SC Freiburg football match.

A full stadium of fans wearing red and white clothing during a SC Freiburg football match against Union Berlin.

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

A small antidote from the proud tradition of protest songs. In the words of Woodie Guthrie. This machine still kills fascists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPHa...

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YouTube video by Jesse Welles

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 14/03/2025

NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline? Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s What should we make of this? www.ft.com/content/a801...

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Music or no music? Depends a lot on how well you know your mind. For me it really shuts down the little monkey that tells me to stop. Sometimes I want to hear that monkey, and practice telling it to piss off. #Running #NoStats.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

The Pentagon has marked 26,000 photos for deletion to purge evidence of diversity. The photos include the 1st black pilots in WWII, the 1st women to pass infantry training & the plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb because it’s called the “Enola GAY”. This is real. We’re living in a horror story.

apnews.com

War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge

References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma...

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Nobunaga the 'Demon King' a 16th century Japanese warlord who built Azuchi castle, on each of the 7 floors were depictions of Japanese spirits. Each floor was a higher spiritual realm, then the 7th which lay bare except for a mirror where Nobunaga gazed at his own reflection. He reminds me of Trump.

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Run up the hill slow. Ran down fast. Get the work done on the uphill, take the break off and enjoy yourself on the downhill. #running #noStats

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David Dack @daviddack88.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

When the going gets tough, having a mental trick can make all the difference. Whether it’s counting to 100 like Paula Radcliffe, syncing your breaths, or repeating a motivational mantra, find what keeps you pushing forward! What's your trick to get through those challenging miles?

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Took off the watch. Sun came out today and all there was to do was relish in what my body can do under the blue skies. It’s better like that sometimes. #running #noStats.

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Day off. I know a run would make me feel better. I know it would. But it’s not going to be today and that’s okay. #Running #NoStats

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Climbing today. Don’t get the chance to run with friends. The plan can wait for quality time with people you’re close to, if it’s exercise all the better for it. #running #NoStats

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Went hard today. Something like HIIT. Not for any fitness goal but just to push my limits. Try and feel something near the edge. #running #NoStats.

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Running in the rain. Body felt heavy. But mind feels lighter. Manage to get a rhythm going about when it was time to stop. Leaving a lot on the table is good. #Running #noStats

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Tough working on strength. Feel weaker than I would like. But I enjoyed moving and testing my strength. No plan, just got down and did push-ups. A plan is better, but don't let it get in the way of getting down and doing work. #strength #fitness

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I think most people really want to find anything to confirm what they want to believe. I googled quantum teleportation and plants. There were two articles in the first three links about quantum teleportation of matter inside plant cells. You can find anything and I wasn’t even on twitter.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

A Familiar Spike in Magical Thinking on Health and Wellness [Thanks, MAHA] conscienhealth.org/2025/02/a-fa... "Today, we have better science and better tools for flooding the zone with pseudoscience and cynically profitable misinformation. But the pattern is the same."

conscienhealth.org

A Familiar Spike in Magical Thinking on Health and Wellness - ConscienHealth

It’s here again – a familiar spike in magical thinking about health and wellness. A look back informs us about cultish health evangelists.

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Going to try something different. Bluesky feels like the place it could work. I want to try and take the performative out of running. Running is about being better than yesterday. Going outside. Testing yourself. It’s not about times or distance. Putting the metrics first is taking away from…

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Alec. K. Thomas @alecken.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

We’re going places. Good to see our politicians doing good work, priorities set straight, creating jobs and lowering the cost of living, addressing inequality… www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

“Knowing no matter where I’m going in Scotland that my companion can travel with me at no extra cost will change my life. As a blind person, having someone to help me get on and off the train is vital – I’d be lost without them.” This is excellent. Hope the trial is a success.

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Spot on. “… [the NHS] should normalise active travel for staff, patients, and visitors-linking safe routes for cycling, walking, and wheeling into communities. This would transform NHS sites into health promoting places…” Better public transport connections important part of enabling this too.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

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