Reposted by Peter BrommerIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The chipping away at citizenship, which started with Shamima Begum, is utterly poisonous. Anytime now, Restore will support the removal of citizenship on the basis of race or religion. 351038282
Reposted by Peter BrommerPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Two-tier British citizenship latest. 1412835
Reposted by Peter BrommerNathan Ley @nathanley.com · 26/09/2026cllrdrnathanley.substack.com/p/the-roofs-...cllrdrnathanley.substack.comThe roofs won’t be enough“Just put them on roofs instead” is the most comfortable argument in British politics. It is also the one that quietly hands the bill to our children. 42417
Reposted by Peter BrommerEthan Siegel @startswithabang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This discovery is why Einstein was history’s greatest physicist Einstein made a whole lot of discoveries in his life, with many others very close to many of his breakthroughs. But without Einstein, General Relativity may never have come about at all. bigthink.com/starts-with-... #space #astrobigthink.comThis discovery is why Einstein was history's greatest physicistAlthough many of Einstein's papers revolutionized physics, there's one Einsteinian advance, generally, that towers over all the rest. 3255
Reposted by Peter BrommerCab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is UK road culture. The police don't care because they're part of it. George is bang on here. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comDriving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George MonbiotIn towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 2258
Reposted by Peter BrommerKate Watson @loreandordure.com · 15/09/2026Your app should be a fucking website. I have a browser already. Thank you. 57213
Reposted by Peter BrommerDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The hospitality industry are back lobbying for a VAT cut They don't mention the cost: £12bn They don't mention who gets the £: ❌ The smallest most vulnerable businesses? Get nothing ❌ Consumers? Prices won't fall ✅ McDonald's gets £400m. Big chains are big winners 🧵: 11318153
Reposted by Peter BrommerKevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I was asked by a colleague from my oil & gas days (who has remained in the industry) why UK producing its own gas is less acceptable to the Greens (& others) than importing it from America and West Africa.' The full question & my reply is now online at: climateuncensored.com/there-is-no-...climateuncensored.comThere Is No Atmospheric Exemption for British Oil and Gas - Climate UncensoredI was recently contacted by a colleague from my days in the 1980s and 90s when I worked as an engineer in the offshore oil and gas sector. He remains in the 1517190
Reposted by Peter BrommerAnti. @antikalypse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Es geht immer noch dreister und erbärmlicher. 04811
Reposted by Peter BrommerProf Ben Britton @bmatb.expmicromech.com · 03/09/2026So... this whole article is a pile of shit, and the argument is a rage-bait/dog whistle. I have some quite personal stakes in this, as a CRC… with a learning disability 😬. As Usher articulates - use of the h-index as the sole predicator of academic quality - is bullshit. 1187
Reposted by Peter BrommerJasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I was asked by @newlinesmag.bsky.social to write about the death of Bosnian Serb genocidaire Ratko Mladić. He was a war criminal but above all he was a coward. And it is on his cowardice, and the courage of those he sought to exterminate, that we should reflect. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...newlinesmag.comThe House Ratko Mladić Could Not DestroyRatko Mladić, the commander in charge of the Srebrenica genocide and architect of the Sarajevo siege, died serving a life sentence. He died a coward, much as his political progeny today still live as ... 28130
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 30/08/2026On my way to the BBF Summer Cup on Farnham Park. First train from Coventry: cancelled by @crosscountryuk.bsky.social. An Uber got me to Leamington even earlier. 100
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Hi @londoncycling.bsky.social - can I become a LCC member, even though I don't live in London by any useful metric? I'd like to have the 3rd party liability and legal cover membership provides, without British Cycling's or Cycling UK's trans-exclusionary (or outright transphobic) positions. Thanks! 120
Reposted by Peter BrommerWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026[Exit Queen.] 2063894411012
Reposted by Peter BrommerThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 25/08/2026Is it "pragmatic" to approve new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea that could cost between £119 billion to £336 billion in climate damage? Sounds more like climate and economic vandalism. 6193102
Reposted by Peter BrommerGrace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 19/08/2026Stirchley co-op did everything right to build affordable homes on their high street. Then their housing association partner handed them a £2.5 million bill. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/homeless-b...graceblakeley.substack.comHomeless by GSA: The housing assocation bankrupting a community co-opHow a housing association left a community co-operative’s members homeless - and what it means for the future of community organising. 24823
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Disappointed to find colleagues from Warwick have co-signed this letter, which mischaracterises Dr Cofnas' alleged breach of contract as whistleblowing. 010
Reposted by Peter BrommerAlexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Do you want to write a story about volcanoes that changed history? the editor asked. Why yes. Yes, I do. My piece in @knowablemag.bsky.social on the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days that can transpire after an eruption: knowablemagazine.org/content/arti... 🧪🌋knowablemagazine.orgVolcanoes that made historyLong after the lava stopped flowing, enormous eruptions altered Earth’s climate and societies all over the globe 818363
Reposted by Peter Brommergreyverse @greyverse.eu · 30/07/2026#Flachwitz #Allesnurgeklaut Wisst ihr wo man im Baumarkt die Leihmuttern findet. Stehen direkt neben den Spahnplatten. (geklaut von Benjamin Schöttler) 1132457
Reposted by Peter BrommerCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface 11188452999
Reposted by Peter BrommerCab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Taking the money from overseas aid budgets is fundamentally wrong headed. If you want to fund public transport, do it with car fuel duty. 55718
Reposted by Peter BrommerLaura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I broke this story two weeks ago for @cyclingelectric.bsky.social - good to see it get wider pickup www.cyclingelectric.com/news/police-...cyclingelectric.comCall for education as police crush road-legal, council-funded Tern HSD e-bikeA legal e-bike, mistakenly seized and destroyed by West Midlands Police as part of a crackdown on illegal electric motorcycles 0171
Reposted by Peter BrommerReal Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Can you imagine the uproar if someone's legal car was seized and immediately crushed because some woodentop made a mistake? And the Police don't even apologise or accept they made a mistake. It's good to see this go mainstream. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBirmingham man's legal e-bike seized and destroyed by police in errorThe BBC finds the bike was legal and supplied as part of a scheme to reduce pollution in the city. 2227195
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Even though yesterday's match didn't count for much it was infinitely more fun to watch... 030
Reposted by Peter BrommerZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Deeply irresponsible. We're in a climate crisis. This is such a terrible start. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBurnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drillingDrilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences. 28039411193
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Another reason to never vote Labour again: Institutional violence against trans children. 130
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Well played @antoine.pinkbean.studio, well played. worldle.teuteuf.fr 010
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 06/07/2026What a fight! I might almost become an England fan now. 110
Reposted by Peter BrommerAshton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I thought I was doing a small story on confusion over the sudden disappearance of water fountains on a popular South Mississippi biking and running trail. What I found was a bigger story about homelessness, the meaning people find in the things they love, public infrastructure and civic engagement. 271193461
Reposted by Peter BrommerMississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 01/07/2026Water fountains disappeared from the Longleaf Trace in June as the board that governs it grew concerned about how homeless people were using its facilities. Runners and bikers who use the 44-mile trail fear the decision could have dire consequences in Mississippi's summer heat. buff.ly/pBXSvrImississippifreepress.orgLongleaf Trace Removes Water Fountains Over Homelessness Fears, Infuriating Trail UsersThe Longleaf Trace removed all water fountains in June over homelessness concerns, alarming trail users and health experts. 74744236
Reposted by Peter BrommerDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Right now we have three right wing racist parties (Labour, Reform and Conservatives) fighting each other to prove that they are the cruelest and most inhumane towards vulnerable people. These are policies based on xenophobia and hate, aimed at excluding people who need asylum. 6/ 418965
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 24/06/2026By 2028, every Brit will have been Prime Minister. www.der-postillon.com/2026/06/prim...der-postillon.comHochrechnung: Bis Ende 2028 ist jeder Brite einmal Premierminister gewesenLondon (dpo) - Mit Keir Starmer ist erneut ein britischer Premierminister nach kurzer Regierungszeit zurückgetreten. Dabei wird der hohe Verschleiß vo 030
Reposted by Peter BrommerMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 23/06/2026It seems that several commentators have set themselves a challenge: to write a thread or article expressing disbelief as to why Starmer was so loathed without mentioning his stances on AI, Black Lives Matter, Gaza, trans rights, and then dismiss that loathing as the hysteria of out-of-touch elites. 18656162
Reposted by Peter BrommerAndrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 21/06/2026It seems to have become commonplace to blame net zero for Britain’s high energy bills and/or weak job market… … and I guess I’ll have to explain again why there is very little evidence of this. Britain has plenty of economic problems; net zero is not high on that list (though climate change is) 🧵giftarticle.ft.comEd Miliband would be ‘noose around neck’ of job creation as chancellor, union boss warnsComments by Sharon Graham come as Burnham team explores key government appointments 13524267
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 21/06/2026When I lived in Montréal, I lived on rue Tupper. I never knew who it was named for. Well, now I know. 020
Reposted by Peter BrommerIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The EHRC trans code explained: What it does, how it works and what happens next iandunt.substack.com/p/the-ehrc-t...iandunt.substack.comThe EHRC trans code explainedWhat does it say, how will it work, and what happens next? 34308131
Reposted by Peter BrommerPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 12/06/2026With the full caveat that I have never managed a govt dept, as Wes Streeting knows very well having been health secretary, investment in active travel *pays for itself many times over* in better public health outcomes etc. Cutting investment is often a false economy, as the UK knows to its cost. 3538592
Reposted by Peter BrommerRobin Wilton 🇱🇧 @komadori.eurosky.social · 10/06/2026h/t @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social The UK has a serious problem: media coverage of online safety is ill-informed and lacks serious attention to the risks inherent in the Government's dangerously intrusive policies. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-naked-...brokenbottleboy.substack.comThe naked truth about press coverage of Keir Starmer's nude ban planThe Prime Minister's latest "won't somebody please think of the children" policy is treated seriously by a media addicted to easy solutions to complicated problems. 0103
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Reutlingen HBf. Der Bahnhof, an dem die Zeit still steht. Oder zumindest die Uhr an Gleis 1. @deutschebahn.com 010
Reposted by Peter BrommerTim Harford @timharford.ft.com · 03/06/2026Everything I know about economics, I learned queueing at Alton Towers as.ft.com/r/21e56ef4-2...as.ft.comThe UK is stuck in a rollercoaster queueBritish theme parks are a fitting symbol of the country’s supply-side economic woes 44816
Reposted by Peter BrommerThe Londoner @the-londoner.bsky.social · 30/05/2026In November 2023, police discovered the decayed corpse of Tracey Turnell in Walthamstow Market. She had no phone, job, passport, friends or lovers. There wasn’t a single photo of her. It was as if, in her far too public death, she entered the public record for the first time. Who was she?the-londoner.co.ukThe body in the wheelchair: How did a troubled family get lost by the state?A decayed corpse was found being wheeled through the centre of Walthamstow. Who was she? And who is to blame for her death? 13280104
Reposted by Peter BrommerMaria W. Norris @mariawnorris.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Hi, expert on far-right extremism here, a history of domestic violence and misogyny is one of the strongest predictive variables for violent extremism, especially on the right. We've been raising the alarm on this for DECADES but no one cares. 4135651360
Reposted by Peter BrommerDr Kat Day (she/her) 🎃🌒 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 31/05/2026Love this bit on Ai from the Royal Society. A classic case of the probability engine getting itself in a mess and revealing its complete lack of understanding 13537211
Reposted by Peter BrommerBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/05/2026For generations, the American empire was the most powerful force on earth, and so we tended to assume that it was the most *durable* force on earth - surely anything so powerful *must* also be *eternal*? 1/ 418971
Reposted by Peter BrommerTransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 22/05/2026The UK Government’s new Code of Practice offers cruelty, not clarity. Despite promises and spin to the contrary, this is a bathroom ban and a huge rollback for human rights in the UK. Read now: transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/05... 3293131
Reposted by Peter BrommerLGBTIQA+ Greens @lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk · 22/05/2026"Call it out. Tell your friends. Write to your MPs and councillors. There will be protests – join them, we are going to." Our statement on the latest EHRC Code of Practice. lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk/2026/05/22/s...lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.ukStatement on the latest EHRC Code of Practice - LGBTIQA+ GreensCover Photo Attribution: What The Trans?! The LGBTIQA+ Greens are disgusted by the latest update to the Code of Practice from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). This version rows back o... 415774
Reposted by Peter BrommerBethany~ @picklebee.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Trans people in the UK can now be banned from spaces that both align & do not align with their gender because the UK Gov believes sharing a toilet with a trans person is dubious regardless of circumstance. The UK Gov has given services free reign to completely ban trans people from their premises 10329109
Reposted by Peter BrommerVictoria Redfern @victoriaredfern.bsky.social · 21/05/2026This truly is appalling. A massive racist would say they feel 'distressed' at black people being in the same space as them, and obviously what you do there is throw the massive racist out and ban them. This is pandering to bastards like they did to racists in the American South. Absolutely fuck this 012356
Reposted by Peter BrommerDuncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 21/05/2026So the EHRC guidance has been updated from "Fuck trans people's rights" to "I'm terribly sorry but fuck trans people's rights", and it remains glaringly obvious that the government's response to the Supreme Court judgement should have been to fix the law rather than cower in fear of bigots. 11426122