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🥾🚴🏳️‍🌈 South Londoner. Walking or cycling most days.

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Steve Brown @pyspidistra.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Waste fire - Deptford
Fifteen fire engines are responding to a fire at a waste facility in Deptford
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Steve Brown @pyspidistra.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
National Rail: "A large fire has broken out at a recycling plant between New Cross and London Bridge. Currently some lines are unsafe for the passage of trains."
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Jack Fifield @jackfifield.uk · 28/07/2026
Scrabble is now with the Celia Hammond rescue in Canning Town. Apparently it looked like she had recently had kittens, and staff suspect the owners likely sold them before abandoning her. The rescue doesn't have much space, if you're willing to adopt.
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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Do you live in London? Are you free next Weds evening (29th)? Do you love LGBTQIA+ drama, comedy and performers? If so, we have a great evening lined up for you at the @queertheatreuk.bsky.social Outcast showcase, at the iconic 2 Brewers, Clapham. Tickets: www.queertheatre.co.uk/whats-on/out...
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The Daily Mash @the-daily-mash.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Government to raise minimum age for choosing own haircut to 21 buff.ly/WaoJt1c
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Andy Council @andycouncil.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The scaffolding is finally down and I can reveal this huge back of house mural I painted a few weeks ago in Bristol! A tree bathing theme with a sleepy dragon in the corner, a great project to work on and a different direction to take my work in. #mural #streetart
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pasttensehistories.bsky.social @pasttensehistories.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
#OnThisDay in London housing history, 2009: six people die in Lakanal House fire, Camberwell. If lessons had been learnt after this grim disaster, Grenfell might’ve been prevented. wp.me/p74yfw-1bD
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Today in London housing history, 2009: six people die in Lakanal House fire, Camberwell
“It began with a faulty electronic appliance starting a fire in a flat. But the flames spread across the outside of the building, taking hold on cheap composite panels, not compliant with building …
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Steve Brown @pyspidistra.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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Steve Brown @pyspidistra.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
There was one on Old Kent Road between a Waymo and a motorcycle. I believe Waymo stated that it was being manually driven at the time.
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Steve Brown @pyspidistra.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Still one of my favourite films. Our only option to see it at the time was the local flea-pit cinema, no main cinema was showing it.
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pasttensehistories.bsky.social @pasttensehistories.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
#OnThisDay in London gay history: the squatted South London Gay Centre evicted, Railton Road, Brixton, 1976 wp.me/p74yfw-u1 More here: www.revoltinggays.com
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Today in London gay history: the South London Gay Centre evicted, Brixton, 1976
In 1972, some transpontine activists in the Gay Liberation Front founded a South London branch, which initially met from 1972 in the Minet Library, North Brixton. Among their early actions was stre…
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Steve Brown @pyspidistra.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
It's been a good week #LastFourWatched
Images for the last four films I watched:
Museum Hours, Close, Parasite and Monster.
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Steve Brown @pyspidistra.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Sad news. Knew him well when at Leeds Uni, we were both on the student union exec. RIP
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Disgusting reporting by BBC using a tiny number of cases to suggest widespread abuse of a system which routinely denies LGBTQIA+ individuals asylum and forces them back into environments of persecution. This article massively distorts the reality of the situation. 1/ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Legal advisers help migrants pose as gay to get asylum, undercover BBC investigation finds
The BBC exposes a shadow industry charging migrants thousands of pounds to help them cheat the asylum system.
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Steve Brown @pyspidistra.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Given the current state of things, I for one will welcome our new tribble overlords.
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 21/03/2026
This is absolutely mad. Any school indulging in this sort of nonsense should be thoroughly ashamed. One of the books banned is David Mitchell's autobiography for goodness sake!
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
‘Hi Donald - I hear you need some minesweepers. I have a friend who runs a pub who has never built a minesweeper before but could sort you out for the right price’
Matt fucking Hancock on the phone in a red phone box on I’m a celebrity
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Steve Brown @pyspidistra.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Dulwich Park on Monday
Sea of daffodils on a sunny spring morning with trees and bushes in the background.
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Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
okay, here it is, the five key takeaways from this by-election: 1. Denton Kebab House 2. The Crispy Cod, Denton 3. Reddish Tandoori, Gorton 4. Cottage Chippy, Gorton 5. The Continental Takeaway, Denton
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Hannah Spencer walking into Westminster, sucking her teeth, tutting, and muttering "tell you what, you've had some cowboys in here."
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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Matt is a genius:
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 23/01/2026
URGENT 🚨 We have just one week to stop Sex Matters infiltrating a vote to ban conversion therapy. We must stop them. Use our tool and tell the MPs to stand up for what's right ✊ goodlaw.social/945cd5
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up. Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
old couple (Robert and his wife Inga), dressed in smart clothes. both look unassuming and like they could be anybodies' grandparents.
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Matt @itsmattagain.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I know I'll never pay mine off. It's impossible. The angering thing is that combining my undergrad and masters I'm now having to pay a 15% additional tax. My rate is basically 50%, and my salary is not insane. It has been a political choice to plunder the poorest generation, from taxes to housing.
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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
The government’s housing and regeneration agency has failed to explain why its new five-year strategy fails to mention disabled people, or the need to address the accessible housing crisis. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/governments-...
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Government’s housing agency fails to mention accessible homes in new five-year strategy
The government’s housing and regeneration agency has failed to explain why its new five-year strategy fails to mention disabled people, or the need to address the accessible housing crisis. Homes E…
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life.
Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage.
I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys.
I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show,
A show that I named and helped develop over all those years.
Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry.
These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenterIn a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices.
Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'.
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I chose the latter.
It broke my heart.
I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make.
I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer.
I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence.
One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career.I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more.
I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost".
James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice.
Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences.
I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness.
Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire.
I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal.
I am so sorry to let you down.
I hope that you can understand my reasoning.
I have to accept that I am not what the current
BBC expects of their freelance presenters.Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not
"just a job"
I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world.
From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too.
The strawberry is dead.
Long live the strawberry. B
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
There aren't many times when Trump is the least morally bankrupt man in the room.
Trump in the stupid medal fifa have just given him.
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More Cow Bell 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇺🇦 💉💙 @prizepatrol.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Remember those we’ve lost and those living with #AIDS. #WorldAIDSDay 💐
WORLD AIDS DAY
DECEMBER 1
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 23/11/2025
A trans teen in Iowa completed suicide after severe bullying by classmates and teachers. "Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns." It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support. www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
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Heartbroken family of trans teen speaks out about how bullying led to his death
The family of trans Iowa student Miles Phipps has spoken out about bullying following losing their son to suicide. He was just 15-years-old.
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Every ad now
[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]

JANET:
Ugh...

LIZ:
What's up?

JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!

LIZ:
Have you tried...

AI peas?

JANET:
AI peas?

LIZ:
They're peas with AI!

[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].

LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas

JANET:
What

LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]

Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?

[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]

LIZ:

Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine

[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]

LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!

JANET:
What

LIZ:
Shut up

LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow

From opening the bag of peas

to boiling the peas

to eating the peas

To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.

JANET:
Is it really necessary to-

LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET

[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:

AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.

[Ends]
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 12/11/2025
Consider this a pleasant reminder that just a few minutes from Oxford Street is a free roof terrace with some wonderful views of the local area. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/a-r...
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A reminder to visit the Post Building’s free public roof garden
Consider this a pleasant reminder that just a few minutes from Oxford Street is a free roof terrace with some wonderful views of the local area.
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NPR @npr.org · 10/11/2025
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
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50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
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Solastalgic @my-solastalgia.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
A perfectly-timed autumn thunder storm ~ Every year, I hope for a day like this, & sometimes I get very lucky. This was more spectacular in person. #stunday #orangesun #eastcoastkin #artchallenge #autumn #autumnmood #fallfoliage #treephotography #autumntrees #landscapephotography #autumnlandscape
Photo: A single tree stands centered in a newly-harvested cornfield, ablaze in orange foliage.  The sky above is an ominous dark grey, portending a storm.  The edge of woods, out of focus, appears in the background, in autumn colors.
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
9th November 2025 07.30
Early splendourEarly splendour
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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Steve Brown @pyspidistra.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Lovely day for cycling through the New Forest today. Just about missed a shower at the end. #trees #autumn #nature #woodland #forest #cycling
Gravel track leading uphill through autumnal trees.Stream flowing through forest with autumnal shades of yellow and gold in the surrounding trees and bracken.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Yeah. Definitely nothing Nazi-ish here... 👀
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Steve Brown @pyspidistra.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Glorious day for a stroll in South London today including Burgess and Kennington Parks. #sky #trees #walking #urbanwalking #london #walworth #kennington
Blue sky reflected in Burgess Park Lake with reeds and a small jetty in the foreground, trees on the far side of the lake.Sun shining through a large plane tree in Kennington Park against a clear blue sky with leaves fallen onto grass below.
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Steve Brown @pyspidistra.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Gloomy skies in London this morning so here's one I took last Monday in Brenchley Gardens for #BlueskyMonday
Autumnal shades of yellow and gold in the trees against a clear blue sky
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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Cycling is a totally normal sport where you can win a piglet and take it home.
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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
'Peckham Fruit Juices' by Mark Pearson markpearsonartist.com
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Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Just one pedestrian killed by a pedal cyclist in the UK in 2024. 265 killed by cars www.gov.uk/government/s...
Who kills who chart showing most road fatalities are killed by cars. Most car casualty  fatalities don’t involve another vehicle
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Steve Brown @pyspidistra.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Dawn in Peckham Rye Park this morning #sunrise #Peckham
A stripe of orange and red sky appearing on the horizon across the grass playing fields of Peckham Rye Park
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Steve Brown @pyspidistra.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
It was worth delaying my morning walk until after the mist had cleared this morning. This the view from Pasley Park towards Elephant and Castle. #Walworth
Almost clear blue skies punctuated by high rise buildings with small trees  and grass of Pasley Park in the foreground
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
I hand over an invisible ‘Tree Of The Day’ award to the most charismatic tree I see on each of my walks. Here are just a few past winners of this esteemed but still largely unknown prize.
An angry man with branch hands pretending to be two conjoined Sycamore trees.A tree on Exmoor which has some fucking stories to tell even though it doesn't go around shouting about it.A tree on Dartmoor which, though old, is still quite cheeky, and likes using its branches to sneakily tickle cattle, ponies and people when they pass it.A tree which is so endlessly proud of the village where it lives that it stands constantly at the edge of it, constantly welcoming everyone who arrives, with a wave and a smile.
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Steve Brown @pyspidistra.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Sunrise over Brockwell Park this morning
Orange sun at sunrise shining through trees Slivers of orange sun breaking through red cloudy skies on the horizon framed by trees with grass in the foreground Red cloudy skies just before sunrise framed by trees with grass in the foreground Light clouds illuminated bright red just before sunrise with trees and grass in the foreground
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Steve Brown @pyspidistra.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Grey skies over South London this morning so here's a couple of photos from Sunday morning of sunrise over Peckham Rye Park
Narrow beams of dawn sunlight shining through trees with their trunks creating shadows across the grass Bright orange glow of sunrise emerging from behind trees across playing fields still in relative darkness
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Steve Brown @pyspidistra.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
A bit of South London dawn from my stroll on Sunday morning.
Early morning sun breaking through clouds on the horizon, reflecting in the waters of Burgess Park lake with grasses in the foreground.
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