Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 1hThe late great DAVE ALLEN on… Alcohol (1973) 39314
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialLisounours @lise-l.bsky.social · 9hIls étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière 3955261685
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Zelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel. 29959272209
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Donald Trump has been telling everyone to boycott Russia and even punishing them for not doing it. Now suddenly due to the Fuel Crisis he started with HIS illegal war, HE is announcing a deal with Russia. 126824
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 09/10/2026Skunk Anansie and Darrin Mooney thrill fans at surprise Nothing But Love gig Camden performance was the first in a series of events that will see big names play in small venues to remind us of the joy music can bring | Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social @kentandsurreybylines.co.ukkentandsurreybylines.co.ukSkunk Anansie and Darrin Mooney thrill fans at surprise Nothing But Love gigCamden performance was the first in a series of events that will see big names play in small venues to remind us of the joy music can bring 45416
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country. 2024157415473
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error. Same error amplified by right-wing think-tanks, press It suited their ideological leanings. Future historians might say - planet earth and human life was shattered by a spreadsheet error.theguardian.comTories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet errorExclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data 64655313
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialRuth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026In my view, one of the most important innovations of the modern world. 123450
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialDr Huw Groucutt @huwgroucutt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026#NonFlintFriday. Lovely new paper on Neanderthal wooden tools from Abric Romaní in Catalonia: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... . I was lucky to visit the site a few years ago, loved it (some picture from my visit). 19515
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialDr Huw Groucutt @huwgroucutt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026And nice comment piece: www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgNeanderthals were skilled woodworkers, first-of-its-kind tool trove revealsFind in Spanish cave provides rare window into the domestic lives of our closest relatives 210722
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 09/10/2026While leaching from GoFundMe suckers ... "How Very Patriotic: British Companies, Missing Accounts And Unpaid Tax. Portuguese Company, Accounts Filed And Tax Paid. Tommy Robinson has spent years wrapping himself in the Union Jack. Britain..." www.facebook.com/TruthAgainst... via Truth Against Hate 4150105
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 09/10/2026There are the Reform UK con-artist leaders who deserve all the vitriol they get. Then there are supporters who've been fooled, whose minds we need to change - with empathy rather than stigma ... "Can you change the mind of a Reform Ltd supporter?" via Stop Brexit & Restore Hope 59646
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialHedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Castle hillfort, Wittenham Clumps earlier today; the distinctive, contour-hugging earthworks features the local depression known as the "Money Pit," tied to folklore of hidden treasure guarded by a raven. So there you go. 17512
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026the tech industry is about to invent books 572215204192
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialNereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 05/10/2026You are looking at the dunes of Endurance Crater on #Mars, in this approximate true-color panoramic camera image, highlighting the reddish-colored dust present there. What a fascinating geological phenomenon! science.nasa.gov/resource/end... 🔭🧪⚛️ #planetsci #HistSci 28028
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 07/10/2026Privatisation has benefited overseas investors, who have plundered the assets we used to own. It's way past time to call an end to the failed ideology of the Thatcher era and beyond. Read our report on how and why it should be done vist.ly/5mce2 29845
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“The only sensible solution at this point is a moratorium on datacentres until very basic questions about how many we need, what for, where, and how pollution will be avoided are answered satisfactorily by the government” - @olliehayes.bsky.social 👏theguardian.comDrax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flightsExclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year 27735301
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialThis Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 07/10/202682 years ago, on the 7th of October 1944, a group of Jewish prisoners at Auschwitz II-Birkenau rebelled against the Nazi guards of the camp. 452 prisoners and 3 guards were killed. About 80 prisoners managed to flee, of which, according to researchers, 27 escaped and survived the war. #otd 🗃️ 112923
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialTim Bonville-Ginn @timbonvilleginn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Ethan Hayter 🇬🇧 has a team for next year as he signs for Pinarello-Q36.5 🇨🇭 4231
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Perfect timing by the pool. THE RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER (1975) #PeterSellers 1764667
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialCycling Weekly @cyclingweekly.com · 07/10/2026Feel like testing your fitness tonight? Join us on Zwift for our weekly club ten. Tonight we're on the Bon Voyage course, first riders off at 6pm. Enter here 👉 www.zwift.com/uk/events/ta... 011
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 07/10/2026#OtD 7 Oct 1879 Joe Hill, songwriter and Industrial Workers of the World (@IWW) revolutionary union martyr, was born in Sweden. He wrote such working-class anthems as 'The Preacher and the Slave', and was executed in the US. Learn more in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/... 611753
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialReal Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sounds like the councillors are advocating for charges as this is free whilst others are £8 a day. It also needs more enforcement to stop illegal parking and some cycle lanes on the station feeder roads. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHowden train station parking a daily battle, drivers sayCommuters say car park in growing Howden is "like the Wild West", with some forced on to verges. 2225
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialCycling Weekly @cyclingweekly.com · 07/10/2026'There is still so much potential to unlock' – British UCI Continental team secures future with backing from UK firm www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/briti...cyclingweekly.com'There is still so much potential to unlock' – British UCI Continental team secures future with backing from UK firmHandsling Alba Development Road Team will become CAMS Alba from 2027 061
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialThe Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 08/10/2025A further word on opposition. In 2017, Hamas created a 42-article document of principles making it clear that their struggle was against Zionism, not the Jewish people, that antisemitism was rooted in Europe, not Arabic or Muslim history. You can read it here: www.middleeasteye.net/news/hamas-2...middleeasteye.netHamas in 2017: The document in fullHamas explains general principles and objectives in 42-article document 174
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialThe Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It's been a while since I've added to this thread, but whichever mainstream party or leader is incumbent in the UK seems to make no real, substantive difference... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukEnergy costs: 'Wear more clothes if it's cold', pupils and staff toldThe EA suggests cost-saving measures as it warns school gas and electricity bills are set to rise. 065
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialKent Archaeological Society @kentarchsoc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Its #WordWednesday Today's Kentish word, taken from our online dictionary is Hatch-up vb. To prepare for. "I think it's hatching up for snow." "She's hatching up a cold." A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and Provincialisms (1888). Pg 71 You can search the dictionary yourself belowbuff.lyDictionary of the Kentish dialect — Kent History & ArchaeologyCompiled by Camilla Harley. 141
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“Whether policies, polls or performances, the gulf between the reality I think I inhabit and the world according to Kemi seems almost inconceivably enormous, and yet so complete is her belief in her own brilliance that I frequently find myself checking whether my own memory of events is accurate.” 53632132
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialMelissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 07/10/2026Cyclists in the Netherlands take 300 million day trips and 5.85 million overnight trips per year, generating €3.6 billion for the economy and supporting 39,000 full-time jobs. Across Europe, cycle tourism accounted for 28% of the bike industry’s total economic and employment impact. bit.ly/47Gy7VU 310735
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialAnine Hartmann @aninehartmann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026In two weeks I'm speaking at this event by @londoncycling.bsky.social together with experts from all over Europe. I'll be sharing my thoughts on Oslo and Norway's recent Vision Zero milestones, and the work being done here to improve safety for 🚶♂️ and 🚴♂️. lcc.org.uk/events/lcc-a... 1346
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialPeter Head @peterheadcbe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Denmark is repurposing discarded wind turbine blades as bike shelters; the distinctive shape of the wind turbines could also be ideal for making skate parks, stadium bleachers, or sound barriers. www.designboom.com/design/denma...designboom.comdenmark is repurposing discarded wind turbine blades as bike shelters 1205
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialStanding Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 06/10/2026At 4 a.m. today, Israeli forces raided a five-story building in Al-Tur, East Jerusalem, forced Palestinian families out with barely anything in their hands, and demolished 10 apartments — leaving around 70 Palestinians without their homes. 67273
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialStop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 06/10/2026📢 Time for #IKEA to do the right thing and pull their ads from this toxic news station. TAKE ACTION 👉 urge @ikeauk to stop advertising on the toxic channel: 🟣 Leave #IKEA a review ☎️ Call them at 01733 520006 📧 Email them at press.uk.ie@ikea.com (IKEA Press Office) 68041
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 06/10/2026EU calls it “concerning”. I’m more concerned about that reaction. 26427122
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialRed Button @red-button.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The fact that Badenoch spent even one second producing this rubbish says everything you need to know about her.. 142
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The utter shamelessness of Kemi Badenoch boasting at Conservative party conference about 'defending press freedom' and berating Reform for banning critical journalists from their conference, just days after banning Byline Times journalists from her own 451382567
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Arrogance is believing we can endlessly take without giving back. Arrogance is thinking technological cleverness will always save us from ecological collapse. Arrogance is assuming nature is a foe to be battled,rather than the very system that gives us life. 418375
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialLucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Join me for the tiniest 45-second tour of Hampton Court Palace - to find out some of the ways we can put women back into the story of the past! It’s something I’ve tried to do in my new book QUEENS AND KINGS, AN UNUSUALLY PERSONAL HISTORY, which you can get here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/quee... 313910
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Even as Jeremy Clarkson's farm is destroyed by Climate Change he is still denying it, because he is a Right Wing moron. Look on the bright side Jeremy if your farm is worthless the Inheritance Tax won't be very much. 4036971
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We mandate seatbelts to save lives. We mandate education to build futures. Why don't we mandate forest restoration to save the planet? Bare land should be illegal when we have the seeds to heal it. 828099
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialMichelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Specialized weight training: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/heartwarmi... 441846262
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialun Américain perdu à Paris @paris75009.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A town's commitment to biking is not just building bike lanes, it must include maintenance for continued use. Street sweepers cleaning the bike lanes in Paris. #paris #bike #bikelane 04911
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialBike Lane Uprising @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social · 06/10/2026These two Amazon drivers are obstructing a bike lane in a high crash corridor to create an illegal distribution center. Companies will continue to opt to endanger bicyclists until it is no longer fiscally advantage to do so. Report bike lane obstructions like this with our app BikeLaneUprising.com 37811
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialChannel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The former German intelligence chief August Hanning has been arrested on allegations of espionage. He was head of the Federal Intelligence Service from 1998 to 2005 and prosecutors said he was "suspected of spying out state secrets and attempted treason." 32714
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialAlbumism @albumism.com · 06/10/2026R.E.M. released ‘Automatic For The People’ in the US 34 years ago on October 6, 1992 | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/REMautomatic 03110
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"The loophole allowing foreign billionaires to spend unlimited sums influencing UK elections" goodlawproject.org/the-loophole... via @goodlawproject.orggoodlawproject.orgThe loophole allowing foreign billionaires to spend unlimited sums influencing UK elections | Good Law ProjectTo try and limit the influence billionaires have over our elections the law limits how much both ‘non party’ campaigners - anyone spending more than £10,000 on activities intended to influence elector... 02013
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This ancient Greek figure from the 2,500 year-old Douris Cup looks uncannily like someone working on a laptop! 😲 💻 He’s actually writing with a stylus on a hinged wax writing tablet! The technology has changed, the posture has not! 😂 Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me 321360326
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The IDF came into my Twitter replies to try & boost their fake report accusing Palestinian journalists they murdered of being Hamas. But when Piers Morgan invited them to debate the so-called evidence with me, they didn't show up so... he empty-chaired them. And then I debunked their 'study': 251663363
Reposted by @veloupwards.bsky.socialPhil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image. 5428461092
