“But who were these people who wrote this stuff? These fantastical people, Julie being at the forefront, were pure punk. Football punk. Without the Mohicans and safety pins, but with the big words. With the football knowledge. They did it all themselves too. They were sticking it to the man.”

David Marples on Julie Pritchard and The Mighty Brian.

“Corbyn will now be, for the second time, the one thing he never wanted to be: the leader of a political party.”

via Novara

UK’s second-tallest residential tower planned for last big Vauxhall site

via IanVisits

More than four in 10 cyclists report feeling unsafe riding in the capital, according to a survey presented to Transport for London.

via road.cc

“There’s a solution for e-bike parking chaos - but it’s not problem-free”

Erm, why doesn’t legacy media ever talk about car parking chaos that litter the streets and pavements?

via BBC

“That nicely sums up Labour’s problems. You’re supposed to be selling hope, not soap.”

via Novara

“People are pretty nervous about AI. And so far you have to be a scientist of some kind to really appreciate it. But the internet as a place of business, education and health care is a big global mess”

via Dave Winer

3am, SW8

“Things will come unstuck. Things will fall apart. Mr Hyde will rear his ugly head once more - he cannot be repressed. But for now that’s not important. Long live Dr Jekyll.”

via David Marples

Police receive record number of camera submissions in 2025… most of them from cyclists (again)

Chapeau!

“But now comes a new start - another one - and I can’t remember a managerial appointment being treated with such a level of apathy from so many supporters.”

meh

“As far as I can see, there are only two factions in the Labour Party: 1. Pathetic Losers 2. Evil Sociopaths”

Tell It Like It Is

“People make the same mistake with AI that we make with every new tech. We focus on the creators not the users. As users we are learning a new skill, how to specify our needs precisely. Whether this is good or bad, I don’t know”

via @DaveWiner

“A volatile character is walking into a volatile situation at the City Ground. The results could be explosive.”

Ouch

White Bike Cyclist Memorial for Irene Leardini in New Cross Road

via @Transpontine

“No more news without community involvement. Let’s make it community published. How does that sound?”

via @DaveWiner