Lorna Devenish

The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom

“They turn humans into this hyperefficient terrestrial locomotor because they make being on land more like swimming.”

The most efficient traveller is you on a bike. #UrbanTruth

Via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

Reform’s Danny Kruger criticises UK’s ‘totally unregulated sexual economy’ Former Conservative laments divorce changes and says Reform UK will pursue policies to boost birthrate

Reform: There's too much state interference.

Also Reform: We will force you to marry, stop you getting divorced, make you have babies, dictate your religious beliefs, control your sexuality, penalise you if you are disabled and deport you if you don't look right.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...
37% approval rating.

who subsequently 'forced her head down to his exposed penis which she subsequently bit. In response, Trump punched her in the head and kicked her out.'"

"The woman who directly named Trump in her abuse allegation claimed that around 1983, when she was around 13 years old, Epstein introduced her to Trump...

These people are poison. They will unleash racist thugs on the streets of this country and call it security. They will subjugate us to the US and call it patriotism. They must be stopped. There is no more important task in politics.

I would read it. If published in an outlet suited to my place in life 😉

Older houses quite often flood. Several examples in York, where they were purposely built close to the river for trade. Changes in the interim to rivers, catchments and climate mean they are now very flood prone

It's all fallen on Devon instead

And that, in a nutshell, is why Europeans live longer.

Power to you. GWR can't even coordinate its own train network. I invariably get to see the local train disappearing up the line as I arrive at Exeter from London. It literally leaves 2 minutes before we pull in.

"I fear what voting Reform may bring" ... THEN DON'T

This is spot-on. Thank you for identifying it!

They’re named after a magical stone used by the bad guys in Lord of the Rings to spy on people (@samfr.bsky.social explains) and refer to their staff as hobbits. You really don't have to read much Tolkien for this to ring alarm bells if you work there. #palantir

Yeah. Until we aren't.

Thank you! Still having to don wellies to get across the garden

Good. Power to them.

Can we sue

Those numbers are almost beyond comprehension

Hmmm almost as if the best way to get to know a city is by bike

We need one of these everywhere...Deflag www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/deflag?utm...

Thanks for sharing, always worth reading. Conjures up the image of Trump as tantrumming toddler...but with access to WMD.

Absolutely. Measures like these just put barriers in the way of people switching to cycling, which has so many health benefits

That's lovely.

Even if you could betray Rachel, could you imagine turning round to Jack and saying...sorry mate

Being on X enables Musk and Musk enables the far right. There is no longer any excuse to be there and people need to leave.

Lovely split on the Right, though

Looks like they are raingardens, soaking up surface water

Yep, and strengthened, clarified

NE also now custodian of nutrient neutrality market...