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Mum's helmet warning after cyclist son, 11, suffers broken leg in crash with car Charlene Storey said she was relieved son Logan had not been more badly injured after being involved in a crash this week

Maybe he should have strapped the helmet to his leg.

The key here is not helmets, but safer space for kids to cycle and better driving.

(Oh and helmet evangelists and guilt trippers will be blocked)
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

08.03.2026 09:37 πŸ‘ 150 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1

just heard a guy on youtube say "in the grand scream of things"

06.03.2026 03:09 πŸ‘ 1742 πŸ” 193 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 36

wonders will never cease!

05.03.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

zinger!

05.03.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

She's had appalling takes every week for decades now

04.03.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes!

04.03.2026 02:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That headline is a hostage to fortune

03.03.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s actually FEWER MisΓ©rables

03.03.2026 15:28 πŸ‘ 5083 πŸ” 989 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 36

Oh my God how are they so bad at this

03.03.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Going to get sued for libel by the Concert Pianists Union

03.03.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well said Rachel ✊🏻

03.03.2026 22:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
03.03.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 300 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
A headline from GB News stating: Motorists switch to using public transport to avoid paying Β£5 daily congestion charge

A headline from GB News stating: Motorists switch to using public transport to avoid paying Β£5 daily congestion charge

In shock news, motorists have switched to public transport to avoid paying the Oxford Congestion Charge.
A spokesperson* said: "This is exactly what was meant to happen, and it did."

03.03.2026 12:51 πŸ‘ 1058 πŸ” 253 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 53

Including a wipe-out in Wales

03.03.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder if this is the article @windyspirals.bsky.social is thinking of - it's one of my favourite pieces themorningnews.org/in-tennis-lo...

(not as well-known as DFW's essay on pro tennis in String Theory)

03.03.2026 01:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm thoroughly enjoying the threads

02.03.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
"Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles" - style logo that says "Not Immune To Propaganda"

"Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles" - style logo that says "Not Immune To Propaganda"

02.03.2026 23:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ok. I have nothing but contempt for her politics but I think Otto said it perfectly in his initial post. I hope (against hope) that the experience opens her eyes.

01.03.2026 19:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sink to her level

01.03.2026 19:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You don't have to do this

01.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.

β€œHelsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”

01.03.2026 04:01 πŸ‘ 2439 πŸ” 835 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 100

I remember the morning of 5th July 2024 Khan being interviewed on TV, talking about his old friend Starmer and saying how great everything was going to be, he wouldn't hear a word said against him

01.03.2026 12:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He's definitely been thinking about her A LOT

28.02.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

28.02.2026 12:42 πŸ‘ 16425 πŸ” 5093 πŸ’¬ 126 πŸ“Œ 103
no seriously, my mood is awful. alt text is too much today

no seriously, my mood is awful. alt text is too much today

my mood has been so bleak lately, and i resent it when my code makes something pretty

27.02.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Good analysis by Ben, my only addition is that I think psychologically Labour cannot accept that their median voter is closer to Hannah Spencer: still young, well off but still renting, female, and socially liberal than it is their desired median voter: Lee Anderson, and that is because of misogyny.

27.02.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 417 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 9

My government told me the Green Party keeps eating their statements so I asked how many statements they have and they said they just go and get another statement so I said it sounds like they're just feeding statements to Green Party voters

27.02.2026 17:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Since I saw the phrase β€œEverything is gender” I have become convinced that everything is indeed gender

27.02.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 141 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

Just take a second to think how Labour would talk about being beaten by a plumber from a working class background in Bolton if they were a man.

27.02.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 158 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

Hello fellow #Stroud Greens there!

27.02.2026 01:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0