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Brendan Larsen from Ngāmotu in Aotearoa and a member of the New Plymouth Astronomical Society took this stack over a couple of hours and estimates 14000 satellite trails. This is how bad it is now, it's set to get much much much worse - and then we lose Low […] [Original post on river.geek.nz]

Can we do the same with reform/restore here?

Let's try that again, this time with the right date There will be a counter protest in Oriel Square from 5pm on 17 Nov against Nathan Cofnas being invited to speak, if anyone wants to join us.

It's a shame garage isn't given facts to deal with occasionally #r4today

He's on the radio again!

Somewhere @aptshadow.bsky.social feels a mixture of pride and despair in his ability to predict Torment Nexuses

Some good news (from the National Crime Survey, h/t frasernelson.substack.com/p/lawless-br...)

This would probably be down to Pat Mills of 2000ad (and the rest) fame

This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes broke traffic laws while riding bikes, yet 66% of people did so while driving. And perhaps even more importantly, if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @carltonreid.com

Work of the Week! 🖼️ A Cornish Lane in Autumn by Stanhope Alexander Forbes RA. This beautiful oil on canvas captures the rich warmth and gentle light of a Cornish autumn day — a hallmark of Forbes’ masterful ability to portray everyday life and landscape with sensitivity and atmosphere.

I was trying to understand if the question isn't guilt or innocence, what is it? Sorry, it wasn't just aimed at you. Being autistic doesn't make you a lying sociopath

I know it's bad, but this is worse than I thought

Incredible use of the format

🔴 Mysterious Right-Wing Think Tank Demanding Charity ‘Transparency’ Won’t Say Who Runs or Funds It EXCLUSIVE: A group with no legal status and using fake names for the authors of its first published report, has won widespread media coverage, despite refusing to say who is behind it

The All-New Child.

Of course, Oxford is THE Dictionary

Shame no one wants to go with the "only the state can produce number plates" idea used by practically the rest of the world

It turns out that the best way to avoid being killed by drivers is to be protected by infrastructure.

Disappointed to find that BBC cuts haven't hit the Uncanny Podcast

If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

My dispatch from yesterday's AI Summit for @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/riverdance-i...

£5.62 returned for each £1 spent on cycling investments, finds @cyclinguk.bsky.social study www.cyclingelectric.com/news/5-62-re...

Work of the Week 🖼️ The Pied Piper: An Allegory of Spring by Elizabeth Adela Forbes ARWS. Mixed media on paper and linen. On loan from The Bowerman Collection. Taking its title from the German folk tale, this work was undertaken in the field next to the artist’s then home at Trewarveneth, Newlyn.

13-year-old Kseniia Pikalova might well have been outraged by the Starlink restrictions #Musk imposed without warning. But she never will be – because a Russian Smerch rocket attack killed her, her mother, and her grandmother on October 12.

@apiln.bsky.social

"The social media engagement on posts from Reform UK figures appears to have dropped in the wake of Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres," according to The London Economics.

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Where do they find these ex trump sycophants? "The Iran "situation"" #r4today

Just been sent an advert for an ai conference with George Osborne as a lead speaker. God, I hate him. I was not shocked to find he had a lucrative job with openai and he lies about his time as chancellor

Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶

@therealyplac.bsky.social

The Barnton Nuclear Bunker during the Cold War era in the 1950s. A vast, three-storey, underground installation hidden 100 feet beneath Corstorphine Hill in West Edinburgh.

So Tice is back on "hurty words" then #r4today

Were they goodies fans?

the endless warm drizzle of spring—the ice of Antarctica, falling softly on the heads of the children of those responsible for melting it.

There's only a week to go until the #WeeRead - a campaign to get 50,000 people across Scotland ALL READING TOGETHER on Wednesday 7th October! Reading for just 6 minutes a day has been shown to reduce stress and improve mental health so pledge to read now at: www.weeread.scot/

Luton Airport Parkway train station is barely 0.8 miles from the airport itself - it's obscene the car-centric design of that area means there's physically no way to just walk that distance and you have to faff around with a shuttle bus.

Fuck me, not Gove again #r4today

Here's an idea, make number plates a govt monopoly so it would be illegal not to have a govt issued plate. It's dull, low tech, saves money in the medium term and more effective-so not going to be done.

BREAKING 📣 For several days, a peaceful protest took place in the morning, after a young child was killed by a car driver. The child was riding his bike to school, the father with him. The grieving community came together with hundreds of people, cyclist or not, creating a 3km long human bike lane.

Tory leader Badenoch registers gift of £8,177 for Murdoch meeting in Greece. Travelling abroad to beg favours from Murdoch. What has she promised him? I wonder how far she has travelled specifically to meet victims of Tory austerity, real wage cuts and people queuing at hospitals and food banks.

Socialism=red everywhere but the US. It would be clearer for everyone if it adopted global norms (no attack on the OP)

Once again we have forever chemical companies failing to take responsibility for human harm and the environmental pollution they cause. If you live near a forever chemical factory I advise you to get blood tests. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Anyone who deliberately puts the life of an RNLI volunteer in danger or damages an RNLI vessel should face a prison sentence.