Carlton Reid

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

@mrhenrymorris.substack.com Incel lefties! Cat ladies! A medal-fondling Farage! Presumably many will think this is your work. I think your version would be actually funny, though.

Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

Cartoon illustration featuring a man running towards a bicycle encased in a glass box. Over the box is a giant hammer and a sign that says, "In case of rising gas prices break glass."

You know what to do

Because a major channel is doing so, but by taking the piss. So, that’s unusual and worth parsing. Maybe more effective than the current petitions to cancel her shows?

In this skit, Katie Hopkins says she wants to give Trump a blow-job which is shown to be both ick and unhinged. So, is laughing at the ludicrousness of conspiracy-theory-addled fascists the best way to defeat them?

Anyone who wants Britain to join the war in Iran needs their head examined They don't know what they want to achieve, why they're doing it or what the consequences might be. They are lost in the void.

Anyone who wants Britain to join the war in Iran needs their head examined open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

New Ayatollah just dropped.

A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council

WATCH: This is my favourite thing on the internet right now. Well done Norway! youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...

My arse ain’t no amateur.

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

I just incorporated a company, hoping to get my $143 million federal contract in seven days. 🤞

“There’s Always a Tweet” is having a career year.

A headline from GB News stating: Motorists switch to using public transport to avoid paying £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."

Amphibious Cycle Touring. The Remarkable Exploits of a New Zealand Veteran. NE of the most interesting characters amongst the world's cycle tourists is Mr. Charles Barwell, of New Zealand, who, at an advanced age, travels long distances with the remarkable equipment shown in the accompanying photographs converted into a This consists of a tent which can be boat when required, and Mr. Barwell is therefore equally at home upon land and water. Writing modestly of his astonishing exploits, he savs: "You will naturally be inclined to look upon this bike-boat-tent of my invention as a mere freak idea. Let me assure you that, on the contrary, it is an entirely practical proposition, which I have travelled many thousands of miles on rivers, harbours and the open Perhaps my biggest achievement was the crossing of the Haast Pass, which involved a voyage up Lake Wanakam (38 miles), and then across the pass, where 1 frequently had to unload and carry my equipment ahead along a track, difficult to find and blocked by fallen tree trunks, till at the western foot of the added joy of being able to exchange the road for the surface of lake, river, or sea New Zealand is, of course, an excep- tionally beautiful country, well provided with rivers, great lakes and scenic attractions, which range from park-like plains to mountainous country. of the most rugged nature, and lends itself to these amphibious tours admirably. But the real importance of my touring is that it is not the work of a super-athletic young man, but of a measly little nine- Here the rider is seen ready for the road, with all his equipment • neatly packed. Only the oars stow a little awkwardly. stone man just entering on his seventieth year. All my biggest trips have been done in my late sixties, which means that they are well within the powers of even elderly people. In my opinion cycle riding is a luxury for the young, but a necessity for the old, if they desire to keep fit. After a winter at home I generally start o…

Amphibious cycle tourist, 1932.

I can see from a search that your forthcoming book starts in 1885 (presumably on the second iteration of Starley's Safety) but now extends further than 1920?

Well, just as John Boyd Dunlop (re)invented the pneumatic tyre, claiming he didn’t know of the 1840s precedent for carriages, this could be similar?

Edwardian man in tie and shirt inside modern-looking dome tent next to hedge. He has camp stove and pots next to him.

Photo of modern looking dome tent being erected by Edwardian man in tie.

I’m surprised by the modern look of this DIY tent, pictured in a CTC Gazette in 1906. Design was adapted from an American’s idea by cycle camping guru T.H. Holding. (It was his letter that led to formation of @cyclinguk.bsky.social in 1878.)

DUBAI issues emergency alert. are evacuating apartments 00:31 9اا Emergency Alert now نظرا للأوضاع الراهنة تهديد صاروخي محتمل، ݕرجى الاحتماء فورا في مبنى آمن بعيدا عن النوافذ والأبواب والمناطق المفتوحة وانتظر التعليمات الرسمية ) وزارة الداخلية م Due to current situation, a potential missile threats, Seek immediate shelter in the closest secure building, and to steer away from windows, doors, and open areas. Await for further instructions

Sorry for anyone affected by the violence in the Middle East and that sympathy extends to Isabel Oakeshott and her family.

Perhaps this experience will help her reflect on the fear and suffering of millions of people who suffer far far worse and are obliged to flee famine and war.

I have never seen a politician more directly copy this speech in my life

I studied religion at uni. It appears that Khamenei welcomed Shia martyrdom. No jibe.

Just your regularly scheduled share of this masterpiece by @tomgauld.bsky.social

Assisted dying, Shia-style.

Department of Defense became Department of War so, presumably, Trump’s Board of Peace will be similarly renamed.

Reform: rejected.

Goodwin: rejected.

Farage: rejected.

Big message here.

Labour *has* to now ditch the Reform-lite policies and go full-on progressive.

POTHOLES: It seems a pity that road surveyors have annexed the word pothole to denote the small dints made in our roads by motor-cars, for the word has long been in use in a far more classic way. All round the base of Ingleborough there are mighty pits, apparently bottomless, that have been worn out of the rock by the action of the water extending over hundreds of years. These, and these alone, are potholes, many of them known by some distinguishing name in addition. The greatest of all is the huge chasm of Gaping Ghyll, situated on the southern slope of Ingleborough. Why not call the holes in our roads "motor holes," for to the motor alone is their evil presence due.

Don’t call them “potholes,” call them “motor holes,” says @cyclinguk.bsky.social editorial in CTC Gazette, Feb 1917.

Not heard of that one. Many existed, of course.

A COMPANY has been formed, the object of which is not only to clean bicycles, but to insure and store them, as well as to give tuition. It will be remembered that a letter appeared in THE CYCLING WORLD ILLUSTRATED a few weeks ago advocating the formation of a Bicycle Cleaning Brigade. The new company, which is to have a capital of £300,000, and is to be known as the Gavin's House-to-House Cycle Cleaning and Insurance Company, seems to answer all the Lord Henry Fitzgerald and amongst the directors, the managing director being Mr. W. A. Gavin. Signal cards will be given to subscribers, which they may place in their windows when the services of a cleaner or repairer are required. It is anticipated that the Company's depot will constitute the natural cycling centre in each district in...

The company was founded at the very peak of the 1890s bicycle boom and, like many tech stocks today, was waaaaay over-valued. No doubt the court case was due to company's collapse when cycle sales plummeted.

Genuine court case from 1897: "Frankenstein v Gavin's House-to-House Cycle Cleaning and Insurance Co."

It was a landmark English Court of Appeal decision concerning the law of privilege.