Having added the dates for the Giro, the TDF and La Vuelta to my calendar I have banished any thoughts of the current cold weather. Roll on the Breakaway, the banter, the knowledge and, of course, world class cycling. Orla Chennaoui Adam Blythe @mcewenrobbie @eurosport

"We human beings are not born with prejudice". Appropriate and very relevant for where we find ourselves.

I just read this on Facebook: Someone asked "Why do many British people not like Donald Trump?" Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England, wrote this magnificent response: 1/

Scandalous. Larger increases than predicted. These are private companies paying huge dividends to shareholders. Why is it allowed? Will the govt do anything about it? What are Ofwat for? Make it stop. BBC News - Water bills to rise by £123 a year in April bbc.com/news/articles/…

Every word, love this chaps work. Forget political loyalties. The greater good must be Labours driving force. Increases in utility bills are scandalous.

Welcome to Guide Dog puppy Zeb, 8 weeks old. We had the pleasure of raising his father, Sykes back in 2023 and can already see the likeness plus more retriever bits from mum Luna. Settling in nicely. Guide Dogs Guide Dogs North West

Bravo Claude. Well worth 8 mins of your day to watch. Perfect summary.

1/ Trump has been conned by Putin. Russia isn’t a global superpower—its GDP (~$2 trillion) is smaller than Italy’s and about 1/15 the size of the US. 🧵

America’s Self-Destruction: The Russian Plan That Required Almost Zero Effort.🇺🇸🇷🇺 Let’s get something straight: Russia never wanted to compete with America. Russia wants America dead—humiliated, erased, irrelevant. This isn’t a Cold War rematch. It’s revenge. See, Americans

Fabulous!

What if Russia’s power is one of the biggest geopolitical illusions of our time? We’ve all grown up hearing that Russia is a superpower. Big land. Big army. Big nukes. But take a closer look—and the whole image starts to fall apart. Strip away the fear, the propaganda, and the

Guide Dog pup Zeb 13 weeks has had a good Sunday. Walk first thing, brew at McDs. Little later Costa and a stroll around Asda. Ticking lots of boxes. Super calm and confident. Just fun to spend time with. A special little chap. Guide Dogs North West Guide Dogs

Twitter now seems to be full of videos. Unsolicited, annoying rubbish. Becoming like Facebook, fighting to get through the ads and crap to find anything useful. I'm out.

this makes me very happy

4th step seems to belong to GDP Zeb. Sits and watches the world go by. Now almost 5 months old and doing everything well. Lab and Reteiver cross traits are coming through, he is a dream to raise. Guide Dogs North West Guide Dogs

Few days in the Dordogne. Running, walking, eating, drinking sampling the delights of the SNCF. Took us to Bergerac. Worth it. #dordogne

Today, a brilliant operation was carried out — on enemy territory, targeting only military objectives, specifically the equipment used to strike Ukraine. Russia suffered significant losses — entirely justified and deserved.

Leaders like Trump and Pete Hegseth should listen to and learn from those they have the honor of commanding, instead of giving them meandering nonsensical lectures.

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Racism is learned. It is taught. Do better. 🫡