Ben Horrigan

I've just seen an "I bought this before Elon Musk went crazy" sticker on a 74 reg Tesla 💩

Original shot

Weird, right! I edited it a bit but the clouds look the same on the original. I can't remember if they were like that in real life 😂

A skybridge linking a brutalist multi-storey car park and a modernist department store, in Manchester, UK. An interesting view of quite worn-looking architecture.

King Street West, Manchester

Photo of a quote in Empire. "How many pages have you got? Do you want to get into that?" Maybe just a touch? "Personally, I don't know why it's coming after the things we need to do. I don't need it to breathe or fuck for me. I don't need it to tell stories for me. Go cure cancer, y'know? Do some shit that we don't know how to do or don't want to do. But it's coming after the stuff that is primary to who we are. "

Gore Verbinski on AI in @empiremagazine.bsky.social 👀

Such fantastic news to wake up to. Congratulations Hannah and co!

INTRODUCING! Hannah Spencer The new Green MP for GORTON & DENTON Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

Introducing Hannah Spencer MP 💚

Come on Greens, come on Hannah!

Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.

1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.

2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

"we used all the weights plus my dad" 🏅

Super bike battle, science fair poster, top a picture of a carbon fiber, bike, a steel bike and a bamboo bike

A picture of the set up where we used weights in the Neighbor’s garage to put a focused amount of pressure.

At first, we used a brace to spread out the weight, but it was over 600 pounds and none of the materials were breaking Then we took out the spacer and just rested the bar on the other bar. The carbon fiber broke after a few, hundred pounds, but neither of the bamboo or the steel have any damage.

Here’s the conclusion about which material is better steel and bamboo tide for the strongest materials

Be careful with the influence you have over your children!

One of our children (on there own) chose to make their school science fair project about different materials for bicycles.

I was today years old when I learned that not all of the TOCs do Delay Repay for 15-minute delays

Source: my LNER train arrived 17 minutes late

I was very tempted!

What a crock of Grok

AI slop infographic showing the impact of different levels of attendance on kids' learning. Lots of errors in the text, from basic spelling errors to fully incomprehensible bits.

This garbage was in a real newsletter that my kid's school sent out to thousands of people.

Rabbit with Behavioural Challenges

michael scott from the office is wearing a suit and tie . Alt: Michael Scott from The Office trying not to cry

The little bounce he does when I say he's doing well...

L O A D I N G : New bike-riding human

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

I love SNL but I'm too worried about this being terrible to be excited about it. And that's what being British is all about.

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👦🏻 Ben

they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit

Just a casual reminder that Tim Minchin's Groundhog Day is one of the greatest and most underrated musicals ever written.

She's almost done! Streaming live right now: www.instagram.com/projectsaltr...

#ProjectSaltRun

yoda says " no there is another " in the dark Alt: Yoda says " no there is another " in the dark

Me: Ah good, I've found the source of the puncture. I'll just pop this thorn out of my tyre and be on my way.

Yoda:

Hundreds of volunteers hitting the streets this morning in Gorton and Denton.

Lower bills, tax the super-rich- hope will win.

Only the Greens can stop Reform in this by-election.

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Editor: But why should it matter how the dwarfs sp-

JRRT: DWARVES.

National Cycle Network sign on a canal mooring. Route 66.

Selfie of me in bike gear with a view of canal, Todmorden and hills

Canal boat with an old industrial building in the background. Nice reflections.

Two geese in the canal, or maybe this bit is actually river, I'm not sure. But it's lovely and there's rolling hills in the background.

I've had a lovely time getting my kicks on (NCN) Route 66.

Gorgeous eggs Benedict on sourdough with a cup of coffee.

Pistachio cruffin

Beautiful eggs Benny, coffee and pistachio cruffin at The Excited Goat in Hebden Bridge.

My bike upside down and covered in mud on a canal towpath

Canal & River Trust sign. Attention dog owners, pick up after your dogs, thank you. Attention dogs, grrr bark woof.

Canal & River Trust sign at the Summit of the Rochdale Canal. Highest broad canal in England, 600ft above sea level.

Got a thorn in my front tyre a mile away from lunch, but I can think of worse places to fix a puncture. I somehow did seven extra miles by repeatedly going the wrong way. I know, weird given all I had to do was follow the canal in a straight line, but that's how navigationally challenged I am 🫠