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Carlton Reid

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Journalist: WIRED.com and Forbes.com and more. Press Gazette Transport Journalist of the Year 2018. Finalist: Travel Photographer of the Year 2024 https://authory.com/carltonreid Signal: carltonreid.67 Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · Jan 26

I was a finalist in the Travel Photographer of the Year competition 2024. I can now reveal the image I entered. It is an iPhone selfie taken in Cromford, Derbyshire.

Lone cyclist riding through rays of sunlight in green woods and dirt trail.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 4h

Probably Lumley Brick Co of Fencehouses, reckons @neheritagelib.bsky.social

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 5h

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 5h

Maybe like this: www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb... PS thanks for your expertise!

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 5h

19th Century then? I was hoping could be earlier and maybe even part of the steam pumping engine house down beside Benton Bridge in the Dene.

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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 7h

Rue de Rivoli: 1983 vs now

In recent years, Paris has made leaps towards becoming a greener city. A big factor is the transformation of streets. By creating people-first environments, choosing the bike, walking or public transport is made easier and safer.

📸 via Ingwar Perowanowitsch

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 20h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 8h

There’s a brick history group on Facebook but I’m loathe to log back on to FB so anybody know anything about this old brick found in our garden today? Co. Durham in origin. Odd markings and shape.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

Every word he says here is a lie. Every. Single. Word. He’s living in an alternate reality. #25thAmendment.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 2d

Sweet. Thanks.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2d

Trump in 2017: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

Trump administration in 2025: We are building a Qatari Air Force facility in the United States.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 2d

Yes, had a lot of time for Rob Brock. He also worked with Mike Burrows.

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And it’s for “keeping the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness.” A growing, orange-tinged darkness.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 2d

“Dear Leader. Er, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to … María Corina Machado.”

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 3d

It’s lovely living surrounded by trees. Not so lovely clearing away the sap/seedlings/dead leaves.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 3d

Three drone photographs from above our house in Jesmond Dene this evening, including two zoom shots. Taken in same place.

Sunset shot of a city: Newcastle, with Sage Gateshead and Tyne bridge visible, plus houses in foreground.

Vertical drone shot of green space, autumnal trees and houses in one corner.

Pedestrians on Victorian bridge spanning valley of autumnal trees.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 3d

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.

Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 3d

Call me old school, but I don't think a person illegally blowing up boats and unleashing masked goons on his citizens would be a serious candidate for a peace prize.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 3d

Much of Montreal’s cycle friendliness is thanks to “velorutionaries” Claire Morissette and Robert Silverman, who founded the cycle campaign group Le Monde à Bicyclette in the 1970s. www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

Montreal Cycleway To Be Named For ‘Velorutionary’ Robert Silverman

1970s cycle advocate honored with naming of city center cycleway.

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 3d

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 3d

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile debuts tonight on The Onion's YouTube channel at 7 p.m. ET.

Finally somebody will release some dang Epstein Files if you know what I'm sayin'!!!

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 3d

Coincidentally, I have also been a guest on CBC's Front Burner podcast and also chatted for 25 mins about fascism. More specificially, a single fascist. One synonymous with cars and space ships.

Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 3d

Transcript of the Front Burner show with anti-fascist academixc @mark-bray.bsky.social here: www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb... "I compare [Antifa] to feminism. There are feminist groups, but feminism itself is not a group. There are Antifa groups, but Antifa itself is not a group."

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 3d

Watch expert Tim Barber: “These [Trump] watches are ... tawdry, ill-designed, and generic ... and would suck as $50 mall watches, let alone as a facsimile of luxury watchmaking."

www.wired.com/story/trumps...

Trump’s $100,000 Watches Are the Most Tragic Celebrity Watch Yet

Former president Donald Trump wants you to buy gaudy, overpriced timepieces “made for those who combine boldness and elegance.” He got one part right.

www.wired.com

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