Duncan
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It's hard to describe how awful Piccadilly/Regent Street is this afternoon. Unbearable crowds crammed onto pavements while the roads are kept open for a tiny minority of drivers to ram through. @citywestminster.bsky.social and @london.gov.uk risking a lethal crush to keep a few Tesla twats happy.
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It's hard to describe how awful Piccadilly/Regent Street is this afternoon. Unbearable crowds crammed onto pavements while the roads are kept open for a tiny minority of drivers to ram through. @citywestminster.bsky.social and @london.gov.uk risking a lethal crush to keep a few Tesla twats happy.
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This is *exactly* the right level of cringe for cut through. Can you imagine any other party leader pulling this off?
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November 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This is *exactly* the right level of cringe for cut through. Can you imagine any other party leader pulling this off?
Finally got around to setting up an email filter I think about every year. Any message containing "black friday" in the subject now goes directly to the bin.
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Finally got around to setting up an email filter I think about every year. Any message containing "black friday" in the subject now goes directly to the bin.
Where doing public transport must take account of people travelling in groups. Public transport is sometimes competitive when travelling solo, but rarely in a group.
"Raising the cost of driving EVs discourages people from adopting the more sustainable option."
Cool, now do public transport.
Cool, now do public transport.
It'd be cool if the "increasing the cost of motoring hurts poor people" people cared anything like as much about cost to people who rely on public transport - who are disproportionately likely to be poor and disabled, and who consistently face far greater increases in cost.
November 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Where doing public transport must take account of people travelling in groups. Public transport is sometimes competitive when travelling solo, but rarely in a group.
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People talk shit about Gen X but only we respond with apoplectic rage to stuff like "your refrigerator is sending you a text" or "your desk lamp's AI would like access to your credit card data" instead of complete bafflement (previous generations) or grudging acceptance (subsequent generations)
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
People talk shit about Gen X but only we respond with apoplectic rage to stuff like "your refrigerator is sending you a text" or "your desk lamp's AI would like access to your credit card data" instead of complete bafflement (previous generations) or grudging acceptance (subsequent generations)
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It'd be cool if the "increasing the cost of motoring hurts poor people" people cared anything like as much about cost to people who rely on public transport - who are disproportionately likely to be poor and disabled, and who consistently face far greater increases in cost.
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It'd be cool if the "increasing the cost of motoring hurts poor people" people cared anything like as much about cost to people who rely on public transport - who are disproportionately likely to be poor and disabled, and who consistently face far greater increases in cost.
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BREAKING: The OBR have just released the details of how every Star Wars film ends.
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
BREAKING: The OBR have just released the details of how every Star Wars film ends.
Hmm. Well I often support the LibDems, but I think campaigning to reduce tax on large farms is an odd place to put their effort.
Budget Day is here: an important moment for households and businesses nationwide. Us Libs Dems are calling for the abolition of the Family Farm Tax & introduction of a British Farmers Rescue Plan. Agricultural businesses are the backbone of rural communities - supporting local farmers is essential.
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Hmm. Well I often support the LibDems, but I think campaigning to reduce tax on large farms is an odd place to put their effort.
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Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
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my most butlerian jihad coded belief is that we should probably make it illegal – and more importantly, we should work toward a cultural consensus that it is immoral – to design a computer program whose interface uses the first person
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
my most butlerian jihad coded belief is that we should probably make it illegal – and more importantly, we should work toward a cultural consensus that it is immoral – to design a computer program whose interface uses the first person
Let me rewrite that for you: Rachel Reeves will keep fuel duty the same out of cowardice.
Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty to dodge ‘political suicide’
The chancellor will also highlight a rise in the minimum wage and plans to cut energy bills as she tries to win over voters by focusing on cost of living
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Let me rewrite that for you: Rachel Reeves will keep fuel duty the same out of cowardice.
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Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty to dodge ‘political suicide’
The chancellor will also highlight a rise in the minimum wage and plans to cut energy bills as she tries to win over voters by focusing on cost of living
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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There's always money to subsidise driving more.
When can you declare an emergency over?
The 5p “emergency” petrol tax cut was introduced in March 2022, to offset a spike in prices
They are now about 30p down on that month, & about 50p down on the absolute peak
The 5p “emergency” petrol tax cut was introduced in March 2022, to offset a spike in prices
They are now about 30p down on that month, & about 50p down on the absolute peak
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
There's always money to subsidise driving more.
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Aideen’s story has sparked an overwhelming response, showing the real impact that pavement parking has on people’s daily lives across the UK.
This is why we are campaigning to end pavement parking.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/shaken-birmingham-woman-calls-pavement-32904943
This is why we are campaigning to end pavement parking.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/shaken-birmingham-woman-calls-pavement-32904943
Woman calls for pavement parking ban after falling out wheelchair on school run
Aideen Blackborough was left lying in the road after being forced to manoeuvre her way around a vehicle blocking the pavement in Great Barr
www.birminghammail.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Aideen’s story has sparked an overwhelming response, showing the real impact that pavement parking has on people’s daily lives across the UK.
This is why we are campaigning to end pavement parking.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/shaken-birmingham-woman-calls-pavement-32904943
This is why we are campaigning to end pavement parking.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/shaken-birmingham-woman-calls-pavement-32904943
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The evidence in favour of 20 mph speed limits is overwhelming, cheaper insurance, less emissions, less car crashes, it saves the NHS, Police and councils money. But Gary from Port Talbot's commute now takes 42 minutes instead of 40 so it simply must go.
September 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The evidence in favour of 20 mph speed limits is overwhelming, cheaper insurance, less emissions, less car crashes, it saves the NHS, Police and councils money. But Gary from Port Talbot's commute now takes 42 minutes instead of 40 so it simply must go.
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It is unprecedented that 47 medical and public health organizations should come together to condemn the actions of the CDC.
www.apha.org/news-and-med...
1. American Academy of Pediatrics
2. Academic Pediatric Association
3. American Academy of Family Physicians ....
www.apha.org/news-and-med...
1. American Academy of Pediatrics
2. Academic Pediatric Association
3. American Academy of Family Physicians ....
Statement on CDC autism website changes
Our organizations, representing autistic individuals, their families, medical professionals and public health workers, are alarmed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is promoting the ...
www.apha.org
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It is unprecedented that 47 medical and public health organizations should come together to condemn the actions of the CDC.
www.apha.org/news-and-med...
1. American Academy of Pediatrics
2. Academic Pediatric Association
3. American Academy of Family Physicians ....
www.apha.org/news-and-med...
1. American Academy of Pediatrics
2. Academic Pediatric Association
3. American Academy of Family Physicians ....
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Eleanor Powell was the only dancer to intimidate Fred Astaire. Thrill to her tapping – and drumming – with Buddy Rich (and the Tommy Dorsey orchestra) in Ship Ahoy. The ease, energy, wit, antics, acrobatics, athleticism: there was no-one like her.
n.b. There are just six edits.
youtu.be/UoQim3N84XI
n.b. There are just six edits.
youtu.be/UoQim3N84XI
Unbelievable Tap Dance and Drumming Routine - Lido Deck - 2 Legends - Eleanor Powell & Buddy Rich
YouTube video by Skro's Nest
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Eleanor Powell was the only dancer to intimidate Fred Astaire. Thrill to her tapping – and drumming – with Buddy Rich (and the Tommy Dorsey orchestra) in Ship Ahoy. The ease, energy, wit, antics, acrobatics, athleticism: there was no-one like her.
n.b. There are just six edits.
youtu.be/UoQim3N84XI
n.b. There are just six edits.
youtu.be/UoQim3N84XI
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The footway parking ban in England consultation closed 5 years ago tomorrow. The Tories' inaction is now Labour's inaction.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Pavement parking: options for change
www.gov.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The footway parking ban in England consultation closed 5 years ago tomorrow. The Tories' inaction is now Labour's inaction.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
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Ok but this is totally something Charlotte Church would do
Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer
November 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Ok but this is totally something Charlotte Church would do
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I am still yet to see a single example of a service or function that is not actively shitter with AI than without it.
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I am still yet to see a single example of a service or function that is not actively shitter with AI than without it.
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Scrivener being good, as ever. Apple forces a GenAI prompt icon into their software on Mac, so they've put out a guide how to switch it off across the OS rather than risk people thinking they dabbled in GenAI in any way
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Scrivener being good, as ever. Apple forces a GenAI prompt icon into their software on Mac, so they've put out a guide how to switch it off across the OS rather than risk people thinking they dabbled in GenAI in any way
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While people are splitting hairs over what a suitable commuting bike is (usually on the assumption that everyone's abilities, luggage & routes are broadly the same as their own), the salary sacrifice car scheme has no requirement for you to use it to commute or even that the lessee use it at all.
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
While people are splitting hairs over what a suitable commuting bike is (usually on the assumption that everyone's abilities, luggage & routes are broadly the same as their own), the salary sacrifice car scheme has no requirement for you to use it to commute or even that the lessee use it at all.
If the thing giving you the ick from the Epstein story is a consensual sex act between two grown men, please recalibrate your ickometer.
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If the thing giving you the ick from the Epstein story is a consensual sex act between two grown men, please recalibrate your ickometer.
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This is why OFWAT needs to be scrapped. They don’t even understand that the ONLY real source of income for water companies is bill payers
November 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This is why OFWAT needs to be scrapped. They don’t even understand that the ONLY real source of income for water companies is bill payers