Alex Ingram
@nutty.bsky.social
Free range nerd in Sydenham, Lewisham, London, England, Earth. (He/Him)
Trying to fix climate, environment, streets, housing and harvest tomatoes.
Trying to fix climate, environment, streets, housing and harvest tomatoes.
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A small but significant step: Dutch national broadcaster NOS is leaving X.
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
NOS plaatst vanaf vandaag geen nieuwsberichten meer op X - Over NOS
De NOS en Nieuwsuur (NOS/NTR) zijn gestopt met posten op X. Het platform past niet meer bij onze visie op...
over.nos.nl
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
A small but significant step: Dutch national broadcaster NOS is leaving X.
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
The most perverse thing about the fuel duty freeze is it has repeatedly - by removing investment in alternatives to the failing model of cars in busy cities - failed to make transport faster, cheaper or easier.
And despite the political debate on it, people still think fuel is too expensive.
And despite the political debate on it, people still think fuel is too expensive.
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 6:39 PM
The most perverse thing about the fuel duty freeze is it has repeatedly - by removing investment in alternatives to the failing model of cars in busy cities - failed to make transport faster, cheaper or easier.
And despite the political debate on it, people still think fuel is too expensive.
And despite the political debate on it, people still think fuel is too expensive.
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We urgently need to know how many of these accounts have been spreading/amplifying hate, division and instability in Britain. We already know that a foreign actor - Elon Musk - promoted violent overthrow of the government. Has his platform been enabling foreign adversaries to do the same?
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
We urgently need to know how many of these accounts have been spreading/amplifying hate, division and instability in Britain. We already know that a foreign actor - Elon Musk - promoted violent overthrow of the government. Has his platform been enabling foreign adversaries to do the same?
Some very striking points on flooding here.
“We need to see this flooding as our new normal, and not as singular events,” “We need to start – as a nation, not just as a county – thinking through how we deal with extreme weather events.“
www.thenerve.news/p/storm-clau...
“We need to see this flooding as our new normal, and not as singular events,” “We need to start – as a nation, not just as a county – thinking through how we deal with extreme weather events.“
www.thenerve.news/p/storm-clau...
Storm Claudia puts Wales under water – why did these record-breaking floods barely make the news?
On the frontline of a deluge on the Welsh borders, Jude Rogers heard local stories of devastation and heroism – but incredibly the disaster was hardly referred to in Westminster and the national press
www.thenerve.news
November 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Some very striking points on flooding here.
“We need to see this flooding as our new normal, and not as singular events,” “We need to start – as a nation, not just as a county – thinking through how we deal with extreme weather events.“
www.thenerve.news/p/storm-clau...
“We need to see this flooding as our new normal, and not as singular events,” “We need to start – as a nation, not just as a county – thinking through how we deal with extreme weather events.“
www.thenerve.news/p/storm-clau...
Finally watching the last bit of Adam Curtis's Shifty and frankly outraged this blatant error made the final edit.
(it can't be Newcastle, it's a tram and it's the iconic bridge for the Sheffield Supertram network at Park Square)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Sq...
(it can't be Newcastle, it's a tram and it's the iconic bridge for the Sheffield Supertram network at Park Square)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Sq...
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Finally watching the last bit of Adam Curtis's Shifty and frankly outraged this blatant error made the final edit.
(it can't be Newcastle, it's a tram and it's the iconic bridge for the Sheffield Supertram network at Park Square)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Sq...
(it can't be Newcastle, it's a tram and it's the iconic bridge for the Sheffield Supertram network at Park Square)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Sq...
Interesting - a fares freeze at the national level for rail in England next year.
Meanwhile Scotland has abolished peak fares.
What's sorely overdue is just reforming the ticket system completely, but both are decent interim steps.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
Meanwhile Scotland has abolished peak fares.
What's sorely overdue is just reforming the ticket system completely, but both are decent interim steps.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
Relief for rail passengers as fare freeze in England announced for 2026
Chancellor will confirm the measure, intended to help commuters on expensive routes, in her budget speech
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Interesting - a fares freeze at the national level for rail in England next year.
Meanwhile Scotland has abolished peak fares.
What's sorely overdue is just reforming the ticket system completely, but both are decent interim steps.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
Meanwhile Scotland has abolished peak fares.
What's sorely overdue is just reforming the ticket system completely, but both are decent interim steps.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
The sheer bliss of having a dry towel to hand after cycling home through the cold rain.
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The sheer bliss of having a dry towel to hand after cycling home through the cold rain.
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A thing that I remember vividly from GE2015 is when you'd knock on the door of a never-gonna-be-hit-by-the-mansion-tax house that was never going to be hit by a mansion tax who really thought their house's inflated price meant it might be close to it. Turns out that has spread to officials!
I sometimes feel like I am going mad.
Owning a £1.5m home is not normal in London or the South East of England.
Owning a £1.5m home is not normal in London or the South East of England.
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A thing that I remember vividly from GE2015 is when you'd knock on the door of a never-gonna-be-hit-by-the-mansion-tax house that was never going to be hit by a mansion tax who really thought their house's inflated price meant it might be close to it. Turns out that has spread to officials!
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The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal.
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Coinbase donated to Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project as an appeal to the administration, Emilie Choi, the cryptocurrency exchange's president and COO, said at Axios' BFD event today.
Exclusive: Coinbase explains donation to Trump's ballroom
Tech firms like Google, Amazon, and Nvidia also donated to Trump's ballroom fund.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal.
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It is 2014, MPs have postponed a decision on Parliament's restoration until after the election
It is 2017, MPs have postponed a decision on Parliament's restoration until after the election
It is 2024, MPs have postponed a decision on Parliament's restoration until after the election
It is 2028, MPs
It is 2017, MPs have postponed a decision on Parliament's restoration until after the election
It is 2024, MPs have postponed a decision on Parliament's restoration until after the election
It is 2028, MPs
A final decision on how to repair Britain’s crumbling parliament is likely to be postponed beyond the next general election, according to four people familiar with the matter.
Final decision on fate of crumbling UK parliament delayed to 2030s
It’s a fire-hazard that’s prone to tumbling masonry — but fear of a public backlash is again delaying repairs to the world famous building.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It is 2014, MPs have postponed a decision on Parliament's restoration until after the election
It is 2017, MPs have postponed a decision on Parliament's restoration until after the election
It is 2024, MPs have postponed a decision on Parliament's restoration until after the election
It is 2028, MPs
It is 2017, MPs have postponed a decision on Parliament's restoration until after the election
It is 2024, MPs have postponed a decision on Parliament's restoration until after the election
It is 2028, MPs
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Fundamental issue here is that countries are neither safe or unsafe. It is people who are safe or unsafe in countries. Simply declaring a country safe is not logical, at least until we know all people in it will be safe.
Westminster Hour saying potential removals/returns of refugees after 15-17-19 years causing PLP MP jitters
Presenter used "forced back to their home country as soon as it becomes safe"
That repeats ugly,unrealistic deportation fantasies from Home Office staff: obvs not what could actually happen
Presenter used "forced back to their home country as soon as it becomes safe"
That repeats ugly,unrealistic deportation fantasies from Home Office staff: obvs not what could actually happen
November 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Fundamental issue here is that countries are neither safe or unsafe. It is people who are safe or unsafe in countries. Simply declaring a country safe is not logical, at least until we know all people in it will be safe.
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2015 Shabana Mahmood really needs to have a word with 2025 Shabana Mahmood
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
2015 Shabana Mahmood really needs to have a word with 2025 Shabana Mahmood
Two decades of uncertainty for people who are fleeing danger.
Could this policy be any more barbaric?
Could this policy be any more barbaric?
Shabana Mahmood tells Sunday Times it should take 20 years for somebody granted refugee status in UK to secure permanent status (ie, reapply 6 times) if came without permission.
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood: ‘Illegal migration is tearing Britain apart’
The home secretary is planning to introduce a 20-year wait for permanent stay to end a ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers
www.thetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Two decades of uncertainty for people who are fleeing danger.
Could this policy be any more barbaric?
Could this policy be any more barbaric?
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Research on this is clear: the uncertainty created by this policy will lead to people integrate less into British society. It is trading-off the reasonable policy goal of integration for the useless symbolism of immigration numbers. Bad policy to appease the far right.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Research on this is clear: the uncertainty created by this policy will lead to people integrate less into British society. It is trading-off the reasonable policy goal of integration for the useless symbolism of immigration numbers. Bad policy to appease the far right.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This statement not acceptable and I suspect not sustainable. Large majority of public support principle of asylum, support letting people stay permanently. Majority for that among Labour and other progressive parties’ voters is overwhelming. The Reform voters this is aimed at will never vote Labour
"The era of permanent protection is over"
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Refugees from 7 decades gather to commemorate 70 years of refugee in protection in the UK
YouTube video by Refugee Council
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This statement not acceptable and I suspect not sustainable. Large majority of public support principle of asylum, support letting people stay permanently. Majority for that among Labour and other progressive parties’ voters is overwhelming. The Reform voters this is aimed at will never vote Labour
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It is crazy that there is no testing or licensing regime for these things, dozens of deaths later. A drug which had such serious mental side effects would have been withdrawn instantly
🚨OpenAI’s new “safer” version of ChatGPT actually allows more harm.
We tested GPT-5 and GPT-4o to see if GPT-5 was safer & found that actually GPT-5 gave MORE harmful responses.
Read our new report ⤵️
https://bit.ly/3JgW9OP
We tested GPT-5 and GPT-4o to see if GPT-5 was safer & found that actually GPT-5 gave MORE harmful responses.
Read our new report ⤵️
https://bit.ly/3JgW9OP
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It is crazy that there is no testing or licensing regime for these things, dozens of deaths later. A drug which had such serious mental side effects would have been withdrawn instantly
Delighted to see TfL confirm today they are making changes that will let them increase the congestion charge in the same way as transport fares.
The extra revenue helps fund alternatives but the principle is the most important bit - why freeze charges but not fares?
tfl.gov.uk/info-for/med...
The extra revenue helps fund alternatives but the principle is the most important bit - why freeze charges but not fares?
tfl.gov.uk/info-for/med...
tfl.gov.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Delighted to see TfL confirm today they are making changes that will let them increase the congestion charge in the same way as transport fares.
The extra revenue helps fund alternatives but the principle is the most important bit - why freeze charges but not fares?
tfl.gov.uk/info-for/med...
The extra revenue helps fund alternatives but the principle is the most important bit - why freeze charges but not fares?
tfl.gov.uk/info-for/med...
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Archive-based teaching this afternoon, on the post-war reconstruction of central Coventry.
November 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Archive-based teaching this afternoon, on the post-war reconstruction of central Coventry.
Indeed. Labour should learn from the (repeatedly) successful approach of the SNP using a former leader as a safe pair of hands.
Odds of Ed Miliband being next PM are hugely underrated.
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Indeed. Labour should learn from the (repeatedly) successful approach of the SNP using a former leader as a safe pair of hands.
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This is a great line:
"Lords reform is always like watching a turtle do gymnastics: incredibly slow and baffling to everyone but at the same time fascinating to those who care willing it on to succeed”
"Lords reform is always like watching a turtle do gymnastics: incredibly slow and baffling to everyone but at the same time fascinating to those who care willing it on to succeed”
November 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This is a great line:
"Lords reform is always like watching a turtle do gymnastics: incredibly slow and baffling to everyone but at the same time fascinating to those who care willing it on to succeed”
"Lords reform is always like watching a turtle do gymnastics: incredibly slow and baffling to everyone but at the same time fascinating to those who care willing it on to succeed”
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Some folks said we were too harsh in our episodes on on John Forester and Vehicular Cycling. This amazing video from Not Just Bikes suggests we weren’t harsh enough.
I'm a longtime fan of Not Just Bikes, but his 95(!) minute video on John Forester and Vehicular Cycling is truly his magnum opus.
If you are even remotely interested in the history of bicycling in America, it is worth a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPd...
If you are even remotely interested in the history of bicycling in America, it is worth a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPd...
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Some folks said we were too harsh in our episodes on on John Forester and Vehicular Cycling. This amazing video from Not Just Bikes suggests we weren’t harsh enough.
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Replace the government of London with the penguins. Everyone wins.
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Replace the government of London with the penguins. Everyone wins.
Not only should we get the penguins out of the old LCC County Hall, we should get the government of London back in there too. www.mylondon.news/whats-on/wha...
Sea Life penguins ‘trapped in basement’ but owners argue they are 'thriving'
A group of 75 politicians is calling on the Sea Life London Aquarium to review the birds' welfare
www.mylondon.news
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Not only should we get the penguins out of the old LCC County Hall, we should get the government of London back in there too. www.mylondon.news/whats-on/wha...
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Good piece by @desmog.com on the Telegraph’s record of having to issue ‘corrections’ on its stories about climate change (and yes, there’s some quotes from me) www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/t...
The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods
The Telegraph, which has accused the BBC of bias and a lack of editorial rigour, has been forced to amend a swathe of climate inaccuracies. The BBC’s director-general and CEO resigned this weekend aft...
www.desmog.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Good piece by @desmog.com on the Telegraph’s record of having to issue ‘corrections’ on its stories about climate change (and yes, there’s some quotes from me) www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/t...
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Like why would the bbc need to ‘balance’ its cover of the US in this way?
When the BBC covers, say, Xi critically should it also run a programme dedicated to the CCP’s achievements?
When the BBC covers, say, Xi critically should it also run a programme dedicated to the CCP’s achievements?
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Like why would the bbc need to ‘balance’ its cover of the US in this way?
When the BBC covers, say, Xi critically should it also run a programme dedicated to the CCP’s achievements?
When the BBC covers, say, Xi critically should it also run a programme dedicated to the CCP’s achievements?