Martin D
@unixmaisonette.com
He/him. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊🏿🚴♂️💚 Optimistic chap from East #London. Skeeting in a personal capacity. Occasionally lewd.
Interests: #UKPolitics #environment #transport #SciFi #beekeeping #maker #bicycle #LGBTQ #gay #Jujitsu
Interests: #UKPolitics #environment #transport #SciFi #beekeeping #maker #bicycle #LGBTQ #gay #Jujitsu
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Martin D
@unixmaisonette.com
· Jul 9
Further important concerns were raised about the disastrous vertical extension project on our homes in Mile End in this article in The Standard: www.standard.co.uk/homesandprop...
Inside the Mile End homes flooded by disastrous air space project
A project to add two storeys to existing residential blocks in Mile End began in 2022. Three years on, the disastrous project has brought only ill health, distress, and disruption to residents
www.standard.co.uk
An in-depth article showing the problems faced by me and my neighbours and the web of organisations passing responsibility.
Reading @peteapps.bsky.social‘s Show Me The Bodies. So much of this resonates with what me and my neighbours have been through and are going through. Like Grenfell, I can’t help but feel that they would not have attempted this on a less diverse and more middle class estate.
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Reading @peteapps.bsky.social‘s Show Me The Bodies. So much of this resonates with what me and my neighbours have been through and are going through. Like Grenfell, I can’t help but feel that they would not have attempted this on a less diverse and more middle class estate.
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Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember the transgender lives lost to violence.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember the transgender lives lost to violence.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
Who wouldn't want to take a moment with Jonathan Bailey?
November 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Who wouldn't want to take a moment with Jonathan Bailey?
You’d hardly believe it’s November
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
You’d hardly believe it’s November
Steve Reed should find out what the @greenparty.org.uk's policies are before calling them 'wacky'.
He was flummoxed by this question about what private landlords bring to society other than the redistribution of wealth in the wrong direction. #abolishLandlords
youtube.com/shorts/vbAEn...
He was flummoxed by this question about what private landlords bring to society other than the redistribution of wealth in the wrong direction. #abolishLandlords
youtube.com/shorts/vbAEn...
Steve Reed calls Green Party "wacky" | UK Politics | The New Statesman
YouTube video by The New Statesman
youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Steve Reed should find out what the @greenparty.org.uk's policies are before calling them 'wacky'.
He was flummoxed by this question about what private landlords bring to society other than the redistribution of wealth in the wrong direction. #abolishLandlords
youtube.com/shorts/vbAEn...
He was flummoxed by this question about what private landlords bring to society other than the redistribution of wealth in the wrong direction. #abolishLandlords
youtube.com/shorts/vbAEn...
Spent a rewarding hour last night helping collect signatures for a petition to get TfL to take over the Greenwich and Woolwich lifts, which are sadly neglected by the local council. All the people we met were so happy that someone was trying to do something about it.
www.change.org/p/lifts-now-...
www.change.org/p/lifts-now-...
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Spent a rewarding hour last night helping collect signatures for a petition to get TfL to take over the Greenwich and Woolwich lifts, which are sadly neglected by the local council. All the people we met were so happy that someone was trying to do something about it.
www.change.org/p/lifts-now-...
www.change.org/p/lifts-now-...
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When a journalist was punished for protecting a source, the ECHR stepped in. It ruled that a free press must be able to expose wrongdoing without fear. The ECHR defends accountability, and losing it would weaken the public’s right to know the truth.
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
When a journalist was punished for protecting a source, the ECHR stepped in. It ruled that a free press must be able to expose wrongdoing without fear. The ECHR defends accountability, and losing it would weaken the public’s right to know the truth.
Ouch. Might have been better to unscrew the cycle bollards before commencing work at Mile End Junction. Reversing heavy machinery over them risks damaging the bollards and their foundations. If they are left damaged, I hope TfL/LBTH sends Thames Water the bill for the repairs.
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Ouch. Might have been better to unscrew the cycle bollards before commencing work at Mile End Junction. Reversing heavy machinery over them risks damaging the bollards and their foundations. If they are left damaged, I hope TfL/LBTH sends Thames Water the bill for the repairs.
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Let's just take a moment to reflect on the self-sacrifice and hope this person embodies - not the evil, hateful monsters thirsting for violence.
November 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Let's just take a moment to reflect on the self-sacrifice and hope this person embodies - not the evil, hateful monsters thirsting for violence.
If true (and unfortunately you do have to caveat the Times under its current editorship), then this looks very much like a fraud against the people. apple.news/AsRgaQ_nBRl6...
Still think the monarchy only has the people’s interests at heart?
We need a modern constitutional settlement.
Still think the monarchy only has the people’s interests at heart?
We need a modern constitutional settlement.
How Andrew made £15m selling Sunninghill Park, his wedding gift — The Times and The Sunday Times
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor made £15 million by selling a property he had neither bought nor paid rent on, courtesy of an opaque trust structure created by the late Queen and today administered by the ...
apple.news
November 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
If true (and unfortunately you do have to caveat the Times under its current editorship), then this looks very much like a fraud against the people. apple.news/AsRgaQ_nBRl6...
Still think the monarchy only has the people’s interests at heart?
We need a modern constitutional settlement.
Still think the monarchy only has the people’s interests at heart?
We need a modern constitutional settlement.
It’s more than two years since Eastend Homes’ disastrous attempt to build flats on our flats resulted in our homes being flooded. Our homes are still being ruined. We still haven’t an explanation for how this meets building regulations. It’s like nothing was learned from #RonanPoint or #Grenfell.
November 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
It’s more than two years since Eastend Homes’ disastrous attempt to build flats on our flats resulted in our homes being flooded. Our homes are still being ruined. We still haven’t an explanation for how this meets building regulations. It’s like nothing was learned from #RonanPoint or #Grenfell.
Khan is one of my ward’s councillors, and she has been conspicuously absent from my neighbours’ and my dispute with Eastend Homes. Mile End ward has long been neglected. The ward needs our councillors to be committed to fighting for our community.
Aspire Councillors must decide who they represent
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2025/10/30/a...
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2025/10/30/a...
Aspire Councillors must decide who they represent - Tower Hamlets Green Party
We need local representatives committed to their area who will fight 100% for their local residents.
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk
October 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Khan is one of my ward’s councillors, and she has been conspicuously absent from my neighbours’ and my dispute with Eastend Homes. Mile End ward has long been neglected. The ward needs our councillors to be committed to fighting for our community.
Labour should enact its party policy and implement electoral reform. The majority of the UK want progressive politics, but we could end up with an extremist right-wing government elected on a minority under FPTP.
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 32% (=)
GRN: 17% (+2)
CON: 16% (-1)
LAB: 16% (=)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 29 Oct.
Changes w/ 22 Oct.
RFM: 32% (=)
GRN: 17% (+2)
CON: 16% (-1)
LAB: 16% (=)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 29 Oct.
Changes w/ 22 Oct.
October 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Labour should enact its party policy and implement electoral reform. The majority of the UK want progressive politics, but we could end up with an extremist right-wing government elected on a minority under FPTP.
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AWS went down and then Azure went down. I'm going to host things with Rick Astley, because he will never let me down.
October 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
AWS went down and then Azure went down. I'm going to host things with Rick Astley, because he will never let me down.
Microsoft Azure breaks and all I wanted to do was buy a pizza. 😭
October 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Microsoft Azure breaks and all I wanted to do was buy a pizza. 😭
It's not a target seat, but I've put myself forward to stand as a councillor for @thgreenparty.bsky.social in next year's local elections. towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/election%202...
Mile End - Tower Hamlets Green Party
Green Party candidates for the Mile End Ward
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk
October 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
It's not a target seat, but I've put myself forward to stand as a councillor for @thgreenparty.bsky.social in next year's local elections. towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/election%202...
I should probably write something more long-form, but my experience cycling to Amsterdam was so much less stressful than I thought it’d be. Only sketchy bit was working out how to get between the station and the ferry with a bike in Harwich.
October 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I should probably write something more long-form, but my experience cycling to Amsterdam was so much less stressful than I thought it’d be. Only sketchy bit was working out how to get between the station and the ferry with a bike in Harwich.
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All out to stop UKIP Islamophobes in Tower Hamlets towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2025/10/20/a...
All out to stop UKIP Islamophobes in Tower Hamlets! - Tower Hamlets Green Party
Tower Hamlets Green Party is calling on all our members and supporters across London to join this Saturday’s demonstration against UKIP’s Islamophobic stunt in Whitechapel. We will be there with our...
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk
October 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
All out to stop UKIP Islamophobes in Tower Hamlets towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2025/10/20/a...
One for this week's wokeydokey? @quietriotpod.bsky.social
Been seeing some accusations of DnD going 'woke'.
DnD...
The game YOU imagine into being...
The game where the entire draw for most people is that YOU decide what happens...
I'm starting to believe that the biggest issue with right wing reactionaries is a terminal lack of imagination.
DnD...
The game YOU imagine into being...
The game where the entire draw for most people is that YOU decide what happens...
I'm starting to believe that the biggest issue with right wing reactionaries is a terminal lack of imagination.
October 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
One for this week's wokeydokey? @quietriotpod.bsky.social
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October 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Don't come for our community! towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2025/10/17/s...
@thgreenparty.bsky.social #TowerHamlets
@thgreenparty.bsky.social #TowerHamlets
Solidarity with East London Mosque - Tower Hamlets Green Party
Any Tower Hamlets resident knows that much of what is written online about the borough where we were born or have chosen to make our homes is nonsense. Stupid assertions that the area is governed by S...
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk
October 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Don't come for our community! towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2025/10/17/s...
@thgreenparty.bsky.social #TowerHamlets
@thgreenparty.bsky.social #TowerHamlets
Obligatory photo of a traditional Dutch windmill.
October 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Obligatory photo of a traditional Dutch windmill.
And now in another city, Leiden, grabbing a spot of lunch and more caffeine before the push to Amsterdam.
October 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
And now in another city, Leiden, grabbing a spot of lunch and more caffeine before the push to Amsterdam.
So after a nice easy cycle from the ferry to Rotterdam, it’s time for some coffee and cake.
October 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
So after a nice easy cycle from the ferry to Rotterdam, it’s time for some coffee and cake.
