Claude Lynch
@claudelynch.bsky.social
Jack-of-all-geographies (except physical).
PhD on the politics of transport modelling: @casaucl.bsky.social | PGR rep: @tgrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social | Video essayist: www.youtube.com/@edmundhyde/
PhD on the politics of transport modelling: @casaucl.bsky.social | PGR rep: @tgrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social | Video essayist: www.youtube.com/@edmundhyde/
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It's the most wonderful time of the year: Scotland's gritter tracker is back! 🏴❄️🧊
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It's the most wonderful time of the year: Scotland's gritter tracker is back! 🏴❄️🧊
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
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So brazen, they celebrate temporary eclipse of Angela Rayner. Labour Yimby now a membership organisation dedicated to sidelining social & affordable housing
‘Build, baby, build’: the pro-development Labour activists — and their backers in big business
on.ft.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 AM
So brazen, they celebrate temporary eclipse of Angela Rayner. Labour Yimby now a membership organisation dedicated to sidelining social & affordable housing
I could say this is (further?) evidence of south west London being the n-th circle of hell, but this could just as easily be Angel, Camden or Clapham.
We need to call this out before it's everywhere.
We need to call this out before it's everywhere.
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I could say this is (further?) evidence of south west London being the n-th circle of hell, but this could just as easily be Angel, Camden or Clapham.
We need to call this out before it's everywhere.
We need to call this out before it's everywhere.
Why does Norbert look like this Christmas will be his last
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Why does Norbert look like this Christmas will be his last
yeah that's a functional ticketing structure
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
yeah that's a functional ticketing structure
Forget Looking for Growth cleaning tube carriages, this is the real good stuff.
🚨 SHOCKING 🚨
A HUGE illegal waste dump has appeared between the A34 and River Cherwell, linked to organised crime.
Every rainfall risks toxins washing into the river.
We’re calling on the Environment Agency & Cherwell Council to act NOW.
Our rivers cannot wait. 👇👇
A HUGE illegal waste dump has appeared between the A34 and River Cherwell, linked to organised crime.
Every rainfall risks toxins washing into the river.
We’re calling on the Environment Agency & Cherwell Council to act NOW.
Our rivers cannot wait. 👇👇
November 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Forget Looking for Growth cleaning tube carriages, this is the real good stuff.
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🔔 New study🔔 What is the relationship between air transport and economic growth in Europe? Dr Felix Pot and I break it down like never before in our new report for @neweconomics.bsky.social and T&E: /1
November 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🔔 New study🔔 What is the relationship between air transport and economic growth in Europe? Dr Felix Pot and I break it down like never before in our new report for @neweconomics.bsky.social and T&E: /1
I'd absolutely love to see someone do this for London.
We are slowly catching up to the #30DayMapChallenge!
In our day 3: polygons submission, @zhixuanqi.bsky.social questioned the boundaries and fuzziness of polygons with an animated map that invites us to think about the (not-so-well-defined) idea of neighborhoods.
In our day 3: polygons submission, @zhixuanqi.bsky.social questioned the boundaries and fuzziness of polygons with an animated map that invites us to think about the (not-so-well-defined) idea of neighborhoods.
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I'd absolutely love to see someone do this for London.
Jesus Christ.
Govt kills off Northern Powerhouse Rail, promotes Thames motorway tunnel
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Jesus Christ.
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This is not the gift of a government. This is the gift of the sun. And it has some really interesting implications… #actuallyexistingsolarpunk
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This is not the gift of a government. This is the gift of the sun. And it has some really interesting implications… #actuallyexistingsolarpunk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This isn't a serious proposal.
It's a grift from a think tank called Looking for Growth, with connections to Dominic Cummings and Katie Lam.
The housing crisis is real. This proposal is anything but.
This isn't a serious proposal.
It's a grift from a think tank called Looking for Growth, with connections to Dominic Cummings and Katie Lam.
The housing crisis is real. This proposal is anything but.
New city on Suffolk and Cambridgeshire border proposed - BBC News
The men behind the idea say it will be entirely filled with affordable homes.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This isn't a serious proposal.
It's a grift from a think tank called Looking for Growth, with connections to Dominic Cummings and Katie Lam.
The housing crisis is real. This proposal is anything but.
This isn't a serious proposal.
It's a grift from a think tank called Looking for Growth, with connections to Dominic Cummings and Katie Lam.
The housing crisis is real. This proposal is anything but.
I don't usually go in for Ian Dunt, but it's good to see him calling this out.
Miliband being shunted off stage every time he *actually does his job* fighting the climate crisis is really insidious - and mind-bogglingly counter-productive, given this is a priority for the British public!!
Miliband being shunted off stage every time he *actually does his job* fighting the climate crisis is really insidious - and mind-bogglingly counter-productive, given this is a priority for the British public!!
Great read from @iandunt.bsky.social on whether Starmer should stay or go, including the mystery of how, if you’re launching a popular climate, energy, and growth strategy, why wouldn’t you stage a press conference on it?
iandunt.substack.com/p/a-world-wi...
iandunt.substack.com/p/a-world-wi...
October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I don't usually go in for Ian Dunt, but it's good to see him calling this out.
Miliband being shunted off stage every time he *actually does his job* fighting the climate crisis is really insidious - and mind-bogglingly counter-productive, given this is a priority for the British public!!
Miliband being shunted off stage every time he *actually does his job* fighting the climate crisis is really insidious - and mind-bogglingly counter-productive, given this is a priority for the British public!!
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I was opening a bunch of PDFs in acrobat yesterday and my computer's fans were going wild. I have a lot of RAM so this was surprising to me. Turns out Acrobat now generates AI summaries by default when you open a file, instead of just asking if you want one (which I never do).
October 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I was opening a bunch of PDFs in acrobat yesterday and my computer's fans were going wild. I have a lot of RAM so this was surprising to me. Turns out Acrobat now generates AI summaries by default when you open a file, instead of just asking if you want one (which I never do).
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I love Guillermo del Toro calling ages 19 to 29 "sublime confusion"
October 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I love Guillermo del Toro calling ages 19 to 29 "sublime confusion"
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A thread from 2018 I made on the other place.
Venice, Italy
Venice, Italy
October 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A thread from 2018 I made on the other place.
Venice, Italy
Venice, Italy
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Did a new one
August 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Did a new one
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Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
After some major bodging I have managed to deploy
@chris-larkin.bsky.social's code to generate LTNs for Ipswich! This is a really cool code base I'd recommend to anyone (it comes with its own visualiser!) siskiyoucedar.github.io/LTN%20Detect...
@chris-larkin.bsky.social's code to generate LTNs for Ipswich! This is a really cool code base I'd recommend to anyone (it comes with its own visualiser!) siskiyoucedar.github.io/LTN%20Detect...
October 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
After some major bodging I have managed to deploy
@chris-larkin.bsky.social's code to generate LTNs for Ipswich! This is a really cool code base I'd recommend to anyone (it comes with its own visualiser!) siskiyoucedar.github.io/LTN%20Detect...
@chris-larkin.bsky.social's code to generate LTNs for Ipswich! This is a really cool code base I'd recommend to anyone (it comes with its own visualiser!) siskiyoucedar.github.io/LTN%20Detect...
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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
Used a Santander Cycle (Kenny farthing) for the first time in ages yesterday. It was a joy! Proper dutch-like, weighty to ride but glides around like a big red wood pigeon. So relaxing. I'd recommend it to anyone, including seasoned cyclists.
September 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Used a Santander Cycle (Kenny farthing) for the first time in ages yesterday. It was a joy! Proper dutch-like, weighty to ride but glides around like a big red wood pigeon. So relaxing. I'd recommend it to anyone, including seasoned cyclists.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... Any small victory that sticks it to the big man in big tech, I say
All Amazon Fresh stores in UK to close
Company to shut 19 shops and convert five to Whole Foods outlets, after concept of stores without tills fails to catch on
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... Any small victory that sticks it to the big man in big tech, I say
Absolutely insufferable aviation chat on the BBC Today programme just now. Does Nick Robinson not know business travel has peaked? And that airports don't necessarily bring economic benefit (see @alchap.bsky.social)? Incredibly one sided conversation presented as balance, for shame.
September 22, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Absolutely insufferable aviation chat on the BBC Today programme just now. Does Nick Robinson not know business travel has peaked? And that airports don't necessarily bring economic benefit (see @alchap.bsky.social)? Incredibly one sided conversation presented as balance, for shame.
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TOP TEN CAT BREEDS
1. Super Bingus
2. Tender Loaf
3. Crime Bean
4. Le Squishe
5. Load-bearing Tater
6. Royal Softling
7. Electric Spiceweasel
8. Pantaloosian
9. Tammy
10. Dinky Porch Pebble
1. Super Bingus
2. Tender Loaf
3. Crime Bean
4. Le Squishe
5. Load-bearing Tater
6. Royal Softling
7. Electric Spiceweasel
8. Pantaloosian
9. Tammy
10. Dinky Porch Pebble
September 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
TOP TEN CAT BREEDS
1. Super Bingus
2. Tender Loaf
3. Crime Bean
4. Le Squishe
5. Load-bearing Tater
6. Royal Softling
7. Electric Spiceweasel
8. Pantaloosian
9. Tammy
10. Dinky Porch Pebble
1. Super Bingus
2. Tender Loaf
3. Crime Bean
4. Le Squishe
5. Load-bearing Tater
6. Royal Softling
7. Electric Spiceweasel
8. Pantaloosian
9. Tammy
10. Dinky Porch Pebble
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The “bang bus” owned by adult entertainer Bonnie Blue, visiting Oxford for Freshers’ Week, will not be eligible to pass through the High St bus gate. An Oxfordshire County Council spokesman told the Clarion: “Having taken the risk of googling Bonnie Blue’s Bang Bus, the vehicle appears to be a van.”
September 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The “bang bus” owned by adult entertainer Bonnie Blue, visiting Oxford for Freshers’ Week, will not be eligible to pass through the High St bus gate. An Oxfordshire County Council spokesman told the Clarion: “Having taken the risk of googling Bonnie Blue’s Bang Bus, the vehicle appears to be a van.”
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As I pressed send on that I looked up to see this guy’s solution to the tube strike.
September 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
As I pressed send on that I looked up to see this guy’s solution to the tube strike.