Benjamin Chadwick
@fabricofparis.com
I write about Paris at fabricofparis.com
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New Fabric of Paris! A look at the changes coming this year for those who walk, cycle, wheel and drive.
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Transport in Île-de-France: a new year retrospective | Fabric of Paris
Park the discussion: how Paris's streets are changing
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February 29, 2024 at 5:47 PM
New Fabric of Paris! A look at the changes coming this year for those who walk, cycle, wheel and drive.
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I’m in the lab with Neuralink’s first patient. They’re just out of frame, moving a computer mouse with their mind
February 21, 2024 at 3:25 AM
I’m in the lab with Neuralink’s first patient. They’re just out of frame, moving a computer mouse with their mind
Saturday marked three years since I acquired French citizenship. I wrote a few words about how I slowly came to be able to say "I'm French" without feeling like a fraud.
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On being French
Reflections of an Englishman, three years after acquiring French citizenship
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February 21, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Saturday marked three years since I acquired French citizenship. I wrote a few words about how I slowly came to be able to say "I'm French" without feeling like a fraud.
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I wrote a thing about Paris's vote this weekend on an SUV parking measure. usa.streetsblog.org/2024/02/02/w...
Will Paris Make SUV Drivers Pay More For Parking — And Will American Cities Follow Their Lead? ��...
Voters in the City of Light could force SUV drivers to pay more to park — but even if the measure passes, more hurdles lie ahead.
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February 2, 2024 at 8:06 AM
I wrote a thing about Paris's vote this weekend on an SUV parking measure. usa.streetsblog.org/2024/02/02/w...
New Fabric of Paris! I attempt to decrypt the complex array of transport tickets, consider the network's other sources of funding, and look at what's new in 2024. fabricofparis.com/2024/01/24/t...
Transport in Île-de-France: a new year retrospective | Fabric of Paris
All's fare? How transport in the Paris region is funded, and what's new
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January 24, 2024 at 8:32 AM
New Fabric of Paris! I attempt to decrypt the complex array of transport tickets, consider the network's other sources of funding, and look at what's new in 2024. fabricofparis.com/2024/01/24/t...
New Fabric of Paris! Our annual retrospective continues with a look at all the changes happening on the local public transport network. From trams, to the RER, to two huge metro extensions, there's a lot going on!
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Transport in Île-de-France: a new year retrospective | Fabric of Paris
Taking stock: a look back at 2023 and ahead to 2024
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January 16, 2024 at 8:29 AM
New Fabric of Paris! Our annual retrospective continues with a look at all the changes happening on the local public transport network. From trams, to the RER, to two huge metro extensions, there's a lot going on!
fabricofparis.com/2024/01/16/t...
fabricofparis.com/2024/01/16/t...
New Fabric of Paris! In the first part of an annual transport retrospective, we look at what's new in long-distance rail. fabricofparis.com/2024/01/09/t...
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January 9, 2024 at 8:29 AM
New Fabric of Paris! In the first part of an annual transport retrospective, we look at what's new in long-distance rail. fabricofparis.com/2024/01/09/t...
The second annual Fabric of Paris quiz: fabricofparis.com/2023/12/19/t...
The second annual Fabric of Paris quiz | Fabric of Paris
20 questions: how will you fare?
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December 19, 2023 at 8:17 AM
The second annual Fabric of Paris quiz: fabricofparis.com/2023/12/19/t...
New Fabric of Paris! My thoughts on the city's upcoming vote on SUVs.
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"More or fewer SUVs?" Parisians asked. Good idea? | Fabric of Paris
4x4 or against? A new public vote on a parking hike for large cars
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November 22, 2023 at 8:18 AM
New Fabric of Paris! My thoughts on the city's upcoming vote on SUVs.
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Fabric of Paris turns 4 today. If you enjoy my posts about Paris but you've never clicked through to an article, why not help me celebrate by spending a few minutes on this anniversary edition?
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Four years of Fabric of Paris | Fabric of Paris
Here's to the road ahead: looking back on four years of Fabric of Paris
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November 14, 2023 at 7:22 AM
Fabric of Paris turns 4 today. If you enjoy my posts about Paris but you've never clicked through to an article, why not help me celebrate by spending a few minutes on this anniversary edition?
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How things are named is one of my – and consequently, Fabric of Paris's – primary preoccupations. So writing this piece on how metro stations are named was a lot of fun. fabricofparis.com/2023/10/31/1...
16 things you might not know about the names of Paris metro stations | Fabric of Paris
Oui et nom: some surprising facts
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November 11, 2023 at 3:55 PM
How things are named is one of my – and consequently, Fabric of Paris's – primary preoccupations. So writing this piece on how metro stations are named was a lot of fun. fabricofparis.com/2023/10/31/1...
Old Fabric of Paris! Reshared for Halloween: the unsettling history of Paris's depot of the dead.
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Death in Paris: the Morgue | Fabric of Paris
Dead entertaining: the public service that became a tourist attraction
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October 31, 2023 at 12:53 PM
Old Fabric of Paris! Reshared for Halloween: the unsettling history of Paris's depot of the dead.
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New Fabric of Paris! 16 things you might not know about the names of Paris metro stations.
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16 things you might not know about the names of Paris metro stations | Fabric of Paris
Oui et nom: some surprising facts
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October 31, 2023 at 12:52 PM
New Fabric of Paris! 16 things you might not know about the names of Paris metro stations.
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This is a brilliant read from @fabricofparis.com: all about potatoes, how they became accepted in France, a man named Parmentier, and a Paris Metro station. fabricofparis.com/2023/07/18/p...
Parmentier, potatoes and the Paris metro | Fabric of Paris
Let them eat baked potatoes: the metro station decorated in honour of a vegetable
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October 21, 2023 at 10:58 AM
This is a brilliant read from @fabricofparis.com: all about potatoes, how they became accepted in France, a man named Parmentier, and a Paris Metro station. fabricofparis.com/2023/07/18/p...
Today marks 119 years since the opening of line 3 of the Paris metro – and in particular the potato-themed Parmentier station, which I wrote about earlier this year: fabricofparis.com/2023/07/18/p...
Parmentier, potatoes and the Paris metro | Fabric of Paris
Let them eat baked potatoes: the metro station decorated in honour of a vegetable
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October 19, 2023 at 3:04 PM
Today marks 119 years since the opening of line 3 of the Paris metro – and in particular the potato-themed Parmentier station, which I wrote about earlier this year: fabricofparis.com/2023/07/18/p...
I have never seen Paris this Irish. To think it could get even Irisher after tonight!
October 14, 2023 at 2:09 PM
I have never seen Paris this Irish. To think it could get even Irisher after tonight!
Not too shabby, as commutes go.
October 14, 2023 at 11:35 AM
Not too shabby, as commutes go.
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Hate crimes rising against trans and non-binary individuals while the PM and Home Sec continue to stoke further hostility. Meanwhile anti-trans authors and pundits and treated as "victims" while leading the charge in driving this increase. No wonder people are scared.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-6698...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-6698...
October 5, 2023 at 8:58 PM
Hate crimes rising against trans and non-binary individuals while the PM and Home Sec continue to stoke further hostility. Meanwhile anti-trans authors and pundits and treated as "victims" while leading the charge in driving this increase. No wonder people are scared.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-6698...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-6698...
If like me you've struggled to keep up with the HS2 saga, you'll appreciate this from The Beauty of Transport.
The article also looks at an imposing Chinese station which serves my wife's hometown, and which I've had the good fortune to travel through.
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The article also looks at an imposing Chinese station which serves my wife's hometown, and which I've had the good fortune to travel through.
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High Speed at High Speed (Tianjin West station, China)
In scale and speed of construction, Tianjin West seems almost impossible - especially when viewed from Britain. It is, therefore, the perfect embodiment of China's high speed rail network, on which th...
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October 4, 2023 at 8:30 PM
If like me you've struggled to keep up with the HS2 saga, you'll appreciate this from The Beauty of Transport.
The article also looks at an imposing Chinese station which serves my wife's hometown, and which I've had the good fortune to travel through.
thebeautyoftransport.com/2023/10/04/h...
The article also looks at an imposing Chinese station which serves my wife's hometown, and which I've had the good fortune to travel through.
thebeautyoftransport.com/2023/10/04/h...
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M. Rishi Sunak UK Primer Minister:
Associating the "15-minute city" again with so-called "liberty-restricting" measures is tantamount to aligning with the most radical and anti-democratic elements.
I solemnly urge the Prime Minister to reconsider his stance.
My official statement:
Associating the "15-minute city" again with so-called "liberty-restricting" measures is tantamount to aligning with the most radical and anti-democratic elements.
I solemnly urge the Prime Minister to reconsider his stance.
My official statement:
October 2, 2023 at 9:29 PM
M. Rishi Sunak UK Primer Minister:
Associating the "15-minute city" again with so-called "liberty-restricting" measures is tantamount to aligning with the most radical and anti-democratic elements.
I solemnly urge the Prime Minister to reconsider his stance.
My official statement:
Associating the "15-minute city" again with so-called "liberty-restricting" measures is tantamount to aligning with the most radical and anti-democratic elements.
I solemnly urge the Prime Minister to reconsider his stance.
My official statement:
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"If re-elected my government will prevent Sadiq Khan from putting an ULEZ inside your bendy bannana, Greta 'WEF' Thunberg from putting a 15-minute city supermarket inside your living room, and anyone from putting highspeed trains anywhere."
October 2, 2023 at 2:59 PM
"If re-elected my government will prevent Sadiq Khan from putting an ULEZ inside your bendy bannana, Greta 'WEF' Thunberg from putting a 15-minute city supermarket inside your living room, and anyone from putting highspeed trains anywhere."
Happy 30th birthday to the Tvm (Trans Val de Marne), a bus line through the suburban Parisian department of Val de Marne.
It was the region's first true BRT (bus rapid transit) line, operating with dedicated rights of way, signal priority and all-door boarding.
It was the region's first true BRT (bus rapid transit) line, operating with dedicated rights of way, signal priority and all-door boarding.
October 1, 2023 at 12:52 PM
Happy 30th birthday to the Tvm (Trans Val de Marne), a bus line through the suburban Parisian department of Val de Marne.
It was the region's first true BRT (bus rapid transit) line, operating with dedicated rights of way, signal priority and all-door boarding.
It was the region's first true BRT (bus rapid transit) line, operating with dedicated rights of way, signal priority and all-door boarding.
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"i'm afraid i can't furnish you with the results of the latest austria-hungary football match unless you enlighten me as to the identity of the opponent"
The funniest outcome from the AI thing would be if they can only use out-of-copyright works to train the models, and so we end up with a class of incredibly powerful artificial intelligences that all talk like Victorian pamphleteers.
September 29, 2023 at 8:13 PM
"i'm afraid i can't furnish you with the results of the latest austria-hungary football match unless you enlighten me as to the identity of the opponent"
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Okay Bluesky friends, I need to be serious with you for a second. There’s going to come a day, probably soon, when someone is going to arrive on this platform and post a picture of a guy with a bunch of swords pointed at him.
When that day comes we have to work together and tell them to fuck off
When that day comes we have to work together and tell them to fuck off
July 29, 2023 at 11:18 PM
Okay Bluesky friends, I need to be serious with you for a second. There’s going to come a day, probably soon, when someone is going to arrive on this platform and post a picture of a guy with a bunch of swords pointed at him.
When that day comes we have to work together and tell them to fuck off
When that day comes we have to work together and tell them to fuck off
Just changed my handle to use my own domain. Pretty cool!
September 29, 2023 at 8:09 AM
Just changed my handle to use my own domain. Pretty cool!