Graham Allsopp
@grahamallsopp.bsky.social
Ex-cartographer, ex-cycle trainer, ex-monger; still a mangeant & bibendum. Edgeley Park irregular. Vivre la vie.
Obv my own personal opinions, etc – you know the usual weasel words 🇫🇷🇬🇧🇪🇺
45°19'23”N, 0°26'57”W
Obv my own personal opinions, etc – you know the usual weasel words 🇫🇷🇬🇧🇪🇺
45°19'23”N, 0°26'57”W
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Yesterday I used this "AI -Free Statement" in a conference talk for the first time. Still trying to figure out the exact language.
Feel free to borrow, modify, etc.
Feel free to borrow, modify, etc.
June 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Yesterday I used this "AI -Free Statement" in a conference talk for the first time. Still trying to figure out the exact language.
Feel free to borrow, modify, etc.
Feel free to borrow, modify, etc.
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The Met Office are letting us submit our own storm name suggestions:
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
There's space for five names in the submission boxes.
Let's go with:
Exxon Mobil
BP
Shell
Equinor
Chevron
At last, those companies will get the recognition they deserve.
Pls retweet!
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
There's space for five names in the submission boxes.
Let's go with:
Exxon Mobil
BP
Shell
Equinor
Chevron
At last, those companies will get the recognition they deserve.
Pls retweet!
June 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The Met Office are letting us submit our own storm name suggestions:
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
There's space for five names in the submission boxes.
Let's go with:
Exxon Mobil
BP
Shell
Equinor
Chevron
At last, those companies will get the recognition they deserve.
Pls retweet!
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
There's space for five names in the submission boxes.
Let's go with:
Exxon Mobil
BP
Shell
Equinor
Chevron
At last, those companies will get the recognition they deserve.
Pls retweet!
@pedalme.bsky.social
Hi - saw you just reposted my post 👍🏻
If you don’t already know about it, check out the latest episode of @podstreetsahead.bsky.social - there’s a whole article (and report) on delivery driver substitution.
[starts about halfway through]
shows.acast.com/5e8ee3bc4fc2...
Hi - saw you just reposted my post 👍🏻
If you don’t already know about it, check out the latest episode of @podstreetsahead.bsky.social - there’s a whole article (and report) on delivery driver substitution.
[starts about halfway through]
shows.acast.com/5e8ee3bc4fc2...
Spending Review, Fake E-Bikes & Bike Racing | Streets Ahead
shows.acast.com
June 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
@pedalme.bsky.social
Hi - saw you just reposted my post 👍🏻
If you don’t already know about it, check out the latest episode of @podstreetsahead.bsky.social - there’s a whole article (and report) on delivery driver substitution.
[starts about halfway through]
shows.acast.com/5e8ee3bc4fc2...
Hi - saw you just reposted my post 👍🏻
If you don’t already know about it, check out the latest episode of @podstreetsahead.bsky.social - there’s a whole article (and report) on delivery driver substitution.
[starts about halfway through]
shows.acast.com/5e8ee3bc4fc2...
@lauralaker.bsky.social
@adamtranter.bsky.social
@podstreetsahead.bsky.social
Hi guys !
By coincidence, @pedalme.bsky.social the bike courier people are running a citizen science project into substitution in the food delivery industry.
You should check it out:
www.pedalme.co.uk/whos-doing-t...
@adamtranter.bsky.social
@podstreetsahead.bsky.social
Hi guys !
By coincidence, @pedalme.bsky.social the bike courier people are running a citizen science project into substitution in the food delivery industry.
You should check it out:
www.pedalme.co.uk/whos-doing-t...
Who's Doing The Work? — Pedal Me
www.pedalme.co.uk
June 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
@lauralaker.bsky.social
@adamtranter.bsky.social
@podstreetsahead.bsky.social
Hi guys !
By coincidence, @pedalme.bsky.social the bike courier people are running a citizen science project into substitution in the food delivery industry.
You should check it out:
www.pedalme.co.uk/whos-doing-t...
@adamtranter.bsky.social
@podstreetsahead.bsky.social
Hi guys !
By coincidence, @pedalme.bsky.social the bike courier people are running a citizen science project into substitution in the food delivery industry.
You should check it out:
www.pedalme.co.uk/whos-doing-t...
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Hey BBC, I've got a great idea for a show if you want to appeal more to Reform voters…
June 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Hey BBC, I've got a great idea for a show if you want to appeal more to Reform voters…
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Ffs who did this? 😂
June 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Ffs who did this? 😂
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People struggle to get through HMRC phone lines, big corporations secure ‘sweetheart deals’.
Parliament can't check fairness/legality, all hidden behind a veil of confidentiality.
Veil can be lifted by public filing of the tax returns of large companies.
No major party supports transparency
Parliament can't check fairness/legality, all hidden behind a veil of confidentiality.
Veil can be lifted by public filing of the tax returns of large companies.
No major party supports transparency
Why the UK is a two-tier society where money wields power
Laws and policies are crafted to give the appearance of sternness and fairness, but are rarely fully enforced on corporations and the rich.
leftfootforward.org
May 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
People struggle to get through HMRC phone lines, big corporations secure ‘sweetheart deals’.
Parliament can't check fairness/legality, all hidden behind a veil of confidentiality.
Veil can be lifted by public filing of the tax returns of large companies.
No major party supports transparency
Parliament can't check fairness/legality, all hidden behind a veil of confidentiality.
Veil can be lifted by public filing of the tax returns of large companies.
No major party supports transparency
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China's high speed train from Beijing to Shanghai is a journey of over 800 miles, 200 miles further than from Land's End to John o'Groats.
It covers that vast distance in a little over 4 hours.
It was built in 3 years, between April 2008 and June 2011.
Puts HS2 into context, don't you think?
It covers that vast distance in a little over 4 hours.
It was built in 3 years, between April 2008 and June 2011.
Puts HS2 into context, don't you think?
Chinese HSR does Beijing-Shanghai – which is about the distance as NYC-Atlanta – in just over four hours, and gets six times the ridership of airlines. $1.8 billion in net profit last year. scmp.com/economy/chin...
‘More convenient’: why China’s travellers are ditching planes for bullet trains
More passengers on busy Beijing-Shanghai route are choosing high-speed rail, which offers flexibility, comfort and stable internet access.
scmp.com
May 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
China's high speed train from Beijing to Shanghai is a journey of over 800 miles, 200 miles further than from Land's End to John o'Groats.
It covers that vast distance in a little over 4 hours.
It was built in 3 years, between April 2008 and June 2011.
Puts HS2 into context, don't you think?
It covers that vast distance in a little over 4 hours.
It was built in 3 years, between April 2008 and June 2011.
Puts HS2 into context, don't you think?
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This is on Facebook, I scrolled for a bit and every single comment I saw, no exaggeration, was either "you liar, too many foreigners, vote Reform" or "you're meant to be the Labour Party what is this fash shit". There was nobody going "thank you, Sir Keir".
May 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This is on Facebook, I scrolled for a bit and every single comment I saw, no exaggeration, was either "you liar, too many foreigners, vote Reform" or "you're meant to be the Labour Party what is this fash shit". There was nobody going "thank you, Sir Keir".
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SHEFFIELD! Very honoured to be artist in residence for this Saturday’s Get Together Festival.
More info and free download of my celebratory Sheffield collage below👇👇👇
www.gettogetherfestival.com/line-up
More info and free download of my celebratory Sheffield collage below👇👇👇
www.gettogetherfestival.com/line-up
May 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
SHEFFIELD! Very honoured to be artist in residence for this Saturday’s Get Together Festival.
More info and free download of my celebratory Sheffield collage below👇👇👇
www.gettogetherfestival.com/line-up
More info and free download of my celebratory Sheffield collage below👇👇👇
www.gettogetherfestival.com/line-up
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Big (military) mobility news from Finland:
Finland starts working on changing the railway gauge to the European standard, instead of the current one that is a legacy of Finland’s 100 years as part of the Russian empire
Finland starts working on changing the railway gauge to the European standard, instead of the current one that is a legacy of Finland’s 100 years as part of the Russian empire
Suomen raideleveys muuttuu: ”Aloitamme pohjoisesta ja meillä on vahva tuki Natolta”, sanoo ministeri Lulu Ranne
Pohjoismaiset ministerit antoivat julkilausuman sotilaallisesta liikkuvuudesta maiden välillä.
yle.fi
May 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Big (military) mobility news from Finland:
Finland starts working on changing the railway gauge to the European standard, instead of the current one that is a legacy of Finland’s 100 years as part of the Russian empire
Finland starts working on changing the railway gauge to the European standard, instead of the current one that is a legacy of Finland’s 100 years as part of the Russian empire
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Yvette Cooper was born in Inverness, educated in Hampshire. She has zero links with Pontefract.
People move around, often to other countries. It's human nature.
The sooner Labour stops chasing Reform votes and adopts a measured approach to immigration the better.
People move around, often to other countries. It's human nature.
The sooner Labour stops chasing Reform votes and adopts a measured approach to immigration the better.
May 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Yvette Cooper was born in Inverness, educated in Hampshire. She has zero links with Pontefract.
People move around, often to other countries. It's human nature.
The sooner Labour stops chasing Reform votes and adopts a measured approach to immigration the better.
People move around, often to other countries. It's human nature.
The sooner Labour stops chasing Reform votes and adopts a measured approach to immigration the better.
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So stop apeing him. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keeping Farage from No 10 is ‘a battle for UK’s future, heart and soul’, Labour MPs told
In face of ‘economic doom loop’, Labour factions call for reset and demand party tackle populist nationalism head on
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:42 AM
So stop apeing him. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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As we commemorate VE Day, we should remember the hopes and expectations of servicemen and women for a better, fairer country to emerge from the destruction of war. This is a poster created by and for British prisoners of war in the German prison camp, Stalag Luft III.
May 8, 2025 at 7:06 AM
As we commemorate VE Day, we should remember the hopes and expectations of servicemen and women for a better, fairer country to emerge from the destruction of war. This is a poster created by and for British prisoners of war in the German prison camp, Stalag Luft III.
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Anyone spot the problem?
It's subtle, but it's there...
It's subtle, but it's there...
May 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Anyone spot the problem?
It's subtle, but it's there...
It's subtle, but it's there...
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Strategic genius, eh.
Not only has Trump achieved nothing with his bullying of Canada, he has ensured the return of a Liberal government that will stand up to him.
This is where day-to-day leverage-seeking gets him.
Not only has Trump achieved nothing with his bullying of Canada, he has ensured the return of a Liberal government that will stand up to him.
This is where day-to-day leverage-seeking gets him.
April 29, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Strategic genius, eh.
Not only has Trump achieved nothing with his bullying of Canada, he has ensured the return of a Liberal government that will stand up to him.
This is where day-to-day leverage-seeking gets him.
Not only has Trump achieved nothing with his bullying of Canada, he has ensured the return of a Liberal government that will stand up to him.
This is where day-to-day leverage-seeking gets him.
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If you need cheering up, head to that new roundabout in Sheffield and watch things flow. it's poetry in motion
April 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
If you need cheering up, head to that new roundabout in Sheffield and watch things flow. it's poetry in motion
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Britain wakes up every day, aims the gun at its feet and pulls the trigger. Just a prolonged exercise in meanspiritedness and self-harm.
Another report on how our high visa costs deter top R&D talent
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
April 23, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Britain wakes up every day, aims the gun at its feet and pulls the trigger. Just a prolonged exercise in meanspiritedness and self-harm.
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It's funny how when you ask them why they think Pope Francis was "too woke" and request specific examples, they always wound up describing Christ's teachings without a hint of self-awareness.
April 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It's funny how when you ask them why they think Pope Francis was "too woke" and request specific examples, they always wound up describing Christ's teachings without a hint of self-awareness.
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I’d rather shit in my hands and clap, frankly.
It’s not safe for anyone to travel to the US now. Especially not those who criticise the regime.
I’ll continue to raise my finger at that fucking fascist from a distance, hope he’s ready to be repeatedly called a cunt when he visits the UK.
It’s not safe for anyone to travel to the US now. Especially not those who criticise the regime.
I’ll continue to raise my finger at that fucking fascist from a distance, hope he’s ready to be repeatedly called a cunt when he visits the UK.
April 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I’d rather shit in my hands and clap, frankly.
It’s not safe for anyone to travel to the US now. Especially not those who criticise the regime.
I’ll continue to raise my finger at that fucking fascist from a distance, hope he’s ready to be repeatedly called a cunt when he visits the UK.
It’s not safe for anyone to travel to the US now. Especially not those who criticise the regime.
I’ll continue to raise my finger at that fucking fascist from a distance, hope he’s ready to be repeatedly called a cunt when he visits the UK.
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Never underestimate the historical importance of complete incompetence 🙈
"U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported that an entry code in the U.S. system isn’t working. As a result, no tariffs are being collected by the U.S. government for the time being."
#MAGAmerica
"U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported that an entry code in the U.S. system isn’t working. As a result, no tariffs are being collected by the U.S. government for the time being."
#MAGAmerica
Um, It Turns Out No One at the Ports Is Collecting Trump’s Tariffs
A technical “glitch” has created the biggest hiccup in Trump’s tariffs rollout.
newrepublic.com
April 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Never underestimate the historical importance of complete incompetence 🙈
"U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported that an entry code in the U.S. system isn’t working. As a result, no tariffs are being collected by the U.S. government for the time being."
#MAGAmerica
"U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported that an entry code in the U.S. system isn’t working. As a result, no tariffs are being collected by the U.S. government for the time being."
#MAGAmerica
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Donald Trump doesn't understand how tariffs work
April 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Donald Trump doesn't understand how tariffs work
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Stephanie Ruhle, "Our allies are not rushing to partner with a US President who goes on TV saying they're all kissing my ass"
April 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Stephanie Ruhle, "Our allies are not rushing to partner with a US President who goes on TV saying they're all kissing my ass"
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Our latest huge poll just landed in The Observer, & shows its trade with Europe that Brits want HMG to prioritise at the reset, over defence, tackling small boats, & certainly before trade with 🇺🇸
#tomorrowspaperstoday
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Our latest huge poll just landed in The Observer, & shows its trade with Europe that Brits want HMG to prioritise at the reset, over defence, tackling small boats, & certainly before trade with 🇺🇸
#tomorrowspaperstoday
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🚨 BREAKING: Brits want trade to be the government’s top priority at the UK-EU reset summit - not just defence.
With the cost of living crisis continuing to bite, NEW @yougov.co.uk polling also shows 53% of Brits think closer ties with the EU will drive growth.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
With the cost of living crisis continuing to bite, NEW @yougov.co.uk polling also shows 53% of Brits think closer ties with the EU will drive growth.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Voters want Keir Starmer to focus on rebuilding trade ties with EU, poll reveals
Open trade with Europe is more important to the UK than a deal with Donald Trump, most Britons believe
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
💥💥💥
Our latest huge poll just landed in The Observer, & shows its trade with Europe that Brits want HMG to prioritise at the reset, over defence, tackling small boats, & certainly before trade with 🇺🇸
#tomorrowspaperstoday
👇
Our latest huge poll just landed in The Observer, & shows its trade with Europe that Brits want HMG to prioritise at the reset, over defence, tackling small boats, & certainly before trade with 🇺🇸
#tomorrowspaperstoday
👇
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🚨 BREAKING: Brits want trade to be the government’s top priority at the UK-EU reset summit - not just defence.
With the cost of living crisis continuing to bite, NEW @yougov.co.uk polling also shows 53% of Brits think closer ties with the EU will drive growth.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
With the cost of living crisis continuing to bite, NEW @yougov.co.uk polling also shows 53% of Brits think closer ties with the EU will drive growth.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Voters want Keir Starmer to focus on rebuilding trade ties with EU, poll reveals
Open trade with Europe is more important to the UK than a deal with Donald Trump, most Britons believe
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Brits want trade to be the government’s top priority at the UK-EU reset summit - not just defence.
With the cost of living crisis continuing to bite, NEW @yougov.co.uk polling also shows 53% of Brits think closer ties with the EU will drive growth.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
With the cost of living crisis continuing to bite, NEW @yougov.co.uk polling also shows 53% of Brits think closer ties with the EU will drive growth.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...