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The Formula E AI predictor garbage continuing to be a jinx I see 🚮.
January 10, 2026 at 9:06 PM
The Formula E AI predictor garbage continuing to be a jinx I see 🚮.
Ooooh here's an idea - The BVG Jelbi app gives you free time using micro mobility when moving bikes to docked locations, so how about adding functionality to Ride (the East Midlands clone of it) which gives you credit (funded out of the fines) for reporting obstructive parking? 😈
An app that you can download onto your phone. Start the app, take a picture, location comes from the gps, report done in seconds.
January 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Ooooh here's an idea - The BVG Jelbi app gives you free time using micro mobility when moving bikes to docked locations, so how about adding functionality to Ride (the East Midlands clone of it) which gives you credit (funded out of the fines) for reporting obstructive parking? 😈
Hard to believe these are the same place.
First photo 2017, second photo is from 2023 but hasn't significantly changed...
By 2027 the concrete eyesore that is the Arndale carpark should be gone too!
First photo 2017, second photo is from 2023 but hasn't significantly changed...
By 2027 the concrete eyesore that is the Arndale carpark should be gone too!
January 10, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Hard to believe these are the same place.
First photo 2017, second photo is from 2023 but hasn't significantly changed...
By 2027 the concrete eyesore that is the Arndale carpark should be gone too!
First photo 2017, second photo is from 2023 but hasn't significantly changed...
By 2027 the concrete eyesore that is the Arndale carpark should be gone too!
Last day of term, first year of uni - went to student union end of term party.
Walking home with my flatmates we saw quiet a few blue lights going past.
Next day at work on lunch break heard on the radio that two people had been killed in a hit and run outside of uni.
Walking home with my flatmates we saw quiet a few blue lights going past.
Next day at work on lunch break heard on the radio that two people had been killed in a hit and run outside of uni.
January 10, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Last day of term, first year of uni - went to student union end of term party.
Walking home with my flatmates we saw quiet a few blue lights going past.
Next day at work on lunch break heard on the radio that two people had been killed in a hit and run outside of uni.
Walking home with my flatmates we saw quiet a few blue lights going past.
Next day at work on lunch break heard on the radio that two people had been killed in a hit and run outside of uni.
To watch UK Horizons on the bedroom TV after playing on the Mega Drive you had toggle a dongle hanging out the TV from RF to TV, select Ch 7, go downstairs turn the Sky Box and decoder on, Select Sky 1 (Sky Ch8), press tuning up, then H/V select then TV/AV to turn the Channel expander on..
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
To watch UK Horizons on the bedroom TV after playing on the Mega Drive you had toggle a dongle hanging out the TV from RF to TV, select Ch 7, go downstairs turn the Sky Box and decoder on, Select Sky 1 (Sky Ch8), press tuning up, then H/V select then TV/AV to turn the Channel expander on..
As an absolute minimum there should be a full, documented, feature complete, local API, and the device continues to function* with no cloud connectivity**, the latter of which should be optional (unless essential for core functionality -e.g. Media streaming player).
This should honestly be a legal requirement for discontinued products.
Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them
January 9, 2026 at 8:27 AM
As an absolute minimum there should be a full, documented, feature complete, local API, and the device continues to function* with no cloud connectivity**, the latter of which should be optional (unless essential for core functionality -e.g. Media streaming player).
Tunes heard so far this morning
Alphaville - Forever Young
Scorpions - Winds of Change
Nena - 99 Luftalloons
Is the world trying to tell my something?
Switches to the Discover feed and, oh good god...
😬😬😬😬😬
Alphaville - Forever Young
Scorpions - Winds of Change
Nena - 99 Luftalloons
Is the world trying to tell my something?
Switches to the Discover feed and, oh good god...
😬😬😬😬😬
a cartoon of homer simpson standing in a grassy yard
Alt: a cartoon of homer simpson backing into a hedge to escape the horrors
media.tenor.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Tunes heard so far this morning
Alphaville - Forever Young
Scorpions - Winds of Change
Nena - 99 Luftalloons
Is the world trying to tell my something?
Switches to the Discover feed and, oh good god...
😬😬😬😬😬
Alphaville - Forever Young
Scorpions - Winds of Change
Nena - 99 Luftalloons
Is the world trying to tell my something?
Switches to the Discover feed and, oh good god...
😬😬😬😬😬
Interesting illustration of the City Ground plans showing a future vision of Trent Bridge - widened footpaths, simplified junction with Radcliffe Road....
January 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Interesting illustration of the City Ground plans showing a future vision of Trent Bridge - widened footpaths, simplified junction with Radcliffe Road....
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Our big look at why clickbait articles on accessibility at airports are ill-informed or wrong and, frankly, often tinged with racism.
The air industry has a duty to call this out, and admit it contributes to the perception by creating airport environments hostile to even minor mobility issues.
The air industry has a duty to call this out, and admit it contributes to the perception by creating airport environments hostile to even minor mobility issues.
This 2,500-word feature article — and all our writing on disability and accessibility in air travel — is open to all for free on @theupfront.media.
An enormous thank you to our subscribers for funding our work.
theupfront.media/disabled-pas...
An enormous thank you to our subscribers for funding our work.
theupfront.media/disabled-pas...
Disabled passengers, airport wheelchairs and the pernicious myth of “Jetway Jesus”
Clickbait hacks aside, perpetuating inaccuracies about disabled passengers and wheelchair users is wrong — and counterproductive for aviation
theupfront.media
January 5, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Our big look at why clickbait articles on accessibility at airports are ill-informed or wrong and, frankly, often tinged with racism.
The air industry has a duty to call this out, and admit it contributes to the perception by creating airport environments hostile to even minor mobility issues.
The air industry has a duty to call this out, and admit it contributes to the perception by creating airport environments hostile to even minor mobility issues.
The recent discussion about the UK's inability to deliver infrastructure reminds me of the Leiewerken works in the Belgian city of Kortrijk I saw while on holiday this summer
For context the population of Kortrijk is around the same as Gateshead and the larger urban area slightly larger than Derby.
For context the population of Kortrijk is around the same as Gateshead and the larger urban area slightly larger than Derby.
December 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The recent discussion about the UK's inability to deliver infrastructure reminds me of the Leiewerken works in the Belgian city of Kortrijk I saw while on holiday this summer
For context the population of Kortrijk is around the same as Gateshead and the larger urban area slightly larger than Derby.
For context the population of Kortrijk is around the same as Gateshead and the larger urban area slightly larger than Derby.
No wonder they don't want us riding bikes...
Breaking the mould - Edith Rigby
"Quietly determined, Edith Rigby was the first woman in Preston to ride a bicycle. She always looked for way to improve the lives of local women & founded the Preston branch of the [suffragettes]."
Breaking the mould - Edith Rigby
"Quietly determined, Edith Rigby was the first woman in Preston to ride a bicycle. She always looked for way to improve the lives of local women & founded the Preston branch of the [suffragettes]."
December 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
No wonder they don't want us riding bikes...
Breaking the mould - Edith Rigby
"Quietly determined, Edith Rigby was the first woman in Preston to ride a bicycle. She always looked for way to improve the lives of local women & founded the Preston branch of the [suffragettes]."
Breaking the mould - Edith Rigby
"Quietly determined, Edith Rigby was the first woman in Preston to ride a bicycle. She always looked for way to improve the lives of local women & founded the Preston branch of the [suffragettes]."
An unspoken aspect of renting, you're never quiet sure when the landlord is going to spring some maintenance/decorating on you with little over 24 hours notice.
Oh, you were planning on having friends over - ha ha, the decorator will turn your lounge upside down on Friday & finish mid next week!
Oh, you were planning on having friends over - ha ha, the decorator will turn your lounge upside down on Friday & finish mid next week!
a fun thing you can do if you're a building maintenance company is unexpectedly arrange a repair for Christmas Eve and then leave your phone lines unmanned so there is no way for residents to rearrange it
December 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
An unspoken aspect of renting, you're never quiet sure when the landlord is going to spring some maintenance/decorating on you with little over 24 hours notice.
Oh, you were planning on having friends over - ha ha, the decorator will turn your lounge upside down on Friday & finish mid next week!
Oh, you were planning on having friends over - ha ha, the decorator will turn your lounge upside down on Friday & finish mid next week!
www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-n...
"& the Government housing agency asked the council if it could alter a planning condition that meant plans for ped & cycle infra improvements had to be submitted & approved before the 100th homebuyer moved in [they] wanted to .. increase this trigger to 1,000"
"& the Government housing agency asked the council if it could alter a planning condition that meant plans for ped & cycle infra improvements had to be submitted & approved before the 100th homebuyer moved in [they] wanted to .. increase this trigger to 1,000"
Deal struck to avoid delaying huge 3,000-home estate near city
Developers had warned it could slow down if a change was not made
www.nottinghampost.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-n...
"& the Government housing agency asked the council if it could alter a planning condition that meant plans for ped & cycle infra improvements had to be submitted & approved before the 100th homebuyer moved in [they] wanted to .. increase this trigger to 1,000"
"& the Government housing agency asked the council if it could alter a planning condition that meant plans for ped & cycle infra improvements had to be submitted & approved before the 100th homebuyer moved in [they] wanted to .. increase this trigger to 1,000"
What's the saddest public Christmas display anyone has seen - anything to top these?
December 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
What's the saddest public Christmas display anyone has seen - anything to top these?
Just look through the replies here, no wonder people think this country is broken. So many bridges where a repair isn't likely to happen until at least the 2030s...
bsky.app/profile/jonn...
bsky.app/profile/jonn...
December 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Just look through the replies here, no wonder people think this country is broken. So many bridges where a repair isn't likely to happen until at least the 2030s...
bsky.app/profile/jonn...
bsky.app/profile/jonn...
Yarn bombing gone to another level!
December 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Yarn bombing gone to another level!
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Look, you can have low taxation or you can have functioning public services. You can't have both. Lots of people, including the UK government, seem to have forgotten this fact. Taxation isn't theft. It's the foundation of society.
December 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Look, you can have low taxation or you can have functioning public services. You can't have both. Lots of people, including the UK government, seem to have forgotten this fact. Taxation isn't theft. It's the foundation of society.
Ooh, the East Midlands CCA now has its own version of the excellent BVG Jelbi app!
www.transportnottingham.com/join-the-rid...
www.transportnottingham.com/join-the-rid...
December 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Ooh, the East Midlands CCA now has its own version of the excellent BVG Jelbi app!
www.transportnottingham.com/join-the-rid...
www.transportnottingham.com/join-the-rid...
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Oh look the Brexit monkey
December 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Oh look the Brexit monkey
Wonder if East Midlands Railway will get rid of all traces of the East Midlands Trains livery before being nationalised and having to bring it back?
The GBR livery is very stagecoachy with added flagshaggery.
The GBR livery is very stagecoachy with added flagshaggery.
December 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Wonder if East Midlands Railway will get rid of all traces of the East Midlands Trains livery before being nationalised and having to bring it back?
The GBR livery is very stagecoachy with added flagshaggery.
The GBR livery is very stagecoachy with added flagshaggery.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
« DfT spokesperson said: “We have committed £616m to Active Travel England up to 2030" »
Vs £1bn to fix a single roundabout
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
« DfT spokesperson said: “We have committed £616m to Active Travel England up to 2030" »
Vs £1bn to fix a single roundabout
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Active travel groups call for clear targets on walking and cycling in England
Exclusive: Groups including British Cycling call for active travel strategy to be put on equal footing with road and rail
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
« DfT spokesperson said: “We have committed £616m to Active Travel England up to 2030" »
Vs £1bn to fix a single roundabout
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
« DfT spokesperson said: “We have committed £616m to Active Travel England up to 2030" »
Vs £1bn to fix a single roundabout
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I'm sure @showmeasign.online will appreciate how bad these traffic lights are...
Puts the yellow/red arrow light discourse into perspective!
Puts the yellow/red arrow light discourse into perspective!
I'm repeating myself ad nauseam, but this totally stupid nonsense of all identical traffic lights with written signs to indicate what they are meant for is so absolutely insane that has come to symbolize the hyper-provincialism of Ontario and why it fails so miserably at transit construction.
we are reaching new levels of inane traffic delays
December 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I'm sure @showmeasign.online will appreciate how bad these traffic lights are...
Puts the yellow/red arrow light discourse into perspective!
Puts the yellow/red arrow light discourse into perspective!
George's season summed in a single radio message #f1multiviewer
December 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
George's season summed in a single radio message #f1multiviewer
Things looking up for Piastri fans - Evans yeeting into the barriers and only one of Mitch and Oscar ever has a good weekend! 😬
December 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Things looking up for Piastri fans - Evans yeeting into the barriers and only one of Mitch and Oscar ever has a good weekend! 😬