ollie
@olliethinks.co.uk
keeps the toilet map up and running 🚽🧻 ( toiletmap.org.uk )
sr developer at the financial times 📰
prev at the guardian, neontribe
probably quite tired
he/him - 🌐 olliethinks.co.uk
sr developer at the financial times 📰
prev at the guardian, neontribe
probably quite tired
he/him - 🌐 olliethinks.co.uk
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you’re right! it feels mostly awful to Go Online™, these days. the internet in a sad state, for reason after reason after reason. but there is a way to fix it; to trade the voidful howling for a quiet & joyful song.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
A Website To End All Websites | Henry From Online
How to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
henry.codes
January 1, 2026 at 7:27 PM
you’re right! it feels mostly awful to Go Online™, these days. the internet in a sad state, for reason after reason after reason. but there is a way to fix it; to trade the voidful howling for a quiet & joyful song.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
Map tiles for www.toiletmap.org.uk are now completely powered using a new API running on an @cloudflare.social worker.
Over the next few months we'll be looking to ship a new frontend experience and fully migrate over to our new API as part of our move from Vercel
We have an app on the way too!!
Over the next few months we'll be looking to ship a new frontend experience and fully migrate over to our new API as part of our move from Vercel
We have an app on the way too!!
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Map tiles for www.toiletmap.org.uk are now completely powered using a new API running on an @cloudflare.social worker.
Over the next few months we'll be looking to ship a new frontend experience and fully migrate over to our new API as part of our move from Vercel
We have an app on the way too!!
Over the next few months we'll be looking to ship a new frontend experience and fully migrate over to our new API as part of our move from Vercel
We have an app on the way too!!
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There's always money for more driving
Reeves to announce £1.5bn boost in EV subsidies amid pay-per-mile concerns
Reeves to announce £1.5bn boost in EV subsidies amid pay-per-mile concerns
Industry experts welcome extra incentives but fear a consultation on a mileage tax sends mixed messages
Drivers will be able to claim government subsidies to cut the cost of buying a new electric car until 2030 under plans to be announced by Rachel Reeves at next week’s budget.
The chancellor will unveil an extra £1.3bn for subsidies for new electric vehicles (EVs) and a further £200m for charging points, as she attempts to prevent the market for clean cars drying up amid concerns about a new pay-per-mile tax. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
There's always money for more driving
Snagged a great deal on a vinyl copy of one of my favourite albums. Couldn’t pass it up!! Certainly the new stand out LP in my collection
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Snagged a great deal on a vinyl copy of one of my favourite albums. Couldn’t pass it up!! Certainly the new stand out LP in my collection
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I’m an academic on the telly! Life ambition unlocked.
Fantastic to see two London Loo Alliance members talking about toilets on BBC Breakfast this morning 🛋️
Thank you to Ray from British Toilet Association for your insight and to @gaillyk.bsky.social for your excellent interview 🚽🙌
Thank you to Ray from British Toilet Association for your insight and to @gaillyk.bsky.social for your excellent interview 🚽🙌
July 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I’m an academic on the telly! Life ambition unlocked.
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The world breaks my heart every day in multiple ways, but also a bluebird alerted me to a barred owl this evening
July 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The world breaks my heart every day in multiple ways, but also a bluebird alerted me to a barred owl this evening
recently started becoming really paranoid about using Spotify because I have no idea if they’ll start suggesting unlabelled AI generated music / artists.
I’ll be cancelling when my current subscription period is up I think
I’ll be cancelling when my current subscription period is up I think
July 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
recently started becoming really paranoid about using Spotify because I have no idea if they’ll start suggesting unlabelled AI generated music / artists.
I’ll be cancelling when my current subscription period is up I think
I’ll be cancelling when my current subscription period is up I think
We've just put our new Toilet Map dataset page live. You can use it to download a copy of our entire dataset to do with as you wish.
It's licensed under CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...)
I'm looking to put some time into documenting our API soon also!
It's licensed under CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...)
I'm looking to put some time into documenting our API soon also!
July 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
We've just put our new Toilet Map dataset page live. You can use it to download a copy of our entire dataset to do with as you wish.
It's licensed under CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...)
I'm looking to put some time into documenting our API soon also!
It's licensed under CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...)
I'm looking to put some time into documenting our API soon also!
Some Saturday reading 📖
My new copy of @gaillyk.bsky.social and @jo-anneb.bsky.social 's new book arrived just in time to pick up on my walk into town.
My new copy of @gaillyk.bsky.social and @jo-anneb.bsky.social 's new book arrived just in time to pick up on my walk into town.
July 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Some Saturday reading 📖
My new copy of @gaillyk.bsky.social and @jo-anneb.bsky.social 's new book arrived just in time to pick up on my walk into town.
My new copy of @gaillyk.bsky.social and @jo-anneb.bsky.social 's new book arrived just in time to pick up on my walk into town.
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My book is published today 📚. It’s called Designing Inclusive Public Toilets: Wee the People, written with @jo-anneb.bsky.social. It’s part inclusive design guide, part manifesto for better public toilets 🚽. Buy copies for all your friends! 🎁. Here’s what you’ll find inside 🧵
June 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
My book is published today 📚. It’s called Designing Inclusive Public Toilets: Wee the People, written with @jo-anneb.bsky.social. It’s part inclusive design guide, part manifesto for better public toilets 🚽. Buy copies for all your friends! 🎁. Here’s what you’ll find inside 🧵
I’ll be walking a marathon with some mates for Macmillan in May along the North Norfolk coast 🥾🥾 if you can spare some pennies for the fundraising it’d be super appreciated 💚 I’ll post some pics of the views afterwards www.justgiving.com/page/oliver-...
Norfolk Coast Mighty Hike 2025
Help OLIVER BARNWELL raise money to support Macmillan Cancer Support
www.justgiving.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I’ll be walking a marathon with some mates for Macmillan in May along the North Norfolk coast 🥾🥾 if you can spare some pennies for the fundraising it’d be super appreciated 💚 I’ll post some pics of the views afterwards www.justgiving.com/page/oliver-...
Some time back in Norwich
April 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Some time back in Norwich
Policy idea: rail card allowance past the 26-30 year old cap for people who don’t own a car?
March 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Policy idea: rail card allowance past the 26-30 year old cap for people who don’t own a car?
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finally picked an IBM Model M up, I used one ages ago at work and loved it - well worth the investment
March 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
finally picked an IBM Model M up, I used one ages ago at work and loved it - well worth the investment
does anyone know of a nice open source smart speaker platform (maybe pi based?)
I'd like something for the kitchen to set timers, play the radio, ask random llm questions to perhaps that isn't owned by a big corp
I'd like something for the kitchen to set timers, play the radio, ask random llm questions to perhaps that isn't owned by a big corp
February 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
does anyone know of a nice open source smart speaker platform (maybe pi based?)
I'd like something for the kitchen to set timers, play the radio, ask random llm questions to perhaps that isn't owned by a big corp
I'd like something for the kitchen to set timers, play the radio, ask random llm questions to perhaps that isn't owned by a big corp
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A clumpy galaxy, observed with the Hubble Space Telescope in the COSMOS survey.
It is at redshift 0.67 (lookback time 6.33 billion years) with coordinates (150.17826, 2.12050).
45 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo: Hubble.
It is at redshift 0.67 (lookback time 6.33 billion years) with coordinates (150.17826, 2.12050).
45 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo: Hubble.
February 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A clumpy galaxy, observed with the Hubble Space Telescope in the COSMOS survey.
It is at redshift 0.67 (lookback time 6.33 billion years) with coordinates (150.17826, 2.12050).
45 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo: Hubble.
It is at redshift 0.67 (lookback time 6.33 billion years) with coordinates (150.17826, 2.12050).
45 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo: Hubble.
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The most iconic figure in the environmental sciences is the Keeling Curve, the CO₂ record from Mauna Loa, Hawaii.
@noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!
@noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!
February 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The most iconic figure in the environmental sciences is the Keeling Curve, the CO₂ record from Mauna Loa, Hawaii.
@noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!
@noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!
SaaS platforms that take you to their product marketing page instead of the dashboard when you’re authenticated …. 🙄
February 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
SaaS platforms that take you to their product marketing page instead of the dashboard when you’re authenticated …. 🙄
First day in the newsroom tooling team at work! Looking forward to working on some new and interesting things 🧐
January 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
First day in the newsroom tooling team at work! Looking forward to working on some new and interesting things 🧐
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Happy New Year!
P.S. Here’s us last night below.
P.S. Here’s us last night below.
January 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Happy New Year!
P.S. Here’s us last night below.
P.S. Here’s us last night below.