Richard Fairhurst
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News! streetmap.co.uk is back up, blaming Storm Goretti for a month-long outage, and is plastered with “Donate here” ads. They have launched a crowdfunder for £16,000 annual running costs. I am not entirely convinced this is a sustainable model. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/streetmapc...
February 12, 2026 at 11:57 AM
News! streetmap.co.uk is back up, blaming Storm Goretti for a month-long outage, and is plastered with “Donate here” ads. They have launched a crowdfunder for £16,000 annual running costs. I am not entirely convinced this is a sustainable model. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/streetmapc...
Jim Ratcliffe, owner of Ineos: “The UK has been colonised by immigrants”
Number of British riders in Team Sky, 2018, before it was bought by Ratcliffe and rebranded: 10
Number of British riders in Ineos Grenadiers, 2026: 6
Number of British riders in Team Sky, 2018, before it was bought by Ratcliffe and rebranded: 10
Number of British riders in Ineos Grenadiers, 2026: 6
February 12, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Jim Ratcliffe, owner of Ineos: “The UK has been colonised by immigrants”
Number of British riders in Team Sky, 2018, before it was bought by Ratcliffe and rebranded: 10
Number of British riders in Ineos Grenadiers, 2026: 6
Number of British riders in Team Sky, 2018, before it was bought by Ratcliffe and rebranded: 10
Number of British riders in Ineos Grenadiers, 2026: 6
what’s the point of that
February 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
what’s the point of that
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Labour: we're banning asylum seekers from using taxis to get to medical appointments.
Also Labour: Greens should stand aside in Gorton and Denton by-election to prevent the horrible racist party getting in.
Also Labour: Greens should stand aside in Gorton and Denton by-election to prevent the horrible racist party getting in.
Tell me again how Labour isn’t a conservative, right-wing party.
February 8, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Labour: we're banning asylum seekers from using taxis to get to medical appointments.
Also Labour: Greens should stand aside in Gorton and Denton by-election to prevent the horrible racist party getting in.
Also Labour: Greens should stand aside in Gorton and Denton by-election to prevent the horrible racist party getting in.
This is the correct way of dividing Oxfordshire up into three councils and I shall not be taking questions
February 5, 2026 at 4:44 PM
This is the correct way of dividing Oxfordshire up into three councils and I shall not be taking questions
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With the future of the A379 / Slapton Line near Torcross in Devon uncertain following recent storm damage, here's a few other disappearing roads you may want to ride before its too late...
February 5, 2026 at 2:37 PM
With the future of the A379 / Slapton Line near Torcross in Devon uncertain following recent storm damage, here's a few other disappearing roads you may want to ride before its too late...
This week in “maybe we should have supported proportional representation after all” news
January 29, 2026 at 2:55 PM
This week in “maybe we should have supported proportional representation after all” news
And I still have my Multimap mug! (with typo on the bottom)
January 23, 2026 at 8:54 AM
And I still have my Multimap mug! (with typo on the bottom)
streetmap.co.uk appears to have finally keeled over and died. In the early 00s it was one of the two big online map sites in the UK, but whereas Multimap smartly sold out to Microsoft, Streetmap ploughed on with its frankly antiquated tech, at one point suing Google for market abuse (and losing).
January 21, 2026 at 10:33 AM
streetmap.co.uk appears to have finally keeled over and died. In the early 00s it was one of the two big online map sites in the UK, but whereas Multimap smartly sold out to Microsoft, Streetmap ploughed on with its frankly antiquated tech, at one point suing Google for market abuse (and losing).
Keir Starmer’s chief secretary made a blame-the-civil-servants speech, praising “doers not talkers” and calling for “complete digital transformation”, at what3words HQ today.
what3words has lost £150m in ten years and is showing no signs of ever making a profit. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
what3words has lost £150m in ten years and is showing no signs of ever making a profit. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer’s chief secretary reveals plans to bust ‘the sludge’ in Whitehall
Under-performing civil servants will be sacked and taskforces brought in to solve problems, says Darren Jones
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Keir Starmer’s chief secretary made a blame-the-civil-servants speech, praising “doers not talkers” and calling for “complete digital transformation”, at what3words HQ today.
what3words has lost £150m in ten years and is showing no signs of ever making a profit. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
what3words has lost £150m in ten years and is showing no signs of ever making a profit. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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180 pupils, 5 schools, 1 awesome concert! A little drizzle didn't dampen our thrill at hosting the Primary Schools Choir Concert in Christ Church Cathedral. Thank you to everyone who sang, listened, performed and directed - what a joyous way to spend a Monday afternoon! 🎶💙
#CCCSOxford #MusicMatters
#CCCSOxford #MusicMatters
January 20, 2026 at 12:14 PM
180 pupils, 5 schools, 1 awesome concert! A little drizzle didn't dampen our thrill at hosting the Primary Schools Choir Concert in Christ Church Cathedral. Thank you to everyone who sang, listened, performed and directed - what a joyous way to spend a Monday afternoon! 🎶💙
#CCCSOxford #MusicMatters
#CCCSOxford #MusicMatters
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* “average resurfacing cycle for all types of roads in England is every 103 years” factoid actualy just statistical error. average resurfacing cycle is every 12 years. Stonesfield megalosaurus pothole, which was caused by a 700kg dinosaur 166mn yrs ago, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
January 20, 2026 at 12:09 PM
* “average resurfacing cycle for all types of roads in England is every 103 years” factoid actualy just statistical error. average resurfacing cycle is every 12 years. Stonesfield megalosaurus pothole, which was caused by a 700kg dinosaur 166mn yrs ago, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
This is very neat: 3D city models made from OpenStreetMap data (inter alia) www.lichtbild-manufaktur.shop
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January 19, 2026 at 1:52 PM
This is very neat: 3D city models made from OpenStreetMap data (inter alia) www.lichtbild-manufaktur.shop
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For clarity, this government has so far:
- cancelled HS2 north of Birmingham (previous government hadn't actually done that formally)
- cancelled electrification of the Midland Main Line
- cancelled West Yorkshire mass transit
- cancelled the trans-Pennine high speed line
- cancelled HS2 north of Birmingham (previous government hadn't actually done that formally)
- cancelled electrification of the Midland Main Line
- cancelled West Yorkshire mass transit
- cancelled the trans-Pennine high speed line
January 14, 2026 at 7:23 AM
For clarity, this government has so far:
- cancelled HS2 north of Birmingham (previous government hadn't actually done that formally)
- cancelled electrification of the Midland Main Line
- cancelled West Yorkshire mass transit
- cancelled the trans-Pennine high speed line
- cancelled HS2 north of Birmingham (previous government hadn't actually done that formally)
- cancelled electrification of the Midland Main Line
- cancelled West Yorkshire mass transit
- cancelled the trans-Pennine high speed line
The Telegraph (usual fare: “The Car of the Year is the Mercedes CLA – here is why you should want one”) has an article on “Britain’s 20 prettiest streets”. _15_ of them are car-free (and 4 of the others are very quiet). Restricting cars makes for better towns. www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/desti...
Britain’s 20 prettiest streets
Our writer lays out the country’s very best alleys, avenues, crescents, cut-throughs, side roads, back streets and boulevards
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 9:53 AM
The Telegraph (usual fare: “The Car of the Year is the Mercedes CLA – here is why you should want one”) has an article on “Britain’s 20 prettiest streets”. _15_ of them are car-free (and 4 of the others are very quiet). Restricting cars makes for better towns. www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/desti...
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Clarion news: We’re leaving Twitter (’X’). We can’t condone the objectionable content it now promotes, which goes against everything we believe and the Clarion tradition. Our live posting is now here on Bluesky, with all this plus much more in our email newsletter twice a week.
January 9, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Clarion news: We’re leaving Twitter (’X’). We can’t condone the objectionable content it now promotes, which goes against everything we believe and the Clarion tradition. Our live posting is now here on Bluesky, with all this plus much more in our email newsletter twice a week.
This keyboard actually _is_ an entire computer because, unlike the Spectrum, it has a mass storage device included
January 8, 2026 at 9:02 PM
This keyboard actually _is_ an entire computer because, unlike the Spectrum, it has a mass storage device included
15ish years ago, when all the roads to Charlbury were snowed up, the one thing getting in and out was the train. But I guess the HSTs were made of sterner stuff than the current trains.
Trains from Oxford to the Cotswolds are being halted early today due to anticipated snow. GWR says “Network Rail have advised there will be no trains west of Great Malvern after 15:00 and no trains west of Oxford after 18:00”.
January 8, 2026 at 9:26 AM
15ish years ago, when all the roads to Charlbury were snowed up, the one thing getting in and out was the train. But I guess the HSTs were made of sterner stuff than the current trains.
Why don’t we have a successful mittelstand like Germany, why is Britain so bad at small/medium companies which just do what they do without fuss
The Guardian: “companies which make enough money to cover their costs are zombies and must be forced out of business” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
The Guardian: “companies which make enough money to cover their costs are zombies and must be forced out of business” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
January 5, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Why don’t we have a successful mittelstand like Germany, why is Britain so bad at small/medium companies which just do what they do without fuss
The Guardian: “companies which make enough money to cover their costs are zombies and must be forced out of business” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
The Guardian: “companies which make enough money to cover their costs are zombies and must be forced out of business” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
This is amazing. A (not very large) language model that runs on a Z80. In 40k. You could run it on an Amstrad CPC. github.com/HarryR/z80ai
GitHub - HarryR/z80ai: Z80-μLM is a 2-bit quantized language model small enough to run on an 8-bit Z80 processor. Train conversational models in Python, export them as CP/M .COM binaries, and chat wit...
Z80-μLM is a 2-bit quantized language model small enough to run on an 8-bit Z80 processor. Train conversational models in Python, export them as CP/M .COM binaries, and chat with your vintage compu...
github.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This is amazing. A (not very large) language model that runs on a Z80. In 40k. You could run it on an Amstrad CPC. github.com/HarryR/z80ai
Bag of Christmas cheese
December 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Bag of Christmas cheese
Christmas Eve 4pm: Denis Bédard ‘In dulci jubilo’
6pm: John Cook ‘Divinum mysterium’
11.30pm: Dobrinka Tabakova ‘Diptych’
Christmas Day 10.30am: César Franck ‘Sortie pour Noël’
Merry Christmas!
6pm: John Cook ‘Divinum mysterium’
11.30pm: Dobrinka Tabakova ‘Diptych’
Christmas Day 10.30am: César Franck ‘Sortie pour Noël’
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Christmas Eve 4pm: Denis Bédard ‘In dulci jubilo’
6pm: John Cook ‘Divinum mysterium’
11.30pm: Dobrinka Tabakova ‘Diptych’
Christmas Day 10.30am: César Franck ‘Sortie pour Noël’
Merry Christmas!
6pm: John Cook ‘Divinum mysterium’
11.30pm: Dobrinka Tabakova ‘Diptych’
Christmas Day 10.30am: César Franck ‘Sortie pour Noël’
Merry Christmas!
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cycle.travel now has a fresh new look on iPhone and Android – clearer, easier to use, and with new features such as clickable route highlights. Take a look on your app store of choice!
iPhone: apps.apple.com/app/id161963...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
iPhone: apps.apple.com/app/id161963...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
December 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
cycle.travel now has a fresh new look on iPhone and Android – clearer, easier to use, and with new features such as clickable route highlights. Take a look on your app store of choice!
iPhone: apps.apple.com/app/id161963...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
iPhone: apps.apple.com/app/id161963...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
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In the past month 3 transport routes have collapsed - but they aren't roads so don't make national news. All 3 have the same root causes, climate change, and Tory austerity passing responsibility for critical infrastructure on to charities and councils. This will happen more, and people will be hurt
December 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In the past month 3 transport routes have collapsed - but they aren't roads so don't make national news. All 3 have the same root causes, climate change, and Tory austerity passing responsibility for critical infrastructure on to charities and councils. This will happen more, and people will be hurt
@rupertairbear.bsky.social Service bus passing a Bull special this evening. Routemaster doing a three-point turn is going to be fun!
December 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
@rupertairbear.bsky.social Service bus passing a Bull special this evening. Routemaster doing a three-point turn is going to be fun!