Rob McIntosh
@robmcintosh.bsky.social
Bonsai loving, wine drinking, London dad and campaigner for local stuff - you probably knew me as the one with a "thirst for wine"
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🏆 𝗪𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗜𝗧! 🏆
We're absolutely thrilled to announce that Telraam has won the SECOND PRIZE at the Smart Deal 2025 competition at the Smart City Expo in Barcelona!
#SCEWC25
We're absolutely thrilled to announce that Telraam has won the SECOND PRIZE at the Smart Deal 2025 competition at the Smart City Expo in Barcelona!
#SCEWC25
November 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🏆 𝗪𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗜𝗧! 🏆
We're absolutely thrilled to announce that Telraam has won the SECOND PRIZE at the Smart Deal 2025 competition at the Smart City Expo in Barcelona!
#SCEWC25
We're absolutely thrilled to announce that Telraam has won the SECOND PRIZE at the Smart Deal 2025 competition at the Smart City Expo in Barcelona!
#SCEWC25
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New bench slap just dropped. They are coming at a truly astonishing rate.
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October 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
New bench slap just dropped. They are coming at a truly astonishing rate.
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I'm glad that @zackpolanski.bsky.social has become leader of the Green Party. I believe his style and emphasis meet the challenge of the moment.
September 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I'm glad that @zackpolanski.bsky.social has become leader of the Green Party. I believe his style and emphasis meet the challenge of the moment.
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Polanski has won *by a landslide*. 20,000+ votes vs 3,705 for Ra,say/Chowns
September 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Polanski has won *by a landslide*. 20,000+ votes vs 3,705 for Ra,say/Chowns
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I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors.
Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
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If you haven't already, please sign our petition to the Government asking them to fund a new Resilience Plan. This is about pressuring them to help us get ourselves more #climate-ready together.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact
From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that…
petition.parliament.uk
August 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
If you haven't already, please sign our petition to the Government asking them to fund a new Resilience Plan. This is about pressuring them to help us get ourselves more #climate-ready together.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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It's three years this week since the UK media reported that 1000 families were going to sue the Tavistock (Gender Identity Clinic) for medical mispractice. There wasn't one "family", let alone 1000. It was clear, at the time, that it was bullshit propaganda, and even clearer now. 1/
August 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
It's three years this week since the UK media reported that 1000 families were going to sue the Tavistock (Gender Identity Clinic) for medical mispractice. There wasn't one "family", let alone 1000. It was clear, at the time, that it was bullshit propaganda, and even clearer now. 1/
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👌 “The stated rationale for the protracted [fuel duty] freeze since 2010 is that it helps hard-pressed motorists, but the main beneficiaries have not been white-van man but the better off, who drive more, own more vehicles and buy gas-guzzling SUVs.“
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A policy that benefited the richest and cost the UK £100bn: it's long past time to end the fuel duty freeze | Larry Elliott
Successive chancellors have steered clear of increasing taxes for motorists for 15 years, but this should be a no-brainer for cash-strapped Rachel Reeves, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
👌 “The stated rationale for the protracted [fuel duty] freeze since 2010 is that it helps hard-pressed motorists, but the main beneficiaries have not been white-van man but the better off, who drive more, own more vehicles and buy gas-guzzling SUVs.“
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In a landmark ruling, a UK judge has upheld the public’s right to submit dashcam and helmet-cam footage to police, after a retired solicitor attempted to sue a cyclist who filmed her using a mobile phone while driving.
✍️ - @carltonreid.com
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✍️ - @carltonreid.com
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UK Judge Affirms Legality Of Public-Submitted Road Crime Footage In Landmark Ruling
A judge has ruled that motorists and cyclists can legally share videos with police, dismissing a lawsuit from a retired solicitor.
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August 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
In a landmark ruling, a UK judge has upheld the public’s right to submit dashcam and helmet-cam footage to police, after a retired solicitor attempted to sue a cyclist who filmed her using a mobile phone while driving.
✍️ - @carltonreid.com
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✍️ - @carltonreid.com
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
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This was already a problem before the slop era. So now we are properly fucked.
Posting this again. Not enough electricity left to build affordable homes in 3 west London boroughs, because all capacity has been used by a data centre.
#affordablehousingUK
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#affordablehousingUK
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Report: Home building to halt in West London, due to data center power demands
All the electricity capacity is already used up, GLA tells developers
www.datacenterdynamics.com
August 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
This was already a problem before the slop era. So now we are properly fucked.
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"I entrust you with Palestine – the jewel in the crown of the Muslim world, the heartbeat of every free person in this world"
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‘If these words reach you … Israel has succeeded in killing me’: the last words of a journalist killed in Gaza
Anas al-Sharif, an Al Jazeera reporter, was killed by an Israeli airstrike on Sunday night. This is the message he had prepared for his family, and his call for the world not to forget Gaza
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
"I entrust you with Palestine – the jewel in the crown of the Muslim world, the heartbeat of every free person in this world"
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Not sure I would blame NR directly for this, but we definitely need to get to grips with underhand 'engagement' tactics like this from agencies or they will undermine the whole process of citizen participation in decision-making.
Network Rail is a shit show and the idea of it being the core of Great British Railways consigns the railway to a future of crappy culture.
Good grief - looks like Network Rail* has been deliberately deceiving people into submitting comments on a planning portal in support of its Liverpool St plans. Totally unacceptable for a public body. www.victoriansociety.org.uk/national-new...
*(an agency it is paying to act on its behalf)
*(an agency it is paying to act on its behalf)
July 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Not sure I would blame NR directly for this, but we definitely need to get to grips with underhand 'engagement' tactics like this from agencies or they will undermine the whole process of citizen participation in decision-making.
Fantastic day marching, and chanting, around London for #transpride - lovely atmosphere
July 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Fantastic day marching, and chanting, around London for #transpride - lovely atmosphere
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This is performative cruelty at its most stupid.
1 - Lots of trans people have their lived gender identity on their passport
2 - Why? What's the point? What about attending a political conference relies on your birth genitals?
www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/16/l...
1 - Lots of trans people have their lived gender identity on their passport
2 - Why? What's the point? What about attending a political conference relies on your birth genitals?
www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/16/l...
Labour conference attendees must declare sex listed on their passport
The 2025 Labour Party conference will reportedly require passport gender checks for entry, an application form suggests.
www.thepinknews.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This is performative cruelty at its most stupid.
1 - Lots of trans people have their lived gender identity on their passport
2 - Why? What's the point? What about attending a political conference relies on your birth genitals?
www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/16/l...
1 - Lots of trans people have their lived gender identity on their passport
2 - Why? What's the point? What about attending a political conference relies on your birth genitals?
www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/16/l...
I's so f***ing annoyed with myself. I had managed to avoid FB for years, but needed to promote a local event for the @fhsoc.bsky.social so put a tiny £ amount into promotion there.
The result, because they required my mobile number for authentication, is nothing but sp*m calls to my mobile - daily.
The result, because they required my mobile number for authentication, is nothing but sp*m calls to my mobile - daily.
July 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I's so f***ing annoyed with myself. I had managed to avoid FB for years, but needed to promote a local event for the @fhsoc.bsky.social so put a tiny £ amount into promotion there.
The result, because they required my mobile number for authentication, is nothing but sp*m calls to my mobile - daily.
The result, because they required my mobile number for authentication, is nothing but sp*m calls to my mobile - daily.
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Right I'm so pissed off that we've got London MPs trying to hijack the Local Buses Bill (which is supposed to be about STUFF OUTSIDE LONDON for a change) to try to ban London / all floating bus stops (utter nonsense), that I've stayed up late writing evidence for the committee. Join me! Link ⬇️
Here's another one near Yarnton. Is the mother I met today who cycles here with her baby supposed to divert into the A44? How?
Come and see what bus stops exist outside London before making amendments which could honestly kill children in my division.
Come and see what bus stops exist outside London before making amendments which could honestly kill children in my division.
June 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Right I'm so pissed off that we've got London MPs trying to hijack the Local Buses Bill (which is supposed to be about STUFF OUTSIDE LONDON for a change) to try to ban London / all floating bus stops (utter nonsense), that I've stayed up late writing evidence for the committee. Join me! Link ⬇️
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if you hadn't heard, there's currently a proposal in Parliament to ban floating bus stops. if it succeeds, it will kill the delivery of safe cycling in cities in the UK stone dead. Mark's submission here illustrates this in detail. I urge everyone to ask their MP to oppose it unequivocally
As promised, my written evidence is now on the @cityinfinity.bsky.social website blog. It has also been acknowledged by Parliamentary support.
I hope you understand why I have unusually disabled replies.
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I hope you understand why I have unusually disabled replies.
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June 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
if you hadn't heard, there's currently a proposal in Parliament to ban floating bus stops. if it succeeds, it will kill the delivery of safe cycling in cities in the UK stone dead. Mark's submission here illustrates this in detail. I urge everyone to ask their MP to oppose it unequivocally
It took far too long to convince myself this was not actually Eric Idle and Terry Jones doing a Monty Python sketch
June 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
It took far too long to convince myself this was not actually Eric Idle and Terry Jones doing a Monty Python sketch
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🌲Ed Sheeran explains to Louis Theroux that he dislikes private jets and prefers trains because "I like the environment, I like trees." We know that this type of messaging from celebrities is hugely impactful. We need far more of this from more stars.
As posted by @nowthisimpact.bsky.social
As posted by @nowthisimpact.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
🌲Ed Sheeran explains to Louis Theroux that he dislikes private jets and prefers trains because "I like the environment, I like trees." We know that this type of messaging from celebrities is hugely impactful. We need far more of this from more stars.
As posted by @nowthisimpact.bsky.social
As posted by @nowthisimpact.bsky.social
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A short wrap-up post about last weekend's Forest Hill Walking Festival
Together we covered around 340 miles and 680,000 steps!
Hopefully we created some new friends and a better insight into our local area.
#se23 #lovelocal
www.foresthillsociety.com/post/forest-...
Together we covered around 340 miles and 680,000 steps!
Hopefully we created some new friends and a better insight into our local area.
#se23 #lovelocal
www.foresthillsociety.com/post/forest-...
Forest Hill Walking Festival 2025 – A Weekend of Steps, Stories, and Community
On Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th June 2025, around 100 residents, visitors, and members of the Forest Hill Society took part in one of the six walks on offer.
www.foresthillsociety.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
A short wrap-up post about last weekend's Forest Hill Walking Festival
Together we covered around 340 miles and 680,000 steps!
Hopefully we created some new friends and a better insight into our local area.
#se23 #lovelocal
www.foresthillsociety.com/post/forest-...
Together we covered around 340 miles and 680,000 steps!
Hopefully we created some new friends and a better insight into our local area.
#se23 #lovelocal
www.foresthillsociety.com/post/forest-...
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Only if your cycle fits and it isn't filled up. 12 minute frequency, space for 8 standard cycles - just 40 cycles per hour in each direction.
Time to reimaging Rotherhithe.
cityinfinity.co.uk/2024/08/05/r...
Time to reimaging Rotherhithe.
cityinfinity.co.uk/2024/08/05/r...
April 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Only if your cycle fits and it isn't filled up. 12 minute frequency, space for 8 standard cycles - just 40 cycles per hour in each direction.
Time to reimaging Rotherhithe.
cityinfinity.co.uk/2024/08/05/r...
Time to reimaging Rotherhithe.
cityinfinity.co.uk/2024/08/05/r...
I'm very excited to have been able to put this together. Normally each reserve is open only one day a month & they rarely coincide. This is a really unique opportunity.
Thanks to each Friends group, to @lewisham.gov.uk and to @hornimanmuseum.bsky.social for the support
#se23 #walking #nature
Thanks to each Friends group, to @lewisham.gov.uk and to @hornimanmuseum.bsky.social for the support
#se23 #walking #nature
Join us in the feature 'challenge' walk of this year's Forest Hill Walking Festival - exploring 5 nature reserves in one circular walk - 8th June 2025 #se23
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Take the Nature Reserves Challenge: Discover Forest Hill & Honor Oak’s Nature Reserves – All in One Day!
Join us for an exclusive walk around the nature reserves of Forest Hill & Honor Oak
www.foresthillsociety.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I'm very excited to have been able to put this together. Normally each reserve is open only one day a month & they rarely coincide. This is a really unique opportunity.
Thanks to each Friends group, to @lewisham.gov.uk and to @hornimanmuseum.bsky.social for the support
#se23 #walking #nature
Thanks to each Friends group, to @lewisham.gov.uk and to @hornimanmuseum.bsky.social for the support
#se23 #walking #nature
So immensely proud of my wife, running her first half marathon (20 years after her last full marathon) in 1:55 at Battersea Park
May 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
So immensely proud of my wife, running her first half marathon (20 years after her last full marathon) in 1:55 at Battersea Park
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A development has appeared on the corner of Dacres Road and Perry Vale - and yet no-one seems to know what it is about. #se23
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Mysterious development on Dacres Road
Enquiries concerning a development on Dacres Road and Perry Vale
www.foresthillsociety.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A development has appeared on the corner of Dacres Road and Perry Vale - and yet no-one seems to know what it is about. #se23
www.foresthillsociety.com/post/mysteri...
www.foresthillsociety.com/post/mysteri...