Stew Elliott
@stewcelliott.bsky.social
British / Irish. Software engineer, amateur photographer, urbanism dilettante. 🔶 (he/him)
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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
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Hahaha People Mag comes out blasting
January 13, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Hahaha People Mag comes out blasting
Extremely niche post here but I'd like to meet whoever is responsible for the UX of Jenkins CI Server so I can drop kick them in the face. Just the single worst tool in our stack at work, and that stack includes some real howlers.
January 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Extremely niche post here but I'd like to meet whoever is responsible for the UX of Jenkins CI Server so I can drop kick them in the face. Just the single worst tool in our stack at work, and that stack includes some real howlers.
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We don’t dance on the grave of NFTs enough. I had a year where I was repeatedly told by bozos I was going to be irrelevant and extinct for not embracing them, I should be allowed a victory lap.
January 13, 2026 at 7:49 AM
We don’t dance on the grave of NFTs enough. I had a year where I was repeatedly told by bozos I was going to be irrelevant and extinct for not embracing them, I should be allowed a victory lap.
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The utterly shameless & widely covered "report" out today, claiming net zero will "cost" £9tn is based on:
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
1/10
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
1/10
January 13, 2026 at 7:37 AM
The utterly shameless & widely covered "report" out today, claiming net zero will "cost" £9tn is based on:
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
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🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
1/10
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
1/10
January 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
1/10
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
1/10
Even in its heyday it was *never* important for communicating with voters because hardly anyone used it relative to other platforms, least of all voters who'd actually swing elections. Twitter looms large in the memory of people who used it but it was a small social network.
even if you ignore all the other concerns, the most prosaic utilitarian reason to not use x any more is that it's dead, nobody is on there to read anything you post, it is a complete waste of effort
Minister of State Alex Norris tells the BBC he won't personally come off X because it's important for communicating with voters.
None of his tweets for the last month has more than 1000 views.
None of his tweets for the last month has more than 1000 views.
January 13, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Even in its heyday it was *never* important for communicating with voters because hardly anyone used it relative to other platforms, least of all voters who'd actually swing elections. Twitter looms large in the memory of people who used it but it was a small social network.
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There's something I can't quite put my finger on that seems to be the common denominator between all of these streets.
Oh, I know what it is. It's the complete lack of cars.
Oh, I know what it is. It's the complete lack of cars.
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 3:42 PM
There's something I can't quite put my finger on that seems to be the common denominator between all of these streets.
Oh, I know what it is. It's the complete lack of cars.
Oh, I know what it is. It's the complete lack of cars.
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This is funnier than anything Gervais has done in 15 years.
Wanda Sykes presented an award at the Golden Globes to Ricky Gervais, who didn’t show up. ‘He would like to thank God,’ she said, ‘and the trans community,”
Wanda Sykes Uses Ricky Gervais’s Absence to Thank the Trans Community
Wanda Sykes presented an award at the Golden Globes to Ricky Gervais, who didn’t show up. ‘He would like to thank God,’ she said, ‘and the trans community,”
www.vulture.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:59 PM
This is funnier than anything Gervais has done in 15 years.
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Good luck to anyone starting the year with a new health regime. Here’s how mine always goes.
January 12, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Good luck to anyone starting the year with a new health regime. Here’s how mine always goes.
This is very spicy though the obvious response is also "well he was good enough for you until yesterday lol. Lmao".
A Tory spokesperson goes in two-footed: "Reform is fast becoming the party of has-been politicians looking for their next gravy train. Their latest recruit used to say he'd be 'frightened to live in a country' run by Nigel Farage, which shows the level of loyalty for sale."
Former Conservative cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi has defected to Reform UK
Having served in numerous ministerial positions for successive prime ministers, his defection will likely be seen as the most high-profile yet
"Britain needs Nigel Farage as prime minister," he said on Monday morning
Having served in numerous ministerial positions for successive prime ministers, his defection will likely be seen as the most high-profile yet
"Britain needs Nigel Farage as prime minister," he said on Monday morning
January 12, 2026 at 2:27 PM
This is very spicy though the obvious response is also "well he was good enough for you until yesterday lol. Lmao".
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Honestly straight up insane to me how much parents WANT kids to have smartphones now. I had to fight my own stalingrad to even get a flip-phone in the early-00s.
January 12, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Honestly straight up insane to me how much parents WANT kids to have smartphones now. I had to fight my own stalingrad to even get a flip-phone in the early-00s.
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Nadhim Zahawi MP: In Farage’s Britain, it would be legal to discriminate against me on the grounds of race
conservativehome.com/2015/03/23/n...
conservativehome.com/2015/03/23/n...
January 12, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Nadhim Zahawi MP: In Farage’s Britain, it would be legal to discriminate against me on the grounds of race
conservativehome.com/2015/03/23/n...
conservativehome.com/2015/03/23/n...
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There is always an XKCD
January 12, 2026 at 8:58 AM
There is always an XKCD
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Kemi, this is just a population density map
January 12, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Kemi, this is just a population density map
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This is a cartoon about housing.
January 11, 2026 at 12:51 PM
This is a cartoon about housing.
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Absolutely shocking how grifters trying to build a reactionary narrative against Starfleet Academy repeated use images of the Black and queer cast members specifically in a way clearly intended as derogatory. I wonder what it signals to their audience? Hmmm....
January 10, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Absolutely shocking how grifters trying to build a reactionary narrative against Starfleet Academy repeated use images of the Black and queer cast members specifically in a way clearly intended as derogatory. I wonder what it signals to their audience? Hmmm....
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The great thing about being a transit nerd is that I’ve never respected Elon Musk
January 10, 2026 at 2:17 PM
The great thing about being a transit nerd is that I’ve never respected Elon Musk
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Watching 'Landman' boomerslop on Paramount+ feeling cuck Millennial leftism evaporating from my soul like methyl ethyl ketone as Real American characters doctrinedump on academics and environmentalists who can do nothing to oppose new pipelines transporting prosperity to people with real jobs.
January 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Watching 'Landman' boomerslop on Paramount+ feeling cuck Millennial leftism evaporating from my soul like methyl ethyl ketone as Real American characters doctrinedump on academics and environmentalists who can do nothing to oppose new pipelines transporting prosperity to people with real jobs.
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In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature
X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:56 PM
In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
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The natural conclusion to Linehan's hellish arc is joining ICE
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The natural conclusion to Linehan's hellish arc is joining ICE
If brains were dynamite Akehurst would not have enough to blow his hat off.
Only Reform voters can save Labour
By Luke Akehurst
By Luke Akehurst
Only Reform voters can save Labour
A progressive coalition simply doesn't have the vote share
www.newstatesman.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:32 PM
If brains were dynamite Akehurst would not have enough to blow his hat off.
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My scheming vizier when I start to cough after taking a swig of wine from my goblet
January 9, 2026 at 3:44 PM
My scheming vizier when I start to cough after taking a swig of wine from my goblet
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A big book that doxxed everyone in your town appeared on your doorstep for free once a year, and if you didn't want to be in it you had to pay
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 9, 2026 at 9:57 AM
A big book that doxxed everyone in your town appeared on your doorstep for free once a year, and if you didn't want to be in it you had to pay