Boat Designer
@boatdesigner.bsky.social
Designer and Lecturer.
I design boats, yachts and a number of transport related machines, as well as other products. I am interested in politics, technology, history and design. Lecture in Product & Furniture design and Interior Architecture. European.
I design boats, yachts and a number of transport related machines, as well as other products. I am interested in politics, technology, history and design. Lecture in Product & Furniture design and Interior Architecture. European.
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It's a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history. Please share it as much as you can.
October 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
It's a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history. Please share it as much as you can.
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Thanks to everyone who's been reposting my stuff. Remember in the early days of social media when we'd be so excited by what we saw that we'd retweet it? That's since fallen off as we've gotten used to it, but that's how we leverage the power of SM. Please help me reach a wider audience
October 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Thanks to everyone who's been reposting my stuff. Remember in the early days of social media when we'd be so excited by what we saw that we'd retweet it? That's since fallen off as we've gotten used to it, but that's how we leverage the power of SM. Please help me reach a wider audience
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"I have spent the last few weeks addressing and preparing for a military invasion by the President of the United States. No, I’m not a soldier or a foreign adversary. I’m the Governor of Illinois"
Be Loud — For America
By Governor JB Pritzker
contrarian.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
"I have spent the last few weeks addressing and preparing for a military invasion by the President of the United States. No, I’m not a soldier or a foreign adversary. I’m the Governor of Illinois"
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Here is the Sun's pitifully small apology for its lie about benefits tourism - a lie that was accepted as truth by millions and helped deliver Brexit.
These lies are perverting our democracy. At a minimum, apologies should be published in the same location and size as the lie.
These lies are perverting our democracy. At a minimum, apologies should be published in the same location and size as the lie.
September 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Here is the Sun's pitifully small apology for its lie about benefits tourism - a lie that was accepted as truth by millions and helped deliver Brexit.
These lies are perverting our democracy. At a minimum, apologies should be published in the same location and size as the lie.
These lies are perverting our democracy. At a minimum, apologies should be published in the same location and size as the lie.
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It’s not just about what you remove (cars, noise, dirty air). It’s about what you add (people walking, a lot of bike parking, trees, outdoor dining, and room for kids to play safely). Amsterdam: 1986 and today.
Streets for people.
HT @hackneycyclist.bsky.social for the before-and-after
Streets for people.
HT @hackneycyclist.bsky.social for the before-and-after
August 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
It’s not just about what you remove (cars, noise, dirty air). It’s about what you add (people walking, a lot of bike parking, trees, outdoor dining, and room for kids to play safely). Amsterdam: 1986 and today.
Streets for people.
HT @hackneycyclist.bsky.social for the before-and-after
Streets for people.
HT @hackneycyclist.bsky.social for the before-and-after
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Arresting 400+ people for the "terrorist" offence of protesting against mass murder while large segments of the right are openly encouraging riots against immigrants is a tale of a very unhappy country and government.
August 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Arresting 400+ people for the "terrorist" offence of protesting against mass murder while large segments of the right are openly encouraging riots against immigrants is a tale of a very unhappy country and government.
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And long overdue, the damage gambling causes is outrageous.
New from the IPPR: Fairer gambling taxes could raise the £3.2 billion needed to fully fund scrapping the two-child limit and benefit cap.
Tax changes would target high-stakes online gambling, slots and major betting firms – especially those based offshore.
Former PM Gordon Brown is backing it.
Tax changes would target high-stakes online gambling, slots and major betting firms – especially those based offshore.
Former PM Gordon Brown is backing it.
August 7, 2025 at 7:43 AM
And long overdue, the damage gambling causes is outrageous.
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Economists expect double-digit drops for the automaker’s top and bottom lines after a record decline for quarterly vehicle deliveries.
Tesla Expected To Post Profit Decline After Historic Sales Drop
Economists expect double-digit drops for the automaker’s top and bottom lines after a record decline for quarterly vehicle deliveries.
www.forbes.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Economists expect double-digit drops for the automaker’s top and bottom lines after a record decline for quarterly vehicle deliveries.
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Stephen Flynn, "On Brexit, everyone across the UK right now feels that Britain is broken"
"And the guy who orchestrated Brexit, Nigel Farage, doesn't have to face the consequences of the economic damage that Brexit has done to the UK"
"And the guy who orchestrated Brexit, Nigel Farage, doesn't have to face the consequences of the economic damage that Brexit has done to the UK"
July 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Stephen Flynn, "On Brexit, everyone across the UK right now feels that Britain is broken"
"And the guy who orchestrated Brexit, Nigel Farage, doesn't have to face the consequences of the economic damage that Brexit has done to the UK"
"And the guy who orchestrated Brexit, Nigel Farage, doesn't have to face the consequences of the economic damage that Brexit has done to the UK"
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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This government made a political choice to make life harder for the sick and disabled.
Well done to those MPs who had the courage to speak up for the marginalised and put their constituents first.
That is what it means to serve the people.
Well done to those MPs who had the courage to speak up for the marginalised and put their constituents first.
That is what it means to serve the people.
July 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This government made a political choice to make life harder for the sick and disabled.
Well done to those MPs who had the courage to speak up for the marginalised and put their constituents first.
That is what it means to serve the people.
Well done to those MPs who had the courage to speak up for the marginalised and put their constituents first.
That is what it means to serve the people.
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Please repost, if like me, you will never accept Brexit.
It harms the British people. It was obtained through foreign interference and by far the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history, and it robs us of freedom and citizenship.
#RejoinEU
It harms the British people. It was obtained through foreign interference and by far the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history, and it robs us of freedom and citizenship.
#RejoinEU
July 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Please repost, if like me, you will never accept Brexit.
It harms the British people. It was obtained through foreign interference and by far the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history, and it robs us of freedom and citizenship.
#RejoinEU
It harms the British people. It was obtained through foreign interference and by far the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history, and it robs us of freedom and citizenship.
#RejoinEU
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As a European I just can't get my head round this.
A family member had a mini health scare a few weeks ago - scans and specialists all arranged in a couple of weeks on the NHS and it cost precisely nothing.
They were OK too btw.
A family member had a mini health scare a few weeks ago - scans and specialists all arranged in a couple of weeks on the NHS and it cost precisely nothing.
They were OK too btw.
April 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
As a European I just can't get my head round this.
A family member had a mini health scare a few weeks ago - scans and specialists all arranged in a couple of weeks on the NHS and it cost precisely nothing.
They were OK too btw.
A family member had a mini health scare a few weeks ago - scans and specialists all arranged in a couple of weeks on the NHS and it cost precisely nothing.
They were OK too btw.
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Faster, cheaper, cleaner: Offshore wind farm tests all-electric, hydrofoil crew transfer vessel | RenewEconomy reneweconomy.com.au/faster-cheap...
Faster, cheaper, cleaner: Offshore wind farm tests all-electric, hydrofoil crew transfer vessel
A team in the UK has successfully tested an all-electric, hydrofoil crew transfer boat, finding it is faster, cleaner and twice as efficient as the diesel alternatives.
reneweconomy.com.au
July 10, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Faster, cheaper, cleaner: Offshore wind farm tests all-electric, hydrofoil crew transfer vessel | RenewEconomy reneweconomy.com.au/faster-cheap...
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Survey after survey after survey all saying the same thing.
Brexit was a mistake, Brexit is a disaster, the people regret Brexit.
At some point a political party will shout this out loud and gain huge support.
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
Brexit was a mistake, Brexit is a disaster, the people regret Brexit.
At some point a political party will shout this out loud and gain huge support.
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
Bregretful: new survey on what Britons now think of Brexit
"Two-thirds of those surveyed want Britain to have a closer relationship with the European Union. Crucially, this is a stance, which is popular, not only among all parties, but also among Leave voters...
northeastbylines.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Survey after survey after survey all saying the same thing.
Brexit was a mistake, Brexit is a disaster, the people regret Brexit.
At some point a political party will shout this out loud and gain huge support.
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
Brexit was a mistake, Brexit is a disaster, the people regret Brexit.
At some point a political party will shout this out loud and gain huge support.
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
Indeed. Cowardice really. Easier to sacrifice people than stand up and explain a policy which lets people come in safely. Horrible
"It's been a horrific moral failure and a total pragmatic failure."
Campaigner Zoe Gardner tells @vicderbyshire.bsky.social
about the need for safe and legal migration routes to the UK.
#Newsnight
Campaigner Zoe Gardner tells @vicderbyshire.bsky.social
about the need for safe and legal migration routes to the UK.
#Newsnight
July 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Indeed. Cowardice really. Easier to sacrifice people than stand up and explain a policy which lets people come in safely. Horrible
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Jupiter, the king of planets.
-Credits: NASA
-Credits: NASA
July 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Jupiter, the king of planets.
-Credits: NASA
-Credits: NASA
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Government revives New Labour's biggest success story
Parents will get help to give their children the best start in life with £400 million of extra funding for early years and reception classes
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Parents will get help to give their children the best start in life with £400 million of extra funding for early years and reception classes
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The Government is about to revive one of New Labour's biggest success stories
The cash boost for early years support comes as ministers prepare to bring back a revamped version of Sure Start - the family hubs introduced under Tony Blair's Labour government
www.mirror.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Government revives New Labour's biggest success story
Parents will get help to give their children the best start in life with £400 million of extra funding for early years and reception classes
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Parents will get help to give their children the best start in life with £400 million of extra funding for early years and reception classes
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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He's right.
But also: this was exactly how some of us warned the Terrorism Act 2000 would be used when it was passed, by the government in which Peter Hain was a minister. He and all the others either ignored or dismissed our warnings. It's very frustrating.
But also: this was exactly how some of us warned the Terrorism Act 2000 would be used when it was passed, by the government in which Peter Hain was a minister. He and all the others either ignored or dismissed our warnings. It's very frustrating.
Peter Hain says anti-apartheid campaigners would have been treated as terrorists under logic used to ban Palestine Action www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Anti-apartheid activists would have been called terrorists under logic banning Palestine Action, Peter Hain says – as it happened
Labour peer says he is ‘deeply ashamed’ his party is backing moves to ban group
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
He's right.
But also: this was exactly how some of us warned the Terrorism Act 2000 would be used when it was passed, by the government in which Peter Hain was a minister. He and all the others either ignored or dismissed our warnings. It's very frustrating.
But also: this was exactly how some of us warned the Terrorism Act 2000 would be used when it was passed, by the government in which Peter Hain was a minister. He and all the others either ignored or dismissed our warnings. It's very frustrating.
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Nigel Farage is either 'deliberately lying' or 'extremely stupid' for promising to reopen coal mines and restart blast furnaces, former Labour leader Lord Kinnock tells Sky’s Trevor Philips
July 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Nigel Farage is either 'deliberately lying' or 'extremely stupid' for promising to reopen coal mines and restart blast furnaces, former Labour leader Lord Kinnock tells Sky’s Trevor Philips