Chris Wells
@chrisdwells.online
Doing #design, #branding, #datavis, communicating research, product strategy & digital transformation at the OECD's International Transport Forum – chrisdwells@indieweb.social. Londoner à #Paris. All opinions mine (he/him)
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Just as with immigration, as with the white working class, the good Labour story tellers don't fall for the division and set their own narrative, but the bad ones head straight into the trap and think they can deliver their way out of it, which is impossible.
August 31, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Just as with immigration, as with the white working class, the good Labour story tellers don't fall for the division and set their own narrative, but the bad ones head straight into the trap and think they can deliver their way out of it, which is impossible.
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August 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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This is *excellent*
And it’s not just economic policy where this applies. These sorts of cultural/diversion tactics apply to my work on transport policy too
And it’s not just economic policy where this applies. These sorts of cultural/diversion tactics apply to my work on transport policy too
Blogged: there are two political agendas - one on how to improve the real world and another dealing in fantasies and crank issues, and the latter is dominant: stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_an...
The two agendas
Why are UK infrastructure projects so expensive, and what can be done about this? To what extent is the rise of the far-right the result of economic stagnation? How can we raise economic growth given ...
stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com
January 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This is *excellent*
And it’s not just economic policy where this applies. These sorts of cultural/diversion tactics apply to my work on transport policy too
And it’s not just economic policy where this applies. These sorts of cultural/diversion tactics apply to my work on transport policy too
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Blogged: there are two political agendas - one on how to improve the real world and another dealing in fantasies and crank issues, and the latter is dominant: stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_an...
The two agendas
Why are UK infrastructure projects so expensive, and what can be done about this? To what extent is the rise of the far-right the result of economic stagnation? How can we raise economic growth given ...
stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com
January 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Blogged: there are two political agendas - one on how to improve the real world and another dealing in fantasies and crank issues, and the latter is dominant: stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_an...
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Renewables are gaining ground fast but one of the hurdles is how to store excess energy to be deployed when production is low storage needed for weeks or months and not so limited by geographical location .
Enter liquid air energy storage
www.ft.com/content/0eb4...
Enter liquid air energy storage
www.ft.com/content/0eb4...
Is liquid air the new gold in energy storage?
Pressure will be on to reduce costs significantly if liquid air is to become mainstream
www.ft.com
January 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Renewables are gaining ground fast but one of the hurdles is how to store excess energy to be deployed when production is low storage needed for weeks or months and not so limited by geographical location .
Enter liquid air energy storage
www.ft.com/content/0eb4...
Enter liquid air energy storage
www.ft.com/content/0eb4...
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Unspoken in this "discourse" is that, when lockdown started, the Tories activated the break clauses for a whole bunch of Civil Service buildings.
Later, they had the cheek to demand a return to offices WHICH NO LONGER EXISTED!
Later, they had the cheek to demand a return to offices WHICH NO LONGER EXISTED!
December 23, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Unspoken in this "discourse" is that, when lockdown started, the Tories activated the break clauses for a whole bunch of Civil Service buildings.
Later, they had the cheek to demand a return to offices WHICH NO LONGER EXISTED!
Later, they had the cheek to demand a return to offices WHICH NO LONGER EXISTED!
@davidwilcox.bsky.social Hello there to everyone's favourite social reporter. How are you doing there sir? It's brill to see you on here.
November 27, 2024 at 10:22 PM
@davidwilcox.bsky.social Hello there to everyone's favourite social reporter. How are you doing there sir? It's brill to see you on here.
Goodness me, how are you Mr Gunthorpe? Are you a Xitter refugee too? @robertgunthorpe.bsky.social
November 24, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Goodness me, how are you Mr Gunthorpe? Are you a Xitter refugee too? @robertgunthorpe.bsky.social
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Very interesting new International Transport Forum report on policies to decarbonise aviation and their consequences (which I was chuffed to review part of) itf-oecd.org/decarbonisin...
November 20, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Very interesting new International Transport Forum report on policies to decarbonise aviation and their consequences (which I was chuffed to review part of) itf-oecd.org/decarbonisin...
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Something wonderful for the weekend!
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, this tiny figurine was sculpted from mammoth ivory. Imagine the artist at work, sitting by the warmth and flickering light of a fire, carving what is the world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, this tiny figurine was sculpted from mammoth ivory. Imagine the artist at work, sitting by the warmth and flickering light of a fire, carving what is the world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 23, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Something wonderful for the weekend!
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, this tiny figurine was sculpted from mammoth ivory. Imagine the artist at work, sitting by the warmth and flickering light of a fire, carving what is the world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, this tiny figurine was sculpted from mammoth ivory. Imagine the artist at work, sitting by the warmth and flickering light of a fire, carving what is the world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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Introducing my open source Skill Trees project! Have you ever wanted to learn a new skill in a gamified way? I've created a range of printable templates where you can color in the boxes of anything you've already done, visualise your progress and find your skill gaps. 50+ skills now covered!
November 23, 2024 at 6:49 AM
Introducing my open source Skill Trees project! Have you ever wanted to learn a new skill in a gamified way? I've created a range of printable templates where you can color in the boxes of anything you've already done, visualise your progress and find your skill gaps. 50+ skills now covered!
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Welcome Channel 4. 🙌
November 19, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Welcome Channel 4. 🙌
Only just discovered that Microsoft's "New" Planner features (custom fields etc) are only unlocked by paying ~£8 / month *on top of* Office365. The Basic option's exactly the same 💩💩 offer from 2015. I sincerely hope #Notion continues to eat into their business at this point.
November 10, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Only just discovered that Microsoft's "New" Planner features (custom fields etc) are only unlocked by paying ~£8 / month *on top of* Office365. The Basic option's exactly the same 💩💩 offer from 2015. I sincerely hope #Notion continues to eat into their business at this point.
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Let’s hash it out…
#GovTech
#DigitalCitizenship
#DigitalEquity
#ResponsibleTech
#Words
#Screens
#Surfaces
#EverythingIsConnected
#UX #UXD #UCD #Content
#ContentDesign #A11y
#GovTech
#DigitalCitizenship
#DigitalEquity
#ResponsibleTech
#Words
#Screens
#Surfaces
#EverythingIsConnected
#UX #UXD #UCD #Content
#ContentDesign #A11y
November 8, 2024 at 8:11 AM
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#ZanesLaw is something the Green Party has been promoting for a long time
leftfootforward.org/2022/03/to-c...
leftfootforward.org/2022/03/to-c...
November 8, 2024 at 6:38 PM
#ZanesLaw is something the Green Party has been promoting for a long time
leftfootforward.org/2022/03/to-c...
leftfootforward.org/2022/03/to-c...
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Introducing myself here - I'm the author of Change Everything with crowdfunding publisher Unbound.
If you're in the UK, purchase here supports independent bookshops. Now on second printing
www.hive.co.uk/Product/Nata...
If you're in the UK, purchase here supports independent bookshops. Now on second printing
www.hive.co.uk/Product/Nata...
Change Everything : How We Can Rethink, Repair and Rebuild Society
We are living in a social, political, economic and environmental emergency. The status quo is profoundly unstable; change is inevitable. Now is the time to get together to build a far ...
www.hive.co.uk
November 8, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Introducing myself here - I'm the author of Change Everything with crowdfunding publisher Unbound.
If you're in the UK, purchase here supports independent bookshops. Now on second printing
www.hive.co.uk/Product/Nata...
If you're in the UK, purchase here supports independent bookshops. Now on second printing
www.hive.co.uk/Product/Nata...
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Can I ask those many journalists who ignored, ridiculed or minimised Carole Cadwalladr’s revelations about Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Russian election interference —
You won’t apologise. Journos never do. But please acknowledge and fight against big tech and disinformation
You won’t apologise. Journos never do. But please acknowledge and fight against big tech and disinformation
November 8, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Can I ask those many journalists who ignored, ridiculed or minimised Carole Cadwalladr’s revelations about Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Russian election interference —
You won’t apologise. Journos never do. But please acknowledge and fight against big tech and disinformation
You won’t apologise. Journos never do. But please acknowledge and fight against big tech and disinformation
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I’ve been called a communist many times in the past few days, because I oppose Trump. But the people levelling this accusation are perfect Soviet commissar or Chinese Red Guard material. All dictatorships are alike, and all are sustained by blindly obedient loyalists.
November 8, 2024 at 6:48 AM
I’ve been called a communist many times in the past few days, because I oppose Trump. But the people levelling this accusation are perfect Soviet commissar or Chinese Red Guard material. All dictatorships are alike, and all are sustained by blindly obedient loyalists.
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Seems like a good day to join BlueSky - please do share any helpful follow suggestions 🙂
November 7, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Seems like a good day to join BlueSky - please do share any helpful follow suggestions 🙂
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Good to see people migrating away from T_____r.
One for you to follow @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social 👇
One for you to follow @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social 👇
Im planning to mostly leave Twitter, so heres my hello Bluesky post!
For those that don't know me Im a wildlife filmmaker/photographer/podcaster with a background in Environmental Education.
You can expect lots of UK wildlife, plenty of freshwater life, with plenty of photos and videos :)
For those that don't know me Im a wildlife filmmaker/photographer/podcaster with a background in Environmental Education.
You can expect lots of UK wildlife, plenty of freshwater life, with plenty of photos and videos :)
November 7, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Good to see people migrating away from T_____r.
One for you to follow @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social 👇
One for you to follow @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social 👇
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Lots of people have asked me about the Met Office coming to Bluesky. So here we are! It’s a bit of a test feed at the moment but we plan to ramp it up. Do follow.
Our first post on Bluesky? It could only be one thing 👀
Are you missing the blue skies and lighter evenings this week? It’s been grey and overcast for many…
But will it be more of the same for the next 10 days?
Find out in our latest YouTube video 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgwz...
Are you missing the blue skies and lighter evenings this week? It’s been grey and overcast for many…
But will it be more of the same for the next 10 days?
Find out in our latest YouTube video 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgwz...
November 7, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Lots of people have asked me about the Met Office coming to Bluesky. So here we are! It’s a bit of a test feed at the moment but we plan to ramp it up. Do follow.
Q. Do Microsoft staff ever actually use Microsoft software in their *actual* jobs? Planner, Loop, Teams, SharePoint, Lists, who is responsible for this pile of frustratingly disconnected, half-finished services and products?
Suspect Guilty GIF
Alt: Famous "we're all trying to find the guy who did this" GIF strongly implying that Microsoft staff may spend much of their time fighting with the software they themselves have developed and asking who is responsible for designing and developing such awful user-hostile software.
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Q. Do Microsoft staff ever actually use Microsoft software in their *actual* jobs? Planner, Loop, Teams, SharePoint, Lists, who is responsible for this pile of frustratingly disconnected, half-finished services and products?
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i have encountered this diagram approx 1,000 times since starting research on wild faith and i must speak my truth:
BILL GOTHARD DOESN'T KNOW HOW UMBRELLAS WORK
they dont stack this is not a matryoshka doll situation this is just? extremely foolish umbrella design!!!
BILL GOTHARD DOESN'T KNOW HOW UMBRELLAS WORK
they dont stack this is not a matryoshka doll situation this is just? extremely foolish umbrella design!!!
October 28, 2024 at 3:02 PM
i have encountered this diagram approx 1,000 times since starting research on wild faith and i must speak my truth:
BILL GOTHARD DOESN'T KNOW HOW UMBRELLAS WORK
they dont stack this is not a matryoshka doll situation this is just? extremely foolish umbrella design!!!
BILL GOTHARD DOESN'T KNOW HOW UMBRELLAS WORK
they dont stack this is not a matryoshka doll situation this is just? extremely foolish umbrella design!!!