George
@ghenry98.bsky.social
Design · Transport · Cities
Ex East Midlander, now down south
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Ex East Midlander, now down south
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Topically, I love how basically every single "traditional county flag" was invented in the past fifty years.
a lot of people who were recording 'traditional festivals' didn't realize that they were constantly being made up/based on popular culture/what the guy doing it thought would be funny
August 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Topically, I love how basically every single "traditional county flag" was invented in the past fifty years.
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the UK government has dropped its demand for a backdoor into Apple's encryption. This could open the door for Apple to bring back its Advanced Data Protection iCloud encryption to the UK for new users www.theverge.com/news/761240/...
UK drops demand for backdoor into Apple encryption
Here’s hoping that ADP returns to the UK.
www.theverge.com
August 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
the UK government has dropped its demand for a backdoor into Apple's encryption. This could open the door for Apple to bring back its Advanced Data Protection iCloud encryption to the UK for new users www.theverge.com/news/761240/...
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In most of the world, bigger cities have stronger economies. It happens in France, the USA, the Netherlands, Belgium, and on, and on. But not in Britain. In Britain, the bigger a city gets the weaker its economy is, except for London. This costs us dearly.
August 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
In most of the world, bigger cities have stronger economies. It happens in France, the USA, the Netherlands, Belgium, and on, and on. But not in Britain. In Britain, the bigger a city gets the weaker its economy is, except for London. This costs us dearly.
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I once heard Eric Adams described as "trying to win every interaction on a moment to moment level, leaving the overall experience incoherent and him coming off worse" and I sometimes wonder if that's not a good description of Starmer's government.
Latest YouGov government approval ratings, 2-4 August 2025
Approve: 13% (-1 from 19-21 July)
Disapprove: 67% (+1)
Net: -54 (-2)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Approve: 13% (-1 from 19-21 July)
Disapprove: 67% (+1)
Net: -54 (-2)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
August 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I once heard Eric Adams described as "trying to win every interaction on a moment to moment level, leaving the overall experience incoherent and him coming off worse" and I sometimes wonder if that's not a good description of Starmer's government.
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Luxury flats in Britain are just regular flats with double glazing and without mould
July 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Luxury flats in Britain are just regular flats with double glazing and without mould
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oh my god another Balenciaga hat wearing left-NIMBY just dropped
July 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
oh my god another Balenciaga hat wearing left-NIMBY just dropped
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I remember an article about the re-development of the old Elephant and Castle shopping centre. All the interviews decrying "gentrification" came from middle class white people and all the actual shop-holders were like "It's great, the current place is falling to bits."
July 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I remember an article about the re-development of the old Elephant and Castle shopping centre. All the interviews decrying "gentrification" came from middle class white people and all the actual shop-holders were like "It's great, the current place is falling to bits."
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At the same time, Starmer will sit around wondering why people in the Midlands and North abandons Labour for other parties … when his government abandons them. Gee I wonder why his popularity and approval ratings are in the toilet - right where they belong.
July 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
At the same time, Starmer will sit around wondering why people in the Midlands and North abandons Labour for other parties … when his government abandons them. Gee I wonder why his popularity and approval ratings are in the toilet - right where they belong.
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We are reaching unprecedented levels of "The BBC covering itself".
July 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
We are reaching unprecedented levels of "The BBC covering itself".
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This is how we carbon budget for air conditioning 👍
As of 14:30 in the UK, solar energy is providing 34.7% of our electricity.
Source: Android Grid Carbon app.
Source: Android Grid Carbon app.
July 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This is how we carbon budget for air conditioning 👍
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Britain is hot. Accept it. Buy the aircon. Build the hotels. Take August off. Plant some trees. Put up the awning. www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Britain is already a hot country. It should act like it
A land of long holidays, cool homes and tree-lined streets awaits
www.economist.com
July 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Britain is hot. Accept it. Buy the aircon. Build the hotels. Take August off. Plant some trees. Put up the awning. www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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The problem is the invocation of 'a threat to democracy'. Becasue try to stick in a couple of miles of cycle lanes (let alone 10,000) and you will be inundated with angry people vehemently denouncing you as undemocratic.
There is a real danger in normalising 'policy I don't like = undemocratic'.
There is a real danger in normalising 'policy I don't like = undemocratic'.
Amidst hyperbole there is a good point in this: successive Governments have prioritised big, risky infrastructure projects over simple maintenance, 10,000 miles of cycle and bus lanes - which would have significantly improved health, the environment and growth.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Overblown infrastructure projects damage lives and imperil democracy. Why is Britain addicted to them? | George Monbiot
The Lower Thames Crossing proves the point. It’s a white elephant plan, sucking money from local projects that could actually improve lives, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The problem is the invocation of 'a threat to democracy'. Becasue try to stick in a couple of miles of cycle lanes (let alone 10,000) and you will be inundated with angry people vehemently denouncing you as undemocratic.
There is a real danger in normalising 'policy I don't like = undemocratic'.
There is a real danger in normalising 'policy I don't like = undemocratic'.