Harry B.
@harryajbrennan.bsky.social
Creator of @eurowhisky.bsky.social. Living in the Netherlands and growing my hair out... Also run @trainxeurope.bsky.social and the FAB Podcast (@fabthepodcast.bsky.social)
On the contrary, its far more expensive not to do it
This isn't just poverty of aspiration, it is incompetence. www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
On the contrary, its far more expensive not to do it
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
I get the point, but this is strongly tending towards being groundwork for a future 'hey we should be nice to the right and form a coalition with them'
Hopefully he doesn't mean that, but I've seen this script before. And I live what Stevenson does, but let's not pretend he isn't preparing...
Hopefully he doesn't mean that, but I've seen this script before. And I live what Stevenson does, but let's not pretend he isn't preparing...
You won't stop Reform by calling their supporters racist
October 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I get the point, but this is strongly tending towards being groundwork for a future 'hey we should be nice to the right and form a coalition with them'
Hopefully he doesn't mean that, but I've seen this script before. And I live what Stevenson does, but let's not pretend he isn't preparing...
Hopefully he doesn't mean that, but I've seen this script before. And I live what Stevenson does, but let's not pretend he isn't preparing...
My thoughts are with the nation of Bulgaria in this difficult time
July 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
My thoughts are with the nation of Bulgaria in this difficult time
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Twenty years ago today, Jean Charles de Menezes was assassinated at Stockwell station. Head of the Met Police, Ian Blair, was made a Lord. Cressida Dick, who led the operation, was promoted to Blair's position.
July 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Twenty years ago today, Jean Charles de Menezes was assassinated at Stockwell station. Head of the Met Police, Ian Blair, was made a Lord. Cressida Dick, who led the operation, was promoted to Blair's position.
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we produce tonnes of marketable, valuable, productive stuff that we could sell to the world — like university education, and television programmes, for example — but the government has no interest in improving the conditions for making and selling these things
The UK’s economic problems are quite deep-rooted. The best summary I can offer is “we don’t make enough valuable, productive stuff and sell it to the world any more”.
Things like planning and energy no doubt play a role in that - but I don’t think they’re enough to fix it on their own
Things like planning and energy no doubt play a role in that - but I don’t think they’re enough to fix it on their own
July 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
we produce tonnes of marketable, valuable, productive stuff that we could sell to the world — like university education, and television programmes, for example — but the government has no interest in improving the conditions for making and selling these things
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This shit makes me want to *scream*.
IT CANNOT SELF-REFLECT BECAUSE THERE IS NO SELF
IT IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING ANYTHING
IT APOLOGISES FOR SHIT ALL THE TIME BECAUSE IT MAKES STUFF UP ALL THE FUCKING TIME
IT CANNOT SELF-REFLECT BECAUSE THERE IS NO SELF
IT IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING ANYTHING
IT APOLOGISES FOR SHIT ALL THE TIME BECAUSE IT MAKES STUFF UP ALL THE FUCKING TIME
no it wasn’t and no it didn’t
July 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This shit makes me want to *scream*.
IT CANNOT SELF-REFLECT BECAUSE THERE IS NO SELF
IT IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING ANYTHING
IT APOLOGISES FOR SHIT ALL THE TIME BECAUSE IT MAKES STUFF UP ALL THE FUCKING TIME
IT CANNOT SELF-REFLECT BECAUSE THERE IS NO SELF
IT IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING ANYTHING
IT APOLOGISES FOR SHIT ALL THE TIME BECAUSE IT MAKES STUFF UP ALL THE FUCKING TIME
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By getting express trains off the existing network, HS2 clears space for others - particularly FREIGHT. Fewer lorries on roads = major CO2 win.
The northern legs, presently "cancelled", are the crucial part. We need to safeguard the routes and BUILD THEM.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The northern legs, presently "cancelled", are the crucial part. We need to safeguard the routes and BUILD THEM.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Resurrect HS2 northern leg to boost rail freight capacity, say UK manufacturers
Reviving line to Manchester and Leeds would help get lorries off roads and cut emissions, according to lobby group
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
By getting express trains off the existing network, HS2 clears space for others - particularly FREIGHT. Fewer lorries on roads = major CO2 win.
The northern legs, presently "cancelled", are the crucial part. We need to safeguard the routes and BUILD THEM.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The northern legs, presently "cancelled", are the crucial part. We need to safeguard the routes and BUILD THEM.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Seattle has its own Zohran v Cuomo mayoral race going on: A young charismatic upstart who actually wants to make the city cooler vs an establishment dinosaur who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a road rage incident.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/29/o...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/29/o...
Op-Ed: Katie Wilson is the Zohran Mamdani of Seattle » The Urbanist
# Progressive mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s victory in Tuesday's Democratic primary is a watershed moment for New York City, and Seattle is on the cusp of its own watershed moment with the opport...
www.theurbanist.org
July 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Seattle has its own Zohran v Cuomo mayoral race going on: A young charismatic upstart who actually wants to make the city cooler vs an establishment dinosaur who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a road rage incident.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/29/o...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/29/o...
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Good! Because it isn't.
A potentially significant report by the European Parliament concludes that #AI training on copyrighted work does not count as fair use.
filmstories.co.uk/news/no-gene...
filmstories.co.uk/news/no-gene...
No, generative AI does not count as fair use, EU report finds
A potentially significant report by the European Parliament concludes that AI training on copyrighted work does not count as fair use.
filmstories.co.uk
July 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Good! Because it isn't.
Speaking of SCOTUS - they're going to try and repeal Obergefell when they get round to it. Look at the slew of fascist crap coming out of there in the last week, let alone the last year.
A supposed republic ruled by 6 lifetime appointees (and 1 who's going to try and make himself one)
A supposed republic ruled by 6 lifetime appointees (and 1 who's going to try and make himself one)
🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court ALLOWS states to defund Planned Parenthood, holding that Medicaid does not give patients a right to obtain care from its providers. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Speaking of SCOTUS - they're going to try and repeal Obergefell when they get round to it. Look at the slew of fascist crap coming out of there in the last week, let alone the last year.
A supposed republic ruled by 6 lifetime appointees (and 1 who's going to try and make himself one)
A supposed republic ruled by 6 lifetime appointees (and 1 who's going to try and make himself one)
Apparently yesterday was the 10th anniversary of Obergefell, the SCOTUS decision that legalised equal marriage across the US
I can vividly remember it happening - of all things, I was recording an EP with my uni band at a USW studio in Cardiff. Feels like yesterday. And a good feeling it was too
I can vividly remember it happening - of all things, I was recording an EP with my uni band at a USW studio in Cardiff. Feels like yesterday. And a good feeling it was too
June 27, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Apparently yesterday was the 10th anniversary of Obergefell, the SCOTUS decision that legalised equal marriage across the US
I can vividly remember it happening - of all things, I was recording an EP with my uni band at a USW studio in Cardiff. Feels like yesterday. And a good feeling it was too
I can vividly remember it happening - of all things, I was recording an EP with my uni band at a USW studio in Cardiff. Feels like yesterday. And a good feeling it was too
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This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
June 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
Sorry to anyone in central Malmö who just saw me laughing like a madman for a minute straight - blame @killjamesbond.bsky.social for their extended bit in The Bank Job which i'm calling The Mountbatten Droideka
If I hadn't been sat down already, I would have collapsed laughing, jfc
If I hadn't been sat down already, I would have collapsed laughing, jfc
June 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Sorry to anyone in central Malmö who just saw me laughing like a madman for a minute straight - blame @killjamesbond.bsky.social for their extended bit in The Bank Job which i'm calling The Mountbatten Droideka
If I hadn't been sat down already, I would have collapsed laughing, jfc
If I hadn't been sat down already, I would have collapsed laughing, jfc
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I'm proud I don't have Andrew Cuomo's record of corruption, scandal and disgrace.
And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.
And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.
June 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I'm proud I don't have Andrew Cuomo's record of corruption, scandal and disgrace.
And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.
And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.
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W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
June 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
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gingerly reading reviews of the Phoenician Scheme as a former Wes Anderson fan who's felt vv let down by his last few flicks and ohhhh this is such a perfect way to describe the undercurrent of all his early (and best) movies: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
May 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
gingerly reading reviews of the Phoenician Scheme as a former Wes Anderson fan who's felt vv let down by his last few flicks and ohhhh this is such a perfect way to describe the undercurrent of all his early (and best) movies: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
Such a rich idea to explore
You either lean into Woody being a Cameron esque Tory undone by the UKIP/Reform Sid, or you have Andy's new toy be Boris Johnson
You either lean into Woody being a Cameron esque Tory undone by the UKIP/Reform Sid, or you have Andy's new toy be Boris Johnson
Remove a letter, ruin a movie
Toy Tory
Toy Tory
Remove a letter, ruin a movie.
The Cunt of Monte Cristo.
The Cunt of Monte Cristo.
May 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Such a rich idea to explore
You either lean into Woody being a Cameron esque Tory undone by the UKIP/Reform Sid, or you have Andy's new toy be Boris Johnson
You either lean into Woody being a Cameron esque Tory undone by the UKIP/Reform Sid, or you have Andy's new toy be Boris Johnson
This arguably improves the movie
Remove a letter, ruin a movie.
The Cunt of Monte Cristo.
The Cunt of Monte Cristo.
Remove a letter, ruin a movie
Jumpin' Jack Fash
Jumpin' Jack Fash
May 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This arguably improves the movie
Labour still using FPTP as a stick to beat potential voters with
'We know we're not what you want, but have you considered that we don't care?'
Some things never change
'We know we're not what you want, but have you considered that we don't care?'
Some things never change
Yes: they do not see the rise of the far right as a serious problem to be fought against. They see it as an opportunity to get more of what they themselves want, with impunity.
May 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Labour still using FPTP as a stick to beat potential voters with
'We know we're not what you want, but have you considered that we don't care?'
Some things never change
'We know we're not what you want, but have you considered that we don't care?'
Some things never change
Labour used to be the lesser of two evils, even under Blair's most rightwing instincts.
Now it's just a blend of Tories and Reform, precious little daylight between any of them
Now it's just a blend of Tories and Reform, precious little daylight between any of them
Sometimes people tell me I should shut up about Labour’s attacks on trans people, because the alternative is worse. Well, Labour’s policies are going to kill trans people, just as the PIP cuts will kill disabled people. I’m not going to shut up about that, no matter what.
On Saturday, I am talking to yet more grieving parents whose trans son has taken his own life. I expect @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social will again pretend that what's irresponsible is not his policies (which his own civil servants warned him risked suicides) but me for mentioning it.
Screw him.
Screw him.
May 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Labour used to be the lesser of two evils, even under Blair's most rightwing instincts.
Now it's just a blend of Tories and Reform, precious little daylight between any of them
Now it's just a blend of Tories and Reform, precious little daylight between any of them
It's a day ending with y, so once again, f**k Wes Streeting
Genuinely if I had been outflanked on the left by Tim Martin and Wetherspoons and I considered myself to be a left wing politician, I would resign and spend the rest of my career in a cave reflecting on how I let my brain get so rotted by columnists about who shits where
April 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It's a day ending with y, so once again, f**k Wes Streeting
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Genuinely if I had been outflanked on the left by Tim Martin and Wetherspoons and I considered myself to be a left wing politician, I would resign and spend the rest of my career in a cave reflecting on how I let my brain get so rotted by columnists about who shits where
April 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Genuinely if I had been outflanked on the left by Tim Martin and Wetherspoons and I considered myself to be a left wing politician, I would resign and spend the rest of my career in a cave reflecting on how I let my brain get so rotted by columnists about who shits where
They actually did it. All those memes about 'ooh, we'll send a letter!' and months after Trump was elected, Schumer actually thinks that's good enough
Instant grounds to never take him and his ilk seriously ever again
Instant grounds to never take him and his ilk seriously ever again
Schumer on the Democratic response to Trump's shakedown of Harvard: "We sent him a very strong letter just the other day asking eight very strong questions."
April 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
They actually did it. All those memes about 'ooh, we'll send a letter!' and months after Trump was elected, Schumer actually thinks that's good enough
Instant grounds to never take him and his ilk seriously ever again
Instant grounds to never take him and his ilk seriously ever again
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