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Hugo Fitzpatrick
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37, Irish 🇮🇪, (Town) Planner, Transport enthusiast, Cinephile, LGBTQI, lefty, bird app migrant. 🍉
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Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire with Hamas started on 10 October, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, the images show.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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datesinmovies.bsky.social
Nov 12th - The Hill Valley clock tower was struck by lightning, George decked Biff and saved Lorraine, Marty travelled Back to the Future.

📽️📅 Back to the Future (1985)
3 Screenshots from the movie "Back to the Future" (1985): First, a close-up of a young man and woman dressed in 1950s attire, gazing affectionately at each other on a dance floor, evoking a pivotal romantic moment. Second, a digital display showing "Nov 12, 1955" as the destination date, central to the film's time-travel plot. Third, an image of the town clock tower at night, with a dramatic lightning bolt striking the clock
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
hugofitz.bsky.social
Watched The Siege (1998) last night.

It was a bit of a memory hole for me and I wasn't sure if it was over the top or obscenely prescient.

It does end with Hollywood joy as the bad guys are dead and an evil general is arrested.

But feck if it isn't Andor-like in reading history /holding a mirror
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Casino Royale was a hard reboot and it made little to no illusions to being the same character as any of the previous films.

GoldenEye was also a soft reboot that was less connected to the previous actors.

Dr. No to License to Kill is vaguely the same continuity, that can't continue.
willardfoxton.bsky.social Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 1d
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”

Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:

“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."

radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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cormacos.bsky.social
*Shudders*
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
hugofitz.bsky.social
Lots of memes and reels/til toks recently for the 50th anniversary of the ship wreck made famous by a folk song, the Edmund Fitzgerald.

I recently watched this impeccable and respectfully made long form documentary on the history of the ship and it's sinking.

youtu.be/_2f0tZBSByI?...
EDMUND FITZGERALD: The Full Story (50th Anniversary)
YouTube video by Part-Time Explorer
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November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
If you've ever needed a reason to rally behind the BBC then this is it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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davidhendy.bsky.social
Extract from report in the Guardian on the right wing manoeuvres that have led to the resignation of the DG Tim Davie
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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cesigno.bsky.social
twitter being bought and turned into a propaganda machine for fascism, which is directly pumped into every journalist in the world's brain, is one of the worst things to happen in the last few years. we might not survive it.
drjennings.bsky.social Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 3d
I'm guessing the BBC 'scandal' has been big on X this week as this was the first I had heard of it...
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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remmid.bsky.social
This fundamental truth needs to be retold by more good-faith politicians. We are confronted with complex, wicked problems in which seemingly unrelated aspects of our challenges are deeply interconnected. The poor and marginalised will be hit hardest by the consequences of climate change.
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
hugofitz.bsky.social
I consume a lot less tv news and a lot less British news (since Brexit), but these BBC resignations look like they stink a little.

Clipping the orange man's words closer together to imply incitement to insurrection is hardly that bad really...

Smells more like a push to change bias/ leadership
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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What a race, Brazil delivers again!
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
hugofitz.bsky.social
Verstappen started in the pit lane in 19th place and the whole grid has basically stepped out of the way or barely put up a fight.

He's in 4th and has already put under a safety car thanks to a puncture.

There's luck, and there's talent and he's nipping and McLaren's break lights.
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
hugofitz.bsky.social
Piastri has locked in and this will be an absolute cracking race!

Poor Ferrari 😔
November 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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darylfeehely.com
Fine Gael for Scapegoating Immigrants
November 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.

Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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americanfietser.bsky.social
When people ignorantly label "cyclists" as entitled for wanting equitable infrastructure, just remember, they're oppressing people with mobility challenges as well with that rhetoric.
hackneycyclist.bsky.social Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 4d
Protected cycle tracks are not just for cyclists, they allow more freedom for those with mobility issues
November 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
hugofitz.bsky.social
Those stupid liked and reposted bubbles on Instagram reels are often covering up subtitles.

Is this an example of enshitification...
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
hugofitz.bsky.social
Watching the World Championship Warhammer Preview stream.

Sadly the microphones for the hosts are really quiet and there's none on the crowd.

But I'm not here for that, give me some sweet previews!

#warhammer40k
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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irishexaminer.bsky.social
Excavation uncovers remains of seven infants on grounds of former mother and baby home at Tuam
The remains could come from the Workhouse era (1841 to 1918), the military era (1918 to 1925) or the mother and baby institution era (1925 to 1961)
dlvr.it
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
lyndab08.bsky.social Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 5d
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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awalkerinla.bsky.social
Two years ago I interviewed a 31-year-old NY state assemblymember about a 7-year-old girl killed by an SUV driver in his district. I hung up the phone, astonished that I'd talked to a legislator who so thoughtfully articulated what actually needs to change on our streets.

He'll make a great mayor
In February, 7-year-old Dolma Naadhun was crossing the intersection of Newtown Road and 45th Street in Astoria with her mother and sister when the driver of a 2021 Ford Explorer blew through a stop sign, striking and killing Dolma. One month later, New York City Department of Transportation commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez visited the crash site with other officials, met with community members demanding a traffic signal be installed, and promised to make changes to the street - including "daylighting" the intersection using curb extensions and plastic bollards. State assemblymember Zohran Mamdani also visited the scene that day and realized that something else needed to change. "When you take a step back and think about traffic violence in New York City," he said, "you start to understand that this is a systemic issue that is incentivized by the policies that we have in place with regard to the design of our streets and what kind of vehicles we allow to be on our roads." Whether a driver runs a stop sign or a red light, statistically, certain cars - namely, bigger SUVs and trucks - are more likely to kill a 7-year-old. This is why Mamdani is co- introducing legislation for a weight-based vehicle-registration fee intended to discourage people from purchasing heavier vehicles. "The car industry is pushing the sale of heavier and larger vehicles," he says. "The state has to make it clear that these types of vehicles come with a certain kind of cost." soar above adult shoulders. But there may be another way to disincentivize the purchases of such vehicles, says Edwards. "One other potential idea would be for someone, maybe a city's DOT, to start keeping a list of the different makes and models of vehicles that are killing pedestrians and cyclists, or kids specifically, and post that publicly," he says. "That could bring awareness to which cars are more dangerous and also potentially affect insurance rates, which would possibly convince people not to buy certain cars." There's a bit of accountability in New York's bill, which would require the State DOT to track all fatal crashes by vehicle weight. But the other encouraging aspect of the proposal is that the collected fees stay local, by county, and, after the annual dedications to highway, bridge, and transit trust funds are met, a full 75 percent of the funds raised will go toward safety improvements like bike lanes, bollards, road diets, pedestrianization of streets, and raised crosswalks. This means the neighborhoods most impacted by large vehicles are likely to see the biggest changes. And that might be the most important part of the legislation, says Mamdani. "This is an initiative to make our streets safer for our children," he says. "And we are making sure a significant portion of this funding goes toward creating the very streetscapes that we know will save their lives."
June 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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kevinjkircher.com
"The money Exxon sent to Atlas Network helped finance... translations of English books denying that human-caused climate change is real; flights to Latin American cities for American climate deniers; and public events that allowed those deniers to reach local media and network with politicians."
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Rest in Agony, Dick Cheney
November 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM