Joseph Farthing
@josephfarthing.eu
Communications expert and viking (probably)
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
October 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
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important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:
April 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:
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Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #WomensArt
April 15, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #WomensArt
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Far from ableist, cities that work for cycling also work for a variety of mobility devices.
But the devil’s in the details: mountable curbs, plentiful curb cuts, smooth asphalt, lane width (minimum 2.3m/7.5ft per direction), visual cues, and gentle gradient (less than 2-4%) for bridges and tunnels.
But the devil’s in the details: mountable curbs, plentiful curb cuts, smooth asphalt, lane width (minimum 2.3m/7.5ft per direction), visual cues, and gentle gradient (less than 2-4%) for bridges and tunnels.
March 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Far from ableist, cities that work for cycling also work for a variety of mobility devices.
But the devil’s in the details: mountable curbs, plentiful curb cuts, smooth asphalt, lane width (minimum 2.3m/7.5ft per direction), visual cues, and gentle gradient (less than 2-4%) for bridges and tunnels.
But the devil’s in the details: mountable curbs, plentiful curb cuts, smooth asphalt, lane width (minimum 2.3m/7.5ft per direction), visual cues, and gentle gradient (less than 2-4%) for bridges and tunnels.
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On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
December 23, 2024 at 5:02 PM
On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
From my day job: a really lovely article written by @clarethorp.bsky.social featuring several interviewees who are much better-informed than me.
Has this ever happened to you? You found a meeting slot that works in three time zones, sent the agenda, tweaked the deck – but it seems like nobody can understand what you're talking about? That's working cross-culture.
Read how RSM's experts think you can improve:
thinkdo.rsm.nl/2024/11/date...
Read how RSM's experts think you can improve:
thinkdo.rsm.nl/2024/11/date...
Dateline: Rotterdam – Think. Do.
From marketing in Madrid to supply in Shanghai, your global team is on the same Zoom call. But how do you get them truly working together?
thinkdo.rsm.nl
December 2, 2024 at 11:07 AM
From my day job: a really lovely article written by @clarethorp.bsky.social featuring several interviewees who are much better-informed than me.
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Spot on. Comprehensive pedestrianisation should be far higher up the agenda in our cities than it is. Nearly wherever cars go, cities get worse. Nearly wherever they’re removed, those urban spaces flourish.
Before & After: I don’t think people realize the extent to which parked cars degrade public space.
November 26, 2024 at 9:22 AM
Spot on. Comprehensive pedestrianisation should be far higher up the agenda in our cities than it is. Nearly wherever cars go, cities get worse. Nearly wherever they’re removed, those urban spaces flourish.
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Please, as you go about your day, spare a thought for this poor aristocrat who may lose his castle
November 25, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Please, as you go about your day, spare a thought for this poor aristocrat who may lose his castle
This matches my own experience, sadly…
So, unfortunately when I go to Mastodon these days it's a bit of a ghost town.
And I say unfortunately with sincerity - there are some things I really liked about the ethos behind it.
However, the reason I'm posting this here is that I couldn't put it there without getting instant shit.
🧵
And I say unfortunately with sincerity - there are some things I really liked about the ethos behind it.
However, the reason I'm posting this here is that I couldn't put it there without getting instant shit.
🧵
November 25, 2024 at 9:39 PM
This matches my own experience, sadly…
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nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish
November 22, 2024 at 1:57 PM
nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish
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It's only right that my first post here is sharing Scotland's map of named ice gritters. You can follow where they all are in real-time.
Some favourites this year:
Sir David Attenbrrrrrr
Stone Cold Steve Frostin
Lord Coldemort
You're a blizzard, Harry
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
Some favourites this year:
Sir David Attenbrrrrrr
Stone Cold Steve Frostin
Lord Coldemort
You're a blizzard, Harry
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
November 20, 2024 at 11:42 AM
It's only right that my first post here is sharing Scotland's map of named ice gritters. You can follow where they all are in real-time.
Some favourites this year:
Sir David Attenbrrrrrr
Stone Cold Steve Frostin
Lord Coldemort
You're a blizzard, Harry
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
Some favourites this year:
Sir David Attenbrrrrrr
Stone Cold Steve Frostin
Lord Coldemort
You're a blizzard, Harry
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
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I reviewed Jordan Peterson's new book. Never read anything like it. Really quite deranged.
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
We Who Wrestle With God by Jordan Peterson review — rambling, hectoring and mad
The conservative polemicist’s new book is a bizarre study of the Bible featuring Jiminy Cricket, Harry Potter and Tinkerbell the porn fairy
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:13 AM
I reviewed Jordan Peterson's new book. Never read anything like it. Really quite deranged.
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
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Important context here:
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
A message from a REAL farmer who hasn’t been brainwashed by the Tories, wealthy landowners and the right wing media👇🏽
#FarmersProtest
#FarmersProtest
November 20, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Important context here:
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
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Omtzigt’s NSC essentially made a deal that they’d let the hard right (PVV/BBB) take a tough line on immigration and spending, in exchange for vague promises of constitutional and electoral reform.
A few months on, it looks like the worst deal made by a Dutchman since they swapped Run for Manhattan
A few months on, it looks like the worst deal made by a Dutchman since they swapped Run for Manhattan
November 19, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Omtzigt’s NSC essentially made a deal that they’d let the hard right (PVV/BBB) take a tough line on immigration and spending, in exchange for vague promises of constitutional and electoral reform.
A few months on, it looks like the worst deal made by a Dutchman since they swapped Run for Manhattan
A few months on, it looks like the worst deal made by a Dutchman since they swapped Run for Manhattan
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We can't even leave the house...
November 18, 2024 at 1:53 PM
We can't even leave the house...
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Enjoy the premiere with me tomorrow morning while a script slowly deletes every single thing I've posted on X in the last 15 years.
The Really Dark Truth About Bots
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ5X...
The Really Dark Truth About Bots
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ5X...
The Really Dark Truth About Bots
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Enjoy the premiere with me tomorrow morning while a script slowly deletes every single thing I've posted on X in the last 15 years.
The Really Dark Truth About Bots
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ5X...
The Really Dark Truth About Bots
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ5X...
Honestly, having lived in the Netherlands for the last few years this feels completely plausible.
November 18, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Honestly, having lived in the Netherlands for the last few years this feels completely plausible.
Seriously: cities everywhere, take note
Before (2021) / After (2024) - Rue Michel Chasles in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. The transformation took place approximately a year ago. In this area, three streets, each around 200 meters long, underwent similar changes simultaneously
November 18, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Seriously: cities everywhere, take note
My timeline is healing
Ed Balls
November 18, 2024 at 4:50 PM
My timeline is healing
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it would be so funny if this is how his presidency ended. months before his term ends, he just walks into the rainforest and is never seen again
Joe Biden becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Amazon Rainforest.
November 17, 2024 at 10:29 PM
it would be so funny if this is how his presidency ended. months before his term ends, he just walks into the rainforest and is never seen again
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Spirit Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, saying it would continue to operate as it seeks to restructure its debt.
During the Chapter 11 process, customers will be able to “book and fly without interruption and can use all tickets, credits and loyalty points,” it said in a statement.
During the Chapter 11 process, customers will be able to “book and fly without interruption and can use all tickets, credits and loyalty points,” it said in a statement.
Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy
The low-cost airline filed for bankruptcy protection Monday. It will continue to operate as it seeks to restructure its debt.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Spirit Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, saying it would continue to operate as it seeks to restructure its debt.
During the Chapter 11 process, customers will be able to “book and fly without interruption and can use all tickets, credits and loyalty points,” it said in a statement.
During the Chapter 11 process, customers will be able to “book and fly without interruption and can use all tickets, credits and loyalty points,” it said in a statement.
Does the default font break the kerning on the word Twitter just to make everyone wince when they read it?
November 14, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Does the default font break the kerning on the word Twitter just to make everyone wince when they read it?
Hello! I guess I'm also here. I'll be hedging my bets until the true Twitter replacement appears.
November 14, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Hello! I guess I'm also here. I'll be hedging my bets until the true Twitter replacement appears.