Dom King
@king-dominic-2nd.bsky.social
Public Transport good, Motonormativity bad, love Trains n Trams
Probably thinking about Twin Peaks
I don't read as much as I should, but you should read This is How You Lose the Time War
came here from *the other place*
Probably thinking about Twin Peaks
I don't read as much as I should, but you should read This is How You Lose the Time War
came here from *the other place*
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I've realised what "See it, say it, sorted" is advertising: driving
I'm at a station and there's a constant barrage of announcements about danger. *See it say it... Transport Police... Mind the gap... For your own safety..." You know what doesn't constantly tell me I'm in danger? My car
I'm at a station and there's a constant barrage of announcements about danger. *See it say it... Transport Police... Mind the gap... For your own safety..." You know what doesn't constantly tell me I'm in danger? My car
"See it, say it, sorted" is annoying because it's obviously a marketing slogan. I'm just not sure what they're selling. Fear of public spaces?
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I've realised what "See it, say it, sorted" is advertising: driving
I'm at a station and there's a constant barrage of announcements about danger. *See it say it... Transport Police... Mind the gap... For your own safety..." You know what doesn't constantly tell me I'm in danger? My car
I'm at a station and there's a constant barrage of announcements about danger. *See it say it... Transport Police... Mind the gap... For your own safety..." You know what doesn't constantly tell me I'm in danger? My car
@s10albumwhen.bsky.social mate check the socials
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
@s10albumwhen.bsky.social mate check the socials
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And just to give the idea about how unsuited AI is to translation: I recently read the original English translation of Solaris, and the more recent one. The original version calls two supporting characters "Snow" and "Rheya"; the new translation, "Snout" and "Harey". 1/🧵
I don't work as a translator professionally, but I speak and read three languages other than English, and part of the fun of that is being able to see the clever nuances, the ways in which some concepts work differently in different languages, the impact of word choice on a translated sentence.
“Maybe” is too kind, imo 😌 Translation is also a writing process!
July 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
And just to give the idea about how unsuited AI is to translation: I recently read the original English translation of Solaris, and the more recent one. The original version calls two supporting characters "Snow" and "Rheya"; the new translation, "Snout" and "Harey". 1/🧵
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Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all. /Fin
June 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all. /Fin
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Just tried to find something on Twitter and stumbled on this gem, presumably from someone out in the countryside who's built and surfaced all their own roads
June 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Just tried to find something on Twitter and stumbled on this gem, presumably from someone out in the countryside who's built and surfaced all their own roads
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If your industry can't survive without exploiting people, then you're in the wrong industry.
June 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
If your industry can't survive without exploiting people, then you're in the wrong industry.
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Hey pals, today (June 1st) the UK ebook of THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR is only £0.99! Happy Pride!
www.amazon.co.uk/This-How-You...
www.amazon.co.uk/This-How-You...
Amazon.co.uk
www.amazon.co.uk
June 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Hey pals, today (June 1st) the UK ebook of THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR is only £0.99! Happy Pride!
www.amazon.co.uk/This-How-You...
www.amazon.co.uk/This-How-You...
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Doctor Who Fandom: ‘Sucking Every Last Atom Of Fun Out Of Doctor Who Since 1963’
June 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Doctor Who Fandom: ‘Sucking Every Last Atom Of Fun Out Of Doctor Who Since 1963’
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Design vehicles to fit cities. Don’t design cities to fit vehicles.
Japan’s $7,000 Single-Seat EV Sparks A Revolution In Compact Mobility
In the rural outskirts of Hiroshima, a Japanese startup named KG Motors is making waves in the electric vehicle (EV) industry with its ultra-compact,
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May 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Design vehicles to fit cities. Don’t design cities to fit vehicles.
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WE WON!
The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camp on Dartmoor. This is a huge win for access to nature.
But we're just getting started.
It was never just about Dartmoor.
We’re fighting to extend the right to roam, swim, and sleep under the stars - across all of England.
The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camp on Dartmoor. This is a huge win for access to nature.
But we're just getting started.
It was never just about Dartmoor.
We’re fighting to extend the right to roam, swim, and sleep under the stars - across all of England.
May 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
WE WON!
The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camp on Dartmoor. This is a huge win for access to nature.
But we're just getting started.
It was never just about Dartmoor.
We’re fighting to extend the right to roam, swim, and sleep under the stars - across all of England.
The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camp on Dartmoor. This is a huge win for access to nature.
But we're just getting started.
It was never just about Dartmoor.
We’re fighting to extend the right to roam, swim, and sleep under the stars - across all of England.
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🤔
A dude on Facebook is trying to explain to me that driving a fuel efficient car is more environmentally friendly than biking because *wait for it* biking requires eating more and the environmental impacts of those calories outweigh the impact of producing, transporting and fueling a car. Amazing
May 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🤔
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There's this trope that Powell was a genius... a great scholar... a romantic warrior... and for some, it lends weight to the appalling bigotry he spawned. We should talk more about Powell, the fickle self promoting, cheap, and grubby politician who was desperate to be Prime Minister at any price.
May 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
There's this trope that Powell was a genius... a great scholar... a romantic warrior... and for some, it lends weight to the appalling bigotry he spawned. We should talk more about Powell, the fickle self promoting, cheap, and grubby politician who was desperate to be Prime Minister at any price.
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Katie Tightpussy, welcome as always to The War on Cars.
![the "stop doing math" meme except it says "STOP DRIVING CARS". the meme reads:
* PEOPLE WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ISOLATED IN CAGES
* YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for building ONE MORE LANE
* Wanted to travel large distances anyway for a laugh? We had a tool for that: It was called "TRAINS"
* "Yes please give me NO GREENERY. Please give me INFINITE PAVEMENT" - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged
LOOK at what Civil Engineers have been demanding your Respect for all this time, with all the concrete and asphalt we built for them
(This is REAL Civil Infrastructure, done by REAL Civil Engineers):
? [Image of the infamously hideous Breezewood truck stop]
?? [Image of a gigantic mega parking lot with thousands of cars]
??? [Image of the infamous I-405 gridlock photo with tens of thousands of cars not moving]
"Hello I would like [Image of a graph of global surface temperatures] climate please"
They have played us for absolute fools](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ywbm3iywnhzep3ckt6efhoh7/bafkreihghfkhhhasmr6sn5mj7uxs53v46wu2cns5saeln64grjp3ltfvpm@jpeg)
May 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Katie Tightpussy, welcome as always to The War on Cars.
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Just because 99/100 scientists agree that it's bad to open a portal to the hell dimension doesn't mean we should immediately discount the opposing views of the scientist employed by Open A Portal To The Hell Dimension Inc.
April 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Just because 99/100 scientists agree that it's bad to open a portal to the hell dimension doesn't mean we should immediately discount the opposing views of the scientist employed by Open A Portal To The Hell Dimension Inc.
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The Mail, Telegraph, Times and Guardian/Observer published 1,079 articles attacking trans people over the course of 365 days, April to April. They printed 79 the week of the court ruling.
This is the level they've been at for some time.
This is the level they've been at for some time.
April 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The Mail, Telegraph, Times and Guardian/Observer published 1,079 articles attacking trans people over the course of 365 days, April to April. They printed 79 the week of the court ruling.
This is the level they've been at for some time.
This is the level they've been at for some time.
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I am not an AI megahater! It has uses. Obtaining accurate information is not one of them and cannot be because the whole purpose of the technology is to make shit up. That is useful for software development and cancer research! It is not useful for learning facts.
April 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I am not an AI megahater! It has uses. Obtaining accurate information is not one of them and cannot be because the whole purpose of the technology is to make shit up. That is useful for software development and cancer research! It is not useful for learning facts.
No way Andor does Conspiracy in episode 1!
April 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
No way Andor does Conspiracy in episode 1!
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"AI is coming, its inevitable" no its not you sniveling weirdo. how are those 3D TVs going. how are NFT markets looking these days. Seen anything cool in the metaverse lately?
anyone who says we need to resign to using it, that itll be here whether we like it or not, is a feckless dipshit.
anyone who says we need to resign to using it, that itll be here whether we like it or not, is a feckless dipshit.
April 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
"AI is coming, its inevitable" no its not you sniveling weirdo. how are those 3D TVs going. how are NFT markets looking these days. Seen anything cool in the metaverse lately?
anyone who says we need to resign to using it, that itll be here whether we like it or not, is a feckless dipshit.
anyone who says we need to resign to using it, that itll be here whether we like it or not, is a feckless dipshit.
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They always bury this bit.
April 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
They always bury this bit.
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Right, because I've now seen misunderstandings of this enough times that it's got me worried that people don't know this - transgender people in the UK are protected by the Equality Act 2010 under the category of gender reassignment.
*That* was not under discussion today and hasn't changed.
*That* was not under discussion today and hasn't changed.
April 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Right, because I've now seen misunderstandings of this enough times that it's got me worried that people don't know this - transgender people in the UK are protected by the Equality Act 2010 under the category of gender reassignment.
*That* was not under discussion today and hasn't changed.
*That* was not under discussion today and hasn't changed.
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On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
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It’s essential that passengers are involved in the design of bus shelters as they can make or break a journey. For some people, they can determine whether it’s possible to travel at all tinyurl.com/2u6yd48c
Passengers help design the bus shelters of tomorrow - Transport Focus
New research is putting passengers at the heart of shaping the future of bus shelter designs. The report, from independent watchdog Transport Focus and Clear Channel UK, highlights the critical role w...
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April 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
It’s essential that passengers are involved in the design of bus shelters as they can make or break a journey. For some people, they can determine whether it’s possible to travel at all tinyurl.com/2u6yd48c