Benjamin
@thebenjaminpine.bsky.social
This feed is me trying not to rant into the void, and invariably failing. Bradford / Cambridge. he / him.
Ok fine this is totally normal.. please can you tell him to make leviathan easier to read?
December 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Ok fine this is totally normal.. please can you tell him to make leviathan easier to read?
(this is not an original joke, hell I bet thomas hobbes made it when he was here)
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
(this is not an original joke, hell I bet thomas hobbes made it when he was here)
NPR being Northern Powerhouse Rail, the proposed high speed rail line from Liverpool-Manchester-Bradford-Leeds-Hull.
It's been floating around since 2014. We don't know what form it will take when (if) it is approved.
It's been floating around since 2014. We don't know what form it will take when (if) it is approved.
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
NPR being Northern Powerhouse Rail, the proposed high speed rail line from Liverpool-Manchester-Bradford-Leeds-Hull.
It's been floating around since 2014. We don't know what form it will take when (if) it is approved.
It's been floating around since 2014. We don't know what form it will take when (if) it is approved.
Also see:
“[AI] has the potential to compromise significantly notions of human agency and freedom due to its remarkable potential to monitor, nudge and guide people’s behaviour.”
“[AI] has the potential to compromise significantly notions of human agency and freedom due to its remarkable potential to monitor, nudge and guide people’s behaviour.”
October 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Also see:
“[AI] has the potential to compromise significantly notions of human agency and freedom due to its remarkable potential to monitor, nudge and guide people’s behaviour.”
“[AI] has the potential to compromise significantly notions of human agency and freedom due to its remarkable potential to monitor, nudge and guide people’s behaviour.”
I was so sad to read this! Thanks for providing such great coverage over the last few years.
September 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I was so sad to read this! Thanks for providing such great coverage over the last few years.
Also true for the Queensbury tunnel - you just want to force Bradford Council and DfT leaders to sit and watch this video abt Bergen!
(Not that they don't know, they just don't want to spend the money ofc)
youtu.be/JCedclz03uI
(Not that they don't know, they just don't want to spend the money ofc)
youtu.be/JCedclz03uI
August 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Also true for the Queensbury tunnel - you just want to force Bradford Council and DfT leaders to sit and watch this video abt Bergen!
(Not that they don't know, they just don't want to spend the money ofc)
youtu.be/JCedclz03uI
(Not that they don't know, they just don't want to spend the money ofc)
youtu.be/JCedclz03uI
alt text (screenshots of YouTube with subtitles; video about Seoul metro): I've seen so many plans for new metro lines that have platform screen doors but they're always the first thing to be cut to save money which is extremely shortsighted.
August 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
alt text (screenshots of YouTube with subtitles; video about Seoul metro): I've seen so many plans for new metro lines that have platform screen doors but they're always the first thing to be cut to save money which is extremely shortsighted.