Martin D
@unixmaisonette.com
He/him. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊🏿🚴♂️💚 Optimistic chap from East #London. Skeeting in a personal capacity. Occasionally lewd.
Interests: #UKPolitics #environment #transport #SciFi #beekeeping #maker #bicycle #LGBTQ #gay #Jujitsu
Interests: #UKPolitics #environment #transport #SciFi #beekeeping #maker #bicycle #LGBTQ #gay #Jujitsu
Spent a rewarding hour last night helping collect signatures for a petition to get TfL to take over the Greenwich and Woolwich lifts, which are sadly neglected by the local council. All the people we met were so happy that someone was trying to do something about it.
www.change.org/p/lifts-now-...
www.change.org/p/lifts-now-...
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Spent a rewarding hour last night helping collect signatures for a petition to get TfL to take over the Greenwich and Woolwich lifts, which are sadly neglected by the local council. All the people we met were so happy that someone was trying to do something about it.
www.change.org/p/lifts-now-...
www.change.org/p/lifts-now-...
Spent this morning going through more of my possessions, working out what has survived. It’s so sad to see the damage to those things with memories attached to them — memories from my childhood, my time in the navy, university. 😢
November 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Spent this morning going through more of my possessions, working out what has survived. It’s so sad to see the damage to those things with memories attached to them — memories from my childhood, my time in the navy, university. 😢
Ouch. Might have been better to unscrew the cycle bollards before commencing work at Mile End Junction. Reversing heavy machinery over them risks damaging the bollards and their foundations. If they are left damaged, I hope TfL/LBTH sends Thames Water the bill for the repairs.
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Ouch. Might have been better to unscrew the cycle bollards before commencing work at Mile End Junction. Reversing heavy machinery over them risks damaging the bollards and their foundations. If they are left damaged, I hope TfL/LBTH sends Thames Water the bill for the repairs.
Eastend Homes: “The leaks were dealt with when they happened and are isolated to one area. Mitigations are in place to minimise further problems.”
Does this look minimised?
Does this look minimised?
November 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Eastend Homes: “The leaks were dealt with when they happened and are isolated to one area. Mitigations are in place to minimise further problems.”
Does this look minimised?
Does this look minimised?
It’s more than two years since Eastend Homes’ disastrous attempt to build flats on our flats resulted in our homes being flooded. Our homes are still being ruined. We still haven’t an explanation for how this meets building regulations. It’s like nothing was learned from #RonanPoint or #Grenfell.
November 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
It’s more than two years since Eastend Homes’ disastrous attempt to build flats on our flats resulted in our homes being flooded. Our homes are still being ruined. We still haven’t an explanation for how this meets building regulations. It’s like nothing was learned from #RonanPoint or #Grenfell.
I should probably write something more long-form, but my experience cycling to Amsterdam was so much less stressful than I thought it’d be. Only sketchy bit was working out how to get between the station and the ferry with a bike in Harwich.
October 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I should probably write something more long-form, but my experience cycling to Amsterdam was so much less stressful than I thought it’d be. Only sketchy bit was working out how to get between the station and the ferry with a bike in Harwich.
Obligatory photo of a traditional Dutch windmill.
October 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Obligatory photo of a traditional Dutch windmill.
And now in another city, Leiden, grabbing a spot of lunch and more caffeine before the push to Amsterdam.
October 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
And now in another city, Leiden, grabbing a spot of lunch and more caffeine before the push to Amsterdam.
So after a nice easy cycle from the ferry to Rotterdam, it’s time for some coffee and cake.
October 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
So after a nice easy cycle from the ferry to Rotterdam, it’s time for some coffee and cake.
I think Greater Anglia trains have the easiest-to-use bike storage. Four bikes can be stored here, and there’s no struggling to get them to hang vertically in an awkward cupboard like on Hitachi trains.
October 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I think Greater Anglia trains have the easiest-to-use bike storage. Four bikes can be stored here, and there’s no struggling to get them to hang vertically in an awkward cupboard like on Hitachi trains.
So not this guy then 😆
October 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
So not this guy then 😆
With pressure from @tomcopley.bsky.social, EEH commissioned a Design Supervision Level 3 check, but that was before summer, and the assessor is still to report. If everything was in order, this should have been complete in weeks. In addition, we’ve noticed worrying staircase cracks in the masonry.
October 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
With pressure from @tomcopley.bsky.social, EEH commissioned a Design Supervision Level 3 check, but that was before summer, and the assessor is still to report. If everything was in order, this should have been complete in weeks. In addition, we’ve noticed worrying staircase cracks in the masonry.
Taking a break from boxes for a cup of tea in my @bestforbritain.org mug and a cookie, while listening to @quietriotpod.bsky.social’s Sunday School. @pimlicat.bsky.social would be proud.
October 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Taking a break from boxes for a cup of tea in my @bestforbritain.org mug and a cookie, while listening to @quietriotpod.bsky.social’s Sunday School. @pimlicat.bsky.social would be proud.
Another Sunday afternoon in PPE, salvaging possessions from my flat. More than two years later, there’s still water coming in, and we still don’t know how any of this meets building regulations or how the structure has been affected by being wet for so long.
October 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Another Sunday afternoon in PPE, salvaging possessions from my flat. More than two years later, there’s still water coming in, and we still don’t know how any of this meets building regulations or how the structure has been affected by being wet for so long.
Wow. First time this has happened in a while.
October 2, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Wow. First time this has happened in a while.
A lovely evening with my besties at the Royal Albert Hall, listening to @ericidle.bsky.social talk and sing about his life and the people in it. He’s in amazing form and the show certainly had light and dark — poignant and funny in equal measures.
September 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
A lovely evening with my besties at the Royal Albert Hall, listening to @ericidle.bsky.social talk and sing about his life and the people in it. He’s in amazing form and the show certainly had light and dark — poignant and funny in equal measures.
Monday might be a bit sore.
September 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Monday might be a bit sore.
Oh, hello, Sunday morning. Yes, I will be drinking all the caffeine.
September 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Oh, hello, Sunday morning. Yes, I will be drinking all the caffeine.
Good morning my friend (coffee)
September 12, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Good morning my friend (coffee)
It hadn't fared well from being in damp storage for so long thanks to the disastrous Eric Estate development programme.
September 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It hadn't fared well from being in damp storage for so long thanks to the disastrous Eric Estate development programme.
Just picked up my bike from Giant St Paul's. They’ve done a smashing job of restoring it.
September 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Just picked up my bike from Giant St Paul's. They’ve done a smashing job of restoring it.
Tip: If you get cold-called, say, “I’m terribly sorry. I don’t have my notebook with me. I’m going to record this conversation for my records.” Genuine callers won’t mind, but those acting nefariously will likely hang up. help.apple.com/assets/683A5...
August 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Tip: If you get cold-called, say, “I’m terribly sorry. I don’t have my notebook with me. I’m going to record this conversation for my records.” Genuine callers won’t mind, but those acting nefariously will likely hang up. help.apple.com/assets/683A5...