Jonathan Bennett

Getting a bit sick of people on Social Media who constantly "remind" others to add Alt Text to images, but are perfectly happy to repost videos without captions/subtitles. Accessibility is vital! (But not for the deaf. They can go fuck themselves).

My Oyster Card only seems to work at Brixton.

Market Cross in Howden Town Centre Grade II listed Cross restored in 1909 Medieval Base Demolished 2026 by some old man in an obnoxious Range Rover

I recently asked a non-tech colleague how much they'd be prepared to pay for the AI services they use to alter photos, generate posters, etc. "Nothing"

UK #railway people: what is this, and why is it there? Seen hanging from the catenary wires at Twyford. There is one either side of the footbridge on the slow lines, but not the fast lines.

Insulating homes better for people, cost of living and UK economy than drilling new oilfield www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Lift at Southampton central has been broken for the last month so if you arrive on platform 4 you have no way to get to the other side. Station staff: “don’t worry we can can you a taxi” gate staff “we can but it’s going to be half an hour”…well that’s just great guys!

Ever wonder who teaches people to park on pavements? #DrivingInstructors I despair.

Police in Bristol said they asked organisers of a far-right protest in city centre to move it or reschedule, because the big Shine Night Walk big cancer charity 10K fundraising walk of 2,000 people - mainly women - was planned for Friday night. Police confirmed the group refused, so walk postponed.

an internal investigation by cats into whether they have been fed, concludes that they have not.

Happy tenth anniversary to the time the Reading Chronicle didn’t know what a plant room is.

Don't worry - the "protect are wimmin" crowd will be all over this any second now...

Kildunne nearly messed that up.

Two tier policing. Victoria Thomas Bowen, who chucked a milkshake at Farage, was given a 13-week jail sentence, suspended for 12 months; had to pay him £150 compensation; had to complete 120 hours of unpaid work and pay £450 in court costs. It was nowhere near the level of violence of this assault.

Stuff like this is why I could never be a member of any political party.

The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.

Gonna start referring to Democrats who take anti-trans stances as “Biological Republicans”

Thursday's @theguardian.com cartoon on the abuse of #RNLI volunteers in Portsmouth. #PatrioticPlatform #refugees #immigration #smallboats #channelcrossings

2027 LONDON UNDERGROUND A3 CALENDAR I’m proud to announce my 2027 Tube Mapper Calendar, sharing special moments from my journey exploring every stop on the Tube, Overground, DLR, Tram & Elizabeth line Buy Here tubemapper.com/buy-tube-map... Please share with anyone who might enjoy it

Thank you @gilltav.bsky.social for reminding us all of the Police response in 2021 👇 when some 40 environmental activists of Insulate Britain blocked the Port of Dover: 39 arrests. Compare that to yesterday when 200-400 fascist paramilitaries intimidated Dover town and blocked the Port: 0 arrests.

Loconundrum #174 ⬜⬜⬜ 🚂🚂🚂 🟩🟩🟩 I need to get out more.

Suspected murderer... #HMHB

I appear to be quite good at this. Make of that what you will...

We're not changing the name of Lake Ontario. Name it whatever you want at your leisure: https://gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario (tag us so we can see your work 🙂)

Who knew the Canadians could play the same game?

Is 2026 the new 2016?

[Exit Queen.]

Reposting your original Scopus comparison of Jason Arday's academic output and influence compared with that of the two men who targeted him.

Jason Arday completes 30 marathons in 35 days for Shelter | www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/8350040...

Thank you ITV and Good Morning Britain.

For the avoidance of doubt, I do not carry a printed railway atlas around with me when travelling by train.

A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.

Gen X here. Had a University reunion thing a few years ago on a Saturday night. They had to open the Students' Union bar specially for us. As in, it didn't normally open on a Saturday. At all.

#MRDA

Great advice, whether there's an eclipse or not

Someone appears to be marking all the motorways heading to London as closed in Waze/Gmaps. M1, M40, M4...

I'm not saying it's been hot, but I've just eaten a ripe fig, grown on the tree in my garden. No special treatment.

They might as well demolish Italy altogether