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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 37m

Yes, he did a fine bit of writing on that in his RAF memoir, The Mint.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 1h

Lot to be said for small guy energy.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 1h

And single file riding in the same direction as Lawrence, that is. His brakes were defective, he had rheumatic wrists and he habitually rode his 100-mph motorbike too fast on public roads, yet two boys (one of whom was hospitalised in thecrash) are still sometimes blamed for killing Lawrence.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 1h

And don't get me started on the opening few seconds when Lean showed Lawrence’s death was caused by two boys on bikes coming towards him riding abreast. In fact, the boys rode single file. Lawrence crashed cos he was going too fast; the cyclists were not to blame.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 1h

Mind you, not a lot in the film was accurate. Real Lawrence was 5 ft 5. Peter O’Toole was 6 ft 3. And movie only showed Lawrence on camels and not Royal Navy ships, Royal Flying Corps aircraft and Rolls-Royce armoured cars.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 1h

Doesn't annoy me but I believe it still has power to annoy Brough Superior fans — in David Lean’s 1962 biopic Lawrence of Arabia, Peter O’Toole changed gear with a foot pedal when it should have been a hand-actuated gear change.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

STARTER PACKS from credible sources are still a key way to find great accounts to follow, and also to BUILD GREAT COMMUNITIES here on Bluesky. They’ve been key for the Urbanist community here. This one supported global urbanists from OUTSIDE North America. I hope you’ll follow them, and SHARE IT.

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antibot4navalny | bot blocker | блокировщик ботов @antibot4navalny.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

To those implying that Kremlin-controlled social media bot/troll farms became silent after Ukraine hit a Yandex data center, posting this CloudFare chart ( radar.cloudflare.com/bots/as13238 ): Hate to disappoint you all ⤵️

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?

Elon Musk: “Zelensky has gone too far”

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2109033017184338141

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 11/10/2026

Cute to see puddles again. Or so I thought at beginning of today’s 52-mile gravel ride in Mid-Wales. Peat bog “puddles” on Monks’ Trod (not really a gravel route in winter, I discovered) couldn't be avoided.

Gravel bike in what looks like a stream but is the path.

Gravel bike stood up in mud with big puddles behind. Moorland.

Big puddle and bike on floor in distance.

Big blue sky with high wispy clouds. Tarmac minor road on right. Green and brown moorland. River and reservoir in distance.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026

“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This a million times. People of colour being dragged on to debate maniacs about imaginary labels & race science is an abomination. proper ‘how German are you’ Nazi shit Note that people like me with white migrant parentage never asked to defend our identity Englishness. Is. A. Made. Up. Thing

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 09/10/2026

Hard to overstate how much Hegseth's execution stream mirrors the U.S. military's traditional description of ISIS propaganda: broadcast killings designed to send a message, strike fear and create a social media spectacle. Will almost certainly be repurposed by online terror cells

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 09/10/2026

I’m on a late running train from Crewe to Shrewsbury and, by rights, ought to miss the service from Shrewsbury to Llandrindod Wells. However, the train manager for that service — due to take over in Shrewsbury — is on this train so all is good!

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 09/10/2026

I've been before, but it’s def open this Saturday.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 09/10/2026

It’s a Cycling History Educational Trust committee meeting in mid-Wales tomorrow (National Cycle Museum is in town) so, naturally, I'm adding a day to do a little bit of touring.

Pink Vielo gravel bike with Tailfin bags with front wheel lodged in train carriage board.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 08/10/2026

“Artificial intelligence research" was founded as an academic discipline in 1956. Trump will be a lame duck president next month. Amazing that the tech billionaires are so weak they caved early. Money can’t buy everything, then.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 07/10/2026

PETA welcome to the @thewaroncars.bsky.social (Early motorists outside Oxford’s Automobile & Cycle Agency, c. 1905.)

Two period cars with drivers in huge fur coats.

Period car with driver in huge fur coat and passenger in long coat. Both in caps. Bystanders behind.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.

, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.

As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 07/10/2026

Talked my way into Oxford University’s Freshers’ Fair in the Examination School on the historic High Street. There was an exhibitor there I wanted to quiz. Person on the booth turned out to be from just 500m from us in Newcastle.

Medieval-style hall with mosaic floor shot from a height. People clustered in far corner.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 07/10/2026

The Oxford one is very subtle, which increases its power, I think. Also: I think I’ve been to that cafe.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 06/10/2026

This Oxford Uni building used to be the High School for Boys. Couple of famous old boys include Ronnie Barker, so Spoons, naturally, named the pub next door “The Four Candles.”

Two cyclists ride past old building on wet road. Blue and cloudy sky.

Red brick building with close-up of The Four Candles pub sign.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 06/10/2026

@nicolaking.bsky.social Saw your name and work in a Lawrence doc the other day. Small world etc.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 06/10/2026

Done a fair few research visits to the British Library for this project but now I’m starting at Oxford’s Bodleian. Didn’t get a chance to retake the pic so a smirk it is.

Smirking bald guy in glasses on Bodleian Library card.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 02/10/2026

And I much prefer spoken interviews, usually because the interviewees will give more away! And hard to do silences via email.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 02/10/2026

Although many interviewees ask for this, presumably because they’ll give less away, feel more in control and have an exact record of the “conversation.”

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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Rita Ora has the Lidl Plus App" "Stacey Solomon gives Joe a sticker for helping with the dishes" "Alesha Dixon made bairns cry at the Hoppings" "Jessie J doesn't donate 10p to charity at the checkout" "Lorraine Kelly is barred from Wetherspoons for stealing cutlery"

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Community urged to report bizarre celeb-obsessed graffiti artist to police

Bizarre graffiti about a range of celebrities has been daubed across the Newcastle suburb

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pro cyclist here who grew up in abject poverty as an only child. When I started cycling seriously in my teens I needed extra calories mom couldn't afford. I used to go to the local food bank and pretend I had three siblings. They knew and never said a word. They were true saints.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 30/09/2026

Another sign of dementia, yes?

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 30/09/2026

MAGA cultists wore fake white bandages on their right ears to support Trump after a bullet grazed him during a campaign rally couple of years ago. So, when they gonna stand like this?

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 29/09/2026

Actually, it tracks that the US has got high level intel on tinpot British fuel thieves — thanks to Trump’s Iran war, America needs all the gasoline it can get!

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 29/09/2026

Trump said “if this [tech thing designed by others and which, of course, I don’t understand in the slightest] is good I’ve done a shitty job as president.” Website will be hacked soon enough and, yes, he’s the shittiest US president ever.

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"I am ten weeks into this job, and not all of my recent predecessors have been able to say that." Obligatory Liz Truss joke near the start of Andy Burnham's Labour conference speech.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 29/09/2026

Constrictor rims and Eadie coaster hubs.

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 29/09/2026

The rush to speculate that asylum seekers are responsible for every crime in the news is a sort of opportunistic informational terrorism. Until it’s disproved it stokes fear and hatred. When it is disproved there are no adverse consequences and they know that they only have to be lucky once.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If the last 15 years of work on things like MH17 and chemical weapon use tells me anything is you'll need a lot more than mere evidence to change the mind of any denialist.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 29/09/2026

Here’s the sales doc. Doesn’t mention Edinburgh Bicycle by name.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026

Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin...

Summary
Companies
• Anthropic IPO could value the company at more than $2
trillion
• Anthropic lost $42 billion in 2025
• Al lab spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year
• Operating loss widened to $8.06 billion in 2025 from $2.98 billion in 2024
• Execs, industry analysts have expressed concerns over harms of Al tech
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Anthropic is making a massive bet that Al will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
But the cost to get there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming year, according to the
prospectus.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 28/09/2026

“I have here in my hand an order for heavy bombers from my friend Herr Hitler.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

Chamberlain waving paper in famous photo.

Headline: “Trump asked Xi Jinping if China would like to buy US weapons, American ambassador says”

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

'Which taxes do you want to raise instead?' should be the default question to anyone who calls for reductions in immigration.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 27/09/2026

Many of the leading AI doomsayers live in community houses in San Francisco, take drugs together and share sexual partners. In the early 1980s, those kind of folks developed mountain biking on Mount Tamalpais, now they’re given billions to trash the planet with data centres.

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