Reposted by Claude LynchBruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 28/09/2026It really doesn't make sense to attribute those job losses to AI-the-technology, because if that were the case we'd be observing AI outputs displacing conventional entertainment products, and they're clearly not. Rather, the impact of AI is that AI-the-business is crowding out other investment. 171472490
Reposted by Claude LynchThe Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 26/09/2026Mary Beard, Chair of the Booker Prize 2026 judging panel, on why she dislikes the phrase ‘I really love reading’. This clip is provided courtesy of the Southbank Centre, and you can watch the full Booker Prize 2026 shortlist event on their YouTube channel: youtube.pulse.ly/axkmrdaxr9 8254116
Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026For shame. The residents are literally clamoring to do something good, and they're denied it. How are local authorities supposed to empower communities when they refuse even when the offer is staring them in the face? 010
Reposted by Claude LynchJon Reades @jreades.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Was written by the bus lobby? Sure, let’s talk about the ‘problem’ of widening pavement and creating space for bikes *before* we get to the contribution of uncoordinated roadworks, rising deliveries, Uber and such, and lack of bus-only lanes www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...theguardian.comLondon buses in decline? Why public transport in global cities is slowing to a crawl – visualisedAs experts fear for future of UK capital’s bus network, some commuters are giving up entirely. London is not alone – with worrying implications for poorest in society 032
Reposted by Claude LynchErin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Yeah, that's a problem www.chronicle.com/article/high... #academicsky #edusky 34724
Reposted by Claude LynchNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy! 180140446466
Reposted by Claude Lynchdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026never a good start 5862114
Reposted by Claude LynchKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/09/2026"Oh, you're criticising data centres? But you USED A DATA CENTRE to publish your post??? Hypocritical much????" Time to put this fossil fuel PR inspired talking point to bed forever. Why the 'Mr Gotcha' gambit is wrong in two very important ways: 15486222
Reposted by Claude Lynchderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Photos via Instagram riverreachconstruction, which has turned into a cat account. 724550806
Reposted by Claude LynchQagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026UK transit nerds are next level. 1454158717
Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Shoddy hotboxes around every outer London tube station, here we come. Why not empower councils to plan and build these developments themselves, to spec? 010
Reposted by Claude LynchWill Jennings @willjennings.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The wonderful Orfordness 3101
Reposted by Claude LynchThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 31/07/2026As Europe burns, Shell has banked £7.4 billion in just three months. It's time to make the biggest polluters pay. 14655331
Reposted by Claude LynchBrynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 31/07/2026coming to terms with the damage at Minsmere RSPB Reserve, likely to be new normal (contrary to headline perhaps)bbc.co.ukFire-ravaged Dunwich Heath 'could take 25 years to recover'The vast blaze at the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is still being tackled by firefighters. 142
Reposted by Claude LynchThe Exchange @theexchangeleeds.bsky.social · 25/07/2026If you stood on Briggate at 8am on a weekday in 1957, and stood there again in 2026, in which year could you reach more of the city in half an hour? Samuel Bancroft has crunched the numbers. Since the 1950s, Leeds has got bigger - but the city has effectively shrunk. 1023878
Reposted by Claude LynchAndrew Cherry @kolektiv.xyncro.com · 24/07/2026Lots of talk at the moment about house building, as there generally is. What's missing from this debate, though? For me, it's "do we actually have a housing shortage?" That seems to be beyond orthodoxy in terms of questions, but I really think we should be clear on the answer. 🧵 /1 101
Reposted by Claude LynchAndrew Cherry @kolektiv.xyncro.com · 21/07/2026I wrote a short thread on AI way back in the dim mists of tech history (last Jan), and I haven't seen anything to change things. bsky.app/profile/kole... /2 111
Reposted by Claude LynchJon Blyth @disappointment.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Terrible news, but we’ll always have this 3227
Reposted by Claude LynchMatthew Garrahan @mattgarrahan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Very well played, Thameslink trains 412027
Reposted by Claude LynchStephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 06/07/2026JUDE BELLINGHAM YOU WOKE MY DOG UP AGAIN 01056
Reposted by Claude LynchDavid Turner @railwayhistorian.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Here's a wild idea that might increase the reliability and reduce the carbon footprint of deliveries UK-wide: we ban all delivery companies bar one, merge all the operations, bring everything into state control and call it something like "national mail". We might even be able to pay the workers well 618745
Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026These really are the worst of the worst. Not just the reactionary ruling class, but those endlessly prepared to kiss their boots and later claim there was no tongue. 000
Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Really great blog post on the institutional cart leading the consumer experience horse. It absolutely makes sense for regions to run railways, but that doesn't mean not distinguishing between local and intercity, metro and rural. Why would GBR look at London, WM, & GM and decide to do the opposite? 031
Reposted by Claude LynchIan Rennie @theangelremiel.bsky.social · 24/06/2026this took way too long 21542163
Reposted by Claude LynchGrantham Research Institute at LSE @granthamlse.bsky.social · 23/06/2026We regret that our event on Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office. Our apologies to everyone who was planning to attend the event. 7719981152
Reposted by Claude Lynchdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 18/06/2026great details in this article about a Scottish packaged pastry 1451278
Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · 13/06/2026The cats in Streatham St Leonard's are coming out for the Green Party!! @lambethgreenparty.bsky.social 043
Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · 12/06/2026This is a really great piece in terms of its choice to focus on the application space that universities could occupy... 010
Reposted by Claude LynchCool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 12/06/2026"I used to cycle up to Scarborough, Whitby, a long way actually. You get to know it, and you know it’s hilly if you’re cycling. I was always attracted to it. I always thought it had a space. One of the thrills of landscape is that it’s a spatial experience.” — artist David Hockney 07922
Reposted by Claude LynchRichard Carr @richardcarr.bsky.social · 11/06/2026This nails the top complex to solve, too “woke” to bother, and too imperceptible a collapse to react de facto response from politicians. There’s a lot you could do by spending nothing - number controls, ban consultants, severely truncate REF etc. But Westminster can’t even imagine that. 1168
Reposted by Claude LynchJim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 09/06/2026It's been a tough day but enormously cheered by this Reddit thread of a guy demanding Tesco treat bananas as berries for the purpose of getting extra club card points. www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdvic...reddit.comFrom the LegalAdviceUK community on RedditExplore this post and more from the LegalAdviceUK community 1317046
Reposted by Claude LynchMelissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 07/06/2026When the pilot was first announced, opposition was fierce. Protesters famously carried a coffin through Clifton Village, symbolising the “death” of the area if car parking and access was restricted. Yet the local council proceeded, and as the months passed, the feared collapse failed to materialise. 317937
Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Much as this is great to see, it's quietly damning that the man had to face a leadership challenge to commit to something more than a glorified bus!!! 021
Reposted by Claude Lynchwaldokanto.bsky.social @waldokanto.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Marjane Satrapi 1969-2026 45104843380
Reposted by Claude LynchDan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 01/06/2026insane Transformers toy your rich mate owned and you were always jealous of 1374
Reposted by Claude LynchCats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Best friends. 💕 Photo from my collection, no date/info. 332792281
Reposted by Claude LynchI Heart Noise @iheartnoise.bandcamp.com · 27/05/2026🤔 isaiprofitable.comisaiprofitable.comIs AI Profitable Yet? 346
Reposted by Claude LynchMatthew Castle @mrbasilpesto.bsky.social · 26/05/2026I'll admit, I felt incredibly pandered to by this one, but I couldn't resist it. As a collection of action and stealth mechanics it's uneven, but as a Bond experience it's absolutely fantastic. There's a music cue in this that had me levitating from the couch. www.theguardian.com/games/2026/m...theguardian.com007 First Light review – a triumphant James Bond game made by obsessive fansThe stealth masters behind Hitman go loud for this game about Bond’s brilliant beginnings 5523
Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Some photos from the really very hot day in the surprisingly tranquil mires of central London... 010
Reposted by Claude LynchAlex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK 6085402116198
Reposted by Claude LynchThomas Ableman @freewheeling.info · 19/05/2026Today feels a good day to repost my most popular blog of last year www.freewheeling.info/blog/swiss-hs2freewheeling.infoThis is how the Swiss would have done HS2 — FreewheelingHS2 has become a case study in how not to build infrastructure. But what if we’d taken a different path entirely? In this post, I imagine how the Swiss would have done it: starting with the timetabl... 63720
Reposted by Claude LynchJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 19/05/2026This is the sort of thing that could make a difference to how people feel about their local area, but kind of shows the problem with the government that it's hard to see why this couldn't have been a day one thing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukNew police unit to target crime gangs fronting High Street shopsIt follows BBC News exposing drug gangs, money laundering, immigration crime, and ghost directors linked to shop fronts. 78814
Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Another infuriating thing about this is how quickly it can be pushed through while all genuine institutional change seems to just wither on the vine. Why spend the (extremely limited!!!) executive bandwidth on this stuff...? 000
Reposted by Claude LynchSacha Hilhorst @sachahilhorst.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Have seen this take a lot and really disagree. Gov’t could invest in anchor institutions for towns; build FE colleges in town centres; set up childcare co-ops; retrofit iconic buildings and make them into community gyms, etc. We are more than individual consumers - that’s the point of politics! 74824