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Claude Lynch

@claudelynch.bsky.social
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Jack-of-all-geographies (except physical) 🌍 PhD researcher at UCL 🏛️ Past lives as a video essayist, stand-up comedian, slam poet 🔨

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 28/09/2026
It 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.
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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 26/09/2026
Mary 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
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Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For 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?
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Jon Reades @jreades.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Was 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...
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London buses in decline? Why public transport in global cities is slowing to a crawl – visualised
As 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
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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yeah, that's a problem www.chronicle.com/article/high... #academicsky #edusky
A line graph demonstrating the nonacademic spending has outpaced academic spending, from 2010 to 2024. The note indicates this is for 146 R1 institutions. Source: NCES, Created with Datawrapper
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Kosher Nostra @harfenist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A little blonde girl posing in front of the twin towers; top right, “the world you were born in no longer exists”
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
never a good start
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Ketan 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:
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Photos via Instagram riverreachconstruction, which has turned into a cat account.
There are four men in the photo, one of which is wearing a safety vest. The man in a safety vest is holding a small kitten, who is wearing a tiny hard hat. The kitten in a safety vest.The kitten in a safety vest and tiny hard hat.
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
UK transit nerds are next level.
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Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Shoddy hotboxes around every outer London tube station, here we come. Why not empower councils to plan and build these developments themselves, to spec?
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Will Jennings @willjennings.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The wonderful Orfordness
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 31/07/2026
As Europe burns, Shell has banked £7.4 billion in just three months. It's time to make the biggest polluters pay.
Green Party poster demanding "Make polluters pay," highlighting Shell's £7.4bn profit in three months against a backdrop of dark, orange-lit industrial smoke with a partial Shell logo in the corner.
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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
coming to terms with the damage at Minsmere RSPB Reserve, likely to be new normal (contrary to headline perhaps)
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Fire-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.
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The Exchange @theexchangeleeds.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
If 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.
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Andrew Cherry @kolektiv.xyncro.com · 24/07/2026
Lots 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
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Andrew Cherry @kolektiv.xyncro.com · 21/07/2026
I 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
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Jon Blyth @disappointment.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Terrible news, but we’ll always have this
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Matthew Garrahan @mattgarrahan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Very well played, Thameslink trains
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
JUDE BELLINGHAM YOU WOKE MY DOG UP AGAIN
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David Turner @railwayhistorian.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Here'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
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Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
These 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.
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Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Really 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?
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Ian Rennie @theangelremiel.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
this took way too long
Ice Lolly Alignment Chart
	Content purist
Must primarily consist of fruit flavoured liquids	Content neutral
Must contain fruit flavours	Content rebel
Must contain dessert elements
Form Purist
Must be frozen and on a stick	 
A fruit pastille lolly is an ice lolly	 
A solero is an ice lolly	 
A Feast is an ice lolly
Form neutral
Must be frozen and portable	 
A Calippo is an ice lolly	
 
Frozen yoghurt is an ice lolly	 
A cornetto is an ice lolly
Form Rebel
Can be any portable snack	 
Grapes are an ice lolly	 
A mince pie is an ice lolly	
 
Hot chocolate is an ice lolly
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Grantham Research Institute at LSE @granthamlse.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We 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.
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re🐠mane🐠dur @remanedur.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
great details in this article about a Scottish packaged pastry
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Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Unhinged places to leave crumpets, in Anerley
Some crumpets on, and I'm sure this isn't what it's called, a safety blanket (the thing that covers holes in the pavement)
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Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The cats in Streatham St Leonard's are coming out for the Green Party!! @lambethgreenparty.bsky.social
A beautiful tortoiseshell cat standing valiantly over a green party flyer.
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Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
This is a really great piece in terms of its choice to focus on the application space that universities could occupy...
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Cool 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
Painting titled "Garrowby Hill" by the artist David Hockney. It features a rural landscape with a hilly, winding road coursing through the middle of it.
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Richard Carr @richardcarr.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This 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.
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Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
This is obscenely cool
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 09/06/2026
It'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...
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Explore this post and more from the LegalAdviceUK community
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 07/06/2026
When 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.
People walk and sit along a pedestrianised shopping street in the centre of Bristol, featuring terraces, trees, planter boxes, bike parking, and advertising boards.People walk and sit along a pedestrianised shopping street in the centre of Bristol, featuring terraces, trees, planter boxes, bike parking, and advertising boards.People walk and sit along a pedestrianised shopping street in the centre of Bristol, featuring terraces, trees, planter boxes, bike parking, and advertising boards.People walk and sit along a pedestrianised shopping street in the centre of Bristol, featuring terraces, trees, planter boxes, bike parking, and advertising boards.
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Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Much 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!!!
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waldokanto.bsky.social @waldokanto.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Marjane Satrapi 1969-2026
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Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
insane Transformers toy your rich mate owned and you were always jealous of
A very long lorrry trailer has a large road maintenance vehicle on its bed
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Best friends. 💕 Photo from my collection, no date/info.
Color photo of a short haired, black cat and a short haired, gray tuxedo tabby snuggled together on a chair. They look very relaxed with their heads together and legs intertwined. The photo has the discoloration typical of photos from the 1970s.
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Godzilla stomps through a city and thinks to himself "For Godzilla all cities are walkable."
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I Heart Noise @iheartnoise.bandcamp.com · 27/05/2026
🤔 isaiprofitable.com
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Is AI Profitable Yet?
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Matthew Castle @mrbasilpesto.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I'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...
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007 First Light review – a triumphant James Bond game made by obsessive fans
The stealth masters behind Hitman go loud for this game about Bond’s brilliant beginnings
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Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Some photos from the really very hot day in the surprisingly tranquil mires of central London...
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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK
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Thomas Ableman @freewheeling.info · 19/05/2026
Today feels a good day to repost my most popular blog of last year www.freewheeling.info/blog/swiss-hs2
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This is how the Swiss would have done HS2 — Freewheeling
HS2 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...
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 19/05/2026
This 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...
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New police unit to target crime gangs fronting High Street shops
It follows BBC News exposing drug gangs, money laundering, immigration crime, and ghost directors linked to shop fronts.
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Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Another 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...?
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Sacha Hilhorst @sachahilhorst.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Have 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!
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