Reposted by Danny Axford fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 13hChirun Ilya Evening light 217331
Reposted by Danny Axford Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 20hAnd they claim to be the Party that will keep you safe 🤔 061
Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Hauling stuff Olympics; never go anywhere without a full set of buggy cables. Obviously made the kid walk back up the hill* *Joking, plenty of room on the back. 140
Reposted by Danny Axford Alexander Clifford @alexclifford.bsky.social · 04/10/2026What's hilarious about this is 'The Right Way' was the deliberately ludicrous conference slogan of the fictional flailing Tory leader in House of Cards (UK version obvs) before he was couped It was supposed to comically bad and there were a few jokes about it in the series. Badenoch clearly unaware 2137
Reposted by Danny Axford Marco @madeingermany.bsky.social · 04/10/2026What were they thinking?!? Why is this opt-out??!? New #YouTube app lets everybody who clicks a YouTube link you shared see your channel/name. You have to notice it when you share or turn it off by default in #privacy settings 56142
Reposted by Danny Axford Goldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 03/10/2026How many local models do you run? 2312625379
Reposted by Danny Axford By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/10/2026We can't afford to continue living under oligarchy, and as oligarchs' greed and folly drives the old system beyond its breaking point, we must seize the opportunity to build a better successor. eof/ 410523
Reposted by Danny Axford Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Good piece from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & @sarahoconnorft.ft.com on AI in science. It’s making some bits faster, but there is a new ‘verification tax’ taking up time. And there are heightened bottlenecks in physical experiments & data collection. AI is a workflow problem www.ft.com/content/4508...ft.comThe AI Shift: Is AI supercharging science?Productivity gains in analysis are getting stuck in physical-world bottlenecks 56522
Reposted by Danny Axford Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Another autumn begins, another explosive Dana hits Spain www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comEastern Spain braces for torrential rain and floodingUp to 300mm of rain could fall in places, while extreme downpours bring landslides and deaths in Nepal 2109
Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I worry that, just like AV referendum, we slip into unresolvable arguments about what is the 'best' system. When the real point is to show that having something *other than FPTP* is possible. And whilst you might not get what you want at 1st attempt, change is then on the table. 010
Reposted by Danny Axford Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026US interfering in hugely important elections in Brazil MAGA wants a compliant comprador capitalist class ruling Latin America, just as they want a new MAGA Europe. Will Latin American society and political class fall in line? Or will they fight as Lula's political coalition is doing in Brazil? 34519
Reposted by Danny Axford Oxfordshire Liveable Streets @oxlivstreets.bsky.social · 02/10/20261/ 70% of primary school kids killed or seriously injured on Britain's roads are hurt within 500m of their own school, according to DfT figures for 2025. ‼️ What this means is, the most dangerous part of a child's day is the journey to school ‼️ www.gov.uk/government/s...gov.ukReported road casualties Great Britain: child casualty factsheet, 2025 122
Reposted by Danny Axford Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is a genuinely hilarious photo choice after the preceding paragraph. 👀 0103
Reposted by Danny Axford Prof Paula Salgado @pssalgado.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The numbers are finally out: Sept25/March26 MRC round saw an overall success rate ~7%. It was inevitable, as shortlisted applications went from ~140 to 40(!) across the whole MRC. This has effects 2026 and beyond on lost jobs and expertise www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...researchprofessionalnews.comMRC success rates drop sharply amid grants overhaul - Research Professional NewsWarnings of “catastrophic” impact on medical researchers as some rates fall below 5 per cent 023
Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 02/10/2026How about more direct support for bus services and their users currently still dependent on diesel? 020
Reposted by Danny Axford JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This level of stupidity doesn’t just happen. You have to work to achieve it. 628837
Reposted by Danny Axford Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Not the least bit surprising but still extremely grim to read. time.com/article/2026... 18588158
Reposted by Danny Axford Atlas Mugged (N95 Duckbill 😷)✊🏿🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🔥👇 06311
Reposted by Danny Axford Brian Romanchuk @brianromanchuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Ha ha, Trump finally got his greater than 100% reduction. In your face, math nerds. 021
Reposted by Danny Axford University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 30/09/2026Four universities on strike today. One map to find them all. Nottingham, Dundee, Glasgow Caledonian and Edinburgh are out. And today we launch the UCU strike map: every dispute across the union, in one place. Find a dispute near you. Visit a picket. Share the map. 11813
Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Spillover onto surrounding routes & into Abingdon. Then I watched a fire engine on blues-and-twos try to get through Stratton way. Possibly the slowest I have ever seen an emergency vehicle move 300m. If it was me trapped in a burning building I would not be happy about motor traffic levels here. 000
Reposted by Danny Axford Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 30/09/2026In February 1972, 20 students from Glasgow School of Art greeted Gordon Campbell, the Scottish Secretary of State, as he opened the Charing Cross section of the M8. They waved banners that are as relevant now as they were then as Campbell passed beneath in the Lord Provost's car. 📷 Newqsquest 18529
Reposted by Danny Axford Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 30/09/2026📢 Oxford Greenways launch 📢 We launched the Greenways project today! Masterplan of connecting safe cycle routes. It was just great to be standing on a stage with City, County, and Uni ALL behind the project, and Councillors from 3 different parties speaking in support. Also I got a mug! 😍☕ (1/4) 1213227
Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In the face of the most vocally anti-renewables/pro-fossil-fuel president. 010
Reposted by Danny Axford Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/20265 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables 833620913
Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Worth a repost with quote from a person staying at our house yesterday: "What, you're back with the kids from school already?!" Yep. And it was cheap. And it was about 20 times more energy efficient than your offer to drive them. 001
Reposted by Danny Axford Cyclox @cycloxoxford.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Such a fun, joyful Kidical Mass - 180 people of all ages and abilities cycling around the streets of Oxford! Fantastic to see so many children riding with their families and enjoying the freedom of cycling together. Cyclox wants to see safe cycling on our roads. Please support us at cyclox.org 174
Reposted by Danny Axford World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Probably the greatest parallel parking you’ll ever see. #WorldBollardAssociation 781895313
Reposted by Danny Axford Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Thrilled to visit Oxfordshire’s first of the new Quiet Lanes: filtered to motor traffic, safe for us cyclists and walkers and horse-riders. First time I have ever felt safe to cycle to the fabulous Rectory Farm: love supporting local businesses. 1324141
Reposted by Danny Axford Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"I need others to be injured, ill or dead to build a successful business" may not be the winning argument he thinks. 1112236
Reposted by Danny Axford Tom Bedford @tombedford.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Sunrise on Warneford Meadow, Oxford this morning, all mist and spiderwebs. A Linnet overhead was my 63rd species this month, equalling my best ever monthly total on my local patch @friendlyevalley.bsky.social #ukbirding #oxford #urbanbirding 0507
Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is just to say... And I need to recall the person who came up with this analogy talking about software *engineering*: If a bridge collapses, no one questions whether the bridge was intelligent or sentient or had agency, They ask who built this shoddy bridge. 041
Reposted by Danny Axford JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se... 3234061269
Reposted by Danny Axford Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ringen.wikipedia.orgIron Ring - Wikipedia 2073682301
Reposted by Danny Axford Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026As @doctorow.pluralistic.net says, "Geometry hates cars." Transportation in cities is a space problem, not a tech problem. 013846
Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ultimately the successful running of any organisation boils down to expectation management. 010
Reposted by Danny Axford Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The reoccurring theme of recent news is ‘company/individual commits a crime. There is no obvious consequence’. Doesn’t feel ideal. 218440
Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 23/09/2026John Coltrane 100 #Jazzsky Too much great work to point to but I always fall back to this, the greatest 'cover version' period. youtu.be/JQvc-Gkwhow?...youtu.beMy Favorite Things (Stereo) (2022 Remaster)YouTube video by John Coltrane - Topic 092
Reposted by Danny Axford kirbyhannah.bsky.social @kirbyhannah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Can you take 2 mins to respond to Ofwat's consultation to demand they BLOCK the water bill hike. If water companies can't survive without hiking our bills, let them go bust and bring them into public ownership. Deadline: midnight Thurs 24th Sept weownit.org.uk/NoBillHikeweownit.org.ukOfwat: No to water bills hike, let them go bust - Respond by midnight on Thursday 24th SeptemberDemand that Ofwat says no to bill hikes. Let water companies go bust and bring them into public ownership for nothing. 003
Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 23/09/2026£240 Million for the bridgeworks in Oxford. £104 Million for cycling and walking in *all of England* Of course we get patchwork and incoherence 🙄 www.activetravelengland.gov.uk/news/ps104-m...activetravelengland.gov.uk£104 million investment to transform walking, wheeling and cycling routes across England | Active Travel England£104m investment to transform walking, wheeling and cycling routes across England 050
Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Everyday, most places :sigh: Marvel at the inefficiency, the shear waste of space and energy, the vehicles impeded by the storage of vehicles not even in use... 021
Reposted by Danny Axford Rosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is terrorism and treating that thug Danny Tommo with kid gloves has led to this. 1011823
Reposted by Danny Axford Commuter cyclist @smallfoggyhouse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is good to see, but there would be far cheaper ways of Thames Valley Police making a dent in mobile phone driving. For example, actually doing something about reports from members of the public, especially when they come with video evidence. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukThe undercover HGV catching drivers on their phones in the Thames ValleyMore drivers are risking lives by using mobile phones despite tougher penalties, police say. 1125
Reposted by Danny Axford Patrick Osgood @patrickosgood.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Is this literally saying governments need to cut welfare for people so global capital markets can soak up even more junk bonds from hyperscalers to build more AI data centers? If so, the author is fucking demented 22613
Reposted by Danny Axford Rob Hawkes @robbhawkes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Omg everyone this is serious. Fiscal ice is the worst kind of ice you can fall through 🥶🥶🥶 2153