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Peter Jordan

@peterbjordan.bsky.social
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Walking, meditation, transport, geography. Digital professional. Product mgmt, digital analysis, findability, search, content strategy.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are ruining our own institutions, which is sad for us and great for our enemies.
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Peter Jordan @peterbjordan.bsky.social · 9h
People's Emergency Briefing Local MP, @dannychambers.bsky.social , introducing a showing of the National Emergency Briefing film. www.nebriefing.org I recommend going to watch it.
Men stood before a large screen with image of Chris Packham & text 'People's Emergency Briefing
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Prof Col Macpherson @colinmacpherson.bsky.social · 12h
The myth of Thatcher nursing the "sick man of Europe" back to fiscal health is an illusion based on North Sea tax receipts. Austerity coincided with the loss of that income.
Plot of UK tax receipts from oil and gas production 1970 to 2020.
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Peter Jordan @peterbjordan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Enjoyed the beach today at Highcliffe, Dorset; and spotted this little beastie sunning itself.

Common wall lizard resting on a grey boulder.
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Zeteo UK @zeteo.uk · 24/09/2026
“She took action to save lives of children.” She was a nursery teacher before joining Palestine Action. Now, Ellie may never work with children again, according to her mother. Watch Emma Kamio explain what drove her daughter to act. zeteo.uk/p/mothers-of...
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Peter Jordan @peterbjordan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just used Gemini to research grounds for objection to a planning application and it's done a surprisingly good job.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thousands of university jobs lost too, and barely a peep either.
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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 22/09/2026
Major new report argues that Britain is a "Hostage Nation," trapped by a set of rules we wrote ourselves | North East Bylines
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Hostage Nation: Britain’s escape plan
Major new report argues that Britain is a "Hostage Nation," trapped by a set of rules we wrote ourselves
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Peter Jordan @peterbjordan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Does anyone under 65 own a tablet? (Apart from for work?)
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Maps In The Wild @mapsinthewild.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Transit Cartography @kennethfield.bsky.social Ken said "Oh... I didn't know about this exhibition. It's over now but glad there's an online version "
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@kennethfield.bsky.social Ken said "Oh... I didn't know about this exhibition. It's over now but glad there's an online version "
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A different kind of AI apocalypse
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Lib Dem pledge to cut fuel duty by 10p is depressingly bad policy: poorly targeted, expensive (£5bn), and it weakens incentives to switch to EVs and reduce usage.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Man who migrated to another country to avoid taxes says Britain's problem is migration and taxes that he doesn't pay. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Jim Ratcliffe: UK is ‘on the slide’ from days when it had world’s ‘greatest empire’
Co-owner of Manchester United says Britain is in decline because of high taxes and immigration
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Peter Jordan @peterbjordan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Come on @the-independent.com sort your algo out. Featuring a Rees-Mogg story from August 22.
Screenshot of Independent website homepage on 19 Sep 26, featuring a story "Jacob Rees-Mogg says government should no longer ‘deliver certain functions’ as Brexit prize" from 18 Aug 22
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/09/2026
🤔 Nigel Farage leads a political party. He’s a sitting MP. And he now hosts his own weekly primetime show on GB News. 🚨Broadcasters are required to present news in an impartial manner, without political bias. 👇 Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action.
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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Peter Jordan @peterbjordan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_cT... Great speech by Carney. But his French sounds rum - is it just cos he was a late learner or am I not used to hearing Québecois?
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IN FULL: Canadian PM Mark Carney gives speech to European Parliament | AFP
YouTube video by AFP News Agency
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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 18/09/2026
The DfT just posted this self-congratulatory propaganda on Facebook. This is horseshit. Battery trains have a very minor role to play as a transition technology, but in the foothills of a seismic energy crisis, swapping one form of energy dependency for another is crap politics and worse planning.
a big photographic poster style picture with the text "Electric or battery electric trains? Battery is better. Here's why." Electric trains are powered by overhead lines or a third rail. Compared to diesel, electric trains are:
1. faster - they accelerate and decelerate quicker 
2. quieter - there are no motors, reducing vibrations
3. lighter - increasing capacity, reducing stress on rails
4. emission free - helping us reduce our reliance on dieselBattery-electric trains use the
Overhead lines or a third rail to also charge a battery. They:
Use existing power lines - reducing the need for new infrastructure and allowing investment elsewhere
Avoid complex upgrades - like building new infrastructure on uneven land, which is costly and takes longer
Avoid disruptions to services - caused by infrastructure upgrades & repairsBattery-electric trains can be charged at train stations and on electrified lines.
Trains then run on non-electrified portions of the network.
This technology can help spread the benefits of electric trains to more communities, much sooner.
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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My list of data-related resources had a bit of a re-fresh recently! They're now all in the one site. You can still browse by topic or see them all at once! 📊 Link: nrennie.rbind.io/resources/ #RStats #DataViz #StatsEd
Screenshot of resources page.
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
this guy lol www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir
Peer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq Khan
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
mountain with no name (used to be named after this guy)
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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This post may be the most effective argument right now for letting public transit wither. It may not make sense to you, but it feels right to many, many people. So in a short new post, I talk through what's going on here, and how to engage with it. humantransit.org/2026/09/the-...
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Peter Jordan @peterbjordan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Golden arches and big sky.
MacDonalds Golden Arches sign, with a big sky above lower grey clouds with sunlight whiter clouds at right angles above.
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Peter Jordan @peterbjordan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Loconundrum #185 🟨⬜⬜ 🚂🚶🚂 🟩🟩⬜ 🚂🚶🚂 🟩🟩🟩
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Living Streets @livingstreets.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's great to hear that pavement parking could soon become illegal in Coventry: www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/cove… Read more about our campaign to end pavement parking across the UK: www.livingstreets.org.uk/pavementpa…
A woman pushing a pushchair with a baby and young child walks into the road because the pavement is blocked by a parked car.
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Jose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺 @jpinasanchez.eurosky.social · 14/09/2026
On why 'road violence' is the right way of describing automobility. In the style of what you get after merging the comunist manifesto and a haiku poem.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
With our kids now #BackToSchool, never forget that we ARE the traffic that we’re afraid of. If more kids walked, biked or rode transit to school, it would erase a LOT of car trips each day, and our kids would be safer, healthier and better at school as a result. HT Ian Lockwood. Spread the word.
Cartoon of a mom and dad with a kid in front of a minivan. The parents are saying “there is too much traffic for Billy to walk to school, so we drive him.” The caption at the bottom says “traffic inducing traffic.” Let kids walk and bike to school, and tell your leaders to make that trip safe and enjoyable for kids and families. #LetKidsWalk #LetKidsBike
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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I mean FFS.
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David Durant @bowsy.co.uk · 12/09/2026
I hope a British version comes out soon.
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Todd Kendall @alpinemigrant.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
@darrenpjones.bsky.social now you’re a back bencher, Darren, might you have time to ask the Culture Secretary if she intends to do her job regarding the BBC? No rush, obviously.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Step by step.
Step 1.
Let's design our cities to prioritize cars at all costs, everywhere, at all times and over everything else.
Step 2.
Let's all complain that kids are inside on screens all day
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Peter Jordan @peterbjordan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Loconundrum #179 ⬜⬜⬜ 🚂🚂 🟩🟩🟩
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William Perrin @willperrin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
this superb article on how Uber got going in London paints a sliding doors moment
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Peter Jordan @peterbjordan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Took me a moment to realise this was dodgy. Quite a sophisticated hook.
Page purporting to be The Guardian. 'You've grown your fortune with it for years. Why has nobody told the public it exists?'

That was the single question Laura Kuenssberg put to Sir Jim Ratcliffe on Sunday morning. By Monday, the episode had quietly disappeared from BBC iPlayer.
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Peter Jordan @peterbjordan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/society/2026... I've been expecting this since Burnham came PM. An easy win. And, on a different note, both talent and legitimacy of elected mayors in some of the new devolved mayoralities.
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Plans for local government overhaul on hold after legal advice
Angela Rayner to announce review into local government shake-up as decisions on four areas withdrawn and 16 paused
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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
When blackshirts are marching through the streets of Dover and Portsmouth, the focus shouldn’t be on the disruption they cause, but on their fascist ideology and deliberate intimidation of migrants and people of colour. [1/2]
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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 07/09/2026
Big fan of how Russia can shut down a major UK port for half a day with just 5kg of cocaine and 100 severely divorced men.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/09/2026
This is wild: only *one quarter* of the New Yorkers who live in the city today were there on 9/11. It's basically an entirely new city. Cities are magic: constantly changing, churning engines of human progress. This is why conservatives hate them.
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A City Forgets. Maybe It’s Supposed To.
The New York of today is a different city than the New York of 9/11.
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Peter Jordan @peterbjordan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
@ntouk.bsky.social This might be of interest in the same context: Ensuring content is findable (2008). Mainly written by me. limewire.com/d/jmHfs#k5Mv...
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Download Ensuring content is findable v1.1.pdf | LimeWire
Download Ensuring content is findable v1.1.pdf on LimeWire
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Peter Jordan @peterbjordan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Alastair Somerville @acuity.design · 04/09/2026
Museums think signage is about inviting and guiding people to the exhibits (what curators find interesting) rather than being showing the network of care (toilets, cafes, seats, shops, exits) that welcome people and enable agency so they can accept an invitation. #Wayfinding
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is a first rate investigation of Reform’s dodgy dealings by C4 News. Would be good if other broadcasters did similar.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 02/09/2026
I am a scientist – and the answer is climate change. Yes, there is nuance. Yes, it could take a long time to identify the precise mechanisms. But there is no question why ice and snow-related disasters are on the rise. Our planet is warming at an unprecedented rate, and humans are responsible.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In independence, Missouri, hometown of Harry Truman, tonight city councilman John Perkins got absolutely rocked, losing a recall election with 68% voting to end his term immediately over his vote to approve a big data center. www.kmbc.com/article/inde...
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Independence Councilman John Perkins recalled after voting to approve multibillion-dollar data center
Independence voters recalled District 1 Councilman John Perkins following his vote to approve a multibillion-dollar data center project.
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🧰 Industry Standard Tools. “… a list of industry standards … written, contested, and voted on by the people who use them.” industrystandard.tools
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Industry Standard Tools
A community register of the products that became the default in their profession.
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Peter Jordan @peterbjordan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Peter Jordan @peterbjordan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Spotted out on driveway to a country estate. EP AMP 4 Compact Electric Utility Vehicle. Road legal, but max speed 25mph.
A very compact electric vehicle, with small wheels, front and rear seats and box-like shape.
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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
New poll. In every one of four possible runoff scenarios, Marine Le Pen wins the 🇫🇷 2027 presidential election Le Pen 69.5% v Mélenchon Le Pen 57% v Glucksmann Le Pen 57% v Attal Le Pen 52.5% v Philippe The centre has its work cut out Source: Elabe
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The tech bros really are the most craven crowd of rent seekers ever vested upon us
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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
There are 315 'Data Centres' queued up to be added to the UK grid. They will use 73GW of electricity. The current average use for the ENTIRE UK is 24GW. They will use 3x more electricity than everyone in the UK combined. And YOU will be paying their heavily subsidised bills. WHY????
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Peter Jordan @peterbjordan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The RAC website and app are a mess.
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