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Will @squawkbox.uk · 27/09/2026

What a chonky update to MacOS 27...

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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

INTERRAIL PASS SALE! From Thursday 24 September until Wednesday 30 September 2026, save 50% on long-validity Interrail Global Passes (one month continuous or longer) and 15% on shorter-duration Global Passes, and One Country Passes (all validities). www.interrail.com/en/interrail...

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Interrail Global Pass for Europe

The Interrail Global Pass is the fun and cheap way to see more of Europe. Travel to up to 33 countries with one train Pass!

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Will @squawkbox.uk · 24/09/2026

Interrail have a very good sale on at the moment. 50% off for continuous passes valid for 1 month or longer, 15% off those valid for less than one month. Sale until 30th of Sept. An adult 1st class pass for three months is only £540/€621, Std is £416/€478!

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Will @squawkbox.uk · 21/09/2026

First time in front of a class today since *checks notes* early March. I think I've forgotten everything...

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Will @squawkbox.uk · 19/09/2026

I try to keep negative stuff off here, but I read this article earlier and thought the exact same thing. 🚮

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Will @squawkbox.uk · 16/09/2026

It is giving cult.

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Will @squawkbox.uk · 14/09/2026

I know this was in place with some operators before, but nice to see it being rolled out more widely. Rail passengers get automatic right to switch operators for free when trains are cancelled www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Rail passengers get automatic right to switch operators for free when trains are cancelled

‘Commonsense change’ looks to end current confusion and put ‘passengers first, not shareholders’ when services are disrupted

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Will @squawkbox.uk · 13/09/2026

Some nice visualisations in this article on the UK electricity grid.

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Policy has intended effect, now here’s the traffic and weather.

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Will @squawkbox.uk · 10/09/2026

A hill I'll die on. So so good.

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Today in great scientific figures: the flight path of two midges, immediately preceding ❤️romance❤️

Hand-drawn figure almost certainly derived from painstaking examination of filmed midge flight. It took them 4 years to publish this. It is indistinguishable from an elaborate squiggle.

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Will @squawkbox.uk · 05/09/2026

I like the new thread count that has appeared on here.

Screenshot showing a thread count "1/9".

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Neil Kaye @neilrkaye.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Here in the UK, 2018 was the hottest summer on record, then 2025 was the hottest summer on record and now 2026 is the hottest summer on record as well as being very dry. Here is a climate/weather summary for the past 12 months showing the multiple heatwaves we have had. #globalwaming #climatechange

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Coastway Will @coastwaywill.me · 31/08/2026

Please be Stadler, please be Stadler, please be Stadler etc etc

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Will @squawkbox.uk · 30/08/2026

I was thinking about perhaps updating my M1 Mac mini after the recent updates, then I looked at the new pricing. Yikes! With education pricing for M6 16GB/512GB = £999 In an ideal world I was looking for M6 24GB/1TB, but that is £1,469. Truly insane pricing. I think I'll keep my M1 for now...

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Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Another fucking treasure gone.

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ESC Discord @escdiscord.com · 20/08/2026

🇸🇪 SVT has published the regulations for Melodifestivalen 2027. 🔹 30 entries selected by SVT. 🔸 Song submissions open tomorrow until 11 September 2026. 🔹 No major changes compared to last year.

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Outrageous flirting on the BBC News channel.

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 09/08/2026

Unprecedented heat has affected much of Europe this summer and this week will be no exception🌡️ Yet another spell of extremely hot weather is set to spread north across much of the UK with temperatures reaching the mid 30s Celsius in places📈🌍

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

One minute you are running for vice-president, the next you’re muscling in on the obscure border anomaly YouTube niche.

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Will @squawkbox.uk · 07/08/2026

This is beautiful.

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Niko Setälä @nikosetala.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Useful new tool for #Interrail travellers in Finland: venaarauhassa.fi shows how seats are occupied in VR operated trains, station by station. Shows also the night train sleeper beds! Only in Finnish, but should be easy enough to navigate.

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VenaaRauhassa

VenaaRauhassa on palvelu, jolla näet junien istuimien tilanteen asemakohtaisesti. Näin mahdollisuutesi kasvavat, että saat istua rauhassa.

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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Worth remembering that this government is subsidising a theme park to the tune of £1.3bn. An amount that would go some way to preserving the intellectual and economic footprint of our universities.

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 31/07/2026

New from me: Until recently, the gap between comfortably-off and just-getting-started could plausibly be crossed in a decade or two of hard work. Growth in asset prices means that’s no longer true: even a lifetime of striving doesn’t offer a realistic prospect of feeling you’ve “made it”.

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Jo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Good if not very encouraging lunch with the FT, with the head of the Met Office. www.ft.com/content/bde8...

The agency's latest modelling suggests that by the middle of the century, Britain could endure long stretches of 40C days, with temperatures hitting
45C.

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Chris @chrsphr.uk · 20/07/2026

A few years ago I started a site to gather all the UK prides and put them together on a map.... well I finally sat down and finished it this weekend It's a little out of date, so I added the ability to submit new routes pridemap.mcneill.fyi

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mensrea @mensie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

German broadcast. Nailed it

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Maartje @maartje.dev · 14/07/2026

Hell froze over at SNCF-SNCB! Meet Ouigo Trains Classique with… Interrail! Of course a reservation is 12 euros, but progress! (Thanks due to a tip not sure if the person wanted to be mentioned…)

Bruxelles-Midi → Aulnoye Aymeries
07:37
Bruxelles-Midi (Belgium)
1h 6m
OTC 50
QUIGO TRN Classique
Operated by SNCF Voyages
Direction Paris Nord (France)

Seat reservations required
You won't be able to board without it.
You need to login to book
- 2nd class seat from €12.00
Aulnoye Aymeries (France)

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Will @squawkbox.uk · 14/07/2026

You'd think they'd opt for some other brand name...

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Sobering to see in one chart how June temperature records have been broken this year in so many European countries www.ft.com/content/5f06...

June temperature records tumble across
Europe

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Stiles @lakesstiles.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I mean, everyone's got a favourite brutalist concrete bridge right? Kylesku, Sutherland.

Curved concrete bridge over sea loch held up by two pairs of inverted triangles

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 22/06/2026

An exceptional heatwave is developing this week with record-breaking June temperatures highly likely, particularly for England and Wales 🌡️ Following the heat in May 2026, it would be the first time since 1911 that two consecutive months have observed record temperatures

Map of forecast temperatures across the UK on Monday 22 June 2026.

Northern Ireland / Scotland = 15-23℃
Wales / England = 24-33℃

Map of forecast temperatures across the UK on Tuesday 23 June 2026.

Northern Ireland / Scotland = 16-29℃
Wales / England = 29-37℃

Map of forecast temperatures across the UK on Wednesday 24 June 2026.

Northern Ireland / Scotland = 15-26℃
Wales / England = 26-39℃

Map of forecast temperatures across the UK on Thursday 25 June 2026.

Northern Ireland / Scotland = 16-29℃
Wales / England = 30-39℃

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 20/06/2026

It's not just parts of the UK that will be sweltering next week, heat warnings are in place across much of Europe 🥵 Temperatures could reach around 40°C in some regions of Spain, France and Italy

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Chris @chrsphr.uk · 18/06/2026

your ex boyfriend is in the news again

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Phone ban, social media ban & curfew, trans bathroom ban, trans youth healthcare ban, repeated protest ban, arrests of peaceful protestors for Palestine. All this government seems able to do is ban, ban, ban. No positive vision of the future, just kneejerk authoritarian crackdowns.

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Will @squawkbox.uk · 14/06/2026

Time for another break from [*gesticulates wildly*] and go on another train or two.

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Will @squawkbox.uk · 14/06/2026

So a few weeks back I went on a wee Interrail trip and I forgot to post here. Here is the tldr map:

Map of Spring 2026 Interrail trip - part 1.

Black line = rail
Solid blue line = ferry
Dashed blue line = flight

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Will @squawkbox.uk · 03/06/2026

This time of year for the late sunsets. 🥰

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Will @squawkbox.uk · 02/06/2026

Thanks, I hate it.

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Will @squawkbox.uk · 31/05/2026

Just finished the giro d'Italia 2026. Italy is such a beautiful country. 🥹

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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Yay! It appears that Trenitalia’s Paris-Milan Frecciarossa has finally joined the Eurail/Interrail network, as passholder reservations now bookable at partners.italiarail.com/default?forc.... Rail Planner app still needs the ‘not in pass network’ message removing.

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