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Paul Clark

@valleypaul.bsky.social
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Working in Motorsport and Education. Sometimes at the same time.

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 07/10/2026
Three years ago today, Hamas carried out a horrific terror attack in Israel. We remember all those killed and taken hostage, and the tens of thousands of Palestinians killed in Gaza since.
Two candles burning against a dark background, with one in sharp focus in the foreground and the other softly blurred behind it.
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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.
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Paul Clark @valleypaul.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Three Doctors Birmingham Six One magnificent library. Birmingham Central @chrismullinexmp.bsky.social @bbcdoctorwhoecho.bsky.social
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons for more walkable streets.
fastcompany.com
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
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Hollybush Railway @hollybushrailway.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Top tip for making model buildings - use the clear plastic film from a box of Tunnocks Teacakes to make the windows. Mostly because then eating a whole box of teacakes is necessary to the build, not just a side effect of the tea breaks...
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Paul Clark @valleypaul.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You can check out, but you can never leave [Bus stop in central Birmingham]
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Paul Clark @valleypaul.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Found the Prime Minister in Birmingham
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Paul Clark @valleypaul.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is what many hoped for. Reform UK Limited get elected. Immediately demonstrate: 1. Lack of competence 2. Heights of ignorance 3. Inability to collaborate 4. Appalling humanity and then they lose the seat With thanks to @electionmaps.uk
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Paul Clark @valleypaul.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Got these little beauties from Viessmann. HO scale. And you can print off your own destination boards! #ModelRailway #Viessmann
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Paul Clark @valleypaul.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What do blokes talk about at the Le Mans race circuit?
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Paul Clark @valleypaul.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Orange Trump > Green Trump?
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Paul Clark @valleypaul.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Unambiguous. Self-centred men who are argumentative, stubborn, disagreeable and unempathetic are much more likely to own an #Audi, #BMW or #Mercedes
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We gotta start referring to data centers by both their mother and father's last names, Spain style. The Microsoft-Chevron data center, the Meta-ExxonMobil data center, and so forth. Absolutely no reason just the tech bros should be taking the heat on this shit
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Whilst this system is very much not working for the majority of people, for the small minority who govern this system, it absolutely is working. So all of thethings that make us think of chaos and catastrophe and apocalypse are creating profits for those at the top." @graceblakeley.substack.com
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Paul Clark @valleypaul.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ooh! If they're free, I'll have two please.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Paul Clark @valleypaul.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Rush hour at Hope station, in the Peak.
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Paul Clark @valleypaul.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The disgraced former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, had pushed the story that he'd been in power for a decade. Woefully wrong, but should have been just half way through and flying high just now. Meanwhile, there have now been three PMs since yet another of his failed assertions.
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Paul Clark @valleypaul.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Remember this @theguardian.com crossword? Read the top and bottom lines only. #Brexit @lordovdoom.bsky.social
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you work at an oil major, I urge you to think hard about what the next decade will feel like. Do you want to greenlight another decades-long extraction project without reckoning with its full climate cost? Or use this moment to demand a different path?
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Britain is just looking on as a handful of tax hating billionaires buy our political future.
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Paul Clark @valleypaul.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Found this small gem in Harburn Hobbies in Edinburgh. Just needs two puffing people to power it. #Faller #HarburnHobbies #ModelRailway
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Paul Clark @valleypaul.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Would the creator of this please step forward? @dailymail.co.uk
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Any way, having whipped up the far right for almost a century, the Daily Mail is not in a great position to complain when it turns on them.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 09/09/2026
I'm sorry but: a journalist knocked on my mum's door, so now she can "never, ever" go back to it? I thought it was millennials / gen z who were supposed to be the snowflakes? Or the libs that get triggered?
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 09/09/2026
Behind one of history's most consequential decisions was a Met Office weather forecast. PRESSURE is in cinemas today, telling the true story of the D-Day forecast and the meteorologists behind it. More than 80 years later, trusted weather intelligence remains as relevant as ever. #PressureMovie
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Chris Edelson @chrisedelson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
so odd to watch trump, right out in the open, make clear (again) his intention to steal an election. Doesn't mean he'll succeed, but the intent alone is clearly an impeachable offense. Are any elected officials saying this? It's not a quixotic task, but a necessary one to make clear this is wrong.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Germans vote (neo-)Nazi in 2026 and, just as in the 1930s, we all know exactly which British papers, politicians, presenters & pundits will be absolutely loving it… Spoiler alert: they also love Trump.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is really important. “What the far right feels about cities isn’t physical fear. It’s discomfort. Canadian urban planner @brenttoderian.bsky.social decodes this feeling as: “I’m not the majority any more, it isn’t my city anymore.” Via @simonkuper.bsky.social in @financialtimes.com
ft.com
Myth of the big, bad megacity
What the right feels about metropoles isn’t physical fear. It’s discomfort
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 04/09/2026
Three senior Reform figures were involved in those Channel 4 revelations we saw last night. Two have been kicked out. The third is Nigel Farage. Farage should be suspended while this matter is investigated. He has very serious questions to answer.
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Chris Butler @chrisbutlerpol.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Very surprised and delighted that my lead-authored article with @robfordmancs.bsky.social & @martamiori.bsky.social has won the BJPIR John Peterson Best Article Prize for 2025! If only I could find a uni to employ me I would keep trying to produce research at this level 🤣
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Images of striking Dutch bike infrastructure
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Paul Clark @valleypaul.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The primary function of government. Another failure for the Trump administration
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New research shows that MPs underestimate support for climate policies, and overestimate opposition A terrible situating with a big silver lining - if we all communicate how much we want action, and visibly demand it, that perception will change Write to your MP!
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Perception gaps in the British Parliament reveal a possible pathway to stronger climate policy action - Communications Sustainability
United Kingdom Parliament members underestimate support for climate policies, yet the patterns reveal a correctable pathway to stronger advocacy, according to a survey experiment comparing their estimates with nationally representative polling.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In a country so deeply divided, isn't it nice to have something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheFiles-BeginTheTrials ⚖️
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All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
August 24, 1981 – Daily Telegraph : “Floods fear as Earth gets warmer.” allouryesterdays.info/2026/08/23/a...
Daily Telegraph for August 24 1981, "Floods fear as Earth gets warmer"
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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Telegraph has deleted, without fanfare, the word ‘living’ from the headline of Stephen Daisley's article on Professor Arday. Today, it just reads “Jason Arday is proof that you reap what you sow.”
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“Researchers found that children in London whose lung growth had been stunted by pollution showed impressive improvements after the introduction of an Ultra Low Emission Zone in 2019 reduced emission… …local clean air zones could help reduce some of the harm caused by pollution during childhood.”
bbc.com
Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone
Children's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 20/08/2026
These are two superb analogies, which I will definitely be borrowing/stealing to use in the future.
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Dr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I think the idea that the UK's current schooling system is really excellent and that its exams-driven testing model is 'rigorous' is a perfect example of a country eagerly marking its own homework, using criteria it made up for itself.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Fiona Cottrell gave £1.075m to Richard Tice's Britain Means Business company in June 2024, which then went on to hand £500k to Reform. At year-end, the company had net assets of just £10,578, and just one member of staff. It makes Britain Means Business look like a clearing house...
Period Reported event
June 2024 Fiona Cottrell reportedly transfers £1.075m to
Britain Means Business.
Campaign period Britain Means Business makes two £250,000
donations to Reform UK.
Same-day flow reported by FT £200,000 of Reform’s TISUN-linked debt is
repaid.
By April 2025 FT reports Reform had cleared its TISUN debt,
primarily through reclassification/conversion
rather than conventional cash repayment.
July 2026 Metropolitan Police confirm examination of the
two £250,000 Britain Means Business
payments.
Britain Means Business Ltd
Company Limited by Guarantee
Statement of Financial Position
2024 2023
£ £
Fixed assets 401 535
Current assets 10,578 29,391
Net current assets 10,578 29,391
Total assets less current liabilities 10,979 29,926
Accruals and deferred income 500 1,062
10,479 28.864
Capital and reserves 10,479 28.864
Notes to the financial statements
1. Employee numbers
The average number of persons employed by the company during the year amounted to 1 (2023: 1).
2. Limited by guarantee
The liability of the members is limited. Each member has guaranteed to the amount not exceeding £1.
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Paul Clark @valleypaul.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Working out why these are reduced
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 13/08/2026
I don't actually know what powers bsky's trending topics aggregator, but this smacks very much of a generative AI fuckup that I am pretty sure is illegal in the UK during an active election
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Matthew Stadlen @matthewstadlen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
John Cleese, a man whose comedic genius has brought joy to many millions, has allied himself to some of the darkest forces in Britain. He has become the caricature he once mocked. Disappointing to witness the decline and fall of one of the most talented entertainers in British history.
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Sir Richard Mountbasket🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @richmountbasket.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This stinks of desperation by Tice and Farage. It's classic Trumpian tactics: they're so terrified of the police revealing the truth about their criminal activities, they're trying to use lawfare to intimidate the investigators. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Farage and Tice sue NCA over alleged leaks of financial information
The Reform leaders claim the National Crime Agency supplied details about party donations to the media.
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Micah Lee @micahflee.com · 23/06/2026
I know this has been pointed out many times by many people but I just want to reiterate: Anthropic is basically using Kurt Vonnegut's drawing of an asshole as the Claude logo
Kurt Vonnegut's asshole drawingAnthropic's Claude logo
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The entire political right is built on greed and grift. It’s a massive disinformation operation funded by big corporate interests and the uber rich that finds willing mouthpieces in the vain, the resentful, the malcontents, and weirdos.
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Paul Clark @valleypaul.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Wondering just how old vintage is? Or is it judged, perhaps, on usage?
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