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James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 4d

Legislation is still the same… I wish the advertising regs would change 🥲
Not sure what the second one is about?

James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 4d

In terms of old ones, the legislation has no teeth and legal teams are overworked as it is 🥲

(We had some success with BT where they removed several redundant phone boxes for each new InLink digital advert)

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James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 4d

Ugly digital advertising? Revenue targets because we’ve got no money, and legislation that restricts our ability to say no when an application is made (usually just highways or amenity impacts).
We can’t refuse because we’d prefer higher design quality.

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James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 4d

And an ugly engineering led railway station to boot. Shame, eh

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James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 5d

Agreed - the irony of out-of-town retail parks in Newham being replaced by big box industrial distribution warehouses for Amazon etc…

Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 6d

While the Internet has had an impact, the main cause of the death of high streets is the out-of-town retail park. Any council which gave planning permission to a retail park only has themselves to blame for the destruction of their city centre.

James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 6d

I think for regional trains a mix is best to satisfy a wide range of needs, commuter/urban/metro trains longitudinal is better.

James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 6d

I think a mix is nice for regional services … passengers do like to face forward / have a table, whereas longitudinal are better for the reasons you outline.
Alas, GA wanted to have a unified fleet.

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James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 6d

The 720s are miserable… but DfT rewarded bidders for maximum number of seats arriving into London for the morning peak 🥲

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James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 6d

Congrats!!!

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James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 10d

Interesting that despite building a LGV (and decent autoroutes) all the way to the coast, this still happens in France! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_S...

Black Saturday (France) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

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James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 10d

After 6 years, finished this deliciousness. Any recommendations for something new?

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James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 12d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... yep, the Online Safety Act and having to verify the age of users

Imgur blocks access to UK users after proposed regulatory fine

The image-hosting platform - which is widely used to make memes - was facing a fine over its use of children's data.

www.bbc.co.uk

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James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 12d

Oh shit, Imgur no longer works in the UK. That might break a lot of things across the internet for UK users

Imgur access in the United Kingdom
From September 30, 2025, access to Imgur from the United Kingdom is no longer available. UK users will not be able to log in, view content, or upload images. Imgur content embedded on third-party sites will not display for UK users.

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James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 12d

It's not like the conferences are being held in Kigali or Singapore or something... how much are train tickets to Liverpool?

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James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 14d

I'd a stick "Harlow Parkway" station at the north end of the site with a non-stop bus to Harlow... some commuter parking would mean they could build on the car park next to Epping station too...

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James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 14d

If we're doing pie in the sky New Town ideas... how about North Weald? Could cheaply extend the Central line for 10,000+ new homes on this site.
There's enough land to keep the air ambulance and industrial uses on site, while buffering the existing village. Bet the NIMBY pushback would be intense...

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James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 15d

1) we need proper bus rapid transit in London rather than just skipping a few bus stops and branding it "Superloop"
2) Bakerloop is a silly name
3) Wow, brown buses are *ugly*

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 15d

The wait is over, Bakerloop is here 🚍

The new express electric bus between Waterloo and Lewisham launches today. It’s faster, greener and free all week - hop on board.

Five brown TfL double-decker buses wrapped with “Bakerloop” lettering - parked in a row

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James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 16d

Digital ID is gonna be another embarrassing U-turn for Starmer, I can see it from here.

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James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 17d

Hello

James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 19d

“Oh but Suzuka 2005 was great!!!”
Yes, even the dogshit seasons can have amazing races

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James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 20d

Splitting the line would allow for much higher frequencies - it’s a long term aim of TfL.

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James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 21d

And TfL doesn’t have the billion quid to rebuild it…

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James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 21d

And when we go to France… a land of milk and honey, supermarket wise

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John Farrell @johnffarrell.bsky.social · 24d

What is this, the fascism cheering section of NYT? Abusing government power to silence critics shouldn’t be headlined with “success”

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James Scantlebury @turini2.bsky.social · 24d

Eurovision rumours are that some broadcasters (including Germany) will withdraw if Israel isn’t permitted to take part, and on the other side RTE, RTVE & others publicly saying they’ll withdraw if Israel takes part…

Tim Davie at the Beeb saying “Eurovision isn’t political” is a laughable statement.