Carlton Reid
@carltonreid.com
Journalist: WIRED.com and Forbes.com and more. Press Gazette Transport Journalist of the Year 2018. Finalist: Travel Photographer of the Year 2024 https://authory.com/carltonreid Signal: carltonreid.67 Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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Carlton Reid
@carltonreid.com
· Jan 26
I was a finalist in the Travel Photographer of the Year competition 2024. I can now reveal the image I entered. It is an iPhone selfie taken in Cromford, Derbyshire.
“Americans have died in car wrecks at an annual rate of about 40,000 in recent years,” writes John Yoo, legal architect of US ‘war on terror’, 2001, adding “[yet] the nation does not wage war on auto companies.”
No, but maybe the government should … www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
No, but maybe the government should … www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | What’s wrong with a military campaign against the drug trade
Trump’s boat strikes against the cartels risk crossing the line between law enforcement and war.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“Americans have died in car wrecks at an annual rate of about 40,000 in recent years,” writes John Yoo, legal architect of US ‘war on terror’, 2001, adding “[yet] the nation does not wage war on auto companies.”
No, but maybe the government should … www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
No, but maybe the government should … www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
And to think the Trump adminstration calls decorated veteran and astronaut Mark Kelly a traitor when Witkoff is saying this sort of shit.
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
And to think the Trump adminstration calls decorated veteran and astronaut Mark Kelly a traitor when Witkoff is saying this sort of shit.
Trump continues his attacks on women journalists, calling NYT’s Katie Rogers “ugly, both inside and out.”
Trump's responds to the NYT's detailed reporting about his aging and signs of fatigue with lazy ad hominems but admits "there will be a day when I run low on energy"
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Trump continues his attacks on women journalists, calling NYT’s Katie Rogers “ugly, both inside and out.”
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"We are freezing known Russian assets" says Rachel Reeves
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"We are freezing known Russian assets" says Rachel Reeves
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
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IMPORTANT: NASA map shows temperatures of up to 160 degrees on Phoenix streets & sidewalks. All that unrelenting concrete and asphalt for cars. Not nearly enough trees. They start with ridiculous heat that’s only getting worse with the #ClimateCrisis, and then make it much worse with bad design.
NASA map shows temperatures up to 160 degrees on Phoenix streets, sidewalks
Data from June 19, when the daily high was 106 degrees, shows asphalt across the city that day was between 120 and 160 degrees.
www.kjzz.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 AM
IMPORTANT: NASA map shows temperatures of up to 160 degrees on Phoenix streets & sidewalks. All that unrelenting concrete and asphalt for cars. Not nearly enough trees. They start with ridiculous heat that’s only getting worse with the #ClimateCrisis, and then make it much worse with bad design.
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These stupid racists don’t seem to have clocked that the Jesus origin story is centred on a Palestinian family’s search for refuge. (To boot, Yeshua Ben Yosef was very much a practicing Jew.)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Inverness school's Christmas show cancelled after 'racist' abuse
Highland Council says some of the online messages were directed at staff at the primary.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
These stupid racists don’t seem to have clocked that the Jesus origin story is centred on a Palestinian family’s search for refuge. (To boot, Yeshua Ben Yosef was very much a practicing Jew.)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
If what this Republican Congresswoman says is true, America is a petroterrorist nation state.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
If what this Republican Congresswoman says is true, America is a petroterrorist nation state.
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If only Donald Trump could read:
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If only Donald Trump could read:
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
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I've said since Trump picked on Mahmoud Khalil that he was picking his political martyrs poorly.
But this one...
But this one...
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I've said since Trump picked on Mahmoud Khalil that he was picking his political martyrs poorly.
But this one...
But this one...
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The reason why platform companies do make it hard to find account location information is not because they believe in privacy, it's so that advertisers do not know how much is lost to low-tier engagement.
Growth, at all costs, means avoiding publishing basic metadata so that advertisers don't sue.
Growth, at all costs, means avoiding publishing basic metadata so that advertisers don't sue.
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The reason why platform companies do make it hard to find account location information is not because they believe in privacy, it's so that advertisers do not know how much is lost to low-tier engagement.
Growth, at all costs, means avoiding publishing basic metadata so that advertisers don't sue.
Growth, at all costs, means avoiding publishing basic metadata so that advertisers don't sue.
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Just want to remind everyone that Mike Flynn told a crowd of rabid QAnon troglodytes in no uncertain terms that the military should conduct a coup in order to reinstall Trump as an unelected dictator, and he never once was subject to the penalties that the UCMJ demands for that sort of thing
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Just want to remind everyone that Mike Flynn told a crowd of rabid QAnon troglodytes in no uncertain terms that the military should conduct a coup in order to reinstall Trump as an unelected dictator, and he never once was subject to the penalties that the UCMJ demands for that sort of thing
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This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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"I love you, but I love fossil fuels more."
💔 COP = Conference Of Polluters
#COP #COP30 #EndFossilFuels
💔 COP = Conference Of Polluters
#COP #COP30 #EndFossilFuels
November 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"I love you, but I love fossil fuels more."
💔 COP = Conference Of Polluters
#COP #COP30 #EndFossilFuels
💔 COP = Conference Of Polluters
#COP #COP30 #EndFossilFuels
Enjoyed that. Newcastle United 2 Man City 1.
November 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Enjoyed that. Newcastle United 2 Man City 1.
Cop out.
COP30 BREAKING NEWS: The likely final text of the "global mutirão" has been published, ahead of the closing plenary
Here's the snap analysis from the CB team…see last line
unfccc.int/sites/def...
Here's the snap analysis from the CB team…see last line
unfccc.int/sites/def...
November 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Cop out.
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
Trump has the hots for Muslim guys this week.
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Trump has the hots for Muslim guys this week.
Putin is a communist leader. Trump has said Mamdani is a communist leader so, of course, Trump loves Mamdani!
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Putin is a communist leader. Trump has said Mamdani is a communist leader so, of course, Trump loves Mamdani!
Eliot Jackson’s On A Mission To Grow Cycling www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
Eliot Jackson’s On A Mission To Grow Cycling
From a $1.5 million LA pump track to youth conferences, Eliot Jackson is proving that diversity in cycling grows fastest when access starts at street level.
www.forbes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Eliot Jackson’s On A Mission To Grow Cycling www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...