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Craig Grävling

@ieatpie.bsky.social

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Dreaming of a better world through common sense human focussed design (which often means trains). Wasting time with SAFC, video games, and history. 🇬🇧🇨🇭🇸🇪🇯🇵🇳🇱🇮🇪

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Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 3h

.....have you just seen a vision of me time travelling from my 20s?

Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 3h

Its interesting in Durham where Reform are making a huge point of "Lets not spend money on all these (woke) things, even if they actually save us money. Lets spend money on social care instead!"
I wonder if its a test run for a broader tactic. Certainly seems designed for the facebook mob

Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 3h

And hey, maybe reform will drive enough councils into the ground we can scrap the whole system and start again.

Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 3h

If you don't measure them they don't exist?

Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 4h

Always been a bit sus of the likes of yougov with their self selecting groups. Pretty sure Reformy types really target them and try to game them.
Hopefully they're good enough at their job to take measures against this but nobody is perfect.

Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 4h

That old map showing Ukip vote share and foreign born % of the population being the complete inverse.
Except Boston which has its own reasons.

Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 4h

It is quite impressive how station costs have bloated looking back a decade or two

Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 4h

In quebec they base car tax on your postcode.
Live in the city and you pay more.

Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 4h

Surprising! I've been over the Swiss border several times and it was always a non white person getting checks.
Maybe this has been noticed and they've started being fairer.

Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 5h

Wouldn't want to raise his kids in the UK....
... So moves to Dubai which filters out the good stuff about the UK and turns the bad up to 11....

Jonjo Shelvey: Former Newcastle United midfielder says he hasn't moved to Dubai for money

About 75 fans watched Jonjo Shelvey's debut in the third tier of the United Arab Emirates - but he says he has not moved for money.

www.bbc.co.uk

Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 7h

It is quite cool from the outside at least. Looks like something from a Pixar film.

Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 7h

Were they non white perchance?
That's the usual reason.

Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 9h

Really need to enact the chat about people local to infrastructure getting discounted bills. That should offset a chunk of nimby thinking

Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 9h

Would be nice to see some more "natural" reservoirs like kielder though, rather than the usual trend for giant warehouse looking things.

Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 1d

Protects you from pointy rocks?

Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, they've got that quite bad. People will fight for decades to protect their lake view.

Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 1d

Probably what they want alas. They're trolling people to attack them so they can start screaming "See! See! Violent antifa! Its all justified!"
This is why dressing up as a frog and twerking works.

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Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 1d

Ish. The train and even bus system are amongst the best in the world. But housing costs are insane especially in accessible places so you do still get lots of people having little choice but to live in car centric areas.
As Taras says though its fine though as if they do speed they pay a sane fine.

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Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 1d

Other things too. I know a guy who was caught driving with weed in his system. It was not pleasant for him at all....

Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 1d

Another area where I wish the UK would copy Japan

web-japan.org/trends/11_fa...

web-japan.org

Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 1d

I mean we don't have a time machine. The damage is done.
But.... the solution is quite obvious. A Kintsugi Brexit.

Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 1d

I thought they stopped doing music donkeys ago

Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 1d

I think my mams family comes from the exotic foreign land of Yorkshire... But she's also dyslexic. So.... Guess she's out of the country?

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Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 1d

I don't get people who get a loan to buy a new car.
If your finances are that bad but you need a car, then it makes so much more sense to buy second hand.

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Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social · 1d

Surely it means A level standard rather than A level English standard.....

But still. Would be nice to put some reform voters through this test.