Tim Robinson
@tim12rob.bsky.social
urbanist, recovering architect. child of the oil crisis, parent raising low carbon kids. Friding. all views my own. Auckland NZ via India and t'north.
On the upside during today's train stuff-ups, reading the Toronto Globe and Mail is a joy. Decent, thoughtful journalism still exists.
January 17, 2026 at 11:21 PM
On the upside during today's train stuff-ups, reading the Toronto Globe and Mail is a joy. Decent, thoughtful journalism still exists.
Would like to say I am enjoying VIA Rail but today not going well. Train failure, 1hr+ late depart. Seat reservations cancelled, family scattered around carriage after boarding mayhem. 2.5hrs late after sitting in forest enjoying a track fault. We're not in Japan (or AKL), Toto.
January 17, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Would like to say I am enjoying VIA Rail but today not going well. Train failure, 1hr+ late depart. Seat reservations cancelled, family scattered around carriage after boarding mayhem. 2.5hrs late after sitting in forest enjoying a track fault. We're not in Japan (or AKL), Toto.
January 14, 2026 at 3:11 AM
January 14, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Back in the promised land. #NorthEast
January 7, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Back in the promised land. #NorthEast
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I'm posting this for no other reason than goats
Well, solar's a pretty good reason, too
And also, solar is the GOAT
Well, solar's a pretty good reason, too
And also, solar is the GOAT
January 6, 2026 at 4:02 AM
I'm posting this for no other reason than goats
Well, solar's a pretty good reason, too
And also, solar is the GOAT
Well, solar's a pretty good reason, too
And also, solar is the GOAT
Positive news. Forget burning oil.
Just seen the new solid state battery unveiled by Donut Lab and it's an industry changer. This is one to watch. The cells exist to buy TODAY. It's not tech trapped in a lab.
Seriously, watch it all the way through.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-aP...
Seriously, watch it all the way through.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-aP...
World's First All-Solid-State Battery in Production Vehicles | Donut Battery
YouTube video by Donut Lab
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Positive news. Forget burning oil.
Ah yeah. Kiwi kids are stoked to see snow
January 5, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Ah yeah. Kiwi kids are stoked to see snow
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Jump Into 2026
I love the secret feature at Nine Elms London Underground station that reveals itself during a sunny day.
If you arrive at the perfect moment, the roundel logo is beautifully projected onto the floor.
So I took Dancer Andreya with me to interact with the scene.
I love the secret feature at Nine Elms London Underground station that reveals itself during a sunny day.
If you arrive at the perfect moment, the roundel logo is beautifully projected onto the floor.
So I took Dancer Andreya with me to interact with the scene.
January 2, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Jump Into 2026
I love the secret feature at Nine Elms London Underground station that reveals itself during a sunny day.
If you arrive at the perfect moment, the roundel logo is beautifully projected onto the floor.
So I took Dancer Andreya with me to interact with the scene.
I love the secret feature at Nine Elms London Underground station that reveals itself during a sunny day.
If you arrive at the perfect moment, the roundel logo is beautifully projected onto the floor.
So I took Dancer Andreya with me to interact with the scene.
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Virtuality VR for the Commodore Amiga (1992). These were sold for $65,000
December 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Virtuality VR for the Commodore Amiga (1992). These were sold for $65,000
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Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
The secret history of Neoliberalism | The Invisible Doctrine | Full Film
YouTube video by Journeyman Pictures
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
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Interesting, they lost so may transit nerds over on X that they’ve been reduced to screenshotting Bluesky posts
December 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Interesting, they lost so may transit nerds over on X that they’ve been reduced to screenshotting Bluesky posts
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New Zealand just recorded its first-ever day of zero coal- or gas-fired electricity. In fact two days, 20 & 21 December. (Still some co-gen, about 1.8%.)
December 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New Zealand just recorded its first-ever day of zero coal- or gas-fired electricity. In fact two days, 20 & 21 December. (Still some co-gen, about 1.8%.)
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I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How transit experience should be. Light, bright, airy, with great views. Oh, and it gets me where I wanna be, fast.
December 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM
How transit experience should be. Light, bright, airy, with great views. Oh, and it gets me where I wanna be, fast.
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Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
December 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
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NEW: How did the introduction of the Ultra-Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) change London’s geography of work?
In a new @theifs.bsky.social paper, @joelkariel.bsky.social, Fizza Jabbar and I have taken a look – and it turns out people adapt in surprising ways. A thread.
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In a new @theifs.bsky.social paper, @joelkariel.bsky.social, Fizza Jabbar and I have taken a look – and it turns out people adapt in surprising ways. A thread.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
NEW: How did the introduction of the Ultra-Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) change London’s geography of work?
In a new @theifs.bsky.social paper, @joelkariel.bsky.social, Fizza Jabbar and I have taken a look – and it turns out people adapt in surprising ways. A thread.
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In a new @theifs.bsky.social paper, @joelkariel.bsky.social, Fizza Jabbar and I have taken a look – and it turns out people adapt in surprising ways. A thread.
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People using transit deserve dignity and this isn't it.
This is what we're dealing with in the transit hinterland of Bloomington, MN.
December 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
People using transit deserve dignity and this isn't it.
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Places that do not understand tram operations: let's run them with train-like positive protection.
Places that do understand tram operations: let's build a 100 m-long platform at our busiest stop so both trams and buses can board simultaneously. We trust trained drivers to handle this.
(Ulm HB)
Places that do understand tram operations: let's build a 100 m-long platform at our busiest stop so both trams and buses can board simultaneously. We trust trained drivers to handle this.
(Ulm HB)
December 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Places that do not understand tram operations: let's run them with train-like positive protection.
Places that do understand tram operations: let's build a 100 m-long platform at our busiest stop so both trams and buses can board simultaneously. We trust trained drivers to handle this.
(Ulm HB)
Places that do understand tram operations: let's build a 100 m-long platform at our busiest stop so both trams and buses can board simultaneously. We trust trained drivers to handle this.
(Ulm HB)
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Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
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It’s super inspiring that people look to Auckland and NZ for successful examples of housing reform. thespinoff.co.nz/society/16-1...
A plea from house-price hell: don’t let the nimbys win
A visiting US town planner has a cautionary tale for New Zealand.
thespinoff.co.nz
December 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
It’s super inspiring that people look to Auckland and NZ for successful examples of housing reform. thespinoff.co.nz/society/16-1...