Bram Houtenbos aka thelazyracer
@bram.houtenbos.org
Elite level transcontinental public transport racer. Yes, that is a thing. One-time University Challenge team captain. Also a cook, cargo bike evangelist, and a centrist papa.
@jim.londoncentric.media If this doesn't get people donating blood, I don't know what will. A conventional multipack of mini cheddars contains 23g servings, but the ones you get post-donation are a shrinkflation busting 35g. Get the word out!
December 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
@jim.londoncentric.media If this doesn't get people donating blood, I don't know what will. A conventional multipack of mini cheddars contains 23g servings, but the ones you get post-donation are a shrinkflation busting 35g. Get the word out!
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"Away in" is just the English translation of "Pret."
Time for my annual close-reading-the-carol-sheet question: what does the "Away" in "Away in a Manger" actually mean?
December 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"Away in" is just the English translation of "Pret."
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December 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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It only took a year but we did it, thanks Bluesky people! www.yorkmix.com/pictures-yor...
I now know more about the UK artificial tree market than I'd ever expected.
I now know more about the UK artificial tree market than I'd ever expected.
OK, fairly deranged question really, but does anyone know how you’d go about getting a giant indoor artificial tree like this built in a primary school library as a reading hub? I’ve raised some funds for this and don’t know if you go off the shelf, get a set designer (do you know one?) or whatever.
December 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
It only took a year but we did it, thanks Bluesky people! www.yorkmix.com/pictures-yor...
I now know more about the UK artificial tree market than I'd ever expected.
I now know more about the UK artificial tree market than I'd ever expected.
Fun little online game if you fancy a public transport challenge across Europe without the hours at freezing bus stops: how fast can you get from Inverness to the Rock of Gibraltar with £500 to spend? (I’ve managed 1 day 22hrs 10min and had to walk up the Rock having run out of money) geo-racers.com
Race from one side of the world to the other - Geo Racers
geo-racers.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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The BBC censoring criticism of Trump from one of their Reith Lectures is seriously worrying.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The BBC censoring criticism of Trump from one of their Reith Lectures is seriously worrying.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
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“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 to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
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.
www.fastcompany.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
“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 to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
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Zet ze buiten de poort, twee keer zo groot.
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Zet ze buiten de poort, twee keer zo groot.
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this is a perfect 30 rock joke
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
this is a perfect 30 rock joke
I have a lot of time for Brian Brobbey but I could do without this drama
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I have a lot of time for Brian Brobbey but I could do without this drama
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The sheer greasy desperation from these bastards that any violent crime is committed by an immigrant so they can continue their grift. Even when they know it isn't true. Foul.
Matt Goodwin attributes a crime that he now knows appears to have been committed by people born in Britain in the early 1990s to "mass uncontrolled immigration"
November 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The sheer greasy desperation from these bastards that any violent crime is committed by an immigrant so they can continue their grift. Even when they know it isn't true. Foul.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Also I'm delighted to announce the launch of the LONDON CENTRIC TROWEL OF TRUTH. Some outlets talk the talk about digging for news. Only we give you the literal and metaphorical tools. Become a paying subscriber by clicking the link above for the chance to have one in yours hands by next week!
Shamefully, Labour abstained!
Liberal Democrat MPs just defeated Nigel Farage’s Bill in Parliament to tear up people’s rights and withdraw from the ECHR.
Farage wants to do away with the Britain Churchill built and turn it into Trump's America. We won't let him.
Farage wants to do away with the Britain Churchill built and turn it into Trump's America. We won't let him.
October 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Shamefully, Labour abstained!
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“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
www.economist.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com
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On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
October 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
My hermano from another madre!
making sandwiches mid-match on a UCL night, king shit 👑🥪
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October 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
My hermano from another madre!
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BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Britain’s railways are failing, and passengers are paying the price.
@PaulKohlerSW19.bsky.social explains the Lib Dems plans to modernise and energise the rail system across the country.
@PaulKohlerSW19.bsky.social explains the Lib Dems plans to modernise and energise the rail system across the country.
September 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Britain’s railways are failing, and passengers are paying the price.
@PaulKohlerSW19.bsky.social explains the Lib Dems plans to modernise and energise the rail system across the country.
@PaulKohlerSW19.bsky.social explains the Lib Dems plans to modernise and energise the rail system across the country.
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Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
September 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
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Seems bad for our society when you can’t make racist terrorists the villains
Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.
Apple Pulls The Savant From Its Release Schedule
Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.
www.vulture.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Seems bad for our society when you can’t make racist terrorists the villains