Beaker
@neilbeakerq.bsky.social
(He/Him). Project officer doing active travel stuff, music geek, bike user, petting zoo shepherd, Edinburgh Rugby fan.
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Can’t underline this enough really: these cases are a squillionaire giving crackpots money to seek out individual members of the public quietly going about their working day, so they can turn them into national hate figures, hand in hand with our utterly poisonous media outlets. That’s all it is.
November 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Can’t underline this enough really: these cases are a squillionaire giving crackpots money to seek out individual members of the public quietly going about their working day, so they can turn them into national hate figures, hand in hand with our utterly poisonous media outlets. That’s all it is.
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It is IMO not possible to operate any kind of meaningful democracy when your national press is a joke and a travesty, but your mileage on that may vary. I think it’s incontestable that it is impossible to govern well and effectively, while being in hock to these pantomime clowns.
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It is IMO not possible to operate any kind of meaningful democracy when your national press is a joke and a travesty, but your mileage on that may vary. I think it’s incontestable that it is impossible to govern well and effectively, while being in hock to these pantomime clowns.
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Everyday you wake up and the news is even worse, but don't worry because today there's going to be a budget today at some point, so there will be an extra round of bad news at around lunch time.
You will forget the morning's bad news.
Except the jury thing. Fucking hell, the jury thing.
You will forget the morning's bad news.
Except the jury thing. Fucking hell, the jury thing.
November 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Everyday you wake up and the news is even worse, but don't worry because today there's going to be a budget today at some point, so there will be an extra round of bad news at around lunch time.
You will forget the morning's bad news.
Except the jury thing. Fucking hell, the jury thing.
You will forget the morning's bad news.
Except the jury thing. Fucking hell, the jury thing.
Wonder if that SEVEN part 6 music doc on the Sex Pistols covers the part where the rest of the band tour with the boy from Gallows as a singer because Lydon’s such an insufferable bawbag?
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Wonder if that SEVEN part 6 music doc on the Sex Pistols covers the part where the rest of the band tour with the boy from Gallows as a singer because Lydon’s such an insufferable bawbag?
Duhan actually scoring near the posts for a change 🤭
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Duhan actually scoring near the posts for a change 🤭
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I've realised what "See it, say it, sorted" is advertising: driving
I'm at a station and there's a constant barrage of announcements about danger. *See it say it... Transport Police... Mind the gap... For your own safety..." You know what doesn't constantly tell me I'm in danger? My car
I'm at a station and there's a constant barrage of announcements about danger. *See it say it... Transport Police... Mind the gap... For your own safety..." You know what doesn't constantly tell me I'm in danger? My car
"See it, say it, sorted" is annoying because it's obviously a marketing slogan. I'm just not sure what they're selling. Fear of public spaces?
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I've realised what "See it, say it, sorted" is advertising: driving
I'm at a station and there's a constant barrage of announcements about danger. *See it say it... Transport Police... Mind the gap... For your own safety..." You know what doesn't constantly tell me I'm in danger? My car
I'm at a station and there's a constant barrage of announcements about danger. *See it say it... Transport Police... Mind the gap... For your own safety..." You know what doesn't constantly tell me I'm in danger? My car
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Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
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Compare and contrast the Government language.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Compare and contrast the Government language.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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when I was at google, their class on licenses basically said "we can't use any license that's funny"
so I suggest everyone license their software as funny as possible
so I suggest everyone license their software as funny as possible
finally a normal software license that definitely holds up really well
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
when I was at google, their class on licenses basically said "we can't use any license that's funny"
so I suggest everyone license their software as funny as possible
so I suggest everyone license their software as funny as possible
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The high water mark of Prime Ministers over the last sixteen years was Gordon Brown secretly calling someone a bigot. Because they were a bigot.
And we threw him out of office for it so now we have Kier Starmer robbing asylum seekers at gunpoint.
Well done, lads. Go us.
And we threw him out of office for it so now we have Kier Starmer robbing asylum seekers at gunpoint.
Well done, lads. Go us.
November 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The high water mark of Prime Ministers over the last sixteen years was Gordon Brown secretly calling someone a bigot. Because they were a bigot.
And we threw him out of office for it so now we have Kier Starmer robbing asylum seekers at gunpoint.
Well done, lads. Go us.
And we threw him out of office for it so now we have Kier Starmer robbing asylum seekers at gunpoint.
Well done, lads. Go us.
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Good Afternoon, “Your Party” was a six month sociological study conducted by Royal Holloway, University of London. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time.
November 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Good Afternoon, “Your Party” was a six month sociological study conducted by Royal Holloway, University of London. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time.
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I do hope those sensibles telling me that Labour's new policy was fair and sensible are enjoying Tommy Robinson's endorsement of it this morning.
That's who you've joined.
Tommy Robinson.
That's who you've joined.
Tommy Robinson.
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I do hope those sensibles telling me that Labour's new policy was fair and sensible are enjoying Tommy Robinson's endorsement of it this morning.
That's who you've joined.
Tommy Robinson.
That's who you've joined.
Tommy Robinson.
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"Rugby is an 80 minute game," says Gregor Townsend for the umpteenth time after his Scotland side lose a game by switching off for a large part of it.
Maybe he should have told the players that at some point during the coaching sessions during his lengthy tenure in charge, eh?
Maybe he should have told the players that at some point during the coaching sessions during his lengthy tenure in charge, eh?
November 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"Rugby is an 80 minute game," says Gregor Townsend for the umpteenth time after his Scotland side lose a game by switching off for a large part of it.
Maybe he should have told the players that at some point during the coaching sessions during his lengthy tenure in charge, eh?
Maybe he should have told the players that at some point during the coaching sessions during his lengthy tenure in charge, eh?
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Deport politicians. Keep refugees.
November 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Deport politicians. Keep refugees.
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More songs about shagging pets 🤪
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
More songs about shagging pets 🤪
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They market their cars as weapons and we allow them on the same roads as children cycling to school.
And I still get weird middle-aged men in my notifications obfuscating for and defending this.
This is not a serious society.
And I still get weird middle-aged men in my notifications obfuscating for and defending this.
This is not a serious society.
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
They market their cars as weapons and we allow them on the same roads as children cycling to school.
And I still get weird middle-aged men in my notifications obfuscating for and defending this.
This is not a serious society.
And I still get weird middle-aged men in my notifications obfuscating for and defending this.
This is not a serious society.
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
Which has the most embarrassingly outdated line-up? TRNSMT or Dundee’s “Discovery” festival? 🤔
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Which has the most embarrassingly outdated line-up? TRNSMT or Dundee’s “Discovery” festival? 🤔
post a non-religious image you think of as holy
November 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
post a non-religious image you think of as holy
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Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
November 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
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1985: Peripherals and Computers from Great Universal
(+Brother HR-5 printer; Full control joystick; Computer care kit from BIB; High quality Blank 3ins disc; 28 Disc Software; 30 Disc Software; 31 Disc Software; 29 Disc Software; Computer With Full Colour Monitor, and more)
(+Brother HR-5 printer; Full control joystick; Computer care kit from BIB; High quality Blank 3ins disc; 28 Disc Software; 30 Disc Software; 31 Disc Software; 29 Disc Software; Computer With Full Colour Monitor, and more)
October 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
1985: Peripherals and Computers from Great Universal
(+Brother HR-5 printer; Full control joystick; Computer care kit from BIB; High quality Blank 3ins disc; 28 Disc Software; 30 Disc Software; 31 Disc Software; 29 Disc Software; Computer With Full Colour Monitor, and more)
(+Brother HR-5 printer; Full control joystick; Computer care kit from BIB; High quality Blank 3ins disc; 28 Disc Software; 30 Disc Software; 31 Disc Software; 29 Disc Software; Computer With Full Colour Monitor, and more)
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Car brand BYD's new SUV ad pokes fun at people walking and cycling, comparing them to Horse & Carts.
It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes.
So I made it a bit more realistic...
It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes.
So I made it a bit more realistic...
November 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Car brand BYD's new SUV ad pokes fun at people walking and cycling, comparing them to Horse & Carts.
It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes.
So I made it a bit more realistic...
It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes.
So I made it a bit more realistic...