Alan Paxton
@alanpx.bsky.social
📤 276
📥 274
📝 1960
Cyclist, software person, interested amateur, servant of Labrador
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Leigh, Abolish ICE, Orca 2028, Free Luigi
2 days ago
3
177
14
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Helene von Bismarck
2 days ago
Absolute scenes 😂
add a skeleton here at some point
6
152
21
reposted by
Alan Paxton
3 days ago
Oslo and Berlin train link to launch as soon as 2028 It will run with stops in Moss, Fredrikstad, Sarpsborg, Halden, Trollhättan, Gothenburg, Halmstad, Helsingborg, Lund, Malmo, Copenhagen airport and Copenhagen H, Odense, Kolding, Padborg, Hamburg
traveltomorrow.com/oslo-and-ber...
#ActOnClimate
loading . . .
Oslo and Berlin direct train link to launch as soon as 2028
Three more European capital cities are set to benefit from a record-breaking, direct train connection again, according to a recent announcement from Danish train firm DSB, […]
https://traveltomorrow.com/oslo-and-berlin-direct-train-link-to-launch-as-soon-as-2028/
1
20
9
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Ricky Davila
3 days ago
Bruce Springsteen has no fucks to give. 👏
loading . . .
153
9103
2263
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Hawkeye 🚫👑 💙👊🏼
4 days ago
As a teacher of English, I can definitively state that yes, this is exactly what happened. Particularly, the curse words. ◡̈
161
7466
1496
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Paul Johnson
7 days ago
Quite. We have lost more than 1% GDP in fuel duty over last 20 years. Every chancellor for 15 years has promised at least to maintain real value of duty. Not one has done so. And now this govt backs down at first sign of trouble. Expensive & poorly targeted
add a skeleton here at some point
3
118
32
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Sathnam Sanghera
5 days ago
We are a nation run by cowards. In almost every respect.
add a skeleton here at some point
9
211
42
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Andrew Sissons
5 days ago
Got to be honest, loosening sanctions on Russia before we’ve even tried any basic demand-side measures is not filling me with pride or joy
loading . . .
UK loosens Russian oil sanctions as fuel prices rise
The waiver reflects increasing supply concerns over certain fuels due to the effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy42x3g7r89o
40
1034
338
reposted by
Alan Paxton
bob barker 🍸
6 days ago
returning to its spawning ground
add a skeleton here at some point
1
27
2
Bit of a Ceaușescu on his balcony moment from Eric there.
add a skeleton here at some point
8 days ago
0
0
0
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Rallen
11 days ago
I think this maybe the most niché bit of trivia I’ve ever heard.
73
2897
835
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Brent Toderian
11 days ago
See what she did there?
add a skeleton here at some point
0
46
8
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Cab Davidson
11 days ago
One copper with a helmet cam, riding a bike a few hours a day, with a reporting system for red light jumping and mobile phone using motorists, could net hundreds of thousands of pounds of fines and probably find three more coppers every year. But they won't do it. They just won't.
add a skeleton here at some point
1
26
5
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Brent Toderian
13 days ago
Calling protected bike-lanes “vanity projects” should be automatic evidence that a political candidate has no idea what they’re talking about when it comes to public safety, urban mobility and congestion, geometry and urban space, fiscal responsibility, or the successful positioning of cities.
18
704
174
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Zarah Sultana MP
12 days ago
Please retweet.
153
2866
2245
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Chauman
13 days ago
5
729
176
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Angus Main
13 days ago
Wes Streeting is already facing growing calls to stand down as PM
56
3899
871
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Jessica Ellis
14 days ago
When we say medical misogyny kills people, this is the shit we mean.
add a skeleton here at some point
17
1375
376
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Anton Hur
14 days ago
WE DON'T NEED PETROLEUM-BASED PLASTICS ANYMORE! "The [bamboo plastic] outperforms most commercial plastics and bioplastics in mechanical and thermo-mechanical metrics while maintaining full biodegradability in soil within 50 days and closed-loop recyclability with 90% retained strength."
loading . . .
High-strength, multi-mode processable bamboo molecular bioplastic enabled by solvent-shaping regulation - Nature Communications
Bioplastics derived from biomass show promise as sustainable alternatives to petrochemical plastics, but their adoption is hindered by their inferior mechanical properties and processability. Here, th...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63904-2
2
12310
4390
reposted by
Alan Paxton
David Ho
13 days ago
None of us alive will experience climate better than what we have now. How much worse it gets is up to us.
loading . . .
2026 Has Already Broken Climate Records. El Niño Could Break More. - Eos
As the midpoint of the year approaches, several climate records have already been broken. Arctic winter sea ice extent reached a record low. Several countries saw record-breaking winter heat waves. An...
https://eos.org/research-and-developments/2026-has-already-broken-climate-records-el-nino-could-break-more
14
1020
460
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Nicholas Grossman
14 days ago
The US or any other country that ends gasoline and diesel taxes won’t make much of a dent in the war-caused economic disruption, but will lose revenue and incentivize more fossil fuel use, then find it politically very difficult to reinstate those taxes after the Iran war and associated damage end.
add a skeleton here at some point
26
1258
287
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Mihai Cirstea
14 days ago
This graph shows two things, 1) obviously that the cameras reduced speeding, but 2) that the improvement kept getting better over time. Speeders tend to get one or two tickets and then learn and change their behaviour. This isn't a cash grab, it's an extremely useful intervention.
add a skeleton here at some point
22
1136
386
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Ed Zitron
14 days ago
Satya will be fine here. Anyone who has ever heard this man talk knows that he sounds like an MBA course taught by a man with a concussion. It will be totally impossible follow what he’s saying. A master of the art
add a skeleton here at some point
8
537
53
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Twlldun
14 days ago
YANG GANG ASSEMBLE
add a skeleton here at some point
5
60
6
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Anthony Moser
16 days ago
hating ai is a pro-social activity
add a skeleton here at some point
8
663
149
reposted by
Alan Paxton
derek guy
15 days ago
unfortunately, kim il sung's clothes hang a lot better
408
12539
2169
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Viktor Winetrout
16 days ago
Career goals
7
587
59
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Stephen Bush
17 days ago
It’s increasingly hard to argue with the idea Kemi Badenoch is a good leader of the Conservative party, because it’s difficult to argue while laughing.
add a skeleton here at some point
15
290
52
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Sooz Kempner
17 days ago
Wow, I can't believe Labour's tactic of yelling "DON'T VOTE FOR THESE GREEN CUNTS, THEY'RE DANGEROUS, VOTE FOR US, WE HATE IMMIGRANTS IN A BETTER WAY THAN REFORM!" hasn't led to them keeping all their council seats.
1
2450
500
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Brian Nosek
18 days ago
Best evidence yet that LLMs can match human capabilities in doing science.
add a skeleton here at some point
9
291
74
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Jack Tindale
17 days ago
I think lost in all the effortlessly irritating “Normal Island” discourse is that the UK does have a pretty normal European political landscape. It just doesn’t have a normal electoral system.
9
138
32
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Carlton Reid
17 days ago
“If I can bicycle, I bicycle.” Sir David Attenborough. Happy 100th birthday to a legend. He has never passed a driving test and doesn’t own a car.
6
394
104
This is important. Labour won a commons majority on 1/3rd of the popular vote. Refuk (maybe with a punt from the last ever Tories) could do the same in a few years.
add a skeleton here at some point
17 days ago
0
0
0
reposted by
Alan Paxton
David Roberts
19 days ago
Once again: close an area to cars, business *increases*. Every time. And yet every new proposal to close an area to cars meets the same resistance from business owners. I'm starting to wonder whether business owners really are rational self-interest maximizers, I tell you!
add a skeleton here at some point
35
969
276
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Josiah Mortimer
18 days ago
"The UK has avoided the need for gas imports worth £1.7bn since the start of the Iran war, as a result of record electricity generation from wind and solar, reveals Carbon Brief analysis"
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-win...
.
loading . . .
Analysis: Wind and solar have saved UK from gas imports worth £1.7bn since Iran war began - Carbon Brief
The UK has avoided the need for gas imports worth £1.7bn since the start of the Iran war, as a result of record electricity generation from wind and solar
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-wind-and-solar-have-saved-uk-from-gas-imports-worth-1-7bn-since-iran-war-began/#:~:text=The%20UK%20has%20avoided%20the%20need%20for%20gas%20imports%20worth%20%C2%A31.7bn%20since%20the%20start%20of%20the%20Iran%20war%2C%20as%20a%20result%20of%20record%20electricity%20generation%20from%20wind%20and%20solar%2C%20reveals%20Carbon%20Brief%20analysis
2
151
68
reposted by
Alan Paxton
flyingrodent
18 days ago
I feel like small matters such as “selling off most of the things that help governments to make themselves useful, out of pure hardcore ideological conviction” and “a pathological loathing for investment in services and infrastructure” may also have contributed
33
859
251
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Trick Weekes
20 days ago
Titanic's captain writing in, "Do not hit an iceberg. Steer the ship to avoid hitting any visible icebergs. If you see that the ship is on course to hit an iceberg, change course to avoid a collision. Avoiding the iceberg is more important than crew and passenger comfort," and nodding in relief.
add a skeleton here at some point
1
92
22
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Alasdair Mackenzie
20 days ago
People pointing out that this would be unlawful are, I think, underestimating the extent to which Reform intend to abuse what passes for our constitution- specifically the idea of Parliamentary sovereignty, ie that Parliament can essentially pass any laws it likes- in order to achieve their aims 1/🧵
loading . . .
Reform pledges to open migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas
The Green Party has accused Reform of
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c362e9p385yo
6
92
43
reposted by
Alan Paxton
neuse river hag
20 days ago
oops! you're right, I plotted and schemed against you. Here's my breakdown of what happened. I: * Contacted your bastard son * Convinced him to raise an army against you * Paid informants to familiarize myself with your habits * Slipped poison into your nightly tonic Going forward, I promise not t
0
871
112
reposted by
Alan Paxton
George Monbiot
22 days ago
We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5
85
6474
1854
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Rob Blackie
22 days ago
Britain's productivity problem illustrated by our Prime Minister. Folding machines are available and cheap - yet Starmer is folding leaflets by hand. You could get roughly a 5000% increase in productivity here with a small capital investment.
4
47
5
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Katie Martin
22 days ago
Hey I heard the EU are trying to ban everyone from getting a tattoo saying I AM A HUGE MORON on their forehead, pass it on to the Tumble Dryer Second Amendment guys
7
325
60
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Brent Toderian
over 1 year ago
The BIG problem is because of massive car manufacturing influence, most media and political energy is going to EVs, with not NEARLY enough going to fewer cars and less driving. But the priority HAS to be the latter, since it’s the part of the solution that will actually do much more public good.
14
931
204
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Andrew Sissons
23 days ago
“What they’re doing is saying to my children, and your children, and their children: ‘tough luck’” “The first role of any government, in my view, is to leave something better for the next generation than your generation inherited”
add a skeleton here at some point
3
54
14
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Dmitry Grozoubinski
23 days ago
"No one could stop the US raiding modern shipping, but it doesn't because it knows it benefits far more from unmolested maritime trade than any potential piracy spoils", used to be my go-to example illustrating how international law works. Will need to update with a "fucking idiot" caveat.
add a skeleton here at some point
18
1399
421
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Neil Mackay
24 days ago
Replace CEOs with AI Raise worker wages
104
2009
542
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Anna Mazzola
24 days ago
Some useful public speaking tips from Freud here.
136
7632
1623
reposted by
Alan Paxton
World Bollard Association™️
27 days ago
LAMBO!!!!!💥💥💥💥
#WorldBollardAssociation
87
1618
218
reposted by
Alan Paxton
Jim Pickard
26 days ago
this is an absolutely extraordinary scoop by Guardian: Nigel Farage was given £5m by the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before announcing he would stand in the 2024 British general election, the Guardian can reveal
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
loading . . .
Exclusive: Nigel Farage was given undisclosed £5m by crypto billionaire in 2024
Reform leader changed his mind about standing as MP after gift from Thai-based crypto tycoon Christopher Harborne
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/29/revealed-nigel-farage-was-given-undisclosed-5m-by-crypto-billionaire-in-2024
51
1019
561
Load more
feeds!
log in