If your cost-benefit model tells you it isn't worth investing in a tram or light rail system for an urban area with a population of well over 1m, like Leeds-Bradford, your model is wrong and should be thrown in the bin.

Sick as a parrot about the Leeds tram.

Of course modern Vikings, mindful of their carbon footprint, now use the Park and Raid

An easy way to explain luddites: Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand. And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before. That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.

The Bayeux Tapestry is a cultural artefact that without doubt should be on display here in the British museum, rather than in the hands of an institution of a conquering power.

I am filing a $10bn lawsuit against Donald J Trump for damaging the good reputation of the USA.

Good morning 🌅! #TaxTheRich, say the actual rich:

Good morning 🌞! Signed!

#UnexpectedIambicPentameters - an absolute belter!

Good morning 🌞! #TIL the #EU has a longstanding commitment to defend itself. (You never know when it might come in handy)

Happy #QuantumDay!

Have just received the report about the Bruce treadmill test I had in April. Apparently I failed.

It's certain that standing stones are singing songs of the land, it's just a question of who to and whether they are listening. – Lou Kemp, Hookland artist, 1981

We 🇬🇧 were one. We got feck-all except a racizt 'war on terror'.

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If you are "moving at pace and breaking things" then I guarantee that 90% of the time you're creating issues for people further down the line to fix. This isn't the way to be operating as a human being unless you're knowingly choosing to be an arsehole.

That pro-Brexit British patriot account you follow is Russian mate.

Most computerised systems are vulnerable to solar storms. Another one like the Carrington Event of 1859 will put us back in the Middle Ages for weeks if not months. We are not prepared.

If HS2 was a motorway, it would have been built by now! But because new rail projects are minutely analysed with this "value for the taxpayer" nonsense. If road building was held to the same level of scrutiny, a sizable amount of the road network would still be cart tracks.

#AI latest: fakes

Why we need to tax the super rich more. Their wealth is growing MUCH faster than everyone else's. And they're using it to outbid you for real resources: housing, assets, healthcare, education and everything else of real value.

Good morning 🌅!

Well, quite.

Well, #usa, it was nice knowing you...

You're kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are coming to rescue you.

At the end of the day, don’t we all just want to read a riveting mystery novel, drink endless cups of tea, and eat a multitude of croissants in a quaint château in the French countryside during a snowstorm?

Tell us in the comments, slide into our DMs, or take the survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

May those outside of the rainy PNW send pictures.

Good morning 🌞 and happy Pearl Harbor day to all who celebrate that time when 🇺🇸 came into a war on the actual right side!

I met a traveller from an ancient land...

#Art in #Glasgow:

Wow, in the year of my birth I might have been a tory!

Here is an actually useful use for #AI:

Amazing image of Wells Cathedral through one day:

Some pretty amazing new #science #soil #farming #foodsecurity

Amazon won't be delivering lots of packages by drone in the UK. Partly because it's a dumb idea but also because any drone big enough to carry a parcel is big enough to carry an explosive parcel. And distinguishing between Amazon and Russia could be hard.

Can I let you in on a little secret? Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity. It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.

Loss of basic skills is a real issue...

239 years ago, on the 30th of November 1786, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany became the first modern state to abolish the death penalty. Grand Duke Leopold I, who was influenced in the decision by the book 'On Crimes and Punishments', would later become Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II. #otd #history 🗃️

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

It's fucking ridiculous that it's cheaper to get a plane from London to Glasgow than a train.

Wow!

Good morning 🌞!

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This #AuldAlliance

"people want to work". It's true. Otherwise, volunteering wouldn't be a thing.

My God, they've left the teabag in and stewed the tea!!! THEY'VE LEFT THE TEABAG IN AND STEWED THE F*CKING TEA!!!!