“After inspecting the line, I can confirm that the line is blocked…”

SPaD dream last night. Very real. Ruined my day. Then I was driving a bus 😁 🤷🏻‍♂️ 28 years in, and still having SPaD dreams! When will it ever end?! 🔴

Rue du Louvre. 1953. Paris

Another one of my beloved before and after visuals. HT @civixplorer

I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay, Watching the tide roll away…

Russia is bombarding the U.K. information space with lies and misinformation. And Nigel wants it to carry on because it helps him. Like it helped them ten years again during the referendum. About time government took it seriously. Farage and his AfD pals in Germany have done enough for Russia already. His close pal Nathan Gill is paying a high price, wallowing in jail. Time for the rest of us to call it out.

Russia doesn't need tanks on our streets to damage Britain. Fake accounts. Bot networks. Deepfakes. Manufactured outrage. Lies designed to turn Brit against Brit and destroy trust in democracy. The cheapest weapon Russia ever built is a gullible Brit with a social-media account.

Tour Eiffel illuminée. Paris.

67 years ago today, ‘Take Five’ by Dave Brubeck Quartet was released as a single. It went on to become the best-selling jazz single of the 20th century.

Peatcutters returning home in a rainstorm, Connemara, Ireland, 1970, photo by Richard Fitzgerald.

Current status:

I don't think I need to use words to respond to Trump and Hegseth anymore. I'll just post one of these three pictures instead...

Mate, you fucked it up. You never asked. You never consulted. You just went in, off your own back, and fucked it up. This is on you. Fix it, you stupid greasy bastard. @PeteHegseth

Twitter is mental today, and it’s only 09:02 GMT! What with Reformers choking on their porridge over the latest polling and Trump banning journalists, it seems like some are not coping too well with the rebalancing. I may need popcorn 🍿

🎥 Dnes jsme měli před kamerou skutečnou železniční legendu – nádherného „Delfína“, východoněmeckou motorovou jednotku DR řady VT 18.16. A nechyběl ani parádní rozhovor. Máte se na co těšit! 🐬🚆 #PozorVlak

La gare d'Orsay. 1897. Paris 7e

1963 aged 15 I worked underground at South Kirkby colliery. There were lots of men who had fought in WW2. One was a Dam Buster, Les was a Chindit. There were men from all three services including some Poles. Non of them had any time for Flag shagging patriot bullshit or facists.

📸 Roger Parry. Le plein d'essence 1950. Paris

This place is a prime example of how AI and bots can and do amplify misinformation, and how those of an angry and less thoughtful disposition can be easily led into acting in the most stupid and abhorrent ways. *waits*

On this day in 1944, Operation Market Garden began. American, British and Polish paratroopers fought to capture the bridges over the rivers Waal and Rhine. We in the Netherlands will never forget the courage of these heroes. 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇵🇱🇳🇱 #WW2

The US, tragically, seems the perfect example of an idiocracy. Not only is it governed by a coterie of complete idiots, it was voted in by millions of poorly educated & mis-informed folk: idiots. This may seem offensive, but it's true. Brexit is another example, idiocracy isn't just American!