Tim Morton

Tim Morton

@timmorton2.bsky.social

Neighbourhoods, community, social housing, poverty, art, film, humour, puns, photography, cycling, climate

4,863 Followers 2,575 Following 18,145 Posts Joined Aug 2023
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Google boss struggles to persuade MPs no sales made in UK YouTube video by Channel 4 News

I remember him giving evidence with other #techbros to a @houseofcommons.parliament.uk select committee. In answer to most questions he said "I will have to get back to you on that" instead of saying "let me #Google that for you, ah yes, here it is ...." www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBws...

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Tax polluters' profits now! The war in the Middle East is taking hundreds of lives while also causing oil and gas prices to surge – and fossil fuel companies are cashing in, while families struggle with rising bills. The richest...

I've just signed a petition calling on the richest governments to tax the profits of oil & gas companies. It’s completely unfair that those who did the most to cause the climate crisis stand to profit from more destruction & war while we pay the price. Sign it here
act.350.org/sign/tax-pol...

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No way

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Presentation at the rail engineering institute session on this Picture from the 1880s of the railway just after it was extended

TIL that the UK’s first electric railway - Volk’s Electric Railway in Brighton - was both *approved* by Brighton and Hove Council *and built* by Magnus Volk in just SEVEN WEEKS

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if only america had a recent president who spent billions expanding our electric vehicle infrastructure and capacity to build electric cars right here in america. ah well that never happened.

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Woman Strolling by Iris by Katsukawa Shunshō
This exquisite detail from a late 18th-century painting by Katsukawa Shunshō depicts a graceful woman walking along a riverbank during the early summer. She is dressed in a light, semi-transparent blue summer kimono with a subtle checkered pattern, which is elegantly draped to reveal her white neck and the top of a red undergarment. Her wide, vibrant red sash (obi) is tied high and features intricate horizontal patterns in blue and white, providing a bold visual contrast to the cool tones of her robe. In her right hand, she holds a delicate white folding fan decorated with light pink floral motifs, while her left hand is tucked into her sash. She is positioned against a soft, atmospheric background of tall, slender irises in bloom, their purple petals and long green leaves reaching upward. Her meticulously styled hair is adorned with a simple wooden comb and a long hairpin, completing a look that embodies the refined beauty and seasonal sensitivity of the Edo period.

Woman Strolling by Iris [detail]
by Katsukawa Shunshô
(1772–81), Japan
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection, MFA

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Claude Tried to Hack 30 Companies. Nobody Asked It To. ◆ Truffle Security Co. We gave AI agents simple research tasks on cloned corporate websites. When the legitimate path was broken, the agents autonomously discovered and exploited SQL injection vulnerabilities to complete th...

"We gave AI agents simple research tasks on cloned corporate websites. When the legitimate path was broken, the agents autonomously discovered and exploited SQL injection vulnerabilities to complete the task — with zero hacking instructions in any prompt."

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Putin’s ‘hidden hand’ lies behind Iran’s drone tactics, UK defence secretary says Pilots reportedly adopting Russian tactics as statement in name of new Iranian supreme leader vows continued attacks on US bases

Obv no moral equivalence but Ukraine's war with Russia & Iran's with US are such striking egs of 'great' powers humbled by underestimating smaller ones, & unlike the US the Russia seems to be deploying some of the learning from Ukraine in this war now www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

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Exhausted Nation Lacks Strength To Form Opinion On Donald Glover Being Voice Of Yoshi

Exhausted Nation Lacks Strength To Form Opinion On Donald Glover Being Voice Of Yoshi https://theonion.com/exhausted-nation-lacks-strength-to-form-opinion-on-donald-glover-being-voice-of-yoshi/

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Map of the straight of hormuz with peak oil graph superimposed on top of it. This is very clever and funny

Can this be a solution?

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Hint of blue #trees #woodland #treeclub

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Show me one person on a bike rolling through a stop sign and I’ll show you 100 drivers speeding in an elementary school zone.

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Kimmel warns about Trump doing a false flag attack here at home and blaming Iran

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thanks Captain... er, General... Obvious

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First run of the year was painful (and painfully slow). Lunchtime running seems like a good idea when you can switch off the early alarm, but I remembered today why I dislike it so much. River Dee and Llangollen canal as beautiful as ever though. #running

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Status update. I am sitting in a student bar in Rouen. Lille v Aston Villa is on the TV. I have ordered pot-au-feu. That is all.

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Photo of a narrowboat on an isolated mooring on a rural canal as autumn is giving way to winter.

#Boatlife day 429 (jumping around the archive a bit now), entering the second winter aboard, this time on the Llangollen.
#ukcanals #canal #narrowboat
#KeepCanalsAlive #FundBritainsWaterways

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Having re-watched Around the World in Eighty Days recently, I can’t help feeling the solution to the Strait of Hormuz issue is to send Michael Palin through them on a dhow again, with crude oil stuffed into little sachets in his pockets. His bonhomie would disarm the Republican Guard if needed.

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New suit? @dieworkwear.bsky.social

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a woman is saying i 'm sorry , what ? ALT: a woman is saying i 'm sorry , what ?
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Parseword: Is Wordle creator’s new game too much of a ‘chin-scratcher’ to go viral? Josh Wardle hopes his digital take on the cryptic crossword can be a gradual on-ramp crossing the cultural divide between Britain and the US

Parseword: Is Wordle creator’s new game too much of a ‘chin-scratcher’ to go viral?

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2/ and hid this execution from the public for over a year. Video footage proves they lied and Martinez was just an innocent kid.

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Three citizens. Don’t forget Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, who was gunned down almost exactly like Renée Good, because he was driving by. He wasn’t even protesting, just trying to get home, and they murdered him, made up a false narrative accusing him of trying to run over agents (sound familiar?) 1/

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Can this be a solution?

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Son 2 is bike packing over Shap this weekend. Not expecting this level of dedication.

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This Weeks Onion Magazine: Still Supreme! Iran’s New Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei On Faith, Fitness, And Supremely Good Sex After 50

This Weeks Onion Magazine: Still Supreme! Iran’s New Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei On Faith, Fitness, And Supremely Good Sex After 50

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"Half of UK cyclists admit to not wearing a helmet due to worries like bad hair"... Halfords claims; Bizarre meltdown over cyclist not using bike lane… even though it's still being built; Wins for Mvd...

Thoughts?

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@sundance.bikesky.social @carltonreid.com @nedboulting.bsky.social
They shoot horses don’t they?

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CAUTION
2,500 Cyclists will be using this road
Sunday September 19th
Sorry for the inconvenience fredwhittonchallenge.org.uk

Four x 112 lbs= 448 lbs = 203kg
Shap Fell?
Marginal Gains

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