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Bonsai loving, wine drinking, London dad and campaigner for local stuff - you probably knew me as the one with a "thirst for wine"

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Do you mind if I reshare these to a new local forum we're just about to launch?

se23.rocks

I think more folks in SE23 may be interested :)

25.02.2026 11:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Optical illusion :)

Shame no other image seems to show that entrance

19.02.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Not clear in any of the photos, but this section is definitely part of the station, but set lower. It also appears to have an arch below the window, plus the barriers at the shop level. It very much looks like the underpass, but I may be wrong. It is slightly clearer in the original photo

19.02.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

this last photo is most perplexing.

It is interesting to see WH Smiths there (and very cool to see the original building in the image before). But it seems the underpass was originally on the OTHER side of WH Smiths. I was not aware of that

19.02.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I love how our AI overlords have decided that Forest Hill was so technologically advanced that we had motor cars (see car & van in front of the station) in the 19th century!

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19.02.2026 13:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court!
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.

13.02.2026 10:13 πŸ‘ 2804 πŸ” 820 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 51
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Litter pick-up along the railway path | Forest Hill Society Join volunteers from Albion Millennium Green and Surfers Against Sewage to clean up this local path

'Tis the season again ... the autumn and winter rubbish has accumulated and we want to help put a proper Spring in everyone's step. Help us clean up this local footpath

www.foresthillsociety.com/event-detail...

26.01.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Help us make hope normal again.

Join the Green Party now.

22.01.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 7003 πŸ” 2582 πŸ’¬ 204 πŸ“Œ 1042
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We're absolutely thrilled to announce that Telraam has won the SECOND PRIZE at the Smart Deal 2025 competition at the Smart City Expo in Barcelona!

#SCEWC25

06.11.2025 14:42 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think this might be of interest to organisations like @familiesforsafestreets.org to help quantify issues and monitor interventions to prove if they are having the desired outcomes.

16.10.2025 15:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New bench slap just dropped. They are coming at a truly astonishing rate.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

01.10.2025 03:00 πŸ‘ 2263 πŸ” 498 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 89

they've also changed their bluesky handle already - @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social

05.09.2025 09:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm glad that @zackpolanski.bsky.social has become leader of the Green Party. I believe his style and emphasis meet the challenge of the moment.

02.09.2025 10:14 πŸ‘ 1134 πŸ” 152 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 7

Polanski has won *by a landslide*. 20,000+ votes vs 3,705 for Ra,say/Chowns

02.09.2025 10:15 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 11

I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/

15.08.2025 09:58 πŸ‘ 6221 πŸ” 2373 πŸ’¬ 116 πŸ“Œ 172
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Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that…

If you haven't already, please sign our petition to the Government asking them to fund a new Resilience Plan. This is about pressuring them to help us get ourselves more #climate-ready together.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

14.08.2025 08:48 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

It's three years this week since the UK media reported that 1000 families were going to sue the Tavistock (Gender Identity Clinic) for medical mispractice. There wasn't one "family", let alone 1000. It was clear, at the time, that it was bullshit propaganda, and even clearer now. 1/

13.08.2025 09:47 πŸ‘ 1043 πŸ” 324 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 19
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A policy that benefited the richest and cost the UK Β£100bn: it's long past time to end the fuel duty freeze | Larry Elliott Successive chancellors have steered clear of increasing taxes for motorists for 15 years, but this should be a no-brainer for cash-strapped Rachel Reeves, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

πŸ‘Œ β€œThe stated rationale for the protracted [fuel duty] freeze since 2010 is that it helps hard-pressed motorists, but the main beneficiaries have not been white-van man but the better off, who drive more, own more vehicles and buy gas-guzzling SUVs.β€œ

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

14.08.2025 07:49 πŸ‘ 91 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 5
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UK Judge Affirms Legality Of Public-Submitted Road Crime Footage In Landmark Ruling A judge has ruled that motorists and cyclists can legally share videos with police, dismissing a lawsuit from a retired solicitor.

In a landmark ruling, a UK judge has upheld the public’s right to submit dashcam and helmet-cam footage to police, after a retired solicitor attempted to sue a cyclist who filmed her using a mobile phone while driving.

✍️ - @carltonreid.com

www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

13.08.2025 16:49 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3

This was already a problem before the slop era. So now we are properly fucked.

14.08.2025 06:40 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜If these words reach you … Israel has succeeded in killing me’: the last words of a journalist killed in Gaza Anas al-Sharif, an Al Jazeera reporter, was killed by an Israeli airstrike on Sunday night. This is the message he had prepared for his family, and his call for the world not to forget Gaza

"I entrust you with Palestine – the jewel in the crown of the Muslim world, the heartbeat of every free person in this world"

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

12.08.2025 04:57 πŸ‘ 330 πŸ” 142 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 3
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Election debate: Conservatives criticised for renaming Twitter profile 'factcheckUK' Twitter said the stunt was misleading to the public and would not be tolerated in future - but did not take any direct action.

I was thinking of occasions like this one (at least the party took responsibility, but was driven by their agency):

www.bbc.co.uk/news/technol...

31.07.2025 13:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I have to admit I have some interaction with Network Rail's community engagement team in my area of London and have found them individually helpful (within the scope of such a bureaucratic organisation), so loathe to accuse all.

31.07.2025 11:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You are probably right that those who actually chose this agency may have been aware of this approach and are also responsible, but we've seen more agencies doing such underhand (particularly political) work and there ought to be a way to address this aspect (e.g. a role for industry certification)

31.07.2025 11:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

And in case you don't click on the comment I quoted, here is the post it was referring to

bsky.app/profile/jmkp...

31.07.2025 10:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not sure I would blame NR directly for this, but we definitely need to get to grips with underhand 'engagement' tactics like this from agencies or they will undermine the whole process of citizen participation in decision-making.

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Fantastic day marching, and chanting, around London for #transpride - lovely atmosphere

26.07.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Labour conference attendees must declare sex listed on their passport The 2025 Labour Party conference will reportedly require passport gender checks for entry, an application form suggests.

This is performative cruelty at its most stupid.
1 - Lots of trans people have their lived gender identity on their passport
2 - Why? What's the point? What about attending a political conference relies on your birth genitals?

www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/16/l...

16.07.2025 23:59 πŸ‘ 810 πŸ” 231 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 96

FB is therefore either unsecure (and is being hacked by spammers), or breaking its own terms by sharing my number with sc*mmers.

Utter b*ll*cks.

(and thank goodness for the **** key to keep this close to civilised)

08.07.2025 13:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I's so f***ing annoyed with myself. I had managed to avoid FB for years, but needed to promote a local event for the @fhsoc.bsky.social so put a tiny Β£ amount into promotion there.

The result, because they required my mobile number for authentication, is nothing but sp*m calls to my mobile - daily.

08.07.2025 13:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0