mjr

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[–] mjr 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is this another "corridors", the freenode attempt to turn IRC into something incompatible?

[–] mjr 47 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Officially, he lives abroad, so doesn't pay taxes here, so can't truly be said to be " of this country ". I suggest we bar him.

[–] mjr 2 points 3 days ago

The deal is probably described in some media response from Network Rail or Transport for London. Global Counsel won't be mentioned. I guess Chase Bank is part of JP Morgan still.

[–] mjr 1 points 3 days ago

It was better when it had gesture typing.

[–] mjr 3 points 3 days ago

You may be relying on Big Tech to provide your Outlook or Gmail account, but you can switch easily if you don’t like it any more.

Microsoft and Google's "spam" filters (that downscore anyone who isn't them) make that less easy. I had to jump through hoops to email my mother this week because Microsoft say one of my email hosts has a poor reputation and nothing stops hosts bouncing or shadowbanning any emails they choose.

[–] mjr 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In the west, this would be the other way around.

France, Italy and Spain are upset not to be called Western countries. Even if Spanish station security checks try their best to make it slower.

[–] mjr 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Only if it stays the hell away from my coffee! 🤮

[–] mjr 1 points 4 days ago

It probably was this time because the UK rail system is very London centred, but I think this is the first time the first run won. Going first has the disadvantage that your seekers start from the main transport hub too!

[–] mjr 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Through lobbying firm Global Counsel, Mandelson sold what really matters in modern Britain – access. Global Counsel’s client list reads like a directory of corporate power: JP Morgan, Accenture, Palantir, Shell, Nestlé, Anglo American.

And the government will be reassessing those companies' contracts Real Soon Now. /s

[–] mjr 1 points 1 week ago

Merlin run lots of stuff, including Sealife and Warwick Castle. I'll avoid the lot.

[–] mjr 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

So Merlin Entertainment basically thinks it knows better than doctors, some disabilities aren't real and it's fine to make people with severe anxiety stand in line until they suffer an attack. Lovely(!) Somewhere mistreating people with mental health issues is not a place I'll go for fun.

[–] mjr 10 points 1 week ago

And the dataset is prbably racist, although in the reported case, it sounds like good old unreliable cross-race recognition by humans, with the evil eye pinging because it spotted someone and the store staff then telling the wrong person to naff off. It seems like a process or training failure if they don't ask the evil eye to confirm they've got the person it flagged before upsetting them.

 

Liveable Streets gets a 2.0 — the book has been updated by the son of the original author. Sarah Goodyear interviews him.

 

"The Hill of Hysteria" is one to re-use. He also hints at doing a "safety in numbers" videe in future. Great stuff.

 

Caroline Seton is the co-founder of the London bike share firm Forest.

They’re in unambiguous second place to Lime, the great global bicycle behemoth - but, famously, being second makes a firm try harder.

In today’s episode, we talk about the challenges of being a shared mobility firm in a municipal environment, the realities of whether cities actually want sustainable transport and the changes she would make to transport policy.

Above all - more bike parking and less car parking please!

Episode webpage: https://www.freewheeling.info/the-freewheeling-podcast/caroline-seton

Media file: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fac09d64d06190a013023c0/t/69308a741979b036c2695c86/1764788864684/riverside_untitled_the_freewheeling+po.mp3

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by mjr to c/ukpublictransport@feddit.uk
 

cross-posted from: https://leminal.space/post/29286202

Not quite transport but I suspect some of us use car hire to fill in the gaps.

 

Another floundering politician tries a bit of bike-bashing? When will they learn it doesn't work?

 

A story of Seattle. What can your town learn from this? Any of it not ring true for you? Do you know Seattle? Does it match your view?

Video also on youtube as well as the fediverse.

 

From December 13, cabins will begin carrying passengers across Limeil-Brévannes in Val-de-Marne, a suburb long served only by buses. The 4.5-kilometre route, with five stations, will take just 18 minutes end to end. Residents say they are eager to try the quiet, comfortable cabins.

 

There are lots of buses, but they’re just not organized in a very sensible way and don’t run very frequently or reliably. I’ve talked about this before, but I think the big reason cycling has taken off the way it has in Montreal is because the city also has such a weak bus system.

Same in many cycling towns in England, even though level take-up is limited by lack of new infrastructure.

 

Last day for this. If you have any link with King's Lynn and can spend ten minutes today to help cycling here, that would be great.

I'll answer any questions you have when I can. I'll also probably post more about it later on that site, introducing what's currently happening in a typical English country town.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by mjr to c/publictransport@slrpnk.net
 

A 21st Century Underground Rolling Stock Update - London Reconnections - https://www.londonreconnections.com/2025/a-21st-century-underground-rolling-stock-update/

 
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/44846811

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Norway: Chinese-made electric buses have major security flaw, can be remotely stopped and disabled by their manufacturer in China, Oslo operator says

The public transport operator in Norway's capital said Tuesday that some electric buses from China have a serious flaw -- software that could allow the manufacturer, or nefarious actors, to take control of the vehicle.

Oslo's transport operator Ruter said they had tested two electric buses this summer -- one built by China's Yutong and the other by Dutch firm VDL.

The Chinese model featured a SIM card that allowed the manufacturer to remotely install software updates that made it vulnerable, whereas the Dutch model did not.

"We've found that everything that is connected poses a risk -- and that includes buses," Ruter director Bernt Reitan Jenssen told public broadcaster NRK.

"There is a risk that for example suppliers could take control, but also that other players could break into this value chain and influence the buses."

Ruter said it was now developing a digital firewall to guard against the issue.

According to other reports, the Chinese manufacturer has access to each bus’s software updates, diagnostics, and battery control systems. “In theory, the bus could therefore be stopped or rendered unusable by the manufacturer,” the company said.

Ruter has reported its findings to Norway’s Ministry of Transport and Communications.

Arild Tjomsland, a special advisor at the University of South-Eastern Norway who helped conduct the tests, said: “The Chinese bus can be stopped, turned off, or receive updates that can destroy the technology that the bus needs to operate normally.”

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