Steve Chambers 

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Transport and urban planning stuff. I run sustainable transport and environmental justice non-profits.

This is my Mastodon profile. I also have an account on Pixelfed.

LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Websitehttps://planningtransport.co.uk
PronounsHe/him/his
Pixelfedhttps://pixelfed.social/@respros

NEW BLOG POST: Why don't we see more cyclists on our visits to new housing estates?

https://www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/why-dont-we-see-more-people-cycling-when-we-visit-new-housing-developments/

Why don't we see more people cycling in new housing developments?

When we visit new housing estates something is usually missing.

Transport for New Homes

This is brilliant. And the effort required to display a twenty year old webpage kind of mind blowing.

https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/acquiring-an-early-youtube-watch-page-and-its-first-ever-video

Acquiring an early YouTube watch page and its first-ever video · V&A

The V&A has acquired an early watch page of the video sharing platform YouTube and its first-ever video, 'Me at the zoo', uploaded on 23 April 2005.

Victoria and Albert Museum
Reflections on the 2026 National Planning Policy Framework consultation

Transport for New Homes think a more radical reform is needed to deliver truly sustainable development.

Transport for New Homes
Thinking of using Resilio Sync (formerly BitTorrent Sync) to replace Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive. Anyone using it or similar?

Microslop's CEO is on a roll!

Few weeks ago he begged us to stop using "slop" because it makes AIs sad. Days ago he complained "AI boom might falter" if we don't start using more spicy autocomplete.  

Now he's begging developers to "do something useful" with lying machines, or they might lose the "social permission" to boil the planet.  
https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/microsoft-ceo-urges-ai-developers-to-get-to-a-point-where-we-are-using-this-to-do-something-useful-or-lose-even-the-social-permission-to-generate-these-tokens

What, is Microslop's Slopilot services not useful enough on their own?  

#Microsoft #AI #Hype

Microsoft CEO urges AI developers 'to get to a point where we are using this to do something useful,' or 'lose even the social permission...to generate these tokens'

Nadella warns AI may lose public support without real benefits

TechRadar
The great Ministry of Defence-to-Palantir pipeline: Palantir hired four Ministry of Defence officials last year. Then it won its biggest ever contract with the department https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/palantir-ministry-defence-hire-four-officials-2025-record-defence-contract-240-million/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS
Local election delays: It’s unacceptable to treat voters like a bureaucratic inconvenience

Elections are a crucial part of the democratic process. Citizens have the right to expect a regular opportunity to express a view about who should exercise power in their name, at all le

🎂 Transport for New Homes is 10 years old in 2026. This blog post takes a look back at what we've achieved.
https://www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/ten-years-of-transport-for-new-homes/

A Linux phone, nicely styled, with a replaceable battery and an emphasis on privacy — it even has a physical privacy/kill switch — sounds absolutely brilliant.

It's purely European as well (EU, UK, Norway and Switzerland) which is going to appeal to a lot of people. Or should. No dependence on US billionaires!

https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-preorder

Jolla Phone Pre-order Voucher

The naive early internet that wasn't about eliminating human labour.

2000: Web Shoppers - The Future of Fashion? | Tomorrow's World | BBC Archive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=453D33ljT_g

2000: Web Shoppers - The Future of Fashion? | Tomorrow's World | BBC Archive

YouTube