Dude, where's my tram? (Odds and Ends #94)

Plus why I'm mad at a billionaire philanthropist and my review of the MacBook Neo

Unbelievably this is a photo taken by the Artemis II crew, and not a render. (Processed by Kevin Gill.)

POD! On YIMBY Pod this week, I talk about Tory plans for a ‘National Pothole Patrol’ and how AI can be used to spot potholes and Martin tells the story of a big NIMBY campaign to save a car park. Plus we speak to Asif Ghafoor, CEO of EV charger company BE.EV, who explains to us why building out the public charger network can be a nightmare. Listen here!

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Hello! It’s time for Odds and Ends, your semi-regular round-up of of the most interesting links I’ve seen, plus some shorter takes.

Apologies for the lack of longer essay post so far this week – it’s nearly done, and I’ll hopefully be dropping it as a rare weekend post, either tomorrow or Sunday (it has been one of those weeks).

In the meantime, here’s some links, where this time I’m featuring:

• Martin’s visit to a notorious tunnel

• Psychic James striking again

• The infuriating reason the Leeds Tram was delayed

• Why “Kebabs” are stopping Britain building trams

• A valiant attempt to kill a new bullshit claim about data centres at birth

• Why I’m mad at a billionaire philanthropist

• And my brief power-user review of the new MacBook Neo

Now let’s get on with it!