# ![@carto_graph Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1491749755495538689.png) @carto_graph Benedict

Benedict posts on X about london, the first, night, germany the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::1491749755495538689/posts_active)
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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  #1095 [countries](/list/countries)  8% [finance](/list/finance)  5% [musicians](/list/musicians)  4% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  #2979 [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  3% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  2% [stocks](/list/stocks)  2%

**Social topic influence**
[london](/topic/london) #76, [the first](/topic/the-first) 3%, [night](/topic/night) 2%, [germany](/topic/germany) 2%, [ai](/topic/ai) 2%, [money](/topic/money) 2%, [paris](/topic/paris) 2%, [the world](/topic/the-world) 2%, [coin](/topic/coin) 1%, [just a](/topic/just-a) 1%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@bswud](/creator/undefined) [@alexlawlondon](/creator/undefined) [@tomjackspencer](/creator/undefined) [@fremond](/creator/undefined) [@iwandoherty98](/creator/undefined) [@scphughes](/creator/undefined) [@fremond_](/creator/undefined) [@garethdennis](/creator/undefined) [@richardparke15](/creator/undefined) [@kitchentowel](/creator/undefined) [@hrushworth](/creator/undefined) [@p77_paul](/creator/undefined) [@sadpuppy77](/creator/undefined) [@elliotpinto1984](/creator/undefined) [@alex_law_london](/creator/undefined) [@matthewhodg](/creator/undefined) [@makkosworld](/creator/undefined) [@loafersboy](/creator/undefined) [@thewhiskyist](/creator/undefined) [@s8mb](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER)](/topic/$uber) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"this is like finding a roman coin or babylonian tablet. artefacts of a long-lost civilisation. I think about this quite a lot. you simply couldn't do this kind of thing anymore https://t.co/NkTJlKW6Wp I think about this quite a lot. you simply couldn't do this kind of thing anymore https://t.co/NkTJlKW6Wp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2020904947039010864)  2026-02-09T16:57Z [----] followers, 99.4K engagements


"Big fan of how the Saudi tourist board has tastefully Arabified their logo. Vowel markings a made to look like an ayin S looking like k 10/10"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2021293325618176246)  2026-02-10T18:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Boring tweet: I hate the way Americans cite case law. Am. Fedn of State Cnty & Mun. Emps. v. Washington [---] F.2d [----] (9th Cir. 1985). 🤢🤢🤢 OSCOLA doesnt abbrev words doesnt use excessive punctuation and [----] UKSC [--] is just a much nicer-looking citation thanthat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2021558020925501570)  2026-02-11T12:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"London latest: Got an Uber back home last night with my boyfriend. Driver seemed chill at first we were just chatting. We then kissed each other and he told us I dont want any of that sort of thing in my car"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2022636461963739577)  2026-02-14T11:38Z [----] followers, 633.6K engagements


"@LoafersBoy Obviously"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2022638641290580211)  2026-02-14T11:46Z [----] followers, 41.5K engagements


"In Germany you know which platform your train leaves from months in advance its on the timetable. In Britain Network Rail doesnt tell you until the train is just about to leave"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1912834820935209246)  2025-04-17T11:45Z [----] followers, 1.1M engagements


"wheres the massive statue of Dominic Cummings Inside new Starmer command unit at No10 where the implosion of the govt and by extension diminution / managed decline of UK can be monitored in REAL TIME Imagine getting to NASA style command centre and it's staffed by Darren Jones These guys are living on another planet https://t.co/Lf7hqNOhIM Inside new Starmer command unit at No10 where the implosion of the govt and by extension diminution / managed decline of UK can be monitored in REAL TIME Imagine getting to NASA style command centre and it's staffed by Darren Jones These guys are living on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2017250486131315143)  2026-01-30T14:56Z [----] followers, 67.3K engagements


"Prime ministers who have been unsuccessful barristers: Pitt the Younger Clement Attlee Margaret Thatcher Tony Blair Prime ministers who have been successful barristers: Spencer Perceval KC Herbert Asquith KC Keir Starmer KC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2019758948224512337)  2026-02-06T13:03Z [----] followers, 48.8K engagements


"@the_whiskyist Not all barristers need to be great public speakers it must be said. If you are making submissions to a judge then you dont want to be much of a performer. Jury work is different. Apparently Starmer hated doing jury work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2019796914384826690)  2026-02-06T15:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@s8mb @CW_Architect ah yes the great cities of northern Britain. Leeds Edinburgh Belfast and Bangor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2020107953706025280)  2026-02-07T12:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@alex_law_london Yes. I think that is ridiculous (so long as the judgment has paragraph numbers so you can pinpoint without page numbers.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2021570547960750218)  2026-02-11T13:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@TomJackSpencer @alex_law_london I resent the existence of the ICLR so I am a great fan of neutral citations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2021571859150458951)  2026-02-11T13:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@alex_law_london @TomJackSpencer Then we need to republish all the pre-2000 case law on Bailii with neutral citations paragraphs and abolish the ICLR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2021579627915886894)  2026-02-11T13:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"RT @christiancalgie: Our communications are being directed sir"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2020861520003870804)  2026-02-09T14:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"RT @paularambles: asking rationalists what their p(aella) is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2020921674246578188)  2026-02-09T18:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"RT @arthur_spirling: the threat from AI is real but there remain some tasks where human creativity continues undefeated. For example mak"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2021524985509265547)  2026-02-11T10:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"RT @GarethDennis: This new Leeds to Sheffield service takes [--] minutes and delivers an average speed of 35mph. HS2 could have delivered 15"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2021633645363028228)  2026-02-11T17:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"RT @bswud: We are going to get fare freezes but also reduced penalties for poor performance What skewed incentives & priorities. State-run"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022630833404715143)  2026-02-14T11:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"RT @lara_e_brown: No reason these benches couldn't be made safe (if they weren't already). They are 1980s reproductions of a Victorian de"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2020995176286781500)  2026-02-09T22:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"RT @Birdyword: Isn't it sort of fascinating that the UK has had in its last five prime ministers four who have seemed to have political i"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2022114767381705151)  2026-02-13T01:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Went for a drink last night with a friend whos visiting London for the first time. His take He loves London. Wants to come back here. Except: - The streets are dirty - The Tube is overcrowded - The pubs inexplicably close at 11pm There are ways to fix all these problems"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2020107516445655512)  2026-02-07T12:08Z [----] followers, 43.3K engagements


"The financial crisis was almost [--] years ago. Youd think The Guardian would have stopped its weird vendetta against the economics profession by now. "Mahdi a degrowth economics and anthropology graduate from University College London and the Autonomous University of Barcelona says the group has secured tangible changes in the way economics is taught at scores of institutions." That would explain a lot. "Mahdi a degrowth economics and anthropology graduate from University College London and the Autonomous University of Barcelona says the group has secured tangible changes in the way economics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2021205561287577797)  2026-02-10T12:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Saddam Leonardo Elvis Oprah Diana Elon Who else"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2021579328933298348)  2026-02-11T13:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"something nobody tells you about having a boyfriend AND a ludicrously complicated skincare routine is how many products you have to schlep halfway across London every time you go and see him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2021582994578776230)  2026-02-11T13:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Lawyers have feelings too Its always where is my attorney and never how is my attorney 💔 Its always where is my attorney and never how is my attorney 💔"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2021697484142084452)  2026-02-11T21:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I should clarify that this was a peck on the lips. Not making out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2022645493009125553)  2026-02-14T12:13Z [----] followers, 79.7K engagements


"@Fremond_ Yes we did"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2022646087685640302)  2026-02-14T12:16Z [----] followers, 48K engagements


"@maxwell_marlow @UberUK My boyfriend has told me it was a Bolt lol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2022670973569499241)  2026-02-14T13:55Z [----] followers, 41.7K engagements


"Update: We got a full refund 🥳"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2022707927006515481)  2026-02-14T16:22Z [----] followers, 39K engagements


"Wait is this the origin of the your brain on X meme Nobody can afford to get high anymore https://t.co/wUDXDn2Hso Nobody can afford to get high anymore https://t.co/wUDXDn2Hso"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1892646781462212946)  2025-02-20T18:45Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@casescasescases Ban cricket you say He wont be happy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1892886933824581824)  2025-02-21T10:39Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Moronic use of statistics from The Times. Whether LTNs are popular before theyre introduced is neither here nor there. What matters is what people think of them AFTER theyve bedded in for a bit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1892893645268795491)  2025-02-21T11:06Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"https://www.thetimes.com/uk/transport/article/residents-hate-them-so-why-do-officials-keep-making-more-ltns-tls877lrp https://www.thetimes.com/uk/transport/article/residents-hate-them-so-why-do-officials-keep-making-more-ltns-tls877lrp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1892893647349190786)  2025-02-21T11:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"If the Pope dies will that scupper Conclaves chances at the Oscars"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1893377847768617208)  2025-02-22T19:10Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"We should rebuild the old Waterloo Bridge"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1893683084073046378)  2025-02-23T15:23Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@FurtherOr @lucaajwatson For me its the Real Housewives of Clapton on Insta. It takes the piss out of middle class young people (mainly women) who live in East London. The aesthetic while satirical is also aspirational and intensely bourgeois"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1894355883133419641)  2025-02-25T11:56Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"a possession hearing is when the court decides whether a ghost should be evicted"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1894390663107448979)  2025-02-25T14:15Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@Guy21Nerdy @meIisactu Tbf if I was Haringey I wouldnt use this coat of arms either it looks like it should have been the arms of the Central Electricity Generating Board (a purpose it would have served admirably)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1948442079832789201)  2025-07-24T17:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Spotify offers paramount convenience you can literally listen to any song ever made with one click be Labour Beyond Cities it does nothing for music except transfer whole lifetimes sic. of creative labour to Swedish shareholders"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1950949948163272713)  2025-07-31T16:01Z [----] followers, 15.9K engagements


"@si_rubinstein There is a strong line of continuity between the Blairism of [--] years ago and postliberalism today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1954866454718726606)  2025-08-11T11:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Lawyers and adjacent where does the myth of the common-law marriage come from Id not heard of it until I did my GDL but it must be widespread enough that they feel a need to mention it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1961069893295452276)  2025-08-28T14:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"This makes for a great pub quiz question. What do Russell Brand and Justin Trudeau have in common Former Canadian PM Justin Trudeau is officially dating pop star Katy Perry with the couple spotted kissing on her yacht off Santa Barbara https://t.co/Ex7RWdg3yh Former Canadian PM Justin Trudeau is officially dating pop star Katy Perry with the couple spotted kissing on her yacht off Santa Barbara https://t.co/Ex7RWdg3yh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1977301636352544797)  2025-10-12T09:13Z [----] followers, 12.7K engagements


"@richardparke15 Precisely. Our job often really matters especially at the criminal Bar. If what you are doing is important you should be scared of failing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1977750623509524871)  2025-10-13T14:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"All the ridiculous discourse around this could be avoided if we just used CEFR levels like a normal European country. fwiw A Level is B2. GCSE is B1. C1 is generally the standard to do a uni course in the target language. Arguably the new standard is too low. If you come to this country you must learn our language and play your part. https://t.co/ULAnlyPeOq If you come to this country you must learn our language and play your part. https://t.co/ULAnlyPeOq"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1978398992670097605)  2025-10-15T09:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"And never owned a house Keynes had a net worth of [--] million (in todays money) when he died (via personal investments he made) married a ballerina bought a Cezanne and a Picasso owned notebooks by Newton wrote about a post-work future and was [--]. We arent making ballers like this anymore. https://t.co/V88w6G7POG Keynes had a net worth of [--] million (in todays money) when he died (via personal investments he made) married a ballerina bought a Cezanne and a Picasso owned notebooks by Newton wrote about a post-work future and was [--]. We arent making ballers like this anymore."  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1979291767901130769)  2025-10-17T21:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"THIS RULE IS FAKE. If you no longer have confidence in him just sack him Youre the Prime Minister YOU CAN JUST DO THINGS. EXC with @Gabriel_Pogrund Cabinet secretary Chris Wormald has lost confidence of key No [--] figures Louise Casey tipped to replace him as soon as January https://t.co/91H2xAG3y7 EXC with @Gabriel_Pogrund Cabinet secretary Chris Wormald has lost confidence of key No [--] figures Louise Casey tipped to replace him as soon as January https://t.co/91H2xAG3y7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1980765633219567742)  2025-10-21T22:38Z [----] followers, 19.7K engagements


"Are you an RP speaker Do you want to earn 180k teaching the child of some foreign billionaire to be British Ive got just the job for you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1980974039540597168)  2025-10-22T12:26Z [----] followers, 33.3K engagements


"@joncstone Its an improvement insofar as something is better than nothing. But my god it is decrepit and ugly spreadsheet architecture. If we get the chance to build whatever we like on brownfield wasteland we should build something beautiful. Not that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1982198567130243456)  2025-10-25T21:32Z [----] followers, 10.5K engagements


"@notanastronomer Uzbek is the only ex-Soviet language that uses the Latin alphabet and the apostrophe afaik"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1983141922240630860)  2025-10-28T12:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Why does EVERYBODY seem to have thought this as a child this is literally what i thought the eurostar did as a child https://t.co/bGQdE2nRxV this is literally what i thought the eurostar did as a child https://t.co/bGQdE2nRxV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1983191628228767854)  2025-10-28T15:18Z [----] followers, 792.3K engagements


"So annoying when youre reading a book and it makes a minor factual error. Makes me disbelieve all its other claims. No France did not have an emperor in [----] (Off the Rails: The Inside Story of HS2 p29)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1986489694792888828)  2025-11-06T17:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"My debut in @CapX. We should set up an organisation whose purpose is to restore the beautiful urban fabric of Islington. And obviously we should do the same in the rest of the country To find out how it would work read the piece below 👇 https://capx.co/how-to-make-islington-beautiful-again https://capx.co/how-to-make-islington-beautiful-again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1986792988698145254)  2025-11-07T13:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"On the Central Line and the guy opposite me is reading Submission by Houellebecq while his toddler colours in a picture of a stegosaurus"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1986858314936840651)  2025-11-07T18:08Z [----] followers, 43.8K engagements


"enjoying the replies thanks guys"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1987289145228583268)  2025-11-08T22:40Z [----] followers, 252.8K engagements


"@Fremond_ i like trains"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1987290437992726917)  2025-11-08T22:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Its not the reason theyve not done it (thats a lack of imagination) but going full YIMBY has enormous political cost. Labour dont realise that they need to design reforms that bring NIMBYs into the fold not steamroller them. @cszabla I mean going full YIMBY has zero tax payer cost and yet @cszabla I mean going full YIMBY has zero tax payer cost and yet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1987818191217672690)  2025-11-10T09:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Heathrow is a mess but why didnt he just fly direct Paris and Dublin arent exactly provincial backwaters. Today I made the mistake of flying from Dublin to Paris via London's Heathrow Airport. This was a remarkably stupid move on my part given that London and by extension Heathrow is located in the failing formerly-developed country known as "the UK". I almost paid dearly for Today I made the mistake of flying from Dublin to Paris via London's Heathrow Airport. This was a remarkably stupid move on my part given that London and by extension Heathrow is located in the failing formerly-developed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1987932607649116458)  2025-11-10T17:17Z [----] followers, 33K engagements


"@IwanDoherty98 They think Brexit = Trump. And the stupid right thinks weve got Shakira law. No one likes us we do care"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1988251117017297035)  2025-11-11T14:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In Britain we have an unusual cultural practice. Its called following the signs which is a bit difficult to translate but roughly means looking where you are going and reading things that are posted on walls. Visiting Paris really makes you realize how much of "Western culture" is just French culture. Visiting Paris really makes you realize how much of "Western culture" is just French culture"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1988272071986618871)  2025-11-11T15:46Z [----] followers, 304.5K engagements


"New from me: Should we subsidise railways And (given that it seems to be inevitable) how can we do it in a way that makes sure they dont become incompetent 👇👇 https://api.omarshehata.me/substack-proxy/articles/springbett-substack-com-p-should-we-subsidise-railways.html https://api.omarshehata.me/substack-proxy/articles/springbett-substack-com-p-should-we-subsidise-railways.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1988654189615136938)  2025-11-12T17:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The Welsh Government appears to think it is running a primary school not a country of 3million people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1990405387325972528)  2025-11-17T13:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"We all support the clear need for homes for young people and families but Theres always a but TONGHAM [---] MORE HOMES Last week Taylor Wimpey announced proposals for a major development adjacent to the Hogs back Brewery (known as Manor Farm development) plus a further [---] homes proposed between Normandy and Flexford - just to the north of the Godalming and Ash https://t.co/anKpVtiLoh TONGHAM [---] MORE HOMES Last week Taylor Wimpey announced proposals for a major development adjacent to the Hogs back Brewery (known as Manor Farm development) plus a further [---] homes proposed between Normandy and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1990539407687102482)  2025-11-17T21:55Z [----] followers, 59.7K engagements


"Some YIMBYs (including me for a while) want to crush their opponents. This is tempting because NIMBYs can be very annoying. The trouble is crush the NIMBYs is synonymous with crush the electorate. Its not the right thing to wish for. 👇 https://api.omarshehata.me/substack-proxy/articles/springbett-substack-com-p-dont-crush-the-nimbys.html https://api.omarshehata.me/substack-proxy/articles/springbett-substack-com-p-dont-crush-the-nimbys.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1991487025137217889)  2025-11-20T12:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@IwanDoherty98 I dont think that flexible zoning is the right thing to focus on given how politically toxic it is. It *might* be sensible to have it in big cities provided that they consent to it and have clear incentives to do so"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1991495774317023242)  2025-11-20T13:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@IwanDoherty98 You need to do it carefully and frame it as improving environmental protections. Nobody in their right mind thinks 120mn on a bat tunnel is an efficient use of money. Also people are in favour of protecting badgers but indifferent to newts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1991497340918853817)  2025-11-20T13:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"My music taste has just been described as divorced dad rock Shinedown Thirty Seconds to Mars Green Day 😳"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1992006278475067833)  2025-11-21T23:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"To add to this: our railways are at capacity give or take. Fare freezes might be justified if there were any slack. But there isnt. As a commuter paying [---] a week to get the Thameslink this benefits me. I am unconvinced a) that I am the right person to target with subsidy b) this is the best way to increase rail usage and c) this will increase economic growth more than spending it other stuff. As a commuter paying [---] a week to get the Thameslink this benefits me. I am unconvinced a) that I am the right person to target with subsidy b) this is the best way to increase rail usage and c) this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1992727174143697377)  2025-11-23T22:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"If we can get this right this government can leave a tangible legacy: a new generation of nuclear power plants. Eventually well have energy too cheap to metre. Britain needs nuclear power. Our nuclear projects are the most expensive in the world and among the slowest. Regulators and industry are paralysed by risk aversion. This can change. For Britain to prosper it must. Earlier this year the Prime Minister appointed me to lead a https://t.co/x6GhnhyVk2 Britain needs nuclear power. Our nuclear projects are the most expensive in the world and among the slowest. Regulators and industry are"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1992897862334636120)  2025-11-24T10:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"In the mid-80s Ireland was as poor as communist Czechoslovakia and once-rich Argentina. The power of economic institutions to change a countrys trajectory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1993027926821159185)  2025-11-24T18:44Z [----] followers, 21.5K engagements


"One of the biggest Korean communities in the world Well apart from South Korea North Korea the US China Japan Canada Uzbekistan () Russia Australia Vietnam Kazakhstan () and Germany the UK has one of the biggest Korean communities in the world. On Saturday we took part in New Malden's Kimchi Day celebrations. New Malden has one of the biggest Korean communities in the world and in their honour we installed a temporary station sign. The sign featured New Malden written in Hangul the alphabet of the Korean language. https://t.co/dJAnlPO9Ja On Saturday we took part in New Malden's Kimchi Day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1993030479348654539)  2025-11-24T18:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"This is the first result when you search for "muse d'orsay". This is a scam website which charges [-----] (the official website is 16.00). Unimpressed with @Google allowing this to be a sponsored result"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1998363083274870801)  2025-12-09T12:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Why is it giving allotment NEW: 🚨City of London to create a large new public square. The City have confirmed that they will close the southern section of King Edward Street to create a 3500sqm public space. This will make Greyfriars square next to St Pauls Cathedral the Citys biggest open space. https://t.co/XYVx03ukam NEW: 🚨City of London to create a large new public square. The City have confirmed that they will close the southern section of King Edward Street to create a 3500sqm public space. This will make Greyfriars square next to St Pauls Cathedral the Citys biggest open space."  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1998778208787853532)  2025-12-10T15:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I dont get why anybody would pay [---] extra to fly BA. These flights are functionally the same product. With BA you get a captain with a reassuringly RP accent and thats it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1998779835011744207)  2025-12-10T15:40Z [----] followers, 32.5K engagements


"@Fremond_ yes I get all of that but none of that applies to the two flights I posted"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1998786280457646374)  2025-12-10T16:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I get the logic behind most of these. But why was Vladimir Putin POY in [----] TIMEs Person of the Year through the years: 2025: The Architects of AI 2024: Donald Trump 2023: Taylor Swift 2022: Volodymyr Zelensky & The Spirit of Ukraine 2021: Elon Musk 2020: Joe Biden & Kamala Harris 2019: Greta Thunberg 2018: The Guardians & The War on Truth 2017: The TIMEs Person of the Year through the years: 2025: The Architects of AI 2024: Donald Trump 2023: Taylor Swift 2022: Volodymyr Zelensky & The Spirit of Ukraine 2021: Elon Musk 2020: Joe Biden & Kamala Harris 2019: Greta Thunberg 2018: The Guardians"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1999989496486695038)  2025-12-13T23:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This is incredibly big and good news. But its much more likely to be durable if the buildings are built beautifully. Imagine if the new block of flats was built in a popular architectural style instead [--]. Permission for additional buildings on existing plots so long as they take no more than twice the footprint of the original house. This will allow densification with mid-rise blocks of flats in back gardens. Heres an example before and after from the Croydon design guide: https://t.co/gbyL0vXerX [--]. Permission for additional buildings on existing plots so long as they take no more than twice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2000966962185146483)  2025-12-16T16:31Z [----] followers, 18.5K engagements


"@lukas_ohl @mulronie @rcolvile @bswud @SCP_Hughes Youd get that with my suggestion for XR2 But I would lose the Balham Angel Dalston Wood Green stuff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2002903131504718114)  2025-12-22T00:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"this year has been great got pupillage lived in vienna climbed mountains went to 🏴 met three rly good friends wrote for @WorksInProgMag wrote a substack did some other things and got a bf just as the year was coming to a close"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2006404616754282864)  2025-12-31T16:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"you really can just do things huh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2007409010786603060)  2026-01-03T11:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"how can i remove myself from a gay mans close friends list"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2009990403983061341)  2026-01-10T14:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@richardparke15 And yet HMRC still comes after them. My old job gave us a Deliveroo voucher after the Lionesses won. But we had to have a (very small) amount of tax+NICs deducted from our next payslip which rather killed the mood😠"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2010491691342377236)  2026-01-11T23:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"From my bus stop I can see the stop before. I can also see the stop after. My bus stop should not exist. America has too many bus stops. Removing excess bus stops speeds up bus services makes them more reliable and reduces transit costs all of which boosts ridership. For example: San Francisco has an average of eight stops per mile whereas European cities tend to have only four https://t.co/wK0cuN66nz America has too many bus stops. Removing excess bus stops speeds up bus services makes them more reliable and reduces transit costs all of which boosts ridership. For example: San Francisco has"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2011734695135101138)  2026-01-15T09:38Z [----] followers, 32.9K engagements


"England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality. "It's a morbid symptom Anglo-futurism and that's where British politics is: it is stuck with the fantasies of world leadership and renewal through deregulation." New episode: @DEHEdgerton on the politics of technology https://t.co/MXcx79DWTQ https://t.co/OxI3cJsHYO "It's a morbid symptom Anglo-futurism and that's where British politics is: it is stuck with the fantasies of world leadership and renewal through deregulation." New episode: @DEHEdgerton on the politics of technology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2012913005764161902)  2026-01-18T15:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@GJMarshy The phrase transformational benefits is so woolly. Manchester and Liverpool already have direct trains to the airport"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2013170242336272777)  2026-01-19T08:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Does this mean getting rid of the Latin signage at Wallsend Metro station debemus removere signa Latine scripta in statione Segedunensis All station names should be in English and English only. This is England. We speak English. Don't like it Leave. https://t.co/fVt7ejlEHr All station names should be in English and English only. This is England. We speak English. Don't like it Leave. https://t.co/fVt7ejlEHr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2013215095262748909)  2026-01-19T11:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Ben_A_Hopkinson One thing that a lot of low-cost countries (e.g. Spain) have in common is that the project is approved funded and operated by the same level of government. This moves us much closer to the Spanish model"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2014293571398963408)  2026-01-22T11:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@jakeolenick Have you seen Tim Leunigs proposal for Heathrow to move the runways westwards (and build two more) and enable steeper angles of descent for narrow-body aircraft to reduce noise and the no of people subjected to noise https://policyexchange.org.uk/publication/bigger-and-quieter-the-right-answer-for-aviation/ https://policyexchange.org.uk/publication/bigger-and-quieter-the-right-answer-for-aviation/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2014356987014722002)  2026-01-22T15:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@GarethDennis @PerfumedDandy @JP_Spencer_ Im asking it entirely in good faith I want to understand your position about what we need to do beyond devolution"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2014721517376946430)  2026-01-23T15:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A fish water slide and a fish disco. Its like we spend 700mn on Centerparcs for fish. I'd always wondered how much the mad fish protection stuff at Hinkley Point C cost turns out it's [---] million. https://t.co/5XCQvw1jkb I'd always wondered how much the mad fish protection stuff at Hinkley Point C cost turns out it's [---] million. https://t.co/5XCQvw1jkb"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1992900739883045156)  2025-11-24T10:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Lige looks spiritually like a city in northern England. Nearly had a heart attack halfway. https://t.co/GahszpXICQ Nearly had a heart attack halfway. https://t.co/GahszpXICQ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2010728357533753352)  2026-01-12T14:59Z [----] followers, 506.3K engagements


"We should bring back named long-distance trains. It adds a touch of romance and helps make the railway network more legible to passengers Some of the direct and named services we used to have to and from Scotland. Some good examples of old school window labels before we had the electronic wizardry. Credit : D Singleton https://t.co/a5RoJvku9Q Some of the direct and named services we used to have to and from Scotland. Some good examples of old school window labels before we had the electronic wizardry. Credit : D Singleton https://t.co/a5RoJvku9Q"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2013959728196383215)  2026-01-21T12:59Z [----] followers, 11.3K engagements


"23million people within 100km of LHR. 14million from CDG. 13million from AMS. 10million from FRA. Its the perfect location for an airport. It has both a vast domestic catchment (more than JFKs) and the position midway between Asia and America"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2014336441539559795)  2026-01-22T13:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"There was no better solution that was able to both fulfil the requirements for the relevant legislation whilst also reducing cost. How did we end up with the HS2 bat tunnel Its because of bad law but also bad ethical reasoning. http://springbett.substack.com/p/the-lexical-fallacy http://springbett.substack.com/p/the-lexical-fallacy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2016831107585446053)  2026-01-29T11:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"theyre putting out nimby propaganda to the children now New poster for Pixars next film HOPPERS The film follows a girl who transfers her mind into a robotic beaver to help the animals fight the local mayors construction plans (Source: @Fandango) https://t.co/54n8pSoOCS New poster for Pixars next film HOPPERS The film follows a girl who transfers her mind into a robotic beaver to help the animals fight the local mayors construction plans (Source: @Fandango) https://t.co/54n8pSoOCS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2016831841852928246)  2026-01-29T11:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@kitchentowel @bswud @SCP_Hughes @Hrushworth (1) Transit Costs exclude rolling stock etc because they *just* want to focus on the cost of construction which is where the big transnational differences are. And they use inflation figures that enable easy cross-national comparisons"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2003407994143539232)  2025-12-23T10:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@kitchentowel @bswud @SCP_Hughes @Hrushworth (2) Im not sure they do They have a figure of 81bn in [----] prices which is sourced from a [----] article so thatll just be for Phase [--]. And the length is 225km so just Phase [--] again. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D6nUGPHWkvJChmuDDMF27jb2pImUJCvMxA4ycN1rdWg/editusp=sharing https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D6nUGPHWkvJChmuDDMF27jb2pImUJCvMxA4ycN1rdWg/editusp=sharing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2003408616947417337)  2025-12-23T10:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Ned_Donovan @metpoliceuk Truly remarkable. Ive no clue what the right solution is but something massive has to change at the Met"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/2018014608657691104)  2026-02-01T17:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I dont want to believe it but the Centrist Dad criticism of the last government they were incompetent because they were all immensely thick does provide a parsimonious explanation for e.g. this: @MavenPolitic https://t.co/bwnJNdTRp9 @MavenPolitic https://t.co/bwnJNdTRp9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1950503694782407134)  2025-07-30T10:28Z [----] followers, 58K engagements


"Happy Johnson v Firstrand Bank-day to all who celebrate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1951232289624424628)  2025-08-01T10:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Just found out that my mother (the tax partner in a firm of London accountants) has just received the first instalment of her winter fuel allowance. Universal Boomer Income"  
[X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1987231874851258642)  2025-11-08T18:52Z [----] followers, 2.8M engagements

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