PeteS

Real Ale drinker

[PeteS @PeteS111]

@Kentishtrivia I doubt Allsopps owned pub in Herne & coach has London destinations on side

[PeteS @PeteS111]

Pause housing developments in South East for water infrastructure - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/r4HDoihSwW via @UKChange

[SOS Whitstable @SOSWhitstable]

This chart is a masterclass in how to make ordinary variation look like a crisis.

The biggest problem? The y-axis starts at 500 instead of 0. That massively exaggerates the height differences between the bars, making a relatively modest increase in water demand look dramatic and alarming.

571 ML/d and 670 ML/d are only about a 17% difference — but visually the red bars appear almost twice as large as the green one.

Then there’s the colour coding:
🟢 safe
🟡 warning
🟠 danger
🔴 crisis

Those thresholds are arbitrary, but the design makes the audience feel like demand suddenly becomes catastrophic at 650.

This is why data visualisation ethics matter. Charts shouldn’t be designed to manipulate emotion — they should help people understand reality accurately.

A simple zero-based axis and neutral colours would tell the story honestly.

[PeteS @PeteS111]

@mrpotholeuk How about new tech that may actually improve the very sad state our roads in

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@TheBloody666 @susie_dent Sober??

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@PolymarketIntel I often wonder how he was elected 🤣

[PeteS @PeteS111]

@ModernNavy @blowercartoons WTF is happening to this country. I can imagine HRLs on the front line (no I really can't)

[PeteS @PeteS111]

@WaterUK What about the long suffering current generations, who are paying for your failures?

[The media SOI 🇬🇧 @MediaSOI]

If we simply rename the English Channel “Keir Starmer’s desk” then nothing will fucking cross it

[PeteS @PeteS111]

@TankerTrackers Fair comment, so Str8

[PeteS @PeteS111]

@mrpotholeuk That's been normal in Kent for over a year. Usually shovelled from back of truck whilst driving slowly

[PeteS @PeteS111]

@MarkHay55822123 Was it a pub by any chance

[PeteS @PeteS111]

@Plusnet No emails for days, messages that mailbox full, it isn't. Have I been migrated - no idea as am not receiving messages. This really is unacceptable, how about someone extracts their digit & sorts these issue now

[Dr. Michael Hunt 😉 @NewsSlasher]

@mrpotholeuk

[PeteS @PeteS111]

@theepicmap Nuts

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@RoyalMail Please explain why a 48 hour tracked parcel collected on 17th November is yet to be delivered. Even your website says 2/3 days for 48 hour service
Last time I checked 48 hours = 2 days

[PeteS @PeteS111]

@@RoyalMail Please explain why a 48 hour tracked parcel collected on 17th November is yet to be delivered. Even your website says 2/3 days for 48 hour service
Last time I checked 48 hours = 2 days

[PeteS @PeteS111]

@thinkdefence Nope not a peep