Stephen Crocker

Software engineer living in Cambridge (where I graduated) and working in Ely on embedded systems (mostly PC/104+ MPEG encoders). Built a life-size Dalek.

[Stephen Crocker @krokosh]

@AndyBTravels I can also recommend Strasbourg to Lille and Massy to Lille as ways to by-pass Paris, Massy being a good link for Versailles.

[Stephen Crocker @krokosh]

@PatrexianBoy @LRoundels It's Tony Blair!

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Andy Burnham looks like he might cancel the NHS England contract with Palantir, they also have one worth 2.5x as much with the MoD.

RT if you want them both out of the UK.

[Stephen Crocker @krokosh]

@railmaps @seatsixtyone @AndyBTravels 🐇🚶🐢

[Stephen Crocker @krokosh]

@seatsixtyone @AndyBTravels I work on the basis of:
1. Doesn't need a reservation
2. Does need a reservation

[Stephen Crocker @krokosh]

@DW_MidJourney That would be the wig.

[Glenn Meder @GlennMeder]

1/ The whistleblower sends you the documents at 2 AM.

Government contracts. Kickbacks. Fraud. Proof of corruption that could bring down officials in three states.

You are an investigative journalist. This is the story you have been chasing for eight months. You finally have the evidence.

But the whistleblower will not go on the record. They will lose their job. Their pension. Possibly face retaliation. They will only provide the documents if you protect their identity.

You promise anonymity. You always have. That is how journalism works. That is how truth gets exposed.

But the Online Child Safety Act just passed. And everything just changed...

#PressFreedom #Journalism #Whistleblowers #InvestigativeJournalism #FreePress

[Stephen Crocker @krokosh]

@andyhutchcraft @OldRoberts953 Careful, he might come back as an Auton!

[Stephen Crocker @krokosh]

@Railraptor @AndyBTravels @ChimeWhistle It's mostly rental vans these days but I was surprised that someone managed to hit the bridge in a tractor a few weeks ago! You'd think that in a raised cab, you might just notice the bridge heading towards you!

[Stephen Crocker @krokosh]

@AndyBTravels @ChimeWhistle That's a common question at Ely, where the bridge is somewhere at the top of the league tables for strikes. Not sure whether it's currently number 1 in the country...

[Stephen Crocker @krokosh]

@ZachTGR It'll take you at least 10 minutes to find the concourse.

[Stephen Crocker @krokosh]

@madcow42 @ScarredForLife2 He had a character called Wiggy, who messed up various things such as DIY, organising a party and a trip to a health farm.

[Stephen Crocker @krokosh]

@nonstopeurotrip @derJamesJackson I was going to say ICE4...

[Chris Howe (aka Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @EngFocus]

So begins the familiar cycle of fear mongering stories about a new railway. Next, coverage & support for protests. Then once angry people & protestors have increased the cost with mitigation, legal battles & extra security, there will be media outrage over the increased costs.

[Stephen Crocker @krokosh]

@bagshaw2112 I remember Hart Beat! I recall that one episode featured a mad, Irish woman who had a recipe for turning paper into paper.

[Stephen Crocker @krokosh]

@alexfenlon @RMcCarthy86 It was discontinued last year. I was planning to use it to return from the Glacier Express but It seems to have been permanently removed.

[Stephen Crocker @krokosh]

@AndyBTravels @Heidi_Labour @LordPeterHendy I used a couple of station toilets near Paris where I had to use a train ticket to open the door.

[Stephen Crocker @krokosh]

@TheGadfly4 @ZackPolanski Given how he looks now, I can only imagine that the painting melted...

[Stephen Crocker @krokosh]

@AndyBTravels Same as you would for here?

[Stephen Crocker @krokosh]

This looks like one for @TheTimTraveller : the Standseilbahn at Dresden has a danglebike on display in the upper station