@samsterby @baggetun To be honest, this track was very useful for me to commute to work and back. You could jump on at the station at the end of my road and then hop off directly in the city center. It's very good at serving the local towns surrounding Manchester City Center.
I liked that it ran the older trains too. They were a little dirty and, like most of Manchester, needs a good clean, but it gave it a little more charm.
@samsterby @baggetun If my memory serves me correct (its been a while) there are two "main" trains you can get from Manchester to Liverpool Lime Street.
There's the one pictured above that departs from Manchester Oxford Road stops at every station along the way and takes (I think) about 1.5 to 2 hours.
And there's another that goes a lot faster and has just a handful of stops, taking about 1 hour from "door to door".
Old Trafford (the stadium) always struggled to build more because the trains ran alongside the place. And then the other side of the train track, none of the residents would sell their place.
I guess Manchester United has finally bought all the houses around the stadium and convinced the local government to shut off the train line to Liverpool whilst they redevelop the entire area.
Some big big money being thrown around here.
I grew up around Old Trafford and I'm not really sure what I feel about Manchester United's new stadium.
I mean, on one hand, most of Old Trafford is a shit hole and needs a refresh - this will certainly do that. But it doesn't really feel like the new development "fits" into the surrounding area.
Also, the club are a few spots off relegation this season and have had a shockingly bad few years. What a time to announce the new build.
I mean, I'm no expert about HOW TO DISPOSE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS and maybe it was done safely...
...but interesting to know that it's just all buried down there since the 1970s and we used to play on top of that land as a kid (I was born in the 80s).
It made me think that where I used to live in #Manchester there was a massive area of land in my neighbourhood that was rumoured to be a old landfill site. We used to play on it regularly and there were pipes that stuck out the ground that looked like they emitted gas.
"Kellogg’s uses hydrogen-fired processes to manufacture cereal in UK first"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Manchester #Food #Hydrogen
https://www.edie.net/kelloggs-uses-hydrogen-fired-processes-to-manufacture-cereal-in-uk-first/
Great article on #UBI from Big Issue, Manchester, UK:
"How #ChatGPT and #AI changed the #conversation on universal basic income"
"The idea of a basic income has gone from a pipe dream to being considered ‘inevitable’ and the advent of artificial intelligence has had a huge role to play, writes UBI Lab Manchester’s Alison Hawdale"
What do you think?
https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/chatgpt-ai-universal-basic-income/
@cstross #Manchester museum of industry and technology?
Artist: #C215 aka #ChristianGuemy in City: #Manchester /14 Tariff St ("The Whisky Jar")/ UK 
2016 - Title: untitled - (
by Lenzolot) #Art #Artist #Mural #Streetart #Classics #SprayArt #StencilArt
Someone took this sign very literally (Albion Farm Shop and Cafe) #catsofmastodon #manchester
It wouldn't surprise me (at all) if this wasn't a deliberate campaign: disrupt shows to put theatres off including LGBTQ themes and characters.
Honestly, if you're LGBTQ-phobic, what are you even doing at the theatre??
Withy Grove Stores
https://justin-farrimond.pixels.com/featured/withy-grove-stores-justin-farrimond.html
Twenty first century Manchester, England; with a little dash of early twentieth century added to the mix.
Shot with a cheap medium format camera the faded grunge aesthetic shines like a Didsbury diamond.
Dun dun dunnn #introduction I do creative (design, brand etc) things for work. I also run a #queer community #writing group called Fruit Salad in #Manchester (UK). I’m very nerdy, I link most things back to #jurassicpark given half a chance. #cats (the animal not the awful musical) are great. I’m very #queer modestly #nonbinary & quite late to realise how #neurodiverse I am. Salted liquorice is also great. 
If you want to know more about #yobah, then why not visit the website at https://yobah.co.uk?
Think it’s time to update my #introduction post.
Hi!
I’m a #strategy #architect by trade, focusing mostly on #iam and #zerotrust - albeit a long history in #infrastructure architecture. Cut my teeth as it were during the virtualisation revolution (I feel older than that 
)
Prior to that, I did desktop builds using Norton ghost and then #sccm.
I live in #manchester, #uk and started #Yobah - a boutique #consultancy working on strategy transformation.
Feel free to reach out and say hi!
If you’re a #plane nerd or a #weather nerd - or both - you might enjoy watching the current comings and goings of aircraft at #Manchester.
I’m watching it on my TV and have seen several go arounds already.
https://www.youtube.com/live/iH-gD-tzknE?si=1sfmyVnO-EJDwlCO
In the U.K. Greater Manchester Police keeping the roads free of morons in illegal cars is quite a rare sight, but when it happens, it's beautiful.
Tesla Cybertruck driver loses vehicle to police after 'legitimate concerns'
