Today’s live text updates
Overall that was really *weird* #euinfluencer
The fracturing of these networks makes this outcome really peculiar
I suspect that sinks @andrewstroehlein as well. #euinfluencer
So the ranking at #euinfluencer doesn’t cover Mastodon or Bluesky. So I’m sunk.
You can also use ChatGPT to write a better speech for a European Commissioner. But that says more about the poor standard of Commissioners’ speeches than it says about ChatGPT.
Now an AI panel. AI tools to generate ALT text of images I like. I’m as yet unconvinced by other tools I’ve tried.
And amusingly @ZN was temporarily banned on X during #euinfluencer 😂 And no one knows why. Perfect.
And sorry even though I’m on it I hate LinkedIn. It’s so painfully people giving the best side of themselves. The interface is horrid. It has none of the subversiveness of a good social network. None of the humour. #euinfluencer
Damn. The majority here are now LinkedIn fans here. 😴#euinfluencer
Here’s the background about last year’s #euinfluencer event https://znconsulting.com/articles/zn-announces-the-top-50-leading-brussels-based-eu-social-media-influencers/
This #euinfluencer event is run by ZN - a Brussels digital agency. Phil Weiss, the boss of ZN, is an old friend. And he’s a tolerant enough guy to allow me to agree to disagree with him 🙂
I’m at an event called #euinfluencer in Brussels. As they’re likely not scanning Mastodon I can be critical here 🙂
Thread starts here!
Now we know how the nominee for European Commissioner for Transport is - Apostolos Tzitzikostas - here is a note as too why and how he should act to fix EU wide railway ticketing #CrossBorderRail
No summary video today. Spent too long talking to friends after arriving here in Brussels.
#CrossBorderRail is back on Saturday - a trip to Terneuzen and Hulst 🇳🇱
IC 3441
20:39 Lier - Bruxelles Central 21:22
Distance: 40.8km
Average speed: 57km/h (what? Is this the Balkans?)
4 stops:
Mechelen
Vilvoorde
Bruxelles-Nord
Bruxelles-Central
This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-extra-days-2024_1030682#11/50.9861/4.4488
#CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days 19 September Train 7 of 7
IC 3441
20:39 Lier - Bruxelles Central 21:22
SNCB
Train type: Siemens Class 18 locomotive, 8 double deck M6 carriages, control car
⚡️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (but Lier station isn’t accessible - very low platforms)
🛜: ⛔️
🍽️: ⛔️
🧳: 🙂 (ok for a double deck design)
🧽: 😐 (grimy inside and out)
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Today’s introduction and summary videos
All the #CrossBorderRail daily videos are on my Peertube channel
Today’s photos
Today’s background
A day of transition from north east Europe to central Europe! The daily InterCity train to Warszawa arrives too late to connect with the night train from there to Budapest, so it’s instead a coach for the cross border section, and then after a few hours in Warszawa onto the night train across 4 countries to Budapest.
Borders examined on this day:
Zebrzydowice 🇵🇱 – Bohumín 🇨🇿
Distance covered:
1407.9km
Transport modes:
🚆 1
🚌 1
Today’s route
The full zoomable and scrollable map, including today’s route, is on uMap here.
