Tom Forth
@thomasforth
CTO and co-Founder @TheDataCity. Did data @OpenInnovates and @imactivate. I block anons for even the slightest rudeness.
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As a bonus. I went to a bar after baseball in South Philadelphia. Very friendly. Asked the barlady if the smoking was, strictly, legal. And to my surprise she produced the licence. You can still smoke in some bars in Pennsylvania. Because free. Conditions and paperwork are huge.
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Another example. Crossing a road. From Baltimore, Washington DC is just 35 miles. Philadelphia is just 75 miles. Yet you cross the road very differently in the three cities. Downtown Philadelphia has no walk signs, pedestrians rule. Washington DC, the law rules. Baltimore, WTF?!
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I thought I was free. I got big a iced tea in McDonald's in New York City. It had a paper straw. Gross. I thought I was free! Turns out New York City, just the city, requires paper straws by default. They must be able to offer you a plastic one, but cannot offer you one. https://
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Two examples. First, straws. I was in Washington DC. I bought a Lemonade Ice Tea in a market (and a big pickle). Plastic straw. Banned in the UK (Theresa May). I was in Baltimore at the low rises, bought a big watermelon drink at Wendy's. Plastic straw. I felt the freedom. 🦅🇺🇸🦅 h
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@thomasforth Soon after I first arrived in London, Rishi Sunak announced some initiative to tackle graffiti. Absolutely blew my mind. Never in a million years could I imagine Carney or Trump thinking graffiti was their responsibility.
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And it's tiny things that Americans and Brits alike will tease you for noticing and fail to see the big picture and the underlying importance of.
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The big shock that stays with me from ten days in the USA is the same as the first and only other time I was in the USA. It really is a Federal Republic. Really really really. States and places are in charge much more than the central government in a way that astonishes me.
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I honestly think that's a fantastic answer. It got a few things wrong (the Leeds taxi licensing situation is not really what it thinks). But overall I think it's very good.
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I asked Gemini which Prime Minister it would hold most responsible for the comparative disempowerment of Leeds vs. Austin. I think it gives a very balanced answer even though I sort of pushed it towards my biases. It blames Thatcher most. But won't let Attlee off the hook. https:
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Austin, within Texas, is a major testbed for autonomous vehicles, Leeds is blocked by national laws. Austin's economy two thirds stronger. It's amazing to read just how locally socialist Austin is. "Austin retains profits from electricity and water sales to fund city services". h
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Austin has higher local taxes. Austin owns most of its public services, while Leeds owns none. Austin has lots of tolls roads, Leeds has none. Austin can borrow freely, Leeds barely can at all. Austin controls its public transport, Leeds just regained partial powers. https://t.co
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I asked Gemini to compare Austin, Texas, a booming city in one of the USA's most freedom loving Republican states and Leeds, Yorkshire, a city doing quite well in of the UK's most similar states to Texas (has a high opinion of itself, is very big). It's so interesting,...
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Em comparação com contas do mesmo porte
7 posts dos últimos 90 dias, ao lado da faixa de 10K–100K seguidores. aparece para muita gente, mas poucos desses espectadores reagem.
Mediana de visualizações1 996esta conta924mediana para 10K–100K
Alcance, %5.46%esta conta3.62%mediana para 10K–100K
Engajamento, %0.57%esta conta1.52%mediana para 10K–100K
| Métrica | Esta conta | Mediana para 10K–100K | Proporção |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mediana de visualizações por post | 1 996 | 924 | 2.16× |
| Alcance (visualizações ÷ seguidores) | 5.46% | 3.62% | 1.51× |
| Taxa de engajamento | 0.57% | 1.52% | 0.38× |
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Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
18.8K30 Nov
4K
3.7K
3.4K
4.6K
19.3K18 Sep
3.2K
965
3K
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1.9K
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Last 12 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
0.60%30 Nov
1.23%
1.14%
0.68%
0.32%
0.58%18 Sep
0.49%
1.04%
0.51%
0.45%
0.57%
0.79%
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.
What the audience does
Likes77.0%371 in total
Reposts5.6%27 in total
Replies4.1%20 in total
Quotes2.1%10 in total
Bookmarks11.2%54 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
Followers by day
18 Sep
Daily snapshots since 18 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.
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