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Under Over Over

Despite its name, the London Underground isn't always underground. This was taken at West Hampstead, where Underground trains pass above the London Overground.

I've made it a mission to find every spot in London where this topsy-turvy railway quirk happens.

Some git things that I've learned in the last 3 months, having used git for over 17 years 😆 :

`git commit --amend` - with staged changes. Instead of running `git rebase -i HEAD~2`. Found this by accident.

`git branch --merged` - lists merged branches that are ready to be deleted.

`git worktree` - I think I'd heard of these before, but I've started using them for real. Very useful for some of our Thunderforest stylesheets when variations (e.g. dark mode) live on long-lived branches.

This is awesome: Someone actually made a truetype font encoding QR codes, including reed-solomon encoding!

https://qr.jim.sh/

Cryptic clue from the Guardian: "Roots of Riemann zeta: only minus evens and half + imaginary included - that's where roots come from! (7)"
https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29890

Excellent piece by Alex at mySociety on reforming the whip in the UK Parliament.

- Define the whip – give a clear scope and bounds to acceptable and unacceptable approaches

- Co-produce the whip – involve the parliamentary party in shaping the party line

- Publish the whip – produce clear public justification for voting instructions

https://www.mysociety.org/2026/07/01/reforming-the-whip/

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