# My trip to Europe's craziest border (Odds and Ends #106) > Source: > Published: 2026-08-11 06:01:33+00:00 # My trip to Europe's craziest border (Odds and Ends #106) ### Plus my brief take on Jason Arday, a cool London travel time map, and why I've moved a notch closer to AI-doomer. **POD! **On this week, Martin and I dig into Andy Burnham’s devolution agenda, talking about integrated transport ticketing, making the lines on the map more consistent, and much more. Then we speak to [YIMBY Pod](http://yimbypod.com/) **Jamie Airnes** from **Cornish Lithium** about his attempt to turn Cornwall into a lithium superpower. [Listen here, or wherever you get your pods!](http://yimbypod.com/) Hello! It’s time for *Odds and Ends*, your semi-regular round-up of the most interesting links I’ve seen this week, plus some shorter takes. This week, you’ll have to indulge me as I’m going to tell you about an interesting place I visited recently – though I think you’ll find it interesting. Then we’ve got some fun and scary links on what’s going on in AI – and whether you like it or not, I’m going to tell you what I think of the Jason Arday controversy. Now let’s get started! ### My trip to Europe’s craziest border Every so often someone will confuse me and [Jonn Elledge](https://jonn.substack.com). I can sort-of see why[1](#footnote-1) – we both write nerdy Substacks that often touch upon similar topics, especially as Jonn is one of the people who radicalised me on housing back when he was the editor of *CityMetric*. ## Keep reading with a 7-day free trial Subscribe to Odds and Ends of History to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.