Years ago on Twitter there was a lovely little bot run by Tom Armitage which would post whenever Tower Bridge was opening or closing. I live just about within earshot of the sirens that sound whenever the bridge opens, and it was really neat to be able to glance at my feed whenever I heard them and know what ship was passing through; occasionally it could answer questions such as "what's that amazing old-school paddle steamer going past?". Rather endearingly, it also posted in the first person. Hello Bridge!
Anyway, since then, Twitter got taken over by an awful person and filled up with other awful people and revoked API access, and Bluesky felt a bit like the Twitter of old. I remembered the Tower Bridge bot in particular when trying to work out when a Viking longship was going to pass beneath it, and I thought.. ..why not just make one?
I have a python script which scrapes the Lift times from the Tower Bridge website. It runs on a repurposed mac mini in my living room. I can't actually tell when the bridge is really opening or closing; it's just going off the public timetable.
The bot has no official relationship with Tower Bridge, or the City Bridge Foundation, who operate it. I just did it for fun.
I'm @doop.bsky.social , or email doooop at gmail dot com.