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Mark Robinson
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Aspiring urban fixer - was UK High Street Czar -think tank wonk - #ABI survivor - OSP student @lsepbs.bluesky.app

Writing about later life learning and being a padawan "pracademic" https://markisalwayslearning.substack.com .. more

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 8h
… joins the party of a man he knows to be a racist danger to British governance because even the Tories aren’t corrupt enough to give him a peerage.

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Kien Tan @kientan74.bsky.social · 8h
I see the new GLP-1 Nutrient Dense food range launch is going well…

(Clever idea, but *proper spenny* at full price…)
Fridge cabinet in M&S Reduced price items in fridge cabinet Reduced priced items in fridge cabinet

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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 14h
I feel your pain….

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19h
People have been trying to talk London down, but the evidence tells a different story.

Last year saw:

The lowest murder rate per capita since records began

The fewest murders of those aged under 25 this century

One of the lowest numbers of homicides for almost three decades

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 21h
“No protest movement has ever brought about change through a one-off demonstration”

Civil society groups condemn Labour’s plans to restrict the ‘cumulative impact’ of protests

Labour ought to be repealing the last govt’s anti-protest laws, not adding to them:

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Civil society groups condemn ‘dangerous’ plans for more anti-protest powers
Dozens including TUC join force to oppose ‘wide-ranging’ move to increase police powers in England and Wales
www.theguardian.com

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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 21h
Agreed in terms of 'formal' structures, but the direction of travel - announcements from the new Minister Miatta Fahnbulleh, for example www.linkedin.com/search/resul...
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 1d
I think there is a really good movie somewhere in Goodbye June, it just needed the director to say, "Look son, I'm cutting 40% of this crap".

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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 1d
All her own work, as surely no comms professional would do this?

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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 1d
Early contender for the highstreetpositives.com thread of the year award!
Home - HighStreetPositives
HighStreetPositives shares positive high street news and stories, highlighting local successes and innovation across the UK and Ireland.
highstreetpositives.com

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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 1d
In principle, though, this is balanced with neighbourhood empowerment, which is correct in theory, but a tightrope to walk.

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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 1d
Working on this with @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social plghousing.org/campaigns/bo...
Boosting Britain’s high streets - Policy Liaison Group for Housing Delivery & Growth
Britain’s high streets have long been the economic and social heart of our communities. While they face real pressures, such as rising costs and evolving consumer expectations, they also remain spaces...
plghousing.org

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Homan: "There will be more bloodshed unless we decrease the hateful rhetoric"

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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 1d
Very happy to chat about this, but some of my more recent musings are here: plghousing.org/campaigns/bo...
Boosting Britain’s high streets - Policy Liaison Group for Housing Delivery & Growth
Britain’s high streets have long been the economic and social heart of our communities. While they face real pressures, such as rising costs and evolving consumer expectations, they also remain spaces...
plghousing.org

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d
Strange isn't it... the people who actually live in London overwhelmingly think it's safe.... almost like everyone else is falling for a lie
viviane49.bsky.social LaindonFeminist: Labour led by Keir for me @viviane49.bsky.social · 1d
I wonder what Londoners know that the rest of the country don’t?

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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 1d
Coffee, its only been in my life for about 5 yrs.

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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 1d
Good morning @bsky.app and, er,
welcome?! I'm guessing starter packs are a thing again and I may be on one❤️

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Bob Hawkins @bobhawkins.bsky.social · 2d
Meanwhile over on X. #bbcpm

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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 3d
Better : reminds me of a bus tour of Robben Island 20 years ago. My daughter, 2 then, starts singing it, everyone joins in, including Nelson Mandela’s cellmate who was giving the tour🥲

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 3d
British police have killed fewer people in the last 100 years than American police kill in an average month.

Policing in America is an ongoing tragedy.

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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 3d
@apiln.bsky.social need to up their game.

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Louise Haigh @louisehaighmp.bsky.social · 3d
Yesterday I posted my last ever Tweet and called on the Government to do the same.

Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.

www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
It is time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter
Grok is just one of many reasons why Westminster should finally get off the website.
www.politicshome.com

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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 4d
🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7

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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 4d
Shattered.

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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 4d
Was there with 16ye old daughter, it was awful.

Rocked my faith in The Met.

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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 4d
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.

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Louise Haigh @louisehaighmp.bsky.social · 4d
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.

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Louise Haigh @louisehaighmp.bsky.social · 4d
I have not personally used X/Twitter for some time now. It was already an unpleasant place prior to its takeover by Elon Musk but since his acceptance of hate speech and anonymous online abusers, it has become utterly unusable.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 5d
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
www.fastcompany.com/3062989/50-r...
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com

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Alex Coppock @aecoppock.bsky.social · 5d
Do we have any information about the study design? The publicly available deactivation RCTs I've seen do also show that deactivation improves well-being, e.g.

www.nber.org/papers/w33697
We estimate the effect of social media deactivation on users’ emotional state in two large randomized experiments before the 2020 U.S. election. People who deactivated Facebook for the six weeks before the election reported a 0.060 standard deviation improvement in an index of happiness, depression, and anxiety, relative to controls who deactivated for just the first of those six weeks. People who deactivated Instagram for those six weeks reported a 0.041 standard deviation improvement relative to controls. Exploratory analysis suggests the Facebook effect is driven by people over 35, while the Instagram effect is driven by women under 25.