Kieran
@kieran00000.bsky.social
Sustainable transport, Policy, Governance, Open Data.🍉
Greenock
Greenock
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If I was a mayor, or ran a city’s transportation dept, I’d be meeting frequently with the local police chief/deputy chiefs, explaining the MANY public interest reasons why we want as many people as possible riding bikes, and how their approach to bike theft, ticketing, etc makes a BIG DIFFERENCE.
December 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
If I was a mayor, or ran a city’s transportation dept, I’d be meeting frequently with the local police chief/deputy chiefs, explaining the MANY public interest reasons why we want as many people as possible riding bikes, and how their approach to bike theft, ticketing, etc makes a BIG DIFFERENCE.
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‘A consultation showed the plans were unpopular’ - you’re elected to govern and do the right thing, not to avoid ever upsetting certain people.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scottish government drops plans to reduce national speed limit - BBC News
Plans to reduce the national speed limit on single carriageways from 60mph to 50mph were unpopular.
www.bbc.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
‘A consultation showed the plans were unpopular’ - you’re elected to govern and do the right thing, not to avoid ever upsetting certain people.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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🎧LEVER TIME: How Wall Street is quietly shorting its own AI investments as chips are depreciating faster than they can come online.
At risk is everyone's 401k(s), pensions, savings - and the entire economy.
Search "Lever Time" in your podcast app. Guests include @edzitron.com & Sruthi Pinnamaneni.
At risk is everyone's 401k(s), pensions, savings - and the entire economy.
Search "Lever Time" in your podcast app. Guests include @edzitron.com & Sruthi Pinnamaneni.
It’s Not An AI Bubble. It’s A Black Hole.
How $400 billion in AI spending became a gravitational force that's distorting the entire economy.
www.levernews.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🎧LEVER TIME: How Wall Street is quietly shorting its own AI investments as chips are depreciating faster than they can come online.
At risk is everyone's 401k(s), pensions, savings - and the entire economy.
Search "Lever Time" in your podcast app. Guests include @edzitron.com & Sruthi Pinnamaneni.
At risk is everyone's 401k(s), pensions, savings - and the entire economy.
Search "Lever Time" in your podcast app. Guests include @edzitron.com & Sruthi Pinnamaneni.
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How the BBC & ITV give disproportionate coverage to Farage & Reform: hard evidence from a serious study. BBC & ITV now give Reform more coverage than the Conservatives, more than the Lib Dems & nine times the Greens. Superb research from Stephen Cushion.
www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...
www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...
December 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
How the BBC & ITV give disproportionate coverage to Farage & Reform: hard evidence from a serious study. BBC & ITV now give Reform more coverage than the Conservatives, more than the Lib Dems & nine times the Greens. Superb research from Stephen Cushion.
www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...
www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
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Nothing says "smash the political establishment" quite like begging the Prime Minister to put your mates in the unelected House of Lords.
December 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Nothing says "smash the political establishment" quite like begging the Prime Minister to put your mates in the unelected House of Lords.
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Our new paper (with @jwfurlong.bsky.social and @rachelaldred.bsky.social) out today calculates cyclability scores for every postcode in Greater London, revealing a lot of variation across the city.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jt... (Open access)
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doi.org/10.1016/j.jt... (Open access)
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December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Our new paper (with @jwfurlong.bsky.social and @rachelaldred.bsky.social) out today calculates cyclability scores for every postcode in Greater London, revealing a lot of variation across the city.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jt... (Open access)
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doi.org/10.1016/j.jt... (Open access)
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this isn’t very free speech-y of the free speech champs
Citizens of countries including the UK and France will have to disclose the past five years of their social media history to visit the US even though they are covered by visa waiver schemes, under new proposals by the Trump administration.
www.ft.com/content/683b...
www.ft.com/content/683b...
US to require social media disclosure for visa-waiver requests
Change would affect visitors from countries including the UK, France and Australia
www.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
this isn’t very free speech-y of the free speech champs
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Decision in the Sandie Peggie case.
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board and another (judgment and summary) - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Case number: 4104864/2024 Employment Tribunal, Scotland 8 December 2025 Before: Employment Judge A KempTribunal Member L BrownTribunal Member C Russell Between: Mrs Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board...
www.judiciary.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Decision in the Sandie Peggie case.
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
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BREAKING: At least 373 Palestinians have been killed and 970 wounded since the start of the ceasefire in October, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ro90fr
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ro90fr
December 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
BREAKING: At least 373 Palestinians have been killed and 970 wounded since the start of the ceasefire in October, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ro90fr
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ro90fr
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Why is the Fifa peace trophy composed of a rotting earth held up by decaying zombie hands??
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Why is the Fifa peace trophy composed of a rotting earth held up by decaying zombie hands??
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
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What a pity no one is allowed to say White Supremacy or talk about Patriarchy any more.
This is truly awful. I have served in the university media board for 3 years and saw how brilliant and committed the student editors of these magazines were to quality and integrity. This is such a loss for the university community at large. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
What a pity no one is allowed to say White Supremacy or talk about Patriarchy any more.
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Before / After on the right bank of the Seine in Paris. A classic video I posted on Twitter a few years ago I had not posted here yet.
December 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Before / After on the right bank of the Seine in Paris. A classic video I posted on Twitter a few years ago I had not posted here yet.
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👇 This is a) obviously correct b) resisted by most in the political class because it makes so much of what we do redundant.
My extremely simple heuristic for the current political system is that until you can go food shopping and think prices haven’t increased / things aren’t expensive etc don’t expect any material political continuity.
December 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
👇 This is a) obviously correct b) resisted by most in the political class because it makes so much of what we do redundant.
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Feel like I'm going mad. The Budget's 'headroom' is based on frankly irresponsible and wildly optimistic claims about what Labour will do in the final year of the forecast, and on ignoring a bunch of upward pressures on spending, and the claim is that she was being exaggeratedly *pessimistic*?
Suggestion Rachel Reeves exaggerated fiscal pressures is absurd
Chancellor was instead far too optimistic about public finances and government’s ability to secure cuts
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Feel like I'm going mad. The Budget's 'headroom' is based on frankly irresponsible and wildly optimistic claims about what Labour will do in the final year of the forecast, and on ignoring a bunch of upward pressures on spending, and the claim is that she was being exaggeratedly *pessimistic*?
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A Decade-Long Study Shows Cycling Helps Older Adults Live Longer, Healthier Lives.
momentummag.com/a-decade-lon...
momentummag.com/a-decade-lon...
A Decade-Long Study Shows Cycling Helps Older Adults Live Longer, Healthier Lives
If you’re looking for yet another reason to hop on your bicycle today—especially if you’re in your 60s or beyond—new research out of Japan has delivered a big one.
momentummag.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A Decade-Long Study Shows Cycling Helps Older Adults Live Longer, Healthier Lives.
momentummag.com/a-decade-lon...
momentummag.com/a-decade-lon...
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Yes, govt bent to pressure from MPs over the benefit cap.
That's how parliamentary democracy works - and why it's a good thing.
It means a leader has to carry a wider movement with them. There's a counter-pressure to the strategists in No. 10.
It matters that we elect a Parliament, not just a PM.
That's how parliamentary democracy works - and why it's a good thing.
It means a leader has to carry a wider movement with them. There's a counter-pressure to the strategists in No. 10.
It matters that we elect a Parliament, not just a PM.
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Yes, govt bent to pressure from MPs over the benefit cap.
That's how parliamentary democracy works - and why it's a good thing.
It means a leader has to carry a wider movement with them. There's a counter-pressure to the strategists in No. 10.
It matters that we elect a Parliament, not just a PM.
That's how parliamentary democracy works - and why it's a good thing.
It means a leader has to carry a wider movement with them. There's a counter-pressure to the strategists in No. 10.
It matters that we elect a Parliament, not just a PM.
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Even @channel4news.bsky.social opens its budget coverage by asking "What will this do for Labour's position in the polls?"
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Even @channel4news.bsky.social opens its budget coverage by asking "What will this do for Labour's position in the polls?"
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
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Trump and Hegseth want to go the other way.
South Korea intends to abolish provisions obligating soldiers and civil servants to follow superiors’ commands even when they may be improper or unlawful.
S. Korea pushes for soldiers, civil servants to have right to refuse unlawful orders
The South Korean government is moving to remove long-standing obedience requirements for civil servants and soldiers, on the heels of former President Yoon Suk
www.koreaherald.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Trump and Hegseth want to go the other way.
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The Ilya Sutskever episode with Dwarkesh Patel is now available
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR20...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR20...
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The Ilya Sutskever episode with Dwarkesh Patel is now available
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR20...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR20...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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We don’t just miss the past.
We miss a past vision of the future.
My Soviet ice-cream memories open this video, but the story leads to something bigger: how authoritarian populists weaponise nostalgia today.
"How Soviet Nostalgia Still Rules Putin’s Russia"
youtu.be/gI1VcTVmqA8?...
We miss a past vision of the future.
My Soviet ice-cream memories open this video, but the story leads to something bigger: how authoritarian populists weaponise nostalgia today.
"How Soviet Nostalgia Still Rules Putin’s Russia"
youtu.be/gI1VcTVmqA8?...
Why Putin’s Russia Is Trapped in the Soviet Past
YouTube video by Vlad Vexler
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We don’t just miss the past.
We miss a past vision of the future.
My Soviet ice-cream memories open this video, but the story leads to something bigger: how authoritarian populists weaponise nostalgia today.
"How Soviet Nostalgia Still Rules Putin’s Russia"
youtu.be/gI1VcTVmqA8?...
We miss a past vision of the future.
My Soviet ice-cream memories open this video, but the story leads to something bigger: how authoritarian populists weaponise nostalgia today.
"How Soviet Nostalgia Still Rules Putin’s Russia"
youtu.be/gI1VcTVmqA8?...
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Is the AI boom a bubble? Are Wall Street and Nvidia in an unhealthy relationship? And should ChatGPT be helping you do your taxes?
@edzitron.com weighed in on these questions and more with host Jon Bateman on this week's World Unpacked. Watch here: youtu.be/rvZwslBfJPw?...
@edzitron.com weighed in on these questions and more with host Jon Bateman on this week's World Unpacked. Watch here: youtu.be/rvZwslBfJPw?...
AI’s Biggest Skeptic Sees a Bubble
YouTube video by Carnegie Endowment
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Is the AI boom a bubble? Are Wall Street and Nvidia in an unhealthy relationship? And should ChatGPT be helping you do your taxes?
@edzitron.com weighed in on these questions and more with host Jon Bateman on this week's World Unpacked. Watch here: youtu.be/rvZwslBfJPw?...
@edzitron.com weighed in on these questions and more with host Jon Bateman on this week's World Unpacked. Watch here: youtu.be/rvZwslBfJPw?...
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Exclusive: Based on documents viewed by this newsletter, OpenAI spent over $12.4 billion on inference from 2024 to September 2025. As part of its Microsoft revenue share, it sent $493.8m in 2024/$865.8m Jan-Sep 2025, implying lower revenues than previously reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
Exclusive: Here's How Much OpenAI Spends On Inference and Its Revenue Share With Microsoft
As with my Anthropic exclusive from a few weeks ago, though this feels like a natural premium piece, I decided it was better to publish on my free one so that you could all enjoy it. If you liked or f...
www.wheresyoured.at
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Exclusive: Based on documents viewed by this newsletter, OpenAI spent over $12.4 billion on inference from 2024 to September 2025. As part of its Microsoft revenue share, it sent $493.8m in 2024/$865.8m Jan-Sep 2025, implying lower revenues than previously reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/