Jon Reades
@jreades.bsky.social
Prof of Geographic Data Science & HoD @ CASA, UCL. Python, Housing, Neighbourhoods, Industrial location, and Text. Sometime DB, MTB & 🍄 nerd. Co-auth: “Why Face-to-Face still matters” (http://bit.ly/3cW5gSr)
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CASA research in @nytimes.com: Ollie Ballinger built software to track naval vessels via open-source satellite data, revealing patterns in Caribbean maritime activity.
Read the full story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
Read the full story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
Satellite Data Reveals How the U.S. Navy Is Deployed Near Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
CASA research in @nytimes.com: Ollie Ballinger built software to track naval vessels via open-source satellite data, revealing patterns in Caribbean maritime activity.
Read the full story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
Read the full story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
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6/ Having a Community Right to Buy in England will be amazing, but it needs to be expansive, & apply to all land & property that communities value - for social, economic & environmental reasons.
Doing so would allow communities to dream bigger:
www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
Doing so would allow communities to dream bigger:
www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
Why communities need the power to own environmental assets - Power to Change
Imagine if as well as pubs and village halls, communities could dream big and purchase beloved rivers, woods, and peat bogs. A tweak to Labour’s forthcoming ...
www.powertochange.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
6/ Having a Community Right to Buy in England will be amazing, but it needs to be expansive, & apply to all land & property that communities value - for social, economic & environmental reasons.
Doing so would allow communities to dream bigger:
www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
Doing so would allow communities to dream bigger:
www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
Right, just going to sit down to do some exam marking and… oh god, is that the state of the house, well we can’t let that go on. So first it’s a deep clean and then… my word, the back garden really is in a state but then… my bike chain is simply…
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Right, just going to sit down to do some exam marking and… oh god, is that the state of the house, well we can’t let that go on. So first it’s a deep clean and then… my word, the back garden really is in a state but then… my bike chain is simply…
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By 2030, all Plan 2 graduates working full time will have to make some repayments on their loan because the threshold for repayment will be about the same as the minimum wage. At that point we can properly call it a graduate tax.
www.ft.com/content/13a0...
www.ft.com/content/13a0...
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage
Surprise move from chancellor means some university graduates in England may have to pay back debts sooner
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
By 2030, all Plan 2 graduates working full time will have to make some repayments on their loan because the threshold for repayment will be about the same as the minimum wage. At that point we can properly call it a graduate tax.
www.ft.com/content/13a0...
www.ft.com/content/13a0...
For personal and professional reasons I find this a deeply problematic take on 'the liberal arts' for multiple reasons: www.theguardian.com/education/20.... 1/n
It’s time to stop worshipping the liberal arts | Letters
Letters: While such institutions have intrinsic value, that doesn’t mean they are entitled to be socially favoured or economically exceptional for ever, says Jianyang Geng
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
For personal and professional reasons I find this a deeply problematic take on 'the liberal arts' for multiple reasons: www.theguardian.com/education/20.... 1/n
Anyone using #podman on a #Mac know how to deal with permission issues for writing to the host system? On some can only write after chmod’ing to 0777 / 0666 as appropriate. Obviously to do with mapping user/group from container to host but can’t seem to find magic params to address this.
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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States of precarity in UK Higher Education Geography – report
I am late to highlighting the publication of the important RGS-IBG report States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography. I encourage anyone in academia but especially those of us in geography as a discipline to read and think…
I am late to highlighting the publication of the important RGS-IBG report States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography. I encourage anyone in academia but especially those of us in geography as a discipline to read and think…
States of precarity in UK Higher Education Geography – report
I am late to highlighting the publication of the important RGS-IBG report States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography. I encourage anyone in academia but especially those of us in geography as a discipline to read and think about this work. There is a summary at the RGS-IBG website (a snippet of this is copied below), where there are also links to the report, plans, posters and other resources.
www.samkinsley.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
States of precarity in UK Higher Education Geography – report
I am late to highlighting the publication of the important RGS-IBG report States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography. I encourage anyone in academia but especially those of us in geography as a discipline to read and think…
I am late to highlighting the publication of the important RGS-IBG report States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography. I encourage anyone in academia but especially those of us in geography as a discipline to read and think…
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🥳 Brilliant news that the government are consulting on giving mayors the power to implement a levy on overnight stays.
📈 More power and resources in places means that communities can take charge of their own destiny.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
📈 More power and resources in places means that communities can take charge of their own destiny.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Levy on overnight trips will help mayors invest in local growth
England’s mayors will be able to invest in transport, infrastructure, and the visitor economy through a new levy on overnight stays.
www.gov.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🥳 Brilliant news that the government are consulting on giving mayors the power to implement a levy on overnight stays.
📈 More power and resources in places means that communities can take charge of their own destiny.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
📈 More power and resources in places means that communities can take charge of their own destiny.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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OCTOBER UPDATE Who Owns Scotland now published with total of 4850 landholdings (76.55% rural Scotland). The project is financed solely by subscription income which is not rising as fast as expansion expenditure so may have to slow the project down. Subscriptions start at £5 whoownsscotland.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
OCTOBER UPDATE Who Owns Scotland now published with total of 4850 landholdings (76.55% rural Scotland). The project is financed solely by subscription income which is not rising as fast as expansion expenditure so may have to slow the project down. Subscriptions start at £5 whoownsscotland.org.uk
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'The economic impact of international students in the UK surged from £31.3 billion in 2018/19 to £41.9 billion by 2021/22. On average, every parliamentary constituency in Britain benefits by £58 million.' 1/3
Which UK regional economies are most reliant on international students? - HEPI
Join HEPI for a webinar on Thursday 11 December 2025 from 10am to 11am to discuss how universities can strengthen the student voice in governance to mark the launch of our upcoming report, Rethinking ...
www.hepi.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
'The economic impact of international students in the UK surged from £31.3 billion in 2018/19 to £41.9 billion by 2021/22. On average, every parliamentary constituency in Britain benefits by £58 million.' 1/3
@alexsingleton.bsky.social Not loving link rot. Do you happen have the 2001 #OAC classifications handy? I’ve found the boundaries but no one seems to have the data including GeoDS.
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
@alexsingleton.bsky.social Not loving link rot. Do you happen have the 2001 #OAC classifications handy? I’ve found the boundaries but no one seems to have the data including GeoDS.
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Worth noting:
• Upward revision applies to entire 2021-2024 series — the *trend* in emigration is *roughly* flat
• As infuriating as big revisions are, they mean data is getting better
• BUT wild that we ever used a survey to gauge movements into and out of the country instead of counting people!
• Upward revision applies to entire 2021-2024 series — the *trend* in emigration is *roughly* flat
• As infuriating as big revisions are, they mean data is getting better
• BUT wild that we ever used a survey to gauge movements into and out of the country instead of counting people!
November 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Worth noting:
• Upward revision applies to entire 2021-2024 series — the *trend* in emigration is *roughly* flat
• As infuriating as big revisions are, they mean data is getting better
• BUT wild that we ever used a survey to gauge movements into and out of the country instead of counting people!
• Upward revision applies to entire 2021-2024 series — the *trend* in emigration is *roughly* flat
• As infuriating as big revisions are, they mean data is getting better
• BUT wild that we ever used a survey to gauge movements into and out of the country instead of counting people!
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
I’m darkly amused that the rationale of “we can’t spook the bond markets” has, in fact, just spooked the bond markets. + lot of regressive tinkering that undermines decent ideas on climate while intensely annoying lots of people over one thing far more than ‘all in it together’ income tax rises.
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I’m darkly amused that the rationale of “we can’t spook the bond markets” has, in fact, just spooked the bond markets. + lot of regressive tinkering that undermines decent ideas on climate while intensely annoying lots of people over one thing far more than ‘all in it together’ income tax rises.
Or, hear me out, you could look at how energy is priced: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: Supporters say grants largely going to middle-class households, but experts warn move will slow transition from gas boilers
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Or, hear me out, you could look at how energy is priced: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Get ready to apply for The Bartlett Promise Sub-Saharan Africa Master’s Scholarship 🎓
Secure your master's place in order to apply!
🔗 More info: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/study/scholarships-and-funding/bartlett-promise-scholarship/bartlett-promise-sub-saharan-africa-masters-scholarship
Secure your master's place in order to apply!
🔗 More info: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/study/scholarships-and-funding/bartlett-promise-scholarship/bartlett-promise-sub-saharan-africa-masters-scholarship
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Get ready to apply for The Bartlett Promise Sub-Saharan Africa Master’s Scholarship 🎓
Secure your master's place in order to apply!
🔗 More info: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/study/scholarships-and-funding/bartlett-promise-scholarship/bartlett-promise-sub-saharan-africa-masters-scholarship
Secure your master's place in order to apply!
🔗 More info: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/study/scholarships-and-funding/bartlett-promise-scholarship/bartlett-promise-sub-saharan-africa-masters-scholarship
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The Economic and Social Research Council core budget for 24/25 was £134m, not £8 billion.
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The Economic and Social Research Council core budget for 24/25 was £134m, not £8 billion.
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This Friday (7pm) hear about our very own Ollie Ballinger’s work on #secretmaps at @britishlibrary.bsky.social: "how maps and cartography are being used to reveal what those in power would rather keep hidden.” Sign-up: events.bl.uk/events/onlin...
The Lie of the Land: Who Controls the Map? | British Library
Technologist Ed Parsons, Dr Ollie Ballinger and Dr Pragya Agarwal join cultural geographer Mike Duggan in this panel conversation to explore how maps and c
events.bl.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This Friday (7pm) hear about our very own Ollie Ballinger’s work on #secretmaps at @britishlibrary.bsky.social: "how maps and cartography are being used to reveal what those in power would rather keep hidden.” Sign-up: events.bl.uk/events/onlin...
www.reuters.com/business/ene... — make charging infrastructure fast, cheap, and widely available and people will adopt EVs… Astonishing if true. 🤷♂️
EVs put an end to China's usual holiday surge in gasoline use
Tianyu Jiang took a 2,000-km (1,200-mile) road trip this month during China's national holiday week, driving in his electric vehicle from the southwestern Sichuan basin to Beijing for the first time.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 AM
www.reuters.com/business/ene... — make charging infrastructure fast, cheap, and widely available and people will adopt EVs… Astonishing if true. 🤷♂️
Shout out to @knaaptime.com for being the only person in this thread to note that there no such thing as a singular neighbourhood. Closest useful approximation I’m aware of is the UK’s MSOA names database: houseofcommonslibrary.github.io/msoanames/ They leveraged census and crowd-sourcing!
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Shout out to @knaaptime.com for being the only person in this thread to note that there no such thing as a singular neighbourhood. Closest useful approximation I’m aware of is the UK’s MSOA names database: houseofcommonslibrary.github.io/msoanames/ They leveraged census and crowd-sourcing!
Struggling to know what to do with all the money coming in from the royalties on my book. Irritatingly, I still think it’s a damned good book.
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Struggling to know what to do with all the money coming in from the royalties on my book. Irritatingly, I still think it’s a damned good book.
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To be clear, what is being proposed here is to axe the main mechanism for getting Britain’s homes insulated - which is by FAR the best way to reduce household energy bills in the long term 🤦♂️
…and also, just incidentally, an absolute non-negotiable requirement for meeting UK climate targets 😬🥵☠️
…and also, just incidentally, an absolute non-negotiable requirement for meeting UK climate targets 😬🥵☠️
Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills
Exclusive: Chancellor hopes to save up to £170 from average bill but industry insiders say move would be ‘disastrous’
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
To be clear, what is being proposed here is to axe the main mechanism for getting Britain’s homes insulated - which is by FAR the best way to reduce household energy bills in the long term 🤦♂️
…and also, just incidentally, an absolute non-negotiable requirement for meeting UK climate targets 😬🥵☠️
…and also, just incidentally, an absolute non-negotiable requirement for meeting UK climate targets 😬🥵☠️
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Fully-funded UCL-EPSRC studentships 🌍
Applications now open for the 2026–27 Landscape Award four year studentships, including within BSSC, BSEER & CASA.
🔗 Apply by 05 January: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epsrc-doctoral-training/prospective-students/ucl-epsrc-landscape-award-uela-studentships
Applications now open for the 2026–27 Landscape Award four year studentships, including within BSSC, BSEER & CASA.
🔗 Apply by 05 January: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epsrc-doctoral-training/prospective-students/ucl-epsrc-landscape-award-uela-studentships
October 31, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Fully-funded UCL-EPSRC studentships 🌍
Applications now open for the 2026–27 Landscape Award four year studentships, including within BSSC, BSEER & CASA.
🔗 Apply by 05 January: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epsrc-doctoral-training/prospective-students/ucl-epsrc-landscape-award-uela-studentships
Applications now open for the 2026–27 Landscape Award four year studentships, including within BSSC, BSEER & CASA.
🔗 Apply by 05 January: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epsrc-doctoral-training/prospective-students/ucl-epsrc-landscape-award-uela-studentships
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A local authority has approved 1 bed flats for 2 people that are 16m2 under the Nationally Described Space Standard, noting that these could be detrimental to the living conditions of future occupants! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Flats approved for empty Wisbech hotel building despite concerns
Councillors approved the plans for the former hotel, wishing the developers
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:53 AM
A local authority has approved 1 bed flats for 2 people that are 16m2 under the Nationally Described Space Standard, noting that these could be detrimental to the living conditions of future occupants! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'We’re told that the government will “for the first time seek to address the barriers faced by disadvantaged students in accessing and succeeding at postgraduate level.”
It’s fascinating to think about what this actually means.'
Quite a lot of excellent work in this space by learned societies.
It’s fascinating to think about what this actually means.'
Quite a lot of excellent work in this space by learned societies.
What’s in the post-16 white paper for postgraduate study?
There's a lot of references to postgraduate study in the white paper. Mark Bennett tries to make sense of how it all fits together
wonkhe.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
'We’re told that the government will “for the first time seek to address the barriers faced by disadvantaged students in accessing and succeeding at postgraduate level.”
It’s fascinating to think about what this actually means.'
Quite a lot of excellent work in this space by learned societies.
It’s fascinating to think about what this actually means.'
Quite a lot of excellent work in this space by learned societies.