Kieran
@kieran00000.bsky.social
Sustainable transport, Policy, Governance, Open Data.🍉
Greenock
Greenock
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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/
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This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Yes -- here's a very good explainer of climate change, in three minutes, from @climategeorge.bsky.social:
youtu.be/b-eC6adEYNE
Maybe the best explanation I've ever seen, it saves a lot of time.
youtu.be/b-eC6adEYNE
Maybe the best explanation I've ever seen, it saves a lot of time.
George Marshall
YouTube video by City Atlas
youtu.be
July 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Yes -- here's a very good explainer of climate change, in three minutes, from @climategeorge.bsky.social:
youtu.be/b-eC6adEYNE
Maybe the best explanation I've ever seen, it saves a lot of time.
youtu.be/b-eC6adEYNE
Maybe the best explanation I've ever seen, it saves a lot of time.
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🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
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Actually he said “here’s $40 billion!”
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Actually he said “here’s $40 billion!”
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I do really think these folks are underestimating how bad the AI backlash can get if the industry needs a bailout
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I do really think these folks are underestimating how bad the AI backlash can get if the industry needs a bailout
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
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Andrew Lownie wrote an explosive book about Prince Andrew
Then came the backlash. Legal threats. Palace sources told journalists not to speak to him
Anonymous social media accounts accused Lownie of visiting sex workers.
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...
Then came the backlash. Legal threats. Palace sources told journalists not to speak to him
Anonymous social media accounts accused Lownie of visiting sex workers.
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...
Inside the Cover-up: How Prince Andrew was exposed
Behind the headlines lies a deeper story of privilege, protection and a public kept in the dark
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Andrew Lownie wrote an explosive book about Prince Andrew
Then came the backlash. Legal threats. Palace sources told journalists not to speak to him
Anonymous social media accounts accused Lownie of visiting sex workers.
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...
Then came the backlash. Legal threats. Palace sources told journalists not to speak to him
Anonymous social media accounts accused Lownie of visiting sex workers.
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...
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While US polarisation predates social media it doesn’t really predate the end of broadcasting impartiality
Basically the US has been living with social media style partisan bias for decades, and now Europe is catching up (with similarly disastrous consequences)
Will policy makers now respond?
Basically the US has been living with social media style partisan bias for decades, and now Europe is catching up (with similarly disastrous consequences)
Will policy makers now respond?
"Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the West"
Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...
Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
While US polarisation predates social media it doesn’t really predate the end of broadcasting impartiality
Basically the US has been living with social media style partisan bias for decades, and now Europe is catching up (with similarly disastrous consequences)
Will policy makers now respond?
Basically the US has been living with social media style partisan bias for decades, and now Europe is catching up (with similarly disastrous consequences)
Will policy makers now respond?
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Astonishing video, worth watching in full.
While agreeing in the round,
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...
The History of Europe: Every Year
YouTube video by Cottereau
m.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Astonishing video, worth watching in full.
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For the last 3 years in a row, we have recorded the lowest birth rates ever in this country. Affordability is a huge part of that.
Green MP Sian Berry calls for universal childcare provision, free at the point of use, to be considered essential national infrastructure.💚💚👏👏
bsky.app/profile/sian...
Green MP Sian Berry calls for universal childcare provision, free at the point of use, to be considered essential national infrastructure.💚💚👏👏
bsky.app/profile/sian...
🚨Let's treat childcare like infrastructure.
In a new report written with the brilliant Mandu Reid, I am calling for Universal Free Childcare to be moved forward as serious policy.
This is a big vision and I hope others will come to share it.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
In a new report written with the brilliant Mandu Reid, I am calling for Universal Free Childcare to be moved forward as serious policy.
This is a big vision and I hope others will come to share it.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Two ex-party leaders make major demand for universal free childcare
Green Party MP Siân Berry and Mandu Reid, former leader of the Women’s Equality Party, have joined forces to call for universal free childcare to help struggling parents
www.mirror.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
For the last 3 years in a row, we have recorded the lowest birth rates ever in this country. Affordability is a huge part of that.
Green MP Sian Berry calls for universal childcare provision, free at the point of use, to be considered essential national infrastructure.💚💚👏👏
bsky.app/profile/sian...
Green MP Sian Berry calls for universal childcare provision, free at the point of use, to be considered essential national infrastructure.💚💚👏👏
bsky.app/profile/sian...
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Cities on the World’s Best List are Putting People First Not Cars.
momentummag.com/cities-on-th...
momentummag.com/cities-on-th...
Cities on the World's Best List are Putting People First Not Cars
According to the latest report, these cities stand out for their approach to urban development with innovative mobility solutions
momentummag.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Cities on the World’s Best List are Putting People First Not Cars.
momentummag.com/cities-on-th...
momentummag.com/cities-on-th...
Why Zohran Mamdani would be blocked from standing from UK Labour. bsky.app/profile/nova...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKSx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKSx...
bsky.app
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Why Zohran Mamdani would be blocked from standing from UK Labour. bsky.app/profile/nova...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKSx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKSx...