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Economics, data, tech. Data scientist working in London (ex @nesta_uk @deliveroo data science teams). Creative & digital economy. Views my own. https://johnardavies.github.io/

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London Uncovered - London's best - and protected - views - BBC Sounds Which London vistas have to be preserved and why?

Discussion of the protected/best views of London on #BBCSounds
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

12.03.2026 12:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

10.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 13833 πŸ” 3159 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 237
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Nine Inch Nails: TRON Ares: Divergence Read Sadie Sartini Garner’s review of the album.

There's a new remix album of the NIN TRON Ares soundtrack - reviews quite a lot better than the film
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

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Rye Lane Two youngsters, reeling from bad breakups, connect over an eventful day in south London.

Raine Allen-Miller's 'Rye Lane' on #BBCiPlayer
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

10.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How I Dropped Our Production Database and Now Pay 10% More for AWS I’m working on expanding the AI Shipping Labs website and wanted to migrate its current version from static GitHub Pages to AWS.

A cautionary tale about working with Agentic AI
alexeyondata.substack.com/p/how-i-drop...

09.03.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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WE HAVE OURSELVES A SHEKDOWN, by KABEAUSHÉ from the album KABEAUSHÉ PRESENTS: IGGY SWAGGERING UNGRATEFUL INCESSANT LITTLE PEEEAAAAAAA

KABEAUSHÉ's 'We have ourselves a shekdown' to end the week. From the recommended new album. kabeaushe.bandcamp.com/track/we-hav...

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I don't know who needs to know this... but...

A VPN is not a privacy application. It doesn't hide your location data, specifically. It doesn't encrypt your data, specifically. All it does is route your traffic through a single server somewhere else.

Let me explain. Or don't, this is the internet.

04.03.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 2683 πŸ” 420 πŸ’¬ 116 πŸ“Œ 24
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Housing supply and the future of our urban planet | Edward Glaeser 6pm Thurs 19 Mar | Edward Glaeser | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

Looking forward to chairing Ed Glaeser's Coase Lecture on Thursday 19th March www.lse.ac.uk/events/housi...

04.03.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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RA.1028 DJ Plead βŸ‹ RA Podcast

DJ Plead steps up for RA.1028 with a kaleidoscope of polyrhythms and post-dubstep.

02.03.2026 10:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting claim in these Ipsos sldes (p48) that you need 8 x spend to get the same impact in TV ads as in 2012 resources.ipsos.com/rs/297-CXJ-7...

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A blue backed bird with chestnut breast and black eye stripe perched on a tree trunk. Its vent is rusty brown flecked with white.

A blue backed bird with chestnut breast and black eye stripe perched on a tree trunk. Its vent is rusty brown flecked with white.

Nuthatch
#BirdOfTheDay
#PerfectLighting

02.03.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 2036 πŸ” 129 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 15
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Air, by DJ Sprinter from the album SAGA002

DJ Sprinter's new track 'Air' to start Sunday
djsprinter.bandcamp.com/track/air

01.03.2026 10:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ouroboros, by Goat from the album Goat

Goat's psychedelic wig out 'Ouroboros'* to herald the coming weekend #FridayFeeling goat.bandcamp.com/track/ourobo... *The serpent eating its tail

27.02.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
mgk - Feel Good Inc (Gorillaz cover) in the Live Lounge
mgk - Feel Good Inc (Gorillaz cover) in the Live Lounge YouTube video by BBCRadio1VEVO

mgk covering Gorillaz' 'Feel Good Inc' in the #BBCLiveLounge www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4LQ...

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What I learnt from creating a mobile app to find my local historic buildings. Area specific, but perhaps of wider interest to anyone interested in places, history and architecture.
johnardavies.github.io/posts/local_...

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Seasonal change 🀞

24.02.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Michelle Jackson, "The Division of Rationalized Labor" (Harvard UP, 2025) - New Books Network

Listen! @mivich.bsky.social talks to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about the fantastic The Division of Rationalized Labor newbooksnetwork.com/the-division...

23.02.2026 12:24 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Folge #104 Vier Jahre russischer Krieg gegen die Ukraine | NATO: Was denn jetzt? Tot oder stΓ€rker denn je? - Sicherheitspod β€œSicherheitshalber” ist der Podcast zur sicherheitspolitischen Lage in Deutschland, Europa und der Welt. In Folge 104 diskutieren Thomas Wiegold, Ulrike Franke, Frank Sauer und Carlo Masala mit Rebecc...

Neue Folge!
Mit super Gast!
Jetzt online!

sicherheitspod.de/2026/02/21/f...

21.02.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 199 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3
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Laugh It Off, by Ambu Bambu from the album Emotion Control

Ambu Bambu's new track 'Laugh it Off' to start Sunday. ambubambu.bandcamp.com/track/laugh-...

22.02.2026 10:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Economy as an Evolving Complex System IV β€” SFI Press Today’s global economy is undergoing profound structural transformations. These changes are complex, adaptive, and path-dependentβ€”precisely the kind of dynamics that a complexity-science approach to e...

This new Santa Fe press volume 4 of 'The Economy as an Emerging Complex System' has some enticing (& free to read) chapters. (One chapter is by me.) www.sfipress.org/books/eecs-iv

20.02.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Next week πŸ“£ How can we fix the British economy?

The UK faces steep challenges: stagnant wages, a fraying public realm and fractious politics. But these problems are all fixable with the right policy action.

Join us to explore solutions with our expert panel. Register: https://bit.ly/3LUFIsC

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Still from Isaac Julien's film 'All That Changes You. Metamorphosis' @victoriamiro.bsky.social (runs to 21st March) www.victoria-miro.com/exhibitions/...

19.02.2026 13:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Artificial Inequality? AI and its impact on the UK Creative Industries (CreativeAI Studentship) at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Artificial Inequality? AI and its impact on the UK Creative Industries (CreativeAI Studentship) at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

Come at do a PhD with Sam Hind, Riza Batista-Navarro and me! "Artificial Inequality? AI and its impact on the UK Creative Industries" Deadline 30th March www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

17.02.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet - Peter Steinberger | Lex Fridman Podcast #491
OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet - Peter Steinberger | Lex Fridman Podcast #491 YouTube video by Lex Fridman

Inspiring, if disconcerting, interview with @steipete.me on Agentic AI and the more radical vision for the future that it opens up www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFjf...

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Our Annual Review for 2025 is out today. In a year when AI increasingly became part of most people’s day-to-day lives, we must remember that every part of this rapid expansion is underpinned by data. Find out more.
buff.ly/puYr9Z1

16.02.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Primotiv, by Skee Mask from the album ISS012 - ISS012

Skee Mask's new track 'Primotiv' to brighten a drab London Sunday. Listened to this one quite obsessively! iliantape.bandcamp.com/track/primotiv

15.02.2026 10:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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EX.786 Barker βŸ‹ RA Exchange The Leisure System co-founder talks psychology, behavioral science and his standout album of the year, Stochastic Drift.

Interview with Barker on @residentadvisor.bsky.social ra.co/exchange/825

13.02.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Mapping Creative R&D in Art-Technology Ecosystems | University of Westminster, London

Interesting PhD opportunity mapping Creative R&D in Art Technology ecosystems with #WestminsterUniversity and
#SerpentineGallery www.westminster.ac.uk/study/postgr...

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The Souvenir In 1980s London, film student Julie’s love for the suave Anthony brings disruption and heartache. Autobiographical drama from BBC Films.

Joanna Hogg's 'The Souvenir' on #BBCiPlayer www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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