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John Davies

@johnardavies.bsky.social

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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Reece Dinsdale@reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 4d ago

For those of you who’ve been following my quest to help #SaveSquareChapelArts in Halifax, I haven’t stopped…it’s just that me & my fellow collaborators are presently in a waiting game to see if we’ve made the cut to take our interest to the next stage. Fingers crossed & stay tuned! 🙏🏻

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Ada Lovelace Institute@adalovelaceinst.bsky.social · last wk.

Invitation to Tender: AI sovereignty study. We are looking for a partner to deliver a conjoint study and nationally representative survey of UK adults to understand public expectations around UK ‘AI sovereignty’. Full details: www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/itt-ai-sover... Deadline: 27 October 2026

Invitation to tender: AI sovereignty study 2026

A nationally representative survey of UK adults to understand 'AI sovereignty' and trade-offs

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German Embassy London@uk.diplo.de · 2w ago

Dear people of the UK, this Prize is for you! In 1946, the British founded the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. 80 years on, NRW says "Thank you", presenting its highest award, the State Prize, to the people of the UK, recognising the deep friendship between the state and the UK.

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Petra Schwer@petraschwer.bsky.social · 2w ago

Interested in what members of the mathematical community think on the recent release of hundreds of preprints on openproblems? I recommend reading the snapshot of immediate reactions collected on proofs and prompts! proofsandprompts.com/2026/10/08/1... #math #mathAndAI #mathsky #mathematics

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“We are all grappling with the announcement of 6 October. We think that it is useful to have a snapshot of the community’s gut feeling today, and this is what you see below. We will keep it o…

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Prof Dave O'Brien@drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 3w ago

Here's me discussing trends in cultural consumption with Korean news! n.news.naver.com/mnews/articl...

[인터뷰] “문화 소비 격차는 소득이 아니라 ‘문화 자본’의 문제”

데이브 오브라이언 맨체스터대 문화창조산업학 교수 국내 극장가에서는 관객 수가 줄어드는데도 4DX, IMAX 등 특수관을 찾는 발길은 오히려 늘고 있다. 2025년 한국 영화 시장 매출액과 관객 수는 각각 전년 대비

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Max Nathan@maxnathan.bsky.social · 4w ago

Re Your First Home - a reminder that H2B * Raised house prices overall * Helped developer profits * In London, raised prices, not supply * In more affordable areas, supply up but no price effect Govt will have to think hard about benefits vs lessons learned, as Angela Rayner put it today.

On the economic impacts of mortgage credit expansion policies: Evidence from help to buy / Felipe Carozzi, Christian A.L. Hilber, Xiaolun Yu / Journal of Urban Economics, 2024 Abstract We take advantage of two spatial discontinuities in Britain's Help to Buy (HtB) scheme to explore the effectiveness and distributional implications of mortgage credit expansion policies. Employing a Difference-in-Discontinuities design, we find that HtB significantly increased house prices and had no detectable effect on construction volumes in severely supply constrained and unaffordable Greater London. Conversely, HtB did increase construction numbers without a noticeable effect on prices near the English/Welsh border, an affordable area with comparably lax supply conditions. While HtB did not help would-be-buyers in already unaffordable areas, it boosted the financial performance of developers participating in the scheme.
Olivier Usher@ojusher.com · last mo.

An opinion I semi-seriously hold is that AI text, by law, should have to be rendered in that 1980s-style robot font. You know which one I mean. I am now extending this to say that you should, by law, have to read it out through a vocoder. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmin...

Westminster (typeface) - Wikipedia

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Archie Hall@archiehall.bsky.social · last mo.

My latest for @economist.com: AI writing is taking over politics. 10% of what was is said in Parliament is now AI-drafted, per Pangram. Yet more in the House of Representatives, or in Australia and Canada. Link: www.economist.com/britain/202... And a 🧵 below, w/ some main offenders