Andrew Leyshon

@andrewleyshon.bsky.social

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Economic Geographer. Co-author, The Rise of the Platform Music Industries (Agenda, 2025) with @allanwatson1.bsky.social & FinTech Capital (Zone, 2026) with @paullangley.bsky.social. Attended obscure Welsh Comprehensive of which even Elis James was unaware. .. more

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 1d

Most of the discussion around America's AI strategy abroad has focused on the AI Action Plan - but perhaps more important was the Executive Order on exporting the AI stack.

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 3d

Sam Watts, composer of #TheTraitors theme and UoN music alumni, shares his thoughts on the newly renamed University of Little England course closures...

#StopTheCuts #SaveHE

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A photo of a man with a conductors baton pushed against his nose with various tv show title cards next to him

“The UoN Music department set me up in my career. The arts and art education are vital, and the UoN music department excel at not only imparting knowledge, but creating community. So, the idea of removing arts programmes and closing the department seems to be incredibly short-sighted.”

Sam Watts, composer & UoN alum

Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 4d

After that, I kind of wish the assassination attempt on Nick Mohammed’s character had been successful at the end of the latest series of Slow Horses.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 8d

Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC

The driver "managed to contact the control
centre at Network Rail and get the train
diverted onto the slow line", Calder says.

"That was absolutely crucial because this
train was scheduled to be travelling through
Huntingdon station on the tracks with no
platform at 125mph."

"It didn't stop in the middle of nowhere,
which would have been very difficult."

Calder thinks this was handled in the "safest
possible way" thanks to the "incredible
professionalism from the driver and the
police". Train drivers are trained on how to
take appropriate action, he adds,

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Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 10d

Today is the official UK publication day for Silicon Empires! I'm excited to have it out and hear what people think.

There's an enormous amount happening every day in AI, and it's difficult to gain a stable perspective. I wrote the book to try and get some secure hold on that constant flux. 🧵

Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 12d

Or, as @brettchristophers.bsky.social’s put it in relation to the renewables energy sector, the price is wrong. It’s not supply and demand so much as profitability that matters.

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... New homes: even if you build them, there’s no one to buy them

New homes: even if you build them, there’s no one to buy them

We’re often told housing demand exceeds supply — so why are new homes struggling to be built and bought?

giftarticle.ft.com

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Paul Langley @paullangley.bsky.social · 21d

Co-authored with @andrewleyshon.bsky.social for a forthcoming special issue of @finandsoc.bsky.social, this essay takes Elon Musk's planned FinTech makeover of X as a provocation for a critical analysis of so-called 'embedded finance' and the evolution of FinTech
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Embedded finance and FinTech disappearance | Finance and Society | Cambridge Core

Embedded finance and FinTech disappearance

www.cambridge.org

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 21d

If you enjoyed @kateconger.com and @rmac.bsky.social's
Character Limit, and wondered about Musk’s ambitions to turn X into a fintech behemoth, then you might be interested in a new Open Access paper by @paullangley.bsky.social
and me on fintech's 'disappearance'.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Embedded finance and FinTech disappearance | Finance and Society | Cambridge Core

Embedded finance and FinTech disappearance

www.cambridge.org

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 23d

New post just out:

"On the edge"

On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.

(Free to read)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...

On the edge

My week in the NHS

open.substack.com

Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 24d

I used to take my Nottingham raised son to see Cardiff City play away at various teams in the Midlands a few years back. I only realised the impact the away end had on him when he refused point blank to even consider Cardiff as a possible University destination on grounds of personal safety.

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 26d

The pause in Defender manufacturing in 2016, due to a need to adapt the design to confirm with Euro NCAP pedestrian safety, prompted Jim Radcliffe’s Ineos to develop its look-a-like Grenadier, so there’s that too!

Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 27d

Monday’s pod debate on what to call next year’s World Cup, given that it’s spread between the US, Canada and Mexico, missed the most geographically correct answer: North America ‘26. While most of the continent’s many countries are not hosting, the 3 that are include about 85% of total population.

Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 29d

Full disclosure: I ran an urban geography field class to New York from 2017-19, so guilty as charged. In mitigation, it wasn't even the most exotic of our offers & by the time it launched was considered quite a passé destination by many of the places with whom we competed for students. But still ...

Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 29d

I know that the @rgsibg.bsky.social was encouraging a critical engagement with the 'field class as recruitment device' arms-race pre-pandemic. But it would be interesting to see whether the field course competition simply started up again following the pandemic as restrictions eased.

Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 29d

This thread should be of interest to all those working in Departments of Geography at UK Universities who sometimes ponder why their UG student intake often skews to the privileged. This skew is then exacerbated through the use of exotic field classes as marketing and recruitment bait on Open Days.

Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 29d

Inexplicably, my son’s very standard state school - in a mixed area, not a particularly affluent one - arranged a £4K trip to Kenya last year. I keep meaning to do a story on the astonishing escalation of the school trip.

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 29d

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FINTECH CAPITAL @fintechcapital.bsky.social · Oct 8

It's alive!

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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · Oct 3

David Harvey at 90: A Verso Series www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/... @versobooks.bsky.social First essay by Eric Sheppard now posted.

Harvey at 90: A Verso Series

Last year, we celebrated Fredric Jameson's ninetieth birthday with a month long series commemorating his impact on literary criticism, critical theory and philosophy. This month, in honour of David H...

www.versobooks.com

Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · Sep 30

Again, not new: the Jamaican music economy was like this years ago as it was virtually impossible to protect IPR. Performance became prioritised as source of income. Big cheaper than a night at Wembley though, admittedly.

Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · Sep 30

There’s a chapter on live performance in the book on The Platform Music Industries by me and @allanwatson1.bsky.social which came out earlier this year. As copyright has been devalorised (for most artists) as streaming platforms makes all music easily available, the event becomes more important.

Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · Sep 30

Agreed, but the success of the tour is also the length of the band’s absence, and the accumulated desire of fans to see them together live again in an age when the financial returns from performance far outstrips those of recordings. This is not new. The Stones have long been their own tribute band.

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Mike Slaven @mcslaven.bsky.social · Sep 26

If you want to know what a new UK digital ID for immigration would mean, read "States of Ignorance" a book that came out of an ESRC project comparing the development of UK control with two countries with ID. From this research, I think it's a dangerous idea 1/ www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...

States of Ignorance

Cambridge Core - Twentieth Century European History - States of Ignorance

www.cambridge.org

Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · Sep 24

The parallels to housing subprime are clear, but with a twist. The value of many of the assets is based on repayments from a predominantly immigrant worker market, but ICE action has disrupted such communities, as an earlier FT report (15.9.25 below) pointed out, so undermining the payment base.

Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · Sep 19

Kyle perhaps should be more interested in rigour than vigour: then he might not have conflated Stanford with the entire US university system. There are historical and geographical reasons why students who want to be founders might chose to go to Stanford.

Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · Sep 19

UK’s business secretary facing backlash after claiming British students lack “drive” compared to their American counterparts

#highered #EduSky

Kyle 'out of touch' for claiming British students 'lack drive'

Former science secretary called ‘out of touch’ after accusing British students of lacking 'vigour'

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · Sep 19

UK’s business secretary facing backlash after claiming British students lack “drive” compared to their American counterparts

#highered #EduSky

Kyle 'out of touch' for claiming British students 'lack drive'

Former science secretary called ‘out of touch’ after accusing British students of lacking 'vigour'

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · Sep 16

today, Rachel Reeves meets BlackRock & Blackstone bosses to ask what British derisking state can do for them.

New Rip-off Britain project by @cmmonwealth.bsky.social shows what institutional ownership has done for us: 200bn from our pockets to Big Finance!

Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · Sep 16

Farewell Evernote, it's been ... expensive
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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · Sep 16

I've finally deleted my Evernote subscription, which I started using in 2012, intially for taking notes in the meetings I was having as HoS, but stuck with it for ease of online clipping. I've ended up with a large collection of notes & notebooks. But it's got ridiculously expensive over time . 1/4

Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · Sep 16

For any remaining Evernote users wishing to make a simpler jump, here's the transfer software I found on GitHub. 4/4 github.com/stefankueng/...

Releases · stefankueng/EvImSync

Contribute to stefankueng/EvImSync development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · Sep 16

The subscription fee was virtually doubled year on year when Evernote was bought by Bending Spoons in 2023, . who seem to be the Mike Ashley of the app world: that is, find a distressed asset with a customer base and rinse asset hard before any the value the brand once had evaporates. 3/4

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