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geogdave.bsky.social
David Martin (still has an underlying condition)
@geogdave.bsky.social
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Alien from another platform. Emeritus Prof #Geography, https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/5wyh9h/emeritus-professor-david-martin Trustee https://www.geograph.org.uk/ Mostly #Maps, #Photography, #Population, #Census, #Statistics, #BloodCancer, #Faith
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jgaffuri.bsky.social
Here's a brief cartographic exploration of Brittany's resident population by age, using Eurostat gridded data at 1km resolution ! Thread: ↪️
#map #gis #demography #gischat #cartography
January 25, 2026 at 5:57 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
Three #parcels from #EVRI on the step today. No knock at the door. Only one of them ours.
January 13, 2026 at 3:58 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
Winter colour at #Poole Quay #Dorset #PhotoHour
Trip boats seen bow-first moored alongside a quay, on the left. Three bright yellow boats dominate the centre of the image with a darker vessel in the foreground and a yacht haven in the background. Illuminated by bright low winter sunlight from the right.
December 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
geogdave.bsky.social
Winter walk #Highcliffe #Beach #Dorset #PhotoHour
View along a beach with waves breaking in foreground, line of beach huts, background of low wooded cliffs under a blue sky
December 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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profaliceroberts.bsky.social
Thank goodness for that. Something that shouldn’t have happened, happened. And now it’s set to unhappen. Great for students, great for research in general and great for Britain.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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drstevetaylor.bsky.social
#NHS DAILY WORKLOAD since 2022

111 - 55k calls a day - unchanged
999 - Ambulance 21k - up 1.6k

Hospital
- Urgent Admissions - 13k - unchanged
- A&E - 48k Majors - up 2.5k
- A&E - 28k Minors - up 2.5k
- Treatment - up 8k
- Outpatients - up 50k

General Practice - 1.6m - up 230k
December 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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owenboswarva.bsky.social
Another great release of #openaddresses, freshly geocoded for mapping and other fun times:

Wigan Council in North West England has released its Council Tax address list as open data www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-ad...

Thx @wigancouncil.bsky.social!

#FOI #localgov #UKhousing #proptech #opendata
Screenshot of sample of Wigan Council's address data, visualised in Google Earth
December 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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julianlstar.bsky.social
The recent release of the Index of Multiple Deprivation by UK Gov. allowed me to indulge my twin interests of psephology and demographics. The results a visualisation of the deprivation profiles of the 296 English local authorities. More info here www.opendatamanchester.org.uk/revisiting-p...
Poster showing with the relative deprivation profiles of the 296 English local authorities laid out. The poster depicts the most deprived local authority of Blackpool top left and least, Hart, at the bottom
December 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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resolutionfoundation.org
Is welfare spending ''out of control''?

It's estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP this financial year.

That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️ buff.ly/s5mz97u
The chart shows where spending on social security is shown as a share of GDP. As this makes plain, total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP. This is 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than it stood on the eve of the global financial crisis in 2007-08. But since 2012-13 (the peak in the post-GFC recession), total welfare spending has fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP. Added to this, welfare spending is expected to rise by just 0.1 per cent of GDP across the forecast period until 2029-30 (after U-turns and before any decisions made at the Budget).
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
#Autumn #PhotoMontage of my 16 most recent images from around #Southampton #Romsey and the #NewForest. All available free on www.geograph.org.uk/profile/13502
A montage of 16 autumnal photos from around Southampton, Romsey and the New Forest, UK. Images show sunlit autumn vegetation (bracken, bare trees, yellow leaves) under blue skies, some with frost and ice. One shows an old mill building, another a railway station and another a train running alongside a river.
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
REMINDER: #OfficeForNationalStatistics #Census2031 topic consultation is open. If you're a user of demographic and social #data, have your say: you won't find them on @bsky.app @ukdataservice.bsky.social #census

consultations.ons.gov.uk/census/censu...
Census 2031 topic consultation - Office for National Statistics - Citizen Space
Find and participate in consultations run by the Office for National Statistics
consultations.ons.gov.uk
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
#Frost in the shadows, BlackHill, #NewForest, UK #PhotoHour
Sunlight and shadows on a grassy plain in the New Forest, UK. There is frost on the ground in the shadows of the trees but it has thawed in the sunlight. Distant trees under a blue sky.
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
What a lovely legacy: read it (especially if you're a father or father-in-law!)
bigissue.com Big Issue @bigissue.com · Nov 25
Sam Delaney's father-in-law, Peter Pallai, was also his mate, mentor and role model. And he has left a massive gap in his life.
My father-in-law left me with a cast-iron template for growing older with style
www.bigissue.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
geogdave.bsky.social
Nice to see my #photo of #ThorneyIsland as "picture of the day" on Geograph - the place to go for CC licensed photos for #Geography teaching (and more) www.geograph.org.uk/photo/8191094 #SeaDefences
Fields and channels behind sea defences,... © David Martin cc-by-sa/2.0
The water level in these channels is well below that of the high tide outside in Emsworth Channel. The village of Emsworth is visible in the distance.
www.geograph.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
As #OfficeForNationalStatistics still aren't here :-( this is the link to their blog on changes to #migration #statistics #methodology
blog.ons.gov.uk/2025/11/18/u...
Updating our methods to improve EU and British migration statistics
For the first time, UK long-term international migration statistics no longer rely on survey data but are, instead, produced using administrative data. While this is a landmark moment and gives us an
blog.ons.gov.uk
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
Petition to save #Geography department at University of #Leicester c.org/sn4LPqkvxp
Save Geography at the University of Leicester
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
c.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Reposted by David Martin (still has an underlying condition)
uk.theconversation.com
Maps have always both granted power and threatened it, depending on who controls the data, the scale and the narrative.
Secret Maps at the British Library reconsiders the lines that shape our world
Maps have always both granted power and threatened it, depending on who controls the data, the scale and the narrative.
tcnv.link
November 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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miskaknapek.bsky.social
#datascience

the foundation behind the #python programming language, has rejected a $1.5 million grant, as it required removing DEI and diversity efforts of the foundation

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Python plan to boost software security foiled by Trump admin’s anti-DEI rules
National Science Foundation said grantees must not operate any DEI programs.
arstechnica.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:28 AM
geogdave.bsky.social
Making sure Census 2031 reflects modern society... (if only Office for National Statistics were on @bsky.app!)
blog.ons.gov.uk/2025/10/28/m... @ukdataservice.bsky.social
Making sure Census 2031 reflects modern society
Once a decade, the census provides us with the unique opportunity to ask questions of the whole population of England and Wales. The information gathered from this monumental exercise is vital for the
blog.ons.gov.uk
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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anandmenon.bsky.social
'Net migration will fall very sharply in future years... Any political benefit the government may gain from this fall in immigration could be jeopardised by the economic damage that it causes'. Some eye watering estimates here from @jamesbowes01.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...
The coming collapse in immigration to the United Kingdom - UK in a changing Europe
James Bowes analyses the fall in net migration to the UK as a result of government policies and explores some of the political and economic consequences.
ukandeu.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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sotongeogenviron.bsky.social
GCSE students from three local schools came onto campus to learn about the flood risks affecting Southampton.

They took part in interactive workshops with
the More Than Maps team, learning about the models and methods used to assess and adapt to flood risks.

southampton.ac.uk/geography/ne...
Students draw flood-adapted homes as part of the workshop
October 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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ukdataservice.bsky.social
Join us today at 10am for our How to become a computational social scientist workshop.

Please follow the link to watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/ot7-TB1...
How to become a computational social scientist
Scientific research and teaching are increasingly influenced by computational tools, methods and paradigms. The social sciences are no different, with many new forms of social data only available or p...
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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nisreenalwan.bsky.social
We have been awarded £16.3m from NIHR to do applied health research over the next 5 years. I will be leading the Healthy Communities and Prevention Theme focusing on addressing population health inequalities. The team is amazing and so motivated to make change!
www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2025/10...
Over £16 million for health and care research
Over £16 million for health and care research
www.southampton.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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ukdataservice.bsky.social
🚀 We’re pleased to announce the launch of our new UK Data Service Data Catalogue!

This updated data catalogue has been designed with user feedback at its core to make finding and working with data faster and easier.

🔗 ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/10/08/l...
Launch of the new UK Data Service Data Catalogue — UK Data Service
We’re pleased to announce the launch of our new UK Data Service Data Catalogue. This updated data catalogue has been designed with user...
ukdataservice.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
So I spent much of my working life working on #redistricting computations and #census methods... they weren't exactly mainstream issues: maybe I retired a couple of years too soon!
October 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM