Mark D
@markjd84.bsky.social
Transport consultant (esp. developing countries) and data tools research
he/him #Nottingham
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Lots of new people so updating my bluesky intro post! 📣
Me: transport planning and research, just finished 11y at Integrated Transport Planning/Haskoning
Into #urban #publictransport R+D projects and #GIS
Now looking for new opportunities, especially in #openstreetmap and #developingcountries
Me: transport planning and research, just finished 11y at Integrated Transport Planning/Haskoning
Into #urban #publictransport R+D projects and #GIS
Now looking for new opportunities, especially in #openstreetmap and #developingcountries
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I may not know much about sports, but at least I don't have fantasies about football
January 11, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I may not know much about sports, but at least I don't have fantasies about football
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I saw a post the other day that noted that one of the notable things about genAI content is that the only person ever interested in the output is the one who asked for it. No one else wants to read AI books or look at AI 'art' in preference to the human-made alternative.
January 11, 2026 at 9:06 PM
I saw a post the other day that noted that one of the notable things about genAI content is that the only person ever interested in the output is the one who asked for it. No one else wants to read AI books or look at AI 'art' in preference to the human-made alternative.
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As I've said before the lack of focus on A&E in govt plans is bewildering even just from a political perspective. For many people it's their most viseral and memorable interaction with the state.
This week an elderly woman died alone on a trolley in a hospital corridor, with desperate, exhausted staff unable to tend to her
This is the reality in our NHS right now and for those on the front line, it’s horrifying
This is the reality in our NHS right now and for those on the front line, it’s horrifying
Woman left to die alone on corridor trolley in 'broken' A&E
Staff at a Merseyside hospital told the ECHO that an older woman died without being tended to by exhausted and overrun NHS teams at a hospital experiencing overwhelming demand
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 8:00 AM
As I've said before the lack of focus on A&E in govt plans is bewildering even just from a political perspective. For many people it's their most viseral and memorable interaction with the state.
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your skin should just have one big mite on it, runnin around like a mouse
January 10, 2026 at 11:02 AM
your skin should just have one big mite on it, runnin around like a mouse
updated intro post, pls enjoy
Lots of new people so updating my bluesky intro post! 📣
Me: transport planning and research, just finished 11y at Integrated Transport Planning/Haskoning
Into #urban #publictransport R+D projects and #GIS
Now looking for new opportunities, especially in #openstreetmap and #developingcountries
Me: transport planning and research, just finished 11y at Integrated Transport Planning/Haskoning
Into #urban #publictransport R+D projects and #GIS
Now looking for new opportunities, especially in #openstreetmap and #developingcountries
January 10, 2026 at 11:01 AM
updated intro post, pls enjoy
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Maybe let's share starter packs again for people new or reactivated on the site?
Mine is this UK / EU Active Travel people Starter Pack (150 people, now full). Feel free to suggest others in replies.
go.bsky.app/GYyLGPA
Mine is this UK / EU Active Travel people Starter Pack (150 people, now full). Feel free to suggest others in replies.
go.bsky.app/GYyLGPA
January 10, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Maybe let's share starter packs again for people new or reactivated on the site?
Mine is this UK / EU Active Travel people Starter Pack (150 people, now full). Feel free to suggest others in replies.
go.bsky.app/GYyLGPA
Mine is this UK / EU Active Travel people Starter Pack (150 people, now full). Feel free to suggest others in replies.
go.bsky.app/GYyLGPA
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Hope your email doesn’t find me at the bottom of this well
January 9, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Hope your email doesn’t find me at the bottom of this well
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Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
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Hate to say it, but the truth of the matter is there are no resolutions to this on the internet. We have to hit the streets.
January 7, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Hate to say it, but the truth of the matter is there are no resolutions to this on the internet. We have to hit the streets.
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The Trump regime's desire for authoritarian dominance is bottomless, but its capacity is not. Tying up the regime's limited resources means less capacity for malfeasance elsewhere.
Even if the murderous ICE agent beats a prosecution, occupying the agency and its lawyers' time would be a positive.
Even if the murderous ICE agent beats a prosecution, occupying the agency and its lawyers' time would be a positive.
January 7, 2026 at 7:46 PM
The Trump regime's desire for authoritarian dominance is bottomless, but its capacity is not. Tying up the regime's limited resources means less capacity for malfeasance elsewhere.
Even if the murderous ICE agent beats a prosecution, occupying the agency and its lawyers' time would be a positive.
Even if the murderous ICE agent beats a prosecution, occupying the agency and its lawyers' time would be a positive.
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The people employing whataboutism today are literally dangerous people.
Do not engage.
Do not engage.
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
The people employing whataboutism today are literally dangerous people.
Do not engage.
Do not engage.
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ask not for whom the taco bells
it bells for thee
it bells for thee
January 7, 2026 at 12:03 PM
ask not for whom the taco bells
it bells for thee
it bells for thee
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A longer post from me to start the year: the Dutch are panicking. Their digital ID system will soon fall under the control of an American company and far-reaching US government powers.
Why is that such a problem? And what does it mean for the UK?
open.substack.com/pub/georgina...
Why is that such a problem? And what does it mean for the UK?
open.substack.com/pub/georgina...
Digital ID, big tech and the Dutch dilemma
A planned US takeover of critical infrastructure raises troubling questions
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:04 AM
A longer post from me to start the year: the Dutch are panicking. Their digital ID system will soon fall under the control of an American company and far-reaching US government powers.
Why is that such a problem? And what does it mean for the UK?
open.substack.com/pub/georgina...
Why is that such a problem? And what does it mean for the UK?
open.substack.com/pub/georgina...
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My position on impeachment is the same as it was six months ago: Impeachment is first about driving public attention to Trump’s crimes and corruption.
Democrats should introduce impeachment articles and force votes to boost their parallel media effort.
Performative public investigations matter.
Democrats should introduce impeachment articles and force votes to boost their parallel media effort.
Performative public investigations matter.
Why push for impeachment?
Because politics is an exercise in moving public opinion as much as counting votes in the senate.
The Jan 6 Hearings were not a criminal proceeding against Trump that would end in jail, but they focused public attention.
Performative public investigations matter
Because politics is an exercise in moving public opinion as much as counting votes in the senate.
The Jan 6 Hearings were not a criminal proceeding against Trump that would end in jail, but they focused public attention.
Performative public investigations matter
January 4, 2026 at 9:14 PM
My position on impeachment is the same as it was six months ago: Impeachment is first about driving public attention to Trump’s crimes and corruption.
Democrats should introduce impeachment articles and force votes to boost their parallel media effort.
Performative public investigations matter.
Democrats should introduce impeachment articles and force votes to boost their parallel media effort.
Performative public investigations matter.
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Just realized that Emperor Qin Shi Huang's "Terracotta Army" of clay soldiers he kept in a vault in like 200 BC make him the first Warhammer Guy. he got some disposable income and started painting minis. totally get it
January 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Just realized that Emperor Qin Shi Huang's "Terracotta Army" of clay soldiers he kept in a vault in like 200 BC make him the first Warhammer Guy. he got some disposable income and started painting minis. totally get it
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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I think this administration has vastly overestimated the rest of the world's willingness to put up with imperial oil war bullshit right now. I don't think this ends well. No war.
January 3, 2026 at 6:38 AM
I think this administration has vastly overestimated the rest of the world's willingness to put up with imperial oil war bullshit right now. I don't think this ends well. No war.
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Not sure why this dross, dated Dec 1, seems to be circulating now (and why it didn't cross my feed a month ago), but wow what a terrible essay.
A few comments, in a short 🧵>>
bigthink.com/the-present/...
A few comments, in a short 🧵>>
bigthink.com/the-present/...
The rise of AI denialism
Computer scientist Louis Rosenberg argues that dismissing AI as a “bubble” or mere “slop” ignores the tectonic technological shift now unfolding.
bigthink.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Not sure why this dross, dated Dec 1, seems to be circulating now (and why it didn't cross my feed a month ago), but wow what a terrible essay.
A few comments, in a short 🧵>>
bigthink.com/the-present/...
A few comments, in a short 🧵>>
bigthink.com/the-present/...
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New speed camera replacement just dropped in Ford’s Ontario
January 2, 2026 at 5:55 PM
New speed camera replacement just dropped in Ford’s Ontario
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"Welcome to Decline" -- still one of my favourite graphs from last year. In the late 1970s, Britain's economic fate very clearly split in two. How much you blame Thatcher will depend on your politics, but her leadership is useful to understand the timing. tomforth.co.uk/welcometodec...
January 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
"Welcome to Decline" -- still one of my favourite graphs from last year. In the late 1970s, Britain's economic fate very clearly split in two. How much you blame Thatcher will depend on your politics, but her leadership is useful to understand the timing. tomforth.co.uk/welcometodec...
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the water thing about genAI is bullshit but the thing where it makes on-demand nudes and CSAM isn't and the thing where it talks you into killing yourself isn't and those seem pretty bad
January 2, 2026 at 1:43 AM
the water thing about genAI is bullshit but the thing where it makes on-demand nudes and CSAM isn't and the thing where it talks you into killing yourself isn't and those seem pretty bad
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as I've said before, both as an immigrant and someone who's lived in a bunch of places - British dogs are, ime, noticeably badly behaved, and I would love to know why that is! (my bitchy French theory is that tons of Brits are so conflict avoidant that they can't even train their own pets lol)
I don't dislike dogs to be clear. But I really really dislike how many dog owners allow their dogs to foul the streets and to yap at people and scare kids and still expect everyone to think their precious little pooch is such a good dog 14/10 whatever
January 1, 2026 at 1:07 PM
as I've said before, both as an immigrant and someone who's lived in a bunch of places - British dogs are, ime, noticeably badly behaved, and I would love to know why that is! (my bitchy French theory is that tons of Brits are so conflict avoidant that they can't even train their own pets lol)