markruddy
@markruddy.bsky.social
Data science and Geospatial @Arup.
Liveable cities.
Music!
Ex-palaeo and archaeo person. Views from my brainbox.
SUFC:UTB; CCFC:Tons
Liveable cities.
Music!
Ex-palaeo and archaeo person. Views from my brainbox.
SUFC:UTB; CCFC:Tons
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🔴 Last week the Free Speech Union got a High Court writ to prevent the publication of a list of its donors
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
democracyforsale.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:31 AM
🔴 Last week the Free Speech Union got a High Court writ to prevent the publication of a list of its donors
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
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Artificial Unintelligence: the government is in full retreat over copyright, and the attempts to make it look dignified only make it funnier. My SKETCH.
thecritic.co.uk/arti...
thecritic.co.uk/arti...
January 13, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Artificial Unintelligence: the government is in full retreat over copyright, and the attempts to make it look dignified only make it funnier. My SKETCH.
thecritic.co.uk/arti...
thecritic.co.uk/arti...
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this, from West Ham's Freddie Potts, is the single worst "five famous people you'd invite to dinner" I've ever seen
January 13, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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Ace to see that @imcmillan.bsky.social is now posting on Bluesky. Ian's a real force for good in poetry and the arts in general, so his participation here is excellent news!
January 13, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Ace to see that @imcmillan.bsky.social is now posting on Bluesky. Ian's a real force for good in poetry and the arts in general, so his participation here is excellent news!
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The third and final thread in the 'Dutch River' series
A walk from Thorne to Goole, via the Stainforth & Keadby Canal, Keadby Wind Farm, the River Trent, the River Ouse and the Dutch River, 9.25pm Saturday 3 January to 9.25am Sunday 4 January.
An improvised, illustrated thread of indeterminate length, part reflection, part reconstruction. 1/
An improvised, illustrated thread of indeterminate length, part reflection, part reconstruction. 1/
January 13, 2026 at 2:13 PM
The third and final thread in the 'Dutch River' series
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12/1/26 - nocturn
January 12, 2026 at 7:06 PM
12/1/26 - nocturn
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January 2, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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The indirect cost of cars : this large vacant site in Rue de Constantinople, Paris 8, was the location of a former Citroën garage. Social housing was planned there, but studies showed that the cost of decontamination would be very high. Since then, as far as I know, its future is uncertain.
January 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
The indirect cost of cars : this large vacant site in Rue de Constantinople, Paris 8, was the location of a former Citroën garage. Social housing was planned there, but studies showed that the cost of decontamination would be very high. Since then, as far as I know, its future is uncertain.
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January 7, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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It was a local lake in Bærum, Oslo that inspired Kitty Kielland to create this painting. She spent the summer of 1886 at Fleskum Farm; 'the Fleskum Summer' is often seen as inaugurating neo-romanticism in Norwegian art, Kielland was a practitioner well into the 1890s.
January 8, 2026 at 9:06 PM
It was a local lake in Bærum, Oslo that inspired Kitty Kielland to create this painting. She spent the summer of 1886 at Fleskum Farm; 'the Fleskum Summer' is often seen as inaugurating neo-romanticism in Norwegian art, Kielland was a practitioner well into the 1890s.
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54 years ago #OnThisDay Trevor Hockey scored the equaliser to secure a 2-2 draw in a Division One match vs West Brom. Bill Dearden was also on the scoresheet at The Hawthornes ⚔️
#sufc went on to finish 10th in Division One and qualify for the 1972 Watney Cup 🏆 #twitterblades
#sufc went on to finish 10th in Division One and qualify for the 1972 Watney Cup 🏆 #twitterblades
January 8, 2026 at 6:51 PM
54 years ago #OnThisDay Trevor Hockey scored the equaliser to secure a 2-2 draw in a Division One match vs West Brom. Bill Dearden was also on the scoresheet at The Hawthornes ⚔️
#sufc went on to finish 10th in Division One and qualify for the 1972 Watney Cup 🏆 #twitterblades
#sufc went on to finish 10th in Division One and qualify for the 1972 Watney Cup 🏆 #twitterblades
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It was not all Schlager-funk, you know. This was in the same box.
Anita Ellis, ghost-voice of Gilda. This is a wonderful New York musical concept album of songs with spoken interludes.
Anita Ellis, ghost-voice of Gilda. This is a wonderful New York musical concept album of songs with spoken interludes.
January 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
It was not all Schlager-funk, you know. This was in the same box.
Anita Ellis, ghost-voice of Gilda. This is a wonderful New York musical concept album of songs with spoken interludes.
Anita Ellis, ghost-voice of Gilda. This is a wonderful New York musical concept album of songs with spoken interludes.
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It's Bowie's birthday, which means it's time for the annual repost of my drawing of a bunch of dancing Daves in the style of Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts. Happy Birthday, Mr Jones.
January 8, 2026 at 4:31 PM
It's Bowie's birthday, which means it's time for the annual repost of my drawing of a bunch of dancing Daves in the style of Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts. Happy Birthday, Mr Jones.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
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When you design the brickwork to celebrate the downpipe!
Livornostraat 12 1, Amsterdam (photo by John Lee)
Livornostraat 12 1, Amsterdam (photo by John Lee)
January 8, 2026 at 8:56 AM
When you design the brickwork to celebrate the downpipe!
Livornostraat 12 1, Amsterdam (photo by John Lee)
Livornostraat 12 1, Amsterdam (photo by John Lee)
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A smooth galaxy, observed with the Hubble Space Telescope in the CANDELS-UDS survey.
It is at redshift 1.5 (lookback time 9.53 billion years) with coordinates (34.43872, -5.20226).
36 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo CANDELS.
It is at redshift 1.5 (lookback time 9.53 billion years) with coordinates (34.43872, -5.20226).
36 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo CANDELS.
January 7, 2026 at 8:31 PM
A smooth galaxy, observed with the Hubble Space Telescope in the CANDELS-UDS survey.
It is at redshift 1.5 (lookback time 9.53 billion years) with coordinates (34.43872, -5.20226).
36 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo CANDELS.
It is at redshift 1.5 (lookback time 9.53 billion years) with coordinates (34.43872, -5.20226).
36 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo CANDELS.
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A walk is an act of displacement. A walk is an act of attention. Are either of these things true? Wrong question. Can they both be true at the same time? Wrong question. Days, no, weeks, of distraction, unrelenting distraction, the kind that you can't outthink, the kind that you can't outpace. 9/
January 7, 2026 at 7:16 PM
A walk is an act of displacement. A walk is an act of attention. Are either of these things true? Wrong question. Can they both be true at the same time? Wrong question. Days, no, weeks, of distraction, unrelenting distraction, the kind that you can't outthink, the kind that you can't outpace. 9/
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Let's take a moment to think about all those people who chose today to announce the fact they didn't discover a carnyx. 🙏😢🥰
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Offerton Roman factory 'hidden in plain sight' on River Wear
The volunteers who discovered the Roman factory say it made whetstones used to sharpen tools.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Let's take a moment to think about all those people who chose today to announce the fact they didn't discover a carnyx. 🙏😢🥰
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Straight up good piece mapping directly on to #sufc owners and the Ruben Selles idiocy #BskyBlades
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
What does Ruben Amorim know compared to Sir Jim, Jason Wilcox and the gilded overclass? | Jonathan Liew
In Manchester United’s brave new world coaches are more like Deliveroo drivers: not really responsible for the food, but still to blame if it arrives cold
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Straight up good piece mapping directly on to #sufc owners and the Ruben Selles idiocy #BskyBlades
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
@sheffunitedway.bsky.social you need to start posting on BSky and ditch the other place
January 6, 2026 at 11:14 PM
@sheffunitedway.bsky.social you need to start posting on BSky and ditch the other place
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