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Mike Rose
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I am often found talking about *intellectual property rights* and how they manifest in *digital* and *data* stuff.
I also often share dog and Dorset photos!
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Mike Rose @mikerose.co.uk · Jun 4
This. So much this!

“People” when searching for “unicorns” and “fairies” (AI deployments) forget that the “mystical blood” is the boring, boring data that “flows through their veins”!
jenitennison.com Jeni Tennison @jenitennison.com · Jun 4
Society is not good at funding data infrastructure, Part 172
drbeth.bsky.social Dr Beth @drbeth.bsky.social · Jun 4
FlyBase is one of the oldest, most iconic open data resources (particularly in Biological Sciences), its loss would be huge. Very much hope someone can step in to at least keep it ticking over.
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gavinfreeguard.bsky.social
How to avoid concreting cowpats (and other AI hokem)

Or, six questions to help scrutinise the AI system or policy solution you're being sold

Delighted to write for @thehousemag.bsky.social @politicshome.bsky.social

www.politicshome.com/news/article...
A photo of the article in the physical edition of The House magazine
October 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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ukgovcamp.com
217 people have now registered for UK Gov Camp 2026 ( #ukgc26 ) in #Birmingham on Saturday 17 January 2026.

Register to attend or sponsor via UKGovCamp.com, repost this message and share with your colleagues.

We welcome everyone, whether you work with the #PublicSector or not.

#unconference
A bull with prominent horns is depicted in a stylized logo. The bull is in motion, with its body angled towards the left. Behind the bull, there's a dynamic, flame-like shape split into two colors: the upper part is a deep blue with a halftone dot pattern, and the lower part is a vibrant red, also with a halftone dot pattern. The overall impression is one of strength and movement.
October 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM
mikerose.co.uk
What was that? You would love another blog on planning permission data standards?? This time talking about user research??? Hold my beer…

mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk/2025/10/20/d...

I love #OpenWorking #PlanningData etc
Diving into planning decisions: What we learned from our latest user research  – MHCLG Digital
User research is underway on standardising planning decision notices. Local authorities currently use different formats to record planning application outcomes, but standardisation would make crucial data instantly available for effective planning, analysis and forecasting. The data standards community has been
mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk
October 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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newforestchild.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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odcamp.uk
Have added a link to this to our front page and our archive of previous camp coverage. www.odcamp.uk/recent-posts...
Posts and links for previous camps
Open Data Camp 10 The tenth Open Data Camp was in Edinburgh, at the wonderful University of Edinburgh Business School, on September 27 & 28, 2025. Here’s some of what happened: Photos: OD…
www.odcamp.uk
October 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
mikerose.co.uk
Finally finished processing (well begun finishing processing) a fantastic OpenDataCamp in Edinburgh #ODCamp @odcamp.uk

I ran a session on the value of (open) data, my reflections here ->
medium.com/@mikeerose/a...
Are We Valuing [Open] Data All Wrong? | by Mike Rose | Oct, 2025 | Medium
Are We Valuing [Open] Data All Wrong? This is a post following the session I pitched at OpenDataCamp in Edinburgh last weekend. Those wonderful Drawnalism people were in the room, so as well as this …
medium.com
October 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
mikerose.co.uk
#ODCamp
[Open Data Camp]
Awesome!
Thank you!
That is all (for now)!
September 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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anonopin.bsky.social
No vegetarian or vegan has ever wanted their fake steak or burger to bleed. Why are companies investing in these weird gimmicks that probably just means a crap load of chemicals being added to food. Make them taste better, I don't care about realism.
September 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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pixlz.com
It was lovely to see @mikerose.co.uk and @adrianhoward.com for geeky coffee earlier
Three people sitting in a cafe
August 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
mikerose.co.uk
Now are you interested in planning application submissions? Ie the filled in forms…

Or are you interested in what has been decided?? Ie what has and has not got permission…

Another blog - get involved - what do you want to know?

mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk/2025/08/05/s...
Standardising the planning application process: Kicking off work on decisions  – MHCLG Digital
The blog of the digital and data teams in MHCLG
mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk
August 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
mikerose.co.uk
New blog (by me) on planning data standards -> mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk/2025/07/08/s...
Standardising the planning application process: Progress and next steps – MHCLG Digital
The blog of the digital and data teams in MHCLG
mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk
July 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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jukes.ie
The Dot.

The one true Dot.
The once and future Dot.
The Dot that launched a thousand cigs.

...and even she could not pull off cyan.
June 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
mikerose.co.uk
This. So much this!

“People” when searching for “unicorns” and “fairies” (AI deployments) forget that the “mystical blood” is the boring, boring data that “flows through their veins”!
jenitennison.com Jeni Tennison @jenitennison.com · Jun 4
Society is not good at funding data infrastructure, Part 172
drbeth.bsky.social Dr Beth @drbeth.bsky.social · Jun 4
FlyBase is one of the oldest, most iconic open data resources (particularly in Biological Sciences), its loss would be huge. Very much hope someone can step in to at least keep it ticking over.
June 4, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Reposted by Mike Rose
jenitennison.com
Society is not good at funding data infrastructure, Part 172
drbeth.bsky.social Dr Beth @drbeth.bsky.social · Jun 4
FlyBase is one of the oldest, most iconic open data resources (particularly in Biological Sciences), its loss would be huge. Very much hope someone can step in to at least keep it ticking over.
lucaswaltzer.bsky.social Lucas Waltzer @lucaswaltzer.bsky.social · Jun 3
#drosophila @flybase.bsky.social request emergency funding:
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!

www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
June 4, 2025 at 7:21 AM
mikerose.co.uk
Indeed!

Original post: masto.hackers.town/@X00001/1145...
May 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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owenboswarva.bsky.social
We do not need to change copyright law, we need transparency www.thebookseller.com/comment/we-d... by Baroness Kidron via @thebookseller.com

#DUABill #DataBill #genAI #IPlaw #techpolicy

("The AI companies fiercely defend their own internet protocol (IP) …"?)
Creators do not deny the creative and economic value of AI, but we do deny the assertion that we should have to build AI for free with our work and then rent it back from those who stole it. Ours is not an argument about progress but about value. The AI companies fiercely defend their own internet protocol (IP) but deny the value of our work. Not everything new is progress, not everything that already exists is without value, but we, the creative industries, embody both change and tradition and we reject the assertion that we are standing in the way of change. We are merely asserting our right to continue to exist and play our part in the UK's future growth.
May 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
mikerose.co.uk
A reminder of an old friend, sadly departed.
Collage of photos of a man with his dog
May 15, 2025 at 5:58 AM
mikerose.co.uk
Departing #Dorset
Maiden Newton railway station sign with the village in the background
May 15, 2025 at 5:56 AM
mikerose.co.uk
An orchid, an oak tree and of course some dogs in a river. Another sunny day in #Dorset
An orchid (I think) An oak tree in a field 2 dogs in a river
May 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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pixlz.com
Another lovely Dorset Geeky Coffee with @mikerose.co.uk, @adrianhoward.com and Roxy. A slightly less traditional selfie
Three geeky people and a dog
April 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
mikerose.co.uk
#London is that way!

#Dorset #Sunrise (brolly packed for arrival!)
Sunshine over railway tracks
April 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
mikerose.co.uk
Yes. This!

Original post: nerdculture.de/@ichbindabom...
April 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
mikerose.co.uk
After all that #PlanningApplications stuff - best to find time to chill outside…

Primroses in the garden and a dog in the woodland.

Could be the titles of both volumes of my autobiography…
Close up of some primroses Woodland with a dog standing in profile
April 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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owenboswarva.bsky.social
Get involved validating the baseline planning application data specifications mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk/2025/04/17/d... another post by @mikerose.co.uk et al on MHCLG's Digital Planning work (England)

Discussion github.com/digital-land...

#plantech #proptech #datastandards #openstandards #opendata
So far, the draft baseline includes: ● 21 compiled specifications, covering all the main application types (e.g. householder applications, listed building consent, hedgerow removal notices) and several sub-types (for example, prior approval for a larger extension, prior approval for additional storeys) ● 83 components, each representing a reusable section of an application ● 29 codelists—these are sets of predefined values used to ensure consistency (e.g. types of trees, materials, or site constraints) To avoid disrupting current processes, we've tried to keep the specifications as close as possible to existing forms. We plan to make improvements—like rationalising components—in future iterations.
April 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
mikerose.co.uk
#Dorset Dog on beach - enjoy!
April 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM