Russ Garrett
@russ.garrett.co.uk
Energy data nerd at infrageomatics.com & @openinframap.org, festival operations nerd at emfcamp.org, board member at limehouselabs.org. (he/they)
I'm mostly active on Mastodon: https://chaos.social/@russss
https://russ.garrett.co.uk
I'm mostly active on Mastodon: https://chaos.social/@russss
https://russ.garrett.co.uk
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TODAY'S THE DAY! The #OwnOurVenues share offer campaign closes today, and it's your last chance to join us as a co-owner for this phase. Every penny invested goes towards securing venues at risk of disappearing forever.
Time to finish what we started: www.ownourvenues.com
Time to finish what we started: www.ownourvenues.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
TODAY'S THE DAY! The #OwnOurVenues share offer campaign closes today, and it's your last chance to join us as a co-owner for this phase. Every penny invested goes towards securing venues at risk of disappearing forever.
Time to finish what we started: www.ownourvenues.com
Time to finish what we started: www.ownourvenues.com
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Earlier this week I spoke to London Centric about the Ringways Map and all things unbuilt London - they’ve dedicated the whole of their latest edition to the story! substack.com/home/post/p-...
Would your home have been under a motorway?
"The most astonishing and destructive thing never to happen to London," says the man who has spent twenty years researching the first true map of the unbuilt Ringways.
substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Earlier this week I spoke to London Centric about the Ringways Map and all things unbuilt London - they’ve dedicated the whole of their latest edition to the story! substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Two more iconic grassroots music venues, The Joiners and The Croft, are now OFFICIALLY community owned buildings. Thanks to the herculean efforts of all involved, these institutions are saved - and with that, the opportunities for bands, music fans, and many more are secure for the next generation.
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Two more iconic grassroots music venues, The Joiners and The Croft, are now OFFICIALLY community owned buildings. Thanks to the herculean efforts of all involved, these institutions are saved - and with that, the opportunities for bands, music fans, and many more are secure for the next generation.
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It worries me that the alleged drone sightings over the past week or so are causing European leaders to talk about war, and NATO is mobilizing. Troops are being called up. Almost every indication is that the drone sightings are the same bullshit we saw in New Jersey–there may be *nothing* there. 2/
October 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It worries me that the alleged drone sightings over the past week or so are causing European leaders to talk about war, and NATO is mobilizing. Troops are being called up. Almost every indication is that the drone sightings are the same bullshit we saw in New Jersey–there may be *nothing* there. 2/
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Wait. The editor of Cotswold Life magazine was also lead vocalist in Inkubus Sukkubus? www.linkedin.com/posts/candia...
This isn’t the happiest of posts to write, but it’s just to let you all know I’ve handed in my notice as editor of Cotswold Life magazine.
After working for 23 years (this month!) on the magazine –… ...
This isn’t the happiest of posts to write, but it’s just to let you all know I’ve handed in my notice as editor of Cotswold Life magazine.
After working for 23 years (this month!) on the magazine – f...
www.linkedin.com
September 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Wait. The editor of Cotswold Life magazine was also lead vocalist in Inkubus Sukkubus? www.linkedin.com/posts/candia...
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The world's power networks as mapped on @openstreetmap.bsky.social.
Want to contribute? Check out mapyourgrid.org
Want to contribute? Check out mapyourgrid.org
September 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The world's power networks as mapped on @openstreetmap.bsky.social.
Want to contribute? Check out mapyourgrid.org
Want to contribute? Check out mapyourgrid.org
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All journalists should bend the knee to the work of the obituarist, the one discipline which enables the practitioner to get a byline from beyond the grave. Ronald Bergen predeceased his subject Robert Redford by 5 years, but left behind a truly masterful obit.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
Robert Redford obituary
One of Hollywood’s greats who starred in All the President’s Men, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and The Sting
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
All journalists should bend the knee to the work of the obituarist, the one discipline which enables the practitioner to get a byline from beyond the grave. Ronald Bergen predeceased his subject Robert Redford by 5 years, but left behind a truly masterful obit.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
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When I say I’m on the spectrum, this is the spectrum I’m on.
September 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
When I say I’m on the spectrum, this is the spectrum I’m on.
The world's power networks as mapped on @openstreetmap.bsky.social.
Want to contribute? Check out mapyourgrid.org
Want to contribute? Check out mapyourgrid.org
September 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The world's power networks as mapped on @openstreetmap.bsky.social.
Want to contribute? Check out mapyourgrid.org
Want to contribute? Check out mapyourgrid.org
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Violent crime plunges 13% in London.
In 2024, London had 1.2 homicides per 100,000 residents - lower than New York at 4.0 and Toronto at 1.7.
Homicides in London are also lower compared to most north European cities such as Berlin (3.4), Brussels (3.2), Paris (1.4), and Copenhagen (1.5)
In 2024, London had 1.2 homicides per 100,000 residents - lower than New York at 4.0 and Toronto at 1.7.
Homicides in London are also lower compared to most north European cities such as Berlin (3.4), Brussels (3.2), Paris (1.4), and Copenhagen (1.5)
Violent crime plunges 13% in London as homicide rate less than Paris and Berlin
Despite there being ‘tens of thousands of fewer victims,’ Mayor of London Sadiq Khan acknowledged that ‘one death and one crime will always be too many’
www.standard.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Violent crime plunges 13% in London.
In 2024, London had 1.2 homicides per 100,000 residents - lower than New York at 4.0 and Toronto at 1.7.
Homicides in London are also lower compared to most north European cities such as Berlin (3.4), Brussels (3.2), Paris (1.4), and Copenhagen (1.5)
In 2024, London had 1.2 homicides per 100,000 residents - lower than New York at 4.0 and Toronto at 1.7.
Homicides in London are also lower compared to most north European cities such as Berlin (3.4), Brussels (3.2), Paris (1.4), and Copenhagen (1.5)
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Record momentum for UK battery storage!
Planning approvals hitting new highs amid a surge in apps for renewables.
100+ battery storage filings April-June 2025: 8.4 GW—double last year. Year to June: 30 GW across ~400 schemes. UK needs 23-27 GW by 2030 (from 6 GW now)—if delivered, we're there.
Planning approvals hitting new highs amid a surge in apps for renewables.
100+ battery storage filings April-June 2025: 8.4 GW—double last year. Year to June: 30 GW across ~400 schemes. UK needs 23-27 GW by 2030 (from 6 GW now)—if delivered, we're there.
August 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Record momentum for UK battery storage!
Planning approvals hitting new highs amid a surge in apps for renewables.
100+ battery storage filings April-June 2025: 8.4 GW—double last year. Year to June: 30 GW across ~400 schemes. UK needs 23-27 GW by 2030 (from 6 GW now)—if delivered, we're there.
Planning approvals hitting new highs amid a surge in apps for renewables.
100+ battery storage filings April-June 2025: 8.4 GW—double last year. Year to June: 30 GW across ~400 schemes. UK needs 23-27 GW by 2030 (from 6 GW now)—if delivered, we're there.
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Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".
August 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".
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Every single mainstream media outlet LIED and LIED and LIED about almost every aspect of the Marks & Spencer non-story.
Organised transphobia is basically a lie machine, it cannot engage in its campaign against trans people’s lives without systematic dishonesty.
Organised transphobia is basically a lie machine, it cannot engage in its campaign against trans people’s lives without systematic dishonesty.
Information relating to the M&S complaint, reportedly from the trans woman whom the complaint was about. Almost everything claimed in recent articles is extremely inaccurate. 1/
August 20, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Every single mainstream media outlet LIED and LIED and LIED about almost every aspect of the Marks & Spencer non-story.
Organised transphobia is basically a lie machine, it cannot engage in its campaign against trans people’s lives without systematic dishonesty.
Organised transphobia is basically a lie machine, it cannot engage in its campaign against trans people’s lives without systematic dishonesty.
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One thing I'm kind of finding baffling about the OSA discourse is Americans going "we shouldn't have to follow UK laws?!" when platforms put it in everywhere. Brother, you're gonna flip your shit when you learn how many US laws affect me and how I use the internet here.
August 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
One thing I'm kind of finding baffling about the OSA discourse is Americans going "we shouldn't have to follow UK laws?!" when platforms put it in everywhere. Brother, you're gonna flip your shit when you learn how many US laws affect me and how I use the internet here.
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Two vital lessons from this story:
✅ never agree to a police interview without legal representation, even if officers claim they are unable to reach a solicitor, and
✅ never accept a caution to secure release, as it's an admission of guilt
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
✅ never agree to a police interview without legal representation, even if officers claim they are unable to reach a solicitor, and
✅ never accept a caution to secure release, as it's an admission of guilt
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Man carrying home his gardening tools arrested by armed police in Manchester
Samuel Rowe, who was returning from allotment, seeking to overturn caution for possession of offensive weapon
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Two vital lessons from this story:
✅ never agree to a police interview without legal representation, even if officers claim they are unable to reach a solicitor, and
✅ never accept a caution to secure release, as it's an admission of guilt
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
✅ never agree to a police interview without legal representation, even if officers claim they are unable to reach a solicitor, and
✅ never accept a caution to secure release, as it's an admission of guilt
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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If the Tories were treating trans people the way Labour is currently doing (and to be clear, Labour are treating trans people worse than the Tories ever did) the people STILL standing up for Labour would be up in arms.
July 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
If the Tories were treating trans people the way Labour is currently doing (and to be clear, Labour are treating trans people worse than the Tories ever did) the people STILL standing up for Labour would be up in arms.
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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
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let me say this now, because it will be illegal to say in 2 hours time: I admire the members of Palestine Action. I think their direct action was a heroic act - they knowingly risked their lives and liberty in an effort to prevent or slow a genocide.
July 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
let me say this now, because it will be illegal to say in 2 hours time: I admire the members of Palestine Action. I think their direct action was a heroic act - they knowingly risked their lives and liberty in an effort to prevent or slow a genocide.
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I’m hiring a reporter for London Centric, looking for someone smart who can use a phone, knock on doors and wants to cause trouble. Don’t care if you’ve got qualifications, just want evidence of caring about news. Initial six month contract, pay above national rates. www.londoncentric.media/p/jobs
July 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I’m hiring a reporter for London Centric, looking for someone smart who can use a phone, knock on doors and wants to cause trouble. Don’t care if you’ve got qualifications, just want evidence of caring about news. Initial six month contract, pay above national rates. www.londoncentric.media/p/jobs
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💾 New from me: i interviewed @cara.city about the Telnet literary zine New Session, rejecting algorithms & AI brainrot, and the return of what i’m calling the Slow Internet 🐢 🖥️
This Queer Online Zine Can Only Be Read Via an Ancient Internet Protocol
New Session publishes poetry via Telnet, rejecting the internet’s fast-paced enshittification.
www.404media.co
June 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
💾 New from me: i interviewed @cara.city about the Telnet literary zine New Session, rejecting algorithms & AI brainrot, and the return of what i’m calling the Slow Internet 🐢 🖥️
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ok which of you in kemptown is missing their five kilos of local garlic
June 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
ok which of you in kemptown is missing their five kilos of local garlic
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We are going to bullshit ourselves into pogroms and fascism because our governments are terrified of our utterly poisonous media outlets, who can bounce them into doing more or less anything just by threatening to start shenanigans on them and to never let up.
June 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We are going to bullshit ourselves into pogroms and fascism because our governments are terrified of our utterly poisonous media outlets, who can bounce them into doing more or less anything just by threatening to start shenanigans on them and to never let up.
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Now how the heck did Novo Nordisk end up with such poor patent coverage for Ozempic/Wegovy in Canada? Incompetence cannot be ruled out:
Novo Nordisk's Canadian Mistake
www.science.org
June 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Now how the heck did Novo Nordisk end up with such poor patent coverage for Ozempic/Wegovy in Canada? Incompetence cannot be ruled out: