Liz Davidson
@davidsonlizzie.bsky.social
Mostly #marketing and #transport. Art lover, chess player, dancer at heart.
Bristol, UK.
Bristol, UK.
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Friend of mine fell and broke his wrist while on holiday in New York last week. Had to have an x-ray and got bandaged up. His hospital bill was £7550. Just in case anyone was starting to buy into the current UK effort to privatise our healthcare and forgot how good we have it.
November 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Friend of mine fell and broke his wrist while on holiday in New York last week. Had to have an x-ray and got bandaged up. His hospital bill was £7550. Just in case anyone was starting to buy into the current UK effort to privatise our healthcare and forgot how good we have it.
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In Post Mortem, the first forensic account of how the Post Office, the government and Fujitsu ruined the lives of thousands of innocent people, Private Eye's @rbrooks45.bsky.social explains how the scandal became a Ponzi scheme of injustice.
www.channel4.com/news/new-boo...
www.channel4.com/news/new-boo...
November 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
In Post Mortem, the first forensic account of how the Post Office, the government and Fujitsu ruined the lives of thousands of innocent people, Private Eye's @rbrooks45.bsky.social explains how the scandal became a Ponzi scheme of injustice.
www.channel4.com/news/new-boo...
www.channel4.com/news/new-boo...
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Buying #Christmas cards or presents?
Shop with small independents (like me) instead of the big high street names.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Are you a small business? Reply with your link. Let's support each other this Christmas.
Shop with small independents (like me) instead of the big high street names.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Are you a small business? Reply with your link. Let's support each other this Christmas.
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Buying #Christmas cards or presents?
Shop with small independents (like me) instead of the big high street names.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Are you a small business? Reply with your link. Let's support each other this Christmas.
Shop with small independents (like me) instead of the big high street names.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Are you a small business? Reply with your link. Let's support each other this Christmas.
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Just give people money. Minimal overhead, minimal politics, easy to measure outcomes. So direct, efficient and effective. Give people money. It’s cheap, and it works.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Just give people money. Minimal overhead, minimal politics, easy to measure outcomes. So direct, efficient and effective. Give people money. It’s cheap, and it works.
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If we reduce global CO2 emissions over the next ten years at the rate at which we increased them from 2000 to 2010, we will be pretty close to aligning with the 2C budget
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/
November 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
If we reduce global CO2 emissions over the next ten years at the rate at which we increased them from 2000 to 2010, we will be pretty close to aligning with the 2C budget
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/
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Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
Not often a warning sign in a lav makes me laugh. Passing it on 🤲
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Not often a warning sign in a lav makes me laugh. Passing it on 🤲
As people who talk to me know, I bang on about #HiddenBrain with a regularity that even I recognise. Tbh, I’m unlikely to stop anytime soon and certainly not today, because this week’s episode feels particularly important. Only wish I’d heard it 20 years ago…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
Reframing the Battle of Wills
Podcast Episode · Hidden Brain · 27/10/2025 · 1h 12m
podcasts.apple.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
As people who talk to me know, I bang on about #HiddenBrain with a regularity that even I recognise. Tbh, I’m unlikely to stop anytime soon and certainly not today, because this week’s episode feels particularly important. Only wish I’d heard it 20 years ago…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
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Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care
Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Public transport investment usually has a return on investment of 4:1 (for every £1 invested, the economy grows by £4), but done well it can do even better than that
Great example here
Great example here
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Public transport investment usually has a return on investment of 4:1 (for every £1 invested, the economy grows by £4), but done well it can do even better than that
Great example here
Great example here
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In 1938 Bill Brandt produced a fascinating book of photographs called A Night in London. These days you’d be hard pressed to find a copy for less than £2,000 as most copies were burned in a warehouse fire. Luckily there is a copy which can be viewed online here www.gorillasites.com/BillBrandt_A...
October 31, 2025 at 8:46 PM
In 1938 Bill Brandt produced a fascinating book of photographs called A Night in London. These days you’d be hard pressed to find a copy for less than £2,000 as most copies were burned in a warehouse fire. Luckily there is a copy which can be viewed online here www.gorillasites.com/BillBrandt_A...
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
I know he’s dead. And was gay. But I’ll always be a little bit in love with George Michael.
The never-going-to-happen vibe is all part of the allure.
The never-going-to-happen vibe is all part of the allure.
October 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I know he’s dead. And was gay. But I’ll always be a little bit in love with George Michael.
The never-going-to-happen vibe is all part of the allure.
The never-going-to-happen vibe is all part of the allure.
This week I had a message from an American friend who was convinced Sharia law is taking over in the UK, and I still can’t get over it.
#America, is this what they’re telling you? It’s bunkum.
#America, is this what they’re telling you? It’s bunkum.
October 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
This week I had a message from an American friend who was convinced Sharia law is taking over in the UK, and I still can’t get over it.
#America, is this what they’re telling you? It’s bunkum.
#America, is this what they’re telling you? It’s bunkum.
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Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
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Thei wante us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe, and broadwaye to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop writinge. Thei want to sell us hell and have us pay for it.
October 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Thei wante us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe, and broadwaye to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop writinge. Thei want to sell us hell and have us pay for it.
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Renewable energy generation has surpassed coal, globally.
Renewable energy is already cheaper than fossil fuels.
The market responds unless regulation prevents it. In the US, regulation is in the way.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Renewable energy is already cheaper than fossil fuels.
The market responds unless regulation prevents it. In the US, regulation is in the way.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world
As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Renewable energy generation has surpassed coal, globally.
Renewable energy is already cheaper than fossil fuels.
The market responds unless regulation prevents it. In the US, regulation is in the way.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Renewable energy is already cheaper than fossil fuels.
The market responds unless regulation prevents it. In the US, regulation is in the way.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth
October 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth
A conversation recently led me to look this up.
Those dastardly bankers.
Those dastardly bankers.
October 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A conversation recently led me to look this up.
Those dastardly bankers.
Those dastardly bankers.
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Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government....
On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames
time.com/7323442/sout...
On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames
time.com/7323442/sout...
House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze
Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.
time.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government....
On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames
time.com/7323442/sout...
On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames
time.com/7323442/sout...
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Data analysis by @sentientmedia.org, a CCNow partner, finds that less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as a source of carbon emissions despite the fact that “food and agriculture contribute 1/3 of global greenhouse gas emissions, second only to the burning of fossil fuels.”
Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds
Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions
buff.ly
October 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Data analysis by @sentientmedia.org, a CCNow partner, finds that less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as a source of carbon emissions despite the fact that “food and agriculture contribute 1/3 of global greenhouse gas emissions, second only to the burning of fossil fuels.”
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🔥🔥🔥 be sure to listen past the stuff about the horrible people
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🔥🔥🔥 be sure to listen past the stuff about the horrible people
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this is actually extraordinary and a lot of it's been done just by asking people to drive basically any car produced since 2007. almost no cars later than that (and some earlier) comply with ULEZ - it's not forcing everyone into a Tesla, it's incredibly basic improvements
For the first time ever, London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected.
Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected.
Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
October 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
this is actually extraordinary and a lot of it's been done just by asking people to drive basically any car produced since 2007. almost no cars later than that (and some earlier) comply with ULEZ - it's not forcing everyone into a Tesla, it's incredibly basic improvements