Joe Sarling
@joesarling.bsky.social
Strategic Director at @gmmoving.co.uk 🐝
Economist working on #systemchange & prevention in physical activity, health/NHS, placemaking ▪ Geeky about devolution, housing, social impact ▪ FRSA
❤️ cycling & running in the Peak District & on Zwift 🚵🏻♂️🏃
Economist working on #systemchange & prevention in physical activity, health/NHS, placemaking ▪ Geeky about devolution, housing, social impact ▪ FRSA
❤️ cycling & running in the Peak District & on Zwift 🚵🏻♂️🏃
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📣📣 Job news 📣📣
I'll be moving on from the brilliant @gmmoving.co.uk to start a new job later in the year. More details on that soon but I first wanted to write about the brilliant team I’ve been privileged to work with.
I'll be moving on from the brilliant @gmmoving.co.uk to start a new job later in the year. More details on that soon but I first wanted to write about the brilliant team I’ve been privileged to work with.
"CyanLines is the bold plan to link & transform Manchester’s green and blue spaces...The vision is to develop a network of over 100 miles of...routes over ten years, starting with the city centres of Manchester & Salford...& linking to the rest of Greater Manchester’s boroughs"
Link: cyanlines.com
Link: cyanlines.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
"CyanLines is the bold plan to link & transform Manchester’s green and blue spaces...The vision is to develop a network of over 100 miles of...routes over ten years, starting with the city centres of Manchester & Salford...& linking to the rest of Greater Manchester’s boroughs"
Link: cyanlines.com
Link: cyanlines.com
Just outstanding television. And I'm here waiting to watch the final as per the schedule and not on-demand. It's been a real tonic.
Link: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
#bbctraitors #thetraitors #celebritytraitors
Link: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
#bbctraitors #thetraitors #celebritytraitors
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Just outstanding television. And I'm here waiting to watch the final as per the schedule and not on-demand. It's been a real tonic.
Link: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
#bbctraitors #thetraitors #celebritytraitors
Link: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
#bbctraitors #thetraitors #celebritytraitors
Outstanding analysis and super reporting by @news.sky.com.
"Over half of the political content shown to our new X users came from accounts categorised as extreme"
"It's almost as if X seeks to divide us, divide us as a country, divide us into the extremes" - @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
"Over half of the political content shown to our new X users came from accounts categorised as extreme"
"It's almost as if X seeks to divide us, divide us as a country, divide us into the extremes" - @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Outstanding analysis and super reporting by @news.sky.com.
"Over half of the political content shown to our new X users came from accounts categorised as extreme"
"It's almost as if X seeks to divide us, divide us as a country, divide us into the extremes" - @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
"Over half of the political content shown to our new X users came from accounts categorised as extreme"
"It's almost as if X seeks to divide us, divide us as a country, divide us into the extremes" - @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
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This is both a great personal thread and an important set of wider reflections on the state of the debate about place and community.
There was a prominent article on the BBC home page recently exploring, with a particular angle, political views within town(s). By the number of people who sent me a link, I think you'll know the one I'm referring to!
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November 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This is both a great personal thread and an important set of wider reflections on the state of the debate about place and community.
There was a prominent article on the BBC home page recently exploring, with a particular angle, political views within town(s). By the number of people who sent me a link, I think you'll know the one I'm referring to!
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November 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
There was a prominent article on the BBC home page recently exploring, with a particular angle, political views within town(s). By the number of people who sent me a link, I think you'll know the one I'm referring to!
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The Victorians knew about to construct a beautiful garden. When the temperature dips below a certain level hot chocolate runs through the town.
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Victorians knew about to construct a beautiful garden. When the temperature dips below a certain level hot chocolate runs through the town.
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A rail worker credited with saving multiple lives during a mass stabbing on a train has been named as Samir Zitouni.
The 48-year-old's actions on the Doncaster to London King's Cross service on Saturday evening were described as "nothing short of heroic
The 48-year-old's actions on the Doncaster to London King's Cross service on Saturday evening were described as "nothing short of heroic
November 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A rail worker credited with saving multiple lives during a mass stabbing on a train has been named as Samir Zitouni.
The 48-year-old's actions on the Doncaster to London King's Cross service on Saturday evening were described as "nothing short of heroic
The 48-year-old's actions on the Doncaster to London King's Cross service on Saturday evening were described as "nothing short of heroic
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We're excited to share the cover of @hayleylever.bsky.social's debut book, Leading from the Balcony.
Leading from the Balcony is practical and actionable book which will support leaders in their daily life and work.
Register your interest in purchasing a copy: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Leading from the Balcony is practical and actionable book which will support leaders in their daily life and work.
Register your interest in purchasing a copy: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
November 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We're excited to share the cover of @hayleylever.bsky.social's debut book, Leading from the Balcony.
Leading from the Balcony is practical and actionable book which will support leaders in their daily life and work.
Register your interest in purchasing a copy: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Leading from the Balcony is practical and actionable book which will support leaders in their daily life and work.
Register your interest in purchasing a copy: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
This is amazing, I had no idea. There is one on a wall on our street and thought it might be utilities-based. The map shows that there are so many OSBs!
I've discovered a new non-extreme, slow-sport that involves hunting down Ordnance Survey Benchmarks. It's like a laid back Pokémon Go I guess.
I case you don't know, OSBs are marks or plates placed on buildings, walls etc to show the elevation above sea level.
They often look like this...
I case you don't know, OSBs are marks or plates placed on buildings, walls etc to show the elevation above sea level.
They often look like this...
October 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This is amazing, I had no idea. There is one on a wall on our street and thought it might be utilities-based. The map shows that there are so many OSBs!
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Fascinating paper exploring the economic impact of populist leaders coming to power. Lots in here but two key things for me:
1. Over 15 years GDP/capita decreases by 10%; with
2. No discernible change to inequality over same period.
Paper: iacmr.org/wp-content/u...
HT @justinwolfers.bsky.social
1. Over 15 years GDP/capita decreases by 10%; with
2. No discernible change to inequality over same period.
Paper: iacmr.org/wp-content/u...
HT @justinwolfers.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Fascinating paper exploring the economic impact of populist leaders coming to power. Lots in here but two key things for me:
1. Over 15 years GDP/capita decreases by 10%; with
2. No discernible change to inequality over same period.
Paper: iacmr.org/wp-content/u...
HT @justinwolfers.bsky.social
1. Over 15 years GDP/capita decreases by 10%; with
2. No discernible change to inequality over same period.
Paper: iacmr.org/wp-content/u...
HT @justinwolfers.bsky.social
An autumnal scene 😍🍂
October 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM
An autumnal scene 😍🍂
With housing starts and completions very low in London, these new emergency viability measures will certainly start a few debates!
Link: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68fa1a...
Link: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68fa1a...
October 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
With housing starts and completions very low in London, these new emergency viability measures will certainly start a few debates!
Link: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68fa1a...
Link: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68fa1a...
Could we join forces and build this movement so I can get my Blackberry back please?
Bring back small phones! This is my iphone 13 mini. It is a perfectly-sized phone. But it's going to die - in a few years, Apple will stop supporting it w/updates. Yet there are now NO new smartphones to buy on the market that fit the human hand. www.ft.com/content/6332...
October 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Could we join forces and build this movement so I can get my Blackberry back please?
"Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time"
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Report: www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Report: www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
October 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time"
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Report: www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Report: www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
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📣📣 Job news 📣📣
I'll be moving on from the brilliant @gmmoving.co.uk to start a new job later in the year. More details on that soon but I first wanted to write about the brilliant team I’ve been privileged to work with.
I'll be moving on from the brilliant @gmmoving.co.uk to start a new job later in the year. More details on that soon but I first wanted to write about the brilliant team I’ve been privileged to work with.
October 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
📣📣 Job news 📣📣
I'll be moving on from the brilliant @gmmoving.co.uk to start a new job later in the year. More details on that soon but I first wanted to write about the brilliant team I’ve been privileged to work with.
I'll be moving on from the brilliant @gmmoving.co.uk to start a new job later in the year. More details on that soon but I first wanted to write about the brilliant team I’ve been privileged to work with.
📣📣 Job news 📣📣
I'll be moving on from the brilliant @gmmoving.co.uk to start a new job later in the year. More details on that soon but I first wanted to write about the brilliant team I’ve been privileged to work with.
I'll be moving on from the brilliant @gmmoving.co.uk to start a new job later in the year. More details on that soon but I first wanted to write about the brilliant team I’ve been privileged to work with.
October 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
📣📣 Job news 📣📣
I'll be moving on from the brilliant @gmmoving.co.uk to start a new job later in the year. More details on that soon but I first wanted to write about the brilliant team I’ve been privileged to work with.
I'll be moving on from the brilliant @gmmoving.co.uk to start a new job later in the year. More details on that soon but I first wanted to write about the brilliant team I’ve been privileged to work with.
Remarkable. "The new procedure involves inserting a tiny 2mm-square photovoltaic microchip, with the thickness of a human hair, under the retina."
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
October 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Remarkable. "The new procedure involves inserting a tiny 2mm-square photovoltaic microchip, with the thickness of a human hair, under the retina."
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"Built against the backdrop of two crises, an acute housing shortage and a growing loneliness epidemic among older people, Appleby Blue offers a hopeful and imaginative response, where residents and the surrounding community are brought together through the transformative nature of the design."
Appleby Blue Almshouse – RIBA Stirling Prize 2025 shortlist | The UK’s best architecture
YouTube video by Royal Institute of British Architects
youtu.be
October 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
"Built against the backdrop of two crises, an acute housing shortage and a growing loneliness epidemic among older people, Appleby Blue offers a hopeful and imaginative response, where residents and the surrounding community are brought together through the transformative nature of the design."
Plenty of policy-comms friction in the system at the moment. It's creating more heat than light.
But there are reasons to be cheerful if you're trying to improve community outcomes through joined-up work.
Design -> deliver -> evaluate -> share
www.gmmoving.co.uk/news/a-big-o...
But there are reasons to be cheerful if you're trying to improve community outcomes through joined-up work.
Design -> deliver -> evaluate -> share
www.gmmoving.co.uk/news/a-big-o...
A big opportunity to demonstrate the impact of our collective approach
www.gmmoving.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Plenty of policy-comms friction in the system at the moment. It's creating more heat than light.
But there are reasons to be cheerful if you're trying to improve community outcomes through joined-up work.
Design -> deliver -> evaluate -> share
www.gmmoving.co.uk/news/a-big-o...
But there are reasons to be cheerful if you're trying to improve community outcomes through joined-up work.
Design -> deliver -> evaluate -> share
www.gmmoving.co.uk/news/a-big-o...
October 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom."
@sciam.bsky.social
Link: www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
@sciam.bsky.social
Link: www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
October 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom."
@sciam.bsky.social
Link: www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
@sciam.bsky.social
Link: www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
"Built against the backdrop of two crises, an acute housing shortage and a growing loneliness epidemic among older people, Appleby Blue offers a hopeful and imaginative response, where residents and the surrounding community are brought together through the transformative nature of the design."
Appleby Blue Almshouse – RIBA Stirling Prize 2025 shortlist | The UK’s best architecture
YouTube video by Royal Institute of British Architects
youtu.be
October 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
"Built against the backdrop of two crises, an acute housing shortage and a growing loneliness epidemic among older people, Appleby Blue offers a hopeful and imaginative response, where residents and the surrounding community are brought together through the transformative nature of the design."
Reposted by Joe Sarling
We are always looking at what things we can do, big and small, to make life better for our residents.
Here is the latest wave of improvements coming to GM. 🧵
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Here is the latest wave of improvements coming to GM. 🧵
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October 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We are always looking at what things we can do, big and small, to make life better for our residents.
Here is the latest wave of improvements coming to GM. 🧵
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Here is the latest wave of improvements coming to GM. 🧵
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@gmmoving.co.uk Strategic Director @joesarling.bsky.social is at the Healthy City Design International Congress in #Salford.
It's only the first morning but lots of insights already re healthy, active places to enable active lives for all.
#GMMovingInAction
It's only the first morning but lots of insights already re healthy, active places to enable active lives for all.
#GMMovingInAction
Up and out early heading to the Healthy City Design 2025 International Congress in Salford. Shaping up to be a super couple of days talking all things planning, public health, and placemaking.
www.healthycitydesign.global
www.healthycitydesign.global
HCD 14-15 October 2025
Transitions to health: Impact through planning, policy and investment
www.healthycitydesign.global
October 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
@gmmoving.co.uk Strategic Director @joesarling.bsky.social is at the Healthy City Design International Congress in #Salford.
It's only the first morning but lots of insights already re healthy, active places to enable active lives for all.
#GMMovingInAction
It's only the first morning but lots of insights already re healthy, active places to enable active lives for all.
#GMMovingInAction
Up and out early heading to the Healthy City Design 2025 International Congress in Salford. Shaping up to be a super couple of days talking all things planning, public health, and placemaking.
www.healthycitydesign.global
www.healthycitydesign.global
HCD 14-15 October 2025
Transitions to health: Impact through planning, policy and investment
www.healthycitydesign.global
October 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Up and out early heading to the Healthy City Design 2025 International Congress in Salford. Shaping up to be a super couple of days talking all things planning, public health, and placemaking.
www.healthycitydesign.global
www.healthycitydesign.global