Mariken Schipper
@marikenschipper.bsky.social
Policy professional in Scotland.
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I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
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Yesterday, we put out a report on the most important issues to voters.
We know that immigration now tops the traditional most important issues question (see below from @yougov.co.uk).
But that doesn't tell the full story.
Here is a rundown of the experiments we did to test this out (A THREAD):
We know that immigration now tops the traditional most important issues question (see below from @yougov.co.uk).
But that doesn't tell the full story.
Here is a rundown of the experiments we did to test this out (A THREAD):
November 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Yesterday, we put out a report on the most important issues to voters.
We know that immigration now tops the traditional most important issues question (see below from @yougov.co.uk).
But that doesn't tell the full story.
Here is a rundown of the experiments we did to test this out (A THREAD):
We know that immigration now tops the traditional most important issues question (see below from @yougov.co.uk).
But that doesn't tell the full story.
Here is a rundown of the experiments we did to test this out (A THREAD):
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📊 We're hiring a Senior Quantitative Manager!
Can you turn data into creative, high-quality analysis and visualisation?
Experienced with applied quantitative methods and using national survey datasets?
Then we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now: https://bit.ly/3LqTdzQ
Can you turn data into creative, high-quality analysis and visualisation?
Experienced with applied quantitative methods and using national survey datasets?
Then we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now: https://bit.ly/3LqTdzQ
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November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
📊 We're hiring a Senior Quantitative Manager!
Can you turn data into creative, high-quality analysis and visualisation?
Experienced with applied quantitative methods and using national survey datasets?
Then we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now: https://bit.ly/3LqTdzQ
Can you turn data into creative, high-quality analysis and visualisation?
Experienced with applied quantitative methods and using national survey datasets?
Then we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now: https://bit.ly/3LqTdzQ
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This article made me think. Well penned, Josh.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m a teenager who was lured into the manosphere. Here’s how to reach young men like me | Josh Sargent
Masculinity is almost always presented as toxic on my feed – but we need constructive alternatives to give hope to those who feel lost, says Josh Sargent
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This article made me think. Well penned, Josh.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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underrated part of this is that stoller very clearly has no idea what "the passive voice" is
October 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
underrated part of this is that stoller very clearly has no idea what "the passive voice" is
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From the original Swedish researchers.
Paracetamol use during pregnancy not linked to autism, our study of 2.5 million children shows
Our research provides strong evidence against the concerning claims made recently by US president Donald Trump.
theconversation.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:52 AM
From the original Swedish researchers.
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think that realistically I would have always been deeply, deeply worried about the rise of far-right ideas in public discourse but I truly never expected this level of blithe elite complacency, turns out I do feel worried but mostly I feel like I'm going insane, watching them do.......nothing at all
Myself I feel powerless to stop this fascist rise precisely because it feels like all our institutions are just rolling over to it.
September 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
think that realistically I would have always been deeply, deeply worried about the rise of far-right ideas in public discourse but I truly never expected this level of blithe elite complacency, turns out I do feel worried but mostly I feel like I'm going insane, watching them do.......nothing at all
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The Government is doing its best at the moment to imply it has no problem with the ethnonationalism now rearing its ugly head. And I don't understand why. 1/5
September 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Government is doing its best at the moment to imply it has no problem with the ethnonationalism now rearing its ugly head. And I don't understand why. 1/5
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🐍 MEDUSA - Here's Looking At You, Kid 🪦
Before Medusa was monstrous, she was beautiful. And before she was beautiful, she was powerful. She is a riddle that defies solution, from a time before the shape of things was settled.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/67sR...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Before Medusa was monstrous, she was beautiful. And before she was beautiful, she was powerful. She is a riddle that defies solution, from a time before the shape of things was settled.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/67sR...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
MEDUSA - Here's Looking at You, Kid
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 01/09/2025 · 1h 35m
podcasts.apple.com
September 1, 2025 at 6:59 AM
🐍 MEDUSA - Here's Looking At You, Kid 🪦
Before Medusa was monstrous, she was beautiful. And before she was beautiful, she was powerful. She is a riddle that defies solution, from a time before the shape of things was settled.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/67sR...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Before Medusa was monstrous, she was beautiful. And before she was beautiful, she was powerful. She is a riddle that defies solution, from a time before the shape of things was settled.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/67sR...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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Amazing to hear my work tracking Trump's authoritarian actions opening the @npr.org On The Media podcast this week - the TrumpActionTracker is now at over 1100 actions.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
my recent substack:
christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi...
pca.st/episode/a2b1...
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
my recent substack:
christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi...
pca.st/episode/a2b1...
Is America Becoming an Autocracy?
pca.st
August 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Amazing to hear my work tracking Trump's authoritarian actions opening the @npr.org On The Media podcast this week - the TrumpActionTracker is now at over 1100 actions.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
my recent substack:
christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi...
pca.st/episode/a2b1...
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
my recent substack:
christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi...
pca.st/episode/a2b1...
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I've had it with data.—
www.unpopularfront.news/p/against-po...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/against-po...
Against Polling
It's 90% Bullshit
www.unpopularfront.news
August 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I've had it with data.—
www.unpopularfront.news/p/against-po...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/against-po...
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obviously always reread this whenever it pops up but also: never entirely sure what it says about me that it made me really fancy Tom Hollander
Arguably the greatest thing ever committed to print
August 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
obviously always reread this whenever it pops up but also: never entirely sure what it says about me that it made me really fancy Tom Hollander
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For fellow constitutional anoraks & democracy botherers, the UK Govt has today published its new elections strategy and confirmed that a forthcoming Elections Bill will lower the voting age to 16, extend the range of voter ID (e.g. to include bank cards) and tighten campaign finance rules
Restoring trust in our democracy: Our strategy for modern and secure elections
Details of the plans for delivering the government’s commitments on elections and registration.
www.gov.uk
July 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
For fellow constitutional anoraks & democracy botherers, the UK Govt has today published its new elections strategy and confirmed that a forthcoming Elections Bill will lower the voting age to 16, extend the range of voter ID (e.g. to include bank cards) and tighten campaign finance rules
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Labour MP @marietidball.bsky.social delivers a powerful speech:
“It is with a heavy broken heart that I will be voting against this bill today.
“As a matter of conscience, I need my constituents to know I cannot support the proposed changes to PIP as currently drafted...”
“It is with a heavy broken heart that I will be voting against this bill today.
“As a matter of conscience, I need my constituents to know I cannot support the proposed changes to PIP as currently drafted...”
July 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Labour MP @marietidball.bsky.social delivers a powerful speech:
“It is with a heavy broken heart that I will be voting against this bill today.
“As a matter of conscience, I need my constituents to know I cannot support the proposed changes to PIP as currently drafted...”
“It is with a heavy broken heart that I will be voting against this bill today.
“As a matter of conscience, I need my constituents to know I cannot support the proposed changes to PIP as currently drafted...”
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Nederland zakte naar plek 43 op de Global Gender Gap Index. Onbegrijpelijk dat daar niet meer om te doen is, vindt Anne Buunk.
Opinie | ‘Vrouwenzaak’ gaat ons allemaal aan
Emancipatie: Nederland zakte naar plek 43 op de Global Gender Gap Index. Onbegrijpelijk dat daar niet meer om te doen is, vindt Anne Buunk.
www.nrc.nl
June 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Nederland zakte naar plek 43 op de Global Gender Gap Index. Onbegrijpelijk dat daar niet meer om te doen is, vindt Anne Buunk.
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The effects of place on regional earnings inequality is much larger than previous data suggested - roughly one-third of regional earnings inequality can be explained by place.
Read the new research now ➡️ buff.ly/rpMJphF
Read the new research now ➡️ buff.ly/rpMJphF
June 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The effects of place on regional earnings inequality is much larger than previous data suggested - roughly one-third of regional earnings inequality can be explained by place.
Read the new research now ➡️ buff.ly/rpMJphF
Read the new research now ➡️ buff.ly/rpMJphF
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Don’t think I’ve ever muttered the words “fuck me sideways” quite so much reading a story as this one.
They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Don’t think I’ve ever muttered the words “fuck me sideways” quite so much reading a story as this one.
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Without wanting to greatly upset my fellow poll-watchers and psephologists, it would be better for us all to spend the next few years asking the question 'What would a Farage/Reform government look like?' rather than 'Might Farage/Reform win?'
May 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Without wanting to greatly upset my fellow poll-watchers and psephologists, it would be better for us all to spend the next few years asking the question 'What would a Farage/Reform government look like?' rather than 'Might Farage/Reform win?'
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#GeorgiaProtests, Day 124!
The scene in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi tonight.
One of the most remarkable & sustained protest movements in modern European history.
Non-stop, for 124 days, the Georgian people have been fighting regime violence, Russian influence & authoritarianism.
🇬🇪🇪🇺
(🎥 Ezz Gaber)
The scene in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi tonight.
One of the most remarkable & sustained protest movements in modern European history.
Non-stop, for 124 days, the Georgian people have been fighting regime violence, Russian influence & authoritarianism.
🇬🇪🇪🇺
(🎥 Ezz Gaber)
March 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
#GeorgiaProtests, Day 124!
The scene in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi tonight.
One of the most remarkable & sustained protest movements in modern European history.
Non-stop, for 124 days, the Georgian people have been fighting regime violence, Russian influence & authoritarianism.
🇬🇪🇪🇺
(🎥 Ezz Gaber)
The scene in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi tonight.
One of the most remarkable & sustained protest movements in modern European history.
Non-stop, for 124 days, the Georgian people have been fighting regime violence, Russian influence & authoritarianism.
🇬🇪🇪🇺
(🎥 Ezz Gaber)
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The new official poverty stats came out at 930
Astonishingly bad numbers confirm the UK is in the grip of a building crisis of penury
www.gov.uk/government/s...
1.
The new official poverty stats came out at 930
Astonishingly bad numbers confirm the UK is in the grip of a building crisis of penury
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Households Below Average Income: an analysis of the UK income distribution: FYE 1995 to FYE 2024
www.gov.uk
March 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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1.
The new official poverty stats came out at 930
Astonishingly bad numbers confirm the UK is in the grip of a building crisis of penury
www.gov.uk/government/s...
1.
The new official poverty stats came out at 930
Astonishingly bad numbers confirm the UK is in the grip of a building crisis of penury
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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One more for you to consider, assuming the others didn’t take your fancy: @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social Limitarianism: the case against extreme wealth.
If you do nothing else on BlueSky today, just peruse this thread and repost. Our collective futures rely on expropriating the wealthy.
#wealthtax
If you do nothing else on BlueSky today, just peruse this thread and repost. Our collective futures rely on expropriating the wealthy.
#wealthtax
March 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
One more for you to consider, assuming the others didn’t take your fancy: @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social Limitarianism: the case against extreme wealth.
If you do nothing else on BlueSky today, just peruse this thread and repost. Our collective futures rely on expropriating the wealthy.
#wealthtax
If you do nothing else on BlueSky today, just peruse this thread and repost. Our collective futures rely on expropriating the wealthy.
#wealthtax
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Yesterday, a Government press release claimed the number of people “considered too sick to work” had "quadrupled" since the pandemic (a "383% rise"). This is incorrect. In fact, it’s not even close. It's more like 40%.
This thread explains why 🧵1/7
This thread explains why 🧵1/7
March 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Yesterday, a Government press release claimed the number of people “considered too sick to work” had "quadrupled" since the pandemic (a "383% rise"). This is incorrect. In fact, it’s not even close. It's more like 40%.
This thread explains why 🧵1/7
This thread explains why 🧵1/7
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"They are psychedelic; a happening, a trip."
I wrote about the astonishing carpets of the Mitchell Library, as the first story on Small Finds. It's free to read. Please consider subscribing so I can share my work with you. smallfinds.substack.com/p/small-find...
I wrote about the astonishing carpets of the Mitchell Library, as the first story on Small Finds. It's free to read. Please consider subscribing so I can share my work with you. smallfinds.substack.com/p/small-find...
Small Finds #1
The Mitchell Carpets
smallfinds.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
"They are psychedelic; a happening, a trip."
I wrote about the astonishing carpets of the Mitchell Library, as the first story on Small Finds. It's free to read. Please consider subscribing so I can share my work with you. smallfinds.substack.com/p/small-find...
I wrote about the astonishing carpets of the Mitchell Library, as the first story on Small Finds. It's free to read. Please consider subscribing so I can share my work with you. smallfinds.substack.com/p/small-find...