Niall Anderson
@nialla.bsky.social
Academic, amateur traditional musician, cyclist and dad.
If you need to be cheered up this evening…
September 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If you need to be cheered up this evening…
Marvellous.
September 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Marvellous.
Lovely to hear about some good quality cycle infrastructure. Smooth surfaces, decent widths, green space. Edinburgh take note. @spokes.org.uk
🔔 New Cycle Infra Alert! 🔔
Yesterday, a group of us went to explore a brand new protected cycle lane on York Way near London’s King’s Cross and it’s MAGNIFICENT.
It also has an excellent bus stop bypass, and nearby, a pre - LTN roundabout 👀👀 … 1/12 🧵
Yesterday, a group of us went to explore a brand new protected cycle lane on York Way near London’s King’s Cross and it’s MAGNIFICENT.
It also has an excellent bus stop bypass, and nearby, a pre - LTN roundabout 👀👀 … 1/12 🧵
September 2, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Lovely to hear about some good quality cycle infrastructure. Smooth surfaces, decent widths, green space. Edinburgh take note. @spokes.org.uk
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I’m in Germany just now, and this is how it is- infrastructure that works, community spirit without having basic services reliant on charity. Every village has a decent sports facility. Where I am just now the cycling infrastructure puts Cambridge (“UK’s cycling capital” 😂) to shame.
A quote attributed to German comedian Henning Wehn: "we don't do charity in Germany. We pay taxes. Charity is a failure of government's responsibilities.
I believe that charity should be for the icing, not the cake."
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I believe that charity should be for the icing, not the cake."
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July 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I’m in Germany just now, and this is how it is- infrastructure that works, community spirit without having basic services reliant on charity. Every village has a decent sports facility. Where I am just now the cycling infrastructure puts Cambridge (“UK’s cycling capital” 😂) to shame.
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The shipwreck uncovered in Sanday, #Orkney last year has been identified as HMS Hind, later the Earl of Chatham which was wrecked in the Bay of Lopness in 1788.
More than 230 years buried in the seabed, before being released by a storm in 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
More than 230 years buried in the seabed, before being released by a storm in 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Archaeologists identify 250-year-old Shipwreck in Orkney
Scientific analysis and community-led research led to the identification of the Earl of Chatham, which was found last year.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The shipwreck uncovered in Sanday, #Orkney last year has been identified as HMS Hind, later the Earl of Chatham which was wrecked in the Bay of Lopness in 1788.
More than 230 years buried in the seabed, before being released by a storm in 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
More than 230 years buried in the seabed, before being released by a storm in 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is a lovely story and do read to the end of the thread (and listen to the soundfile...)
OK, so here’s my JJ Abrams story…
Before I started working in digital restoration one of my primary jobs in post-production support was running the in-house theater and screening rooms at work. Every now and again it would get booked for casting sessions, because it was perfectly suited for that…
Before I started working in digital restoration one of my primary jobs in post-production support was running the in-house theater and screening rooms at work. Every now and again it would get booked for casting sessions, because it was perfectly suited for that…
Happy birthday to the composer of the theme music to the nonexistent 70s private detective TV series “Chuck Taggart, Private Eye!”
That’s one hell of a story. I suppose it’s about time I told it…
That’s one hell of a story. I suppose it’s about time I told it…
June 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This is a lovely story and do read to the end of the thread (and listen to the soundfile...)
This is a fun idea (and good campaigning). Please pass this on and add your copy of these suggestions!
The Met Office is currently looking for people to suggest up to 5 names for storms.
It would be great if thousands all suggested the same 5 names (in alphabetical order as that's how storm names apoear):
BigOil, BP, Equinor, Exxon, Shell.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
It would be great if thousands all suggested the same 5 names (in alphabetical order as that's how storm names apoear):
BigOil, BP, Equinor, Exxon, Shell.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
Name our Storms
www.metoffice.gov.uk
June 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is a fun idea (and good campaigning). Please pass this on and add your copy of these suggestions!
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See also George Street, Edinburgh.
June 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
See also George Street, Edinburgh.
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This is an image of British Commandos on a approaching Sword Beach on D-Day, 6th June 1944.
War is a horrific thing; these men left their loved ones to enter its hellish cauldron. Some never returned. We remember their immense bravery and sacrifices so that they should never be necessary again.
War is a horrific thing; these men left their loved ones to enter its hellish cauldron. Some never returned. We remember their immense bravery and sacrifices so that they should never be necessary again.
June 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
This is an image of British Commandos on a approaching Sword Beach on D-Day, 6th June 1944.
War is a horrific thing; these men left their loved ones to enter its hellish cauldron. Some never returned. We remember their immense bravery and sacrifices so that they should never be necessary again.
War is a horrific thing; these men left their loved ones to enter its hellish cauldron. Some never returned. We remember their immense bravery and sacrifices so that they should never be necessary again.
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Regularly collected, high-quality surveillance data, analysed appropriately, is a wonderful way to help understand the effects of policy changes and interventions, example # 10e148
Study on London 20 mph limits shows:
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%
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- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%
etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds
A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…
etsc.eu
June 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Regularly collected, high-quality surveillance data, analysed appropriately, is a wonderful way to help understand the effects of policy changes and interventions, example # 10e148
Come on everyone, please use #Eurovision in your posts tonight so my muting will function. Thx!
May 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Come on everyone, please use #Eurovision in your posts tonight so my muting will function. Thx!
A propos my previous re-post…
it's published! finally! in this week's newsletter: my attempt to go through every single reason why I both dislike and distrust generative AI: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/11-things-... [free to read!]
May 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A propos my previous re-post…
Very interesting blog, that justifies the School of Law at my university banning their students from using LLMs at any time. Given the possible consequences, perhaps our College of Medicine should do the same.
NEW
A close reading of the "AI" fake cases judgment
Why it the very plausibility of AI-generated case law that should put lawyers on their guard
By me
Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-re...
Personal blog
davidallengreen.com/2025/05/a-cl...
A close reading of the "AI" fake cases judgment
Why it the very plausibility of AI-generated case law that should put lawyers on their guard
By me
Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-re...
Personal blog
davidallengreen.com/2025/05/a-cl...
May 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Very interesting blog, that justifies the School of Law at my university banning their students from using LLMs at any time. Given the possible consequences, perhaps our College of Medicine should do the same.
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a little pick me up lol for the academics in the room
May 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
a little pick me up lol for the academics in the room
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Beware! Not all Easter bunnies are friendly (like this one from the medieval Smithfield Decretals c. 1300). Stay safe today everybody
April 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Beware! Not all Easter bunnies are friendly (like this one from the medieval Smithfield Decretals c. 1300). Stay safe today everybody
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This. In education, "the work is what happens within you"
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
April 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
This. In education, "the work is what happens within you"
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I'll take any excuse to post the Pokemons dancing to Orinoco Flow again.
April 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I'll take any excuse to post the Pokemons dancing to Orinoco Flow again.
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Lovely stuff.
February 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Lovely stuff.
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Time to jump on the bandwagon
February 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Time to jump on the bandwagon
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We might have FINALLY met our match…
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
November 19, 2024 at 7:47 PM
We might have FINALLY met our match…
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation