goldsmif.bsky.social
Lecturer, Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths. ➧ One of the highest academic rating of any media and comms school in the UK (QS 2025) https://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/programmes/ ➧ https://outtodry.org.uk
👤 Joined on 07 August 2024
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@goldsmif.bsky.socialMy wife listens to podcasts at 2× speed. I think she’s superhuman. I can barely survive 1.25×. I got curious about how other people listen, so I found the best data I could and turned it into an interactive chart. elia.kabanov.org/podcasts/
Show PostWhere did London’s pubs go? For Day 24 of my London data visualisation challenge, I mapped how the number of pubs and bars changed in every London borough between 2001 and 2024. Hackney is the only borough with more pubs than in 2001! deptford.org/beyond/pubs/
Show PostIn 2024-25 HMRC failed to collect £59.2bn of tax; £500bn since 2010. £12.8bn lost through profit shifting by multinational corporations. Promoters of a business rates avoidance scheme boasted that they have deprived local councils of £500m. Billions can be raised by ending abuses.
Show PostFor the next 30 days, I’m going to make one London data visualisation every day. I’m starting with the smallest dataset I could find: London’s beavers. deptford.org/beyond/beavers 01/30
Show PostThames Water should go into administration, says Tory MP. Even the Tories can see the inevitable. Nearly 30% of TW revenue services debt. Speculators buying into TW in the hope of steep compensation. Proper steps: enforce all laws, bankrupt TW, nationalise at knockdown price. archive.ph/JwWSb
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