One county including three cities and a National Park demonstrating why local government #redistricting is will be so painful... #Hampshire #NewForest #Southampton #Portsmouth #Winchester How the map of Hampshire's councils is changing after devolution - BBC News share.google/XxuYvCRGmPtT...

Gas only sets Spain's electricity price 15% of the time. When gas costs spike it barely registers on the electricity bill. In countries like Italy and the UK gas sets the price 90% of the time. The difference is enormous. I spoke to @politico.com about this. www.politico.eu/article/spai...

So I sent my guys to stir up that hornet's nests in your yard. Boy, are they ANGRY! And you're such a coward staying out of the way. Anyhow, we might go home soon, or use a bigger stick - I'm not sure.

"if Britain manages to stick to its net zero path, then by 2040 even a substantial Ukraine war-sized oil shock would raise energy bills by a barely noticeable 4%, compared with 59% in a high-carbon world." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’

Dear Shabana, Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

"Putting the foundations in place to make #Census 2031 a success" blog.ons.gov.uk/2026/03/04/p... #OfficeForNationalStatistics #Population

"Ministers need to wake up." Indeed. Some shift away from the exceptional levels of overseas recruitment 21-24 was natural/desirable. But current "strategy" - no new visas and making life as unpleasant as possible for migrants already here - is madness. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

How the Trump administration blew up the upcoming one-and-only field test of the 2030 census www.science.org/content/arti...

"You could say I'd lost my belief in our politicians They all seemed like game show hosts to me" (Sting, 1993) How apt

The campus here at @unisouthampton.bsky.social looking alright this afternoon.

Having spent four decades involved in some way with #censuses (and teaching about them), it matters to me that politicians get the #statistics right - and it should matter to you... #population #migration

Refocusing the ONS on its core statistics... blog.ons.gov.uk/2026/02/19/r... published today, with links to more detail #Statistics #OfficialStatistics

ONS has paused production of ONSUD and NSUL indefinitely due to "inconsistencies in the geographies" assigned to UPRNs geoportal.statistics.gov.uk Most geographies can be matched to UPRNs in GIS using other products, but ONSUD and NSUL are the only #opendata source that links UPRNs to postcodes.

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

A reminder: ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of energy in their fuel. EVs are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain making it 3-4x more efficient.

“Heavy rains that often fall in February have flooded the low-lying meadows in the broad valley.” ‘What to Look for in Winter’, 1959 Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson

For decades as an academic I reviewed the #citations of my #publications and valiantly tried to correct them if incorrect (there are a lot of D Martins!) Automated systems now multiply misattribution errors to a completely overwhelming level. I am hereby officially admitting defeat.

Levelling down? Running down universities has huge consequences for local communities, with implications far wider than Higher Education. Very sad at many levels...

"The princples are always worth repeating..." A pity our representatives seem to find it so hard! #NolanPrinciples www.good-governance.org.uk/publications...

👀 Here's a quick preview of all the articles in the NEW Changing Populations - to read them, head to: sway.cloud.microsoft/WzAYgcw05ELX... @ukri.org @uossocstatdemo.bsky.social @cra-soton.bsky.social @standrewssgsd.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @ncrm.ac.uk @publicpolicyuos.bsky.social

Hot off the press - a letter from the Exec Chair of @ukri.org explaining his plans and in particular the financial position of STFC. It notes curiosity driven research is protected and will make up around half of UKRI spend over the coming period www.ukri.org/news/open-le...

Here's a brief cartographic exploration of Brittany's resident population by age, using Eurostat gridded data at 1km resolution ! Thread: ↪️ #map #gis #demography #gischat #cartography

Three #parcels from #EVRI on the step today. No knock at the door. Only one of them ours.

Winter colour at #Poole Quay #Dorset #PhotoHour

Winter walk #Highcliffe #Beach #Dorset #PhotoHour

Thank goodness for that. Something that shouldn’t have happened, happened. And now it’s set to unhappen. Great for students, great for research in general and great for Britain. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

#NHS DAILY WORKLOAD since 2022 111 - 55k calls a day - unchanged 999 - Ambulance 21k - up 1.6k Hospital - Urgent Admissions - 13k - unchanged - A&E - 48k Majors - up 2.5k - A&E - 28k Minors - up 2.5k - Treatment - up 8k - Outpatients - up 50k General Practice - 1.6m - up 230k

Another great release of #openaddresses, freshly geocoded for mapping and other fun times: Wigan Council in North West England has released its Council Tax address list as open data www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-ad... Thx @wigancouncil.bsky.social! #FOI #localgov #UKhousing #proptech #opendata

The recent release of the Index of Multiple Deprivation by UK Gov. allowed me to indulge my twin interests of psephology and demographics. The results a visualisation of the deprivation profiles of the 296 English local authorities. More info here www.opendatamanchester.org.uk/revisiting-p...

Is welfare spending ''out of control''? It's estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP this financial year. That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️ buff.ly/s5mz97u

#Autumn #PhotoMontage of my 16 most recent images from around #Southampton #Romsey and the #NewForest. All available free on www.geograph.org.uk/profile/13502

REMINDER: #OfficeForNationalStatistics #Census2031 topic consultation is open. If you're a user of demographic and social #data, have your say: you won't find them on @bsky.app @ukdataservice.bsky.social #census consultations.ons.gov.uk/census/censu...

#Frost in the shadows, BlackHill, #NewForest, UK #PhotoHour

What a lovely legacy: read it (especially if you're a father or father-in-law!)

Nice to see my #photo of #ThorneyIsland as "picture of the day" on Geograph - the place to go for CC licensed photos for #Geography teaching (and more) www.geograph.org.uk/photo/8191094 #SeaDefences

As #OfficeForNationalStatistics still aren't here :-( this is the link to their blog on changes to #migration #statistics #methodology blog.ons.gov.uk/2025/11/18/u...

Petition to save #Geography department at University of #Leicester c.org/sn4LPqkvxp

Maps have always both granted power and threatened it, depending on who controls the data, the scale and the narrative.

#datascience the foundation behind the #python programming language, has rejected a $1.5 million grant, as it required removing DEI and diversity efforts of the foundation arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Making sure Census 2031 reflects modern society... (if only Office for National Statistics were on @bsky.app!) blog.ons.gov.uk/2025/10/28/m... @ukdataservice.bsky.social

'Net migration will fall very sharply in future years... Any political benefit the government may gain from this fall in immigration could be jeopardised by the economic damage that it causes'. Some eye watering estimates here from @jamesbowes01.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...

GCSE students from three local schools came onto campus to learn about the flood risks affecting Southampton. They took part in interactive workshops with the More Than Maps team, learning about the models and methods used to assess and adapt to flood risks. southampton.ac.uk/geography/ne...

Join us today at 10am for our How to become a computational social scientist workshop. Please follow the link to watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/ot7-TB1...

We have been awarded £16.3m from NIHR to do applied health research over the next 5 years. I will be leading the Healthy Communities and Prevention Theme focusing on addressing population health inequalities. The team is amazing and so motivated to make change! www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2025/10...

🚀 We’re pleased to announce the launch of our new UK Data Service Data Catalogue! This updated data catalogue has been designed with user feedback at its core to make finding and working with data faster and easier. 🔗 ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/10/08/l...

So I spent much of my working life working on #redistricting computations and #census methods... they weren't exactly mainstream issues: maybe I retired a couple of years too soon!

Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax? The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.

102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons 27,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries 31 million people visit GPs every month a similar number have haircuts You can see the problem @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social judging by Wes’s trim he is going to the hair salon a lot more than his GP unlike many

Last September: stood on the shore of #GreatCumbrae thinking #Arran looked stunning. This September: stood on Arran looking back - it IS stunning! #Scotland