Martin Crook

future of cities, transport and design

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Whether it rains in the next 10 days could be crucial to Europe’s ability to offset the wheat shortage caused by the war in Ukraine.

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Though hit the hardest, Eastern European countries are maintaining a much harder line on Russia than Western European. One worries of the destabilising effects on their societies and politics.

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RIP

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Best podcast on European culture!

[Goethe-Institut London @GI_London1]

🙌New #TalkingCulture episode is out now🙌:

Speaking to British composer & theatre maker @AliceBHBoyd and German historian & journalist Simon Strauß: Is your generation skeptical of Europe? How does Brexit affect you?

Available on iTunes, Spotify, etc.: https://t.co/QnALOFyqjf

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Great podcasts on Europe and culture by @GI_London1 @francaforth https://t.co/1fxqqyxnBM

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@TTTOPSSS soundtrack to London lockdown

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Great working with Google Cloud last week on a #ClimateChange #Hackathon using new Google tools to develop solutions for mitigation, adaption and resilience to achieve net-zero carbon and limit warming to 1.5˚C.

Will Cavendish, @Mrs_Monero, @vbuscher,…https://t.co/yyZ6Vkejk4

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Migrants to the UK are much better educated than the native population. Same for most other EU countries.

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Facial recognition in use at King’s Cross, London.

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@aliciamargclegg Good question. In lieu of gender parity in the AI industry (which appears unlikely in the near term), perhaps the outcomes of their analysis can be scored to bring transparency and pressure on developers to improve. Your article is a good first step though.

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@aliciamargclegg argues “the more algorithms determine social outcomes, the more software development teams need ... a mix of men and women with different life experiences to spot when data biases are skewing the decision”. Not sure that’s the fix, but the problem is real #IWD

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@TTTOPSSS And lo, the relativity of simultaneity...

[Goethe-Institut London @GI_London1]

The Toledo program and the Literary Colloquium Berlin invite #Translators of contemporary GERMAN POETRY to a 6-day meeting at the Berliner Wannsee.
JUNIVERS is a new international forum that focuses on poetry-specific #Translation work: https://t.co/EMR8Lqgsjm

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“...if data is the new oil, then the people who own it ... should have a piece of the huge profits being made”, so argues California Gov. Newsom. Would be interesting to see what value different types of personal data achieve in an open marketplace.

[C40 Cities @c40cities]

Our work with @ArupGroup is critical to affecting meaningful, measurable climate action in @c40cities around the world. We’re thrilled to renew our partnership and continue working together to empower leaders to create the sustainable cities of the future. https://t.co/SvMzc7Pyhm

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Just attended the #move2019 conference on the future of mobility. A potent mix of startup, tech giants and VCs, but really enjoyed hearing the many European mayors (especially the Finns!), talk about reclaiming city space and how not to have air like London.

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Standing on the upper deck of London’s Euston Station, which suffered a similar fate to Penn Station in the 1960’s - replaced by a utilitarian box. No Jackie O to the rescue here. See my photo this morning vs 1905.

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Ethical questions around cities/gov collecting data and montinoring citizens needs more focus.
“SenseNets, a facial recognition equipment provider...collected nearly 6.7m GPS coordinates...matched with names...ID numbers, home addresses, photos, employer details...”

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@STN_Airport Our 20:35 cologne flight is showing no info, and airport employees are saying there is nobody in the departure terminal/airside who can provide any information. Is this normal? Can Stansted please send someone to advise the passengers?