Prof of Geographic Data Science & HoD @ CASA, UCL. Python, Housing, Neighbourhoods, Industrial location, and Text. Sometime DB, MTB & 🍄 nerd. Co-auth: “Why Face-to-Face still matters” (http://bit.ly/3cW5gSr)https://bsky.app/profile/jreades.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jreades.bsky.social/post/3muhgo5dxm22wProbably not the book for a true beginner, but I found this #APA book by Thomas Sanchez on #AI for #UrbanPlanning a good, accessible intro for linking up types of deep learning with planning application areas.01 Sep 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:moanzqwiums5y3id5edfrodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhgo5dxm22whttps://bsky.app/profile/jreades.bsky.social/post/3mtviiqs4ec2fReally enjoying a talk on software dev and decision making in an AI-age that has gone in a very different direction from what I’d expected (all about human communication and voice and being heard). #BITES20206 in Termoli25 Aug 2026 09:20 +0000at://did:plc:moanzqwiums5y3id5edfrodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtviiqs4ec2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jreades.bsky.social/post/3mtgt3i2o2c26Summer is always a good time to #VisitScotland ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (for for scale)19 Aug 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:moanzqwiums5y3id5edfrodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgt3i2o2c26https://bsky.app/profile/jreades.bsky.social/post/3mt7bvucxwk25Scotland delivering on the little pleasures of variable weather after months of frankly terrifying sun in London.16 Aug 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:moanzqwiums5y3id5edfrodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7bvucxwk25https://bsky.app/profile/jreades.bsky.social/post/3msq6eqo6xc2kThis maps on to my experience so far — well, for intelligence substitute experience: https://open.substack.com/pub/arpitrage/p/7-ai-a-normal-technology?selection=421a1025-28f2-47ef-b381-cededc03cd61&r=2cktof&utm_medium=ios10 Aug 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:moanzqwiums5y3id5edfrodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msq6eqo6xc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jreades.bsky.social/post/3mspfycqwuk2kThe regressive gift that keeps on giving (if you’re the government, not so much for students entering most lines of work) https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/aug/10/government-piling-debt-on-to-future-graduates-in-england-analysis-finds10 Aug 2026 05:54 +0000at://did:plc:moanzqwiums5y3id5edfrodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspfycqwuk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jreades.bsky.social/post/3ms5t6y7c322pIt amuses me greatly when conference organisers ask for slides a week in advance. Makes me want to attempt an “Awww honey, let me tell you a thing or two about academics…” To be clear, I will not attempt this, but I can indeed promise mine will be ready about 10 minutes before delivery03 Aug 2026 06:02 +0000at://did:plc:moanzqwiums5y3id5edfrodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms5t6y7c322phttps://bsky.app/profile/jreades.bsky.social/post/3mr3cja5d6c2jImportant points here for councils (looking at you #WalthamForest!) signing off major projects where businesses are 'temporarily' displaced: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2026/jul/20/elephant-and-castle-london-gentrification-patient-zero (hello #BlackhorseLane).20 Jul 2026 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:moanzqwiums5y3id5edfrodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3cja5d6c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jreades.bsky.social/post/3mqgzapnkq22oFascinating read about why fee reform has been so hard: it’s an accountancy trick with the same rationale as PFIs but probably orders of magnitude larger. https://post18.co.uk/silence-of-the-loans/12 Jul 2026 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:moanzqwiums5y3id5edfrodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqgzapnkq22o