Maria Abreu

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Professor of Economic Geography, University of Cambridge. My research is on labour markets, migration, urban planning, and regional policy. I'm also Fellow of Pembroke College and Chair of RSAI-BIS. My family is Cuban/German, but I was born in England and grew up in Venezuela. I love photography and baking, and have a crazy cocker spaniel called Fonzie.
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Excellent article explaining how the Venezuelan opposition organised a massive exercise in citizen data science, to prove that Maduro had lost the election. Many of those involved are now in hiding or have been arrested or kidnapped. www.theguardian.com/world/articl...

How Venezuela’s opposition pro...
How Venezuela’s opposition proved its election win: ‘A brilliant political move’

A meticulously planned operation with tens of thousands of volunteers succeeded in gathering 83% of voting tallies

The Guardian
Oh, hai tiny floppy disk organizer but for micro SD cards.
edit: I'm printing more for the store: https://store.transmutable.com/l/msdfo
Smol Floppy Disk Organizer for Micro SD Cards

Back when floppies were new we kept them safe in somewhat terrible plastic bins.Now that micro SD cards can hold thousands of times more data they're what we use and what we lose! Because, smol.So, here's a little throwback to the floppy organizer but sized for micro SD cards. I used double-sided tape to stick mine to the top of my PC monitor because I'd lose it on my messy desk.Note: does not include micro CD cards

Gumroad
Mark two of trying to get to Alicante. Hoping the UK's creaky infrastructure holds up today. Looking forward to seeing everyone at #ERSA #ERSA2023 if I ever make it there!
The cat is out of the bag - and I am very excited to announce that this week I am officially joining the University of #Derby as full #Professor of Social #Policy!
I am really looking forward to meeting new colleagues and students and expanding my Midlands and global networks. #newjob #academicmastodon

Probably none of us who spent a lot of time there like to admit it, but Twitter was in many ways massively multi-player online game for news/policy people.

And by introducing what were essentially for-fee cheat codes, Elon broke the game.

I don't see a lot of tech reporting reflecting this reality, and that's unfortunate.

#GoodOmens 2 is so funny, weird, and just generally wonderful. I loved the first series too of course, as a I love the book, but my favourite bits are the new ones. I can't wait to see where it goes next.
We're hiring for a TT assistant professor in computational social science this year, and linguistics is one of the areas we're particularly interested in!
Theresa Villiers: Ex-environment secretary failed to declare Shell shares

Theresa Villiers apologises for not declaring a stake in the oil firm worth at least £70,000 before.

BBC News
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