London’s transport regulator looks to startups to help fix urban mobility

London’s transport regulator, TfL has announced a partnership with Bosch for its forthcoming co-working space in Shoreditch. The civic tech project is intended to run for 18 months as a pilot — though Bosch’s ‘Connectory’ co-working facility won’t open until the end of January. A company spokeswoman confirmed the partnership is nonetheless up and running […]

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan reads out mean tweets about himself. First it’s funny, then it’s serious.

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The Mayor of London does not usually attend SXSW, but this year he had a very specific reason for going.

Sadiq Khan gave a speech at the SXSW Technology conference in Austin, Texas, on Monday. 

Mayor of London @SadiqKhan stopped by #SXSW 2018 today to speak with @HuffPost Editor-in-Chief @lpolgreen. Watch the full Keynote video here: https://t.co/Fz8BDX2EjF pic.twitter.com/ksQglU6KQx

— SXSW (@sxsw) March 13, 2018

He called for tighter tech regulation from social media to curb hate speech online, and illustrated his point Khan shared six abusive, islamophobic tweets that have been directed at him. Read more…

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This is the best response to someone who asks you where you’re ‘really’ from

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How many times do people get asked the uncomfortable question: “No, but where are you really from?” because of their ethnicity? 

It still happens quite a lot, despite it being a form of “microaggression,” according to some social scientists

A similar incident just occurred to London Mayor Sadiq Khan during his historic walk across the border between India and Pakistan. 

BBC reporter Karl Mercer awkwardly asked him whether the symbolic visit felt “like coming home.” 

The mayor replied: “Nah, home is south London mate.” Read more…

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