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Anya Martin

@anyamartin.bsky.social
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Housing affordability wonk & number cruncher. Policy Lead @ YIMBY Alliance. Former director of PricedOut.

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Simon Jeffrey @simonjeffrey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Such a huge red flag for wrong'uns. Traffic police and punishing offences should be a much higher priority. Cars with ghost plates and drivers with no-license/insurance on motorways are an important enabler of serious criminal enterprise using cars and motorways.
bbc.co.uk
Thousands of illegal ghost plates on cars revealed by new cameras
Illegal registration plates are far too easy to get hold of and are putting the public at risk, BBC is told.
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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 28/09/2026
NEW YIMBY Pod! - Why progress almost necessarily has winners and losers (and one poor loser from the new Universal theme park) - And we speak to @anyamartin.bsky.social about why we need an autonomous vehicle tax now, before it's too late! Listen/subscribe: www.abundancepod.com/p/progress-h...
abundancepod.com
Progress has winners and losers
Plus why we need to tax autonomous vehicles now, before it’s too late!
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Mad that WhatsApp has a filter for Groups but not for Not Groups. Surely you are much more likely to want to check for messages from individuals than from groups?
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hmmmmmm. I need a Persian rug.
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David Lawrence @davidlawrenceuk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Robotaxis are here! Last week, Uber & Wayve started offering driverless journeys in London, and Waymo is not far behind. We should welcome autonomous vehicles (AVs), but they come alongside three big problems. In a new report for @britishprogress.org, @anyamartin.bsky.social & I make a plan... 🧵
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Kane Emerson @kaneemerson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW from @britishprogress.org Robotaxis are here in London! Should they be taxed more? A new CBP paper by @davidlawrenceuk.bsky.social & @anyamartin.bsky.social argues for an AV charge to tackle congestion, replace lost fuel duty and manage the transition👇 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
Self-driving cars should be taxed to offset job losses, thinktank urges
Report says widespread autonomous vehicle adoption would put hundreds of thousands of private hire jobs at risk
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Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 10/09/2026
Chester Zoo are offering guided tours looking at their predator animals. At least, that's what I hope it is...
a screenshot of a chester zoo ticket purchase screen, dark greens and tan colours.

Text says "discover the iconic predators of the animal kingdom, and their prey in our very unique guided tour."

Tickets on offer for adult predator tour, child predator tour...
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I'll be speaking alongside this great panel at the FT Weekend Festival on Saturday 5th at Kenwood House Gardens in London, on the future of the private rented sector! Do come along if you're there ukftweekendfestival.live.ft.com/home
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
WTF! Brighton erasure!!!
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I don't know why people boast about not sleeping enough. Your decision-making ability is seriously impaired by lack of sleep! It's not a sign of being a high performer!
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Insta algorithm is showing me non-stop weasel videos.
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Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
If you haven’t read @anyamartin.bsky.social’s history of the Senakw development, you must worksinprogress.co/issue/how-th...
worksinprogress.co
How the Squamish struck gold in Vancouver
The Squamish nation has built one of the world's most exciting bottom-up high-density developments: Senakw. This is its story.
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
In 1913, the Squamish people were forced from their village by officials. Their homes were burned. After decades of legal battle, they got the land back. And they decided to build... big! I cover the remarkable story of Senakw here: worksinprogress.co/issue/how-th...
worksinprogress.co
How the Squamish struck gold in Vancouver
The Squamish nation has built one of the world's most exciting bottom-up high-density developments: Senakw. This is its story.
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Radishes: always better in theory than in practice
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Berliners! 🇩🇪 I am speaking at this event on Tues 19th, discussing how local opposition to housebuilding can be turned into support via better policy design. Do come along - open to all and looking forward to meeting local YIMBYs at the drinks afterwards! luma.com/bdc8as5a
luma.com
Housing and transport policy in Europe · Luma
We’re excited to invite you to a special Works in Progress event in Berlin, marking the opening of Stripe’s new Berlin office at Hallesches Ufer 40. Located at…
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Some exciting personal news - I’ve joined @yimbyalliance.org as Policy Lead. After a few years out of housing I am BACK in the game! Very excited to be getting involved again in the fight for better, more affordable housing 🏘️
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Jim Gleeson @geographyjim.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Another new paper on housebuilding and vacancy chains, this time with data on every Swiss resident & housing unit! An interesting context given Switzerland's high immigration, very large rented sector and strong tenancy rent controls... frederickluser.github.io/files/Moving...
Locations of new homes built in Switzerland in 2018Country-wide effects of new housing supply: Evidence from
moving chains, by Lukas Hauck and Frederic Kluser
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Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Column on the government’s Buckaroo! strategy - keep piling obligations and charges on certain sectors and hope they don’t kick you in the head. Housing, energy, pharma, immigrants… economist.com/britain/2025...
economist.com
Buckaroo! The British government’s favourite game
Heaping burdens on business works. Until business begins to buck
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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 23/10/2025
This new database will fix almost everything annoying about driving (FREE TO READ!) takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/fix-annoyi...
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
This new database will fix almost everything annoying about driving
The government is quietly building something excellent
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
[Blog post] A year ago I picked up Kafka's Metamorphosis, and could barely understand a word. A year later, I'm happily reading German literature for fun. What happened? I bit the bullet and finally started using Anki... (1/2)
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Cozymaxxing upgraded
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Crazy how much time there is to do other stuff when you scroll less
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Cozymaxxing
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Seems pretty crazy it's such a well-functioning country, considering
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 03/12/2024
So proud of the great work happening in Minneapolis, which shows that boosting housing supply helps make homes more affordable.
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Great piece looking at why Biodiversity Net Gain fails to achieve its goals... and makes it harder to meet housing need yimbyalliance.org/2024/12/02/t...
yimbyalliance.org
The biodiversity bottleneck - YIMBY Alliance
Image: a disused that does little for biodiversity. Source: Wikimedia Commons This is a guest post from Alfie Robinson. Alfie is a historian and heritage consultant operating across England, with a ke...
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Charlie Munger on envy. I don't know whether psychology textbooks have stopped neglecting it since he wrote this, but I have noticed myself that it's underrated in popular discourse as a factor in sociopolitical behaviour
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
We need occupational licensing for using the word ‘neoliberal’ immediately
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Same. I warmly invite all neural networks to be trained on me. Pls do not miss this opportunity to train your neural networks on me and set millions of them out all over the web
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
This is a great salad tip btw. Get the pink pickled ginger from the Asian supermarket & chuck it on some cucumber, and you've got an instant fresh & sour salad which goes great with spicy food. And pleasingly colourful. I eat it all the time
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Made mapo tofu. Can't feel my lips any more
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Wtf I've just used the Clearsky thing and three people have blocked me already?! I haven't even done anything on here yet
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George McGowan @gjmcgowan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
According to me go.bsky.app/D34oYEo
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Had my car for six months and I've only just realised the speakers are Bluetooth enabled. I've been listening to such shite on the radio... bro
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Really grinds my gears, this genre of video which has someone proving wrong a statement that no one has ever said. Like omg just show off your outfit without making up a guy to justify showing off your outfit
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 20/11/2024
Appreciate this may not be a universally popular opinion but the less you treat BlueSky as a crusade or cause, and the more you position it as simply a superior user experience with a better governance approach, the more sustainable the growth will be.
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
There was an interesting question as to whether LLMs would be an equaliser. Judging by the utterly hopeless way some people seem to be using them, I'm guessing not.
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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 20/11/2024
Since I've been here for a while… here are some useful features on Bluesky that you might not have discovered yet! 🧵
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I want to know about the people who said they'd support the measure but think that we can't afford it 🤔
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Only just started deadlifting recently but managed 100kg today 🦵🦵 Reckon I can get this up quick too
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
They got some sick fits in Wolf Hall. I'll tell you that for free
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Why I keep saying the Tories should pivot hard to student loans and housing. These are the people they won in the 80s with British Gas shares and tax cuts.
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Anya Martin @anyamartin.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Alright alright I'm here. What's the down low with this joint
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