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Lauren's data Substack

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Lauren Leek's data-driven essays on machine learning, maps, platform algorithms, community life, and the politics of measurement.

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  • Why I Outsource My Biggest Decisions to a Chatbot - and None of the Small Ones #AI #DecisionMaking #Productivity

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    Sep 30, 2026

  • Temperature Zero for Culture: Why Everything Is Starting to Look the Same #DataScience #Culture #AI

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    Aug 10, 2026

  • The Great British Clubhouse Is Still Standing. Nobody's In It, Least of All Where It's Needed Most #DataScience #Community #Social

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    Jun 29, 2026

  • The Basket and the Booza #DataScience #MachineLearning #Community

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    May 17, 2026

  • The Machine Is Friendly. That's Why It Wins. #MachineLearning #DataScience #AI

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    Apr 15, 2026

  • London's Divide Was Called Character. It Was Actually Policy. #DataScience #UrbanStudies #Policy

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    Mar 16, 2026

  • Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They Were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next? #Community #Social #Data

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    Feb 16, 2026

  • Everyone's Mad at Airbnb. This Map Explains What We Should Blame Instead. #DataScience #Algorithms #Community

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    Jan 5, 2026

  • How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London's restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it #DataScience #Algorithms #Mapping

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    Dec 9, 2025

  • AI Boom or Bubble? Introducing the Hype-to-Investment Ratio #AI #MachineLearning #DataScience

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    Nov 27, 2025

  • The Worlds "Most Independent" Central Bank... or Just Pretending? #DataScience #Economics #MachineLearning

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    Nov 20, 2025

  • What drives the uneven geography of development? Or 'why some towns always win' #DataScience #MachineLearning #Community

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    Nov 16, 2025

  • How Hard Can Quant Trading Really Be? I Tried It to Find Out. #DataScience #MachineLearning #Finance

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    Nov 13, 2025

  • "We All Ended Up in Islington": The Hidden Multi-Dimensionality of UK Segregation #DataScience #Society #Urbanism

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    Oct 27, 2025

  • The UK's Local Inequality Problem: Big Debates, Bad Data #DataScience #MachineLearning #SocialScience

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    Sep 19, 2025

  • What the Final Score Didn't Tell You: The 2025 Women's Final in Football Analytics #DataScience #MachineLearning #SportsAnalytics

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    Aug 15, 2025

  • Provisional Findings: a Lower Voting Age Would Hand Labour a Quiet Edge #Politics #Elections #DataScience

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    Jul 25, 2025

  • How a political scandal sparked the Tour de France - and what to expect this year #Sports #History #Cycling

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    Jul 4, 2025

  • The last breath of central bank independence - and how simple talk can save it #Economics #Finance #Policy

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    Jun 19, 2025

  • The Quiet Collapse of Surveys Part II: adding some nuances #DataScience #MachineLearning #Research

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    Jun 8, 2025