Andrew Martin

ethanzuckerman.com/2008/03/08/t...

Ethan Zuckerman’s cute cat theory of the internet (2008) restated for 2025

It's Foucauldian governmentality and Baudrillard's hyperreality - “It is no longer a question of imitation, nor duplication, nor even parody. It is a question of substituting signs of the real for the real itself.”

future generations will be showing pictures of a full 02 arena for "The Rest is Politics Live" with the caption 'people used to care about politics'

Firetail Firetail

the Thomas Sankara / @firetail.bsky.social crossover you didn't know you needed....

firetailshop.myshopify.com

The only people under 30 using Bluesky are social media interns running accounts for think tanks.

The only people under 30 using Bluesky are social media interns running accounts for think tanks.

Even Bluesky (users under 30 = zero) wants me to verify my age.

You can verify my age - and frankly far too many other demographic indicators - by the fact I HAVE AN ACCOUNT ON BLUESKY

a man laying on a couch with a dog looking at his face Alt: Superman laying on a couch with Krypto

The new Superman movie is charming and fun and hopeful in all the ways I want Superman to be. It has has stayed with me, which superhero films never do.

"Yep, emailing it now. No, no password. It's the file
SPIESANDAFGHANS_v3_FINALFINAL_USETHISONE_DO_NOTSENDTOTALIBAN.xlsx"

refusing to be trained by the algorithm is an intentional act

Chronic risks analysis The Chronic risks analysis outlines the most critical medium to long term challenges facing the United Kingdom.

The government's "Chronic Risks" report is a very good summary of the threats facing the UK.

In practice, it's not clear how foresight work like this informs policy.

And it's striking how many risks are mitigated by deploying lots of solar, as quickly as possible.

www.gov.uk/government/p...

The Lincolnshire and Yorkshire Gateway should be called the Danelaw

such evenly matched teams, it's been a great series so far

Allwyn won the National Lottery franchise from Camelot and kept all the branding.

Very hard to name any organisation that has done more to change attitudes among young people about a career in public service

Brentford are making lots of "Allardyce in January" decisions

this is the app equivalent of supporting Exeter City

this was no job for a penguin

With this and Captain Tom, it's getting hard to trust people who go on really long walks.

With this and Captain Tom, it's getting hard to trust people who go on really long walks.

We Collide Grandbrothers · We Collide · Song · 2025

Did you buy Robert Miles’ Children on 12-inch but now wake up to Radio 3? Here is some new music for you.

open.spotify.com/track/1xbmkY...

Yes, BCG have a social impact practice.

No, they don’t guarantee that the impact will be good.

Final Countdown, Europe

Not easy, totally understandable, increasingly indefensible.

Imagine "branch-first" banking in 2025:
– Systems vary between branches
– An app for each product, but online services don’t work well
– Bank has loads of data but doesn't know much about you
– Staff frustrated and disempowered
– Lots of initiatives focused on "branch efficiency"

It’s the NHS.

Retail banks in the ’90s worked out being "customer-centred" meant moving beyond branches.

Strongly suspect real NHS reform depends on Trusts no longer being culturally and organisationally the most important/powerful parts of the system. Being "patient-centred" means *not* being Trust-centred.

Retail banks in the ’90s worked out being "customer-centred" meant moving beyond branches.

Strongly suspect real NHS reform depends on Trusts no longer being culturally and organisationally the most important/powerful parts of the system. Being "patient-centred" means *not* being Trust-centred.

#antimimetics by @nayafia.bsky.social

Appropriately, a book on antimemes - ideas that don’t want to be shared - arrives three months after ordering it.

#antimimetics by @nayafia.bsky.social