Bryony Ramsden

The FT Influence List 2025 Who are the people who shaped the world this year?

Horrifying/funny/horrifying again to spot how many of these were definitely written by ChatGPT

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Bit jealous in all honesty.

It depends on whether I include screenshots. If I do, it's Neko Assume 2 🤣

Universities are in crisis, and I don’t think it’s helpful to phrase that as “exiting the market”. They’re not mid-range shoe shops, these are educational pillars in society

((((Hugs)))) Hope it passes super quickly x

It's #TransDayOfRemembrance so here's my usual England & Wales hate crime stats summary:
11/12 313
12/13 364
13/14 559
14/15 607
15/16 858
16/17 1248
17/181703
18/19 2329
19/20 [2630]
20/21 2799
21/22 4355
22/23 4889
23/24 4778
24/25 4120
#TDoR

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Zack Polanski, the Green party leader, may have been thinking about people like Wes Streeting (see 4.16pm) when he wrote this piece for Huffpost UK saying his party would target Labour MPs who have defended the asylum policy. He said: 44 Out of more than 400 Labour MPs, barely 20 are standing up against these grotesque asylum proposals. Twenty. That’s not courage, that’s capitulation.Those Labour MPs who are silent should be ashamed. Truly ashamed. The suggestion of confiscating jewellery, to drag children into detention centres, this is indecent, immoral, and indefensible. And let me say this clearly: we will challenge every single Labour MP who goes along with this. It’s not enough to just say you regret it or you're sad about it. Voters still have a moral compass, even if Labour have smashed theirs to pieces.

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A man teaching to a small audience in a room

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((((hugs)))) hope he is ok, and that you are managing ok too x

I think it had moments that made it worth watching, but I agree that it was sometimes a bit of a slog...

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Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

Ugh, bastards...

You don't really realise how awful it is to care for a scared animal until it happens, and then it's emphasised when you have calm animals with you...

Well done, R! Pretty much the same here, except more playing.

Zohran Mamdani proves you can win against incumbents and racists with a powerful message of redistribution and equality for all regardless of race. Moreover that you can stand up to the Israel lobby and win, even in America. This is a turning point.

Social media can be a cesspool, but it can also bring the most wonderful people in to your life. Katy was just lovely, so kind when I had my babies, so supportive of my campaigning, always ready to lift others no matter how down she was.

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Photo of a black and white shorthaired cat with green eyes lying on a plush light blue blanket. Her face has an adorable little grinchy expression.

This is Her Royal Highness. She is the sweetest lady with the cutest little grinchy face! She was found as a pregnant stray, and when her own kitten didn't make it she very lovingly raised some orphaned kittens as her own. Adoptable in Burlington, VT! www.hsccvt.org/Cats#sl_embe...

He has excellent taste, well done that boy.

I am so sorry for your loss, Katy was a wonderful person, always so generous and kind. She will be greatly missed. You have my deepest sympathies.

29 years ago today, Jamiroquai released the music video for 'Virtual Insanity'

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Hope you are feeling better today? ((((hugs))))

POLITICO Poll of Polls — British polls, trends and election news for the United Kingdom and Scotland All polls, trends and election news for the the United Kingdom, Scotland and London — Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems, Brexit Party, SNP, Greens, Scottish independence referendum and Scotland elect…

While this is illuminating a change in political trends, it’s still a long way to go before we know what these shifts mean and whether they are sustainable. But in any case, if you’re Labour and you’re not considering what’s wrong, something is very amiss.

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FYI for Google Drive users.

But not with parkin :D

Another year where I shall miss you bringing in parkin.

Four. Stars.

I've got (for those in the UK) a few signed paperbacks of this with a lovely free postcard of the map my dad illustrated for it. £9.99 RRP plus p&p. Drop me an email at hello@tom-cox.com and a reply here if you'd like one.

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