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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If a bank does financial crimes, and uses Excel, we don’t let it say “sorry it was the Excel”. AI companies seem to be saying “sorry the Excel we built did crimes, but our Excel is really complicated, so it’s not our fault“.
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
- The cost of battery packs for grid-scale storage fell by 45 per cent last year. - 40% more will be installed this year compared to last year - China makes 95% of them
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Super interesting analysis: "The AI price fall is historically unprecedented because we've dumped money into AI R&D at a historically unprecedented rate – and that R&D has paid off at a very average rate." Karthik Tadepalli github.com/karthiktadep...
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Coyote v Acme was a deeper meditation on Camus than I expected
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Summary: we should rejoin the EU, but we can’t, and we should reduce our security dependence on the US, but we can’t.
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Reading about the Glenmutchkin Railway, a satire of Railway Mania. Revolutionary technology surrounded by unlimited capital and sketchy promoters. It all feels very current. www-users.cse.umn.edu/~odlyzko/rrs...
www-users.cse.umn.edu
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Bring me the terms of reference for the sub-committee for the Head of Alfredo Garcia
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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 22/07/2026
"What I propose, therefore, is very simple: it is nothing more than to think what we are doing." (Hannah Arendt, The Human Condition, 1958)

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	The ChatGPT maker on Tuesday said the “unprecedented cyber incident” involved an agent — an AI program that can operate on its own based on human instructions — that escaped a testing environment, gained internet access and stole login credentials.

Its admission comes as concern grows about the implications of advanced AI systems hacking into digital infrastructure, particularly scenarios in which agents subvert human controls.

OpenAI on Tuesday said it expected this type of incident to become “more commonplace with the proliferation of increasingly cyber-capable models”.
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"we are great writers on the same dreadful typewriter" - Howl, Allen Ginsberg
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"Only a crisis - actual or perceived - produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around." Milton Friedman
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Claude is fantastic at generating beautiful visualisations of the wrong data
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David Squires @davidsquires.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This is one of the worst football matches I have ever seen, and I support SWINDON.
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Argentina absolutely stinking the place out with their rancid anti-football. #worldcupfinal
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
People who don’t think the World Cup is corrupt have yet to account for the presence of two Spurs defenders in the Final #wcfinal #argspa
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
i've always said this
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
substack.com/@andrewmarti...
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Andrew Martin (@andrewmartin)
On Cathedral Projects
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Five of Argentina's starting eleven play in the Premier League
Translated tweet from VP of Argentina calling the English "usurping pirates".
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Five of Argentina's starting eleven play in the Premier League
Translated tweet from VP of Argentina calling the English "usurping pirates".
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
There was a great @henrymance.ft.com interview with Peter Hennessy that had this brilliant quote:
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This is like Lords compared to the Azteca #framar #worldcup
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Phil Kerry @philkerry1.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
In a world of AI, charities need to decide whether they will fight the future or fashion it. open.substack.com/pub/philkerr...
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In a post-AI world, charities need to decide whether to fight the future or fashion it
When you hear the term ‘Luddite’ at work, it’s often from a colleague using it to articulate that they are “not very good at computers”.
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
HE governance shares the same fundamental problem as charity governance. It is designed for stewardship not leadership, assurance not innovation, and continuity rather than change. So it struggles to respond to the challenges it faces: substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com
On University Governance
… beyond assurance
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Futural anomie: maybe the inability to imagine a common future isn’t a failure of imagination, but a collapse of the conditions that make imagining a common future possible. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here #mexeng #worldcup
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here #mexeng #worldcup
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Cursed ratio, obviously
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
People are still using pre-2006 World Cup identities, but the brand rotation is real: France are the "Brazil" (glorious, abundant talent) England are the "Germany" (hard to watch, hard to beat) Italy are the "England" (haunted) Argentina are still Argentina (aggressive, cynical, with a magic #10)
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Ingrid Srinath @ingridsrinath.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
A typology of philanthropy that highlights the risks of the prevalent monoculture that focuses on “getting to scale” by influencing state policy. The counter examples of philanthropy that takes a stand, builds power or elevates values are particularly compelling. #philanthropy @ssir.org
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What Else Can We Do? The Thirteen Intentions of Philanthropy (SSIR)
A year of turbulence has exposed the dangers of philanthropic monocultures and upended assumptions about impact, effectiveness, and scale. Embracing the varied intentions that motivate people to give ...
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The UK is not a climate-sceptic country; it is a country of climate-concerned people who think they are surrounded by climate sceptics. The challenge is not persuasion. It is confidence.
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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 02/07/2026
Fascinating - you think other voters don’t care about climate? They probably do.
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The UK is not a climate-sceptic country; it is a country of climate-concerned people who think they are surrounded by climate sceptics. The challenge is not persuasion. It is confidence.
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Fascinating little vignette about overthinking in the Harris campaign - "Bacon is a spice". youtu.be/VTqY-xmK7Eg?...
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Kareem Rahma: Kamala Harris's 'Take' On My Show Was So 'Confusing & Weird', I Scrapped Whole Podcast
YouTube video by Forbes Clips
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
"The view that technical, professional or scientific expertise should trump the vagaries of popular opinion or electoral volatility is not inherently progressive. Indeed, it looks rather like the views of mid twentieth century gattopardo conservatives." benansell.substack.com/p/pardogatto...
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Pardogatto Progressivism
The switch in radicalism from left to right is the key challenge of our age
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Maybe AI is more like shipping containerisation: colossus.com/article/ai-w...
Table comparing AI to containerization
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The Trent Alexander-Arnold shaped hole in this squad is becoming very apparent #worldcup
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
proper test match
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Russ The Tedious Ghost @russ41.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Four panel galaxy brain meme. Captions, from top to bottom: 

Bluesky is a politics app
Bluesky is a sports app
Politics are sports
Everything is sports
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Bluesky loves this take but I’m sure it’s getting hammered on TikTok
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Political ideology is the strongest predictor of Messi-Ronaldo preference. Authoritarians who like short-form video are more likely to think Ronaldo is the GOAT.
plot predicting messi-ronaldo preference
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
www.scientificamerican.com/article/amer...
scientificamerican.com
America’s compact between science and politics is broken, and we’re all going to pay
How did we get here?
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
"Much online culture is industrialised rumination." substack.com/@andrewmarti...
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
euromaxxing: substack.com/home/post/p-... "Consider the thought experiment. Remove Uber from the world on a Monday. By Tuesday, competing apps fill most of the gap. Now remove Siemens."
substack.com
Europe is not a Museum. It's the Future.
The contrarian -and evidence-filled- case for why Europe's tech ecosystem is not just alive, but quietly world-defining. And why Belgium sits closer to the heart of that story than most people realise
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Daryll Neita and @alexisohanian.bsky.social at #sxswlondon on the compelling case for investing in women’s athletics. The audience, attention, talent and momentum is there. The sponsors are coming and importantly, AI can’t replace it. The potential of sport as a platform for impact is huge.
Daryll Neita, Alexis Ohanian and Jeanette Kwakye at #SXSW London
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
This is the quartz crisis, but for cars. What's happening today to cars happened to watches in the 70s. EVs are better, cheaper, cleaner, but commodities. Top end ICE will become mechanical watches; romantic, luxury items. Mid market ICE dies. Luxury EVs are a bet. www.ft.com/content/8cbd...
ft.com
Ferrari launches first fully electric car with Jony Ive’s ‘polarising’ design
Shares in carmaker fall as futuristic Luce model sparks negative reaction on social media
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
This video is so late-90s coded I just signed up for a Natwest 18-24 bank account m.youtube.com/watch?v=qRAJ...
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PinkPantheress - Girl Like Me (Official Video)
YouTube video by Pinkpantheress
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Congrats Turi on “Why we think what we think”. Humane, thoughtful, optimistic, a little bit strange. The book is too.
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
"Importantly, the successes were not defined by the participants’ existing credentials, but by the environments they built and the ambition they unlocked." ARIA Innovator Circles: aria.org.uk/insights/inn...
aria.org.uk
Innovator Circles: Cultivating ambitious communities
As we open applications for Innovator Circles, Pranay Shah, ARIA Product Manager breaks down what we learned from our pilot, and why small investments can unlock enormous potential.
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The more I use Claude, the more I think that they have promised Cordelia and built Goneril.
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
A supercut of No Context Adam Curtis Intertitles m.youtube.com/watch?v=jAno...
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No Context Adam Curtis Intertitles
YouTube video by qaz_paul
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