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Anna Dent

@annadent.bsky.social
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Research and policy adviser www.abdconsultancy.co.uk Futures of work, digital welfare state, tech ethics, public sector innovation Also cats, telly, general silliness Now with added newsletter! www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/digital-we…

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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 4h
Oh my god we need this. I will pay for this.
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
New Made In Chelsea cast member just announced
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Quite fancy me some fringey extra length leg warmer things #strictly
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
So very polite! J'espere que she shut le hell up.
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
He really really needs to get some different lines to hand over other than 'Emma and Josh'
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Apart from a few of the sofas I kind of love it! It has the same feeling as my grandparents' house, lovely and nostalgic
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Percy is not fussed about traitors
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
People. Get. Paid. To. Do. This. Unbelievable
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is EXACTLY why we should not work with Palantir.
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I mean, thanks and everything, but also how judged do you feel??
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My friend's mother in law cleans the bins when they go to stay. Major passive-aggressive energy
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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ok midlife women of bluesky a nosy question for a thing i'm writing, have you bought/taken anything for menopause (except HRT) that was a total waste of money/you now reget, consider this your public service to other midlife women & DMs are open if required, thanks for your attention to this matter
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Size of cheque
static.klipy.com
Gaston presenteert Postcode Straatprijs €25.000
ALT: Gaston presenteert Postcode Straatprijs €25.000
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Laughed out loud. James knew exactly what he was doing.
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Ariadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
James Blunt showers like someone taught a self-driving car to wash itself #CelebrityTraitors
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yeah they didn't 'get' a traitor they were handed one on a silver platter 😆😆
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
More and more convinced that most of the AI Guys don't like other human beings, and in some cases are activity terrified of / repulsed by them (us)
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I love that they are besties in real life www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
theguardian.com
‘He was devastatingly sexy’: Frasier’s Jane Leeves and David Hyde Pierce on the love between Daphne and Niles
From a breathless tango to a kiss that sent fans wild, the pair crafted a sensational seven-year TV crush. The real-life best friends talk first impressions, Casablanca moments – and having hot husban...
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sing it, say it, sorted
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 07/10/2026
Having trouble deciding which books to buy from Amazon during Prime Days? Try this: None, then go support an independent bookstore instead. 😌
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Duolingo gets involved in the 'what makes someone English' discourse
Screenshot of Duolingo exercise, translating the sentence are you a foreigner from Spanish to English
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 06/10/2026
I know you all hate Instagram but the Alaska Sealife Center has an orphan baby walrus 🥹
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
House of Cards (US version)
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
FAFO coming home to roost??
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 06/10/2026
the 'uwu smol bean rogue agents' schtick is wearing thin, i see www.ft.com/content/a5ca...
ft.com
Insurance claims to test Altman and Amodei liability for ‘rogue’ AI
Insurers and lawyers weigh the cost of potential massive lawsuits and damages against the leaders of OpenAI and Anthropic
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Man in Finance remix has dropped
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What bad things might these be and who will they affect? Who will they affect Sam?? (Insert angry goose meme here)
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 05/10/2026
this is my favorite example ever of an interactive clearly, creatively illustrated concept
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Kill switch! Burn it with fire! Throw all the computers in the sea!
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Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I hosted an in-conversation with AI minister Kanishka Narayan at Labour conference We covered a lot of ground... He said there was too much AI “doomerism” in Westminster And revealed he has used synthetic AI focus groups to gauge public opinion on a range of topics 1/9
Zoe Crowther and Kanishka Narayan speaking at an event hosted by ThinkLabour at Labour Party conference 2026
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
To be fair, the Farage argues with a bin one is quite good
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Bre-enter?
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gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“We call those ‘slop grenades’ that people toss at each other" futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com
"Slop Grenades": Shopify CEO Who Pushed Staff to Use AI Is Now Horrified by What He's Wrought
Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke is getting a first-hand look at the AI-workplace revolution, and it isn't a pretty sight.
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cynical companies sell over-priced crap to women? This is unheard of
theguardian.com
Menopause supplements costing more than £400 a year ‘no better than cheap multivitamin’
Many products aimed at women over 45 lack meaningful quantities of key nutrients, consumer watchdog Which? found
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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
Trial of live facial recognition in London stations leads to a false positive and no arrests
Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On balance, I'm still going for Greece 😄
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
😆😆🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Finishing @sathnam.bsky.social's brilliant book about George Michael in Greece feels appropriate
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
when you work at the BPAF but you’re beginning to realize there’s not going to be a successful IPO
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree What a miserable place to have to work
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Enjoyed the Greek border force clearly saying 'absolutely no' to the stupid fingerprint machines and sending us to the cheerful guard instead
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Used to have to go to the Odeon in central Birmingham to buy tickets for gigs and festivals
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
God some institutions are going to regret their actions
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oh no, sad little fascist facing some consequences (can there be some more please)
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thank Cat It's Friday
Percy the white and black cat asleep on my lap, his face resting on his paw, tilted at a silly angle
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Or if they are between barriers like lettuce or slices of cheese
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🤮 agreed. If they're not fresh they are too much like a soggy sponge
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
David Byrne looking a bit rough there
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Intrusive investigations hit millions of people on Universal Credit, now being rolled out to Pension Credit as well - great new report Massive amounts of paperwork required on short timescales, people getting multiple reviews within months, and only 20% of reviews find anything wrong
independent.co.uk
Millions of benefit claimants face ‘intrusive’ investigations, experts warn
Hundreds of thousands of pensioners will soon be affected by the scheme
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
I read this story and can’t help think of the breathless coverage media has given these delusional fantasies about superintelligent AI killing humanity in ten years, when companies are releasing tools coaching mass shooters and helping people kill themselves. People need to wake the fuck up.
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