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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 17h

Good contrast to the jolly interview with him about his new book on Radio 4 a few days ago.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Must find time to watch this.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 18/09/2026

It is incredibly important that political violence does not succeed. The far-right mob that shut down Portsmouth wanted this outcome. If the state wishes to avoid more of these actions, it needs to make sure this RNLI branch reopens *immediately*, or as close to that as humanly possible.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I listened to this interview in disbelief - great breakdowon of the whole thing here.

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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 07/09/2026

I can’t have been the only person to spend half an hour working out that LEGITIMATE CONCERNS is an anagram of EGOCENTRIC AILMENTS

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 22/08/2026

That noise you can hear is @michaelcrossuk.bsky.social, @charlesarthur.bsky.social, me, and everyone else who worked on the Guardian #FreeOurData campaign in the late noughties screaming in rage and pain.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I thought this was very balanced and the disinformation stuff was a real eye-opener. Much better description of the Arday timeline and different perspectives than anything I've heard on the BBC.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Now the Clacton By-election is over, it's time to revive this video.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

What a great title! I've commented on an avalanche that is missing.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Really interesting video about climate change. Both scary and hopeful.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

It was very moving. And the programme about political decency that they were discussing was wonderful. What a way to end such a distinguished broadcasting career. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Currently - Decency Politics - BBC Sounds

Peter Hennessy asks what has happened to decency in our politics.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Gregor Dimitrov's one-handed backhand is a thing of beauty.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

How could anyone hate multiculturism after seeing this? And I don't even like bagpipes.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Reflections by the Cybernetics Society on the recent Radio 4 programme.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

How do you turn people off the green transition and deliver them to the far right? Through #ClimateAuthoritarianism. The government seeks to coerce, not to persuade. And it's turning a planning system based on consent into one based on decree. This week's column.🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Britain’s green transition should belong to everyone. Why is Labour so intent on stopping us having our say? | George Monbiot

Tearing up planning and using protest laws to criminalise local people – this isn’t how to build the broad consent needed, says the Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

You're welcome! Thanks for the therapy.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

First time I've seen this one - after the election. Absolutely brilliant.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I wonder how many people elected are, in fact, paper candidates and of these, how many are displacing competent councillors. Potentially leading to poor services and even more disgruntled voters next time.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Ironic and depressing that Reform is surging on Sir David's birthday. Let's hope @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the Greens pivot to demonstrating real concern for climate change soon.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I'm at Danny Boyle's Festival Hall 75th Birthday Party. (My birthday too.) A perfect metaphor for these times. A chaotic mess and impossible to find out what's going on.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

This is a good one. Bits of it side-splitting.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

A little dose of joy to distract us from the doom.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I'm going to make some of this with the wild garlic in my veg box.

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Benjamin P Taylor @antlerboy.com · 14/04/2026

“Your skin doesn’t separate you from the world; it’s a bridge through which the external world flows into you, and you flow into it.” Alan Watts I love this piece - it makes me think of the above, but also provides a 'stand' for what Barry Oshry (perhaps confusingly) calls 'robust systems'

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Boundaries as opportunities for learning – Duck and Searles (2026)

April 14, 2026 By Roger Duck and Jane Searles Boundaries as opportunities for learningApril 14, 2026By Roger Duck and Jane Searles Boundaries as opportunities for learning – Integration and Impleme…

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I hope I may be forgiven for straying into this #cycle-lane in Norwich. Didn't realised until I experienced noisy bell-dinging and vocal exasperation from behind. Which is a bit unkind in a town with a castle and cathedral where you may expect to find tourists.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

"In each case there was an astonishing increase in a narrow measure of productivity, but the overall effect was to distract from the real task at hand, to create a bloated pile of busywork" timharford.com/2026/04/what...

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What if AI just makes us work harder?

In a column in January about the paradox of work, I recalled the immortal Douglas Adams joke about working conditions: the hours are good, but “most of the actual minutes are pretty lousy”. The jok…

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Ben Werdmuller @werd.io · 17/02/2026

A short post about my connected, albeit reductive, model for everything that's happening in the world right now.

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An increasingly dangerous world

My underlying model for everything that's happening

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

This is the best explainer I’ve seen on Ratcliffe’s motives for his racist outburst. We shouldn’t enter into any ‘debate’ on immigration on these terms. It’s a deeply dishonest and dangerous call to arms by cynical people who prioritise profit over everything else www.theguardian.com/football/202...

So yes, there is this point of view. You could very easily be cynical, jaded, lost in realpolitik at the revelation that Ratcliffe feels it useful to pretend Britain is in economic difficulty because of an invading army of foreigners.
And that Nigel Farage, arch deregulator, seems, in his disinterested view, an entirely reasonable voice on this topic.
Let us be clear about what is happening here.
There is very little chance Ratcliffe feels any of this deeply. But he does know that a slash-and-burn Reform government would be good for business. With his Ineos hat on Ratcliffe has spoken publicly about the problems of doing business in the current version of a non-EU UK. He wants a harder out.
Immigration is just a wedge issue in this dynamic, a way of pressing those buttons. If Ratcliffe actually gives a personal toss about this, is actually losing any sleep about its effects on "everyday people", I will gladly eat my own arm. This is pre-electioneering on behalf of the super-wealthy. A powerful person with skin in the game is trying to influence people into voting a certain way.

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 14/01/2026

An absolutely key first principle when using AI is that you, the human, are responsible for its outputs, and that you must *check* everything it churns out. Blaming Copilot doesn't wash.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I stood directly behind the great JPR Williams in a Post Office queue in Teddington, and spent 10 minutes deciding not to trouble him by asking him for his autograph.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Must listen to this again. I remember it being really interesting.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Definitely my kind of chap.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I think David Allen Green's substack is good value, especially if you like words such as flapdoodle.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

The BBC person who decided to remove that comment on Trump from the Reith lecture of @rutgerbregman.com clearly hadn't read this.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid. A pissed off thread using data. Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I'm 4 days late, but Ruth's Advent(ure) in System Seeing is a brilliant exploration of systems thinking for beginners or experts, and you can catch up easily.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I'm looking forward to this.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I'm quite shocked that the BBC News item on his death didn't mention Arcadia. The only play I've seen 3 times at the theatre.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

A classic binary dilemma. I'd like to find a more creative 3rd way that is people-friendly and not just arguments about infrastructure and rules.

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

A personally addressed postcard from Nicola Horlick landed on my mat today. She's competing to be the LibDem PPC for Runnymede and Weybridge and there's a hustings tomorrow. But why the pictures of cactuses?

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

What he said: 💯 🎯

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Sally Bean @cybersal.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Today is the last day to vote. Massive number of candidates on the council ballot but the recommended list looks fine to me and makes it quick and easy to do.

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