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David Gillick

@davidgillick.bsky.social
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Management Consultant. Former Government of Canada official and broadcaster. Father, father-in-law and grandfather. Leamington Spa UK (via Kitchener-Waterloo CA => Ottawa CA => London UK)

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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Here's some of the engineering tradition on my doorstep that was ever thus www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Hand-built £85k electric sports car set to be made in Nuneaton
Car maker Longbow, which hopes to build thousands of cars, says the region has the talent and know-how.
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I was really moved listening to Mike Farwell's first live Kitchener Rangers hockey commentary and after game telephone call-in show on FM985/CKWR over here Saturday (Friday evening there). Who said radio is a "hot medium", eh Marshall McLuhan? ckwr.com/2026/10/01/m...
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‘I can’t wait’: Mike Farwell named play-by-play voice of Kitchener Rangers on FM 985
A big name is coming back to the airwaves for the East Avenue Blue. The Kitchener Rangers and FM 985 CKWR have officially announced Mike Farwell as the play-by-play voice of the Blueshirts for the res...
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
Digital twins as a new foundation of competitive advantage - LSE Business Review
AI-powered digital twins are not simply another stage of digital transformation. They represent a new organising logic for economic activity in data-rich environments.
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Bobo Jenkins keeps coming to mind and conversations about bigotry and divisiveness in our societies in our times today. It was his good will, political perspectives, deep US blues, ribs and Southern Comfort at Big Star Records in Detroit. jazzapedia.com/artists/bobo...
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Bobo Jenkins - Jazzapedia
Bobo Jenkins — classic blues artist, heard on WWOZ 90.7 FM. Biography, connections, and airplay history on Jazzapedia.
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.thetimes.com/uk/transport...
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Flying back to the UK? Soon your face will be your passport
Upgraded e-gates mean Britons will no longer have to scan their travel documents
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The smell of the charred wood when I have been there is still quite evident and an immersive reminder of how WW2 impacted Warwickshire and Coventry in particular www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Race to save Coventry Cathedral ruins as campaign launches
Donations are needed to repair damage caused by the ruins being exposed to the elements for 86 years
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 30/09/2026
From Macron's original promise to the unraveling of an ideal
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From Macron's original promise to the unraveling of an ideal
'The Macron Years' (1/3). After ten years in power, Macron's movement, which emerged as an attractive mirage amid the barren political landscape of 2017, has turned into a fiasco. Those close to the president, who experienced their movement's self-dissolution firsthand, bitterly examine their track record, something Macron refuses to discuss.
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@MediaPolicy @mediapolicy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Canadian Heritage Wakes Up (a guest column by Richard Stursberg) mediapolicy.ca/2026/09/26/c...
mediapolicy.ca
Canadian Heritage Wakes Up (a guest column by Richard Stursberg)
September 26, 2026 Three weeks ago I wrote a post about a big rethink on the financing and marketing of Canadian audio visual content going on behind the scenes at Heritage Canada. That caught the …
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some wonder about the history of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England leamingtonhistory.co.uk/leamington-h...
leamingtonhistory.co.uk
Leamington History - Leamington History Group
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.politico.eu/article/eu-e...
politico.eu
Europe’s grim energy reality
European ministers who gathered in Dublin had limited new ideas to protect against a winter of soaring power bills.
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And around the world too on the World Wide Web and FM the beat goes on from the Waterloo Region of Ontario
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And another great radio guy from Ontario - rych mills ckco-history.com/in-memory/ry...
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rych mills |
rych mills July 6, 1946 – September 2, 2026 Born in Kitchener on July 6, 1946, Richard “rych” Thomas Mills proudly resided in the ci
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
ca.billboard.com/fyi/david-ma...
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RIP Canadian Music Broadcasting Pioneer David Marsden
The legendary and groundbreaking music radio veteran and Hall of Famer passed away on Sept. 25, at age 85.
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deut...
handelsblatt.com
Wahlen in Berlin und MV: Jetzt live – Merz spricht am Tag nach den Wahlen
AfD-Chefin Weidel will Gespräche mit Moskau führen +++ Klingbeil: Wähler sehen Reformen als „Bedrohung“+++ Union stellt Geheimdienst-Kooperation mit Berlin infrage +++ Der Newsblog.
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's called "Defensive Expansionism"......
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Harry At The Door Part 2 - Harry and Meghan Parody
YouTube video by HAM Parody
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
St. Thomas, Ontario was where I lived in my 1950s childhood. It was at the end of the giant North American steam locomotives. I remember watching the huge NY Central, Wabash, C&O trains wizzing by and the bestriped railway workers each with their lanterns...And today > www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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In Canada's 'Railway City' the tracks end in the grass. Why a passenger rail revival isn't so simple | CBC News
Canada is spending billions to expand passenger rail after decades of decline, but torn-up tracks, lost corridors and a surviving network built around freight means communities trying to bring trains ...
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I know Chiltern well from when I was a director of YourRail and now living in Leamington Spa. I'll be interested in seeing if there will be a service and price improvement and the standard of quality staff sustained. www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Chiltern Railways brought into public ownership
Chiltern Railways brought into public ownership with more daily services and more reliable journeys.
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Meanwhile back in Southfields/Wandsworth/London www.wandsworth.gov.uk/news/news-se...
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FM 985 CKWR @fm985.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
FM 985 announces interim commentator through first five Kitchener Rangers games ckwr.com/2026/09/15/f...
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FM 985 announces interim commentator through first five Kitchener Rangers games
With their season about to get underway this upcoming weekend, the Kitchener Rangers are continuing to build towards another exciting year, and so is FM 985 CKWR. After recently being announced as the...
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.wto.org/english/news...
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World Trade Report: Trade reform to boost growth; inaction can cost 10% global GDP
The 2026 edition of the World Trade Report - issued on 15 September - finds that a strengthened multilateral trading system could increase global GDP by roughly 3% or USD 3 trillion by 2050, while ina...
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
OpenAI's Sam Altman says world 'right to be afraid' but 'should trust' AI firms
Sam Altman and other tech CEOs say there are incentives to limit advancements in AI, as fears grow over the threats it poses to humanity.
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This and add a rise in the tax threshold will show genuine results www.theguardian.com/money/2026/s...
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UK chancellor urged to remove ‘hidden taxes’ from energy bills
Businesses, charities and other groups sign letter calling for levies to be paid by the government
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
"What experience and history teach is this - that people and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it." Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Philosophy of History
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Qu'en est-il de celui-ci?
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The 2026 CKWR-mobile 😀
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Perfect, serious, and mature response to the behavior of toddlers who don't get their way….
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
cbc.ca
Carney says trade deal became untenable when U.S. 'asked too much and offered too little' | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney told his negotiators to walk away from the table after the Trump administration introduced late unacceptable demands on culture, autos and sovereignty that, when taken in co...
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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CANADA VIGNETTES: LOG DRIVER'S WALTZ | Full Animated Film | National Film Board of Canada
YouTube video by NFB
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
'Original art'!
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
www.ft.com/content/5ab3...
ft.com
AI creates first synthetic viruses
Genomic language model has huge potential to redesign organisms such as bacteria
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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‘Do we really need huge cruise ships here?’ Fears £150m Falmouth Docks plan threatens habitats – and town itself
Plans involve dredging and expanding docks to allow larger cruise ships to visit with up to 200,000 passengers annually
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This is particularly interesting to me in the light of my 10 years in Ottawa and later advising government bodies in other jurisdictions; including projects for the EU/EEC www.politico.eu/article/why-...
politico.eu
Why people want a job at the European Commission — and why so many end up miserable
The Commission is one of Brussels’ most coveted employers. Inside, officials describe mounting pressure, bureaucracy and burnout.
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Switzerland’s SRG to Resurrect Analog FM Broadcasts - www.radioworld.com/global/switz...
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Switzerland's SRG to Resurrect Analog FM Broadcasts - Radio World
Switzerland's public radio broadcaster, SRG SSR, is bringing back analog FM transmissions, reportedly targeting the middle part of this fall for resumption.
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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A heat-pump / air-conditioner* in every home
Europe should use the energy crisis and current heatwave emergencies to accelerate deployment of heat pumps and air conditioners (*Please delete the term that causes offence).
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
www.sustainable-bus.com/news/germany...
sustainable-bus.com
Germany plans to cut e-bus funding by two-thirds in 2027 draft budget, from €403m to €130m - Sustainable Bus
Germany's draft 2027 budget would reduce funding for the purchase of buses with alternative drivetrains from €403 million to €130 million,
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
cbc.ca
ANALYSIS | The web is being redesigned for AI. What does that mean for human readers? | CBC News
AI now answers our questions, and increasingly carries out tasks for us, from planning itineraries to preparing research. The web is increasingly becoming a place where machines – rather than humans –...
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Matterist Books @matteristbooks.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"the largest known copyright recovery in history" apnews.com/article/ai-a... #ai
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Judge approves a $1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books used to train the Claude chatbot
A federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion copyright settlement involving AI company Anthropic. The company will pay thousands of authors about $3,000 per book for using pirated copies to train its C...
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
cbc.ca
CBC to reopen Jerusalem and Beijing bureaus amid world news expansion | CBC News
CBC/Radio-Canada is expanding its global news operations, reopening bureaus in Jerusalem and Beijing, and establishing a joint presence in a handful of other locations around the world.
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
spectator.com/article/dost...
spectator.com
Dostoevsky is a dreadful writer
I don’t say this lightly. I am a patient, generous reader and I have given Dostoevsky plenty of time to prove my first impressions wrong.
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Forgotten Tech That Could Be Useful: Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Could a technology that looked too expensive, awkward and politically unfashionable a decade ago become useful in today’s energy system?
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
www.kearney.com/about/strate...
kearney.com
The AI-First Operating System: A Blueprint for Operating and Business Model Innovation - Kearney
In collaboration with the World Economic Forum Centre for AI Excellence
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=idlE...
youtube.com
Long Wave radio era end with FM Radio 4 switch-off (UK) 27/Jun/2026
YouTube video by Mark 1333
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
youtu.be/uWBBSJ-BfMo?...
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Joey G ii "Ballad of Skye"
YouTube video by Dream Chimney
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This is the last car that I owned when I lived in Ottawa <1984 Wonderful styling! Fond memory of driving it up to my cottage on Lac Gauvreau in Québec www.youtube.com/watch?v=taEM...
youtube.com
The Perfect Classic Car? Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Test Drive! (1970 Import 1500 Road Test)
YouTube video by Classics World
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Repor...
marketsandmarkets.com
Indoor Location Market Report 2026-2031, by Solution, Geo, Tech
indoor location market is expected to reach USD 50.10 billion by 2031 from USD 18.35 billion in 2026, exhibiting a CAGR of 22.3% during 2026–2031.
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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Where to Put Your Data Centres: A Two-Location Strategy for AI
Put power-hungry AI training in sunny regions that can build new clean electricity, and place smaller local data centres in northern cities where their waste heat becomes useful energy.
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David Gillick @davidgillick.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
theguardian.com
‘We can’t give up on Afghans’: Lyse Doucet on the remarkable ‘people’s history’ that won her the Women’s prize
The BBC’s chief international correspondent was awarded the prestigious nonfiction prize for The Finest Hotel in Kabul – which she hopes will bring more attention to the Taliban’s draconian treatment ...
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