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Daz @dazwright.com · 29/09/2026

It's a lot of nice commitments from Andy Burnham but as they're mostly due to happen in the distant future is he going to come back next year and give the same speech?

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The Dispatch @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Huge news. We’re always banging on about how important it is that local journalism is paid for, but we know younger people often struggle to afford a news subscription.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wyatt Dixon interviewing Claire Elisabeth of Goldship about the brilliant Reunion Jack artwork in Birmingham made from removed and then repurposed nationalist lamppost flags vm.tiktok.com/ZN8r6jCAG/

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Daz @dazwright.com · 26/09/2026

We might need to invent some sort of numerical restrictions. We could call them "word limits" or something similar

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Daz @dazwright.com · 24/09/2026

English people on this Greek beach are adamently trying to haggle over the price of sunbeds because they'll only be here half the day. But because of their fundamental lack of understanding of the price structure are trying to get away with paying double. Indignantly

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Daz @dazwright.com · 23/09/2026

You could spend hundreds of pounds a year on streaming platforms offering variable quality TV series and films. Or…….you could spend hundreds of pounds a year on Substack subscriptions. It’s less of a return in terms of value but you get to…..learn something……read something….. I don’t know

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Daz @dazwright.com · 21/09/2026

If you live in Birmingham you have to subscribe to the Dispatch. It's our last bit of functioning news. You use it or lose it

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Daz @dazwright.com · 21/09/2026

I guess the world burning just isn't as exciting as being killed by really expensive robots

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots.

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Daz @dazwright.com · 16/09/2026

Whiska's TV advert says "cats should not play with wool unsupervised" Woke nonsense

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Jo dB @jodb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“I might as well say this now. Sue Cook has pulled out.”

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Daz @dazwright.com · 15/09/2026

Johnny Marr on Channel 4 News saying Andy Burnham is refreshing. Whilst wearing his Andy Burnham glasses, with his Andy Burnham haircut and his Andy Burnham accent

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Daz @dazwright.com · 14/09/2026

If you donate 10s of millions for £s to a political party knowing that legislation that would make that illegal is almost complete, I'd say you actually had no intention of donating 10s of millions of £s That's just mucking about

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Daz @dazwright.com · 13/09/2026

It was Dom Whiting's DnB bike in Birmingham today. 1000s of cyclists brought the City Centre to a stop. One angry bus driver but generally more tolerant motorists than I would have expected

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Daz @dazwright.com · 12/09/2026

I love that my local Chinese takeaway emails me a couple of times a week to remind me that rice is nice.

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Daz @dazwright.com · 10/09/2026

It's a new guitar day. I've had this amazing guitar made for me by Luke at Madoc Guitars. I'd spent a while wanting to buy a Stratocaster but not liking any I played; whilst really liking Luke's guitars. So he built the essence of a Strat into his design. It sounds and plays amazingly

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Paul Johnston @pdj.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This excellent piece is worth a read. I'm so frustrated with the data centre debate. Almost everything gets solved with decarbonising the grid and mandating water use **if it's even needed** using closed loop systems. The US political debate doesn't transfer here in the way many think.

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Daz @dazwright.com · 09/09/2026

If you're going to give people the label protester then you have to have some idea of what they are protesting. These people are objecting to other people being rescued at sea. Your "concern" is not legitimate if you believe insufficient people are drowning

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Daz @dazwright.com · 09/09/2026

But putting up 20mph signs isn't really the same as having a 20mph speed limit. We already have notionally 20mph roads everywhere but they are largely ignored as there is little to no enforcement

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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

When I lived in the UK none of my concerns e.g. affordable housing, climate action, increases in welfare spending, scrapping tuition fees, an ethical foreign policy, were ever framed as legitimate concerns. lnstead I was routinely told to fuck off by most political parties for having such concerns.

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Paul Taylor @paulitaylor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

New Post: The Cost Of Complaining Just Collapsed Read more 👉 paulitaylor.com/2026/09/04/the-cost…

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Daz @dazwright.com · 04/09/2026

We saw Big Special at Moseley Folk earlier. An odd band to throw into a predominantly Irish day. But some bands just ooze headliners. They weren't headlining but they should have been An outstanding live band

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Daz @dazwright.com · 01/09/2026

An important life lesson we should all live by. There was a reason Prince didn't release these songs

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I once had an FT story entirely lifted by a tabloid - think it was the Express but my memory might fail me. George Parker half jokingly suggested I send an invoice, which I did on a lark. Created a bit of a headache when they bloody paid up. Wasn't so much fun explaining to the managing editor...

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Daz @dazwright.com · 28/08/2026

Definitely read this

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Daz @dazwright.com · 28/08/2026

I’ve been invited for an exclusive tour of Eastbourne crematorium. I know I’ve been a good customer recently but I’ve genuinely run out of relatives.

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Daz @dazwright.com · 20/08/2026

I'm continuing to write stuff about strategy development because I really like strategy development. This week looking at why and how to diagnose problems as the foundation of strategy. stractics.substack.com/p/diagnosis-...

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Diagnosis is everything

Or.... testing your mental models

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Daz @dazwright.com · 16/08/2026

In a weekend of very strong album releases this is a very good one Go and buy it

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Daz @dazwright.com · 13/08/2026

As middle aged men do I decided to start a Substack. A substack to talk about the exciting world of strategy development. Which is exciting, actually. My first post is about why organisations need a strategy. stractics.substack.com/p/why-do-you...

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Why do you need a strategy?

Organisational strategy just isn’t that popular anymore.

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Daz @dazwright.com · 15/08/2026

"These potatoes should be much bigger......" Yeah, whatever Andy Burnham. Is he really going to keep this up until it's the next person's turn?

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Daz @dazwright.com · 14/08/2026

Well at least there won't be loads of fireworks at midnight tonight now the Government have stepped in

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Daz @dazwright.com · 14/08/2026

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's commitment to "pay what you want" is a great thing. Anyway. New album today. Give them some money for it kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/album/alien-...

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Alien Metal, by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

8 track album

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Many years ago, when I first started writing for The Dark Side (Britain's oldest horror mag) we had a bit of a friendly pub quiz rivalry with Empire magazine for a while. We kept losing though. Until one week we discovered a secret weapon. /1

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Daz @dazwright.com · 14/08/2026

I don't believe the police tell people about plots to "embarrass" them

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Daz @dazwright.com · 13/08/2026

stractics.substack.com

Why do you need a strategy?

Organisational strategy just isn’t that popular anymore.

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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Somebody in this field has sent just someone back to their house round the corner to gather colanders with the exhortation: AS MANY AS POSSIBLE, CHECK THE WENDY HOUSE

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Daz @dazwright.com · 12/08/2026

A handy bit of cloud

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Daz @dazwright.com · 12/08/2026

I saw my 13yr old neice and nephew yesterday. They've no interest in politics, they're thirteeen. But they are both massive Zohran Mamdani fans. That's reach

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Daz @dazwright.com · 11/08/2026

Can't we just dig Dobby up and bury him somewhere more convenient?

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Paul Taylor @paulitaylor.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

An organisation's inability to distinguish between destructive non-compliance and grassroots innovation is rarely a case of intentional malice; rather, it is a structural byproduct of how institutions are designed. ▸ lttr.ai/At5I6

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Daz @dazwright.com · 10/08/2026

What I really miss is drinking beer indoors. In a pub. With a roof. I've had enough of sitting on a hard wooden bench next to some bins.

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Daz @dazwright.com · 09/08/2026

The Katmai national park live stream of brown bears trying to catch salmon is a great thing. I've spent entirely too much time watching it. But...I've learned that brown bears are terrible at catching salmon. They don't appear to employ any sensible plan and catch very few salmon

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Ross Sayers @rosssayers.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

[James Stewart as Odysseus] now listen here, Agamemnon, I'm going home, y'see. You keep your fancy armour, I'm getting off this crummy ol' beach. [Spotting the Cyclops] now here's a curious fella, he's only got one peeper

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Daz @dazwright.com · 07/08/2026

Bandcamp fee-free Friday is a good thing. Clearly, artists like it. But I've just got 53 emails in the last hour telling me about Bandcamp Friday "offers". That's not really functional

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Daz @dazwright.com · 06/08/2026

Trying out long trousers today. I like them. I'm so bored of seeing my knees

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Daz @dazwright.com · 06/08/2026

This is obviously discrimination against trans people. But the people who will be most impacted are women who some perceive to be masculine. Trans people make up a tiny proportion of the population. The majority of people being challenged will not be trans. A situation where everyone loses

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Paul Fulford @paulfulford.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Excellent lamb souvlaki in the sunshine in the fabulous new garden at Greek Aura in Moseley - a lovely way to spend a summer evening with family.

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Matt Patches @misterpatches.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

One thing video games have over film is collecting shards. Regardless of how big Christopher Nolan goes with his camera, his movies will never allow us to collect shards.

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