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Nick of the Northbank @nicktheinventor.bsky.social · 10h

🧵 In 2011 I did a project for lovefilm who had recently been acquired by Amazon. Netflix were launching something called “streaming” in Jan 2012 and lovefilm were worried about what this would be, and whether it would disrupt their rental model…

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John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 3h

Dangerously radical, Karen.

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John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 3h

An asset manager did famously once do a mass mail out entitled Dear Rich Bastard. It got the highest response rate ever. This may or may not be of solace, depending.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 4h

they did the thing

an october 11 2025 post from me reading: every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 6h

Trump - disaster for climate. Bolsonaro - disaster, (but tracts of Amazon to become savannah whoever wins). UK isn't in a terrible position. North Sea, largely irrelevant. China huge shift. Change in energy mix everywhere. Baked in transition trends globally. But state of the debate. Good lord.

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John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 8h

Admittedly getting it through that one reason out of three or four that we're not in a depression is the energy transition. More practically electricity prices and gas prices are delinking significantly in the UK possibly to the tune of hundreds of pounds. Not an optimal policy mix but not terrible

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John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 8h

I probably have a different assessment. Regarding trade offs the country and certainly the electorate is split and even then, mostly, on specifics not broad direction. And often it's the judgment on initiatives coming in too early. (And the journalism on average is the usual dreck.)

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John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 8h

If I were the latter, I would certainly be seeking a divorce. It didn't bode well for them in similar scenarios such as Goodfellas.

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Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶

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John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I just want the Met Office to not ask me my opinions.

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Andy Cahn @cowbellum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

He looks like if John Hamm subsisted on a diet of only John Hamm’s John Ham, the ham you can eat in the bathroom.

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John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

AVs going save rural pubs. Provided people can use them when blootered. Just a wee view.

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Kenny Campbell @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Bloody hell. The Lib Dems just got price checked (well, vote checked) against Aldi and it turns out you can't even get them in the middle Aisle Of Mystery. How has Ed Davey managed to alienate Aldi shoppers?? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

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John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

So I did use Google translate and instead of translating to the German for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy it translated to the title used for film in Germany using chess pieces. And spy. And there we are. Es herrscht Verwirrung (probably)

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John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Kesselflicker, Schneider, Soldat, Spion

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brucifurrose.bsky.social @brucifurrose.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Young barred owl Forsyth Park, Savannah, Ga. Courtesy of M. Woodruff

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Lady Macbeth @notinstructed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Destroyed a ULEZ camera” is an interesting way to describe detonating a homemade bomb in a residential street, sending shrapnel into homes and cars, and being convicted of causing an explosion likely to endanger life. Still, “camera” does make the fifteen years sound terribly unreasonable.

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The EU bond market turbluence means it is time for the ECB to put QT on hold - oped from former ECB director and chair of SocGen Lorenzo Bini Smaghi. He says prudence suggests a halt by the central bank until more stable conditions are restored as.ft.com/r/6d7d1b7b-0...

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Bond turbulence means it’s time for the ECB to put QT on hold

Prudence suggests a halt by the central bank until more stable conditions are restored

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy New Year, Mars! The Red Planet is turning 39. Image Mars Express. 🔭 🧪 astronomynow.com/2026/09/29/h...

Planet Mars taken by Mars express with credit to ESA, DLR, FU Berlin, G. Michael.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election.

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Kenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦 @kfduggan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Perhaps the most dangerous hunting accidents in the Middle Ages weren't accidents at all: they were actually instances of killer rabbits hunting humans. All people from emperor to lowly peasants feared these rabbits, especially the killer Rabbit of Caerbannog (from Monty Python😊).🧵7/7

A rabbit is reloading a crossbow in the left side of the image while another rabbit on the right side of the image is carrying away a human that has been hunted. The human is hanging upside-down from a staff that is being held over the rabbit's shoulder. In the centre is a human hiding in a small tree, seemingly hoping that he won't be killed. Beneath his is another, smaller rabbit that is looking up at him in the tree.
Ref: Roman d’Alexandre, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 264 (14th century).

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Youngy @mancversusfood.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is just further proof of the bent nature of the sponsorships. No regular sponsor would threaten to sue the Prem for the reputational damage of a report they arent even named in. They would just cut ties with the club www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The best place to begin to calculate compensation is to consider what winning the Premiership means to Brendan Rodgers. The 'drought' ends years' earlier. Rodgers has a title. He is damaged to the tune of several million maybe into double figures. Just the starting point, mind you.

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John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Expulsion. Lose titles up till now. Massive compensation to rivals, managers, players. The end.

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

That Manchester City board meeting in full...

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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 01/10/2026

#Onthisday in 1985: Kinnock confronts Militant in landmark conference speech Kinnock excoriated Militant for causing “grotesque chaos” in its management of Liverpool City Council. He referred to “tendency tacticians” and “gesture-generals” Full brief 👇 www.politics.co.uk/history/kinn...

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Neil Kinnock confronts Militant in conference speech (1985)

On 1 October 1985, Neil Kinnock launched a blistering attack on the Militant tendency during a landmark speech at Labour's annual conference.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

a short poem name like when we meet a bovine and we say 'hi coo' #NationalPoetryDay #Haiku

A black and white archive photograph of a cow standing beside a track leading down to a mill. The cow is looking at the camera.

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Marta Zboralska @marta-zboralska.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Well this is quite funny because Nigel Farage himself once argued that people “from India and Australia” are preferable to migrants from “behind the Iron Curtain” because they are more culturally aligned with Britain (0:45 to 2:00)… youtu.be/G6nZ37OLV3E?...

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Nigel Farage on immigration preferences - Newsnight

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John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My view is they owe billions. The graph shows that. I'll make a start. I think it's £10m to Brendan Rodgers minimum. He won the league in almost any other circumstance. Well. Unless we're going to do some weird multi-verse thing.

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John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

They have conniptions in the City about this from Bank Guvnor to florid Lloyds broker. Firing up Europe's desperately needed deep capital markets ought to be the greatest prize/future proof. But they're resistant to rules (which often originate in London). (I mean I am mostly agreeing with you)

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John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

He's such a silly little shit, but he makes a nice living being so.

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Interesting point for the 2 people left following this thread - report said Sheikh Mansour was not aware of the fraud - this gives a potential off ramp - deputy heads may roll (not literally one would assume) www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNaK...

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"THE CLUB WILL BE GUTTED!" Simon Jordan & Stefan Borson REACT to Premier League's Man City statement

YouTube video by talkSPORT

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’d say the optimistic case now is: 1. There’s already some momentum. 2. UK rates start from a more restrictive position than US or Euro ones; less tightening ahead. 3. Maybe, just maybe?, it looks like European gas markets have gone a bit overboard and there’s some relief ahead.

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

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John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I mean City owe Manchester United and Liverpool billions. It's not tens of millions of anything. It is surely in the hundreds of millions for Spurs, Arsenal, even Leicester. And for Arsenal the bizarre idea that the years of the offences didn't set up the 2020s. Otherwise billions to Arsenal too.

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Lupus Londonwolf @lupuslondonwolf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was making potato and leek soup and the recipe asked for five potatoes cubed. Even for potato soup, 125 potatoes seems a little excessive.

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A personal view, borne from investigating illegal betting networks, is that one of the best ways to fight financial crime is to criminalise the enablers; the lawyers, accountants and trust managers who are perfectly aware of the criminal nature of their clients' activities but choose to look away.

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John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Currently got it in the several billions in terms of impact in the UK and Europe, players' and managers' careers and so forth.

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"My wife is American, though, and she's been my wife for 36 years, and I do love the place. When I see all this Trump bullshit, all his bombast and stupidity, I think that's not the America I know." Happy Birthday to Ian McShane, born 29 September 1942.

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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The link between electricity and gas prices has already begun to break - and the government can take some credit for that... www.nesta.org.uk/blog/the-ene...

Chart showing gas bills rising by 88% and electricity bills by 68% between April and October 2022. And then gas rising by 33% and electricity by 9% between April and October 2026

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