Reposted by Martyn DrakeTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever 41120583120
Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Every week i get a "you might be interested in" email from Substack because i subscribe to @ldfreedman.bsky.social and @samfr.bsky.social. I never click any of the links. Today, five anti-Carney pro-Trump suggestions from authors I've never heard of. Maybe just random chance, eh? 000
Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I also get loads of these. "I've checked your website" but don't know whether you're a sir or a madam is so 2025. At least the proper AI ones compliment *owner name* on *positive summary here* before pitching you the slop. 130
Reposted by Martyn DrakeEllie Harris @eleanorrrlouise.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A lack of agency is absolutely a big part of what’s going on for young people today. We spoke to 150 young people, who all had big aspirations but were struggling to realise them. This isn’t a character flaw. Agency is a skill that needs to be developed & practice. That requires opportunities. 15516
Reposted by Martyn DrakeTom Booth @boothicus.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I think every northerner has met this guy. 1813016
Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Look upon my bullshit, ye Mighty, and despair! Or laugh until you're sick, whatever floats your boat. 100
Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Congratulations!! Hope you and he are well. So pleased to hear you're now a mum. 110
Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Be careful what you wish for... Especially if you're using AI agents. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...abc.net.auHow a simple request for AI to book a gym class exposed a major threatWhen Andrew asked his AI personal assistant to book him a spot in a gym class, he had no idea he would accidentally initiate an autonomous cyber attack. 010
Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I would say "that just about sums it up" on the AI bubble. Except this thread is actually a long (and very astute, insightful and interesting) set of observations. And not remotely a summary. Maybe "that just about covers it all" is a better description. Hat tip to @doctorow.pluralistic.net 0144
Reposted by Martyn DrakeSaloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 28/07/2026I'm interested in finding and potentially supporting people who are interested in doing long-form writing on the big efforts in global health: Gavi, Global Fund, PEPFAR, etc. If this is you or someone you know, please make yourself known! 58173
Reposted by Martyn DrakeRoss Mudie @rmudie96.bsky.social · 24/07/2026A truly damning chart. Life satisfaction for young people in the most deprived areas is the lowest it has been since 2010, *and* the gap between them and young people the least deprived areas is wider than ever. 011
Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I've got to be honest, on a macho scale from "Don't push me" to "You'll never take me alive, copper" it's not exactly the strongest entry in the canon. 020
Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 17/07/2026One in a generation. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...bbc.co.ukSir Garfield Sobers' six sixes remembered - archiveBBC Sport relives Sir Garfield Sobers' six sixes in an over for Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan in Swansea, in Pint-Sized TMS style. 000
Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 15/07/2026How have we gone from a beautiful blend of Real Madrid and Man City, to a 1980's Arsenal in the space of a goal? Come on England. 000
Reposted by Martyn DrakePeter Coles 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇮🇪 @telescoper.bsky.social · 15/07/2026No they fucking didn't. 0859
Reposted by Martyn DrakeHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Sobering to see in one chart how June temperature records have been broken this year in so many European countries www.ft.com/content/5f06... 16466315
Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Totally agree with your total disagreement. Institutionalising food poverty is... just... Words fail. 000
Reposted by Martyn DrakeDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 10/07/2026My favourite verse in the New Testament is when the disciples marvel at Jesus’s shredded abs but not in a gay way 1822736
Reposted by Martyn DrakeJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 03/07/2026It is seriously alarming how many of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people are just screamingly mentally unwell in deeply toxic, dangerous ways. 7380322181
Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I could be wrong, but it sounds to me very much like the Americans are about to invent the House of Lords. 010
Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 30/06/2026No.1 son heading to work this morning: "Dad, can we meet at the pub after work?" After a beery weekend at the cricket my first thought was you must be joking Me (not wanting to be negative): "Erm, it's only Tuesday. Is there a reason?" Him: "My first wages came through" Me: "Pick a pub, son!" 😁 000
Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I do think that whenever anyone reports on small boat crossings, they should be contractually obligated to point out that the numbers were minuscule before we exited the EU and the Dublin agreement. In effect, this is what Farage campaigned for. 3205
Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Holy sh!t In systems theory there is something we call "shifting the burden" Hard to think of a more visceral example. 000
Reposted by Martyn DrakeThird Sector @thirdsector.co.uk · 14/05/2026Resilience is a tricky word. Let’s take that as a given. It’s tricky because, on the one hand, it’s increasingly critical that leaders develop it. On the other hand, it’s an easy word for shifting responsibility @martyndrake.bsky.socialthirdsector.co.ukMartyn Drake: How to develop resilienceHere is a simple framework that I’ve developed over the years 011
Reposted by Martyn DrakePetter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 23/04/2026Social media is no longer social. Most of it is passive viewing of videos and pictures from people we've never met. But we're still studying social media like it's 2010. We've entered the post-social media era — and research needs to catch up. osf.io/preprints/so... preprint w/ Richard Rogers 392983946
Reposted by Martyn DrakeThird Sector @thirdsector.co.uk · 14/04/2026We will never speak with one voice as long as we’re arguing among ourselves, or worse, “agreeing to disagree”. So, the next time you find yourself at an impasse, try the question: “From what perspective should we be coming at this?” @martyndrake.bsky.socialthirdsector.co.ukMartyn Drake: Why we must recognise there are other perspectives than our ownWe will never speak with one voice as long as we’re arguing among ourselves or agreeing to disagree 021
Reposted by Martyn DrakeGavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Come and shape the future of the Nuffield Foundation. A new & key leadership role at the UK’s leading independent funder of social & economic research. We fund evidence, back innovation & support pioneering practice. Join a great team at an exciting moment. roles.saxbam.com/advert-detai...roles.saxbam.com Advert 01932
Reposted by Martyn DrakeRachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 02/04/2026"Among young American men, the strongest predictor of support for the tradwife lifestyle was not gallantry but hostility towards women" Apparently this is not what researchers "expected". Which makes one wonder: had these researchers thought about it for 30 seconds? www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...thetimes.comTradwife movement ‘attracts men who are hostile to women’The strongest predictor of support for women staying at home and deferring to their husband is not, as researchers expected, chivalry but ‘hostile sexism’ 25788392214
Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Or d) he was uncertain Sorry. I'll get my coat. 100
Reposted by Martyn DrakeHilary Cottam @hilarycottam.bsky.social · 12/03/2026If you are in the UK Civil Service- a DD or aspiring DD - this is an opportunity to work with me, England’s Upland Communities and @DefraGovUK on system transformation - please share widely a fantastic opportunity for a brilliant candidate civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?j… 239
Reposted by Martyn DrakeDr Sarah Hughes @drsarahhughesceo.bsky.social · 10/03/2026We have taken Travelodge off our list of accommodation providers for all staff and volunteers. I wasn’t impressed with their response. As a woman who travels a lot on my own & has experienced a man trying to get into my hotel room - I need to see some urgency and clear action! 141
Reposted by Martyn DrakeThird Sector @thirdsector.co.uk · 10/03/2026Culture forms spontaneously whenever you put a group in a room and give them a problem to solve. But culture also endures; even when all the original people have left, the new ones will continue with the patterns they’ve inherited @martyndrake.bsky.socialthirdsector.co.ukMartyn Drake: Don’t underestimate how much work goes into culture changeIt might be presented as a simple recipe but it’s not a case of just following a few steps 031
Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 08/03/2026I believe the use of centi- for hundredth rather than hundred (and milli- by extension) came about because the French, who set the definitions, already used decime as a term for one tenth, so they went for centime as a hundredth. Having used up Latin they went Greek for hecta- and kilo- instead. 110
Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 07/03/2026I think the film might be Butterflies Are Free, if so it would be 1972 100
Reposted by Martyn DrakeLizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Potentially underplayed: Positive politics Everyone I spoke to who was voting Reform gave reasons as concerns and fears of various kinds, mainly over immigration and general state of the country The Green voters generally said they were inspired by what the party was standing for and its vision 231454
Reposted by Martyn DrakeLouise Murphy @louisemurphy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Tomorrow the ONS will publish new data on the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET). This is important – and not just because the number is very close to one million… 21912
Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 25/02/2026A study on how class identity interacts with immigration views in UK - results are more interesting than you might expect. "I don't like immigrants so therefore I can justifiably claim to be working class" is an actual, measurable thing. Similar effect in Italy with identifying as Christian. 000
Reposted by Martyn Drakelittlestormcloud.bsky.social @littlestormcloud.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Masterful Troll, TCM. 7066991620
Reposted by Martyn DrakeJim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 22/02/2026London’s “worst mass eviction in recent history” is underway; hundreds of households across London told to get out of their homes this week by the same landlord, ahead of the renters rights act. The landlord? Billionaire Asif Aziz’s Criterion Capital. www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...londoncentric.mediaWho's the billionaire behind London’s biggest mass eviction?He's the London philanthropist who says he's committed to solving homelessness. So why is Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital rushing to make hundreds of Londoners homeless in the coming weeks? 561026812