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Martyn Drake

@martyndrake.bsky.social
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Works with some of the UKs most loved charities and social businesses. Consultant, coach, author of The Commercial Charity. www.binleydrake.com

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Every 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?
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I 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.
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Ellie Harris @eleanorrrlouise.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A 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.
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Tom Booth @boothicus.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I think every northerner has met this guy.
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Look upon my bullshit, ye Mighty, and despair! Or laugh until you're sick, whatever floats your boat.
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Congratulations!! Hope you and he are well. So pleased to hear you're now a mum.
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Be careful what you wish for... Especially if you're using AI agents. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
How a simple request for AI to book a gym class exposed a major threat
When 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.
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I 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
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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 28/07/2026
I'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!
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Ross Mudie @rmudie96.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A 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.
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I'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.
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
One in a generation. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
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Sir Garfield Sobers' six sixes remembered - archive
BBC Sport relives Sir Garfield Sobers' six sixes in an over for Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan in Swansea, in Pint-Sized TMS style.
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Inevitable
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
How 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.
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I guess "funded by the CIA" was already taken.
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Peter Coles 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇮🇪 @telescoper.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
No they fucking didn't.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Sobering to see in one chart how June temperature records have been broken this year in so many European countries www.ft.com/content/5f06...
June temperature records tumble across
Europe
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Totally agree with your total disagreement. Institutionalising food poverty is... just... Words fail.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
My favourite verse in the New Testament is when the disciples marvel at Jesus’s shredded abs but not in a gay way
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
It is seriously alarming how many of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people are just screamingly mentally unwell in deeply toxic, dangerous ways.
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I could be wrong, but it sounds to me very much like the Americans are about to invent the House of Lords.
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
No.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!" 😁
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I 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.
Bar chart showing small boat arrivals by year from 2018 (a couple of hundred) to 2025 (tens of thousands) source: House of Commons Library
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Holy sh!t In systems theory there is something we call "shifting the burden" Hard to think of a more visceral example.
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Bizarre, seems to work fine for me
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Third Sector @thirdsector.co.uk · 14/05/2026
Resilience 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.social
thirdsector.co.uk
Martyn Drake: How to develop resilience
Here is a simple framework that I’ve developed over the years
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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 23/04/2026
Social 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
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Plato would like to have a word.
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
To beautiful not to share.
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Third Sector @thirdsector.co.uk · 14/04/2026
We 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.social
thirdsector.co.uk
Martyn Drake: Why we must recognise there are other perspectives than our own
We will never speak with one voice as long as we’re arguing among ourselves or agreeing to disagree
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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
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Rachel 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.com
Tradwife 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’
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Or d) he was uncertain Sorry. I'll get my coat.
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
ignorantia juris non excusat
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Hilary Cottam @hilarycottam.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
If 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…
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Pantograph
Pie chart showing the percentage of pantomimes performed by title. Aladdin, Snow White, and Cinderella are the big beasts with everything else just making up the numbers.
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Dr Sarah Hughes @drsarahhughesceo.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
We 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!
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Third Sector @thirdsector.co.uk · 10/03/2026
Culture 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.social
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Martyn Drake: Don’t underestimate how much work goes into culture change
It might be presented as a simple recipe but it’s not a case of just following a few steps
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I 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.
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I think the film might be Butterflies Are Free, if so it would be 1972
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Potentially 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
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
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Louise Murphy @louisemurphy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Tomorrow 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…
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Martyn Drake @martyndrake.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
A 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.
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littlestormcloud.bsky.social @littlestormcloud.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Masterful Troll, TCM.
screenshot of a tv user guide, showing two channels under Tue 8PM:

MSNOW - State of the union
TCM East- Gaslight
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 22/02/2026
London’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.media
Who'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?
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