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Andy Smith

@practicaleq.bsky.social
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Appreciative Inquiry practitioner, author of 'Practical Appreciative Inquiry' and 'Practical NLP' series, curates Appreciative Inquiry starter pack coachingleaders.co.uk

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...
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Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment
It’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here.
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Andy Smith @practicaleq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
All these tech billionaires thinking they're fans of LoTR but totally misunderstanding it
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I predict that Musk’s attempt to suppress this film will be every bit as successful as Meta’s attack on Sarah Wynn-Williams’ book. And the many awards judges around the world who care about culture have an opportunity to play their part. Let’s give Big Tech all the recognition it deserves
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Something very strange and disturbing is happening in this country, of which Braverman is just the most pitiful example. iandunt.substack.com/p/the-return...
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The return of race politics
Ethnic minority politicians on the right are engaged in depraved acts of self-hatred, in order to capture a movement which will never accept them
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Andy Smith @practicaleq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you’ve seen it?
Aragorn refuses the ring when Frodo tries to give it to him #LoTR
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ed Miliband will appoint a new special representative for climate security, as well as a new ministerial taskforce on “the national security and resilience risks of a changing climate and nature loss” - excellent to see Now release the full JIC report publicly! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Possession of an offensive weapon, reckless endangerment, criminal damage ... Let's hope the police take this seriously. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard
Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Keep politics out of music, like in the old days when Tchaikovsky wrote the 1812 Overture about how nice the weather was that year, or Beethoven composed his “Emperor” concerto in honour of his favourite kitten, and Dylan sang A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, all about the fun of splashing in puddles.
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AgonyFlips @agonyflips.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There aren’t many perfect TV shows but Colin from Accounts is one of them. Just beautiful from start to finish
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Debbie Kennedy @whysocialmedia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Let's make a dent in that £105m
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Andy Smith @practicaleq.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
New episode of the Practical NLP Podcast: interview with Mark Andreas about the Core Transformation method, with links to free resources so you can try it out for yourself nlppod.com/core-transfo...
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Core Transformation with Mark Andreas: Practical NLP Podcast
Andy Smith interviews NLP trainer and coach Mark Andreas about the Core Transformation method, how it works, and published research into its effectiveness
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Help! My children are drowning!” “Sorry, mate, you’re brown.” Who wants to live in a country where people don’t go to the rescue of men, women and children in danger of losing their lives? The racists do. Please support the wonderful RNLI rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“If the UK develops additional oil and gas production, that does not mean an equivalent quantity of production elsewhere automatically stops. It adds additional fossil-fuel supply to an international market." Why is this point so hard for so many to grasp? climateuncensored.com/there-is-no-...
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There Is No Atmospheric Exemption for British Oil and Gas - Climate Uncensored
I was recently contacted by a colleague from my days in the 1980s and 90s when I worked as an engineer in the offshore oil and gas sector. He remains in the
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NHS backlog fuelled a private equity gold rush in UK healthcare. All part of Tory plan to hike waiting list, under investment and privatisation of healthcare. Profiteering means less available for frontline services. Higher taxes for lower public value. Ban private equity from all public services
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How the NHS backlog fuelled a private equity gold rush in UK health market
The latest Spire Healthcare deal showed that private equity interest in the private healthcare market has continued.
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Andy Smith @practicaleq.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Oh mate, don't mention your *mum* in a conversation about-- oh, too late 😄
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I’m interested in the emotional response (I have it too) whereby anger at the worst people is immediately displaced on to institutions you think should be calling them out. Labour and the BBC’s weak response to fascists arouses more fury than the fascists themselves. Must be a term for it
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I picked up a copy of the collected letters of JRR Tolkien for reasons, and this is the most bullshit table of contents I've ever seen. I'm actively angry that it exists
Contents

Introduction - vii

Foreword to the Revised and Expanded Edition - xi

Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien - 1

Notes - 607

Index - 637
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Andy Smith @practicaleq.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Mrs Brown's Boys though
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Now James Orr has stepped down as Reform UK's Head of Policy after C4's report, questions remain for Cambridge – where he is Associate Professor. Byline Times revealed serious concerns about his activities there months ago. We all know there won't now be 200+ articles on him and his life don't we?
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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Channel 4 reporter: Hello. I am Mr. Alias and this is my extremely suspicious comically large donation that i can only make in the form of a bag of money with a dollar sign on it. every other reform guy: seems legit! let me tell you every single way in which i and my boss have broken the law
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
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Andy Smith @practicaleq.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Andy Smith @practicaleq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
When you set goals, how far ahead do you look - especially when the goals are personal rather than work-related? Here's why it's worth looking further... nlppod.com/goal-setting...
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Goal-Setting: How Far Ahead Is Your Time Horizon?
Photo by Stocksnap on Pixabay The Value of Looking Six Years Ahead Do you live for the moment, not worrying about tomorrow at all? Or is your life planned out
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I know this isn't terrorism. You know this isn't terrorism. The authorities know this isn't terrorism. But, once again, they have labelled protesters "terrorists", as part of the long-running programme to ensure that no one dares protest about anything any more. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’
Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
900+ academics and others have so far defended this man on grounds of academic freedom. That’s how easy it was for them to support a openly racist man. They didn’t even bother to double check whether the racist happens to also be against academic freedom. Total surprise, he is.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/08/2026
Discworld QOTD, from The Shepherd's Crown "FOR I CAN SEE THE BALANCE AND YOU HAVE LEFT THE WORLD MUCH BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT, AND IF YOU ASK ME, said Death, NOBODY COULD DO ANY BETTER THAN THAT…"
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Turns out it happened on July 23rd. Give him a boost and let's do something nice
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SeaYou #FBPE 🇪🇺 @seayou.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Le bonheur à l’état pur. #DogLover 🐶💙
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Andy Smith @practicaleq.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Well this is depressing - literally
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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 24/07/2026
The claim “RFK Jr. does not fuck chickens” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that RFK Jr. fucks chickens.
KEY POINTS
• The claim 'vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based
claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Important to object to and correct every single use of "remigration." The word is a euphemism designed to make respectable its users' project, which is ethnic cleansing.
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Tom Pearson @tom7p.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Another good piece on how Britain is doing better than people think www.thetimes.com/article/81bf...
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Keir Starmer had a good story, but it’s Andy Burnham’s to tell
Violent crime and immigration are the lowest for years — selling those successes could put Labour back in the game
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Jeffrey Epstein survivors speak out #SuperBowl #SuperBowl2026 #SuperBowlXL "I was 14" "I was 16" "I was 16" "17" "14" "There are about a thousand of us" "It's time to bring the secrets out of the shadows" "It's time to shine a light into the darkness" "Release all of the Epstein files"
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Andy Smith @practicaleq.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Interesting (and alarming) read
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Once again, why haven’t we banned disposable barbecues?
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I see Labour MPs still announcing stuff on X, a platform specifically designed to make people hate them, 100% shaped to push them out of public life and which would ideally see many of them in prison. Funny old world.
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Andy Smith @practicaleq.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
And if you want even more joy than that, this guy posts several Nancy cartoons a day! @nancycomics.bsky.social
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Andy Smith @practicaleq.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
If you want a little more joy in your life, @victoriaqotd.bsky.social posts a daily Victoria Wood quote
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VictoriaQOTD @victoriaqotd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
If I was Prime Minister - and thank goodness I'm not, because I've been the length and breadth of Downing Street and never spotted a decent wool shop.
Kitty getting hammered on sweet sherries.
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Andy Smith @practicaleq.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Get the look for less! 😄
Post by Claire Lynch showing, on the left, Andrew Tate being arrested (on charges of rape, human trafficking, and possession of indecent images of children). The 'hypermasculinity influencer' is wearing a purple blouse, black capri pants, and black loafers. On the right, an ad for George at Asda showing a slim, smiling brown woman wearing the EXACT SAME CLOTHES (blouse £17, pants £12). Claire's text accompanying the picturs says "Must be especially embarrassing for Andrew Tate to get arrested wearing an ASDA ladies outfit"
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Andy Smith @practicaleq.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Latest episode of the Positive Change Methods podcast is about how to use 'provocative propositions' in Appreciative Inquiry - mostly about team coaching but with some pointers for larger-scale organisational change as well. Full episode and transcript here: coachingleaders.co.uk/provocative-...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A reminder that this is the guy we're all now supposed to be listening to on the subject of the safety of MPs
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 15/07/2026
[boldly] I just don't think the British government needs to have Shabana Mahmood in it, I think we managed fine without her and we can just keep going without her, it's fine, Andy Burnham doesn't need to find a space for her in cabinet, there are other MPs
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Reform UK's Zia Yusuf is currently delivering a speech accusing his party's critics of using language that will put his colleagues' lives at risk. In other news, here's Zia Yusuf two months ago
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Russia is inflaming the debate on immigration in Britain as part of “increasing ambitions to disrupt our way of life”, counter-terror police and experts say It has directly and indirectly paid right-wing influencers to spread messages that align with its political goals inews.co.uk/news/putin-i...
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How Putin is inflaming immigration tensions to spark disorder in Britain
Counter-terror leaders reveal the tactics Russia is using to sow division in the UK
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The Norweigan Ambassador to the UK
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