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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🗨️Hot on the heels of the @marketoonist.bsky.social Monday #marketoon is the quote that captures so much "because‘the model said so’ doesn’t hold up with a regulator, a customer or a board." -Pat Condo, CEO of Seekr Marketoonist: "The AI Agent Trust Gap" marketoonist.beehiiv.com/p/marketooni...

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Marketoonist: "The AI Agent Trust Gap" cartoon

Weekly hand-drawn business cartoon from Marketoonist Tom Fishburne

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

📢Yep, it's not a Monday, even a busy one, without an @marketoonist.bsky.social #Marketoon Yep, it's #AI focused again - a rich seam of things to write and cartoon about & trust🎯 Marketoonist: "The AI Agent Trust Gap" cartoon marketoonist.beehiiv.com/p/marketooni...

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Marketoonist: "The AI Agent Trust Gap" cartoon

Weekly hand-drawn business cartoon from Marketoonist Tom Fishburne

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My Bluesky review of the week 🤓super sense making in #AI learning day thanks to @juliedrybrough.bsky.social & @fionamcbride.bsky.social 💬chats with new client folks 🧩day 7 🤔impromptu coaching call 📋interviewing candidates for client 2 ✈️ niece arrives for 3 month stay 🍃feeling calmer 🚴🧘‍♀️🚶‍♀️☕️🍷💤

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

📣My Bluesky review of the week, it's late 🚊Visit to Upminister, literally the end of the line 🥳Landed some work 😬started it the next day 🌐new networking & deep convos with old friends 🔚end of an era #TheHangouts is no more😢 ✍️writing or offloading? 🦷dental check up 👁️saw this beautiful piece👇 🧘‍♀️🏋️🚴☕️📸🍷

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

📢Busy old Monday so it's definitely Tuesday and time to drop the Tom Fishburne, aka, the @marketoonist.bsky.social #marketoon Learning some historical context on the marketing funnel & very much trapped in it almost daily Marketing Funnel Vision marketoonist.com/2026/09/mark...

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Marketing Funnel Vision cartoon - Marketoonist | Tom Fishburne

I've been researching an upcoming international trip and gave an email address at one point. I was overwhelmed by the aggressive marketing tactics that came next: a string of offers all designed to ru...

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

📢My Bluesky review of the week 🔥a lovely lunch & deep convo with @thinkconnectod.bsky.social 🥰ran #HRInterimNetworking in real life event 🤓went to a cracking event run by Juno Journey 📹interesting convo with Wondercraft 🧑‍🏭a few chats about potential work 🥘great lunch for Natalie 🧘‍♀️🚴🏋️🚶‍♀️🚪📸🍷

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📢My Bluesky review of the week 🥁chatting #MyHRInterimLife on LinkedIn 💡interesting learning chats on AI & HR 🖥️extending the network far & wide one convo at a time 🥰mentoring meetings 🤓a canter through Papaya Global 🚶‍♀️net-walking with coffee with the lovely Kate 🔭work searching goes on 😷🚴🧘‍♀️☕️✍️🎉

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🗨️Hot on the heels of the Monday #marketoon has to be the fave quote "As we bumble through this awkward adolescent period of AI adoption, we have to continually question how we use these tools, & who is paying the tax." - @marketoonist.bsky.social marketoonist.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Workslop Tax cartoon - Marketoonist | Tom Fishburne

When chasing metrics that reward any type of AI adoption, it's easy to miss the workslop tax that is being paid underneath the surface. Last year, BetterUp Labs and the Stanford Social Media Lab intro...

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

📢Oh yes, it's not a Monday without an @marketoonist.bsky.social #marketoon The irony of #AI being introduced and platformed as a cost saving, productivity tool is not lost on me when you see the (un/intended) consequences & who's paying The Workslop Tax marketoonist.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Workslop Tax cartoon - Marketoonist | Tom Fishburne

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

⏰📢My Bluesky review of the week, it's late ☕️coffee catch ups ☎️work calls chatting payroll systems knowledge sharing 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 worked from another location to ring the changes & rock the perks of my #HRInterim life 😷early cold, cough & a dreaded broken crown - painful on all counts 📚reading 🧘‍♀️🚶‍♂️🌊☔️🚗🐌

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Starting the day with some thought provoking reading Abi Adamson 🔥dismantling the systems of oppression & asking the big qs abiadamson.substack.com/p/friday-boo...

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Friday Bookshelf: Frantz Fanon

He died at 36 and explained oppression better than anyone has since. Some minds simply arrive finished.

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

💬Following up on the Monday, on a Tuesday @marketoonist.bsky.social #marketoon with my fave quote Had to pick one & this got me thinking "“the conscious mind is the editor, & the subconscious mind is the writer.”- Steve Martin The Itty Bitty Sh*tty Committee marketoonist.com/2026/08/the-...

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The Itty Bitty Sh*tty Committee cartoon - Marketoonist | Tom Fishburne

I've always liked this colorful expression to describe the critical, anxious inner monologue that can drive our thinking. For anyone doing creative work, the committee is a barrier. It can stymie what...

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The paperback edition of my book, Breaking: How the Media Works, When it Doesn’t, and Why it Matters. Now is out today! geni.us/BreakingMicWright

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Breaking: How the Media Works, When it Doesn't and Why it Matters

Out now!

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

📢My Bluesky review of the week 🥰more mentoring ☕️cool coffee conversations in real life, so lovely to meet @jacksont0ny.bsky.social after all these years ♥️ ✅business to dos, getting done ⏯️decisions made ✍️big blogs 🏗️built a fence, I see power tools in my future ✝️saw Jesus Christ Superstar 🚴🧘‍♀️🚶‍♀️🏋️‍♀️📸

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

📚When some peeps try to burn, ban or bury books, Dolly was out there championing them, knowing that the ♥️ of books is key to a lovely life of learning She was a legend It's a huge loss to 🌎 a true e.g of using reach, $£ & soft power for a whole heap of good that'll extend long after she's gone.

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

💬Hot on the heels of @marketoonist.bsky.social Monday #Marketoon is the " “It will be patience rather than speed that will turn #AI adoption into new & holistic value creation. When speed is prioritized above all else, org.s cut corners." -Prof. David De Cremer 🎯 marketoonist.com/2026/08/the-...

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The AI Strategy cartoon - Marketoonist | Tom Fishburne

I drew this cartoon thinking about how much panic and FOMO has been setting the pace and tenor of AI adoption. No one wants to be left behind. And that's led to some of the most disjointed decisions w...

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

📢Yep it's not a Monday without an @marketoonist.bsky.social #marketoon This gets to the ♥️ of the #AI conversations I'm seeing & hearing I wonder if intentional usage as a strategic advantage is going to be a consideration for many more or not🤔👇 The AI Strategy marketoonist.com/2026/08/the-...

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The AI Strategy cartoon - Marketoonist | Tom Fishburne

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Lost time and headspace this week, stressing on how to get back from Sicily A three day delay isn't the same as extending your holiday because you want to....even when I totally love everything Italian I did get some great shots of Etna doing what nature does though

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

📢My Bluesky review of the week is back 🤖losing hours of my life I'll never get back to online AI enabled customer service 'helpdesk' ☕️coffee catch ups with interesting peeps 📍advert out for #HRInterimNetworking meet up ✍️musing on the 🌍 of work whilst looking for more 🥰mentoring calls 🏋️🧘‍♀️📚📸🚶‍♀️😎

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

📢My Bluesky review of the week ☕coffee business development chats 📚business book gift on to free up space on the shelves ✍ another day, another profile in 🤞 🤓talking tech with a new connection, doing a recruiter friend a favour ✅personal tax done, my accountant will be pleased 🧥donating 🚴🏋️🧘‍♀️🚶‍♀️📸🚪

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

My bluesky review of the week 🇦🇺 early pitch, no sale, the client isn't hiring after all ✍️editing next promotional blog 🤔thinking & evolving the offer 🎙️researching podcasts for guest slot opportunities ☕quiet August gives opportunities for coffee chats 🥘very early birthday lunch with Mum 📸re-org 🚴🏋️🧘‍♀️🚶‍♀️

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

📢My bluesky review of the week 🪫post holiday mojo MIA 🗞️#HRInterimNetworking admin, event & newsletter done 📱calls about work & about community building 💸BD work progressing 🖌️picking paints 📚book giveaway set up 🧹Chiara HQ summer clear out 🐈‍⬛cat whispering duties done, neighbours were grateful 🧘‍♀️🚴🏋️👩‍🌾☕️🚪

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Delighted to share some thoughts, ones I consider fairly retro and good practice, in this article in @peoplemanagement.bsky.social Hiring managers favour learning speed over experience, research shows www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1962...

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Hiring managers favour learning speed over experience, research shows

Experts welcome a shift away from recruiting based on years of expertise, but call for a mixed approach to avoid unconscious bias

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

📢My Bluesky review of the week, back on it ✈Stornoway to Glasgow 🚗Glasgow- Newcastle-Doncaster-Scunthorpe-London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧friends, family, the annual northern road trip is done 🏦back to business reality with some much needed admin 👷any profile on the tbc pile 💡working on new business ideas 🧘‍♀️🏋️🚴🍷📸

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

✍️Really enjoyed this deep dive into the importance of the words you use when you come to describe the people who go to make up organisational success Thanks @andyspence.bsky.social #HR #Business #HumanCentred 👇 open.substack.com/pub/wrk3/p/l...

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Lower-Value Human Capital

Why language is more important than ever at work

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

📢My bluesky review of the week, back again 🥶🥵new experiences incl. cold plunge & sea salt sauna 🌊dips in the sea 🏖️sand between the toes 🚶‍♀️walks in the wind 🧑‍🏭taking it slower, work wise 🥰spending time with family & friends 📚🏊🥘🍰☕️🚗🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚽️📷🍷

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

📣My bluesky review of the week 🙏cracking event for Fractional People with the lovely Jane V 📲cool calls about potential work, whilst I melt in the heat 🌐prepped for virtual #HRInterimNetworking event ✍lots of LinkedIn admin & some post writing 🎤Take That with my Mum 🧘‍♀️🏋️🚶‍♀️📸🍷🏊🫠😎

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

💬After the #marketoon post, I need to share my fave quote @marketoonist.bsky.social this week "But anytime marketers like us get together, we’re in danger of breathing our own exhaust. And taking ourselves a bit too seriously." p.s. it's not just marketers marketoonist.beehiiv.com/p/marketooni...

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Marketoonist: "Cannes Lions Humblebrags" cartoon

Weekly hand-drawn business cartoon from Marketoonist Tom Fishburne

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

📢It is not a Monday, even when it's a Tuesday, without an Tom Fishburne #marketoon Featuring the thing we love to love/hate LinkedIn & probably marketing @marketoonist.bsky.social : "Cannes Lions Humblebrags" cartoon marketoonist.beehiiv.com/p/marketooni...

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Marketoonist: "Cannes Lions Humblebrags" cartoon

Weekly hand-drawn business cartoon from Marketoonist Tom Fishburne

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

📢My bluesky review of the week 🎢another rejection & another pitch ✍writing 📚buddy book review "The Squeezed Middle" - go @garycookson.bsky.social 🦩met my buddy & her new baby 🥘lunch with a coach training cohort buddy 🍹regular meet up with former colleagues from a big change project 🕸️tweaks 🚴🧘‍♀️🏋️🚶‍♀️📸🍷

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

💬And after the @marketoonist.bsky.social Monday #marketoon comes the quote SONK is “You take trivial findings and dress them up with tortured statistics and jargon. And spread it over many pages. It’s style over substance.” - Byron Sharp New Self-Serving Study marketoonist.com/2026/06/new-...

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New Self-Serving Study cartoon - Marketoonist | Tom Fishburne

Byron Sharp from the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute has long been on the frontlines of debunking marketing myths, starting with "How Brands Grow: What Marketers Don't Know" in 2010. Byron recently introduce...

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

📢Yep, it's definitely not a Monday without @marketoonist.bsky.social & today's new word is SONK Thanks Tom Fishburne It's always well worth checking out & it's usefulness extends beyond the marketing function to the organisation more widely New Self-Serving Study marketoonist.com/2026/06/new-...

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New Self-Serving Study cartoon - Marketoonist | Tom Fishburne

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

📢My bluesky review of the week 🗞️newsletter is out for next #HRInterimNetworking event which feel like buses at the mo...next! 📲calls about work & the market still feels 🐌 💬lots and lots of human interaction & hugs at CIPD Festival of Work 🥰 🦉learning more EODF session on organisation design 🧘‍♀️🏋️🚶‍♀️📸🍷💤

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Thanks Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social for unpacking the news in Belfast & the powers at play that stoke up division on the streets & the media response & framing of it Conquest of the Useless is worth subscribing too Different, deeper journalism #r4today open.substack.com/pub/brokenbott

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

🗞️Since when did politicians think about implementation or unintended consequences of policy announcements? It's a media/comms game @brokenbottleboy also in @BylineTimes highlighting this in today's Conquest of the Useless, both of which are always worth a read 👇 open.substack.com/pub/brokenbo...

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The naked truth about press coverage of Keir Starmer's nude ban plan

The Prime Minister's latest "won't somebody please think of the children" policy is treated seriously by a media addicted to easy solutions to complicated problems.

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🗨️Hot on the heels of the #Monday #Marketoon is my fave quote Today was a dead heat between the Seth Godin on & this from @marketoonist.bsky.social "what matters more than brand image is what a brand delivers over time." 🎯 marketoonist.beehiiv.com/p/marketooni...

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Marketoonist: "Brand Origin Stories and Faux-thenticity" cartoon

Weekly hand-drawn business cartoon from Marketoonist Tom Fishburne

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

📢Oh yes it's not a Monday without a #marketoon @marketoonist.bsky.social This one's on authenticity Marketoonist: "Brand Origin Stories and Faux-thenticity" cartoon marketoonist.beehiiv.com/p/marketooni...

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Marketoonist: "Brand Origin Stories and Faux-thenticity" cartoon

Weekly hand-drawn business cartoon from Marketoonist Tom Fishburne

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Tube strikes = extra walking So on the long road to the train station last night..... Got me some views Always a favourite #lookup

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

📢My bluesky review of the week 🍹held #HRInterimNetworking in real life 🌐plunged into my 1st #LnDcowork experience & met fab folks @thinkconnectod.bsky.social 📚excited to join my buddy for launch of book no 3. Go Gary 💬interesting chats with new people 📲IT work at Chiara HQ 🎢chatting markets 🚶‍♀️🚌🧘‍♀️✍️💤

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

🛼Please consider supporting Skates4Mates who I discovered via @bigissue.com last year Continuing to do great work for young people coming here who find skills, purpose, people & lots of fun Go Jennifer Irons & team www.gofundme.com/f/skates4mates

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Donate to Skates4Mates: Share the love of roller skating with refugees, organized by Jennifer Irons

Skates4Mates — Keep us rolling Joy is a radical act. … Jennifer Irons needs your support for Skates4Mates: Share the love of roller skating with refugees

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

📢Really enjoyed this lunch and learn today @barryflack.bsky.social When you prefer to talk to #AI than your line manager or leader....it's definitely a sign of something deeper and more worrying www.linkedin.com/pulse/your-p...

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Your people are asking AI instead of you. That’s not an AI problem.

The overdependence risk nobody wants to name. 97% of employees have sought advice from AI instead of their manager.

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Once again it takes @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social to break down the press & political opportunists & their agenda One that disregards a family's request, that makes the tragic murder of a young man nothing more than lurid headlines 🇬🇧 deserves better media & leaders open.substack.com/pub/brokenbo...

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Trading dog whistles for klaxons

Right-wing columnists and politicians are exploiting the murder of Henry Nowak, turning him into a symbol to serve their grim ambitions.

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

📢🐝Didn't go to my regular spin class last night as I went to this webinar on #AI Don't groan It was a good one Thanks to Blackmetric & Adrian Reed & Mick Brian of The Waggle Room Spin is scheduled for Friday instead www.blackmetric.com/2026/06/02/w...

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Webinar Recording: Don’t Let the Machine Do Your Thinking: AI as Tool, Not Master with Mick Brian | Blackmetric Business Solutions

Everyone’s talking about AI adoption. Not enough people are talking about what we lose in the process. As organisations rush to integrate AI into their work,

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Check out @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social He's unpacking Nigel Farage news/ not news on his exclusion/non-exclusion from Desert Island Discs Worth a read so you don't waste time, like I did, trying to engage with folks frankly uninterested in facts brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/desert-isl...

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Desert Island Dickhead

A single source in as yet unpublished biography written by a retired Tory peer starts a debate about Nigel Farage being banned from the BBC's Desert Island Discs.

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