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Jukesie @jukes.ie · 04/09/2026
I had a chat with @undermanager.bsky.social about 'working in the open', the need for safe community spaces to share your work/thoughts and other things...I think - Russell recorded (and edited it( but I can't face listening to it 🙉 But you can - www.undermanager.com/the-defense-...
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The defense of open
I've been a fan of Matt Jukes for ages. He has a deep commitment to digital public service. He has a sly sense of humour. He puts his effort where his mouth is and his heart on his sleeve. A little w...
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
New addiction: minigolf on TikTok Crossposted with @openvibe.social
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Transcribing an interview and 'attendance allowance' has been rendered as 'tennis allowance'. And, well, that would be a different world wouldn't it?
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Spinny cycling / two things happening at once
Screengrab reading BREAKING: EY is rolling out a $100M
bonus pool to reward employees who demonstrate "human skills" like judgment, adaptability, innovation and critical thinking as the firm pushes back against a flood of Al slop
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Exec Sum. X. 13h
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I am enjoying how fast the AI/not AI cycle is spinning www.404media.co/businesses-g...
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Businesses Go Viral for Making Signs Without AI
In the wake of the ChatGPT flyer pandemic, some businesses are differentiating themselves by making signs the old school way.
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The sun climbs over the North Sea: youtu.be/m0LJ1n8iLP4
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Earlies - 13/826 - Cleethorpes beach ambience and sun
YouTube video by Russell Davies
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The return of clouds: www.youtube.com/live/1Q4N0dy...
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Earlies 9/8/26 - Music for clouds and the BT Tower
YouTube video by Russell Davies
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I can imagine some South Coast friends would enjoy this: jane.dallaway.com/comrades-in-...
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Comrades in Art exhibition at the Towner Gallery
Comrades in Art exhibition at the Towner Gallery
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Have just filled in the form. Interesting 2027 will be Wednesday 19 May.
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
All gone. Thank you for playing.
A screen grab showing a photo of a typewritten letter you can buy, some explanatory text headed 'Start with a greeting, and end with love' and a button saying 'sold out'
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Only 6 left fitzrovialightindustries.com/products/how...
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How to write a letter
A limited edition of 50. A single sheet of A4, written, typed and hand photocopied by Giles Turnbull I wrote a blog post about it: "Giles and I were swapping postcards a while ago. Middle-aged affecta...
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Saturday morning I got up early, went and sat in Regent's Park and played some music to myself www.youtube.com/live/RMQBXz7...
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Earlies 27/7/26 - Ambient gentleness as Regent's Park wakes up
YouTube video by Russell Davies
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Talking with Dan on an internet screen on Friday if you fancy joining us calendly.com/verylittlegr...
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How People Work, Live! ... with Russell Davies - Dan Hon
How People Work, Live! -- the live show about how to people, based on the How People Work workshop that helps teams deliver better, faster.Join Dan, a very special guest, and any number of interesting...
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Who wants to be the one? www.youtube.com/@russelldavies
A screen grab saying @russelldavies 665 subscribers - 595 videos
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
www.undermanager.com/interesting-...
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Interesting etc
At the last Interesting I threatened to come up with a plan to do 'other things'. I love the feeling at Interesting and it'd be nice to have it happen at other times and places, I've never quite worke...
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I think this is accurate, ish...
A timeline/diagram of the various business/science/innovation depts in UK government
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Fredkin's Paradox: the short version www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK4q...
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Fredkin's Paradox - a case study
YouTube video by Russell Davies
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Some tunes for the wake-up www.youtube.com/live/rah0RZL...
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Earlies 12/7/26 - something soothing after a late night watching England v Norway
YouTube video by Russell Davies
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
A classic: flowingdata.com/2026/07/10/t...
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Making two degrees looks like a lot
Care of Fox 8 in New Orleans, a baseline just below 92 degrees Fahrenheit makes a two-degree difference look like a lot. Stellar work. Bar charts do not work like this, of course. [via @tkeskinturk…
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Streaming from a cafe www.youtube.com/live/gu5rz7i...
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Outside broadcast 8/6/26
YouTube video by Russell Davies
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
We clearly need to be playing more games at altitude Crossposted with @openvibe.social
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Newsletter going out this evening. Includes a link to a poem and a picture of some flowers. Who could resist? Climb aboard: buttondown.com/russell
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Afternoon Slow
5 things. The first Sunday of every month. Roughly.
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
On July 3rd 1824, Appleton the tubmaker tried to get a cheap painting off of John Constable for a room he was doing up.
A bit of Constable's diary that says "Mr. Appleton, the tub-maker, of Tottenham Court Road, called to know if I had a damaged picture which I could let him have cheap, as he is fitting up a room up one pair of stairs."
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Why do they keep showing us John Terry?
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Seaside Special www.youtube.com/live/jej315_...
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Earlies 29/6/26 - Seaside Special
YouTube video by Russell Davies
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Everyone likes watching a crane www.youtube.com/shorts/_kqdf...
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Everyone likes watching a crane #modernjazzquartet #mjqam
YouTube video by Russell Davies
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Once again The Food Programme dodges the cuts. Disgraceful.
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Always surprises me when this rolls round: shows.acast.com/41233/episod...
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He put it in with his red socks | 4764
Bannister, spirals and Dave from the stands
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Impeccable taste in restaurant logos. "When Jimi Hendrix lived in a bohemian London flat in the 1960s, he had little need for its kitchen as he had meals sent up from Mr Love, a groovy restaurant on the ground floor of his building.' www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...
A scattering of Jimi Hendrix memorabilia including a heart shaped logo for Mr Love
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Most enjoyable soundcloud.com/chris_airpla...
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Mash 18/04/26
Bookings: chris@thediggersltd.co.uk
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
All Grooves En France Now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gPJ...
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RADIO GISCARD | Episode #04 | 1 Hour of French Library Music | 70's Cinematic Grooves
YouTube video by RADIO GISCARD
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
In response to tiny demand I've added a waitlist to the Eventbrite for Interesting: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/interestin... In case it's useful...
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Interesting 2026
Short talks about interesting things.
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
What the AI boosters don't get is that THIS is how creative work really happens: www.404media.co/emails-revea...
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Emails Reveal Space Force’s Hardest Mission Is Writing a Song
Internal Space Force emails obtained by 404 Media show the work it takes to have a government agency make a new theme song. A general even wanted to start the whole thing over again.
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Sarah Drummond @rufflemuffin.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
When we hit 1000 signatures on Friday it was a proper dream, to petition for a public inquiry into Section 28 We want to get to 10000 so we get a response from the Government. Can you help with direct sharing in your newsletter? Whatsapp groups? Posts? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Come for the music and the clothes, stay for the music and the clothes www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHyV...
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Jazz 625 - Modern Jazz Quartet (1964)
YouTube video by Brian Orifice
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Remarkably, only 4 Interesting tickets left... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/interestin...
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Interesting 2026
Short talks about interesting things.
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I’m getting a bit addicted to making these
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
ITV shareholders will soon be voting on this motion. If passed they'll have more rabbit than Sainsbury's* *a reference for our older listeners
A screengrab with the text: 21 THAT THE COMPANY IS AUTHORISED TO MAKE MARKET PURCHASES OF ITS OWNS HARES UP TO AN AGGREGATE NUMBER OF 386 MILLION ORDINARY SHARES
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I can imagine this being of interest to many (esp @genmon.fyi ?) observer.co.uk/style/observ...
observer.co.uk
Space Junk: the magazine you need in your orbit
Jack Mills and Jo Evendon discovered a shared interest in space while working together at Dazed magazine. “We both had sci-fi parents,” explains Evendon, “and we collaborated on a story about young as...
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The sun has popped out so it’s time for some Astrud open.spotify.com/track/1tEMBC...
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
French house from a tiny puppet and Sunday morning gets a bit better www.youtube.com/watch?v=p09D...
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TPS // Red Room Series Vol.01 / French House Mix / DJ MAD MAESTRO (매드 마에스트로)
YouTube video by Tinypuppetsound
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Tom Taylor @tomtaylor.co.uk · 24/02/2026
Satellite Eyes is a free, open source MacOS app that sets your desktop wallpaper to the satellite view of your current location. I've just released 2.0, which adds an option to shuffle through a selection of interesting-to-look-at places from around the world. satelliteeyes.tomtaylor.co.uk
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Satellite Eyes
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Fit / moodboard goals: methodical but weary / magnificently rumpled
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Nicely done from Giles: "why text-heavy slides fail in front of an audience" gilest.org/notes/2026/q...
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gilest.org: Talking of quizzes
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
A good episode: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
bbc.co.uk
BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Jesse Armstrong, writer
Jesse Armstrong, writer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
“Retired with immediate effect”
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I lost my favourite scarf. But I retraced my steps (with Swarm) and the cafe had kept it in their Box Of Scarves. Such a joy.
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Sam Jeffers @worklesshard.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Oh wait, here's 20 ideas that could help: whotargets.me/en/restoring...
whotargets.me
Restoring the Integrity of UK Election Campaigns – Who Targets Me
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Giles says it better than I could: gilest.org/notes/haudoo...
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gilest.org: How about some Haudoo?
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Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Let’s scrobble again, like we did last summer i.airbuds.fm/russell.davi...
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