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Richard @richardjcatherall.bsky.social · 11d

The true prize of today's #ceasefire is to convert 20 points into a #peaceprocess pathway to shared prosperity between #Palestine and #Israel. I am happy many families will see the return of their loved ones. My own loved ones have an abundant vision for the future, which deserves to be realised.

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Richard @richardjcatherall.bsky.social · 11d

I am exploring #lgbt #economicempowerment through www.colourfulintelligence.com which we are building to become an #AI enabled collective wealth building platform. We have never organised communities around #economics before and my own #LGBTLeadership posture is to enable and advocate for this.

Colourful Intelligence

Landing page for Colourful Intelligence. An AI enabled collective wealth building platform for LGBT.

www.colourfulintelligence.com

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Richard @richardjcatherall.bsky.social · 11d

I founded www.impactattache.com as a platform for a portfolio of engagements that enable me to walk alongside leaders pursuing system level #change, investing in systems, and recalibrating how they protect and strengthen #sustainability goals, when an contemporary response is to retreat from them.

Impact Attaché

Landing page to introduce Impact Attaché, an advisory firm for intelligent investment innovation.

www.impactattache.com

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Richard @richardjcatherall.bsky.social · Aug 14

I’ve learned so much over the last couple years with #AI.

Only the atomic bomb and AI have demanded such deep moral self-examination — but only AI will demand it of everyone, every day.

How many of us have developed a personal credo before drafting a usage policy? How are you consciously using?

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Richard @richardjcatherall.bsky.social · Jul 31

Compare #Russia #Crimea #Israel #Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... Russia prioritised #foodsecurity after annexation: the narrative “we care for you, you are safe with us.” Israel “we control you, you are dependent on us.” The #internationalcommunity sanctions both in very different ways.

The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza

Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in

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Richard @richardjcatherall.bsky.social · Jun 30

It was only matter of time before a local introduced you to Al Baqa Café. A social sanctuary, gone, because nothing is sacred in this way of waging war. #Gaza #CeasefireNow The friends I had made here have recently navigated their families out of Gaza, a small mercy.

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Israeli strike on Gaza seafront cafe kills at least 20 Palestinians, witnesses and rescuers say

The outdoor cafe was frequently used by journalists, activists and local residents.

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Richard @richardjcatherall.bsky.social · Jun 27

We often talk about #impact as something we drive forward. But sometimes, the deepest impact is recognising the moment when it starts to drive us.

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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · Jun 16

With even his Western sponsors criticising him, Netanyahu attacked Iran. We have a duty to keep ALL EYES & EARS trained ON GAZA. Ignore the war with Iran. Iranians can defend themselves. Palestinians need us to KEEP TALKING GAZA! www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/... x.com/yanisvaroufa...

‘Horrifying’: UN slams Israeli actions in Gaza as more aid seekers killed

UN rights chief says Israel’s warfare methods ‘inflicting horrifying, unconscionable suffering on Palestinians’.

www.aljazeera.com

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Richard @richardjcatherall.bsky.social · May 27

Israel has overreached itself. Its capacity for compassion gone. Its perspective of a peaceful future opaque. Its allies impotent and now neutered. We are reduced by the total failure of leaders who once had influence and control. #Palestine #PreventGenocide #Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Israeli troops open fire as aid group loses control of distribution centre

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, chosen by Israel, unprepared for thousands of hungry Palestinians, leading staff to abandon posts

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Richard @richardjcatherall.bsky.social · May 22

I love the scent of an APU at dawn! Despite the best and ironically integrated efforts of Auckland’s public transport system, I am on my way down to Wellington for the www.hitech.org.nz to hang out with one of our #impactinvestment partners Elli Cares!

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The NZ Hi-Tech Awards celebrate New Zealand’s most successful high-tech companies and highest achieving individuals. Originally launched in 1994 as the VSI Electronics Excellence Awards, they have sin...

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Richard @richardjcatherall.bsky.social · May 12

A client being based in west of #TāmakiMakaurau has its benefits and as winter approaches dawn is moving. From over my shoulder to greeting me as I reach the Whau Path. #cycle #commute 🚴

Richard @richardjcatherall.bsky.social · May 2

In March I wrapped five years with the employer that moved mountains to bring us to NZ. This year is dedicated to transition. I’ve embarked on a 5-yr portfolio dubbed “Impact Attaché”. This is an enabling #investmentinnovation mainly with #capitalholders as well as targeted #leadership development.

Richard @richardjcatherall.bsky.social · May 2

Anxiety can drop naturally, not because risk disappears, but because you are less afraid of your own navigation.

I left a toxic environment at the end of March and had two anxiety attacks in early April. I consider these as old stress amplifying the new stress. I over revved. #mentalhealthawareness

Richard @richardjcatherall.bsky.social · Mar 16

It’s been nearly 10 years since we paused the conversation. Life in between didn’t filter it, rather supercharged how we restarted it. This degree of Anglo-French dynamics perfectly regulated by a walk up a volcano 🌋 which I mounted again to watch my friend fly on for his mission in New Caledonia.

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Mat Nashed @matnashed.bsky.social · Feb 26

Ukrainians are now facing a similar ordeal that Palestinians have faced for decades.

Their land is being stolen and their very existence as a people is under threat by a nuclear armed imperial power.

However, the US blames the oppressed for not wanting peace.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Feb 28

This was a disgusting display by the soft, uninformed VP Vance trying to school Zelensky, the man who has led his country through the most surprisingly resilient and effective fight for sovereignty against a global superpower.

Every negative stereotype about America is confirmed in this exchange.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 28

ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?

VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media

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Richard @richardjcatherall.bsky.social · Feb 26

Instead of another arms race we need a resilience race. For every 1% increase in defence spending an investment in preventing the underlying causes of conflict, instability, and forced displacement. Prevention costs less than crisis response. Mutually assured prosperity isn’t MAD

Richard @richardjcatherall.bsky.social · Feb 26

How do we reframe the case for investment in sustainable development so that it remains compelling in an era where geopolitics is pulling resources elsewhere?

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Richard @richardjcatherall.bsky.social · Feb 16

One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will always have been against this. - @omarelakkad

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Richard @richardjcatherall.bsky.social · Feb 7

We talk about #investmentreadiness for #ventures—but what about capital holders? Deploying #impact capital isn’t just about availability; it’s about adaptability. Readiness isn’t a one-way process. The future of investment demands #innovation, #resilience & new models for capital deployment.

Richard @richardjcatherall.bsky.social · Feb 7

There is a space between what no longer fits and what hasn’t fully arrived—the in-between. The last five years have been just that. Frustrating at times, but ultimately a space of transformation. Now, it’s time to move forward—with clarity, with purpose, and with #investment #innovation for #impact

Richard @richardjcatherall.bsky.social · Feb 6

#AI: Transaction or Transformation? Mastery without submission. linkedin.com/pulse/ai-trans…

Richard @richardjcatherall.bsky.social · Feb 5

2/ What will these independent collaborations look like? #BRICS #BeltandRoadInitiative. A clean break is idealistic. Most trapped by the inertia of tightly woven international systems. How might we foster resilience within them?
While not depending we can’t exclude US leadership.

Richard @richardjcatherall.bsky.social · Feb 5

1/ The post-US world order is arguably being delivered by the US itself. While existing dependencies and connections may be challenging to unravel, and may endure, the future, and sustainable development opportunities may need to be independent and collaborations with others.

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · Jan 27

The real abuse isn't birthright citizenship-it's a global order that makes migration a necessity for survival while punishing the poor for trying to access the same opportunities the privileged take for granted.

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