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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 19h

Casio are taking pre-orders for their new AI-powered emotional support guinea pig

www.casio.com/uk/moflin/

Moflin is a Smart Companion Powered by AI, with emotions like a living creature – designed to support, reassure, and grow with you through life’s everyday moments

www.casio.com

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 2d

In the 1970s, the French government ran this ad: “we don’t have petrol, but we have ideas”

Today, French electricity generation is 72% nuclear, 21% renewables and 7% fossil fuels. They are the largest net exporter of electricity in the world.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk0z...

SPOT TV gouvernement économies d'énergie : "en France, on n'a pas de pétrole, mais on a des idées"

m.youtube.com

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 2d

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 2d

In the 1970s, the French government ran this ad: “we don’t have petrol, but we have ideas”

Today, French electricity generation is 72% nuclear, 21% renewables and 7% fossil fuels. They are the largest net exporter of electricity in the world.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk0z...

SPOT TV gouvernement économies d'énergie : "en France, on n'a pas de pétrole, mais on a des idées"

m.youtube.com

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 2d

In the 1970s, the French government ran this ad: “we don’t have petrol, but we have ideas”

Today, French electricity generation is 72% nuclear, 21% renewables and 7% fossil fuels. They are the largest net exporter of electricity in the world.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk0z...

SPOT TV gouvernement économies d'énergie : "en France, on n'a pas de pétrole, mais on a des idées"

m.youtube.com

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 2d

a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen .

ALT: a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen .

media.tenor.com

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 4d

"Resilience won’t come from fixing yesterday’s problems. It will come from perceiving tomorrow’s patterns."

A lot of “innovation” work forgets you can’t build for the future if you ignore the present. A smart call to stop designing the future like it’s 2010.

medium.com/@paulagilb/w...

We Are Designing for Futures That No Longer Exist

If you have been paying attention, five reports should have made it to the top of your reading pile: The UN Global Risks Report; The World…

medium.com

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 5d

If you work in sport or partner with sporting organisations, do join me for our next webinar with the wonderful Frances Milner from the Leeds United Foundation.

Firetail @firetail.bsky.social · 5d

Sport can be a force for social progress and purpose, and when treated as a strategic asset, can create impact and commercial value.

Register for our next webinar to hear Frances Milner, CEO of the The Leeds United Foundation, share insights on their approach to social impact: buff.ly/aSoEofM

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 9d

This paragraph is pure William Gibson (@greatdismal.bsky.social)

"That portal relied on SS7 connectivity through an Indonesian telecom carrier and via Liechtenstein’s national operator, with which it had a long-standing relationship dating back to its days in the SMS marketing business."

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 9d

Didn't realise there was such a cross-party consensus on the importance of STEM

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 9d

From this. Great reporting

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

www.motherjones.com

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 9d

This paragraph is pure William Gibson (@greatdismal.bsky.social)

"That portal relied on SS7 connectivity through an Indonesian telecom carrier and via Liechtenstein’s national operator, with which it had a long-standing relationship dating back to its days in the SMS marketing business."

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 11d

Lots of James Tiptree Jr / Alice Sheldon - The Last Flight of Dr. Ain, The Screwfly Solution. "Her smoke rose up forever" is properly dystopian collection of short stories.

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Dan Lewer @danlewer.bsky.social · 12d

There are parallels with the "industry playbook" of citing insufficient evidence to support public health interventions

Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 12d

future generations will look at short form video the way we look at tobacco

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

Ep. 374: This is Your Brain on Phones

Podcast Episode · Deep Questions with Cal Newport · 13/10/2025 · 1h 38m

podcasts.apple.com

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 12d

future generations will look at short form video the way we look at tobacco

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

Ep. 374: This is Your Brain on Phones

Podcast Episode · Deep Questions with Cal Newport · 13/10/2025 · 1h 38m

podcasts.apple.com

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 16d

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“we are no longer confident in our understanding of the US policy environment for foreign funders of US NGOs”

ciff.org/news/update-...

Update for our partners - CIFF

ciff.org

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 20d

There is mounting evidence that the world is more like the 1890s than the 1990s

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 20d

French prime ministers resigns three weeks after appointment on.ft.com/4pXeLDS

French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigns

Macron ally was appointed just three weeks ago

on.ft.com

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 20d

I had to get chatgpt to explain this joke to me

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 20d

William Gibson‘s Jackpot feels like the most accurate framing of the next 50 years

Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 20d

One hell of a typo in the Green Party policy platform.

Almost certainly should have been hierarchical, but heretical captures the mood.

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 22d

It’s impossible to be cringe on LinkedIn. The cringe is cooked in.

It’s probably how most people personally experience a post-shame culture.

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · Sep 18

another boost for this. do sign up

Firetail @firetail.bsky.social · Sep 9

Firetail Webinar: 25 Sep @ 12:00

Join us to hear two incredible speakers - Giulio Quaggiotto (gquaggiotto.bsky.social) and Ben Holt - share their experience of building futures and innovation capacity across government, NGOs and civil society.

Register here: www.firetail.co.uk/webinars

Firetail Webinars — Firetail

www.firetail.co.uk

Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · Sep 14

Put your phone away.

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · Sep 14

"Repeatedly engaging with trauma-related media content for several hours daily shortly after collective trauma may prolong acute stress experiences.... Mass media may become a conduit that spreads negative consequences of community trauma beyond directly affected communities."

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · Sep 14

Such an interesting study.

>> People who consumed lots of media in the week after the Boston Marathon bombings experienced higher acute stress than people with **direct exposure** to the bombings

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24324161/

Media's role in broadcasting acute stress following the Boston Marathon bombings - PubMed

We compared the impact of media vs. direct exposure on acute stress response to collective trauma. We conducted an Internet-based survey following the Boston Marathon bombings between April 29 and May...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · Sep 12

The Years of Lead

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Years_o...

Years of Lead (Italy) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

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