Duncan Ross
@duncanjross.bsky.social
Global Head of Research at Newsweek. CDO for THE from 2015-25. Interested in books, AI, folk music, and more.
Very much into the SDGs and sustainability through data. Co-chair of UN HESI Rankings, Ratings and Assessments Action Group.
Very much into the SDGs and sustainability through data. Co-chair of UN HESI Rankings, Ratings and Assessments Action Group.
October 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Happy to have cancelled my @disneyplusuk.bsky.social account
September 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Happy to have cancelled my @disneyplusuk.bsky.social account
Well The Cut Throat Trial turned out to be an excellent read…
Will you do a live legal take on it when they make the film @barristersecret.bsky.social?
Will you do a live legal take on it when they make the film @barristersecret.bsky.social?
September 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Well The Cut Throat Trial turned out to be an excellent read…
Will you do a live legal take on it when they make the film @barristersecret.bsky.social?
Will you do a live legal take on it when they make the film @barristersecret.bsky.social?
Due to the ongoing emergency in the USA Trump has suspended the 1st, 14th and 22nd Amendments, the Posse Comitatus Act, and Godwin’s Law.
September 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Due to the ongoing emergency in the USA Trump has suspended the 1st, 14th and 22nd Amendments, the Posse Comitatus Act, and Godwin’s Law.
Betteridge's Law strikes again: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Trump claims to have ended six wars – is that true?
Trump and his administration claim to have helped settle conflicts from the Middle East to Asia, yet the reality is more complex
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Betteridge's Law strikes again: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Flying the flag at Cropredy this year
August 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Flying the flag at Cropredy this year
TACO and a Coke anyone?
Should the company make the switch from corn syrup to cane sugar, as Donald Trump has said, this could see prices of Coca-Cola in the U.S. skyrocket.
Coca-Cola will get more expensive if it changes to cane sugar. Here's why
www.newsweek.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
TACO and a Coke anyone?
Lovely weekend in Cambridge (yes was too out of practice to stand on the platform)
July 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Lovely weekend in Cambridge (yes was too out of practice to stand on the platform)
Guns don't kill people, rappers do (as @goldielookinchain.bsky.social would have it) ... @flavorflav.bsky.social
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
Why Flavor Flav says the US must ban firearms now | Opinion
The lack of U.S. gun laws has created a violence epidemic unlike anywhere else on Earth. This is domestic errorism
www.newsweek.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Guns don't kill people, rappers do (as @goldielookinchain.bsky.social would have it) ... @flavorflav.bsky.social
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
Reposted by Duncan Ross
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Obscure help wanted: why is today Wednesday?
Not why is it called Wednesday, but why did someone choose an anchor day of the week such that today is Wednesday and not some other day?
Not why is it called Wednesday, but why did someone choose an anchor day of the week such that today is Wednesday and not some other day?
June 25, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Obscure help wanted: why is today Wednesday?
Not why is it called Wednesday, but why did someone choose an anchor day of the week such that today is Wednesday and not some other day?
Not why is it called Wednesday, but why did someone choose an anchor day of the week such that today is Wednesday and not some other day?
Pulp last night were amazing (although Jarvis had some problems with his monitor mix)
June 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Pulp last night were amazing (although Jarvis had some problems with his monitor mix)
Niche UK travel thing... I just noticed that on London Underground announcements they have stopped saying 61.0.16 and now say 6.101.6
Odd
Odd
June 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Niche UK travel thing... I just noticed that on London Underground announcements they have stopped saying 61.0.16 and now say 6.101.6
Odd
Odd
Giving the new Pulp album a first listen. It's magnificent.
Highlights so far: Grown Ups, Got to Have Love, Tina, The Hymn of the North, Sunset (am I the only one who hears echos of The Wall for that one?)
I can't wait to see them again!
Highlights so far: Grown Ups, Got to Have Love, Tina, The Hymn of the North, Sunset (am I the only one who hears echos of The Wall for that one?)
I can't wait to see them again!
June 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Giving the new Pulp album a first listen. It's magnificent.
Highlights so far: Grown Ups, Got to Have Love, Tina, The Hymn of the North, Sunset (am I the only one who hears echos of The Wall for that one?)
I can't wait to see them again!
Highlights so far: Grown Ups, Got to Have Love, Tina, The Hymn of the North, Sunset (am I the only one who hears echos of The Wall for that one?)
I can't wait to see them again!
June 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Technically I didn't read it on summer vacation, but delighted that recommending @amalelmohtar.com's The River Has Roots was my first @newsweek.com contribution!
www.newsweek.com/2025/06/13/n...
www.newsweek.com/2025/06/13/n...
Newsweek staffers favorite books to read on summer vacation 2025
Browse Newsweek staff's favorite books to read on vacation. There's something for everyone.
www.newsweek.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Technically I didn't read it on summer vacation, but delighted that recommending @amalelmohtar.com's The River Has Roots was my first @newsweek.com contribution!
www.newsweek.com/2025/06/13/n...
www.newsweek.com/2025/06/13/n...
Twice. Because the first time we queued all the way around the Odeon but they sold out…
May 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Twice. Because the first time we queued all the way around the Odeon but they sold out…
Pixies! Newcastle City Hall
May 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Pixies! Newcastle City Hall
Reposted by Duncan Ross
We're thrilled to announce that our Vice-President @carolinehowe.bsky.social and Former President @ymalhi.bsky.social have been named in the @endsreport.com Power List 2025
The list names the 100 UK environmental professionals who have made the greatest impact in the past 2 years
#ENDSPowerList2025
The list names the 100 UK environmental professionals who have made the greatest impact in the past 2 years
#ENDSPowerList2025
May 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
We're thrilled to announce that our Vice-President @carolinehowe.bsky.social and Former President @ymalhi.bsky.social have been named in the @endsreport.com Power List 2025
The list names the 100 UK environmental professionals who have made the greatest impact in the past 2 years
#ENDSPowerList2025
The list names the 100 UK environmental professionals who have made the greatest impact in the past 2 years
#ENDSPowerList2025
It won't even be women who aren't "female enough". It will be all women.
There are always going to be more cis women accused of being men than trans women, because of demographics. To ask for ID based on appearance is almost ALWAYS going to risk discrimination. Actually, just ALWAYS: discrimination against trans, discrimination against women who aren't "female" enough.
May 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It won't even be women who aren't "female enough". It will be all women.
As anticipated, the Supreme Court's idiotic ruling is going to have a huge negative effect on cis women (this doesn't excuse the Labour Party from its cowardly refusal to legislate to correct the ruling)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour to cancel its women’s conference after supreme court gender ruling
Trans rights and gender critical campaigners criticise decision after party told it risks legal challenge if conference goes ahead
www.theguardian.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
As anticipated, the Supreme Court's idiotic ruling is going to have a huge negative effect on cis women (this doesn't excuse the Labour Party from its cowardly refusal to legislate to correct the ruling)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
May 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Very Electric Six vibes here from the Swedish Finnish sauna kings! #eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Very Electric Six vibes here from the Swedish Finnish sauna kings! #eurovision