Paul Connell
@paulcconnell.bsky.social
Founder @OpenInnovates non-profit, mission-led, innovation with data. Co-founder @TheDataCity mapping the world's economy with data.
Also #MDANT
Life is for living - let's get on with it.
Also #MDANT
Life is for living - let's get on with it.
My fave emergency question is what’s your favourite Beatle?
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Delighted to have had the chance to write about Beatle ‘historiography’ in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
The long and winding road: Stuart Maconie on why our opinions about the Beatles keep changing
Fans and historians have spent 60 years debating what the band means – and which member is greatest. Will the returning Anthology project and Sam Mendes’s planned biopics create new arguments?
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My fave emergency question is what’s your favourite Beatle?
This article adds a few more details to use …
👊🏼
This article adds a few more details to use …
👊🏼
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Delighted to have had the chance to write about Beatle ‘historiography’ in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
The long and winding road: Stuart Maconie on why our opinions about the Beatles keep changing
Fans and historians have spent 60 years debating what the band means – and which member is greatest. Will the returning Anthology project and Sam Mendes’s planned biopics create new arguments?
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Delighted to have had the chance to write about Beatle ‘historiography’ in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Eat pie and watch telly,
Just feel good about it.
Just feel good about it.
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Eat pie and watch telly,
Just feel good about it.
Just feel good about it.
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RIP Mani
youtu.be/3QLMS0QsPF0
youtu.be/3QLMS0QsPF0
The Stone Roses - Waterfall (Live On The Other Side Of Midnight) 1989 1080p 60fps
YouTube video by Mucky Fingers
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November 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
RIP Mani
youtu.be/3QLMS0QsPF0
youtu.be/3QLMS0QsPF0
Everyone shouting Amateurs! Amateurs! For weeks afterwards
November 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Everyone shouting Amateurs! Amateurs! For weeks afterwards
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Agreed.
Amateurs !
IFYKYK
Amateurs !
IFYKYK
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Agreed.
Amateurs !
IFYKYK
Amateurs !
IFYKYK
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New study finds that rephrasing AI prompts as "adversarial poetry" is a highly successful way to bypass safety features from all the biggest large language models
arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
November 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
New study finds that rephrasing AI prompts as "adversarial poetry" is a highly successful way to bypass safety features from all the biggest large language models
arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
Way off the mark
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Way off the mark
Hopefully you can take all the @open-innovations.org work and build with it
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Hopefully you can take all the @open-innovations.org work and build with it
Excuse typos I’m five pints in in Edinburgh
November 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Excuse typos I’m five pints in in Edinburgh
👊🏼 I’m reckon your open stuff is better than most.
I’ve described it before like aThe Fall version of open data
I’ve described it before like aThe Fall version of open data
November 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
👊🏼 I’m reckon your open stuff is better than most.
I’ve described it before like aThe Fall version of open data
I’ve described it before like aThe Fall version of open data
Is this your team @fantasticlife.bsky.social ?
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Is this your team @fantasticlife.bsky.social ?
He came from Rome!
To Man United
Juan Sebastian Veron,
He’s a genius from Argentina
Juan Sebastian Veron
To Man United
Juan Sebastian Veron,
He’s a genius from Argentina
Juan Sebastian Veron
November 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
He came from Rome!
To Man United
Juan Sebastian Veron,
He’s a genius from Argentina
Juan Sebastian Veron
To Man United
Juan Sebastian Veron,
He’s a genius from Argentina
Juan Sebastian Veron
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One of my favourite ever Manchester United goals. In a preseason friendly vs Juventus in 2003. The finish is deadly but the pass from Veron - oof 🤌🏽🤌🏽
November 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
One of my favourite ever Manchester United goals. In a preseason friendly vs Juventus in 2003. The finish is deadly but the pass from Veron - oof 🤌🏽🤌🏽
I guess I was lucky,
Had some very hard taskmasters in 1st job
Had some very hard taskmasters in 1st job
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I guess I was lucky,
Had some very hard taskmasters in 1st job
Had some very hard taskmasters in 1st job
Took me ages to be passable at creating written communication effectively
November 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Took me ages to be passable at creating written communication effectively
We expect too much of students and younger people in work…..
IMHO their essays and written work is supposed to be rubbish, they are supposed to get feedback and learn quickly….
The levelling down of outputs that we are seeing is going to get worse until maybe it gets better 🤞🏼
IMHO their essays and written work is supposed to be rubbish, they are supposed to get feedback and learn quickly….
The levelling down of outputs that we are seeing is going to get worse until maybe it gets better 🤞🏼
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We expect too much of students and younger people in work…..
IMHO their essays and written work is supposed to be rubbish, they are supposed to get feedback and learn quickly….
The levelling down of outputs that we are seeing is going to get worse until maybe it gets better 🤞🏼
IMHO their essays and written work is supposed to be rubbish, they are supposed to get feedback and learn quickly….
The levelling down of outputs that we are seeing is going to get worse until maybe it gets better 🤞🏼
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The 180g vinyl reissue is on sale at £11.50 right now & sounds fantastic. thesoundofvinyl.com/products/lov...
League Unlimited Orchestra - Love & Dancing: Vinyl LP - The Sound of Vinyl
One of the all-time greatest remix projects – every bit as good as the album that spawned it, The Human League’s Dare – Love and Dancing hasn’t been pressed since 2003. The album was principally the b...
thesoundofvinyl.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The 180g vinyl reissue is on sale at £11.50 right now & sounds fantastic. thesoundofvinyl.com/products/lov...
Very reasonable opinion
Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.
November 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Very reasonable opinion