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...
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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
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
RIP Mani
youtu.be/3QLMS0QsPF0
youtu.be/3QLMS0QsPF0
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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...
Is this your team @fantasticlife.bsky.social ?
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Is this your team @fantasticlife.bsky.social ?
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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 🤌🏽🤌🏽
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
Seems to be a lot of
“We don’t want Britain/UK/ North England to win”
going on ….
“We don’t want Britain/UK/ North England to win”
going on ….
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Seems to be a lot of
“We don’t want Britain/UK/ North England to win”
going on ….
“We don’t want Britain/UK/ North England to win”
going on ….
Happy Birthday to me 🤩
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Happy Birthday to me 🤩
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Comms led strategy…..
Proper frequency illusion (Baader Meinhoff effect).
Kills innovation, stops real work getting done & really hinders progress.
The power that companies, organisations and teams give up to unqualified non-technical inexperienced comms teams is unbelievable to me.
Proper frequency illusion (Baader Meinhoff effect).
Kills innovation, stops real work getting done & really hinders progress.
The power that companies, organisations and teams give up to unqualified non-technical inexperienced comms teams is unbelievable to me.
November 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Comms led strategy…..
Proper frequency illusion (Baader Meinhoff effect).
Kills innovation, stops real work getting done & really hinders progress.
The power that companies, organisations and teams give up to unqualified non-technical inexperienced comms teams is unbelievable to me.
Proper frequency illusion (Baader Meinhoff effect).
Kills innovation, stops real work getting done & really hinders progress.
The power that companies, organisations and teams give up to unqualified non-technical inexperienced comms teams is unbelievable to me.
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‼️EXTRAORDINARY DAY: 30 DEGREES IN FRANCE
One of the most insane events Europe has ever lived
29.8 Trois Villes HOTTEST NOVEMBER DAY IN FRENCH HISTORY
29.3 Oloron
29.2 Lanne en Baretous
20 stations >27C !
SPAIN 29.4 Granada
Next days
THOUSANDS OF RECORDS allover Europe except Central Mediterranean
One of the most insane events Europe has ever lived
29.8 Trois Villes HOTTEST NOVEMBER DAY IN FRENCH HISTORY
29.3 Oloron
29.2 Lanne en Baretous
20 stations >27C !
SPAIN 29.4 Granada
Next days
THOUSANDS OF RECORDS allover Europe except Central Mediterranean
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Comms led strategy…..
Proper frequency illusion (Baader Meinhoff effect).
Kills innovation, stops real work getting done & really hinders progress.
The power that companies, organisations and teams give up to unqualified non-technical inexperienced comms teams is unbelievable to me.
Proper frequency illusion (Baader Meinhoff effect).
Kills innovation, stops real work getting done & really hinders progress.
The power that companies, organisations and teams give up to unqualified non-technical inexperienced comms teams is unbelievable to me.
November 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Comms led strategy…..
Proper frequency illusion (Baader Meinhoff effect).
Kills innovation, stops real work getting done & really hinders progress.
The power that companies, organisations and teams give up to unqualified non-technical inexperienced comms teams is unbelievable to me.
Proper frequency illusion (Baader Meinhoff effect).
Kills innovation, stops real work getting done & really hinders progress.
The power that companies, organisations and teams give up to unqualified non-technical inexperienced comms teams is unbelievable to me.
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Reposted by Paul Connell
Reposted by Paul Connell
Should be a familiar story, but the rise of China, over just twenty years, as the world's dominant manufacturing superpower is an event of truly world-historical significance.
(This plot from @IfMCambridge's 2025 Innovation report)
www.ciip.group.cam.ac.uk/innovation/u...
(This plot from @IfMCambridge's 2025 Innovation report)
www.ciip.group.cam.ac.uk/innovation/u...
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Should be a familiar story, but the rise of China, over just twenty years, as the world's dominant manufacturing superpower is an event of truly world-historical significance.
(This plot from @IfMCambridge's 2025 Innovation report)
www.ciip.group.cam.ac.uk/innovation/u...
(This plot from @IfMCambridge's 2025 Innovation report)
www.ciip.group.cam.ac.uk/innovation/u...
This is fine
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This is fine
Time to face up to this.
"Research released this month by economists at the Bank of England, the Bundesbank, King’s College London and the universities of Stanford and Nottingham underscored the economic hit from leaving the EU. Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6-8%"
on.ft.com/4p1NoHv
on.ft.com/4p1NoHv
Rachel Reeves signals she will break manifesto pledge with Budget tax rises
Chancellor hopes to win support from Labour MPs by lifting two-child benefit cap
on.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Time to face up to this.
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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This is the Canadian Premier League soccer finals and we have a bicycle kick goal in the middle of a blizzard … and that’s the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😂
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This is the Canadian Premier League soccer finals and we have a bicycle kick goal in the middle of a blizzard … and that’s the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😂