Andy Smith
@practicaleq.bsky.social
Appreciative Inquiry practitioner, author of 'Practical Appreciative Inquiry' and 'Practical NLP' series, curates Appreciative Inquiry starter pack
https://coachingleaders.co.uk
https://coachingleaders.co.uk
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What a bunch of….
Nothing good comes from these people.
Nothing hopeful for the communities of Gorton and Denton.
Nothing to make anyone’s lives better.
It’s just an ugly pitch to boost Matt Goodwin’s needy ego.
Voting for this is voting for hatred and failure.
manchestermill.co.uk/goodwins-gan...
Nothing good comes from these people.
Nothing hopeful for the communities of Gorton and Denton.
Nothing to make anyone’s lives better.
It’s just an ugly pitch to boost Matt Goodwin’s needy ego.
Voting for this is voting for hatred and failure.
manchestermill.co.uk/goodwins-gan...
'I wouldn't touch a Jewish woman': Meet the Reform team in Gorton and Denton
Members of Reform's campaign team shared racist content online and aligned themselves with far-right groups
manchestermill.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 6:33 PM
What a bunch of….
Nothing good comes from these people.
Nothing hopeful for the communities of Gorton and Denton.
Nothing to make anyone’s lives better.
It’s just an ugly pitch to boost Matt Goodwin’s needy ego.
Voting for this is voting for hatred and failure.
manchestermill.co.uk/goodwins-gan...
Nothing good comes from these people.
Nothing hopeful for the communities of Gorton and Denton.
Nothing to make anyone’s lives better.
It’s just an ugly pitch to boost Matt Goodwin’s needy ego.
Voting for this is voting for hatred and failure.
manchestermill.co.uk/goodwins-gan...
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Found this a very interesting set of insights into the machinery of British government and its ongoing enshittification
Antonia Romeo is the wrong choice for Cabinet secretary. A government which was serious about improving its performance would not select her.
iandunt.substack.com/p/how-one-hi...
iandunt.substack.com/p/how-one-hi...
February 13, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Found this a very interesting set of insights into the machinery of British government and its ongoing enshittification
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day one in mamdani’s new york
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
day one in mamdani’s new york
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It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious
February 11, 2026 at 7:40 AM
It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious
Today's word count: 821 (revising for a second edition, not writing from scratch). Not bad considering I've felt lousy with a cold, or possibly 'man flu', all day.
February 10, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Today's word count: 821 (revising for a second edition, not writing from scratch). Not bad considering I've felt lousy with a cold, or possibly 'man flu', all day.
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The lies continue from Sarah Pochin. Vote Reform and you’ll get a lying, grifting charlatan trying to take credit for other people’s hard work. Please share.
October 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The lies continue from Sarah Pochin. Vote Reform and you’ll get a lying, grifting charlatan trying to take credit for other people’s hard work. Please share.
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Word count today: 1625
I should clarify that I'm overhauling an old book for a second edition, rather than writing from scratch...
I should clarify that I'm overhauling an old book for a second edition, rather than writing from scratch...
February 9, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Word count today: 1625
I should clarify that I'm overhauling an old book for a second edition, rather than writing from scratch...
I should clarify that I'm overhauling an old book for a second edition, rather than writing from scratch...
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Well worth reading
📌 ICYMI — The End of Morgan McSweeney: Peter Oborne on Keir Starmer’s Departing Chief of Staff
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s exclusive Byline Times…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/08/the-end-of-morgan-mcsweeney-peter-oborne-on-keir-starmers-departing-chief-of-staff/
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s exclusive Byline Times…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/08/the-end-of-morgan-mcsweeney-peter-oborne-on-keir-starmers-departing-chief-of-staff/
The End of Morgan McSweeney: Peter Oborne on Keir Starmer's Departing Chief of Staff
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s exclusive Byline Times reporting on how Keir Starmer's chief strategist drove Labour towards defeat by the far-right
bylinetimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Well worth reading
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Of all the easy things you can do to help the environment, conserve water for communities not corporations, not perpetuate scams, support the labor and rights of creators... *not* using generative AI is the fucking easiest. You absolutely deserve to be shamed for using it for image and text creation
February 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Of all the easy things you can do to help the environment, conserve water for communities not corporations, not perpetuate scams, support the labor and rights of creators... *not* using generative AI is the fucking easiest. You absolutely deserve to be shamed for using it for image and text creation
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Jesus fucking christ. I agree with a conservative think tank economist. WTAF!?!? (gifted article to get around the paywall) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
Opinion | The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Jesus fucking christ. I agree with a conservative think tank economist. WTAF!?!? (gifted article to get around the paywall) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
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Bloody hell. This little pound shop soprano open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists
Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Bloody hell. This little pound shop soprano open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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"The Mandelson scandal is bad. Very bad indeed. And that therefore makes it comparable to an average Tuesday under the Johnson administration."
Why is every scandal existential for Starmer? Because he has actively worked to eradicate his own support base. And that, along with the Mandelson decision, can be laid at McSweeney's door iandunt.substack.com/p/starmers-m...
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 PM
"The Mandelson scandal is bad. Very bad indeed. And that therefore makes it comparable to an average Tuesday under the Johnson administration."
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Review: This is Your Grandparents’ ‘Muppet Show,’ Fortunately www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/a...
“The Muppet Show,” it turns out, doesn’t need to be retooled for a new era, because the Muppets exist outside of time.”
Gifted Link
“The Muppet Show,” it turns out, doesn’t need to be retooled for a new era, because the Muppets exist outside of time.”
Gifted Link
Review: This is Your Grandparents’ ‘Muppet Show,’ Fortunately
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Review: This is Your Grandparents’ ‘Muppet Show,’ Fortunately www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/a...
“The Muppet Show,” it turns out, doesn’t need to be retooled for a new era, because the Muppets exist outside of time.”
Gifted Link
“The Muppet Show,” it turns out, doesn’t need to be retooled for a new era, because the Muppets exist outside of time.”
Gifted Link
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Just a quick note to @greenparty.org.uk and @greenpartyhan.bsky.social - I was not consulted on being quoted on your leaflets and I have not endorsed your campaign (or any campaign in this seat). I think this note, like the bar chart next to it, is misleading and out of context.
February 4, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Just a quick note to @greenparty.org.uk and @greenpartyhan.bsky.social - I was not consulted on being quoted on your leaflets and I have not endorsed your campaign (or any campaign in this seat). I think this note, like the bar chart next to it, is misleading and out of context.
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This fucking clown observer.co.uk/news/politic...
McSweeney ‘asked if Mandelson US embassy role could be pa...
PM’s chief of staff sought advice on behalf of disgraced former Labour peer, senior government sources claim
observer.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 7:28 AM
This fucking clown observer.co.uk/news/politic...
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I'm going to be honest. This past year has been difficult professionally.
The Houston Landing newsroom shut down. Eventually, I landed a new job in FL. Then, about a month into it, I was fired after our staff raised concerns about AI usage.
I'm now looking for a new #journalismjob
The Houston Landing newsroom shut down. Eventually, I landed a new job in FL. Then, about a month into it, I was fired after our staff raised concerns about AI usage.
I'm now looking for a new #journalismjob
February 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I'm going to be honest. This past year has been difficult professionally.
The Houston Landing newsroom shut down. Eventually, I landed a new job in FL. Then, about a month into it, I was fired after our staff raised concerns about AI usage.
I'm now looking for a new #journalismjob
The Houston Landing newsroom shut down. Eventually, I landed a new job in FL. Then, about a month into it, I was fired after our staff raised concerns about AI usage.
I'm now looking for a new #journalismjob
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Me, increasingly wild-eyed, to my students:
How? How do you double-check the accuracy, if you're not already an expert? Ask a different GenAI? Or do you, you know... Have to go and do the research you would have done anyway, pre-AI? Because I'm buggered if I can think of how you do that in a way where the GenAI saved you time.
January 29, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Me, increasingly wild-eyed, to my students:
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Love this Loyle Carner quote
January 27, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Love this Loyle Carner quote
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Trump's Davos speech was the act of a madman and that is the only sensible manner in which it should have been covered iandunt.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
January 23, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Trump's Davos speech was the act of a madman and that is the only sensible manner in which it should have been covered iandunt.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
How Badenoch’s meeting with Mike Johnson led to Trump’s Chagos deal rant
A brief encounter set off a chain of events that culminated in a public rebuff to the US president from Keir Starmer
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:58 AM
So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Just got back from my time traveling dinosaur safari and you won’t believe how many butterflies I stepped on! Now to take a big sip of water and check on President Harris’s trip to Davos
January 21, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Just got back from my time traveling dinosaur safari and you won’t believe how many butterflies I stepped on! Now to take a big sip of water and check on President Harris’s trip to Davos
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this is absolutely bonkers incredible and also it’s very easy to see why cheerleading is one of the most dangerous sports
Weber State with a "WTF did I just watch? (Complimentary)" to win the partner stunt competition at nats
www.instagram.com/reel/DTmAnJx...
www.instagram.com/reel/DTmAnJx...
January 20, 2026 at 5:51 AM
this is absolutely bonkers incredible and also it’s very easy to see why cheerleading is one of the most dangerous sports