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Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 3d

How polarised is Britain?
@henrymance.ft.com: on.ft.com/4nzQXEx
#TOK #KnowledgeAndPolitics

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Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 3d

Have we passed peak social media?
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com: on.ft.com/4gP83eW
#TOK #KnowledgeAndTechnology

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Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 4d

The Tamer of Lions: Can serial winner Alexandre Gama finally solve the puzzle of Port FC?
@footballsiam.substack.com: footballsiam.substack.com/p/the-tamer-...

The Tamer of Lions: Can serial winner Alexandre Gama finally solve the puzzle of Port FC?

Alexandre Gama has won 12 titles in Thai football by instilling a ruthless, winning mentality. Now he takes on his biggest challenge: a club with a soul as passionate as their results are inconsistent

footballsiam.substack.com

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Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 4d

#PortFC v Kanchanaburi Power FC (with Andros Townsend & Aboubakar Kamara) at 7, #TheArsenal v West Ham at 9 ⚽️⚽️

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Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 5d

"This is what it takes to truly be free in America and what it has taken for all of our 250 years: one battle after another. Snap, crackle, pop, baby."
@tyburr.bsky.social: www.tyburrswatchlist.com/r/219f8c0b?m...

Review | ‘One Battle After Another’: Paul Thomas Anderson’s timely masterpiece

Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn star in an epic comic work of resilience and resistance.

www.tyburrswatchlist.com

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Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 6d

#Platonic

Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 7d

#OneBattleAfterAnother Review: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Rallying Cry
@manohladargis.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/m...

‘One Battle After Another’ Review: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Rallying Cry

www.nytimes.com

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Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 7d

#OneBattleAfterAnother

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Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 10d

The wrong kind of #Maths
@timharford.ft.com: on.ft.com/4ntbSJC
#TOK #HumanSciences #Economics #Essay5

The wrong kind of maths

Why the mathematics used in economics for decades needs a rethink

on.ft.com

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Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 11d

"The sort of film that urges one to tell everyone about it so that they too can bask in its wondrous pleasures."
@carlosfilm.bsky.social: variety.com/2025/film/re...

‘DJ Ahmet’ Review: Wondrous North Macedonian Drama Mixes Upbeat Music, Punchy Humor and Pathos

An unforgettable ensemble, laugh-out-loud comedy and heartsore drama make writer-director Georgi M. Unkovski’s winning feature feel like a revelation.

variety.com

Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 11d

#DJAhmet #BKIFF

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Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 13d

Why #AI systems might never be secure: www.economist.com/science-and-...
#TOK #KnowledgeAndTechnology

Why AI systems might never be secure

A “lethal trifecta” of conditions opens them to abuse

www.economist.com

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Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 15d

"Individuals best suited for high-stakes leadership, judgment, or executive roles are likely to be between 55 and 60—and unlikely to be younger than 40 or older than 65."

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Humans peak in midlife: A combined cognitive and personality trait perspective

Fluid intelligence, which peaks near age 20 and declines materially across adulthood, is often regarded as the most critical cognitive ability for pre…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 15d

The strange new minds of #AI: Christopher Summerfield (@summerfieldlab.bsky.social) on reasoning, risk and what machines teach us about ourselves: www.ibm.com/think/news/s...
#TOK #KnowledgeAndTechnology

The strange new minds of AI: Christopher Summerfield on reasoning, risk and what machines teach us about ourselves | IBM

In his new book, "These Strange New Minds," Oxford neuroscientist Christopher Summerfield explores how models like GPT-4 and IBM’s Granite are blurring the line between pattern-matching and actual tho...

www.ibm.com

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Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 17d

Why quantum mechanics needs phenomenology: aeon.co/essays/why-q...
#TOK #NaturalSciences #Essay1

Why quantum mechanics needs phenomenology | Aeon Essays

The role of the conscious observer has posed a stubborn problem for quantum measurement. Phenomenology offers a solution

aeon.co

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Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 17d

The truth about #Immigration
@stephenkb.bsky.social & @jburnmurdoch.ft.com: on.ft.com/3IxIcvo
#Geography #TOK #KnowledgeAndPolitics

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Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 18d

Mantle Model
@xkcd.com: xkcd.com/3141/
#Geography

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Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 21d

Humanity will shrink, far sooner than you think: www.economist.com/interactive/...
#Geography

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Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 21d

China and a forgotten theory of world domination: www.ft.com/content/8701...
#Geography #Geopolitics

Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 21d

c.f. @robtfpl: bsky.app/profile/robt...

Rob T @robtfpl.com · 22d

💹 PL GW5 matchups

A first look at sharp market projections for this weekend’s PL fixtures: projected goals & CS%, teams to target & WDL odds 👇

📉 As it stands, GW5 is the lowest goals/match projection from markets since April 2023!

Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 22d

Just spotted that The @Economist.com had three different covers last week.

Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · 26d

Long #WeekendReading
@summerfieldlab.bsky.social's #TheseStrangeNewMinds: www.penguin.co.uk/books/460891...
#TOK #KnowledgeAndTechnology #KnowledgeAndLanguage #AI

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Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · Sep 8

#EducatingYorkshire #AI

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Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · Sep 7

#AUsefulGhost @housesamyan.bsky.social

Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · Sep 7

The Eightfold Path: Right #Mindfulness
Norman Fischer: www.lionsroar.com/right-mindfu...
#TOK #KnowledgeAndReligion

The Eightfold Path: Right Mindfulness

Norman Fischer on why mindfulness is not always “right.”

www.lionsroar.com