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brendanogrady.bsky.social
Global Brand & Comms @ Diageo, ex Guardian, Pearson and UK Govt comms. Politics, music, and the trifecta. E17. Stop making sense.
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my favourite 29 songs of 2024... open.spotify.com/playlist/2NY...

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Just saw Ringo Starr and Ronnie Wood live in concert 🤩 (some bloke called Paul on bass, pretty decent)

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The Shining (1980)

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But who will speak up for the cat-less child men

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"People will come Ray. People will most definitely come." RIP JEJ www.theguardian.com/film/article...

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What are some of your family idioms that make no sense to anyone outside of the clan / household? We have: - 'going rubby-round', when a cat rubs up against your legs because it wants dinner - 'don't tell John', a generic name for cat treats that are human food e.g. ham - 'osbidge', meaning a horse

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My fave songs of 2023 open.spotify.com/playlist/7Bm...

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Iconic

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THIS THREAD

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Such a good film (and musical score). And seeing these pics i now realise George Costanza's dad is in it too 🙃

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This is like a journey through my 18yr old musical brain, with another 100 hours of songs I've never heard. December listening goals...

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Morning

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OpenAI just announced they've fired Sam Altman.

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Friday night electric Neil youtu.be/iv6FvxczlaU?...

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The new Weyes Blood video (directed by Adam Curtis) feels like the last thing you see before you die

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Took the kids to their first ever West Ham defeat, their 5th and 3rd game respectively. "Daddy have you ever seen us lose?" Just a few (hundred?) times...

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This superb @davidsquires.bsky.social cartoon made me quite misty-eyed on a Tuesday lunchtime

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me after ruining the vibe at karaoke

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67.8% so far, feeling dispirited by outer north/west bits as expected. Including the Elizabeth line outer bits...wtf

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Well that's my evening sorted london.metro-memory.com

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Bluesky getting better & better for politics + news, but still needs more music, frivolity & fun. Fab new Friday tune (shades of Steve Reich) open.spotify.com/track/00KJE4...

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Hail hail, @theglastothingy.bsky.social is on here... I feel a surge of optimism...

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Jonathan Liew @jonathanliew.bsky.social captures the essence of last night's match. New Zealand were just v annoyingly... better www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2...

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Yes. I know the tone is massively "FT leader conference". But this place has potential.

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Hi everyone, just sent out my weekend update on substack. Number 50 (which is hard to believe). They are always free. Focussed on 3 stories. The Aid Ukraine is receiving and what it means. The Russian attack on Avdiivka, and Ukraine fighting humanely. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

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Thread - and the replies inc ex civil servants - fascinating...

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What a stupendous read! on the owners of the Telegraph, by the fantastic @janemartinson.bsky.social

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Still feeling incredibly gutted about Ireland-New Zealand...but the better team on the night won. Very fair write up by Michael Aylwin: www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/o... (Also - sporting follow recs on Bluesky welcome please! So far it's great but a little politics heavy....)

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In a conscious bid to switch to use this site, which is more needed than ever, I’m going to start sharing more here, both my writing and that of others. So here’s a timely note on using data to tell news when most people are avoiding it on.ft.com/3Q7E46h

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Gorgeous annular eclipse in west Texas today!

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Not only is one of my favourite bots here, it's subtweeting the Twitter>bluesky migration...

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