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My newsletter about early-stage UK B2B and deep tech startups turns three years old this week, so I took a leap to do something equal parts useful and self-indulgent... ...interview MYSELF about where PreSeed Now came from and where it's going. Judging by the response, I think the risk paid off! 😅

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Chrome won market share, but it's built on open source Chromium which really won the browser wars. I was a loyal Chrome user for many years, but switched to Edge ages ago as it's simply better. Others prefer Opera. Can't see how the web would be worse off if Google didn't own Chrome.

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Banning zero hours contracts Ending fire and rehire Making employers responsible for preventing harassment Stopping bosses firing people for no reason with no notice in their first two years in the job All Labour policies coming to a workplace near you soon

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How will parents cope? What a stupid question. They'll cope like 93% of normal people do and send their kids to a normal state school so their kids grow up to be useful members of society instead of being an out of touch minority.

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Cumberland Sausage (ring!) Tatie Pot Cumberland Rum Butter Grasmere Gingerbread Haggis Black pudding Pork Pies Whisky Fish & Chips Yorkshire Pudding Meat Pies Sausage Rolls Mince Pies Cornish Pasties Scones with Jam and Cream Impossible to find emojs for any as most emojis are far too American.

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Final Reminder - Sign up for today's webinar on Microsoft Copilot for PR, comms and corporate affairs. It's part of Folgate Advisors's AI Month. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dbe8d5...

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Still time to register for tomorrow's webinar on how PR, comms and corporate affairs professionals can use and benefit from Microsoft 365 Copilot. It's part of Folgate Advisor's AI Month. Sign up now events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dbe8d5...

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Am I now more likely to stay in a Marriott hotel? Absolutely. Just as I'm more likely to continue shopping at Costco. It's not about virtue signalling. Simply the difference between right and wrong.

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Escooters would be better. I've tried them in other cities and would use if available in Leeds. I have zero desire or need for e-bikes.

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Preparing for the AI search era: SUBJCT wants to help publishers make more of their content archives. I spoke to the co-founders of this London-based startup...

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Our second panel of day two at the Davos Communications Summit. Catherine Hernandez-Blades moderates a panel on Strategic Communication and Crisis Management in the Modern Market. #wcfasummit #PRSummit #davossummit

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And it's Pulp, so what's not to like?

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Not sure I agree this is 'AI slop'. AI slop is pointless, not very good AI. This isn't bad. It revels in the fact it's AI and not brilliant. My point would be this is no worse than loads of music videos and not bad for a band that's probably trying to cut through on a minimal marketing budget. 1/2

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The UK Government Communication Service is at the forefront of adopting AI for comms. It has built GCS Assist, it's own AI tool. Today it released the open source code. This is a huge opportunity for PR and comms. We can help.

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And we're off. President of the World Communications Forum Association Maxim Behar introduces the Davos Communications Summit.

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Now in Davos and have already caught up with far more people than I can remember to tag! Looking forward to Davos Communications Summit reception this evening and the start of the summit tomorrow.

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Signal's founder has poked fun at the US military group chat debacle www.businessinsider.com/signal-found...

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Last week I spoke to @johnjohns John Johnstone from @politico.eu about the critical role of LinkedIn for public affairs. The TL;DR is, if you aren't using LinkedIn extensively for public affairs, then you are massively missing out on an essential channel for research and engagement.

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On XTwitter Barack Obama follows me. On Bluesky I follow Barack Obama. @barackobama.bsky.social

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The best cake. Need to compare this to my Mum's and Nigel Slater's recipes.

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Barack Obama joins Bluesky techcrunch.com/2025/...

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I'm sorry but I will die on this hill, he had a desktop computer www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Parents worried about their kids’ social media use are nostalgic for a version of their own childhood. They’d be better served cultivating digital literacy skills

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This would make a fantastic mini-series... for Amazon. 😁 https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5334497/carl-erik-rinsch-netflix-fraud-fbi

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Seems a good time for me to read Redcoats by Bernard Cornwell which I started this morning.

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The Purposeful Relations teams is in Athens. Yesterday I did a keynote then ran an interactive workshop on AI and crisis communications.... for comms leaders at airports! This was not one of our scenarios.

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Does it really matter? My experience of black cabs years ago is mostly negative. My experience a couple of weeks ago was no better. Guy asked if I could pay cash. Obviously I wouldn't as don't want to contribute to fraudulent black economy.

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SCOOP: The Independent is to launch an AI news service. Condensed version of its own stories, crunched down to bite size, but still with bylines. The latest development in AI in newsrooms. The Independent have released details after an approach from the Guardian. Full story soon.

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👏 shortlisted for in the inaugural L’Etang-Pieczka Award 👏 Elin Helgesson’s investigation of public affairs and lobbyists ‘Folk devils and moral vigilantes – The occupational branding of public affairs consultants and the management of stigma‘ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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@vocluk.bsky.social is a movement for progressive business leaders, and no better time for it! If you are supportive of driving progressive change, and want your business to improve societal impact through that, do join this event, by signing up on this link 👇 www.vocl.uk/register-for...

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I'm amused at the furore around technology secretary Peter Kyle's use of ChatGPT. Surely it would be more shocking if he and his team weren't using AI more extensively?

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Three minute video support will be useful.

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In contrast Costco stood firm and even doubled down on its DEI. I was already a member and customer, but it certainly means I'm more likely to shop there more.

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True story. I've heard Ed tell it.

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Fantastic turnout at our Women in Westminster reception last night, hosted by the Speaker. #WiW100

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To the surprise of absolutely nobody, even those who said it.

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Interesting webinar about AI, public diplomacy and strategic narrative on 25 March. Professors Ben O’Loughlin and Alister Miskimmon will discuss their chapter in host Sean Aday's (George Washington University) new Handbook of Public Diplomacy.

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If you want a desktop TweetDeck style experience here on Bluesky, subscribe to @deck.blue now. It’s really good and will support to the developer, who is going full-time on it 👇

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"AI saves you A LOT of time and money." - @stuartbruce.biz We heard a very powerful and game-changing session about how we can use AI to gain new business. #PRCAMatchMakerNewBizFest

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And we're off to a fantastic day of new business advice and and tips with a fabulous intro by @PRCA_HQ interim CEO Sarah Waddington. I am speaking this afternoon with a talk on how AI is revolutionising new biz. #PRCAMatchmakerNewBizFest

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I ❤️ what the Yorkshire Post says.

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Cracking speech by @RachelReevesMP who did a brilliant job of dealing with two idiotic hecklers. So much Labour has already done, so much more to do. Rachel is really in her stride reeling off everything we are doing. Brings tears of joy to my eyes.

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My first Sora AI video showing PR Futurist rolling off the printing presses, ready for you to read on Monday. Tried multiple prompts and this was the least worst. Sign-up to read the PR Futurist newsletter to find out more about it on Monday. news.prfuturist.com/

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Potentially interesting one for my trade union and Labour friends.

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