Huw Sayer
@huwsayer.bsky.social
Chief Engagement Officer at Business Writers Ltd. Helping companies create engaging conversations that inspire people, build brands and drive change. Championing #OneEAST_UK, #Norwich & #Norfolk, UK http://linkedin.com/in/huwsayer/
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While I’m here, plug for my theory that governments should take a more active interest in the size of their construction industries if they want to bear down on the cost of living
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acjsissons.medium.com/what-can-gov...
January 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
While I’m here, plug for my theory that governments should take a more active interest in the size of their construction industries if they want to bear down on the cost of living
acjsissons.medium.com/what-can-gov...
acjsissons.medium.com/what-can-gov...
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Read more of Dom's thoughts on speaking at conferences and the benefits at:
https://norfolkdevelopers.com/posts/2022-06-14-facing-the-fear
https://norfolkdevelopers.com/posts/2022-06-14-facing-the-fear
January 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Read more of Dom's thoughts on speaking at conferences and the benefits at:
https://norfolkdevelopers.com/posts/2022-06-14-facing-the-fear
https://norfolkdevelopers.com/posts/2022-06-14-facing-the-fear
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The "corridor conference" is one of the best reasons to attend an in-person conference!
Talks, ultimately, "you can watch most of those on the internet". Engaging with both speakers and delegates on the talk though... there's no better place!
Talks, ultimately, "you can watch most of those on the internet". Engaging with both speakers and delegates on the talk though... there's no better place!
January 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The "corridor conference" is one of the best reasons to attend an in-person conference!
Talks, ultimately, "you can watch most of those on the internet". Engaging with both speakers and delegates on the talk though... there's no better place!
Talks, ultimately, "you can watch most of those on the internet". Engaging with both speakers and delegates on the talk though... there's no better place!
Inspired by a Tim Urban post, I decided to ask an AI about the date of the 'singularity' - we had a fun and interesting conversation.
Huw Sayer in Conversation: The Future of AI and Humanity
The other day I was reading a long, long (2-part) post from Tim Urban about the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) - you really should read it. The most fascinating thing about it was that he had written it in 2015, which seems like an age away now. In it he discussed the accelerating developments that we were already seeing - check out the…
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January 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Inspired by a Tim Urban post, I decided to ask an AI about the date of the 'singularity' - we had a fun and interesting conversation.
My best advice to moderate politicians everywhere who want to defend democracy: move fucking fast and fucking fix things!
December 17, 2024 at 9:04 PM
My best advice to moderate politicians everywhere who want to defend democracy: move fucking fast and fucking fix things!
"The old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear." - Antonio Gramsci
December 17, 2024 at 8:54 PM
"The old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear." - Antonio Gramsci
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Remind me, please. How much do the performing arts earn for the British economy, from films, TV and music to all genres of live performances, and of course tourism?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Ministers to cut funding for performing and creative arts courses in England
Gillian Keegan will also squeeze funding for programmes to widen access to higher education
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Remind me, please. How much do the performing arts earn for the British economy, from films, TV and music to all genres of live performances, and of course tourism?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Do you fancy a weekend getting away from it all? If you do, why don't you sign up to my two-day bee painting retreat on the 13-14th April. 3 places have just become available. Bees and paints what a fab combination 🪲🐙🐡 www.newbreweryarts.org.uk/twoday-paint...
April 5, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Do you fancy a weekend getting away from it all? If you do, why don't you sign up to my two-day bee painting retreat on the 13-14th April. 3 places have just become available. Bees and paints what a fab combination 🪲🐙🐡 www.newbreweryarts.org.uk/twoday-paint...
"Norfolk was probably 17th Century's most industrialised county, with 63% of adult men in industry by 1700."
But it had deindustrialised by 18C "men in industry dropped to 39%, while share in agriculture jumped from 28% in the 1700s to 51%."
But it had deindustrialised by 18C "men in industry dropped to 39%, while share in agriculture jumped from 28% in the 1700s to 51%."
Cambridge study reveals Britain industrialised earlier than thought
Records reveal
www.bbc.co.uk
April 5, 2024 at 6:55 AM
"Norfolk was probably 17th Century's most industrialised county, with 63% of adult men in industry by 1700."
But it had deindustrialised by 18C "men in industry dropped to 39%, while share in agriculture jumped from 28% in the 1700s to 51%."
But it had deindustrialised by 18C "men in industry dropped to 39%, while share in agriculture jumped from 28% in the 1700s to 51%."
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Rebuild went very well. Delighted with our new cockpit which gives us so much more storage
April 4, 2024 at 8:19 AM
Rebuild went very well. Delighted with our new cockpit which gives us so much more storage
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Yeah, no surprise but what do they get out of it? Why does it matter to them?
March 27, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Yeah, no surprise but what do they get out of it? Why does it matter to them?
A "discussion impossible to have without having to join a whole load of nutjobs who have their problem with it" - Nick Cave sums up the problem with too many issues these days.
Fascinating interview.
Fascinating interview.
Nick Cave on love, art and the loss of his sons: ‘It’s against nature to bury your children’
In the past nine years, the musician and artist has lost two sons – an experience he explores in a shocking, deeply personal new ceramics project. He discusses mercy, forgiveness, making and meaning
www.theguardian.com
March 28, 2024 at 6:13 AM
A "discussion impossible to have without having to join a whole load of nutjobs who have their problem with it" - Nick Cave sums up the problem with too many issues these days.
Fascinating interview.
Fascinating interview.
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I would probably skip the coyness and go for a straightforward headline like "RNC makes election denial a litmus test for new hires," but that's why I'm not a big city politics editor
March 27, 2024 at 12:40 PM
I would probably skip the coyness and go for a straightforward headline like "RNC makes election denial a litmus test for new hires," but that's why I'm not a big city politics editor
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Meta and Google acting as judge and jury on women's reproductive information around the world. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
March 27, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Meta and Google acting as judge and jury on women's reproductive information around the world. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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I’m going to keep reposting this. Why would anyone want to exclude ice cream from the list of healthy foods
?
?
I think about this all the time, especially when I eat ice cream.
It’s so funny how every study shows that ice cream is good for you but this makes scientists mad so they don’t talk about it
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web.archive.org/web/20240122...
March 27, 2024 at 4:26 PM
I’m going to keep reposting this. Why would anyone want to exclude ice cream from the list of healthy foods
?
?
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It’s so funny how every study shows that ice cream is good for you but this makes scientists mad so they don’t talk about it
web.archive.org/web/20240122...
web.archive.org/web/20240122...
March 26, 2024 at 5:36 PM
It’s so funny how every study shows that ice cream is good for you but this makes scientists mad so they don’t talk about it
web.archive.org/web/20240122...
web.archive.org/web/20240122...
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I think about this all the time, especially when I eat ice cream.
It’s so funny how every study shows that ice cream is good for you but this makes scientists mad so they don’t talk about it
web.archive.org/web/20240122...
web.archive.org/web/20240122...
March 26, 2024 at 7:23 PM
I think about this all the time, especially when I eat ice cream.
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Remarkable story – thanks for drawing attention to it!
March 27, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Remarkable story – thanks for drawing attention to it!
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Hats off to pioneering environmentalist Charles Waterton
Love the house on the island.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Love the house on the island.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Yorkshire estate known as world’s first nature reserve gets Grade II listing
Eccentric Victorian owner of Waterton Park, near Wakefield, made pioneering decisions to protect wildlife
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2024 at 6:52 AM
Hats off to pioneering environmentalist Charles Waterton
Love the house on the island.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Love the house on the island.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Hats off to pioneering environmentalist Charles Waterton
Love the house on the island.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Love the house on the island.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Yorkshire estate known as world’s first nature reserve gets Grade II listing
Eccentric Victorian owner of Waterton Park, near Wakefield, made pioneering decisions to protect wildlife
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2024 at 6:52 AM
Hats off to pioneering environmentalist Charles Waterton
Love the house on the island.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Love the house on the island.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
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Revolution Bars in secret talks about sale and mass venue closures | Business News | Sky News news.sky.com/story/revolu...
Revolution Bars in secret talks about sale and mass venue closures
The London-listed owner of Revolucion de Cuba is plotting an emergency fundraising and bar closures that will threaten hundreds of jobs, Sky News learns.
news.sky.com
March 26, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Revolution Bars in secret talks about sale and mass venue closures | Business News | Sky News news.sky.com/story/revolu...
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Reporting on climate change is awesome because the people who think everything else is a conspiracy will say there’s no evidence besides the oil company memos that say like “make sure you lie about this, so we don’t make less money”
March 26, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Reporting on climate change is awesome because the people who think everything else is a conspiracy will say there’s no evidence besides the oil company memos that say like “make sure you lie about this, so we don’t make less money”
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"After more than a decade of austerity, British five-year-olds are a full centimeter shorter now than they were in 2010, and they are becoming significantly shorter than children in other countries."
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Small Island | Gary Younge
What has happened to Britain?
www.nybooks.com
March 22, 2024 at 2:55 PM
"After more than a decade of austerity, British five-year-olds are a full centimeter shorter now than they were in 2010, and they are becoming significantly shorter than children in other countries."
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...