Pete Miles
@petermiles.bsky.social
Ex- consultant, manager, marketer, engineer. Interested in Complexity, Systems and Collective Intelligence. GSOH (Brit)
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Pete Miles
@petermiles.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Welcome to Bluesky, the latest operating system for Collective Intelligence on planet Earth.
As short thread on a paper from the Royal Society in the context of innovation, which explains how you fit in.
(For those who participated in the prototype phase, Twitter/X can now be deleted.)
As short thread on a paper from the Royal Society in the context of innovation, which explains how you fit in.
(For those who participated in the prototype phase, Twitter/X can now be deleted.)
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The film version of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is available on BBC iPlayer.
If you haven’t see it, it’s worth a try.
In my opinion it has one of the best colour designs of any film, it has a cracking cast and it’s a great, shorter version of a terrific story.
If you haven’t see it, it’s worth a try.
In my opinion it has one of the best colour designs of any film, it has a cracking cast and it’s a great, shorter version of a terrific story.
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The film version of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is available on BBC iPlayer.
If you haven’t see it, it’s worth a try.
In my opinion it has one of the best colour designs of any film, it has a cracking cast and it’s a great, shorter version of a terrific story.
If you haven’t see it, it’s worth a try.
In my opinion it has one of the best colour designs of any film, it has a cracking cast and it’s a great, shorter version of a terrific story.
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Dear Britain:
Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR.
➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74)
🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110)
🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55)
🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2)
🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)
Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR.
➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74)
🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110)
🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55)
🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2)
🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Dear Britain:
Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR.
➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74)
🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110)
🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55)
🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2)
🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)
Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR.
➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74)
🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110)
🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55)
🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2)
🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)
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Christmas gift idea...
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Christmas gift idea...
The latest post from @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social links back to a prescient post he published nearly 3 years ago in which he argued that a Labour government should go a step beyond where they are now and aim to rejoin the EU customs union.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-...
November 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The latest post from @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social links back to a prescient post he published nearly 3 years ago in which he argued that a Labour government should go a step beyond where they are now and aim to rejoin the EU customs union.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-...
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The UK has paused ‘intelligence sharing’ with the US following concerns over American military strikes against boats in the Caribbean. In response the US has paused ‘intelligence having’
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The UK has paused ‘intelligence sharing’ with the US following concerns over American military strikes against boats in the Caribbean. In response the US has paused ‘intelligence having’
Compelling analysis here. (Although took a while to get my head around it)
(Tl;dr: Labour's current electoral strategy is wrong)
(Tl;dr: Labour's current electoral strategy is wrong)
A month ago I looked at what I called Labour's midlife crisis- an obsession with chasing socially conservative Reform-curious voters and ignoring groups of disaffected voters with social attitudes much closer to Labour voters. But some people thought there was method in their madness. Was there? 1/n
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Compelling analysis here. (Although took a while to get my head around it)
(Tl;dr: Labour's current electoral strategy is wrong)
(Tl;dr: Labour's current electoral strategy is wrong)
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The letter the BBC could send back to Trump - brilliant stuff from @davidallengreen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump - brilliant stuff from @davidallengreen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...
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"I'm a night owl!"
All owls are night owls.
You a regular owl.
All owls are night owls.
You a regular owl.
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
"I'm a night owl!"
All owls are night owls.
You a regular owl.
All owls are night owls.
You a regular owl.
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This is the most sitcom thing
my mother's hearing aid has broken the doorbell
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This is the most sitcom thing
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Japanese paper artist Chie Hitotsuyama creates sculptures of animals using a technique involving rolled strips of wet newspaper #womensart
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Japanese paper artist Chie Hitotsuyama creates sculptures of animals using a technique involving rolled strips of wet newspaper #womensart
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BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
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Might you - as journalists- have mentioned that a big chunk of the increase is people being forced off legacy benefits like ESA onto UC?
Universal credit claimants soar by over a million in a year, new figures show
Nearly half of all universal credit claimants are not required to work, the latest statistics show.
news.sky.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Might you - as journalists- have mentioned that a big chunk of the increase is people being forced off legacy benefits like ESA onto UC?
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The whole anti-BBC conspiracy (I think having read this article that word is fair, but judge for yourself) is mapped out in detail here.
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The whole anti-BBC conspiracy (I think having read this article that word is fair, but judge for yourself) is mapped out in detail here.
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every time you watch this you discover a new way in which this went wrong
Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
every time you watch this you discover a new way in which this went wrong
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I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
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In a significantly weirder case, "Sleeping Lady with Black Vase" is a 1928 oil painting by Róbert Berény. It was lost in WWII, and considered looted by the Nazis and likely destroyed afterwards in the chaos... until someone recognized it as set dressing in the movie "Stuart Little."
Yes, really.
Yes, really.
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
In a significantly weirder case, "Sleeping Lady with Black Vase" is a 1928 oil painting by Róbert Berény. It was lost in WWII, and considered looted by the Nazis and likely destroyed afterwards in the chaos... until someone recognized it as set dressing in the movie "Stuart Little."
Yes, really.
Yes, really.
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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The whole anti-BBC conspiracy (I think having read this article that word is fair, but judge for yourself) is mapped out in detail here.
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The whole anti-BBC conspiracy (I think having read this article that word is fair, but judge for yourself) is mapped out in detail here.
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This is an excellent breakdown of the legal challenge by POTUS.
Personal blog non-substack: davidallengreen.com/2025/11/a-cl...
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This is an excellent breakdown of the legal challenge by POTUS.
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Our North West Local Group set out on a trespass walk along the River Bollin, rambling through town, woodland, water, and fields. Along the way, they visited a woodland microenclosure watched over by CCTV cameras, and later took to the river for a paddle.
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Our North West Local Group set out on a trespass walk along the River Bollin, rambling through town, woodland, water, and fields. Along the way, they visited a woodland microenclosure watched over by CCTV cameras, and later took to the river for a paddle.
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My most controversial starter pack yet... a collection of people who pronounce scone as scone and not scone
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Peak Bluesky
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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The BBC is bloody brilliant. It's central to the fact that British democracy isn't circling the drain like it is in America, it preserves a common culture, and propagates respect for facts. We should defend it as firmly as we fight corruption, because it's a crucial part of integrity in public life.
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The BBC is bloody brilliant. It's central to the fact that British democracy isn't circling the drain like it is in America, it preserves a common culture, and propagates respect for facts. We should defend it as firmly as we fight corruption, because it's a crucial part of integrity in public life.