Andrew Martin
@andrewmartin.bsky.social
Founder and CEO @firetail.bsky.social working on #strategy, #futures, #impact
Strategy consultant | Occasional angel | Optimist | London
Strategy consultant | Occasional angel | Optimist | London
I had to get chatgpt to explain this joke to me
October 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I had to get chatgpt to explain this joke to me
One hell of a typo in the Green Party policy platform.
Almost certainly should have been hierarchical, but heretical captures the mood.
Almost certainly should have been hierarchical, but heretical captures the mood.
October 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
One hell of a typo in the Green Party policy platform.
Almost certainly should have been hierarchical, but heretical captures the mood.
Almost certainly should have been hierarchical, but heretical captures the mood.
After an intellectually engaging panel about the challenges of radically reforming the country, four of us got into an automated lift, were delivered to the basement and wandered around lost until we finally emerged into the gift shop of the Paddington Experience. The metaphor was a bit on the nose.
September 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
After an intellectually engaging panel about the challenges of radically reforming the country, four of us got into an automated lift, were delivered to the basement and wandered around lost until we finally emerged into the gift shop of the Paddington Experience. The metaphor was a bit on the nose.
September 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM
reminds me of this classic
September 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
reminds me of this classic
Having just read the ethics advisor letter, Rayners two mistakes were thinking that not owning a house meant she didn't own a house, and thinking that the experts she asked about buying a house were experts about buying houses.
September 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Having just read the ethics advisor letter, Rayners two mistakes were thinking that not owning a house meant she didn't own a house, and thinking that the experts she asked about buying a house were experts about buying houses.
People need to get off social media, it's not doing anyone any good.
August 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
People need to get off social media, it's not doing anyone any good.
I DID NOT need this quote from @jamescrabtree.bsky.social's newsletter.
(or maybe I did, I'm not sure. In any case, it's an excellent newsletter)
(or maybe I did, I'm not sure. In any case, it's an excellent newsletter)
August 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I DID NOT need this quote from @jamescrabtree.bsky.social's newsletter.
(or maybe I did, I'm not sure. In any case, it's an excellent newsletter)
(or maybe I did, I'm not sure. In any case, it's an excellent newsletter)
How thin-skinned are Reform that this is the newspaper they ban?
August 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
How thin-skinned are Reform that this is the newspaper they ban?
What a paragraph.
August 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
What a paragraph.
This oak tree is 1,000 years old
August 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This oak tree is 1,000 years old
Ethan Zuckerman’s cute cat theory of the internet (2008) restated for 2025
July 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Ethan Zuckerman’s cute cat theory of the internet (2008) restated for 2025
this was no job for a penguin
July 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
this was no job for a penguin
Appropriately, a book on antimemes - ideas that don’t want to be shared - arrives three months after ordering it.
#antimimetics by @nayafia.bsky.social
#antimimetics by @nayafia.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Appropriately, a book on antimemes - ideas that don’t want to be shared - arrives three months after ordering it.
#antimimetics by @nayafia.bsky.social
#antimimetics by @nayafia.bsky.social
Great game. Congrats to both teams #EngvInd 🏏
A fantastic Test match, interrupted only by the recurring thought "so this is why my kid's peanut butter is so expensive"
A fantastic Test match, interrupted only by the recurring thought "so this is why my kid's peanut butter is so expensive"
June 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Great game. Congrats to both teams #EngvInd 🏏
A fantastic Test match, interrupted only by the recurring thought "so this is why my kid's peanut butter is so expensive"
A fantastic Test match, interrupted only by the recurring thought "so this is why my kid's peanut butter is so expensive"
"Let's hear it, ladies and gentlemen. Hands across the ocean"
May 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"Let's hear it, ladies and gentlemen. Hands across the ocean"
Government tests for spending - value, legality, feasibility, standards - assume risks are linear and predictable and economic. It’s spreadsheet logic in a world where the biggest risks are political, and in the tail.
April 30, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Government tests for spending - value, legality, feasibility, standards - assume risks are linear and predictable and economic. It’s spreadsheet logic in a world where the biggest risks are political, and in the tail.
"Instead of the US buying sneakers from Vietnam and Vietnam buying financial assets from the US, we will have a sort of barter system in which the US buys physical goods (sneakers, etc.) from Vietnam and Vietnam buys physical goods (also sneakers?) from the US."
Matt Levine
Matt Levine
April 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"Instead of the US buying sneakers from Vietnam and Vietnam buying financial assets from the US, we will have a sort of barter system in which the US buys physical goods (sneakers, etc.) from Vietnam and Vietnam buys physical goods (also sneakers?) from the US."
Matt Levine
Matt Levine
apropos of nothing....
March 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
apropos of nothing....
Kim Deal. Legend.
March 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Kim Deal. Legend.
You can see how median-hugging #AI is by pasting in today’s news and asking the probability of it happening. It will confidently tell you that events currently unfolding are "highly unlikely." 📉🤖
February 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
You can see how median-hugging #AI is by pasting in today’s news and asking the probability of it happening. It will confidently tell you that events currently unfolding are "highly unlikely." 📉🤖
two steps ahead of all the "memeologists" and "cultural strategists" quoted in this article
February 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
two steps ahead of all the "memeologists" and "cultural strategists" quoted in this article
i wondered about that...
January 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
i wondered about that...
The best Christmas movie
December 14, 2024 at 2:08 PM
The best Christmas movie