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
As a narrative arc it makes no sense at all, but as a popular history of the last 20 years of cinema it does:
- Casino Royale is a reboot
- Quantum is a Bourne movie
- Skyfall is a Nolan Batman movie
- Spectre is an MCU movie
- No Time to Die is a franchise ending legacy sequel
- Casino Royale is a reboot
- Quantum is a Bourne movie
- Skyfall is a Nolan Batman movie
- Spectre is an MCU movie
- No Time to Die is a franchise ending legacy sequel
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
As a narrative arc it makes no sense at all, but as a popular history of the last 20 years of cinema it does:
- Casino Royale is a reboot
- Quantum is a Bourne movie
- Skyfall is a Nolan Batman movie
- Spectre is an MCU movie
- No Time to Die is a franchise ending legacy sequel
- Casino Royale is a reboot
- Quantum is a Bourne movie
- Skyfall is a Nolan Batman movie
- Spectre is an MCU movie
- No Time to Die is a franchise ending legacy sequel
When did people start pretending the Craig Bond films made sense? Most of Skyfall doesn't make sense during Skyfall
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
When did people start pretending the Craig Bond films made sense? Most of Skyfall doesn't make sense during Skyfall
This is like that time Abramovich tweeted wistfully about never being invited to a deliberative citizen’s assembly.
November 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is like that time Abramovich tweeted wistfully about never being invited to a deliberative citizen’s assembly.
that was a great pub at its peak (Pegg, Carr, Moss era)
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
that was a great pub at its peak (Pegg, Carr, Moss era)
The consistent Glasman MO seems to be:
1. Identify real issue
2. Identify genuine underlying barriers to addressing that issue
3. Argue that extension of current policy approaches won't work
4. Propose stupid glib thing that won't work and undermines any value generated in 1-3
1. Identify real issue
2. Identify genuine underlying barriers to addressing that issue
3. Argue that extension of current policy approaches won't work
4. Propose stupid glib thing that won't work and undermines any value generated in 1-3
November 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The consistent Glasman MO seems to be:
1. Identify real issue
2. Identify genuine underlying barriers to addressing that issue
3. Argue that extension of current policy approaches won't work
4. Propose stupid glib thing that won't work and undermines any value generated in 1-3
1. Identify real issue
2. Identify genuine underlying barriers to addressing that issue
3. Argue that extension of current policy approaches won't work
4. Propose stupid glib thing that won't work and undermines any value generated in 1-3
I am going to start saying “maybe this is the age of poets” whenever someone says something astonishingly stupid
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I am going to start saying “maybe this is the age of poets” whenever someone says something astonishingly stupid
In the 1970s, the French government ran this ad: “we don’t have petrol, but we have ideas”
Today, French electricity generation is 72% nuclear, 21% renewables and 7% fossil fuels. They are the largest net exporter of electricity in the world.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk0z...
Today, French electricity generation is 72% nuclear, 21% renewables and 7% fossil fuels. They are the largest net exporter of electricity in the world.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk0z...
SPOT TV gouvernement économies d'énergie : "en France, on n'a pas de pétrole, mais on a des idées"
SPOT TV gouvernement économies d'énergie : "en France, on n'a pas de pétrole, mais on a des idées"
m.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Didn't realise there was such a cross-party consensus on the importance of STEM
October 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Didn't realise there was such a cross-party consensus on the importance of STEM
