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@mikebroomhead.bsky.social
Improve society & lives by system thinking & right experimentation of digital, data, technology. Manchester UK.
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OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy said that agents just aren't working, and it'll take about a decade to get them to a place where they are useful.
OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy says it will take a decade before AI agents actually work
OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy said that agents just aren't working, and it'll take about a decade to get them to a place where they are useful.
www.businessinsider.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Bull’s eye …
October 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
After #Xodus, I'm feeling both this & "#X" are becoming redundant!

#Facebook seems innevtible for:
- truly personal connections
- organisations (corp/public)

What's missing? -- focused purposeful interactions: reviews, opinions, advice, but NOT RANTS !! The solution for me is undoubtedly #Reddi
July 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.
In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have found that getting vaccinated against shingles- a painful and debilitating condition that can flare up years after infection from varicella zoster virus- not only LOWERS the risk of infection, but can also PROTECT against dementia. 🧪🧵⬇️
April 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"Transformation needs more than technology" is my main take away from 2 intensive days.
I didn't hear a process or op model transformation -- only "digital transformation". Perhaps "digital" is too sacred, a unicorn?

#ProductivityParadox #UserCentredDesign #DigitalTransformation #Rewired25
March 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Five years before ChatGPT, The BBC was working with artificial intelligence. Then it fumbled its advantage…
www.prospectmagazine...
AI is the media's chance to reinvent itself
AI threatens today’s news industry—and with it, our shared reality. But it could also radically transform journalism for the better
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
March 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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THIS IS HUGE! For the FIRST time ever, researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have successfully discovered a molecular switch that can actually REVERT cancer cells BACK TO NORMAL by capturing the critical transition state before full cancer development. 🧪🧵⬇️
March 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A moment of #DigitalGov & holiday joy.
#GovWifi from a British Embassy. #Frictionless as digital services of any kind should be!
February 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Off-peak holiday bumped #HETTNorth25 (and few other things!).
Do tell me what I've missed please ... whether AI style or personal specific recommendations to catch-up.
#HealthIT #HealthInnovation
February 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Northern MPs warn of ‘brain drain’ to southern England infrastructure projects
Northern MPs warn of ‘brain drain’ to southern England infrastructure projects
The MPs said it was hard to justify the benefits of southern projects that may cause a northern skills shortage, especially if net migration to the UK drops MPs from northern England have voiced fears of a “brain drain” to southern infrastructure…
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford Medicine have devised an influenza vaccine that prompts immunity to ALL four major flu subtypes AND shows potential against bird flu, indicating a significant advancement in flu prevention and a potential increase in vaccine efficacy. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
January 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Good read in this thread - is UK unique; are Govt orgs/challenges so unique .... so how do we learn vs "this is special", "not invented here" etc.
🙏 @davidheniguk.bsky.social
Interesting story within the story of new public sector targets - the obvious disagreements within the Labour Party as to how to govern. Reflected across Europe, though for some reason few people want to make such comparisons. What can governments do about disillusion? www.ft.com/content/de4c...
Keir Starmer to take aim at Whitehall with new UK ‘mission’ targets
Prime minister will outline milestones as he faces plunging poll ratings
www.ft.com
December 5, 2024 at 5:21 PM
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That’s Hull, UCLan, and now Reading getting rid of chemistry in this round. After Bangor in 2022.

This country can’t run on Business graduates alone. #UKHE
Chemistry degrees have some of the highest values of any degree and are vital if we want to build a competitive high-tech nation. But they are expensive, and so if universities want to save money quickly they will just ignore national priorities and close them.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/univers...
University of Reading proposes closing its chemistry department next year
The university joins several others that are considering the future of their departments and undergraduate programmes
www.chemistryworld.com
November 18, 2024 at 1:56 PM
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Severity of the risk facing the UK is widely underestimated, NCSC annual review warns
Severity of the risk facing the UK is widely underestimated, NCSC annual review warns
National cyber emergencies increased threefold this year The number of security threats in the UK that hit the country's National Cyber Security Centre's (NCSC) maximum severity threshold has tripled compared to the previous 12 months.…
dlvr.it
December 3, 2024 at 11:49 AM
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One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.
December 3, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Good read, linked from @theguardian.com about Govt missions.
Eg quote from Kate Bingham

"the culture and practices of the civil service… to avoid any suggestion of personal error or scope for criticism ... created groupthink and a massive aversion to risk"

www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...
Keir Starmer must remember his mission
During the election, Labour promised to empower Britain. Now is the time to make that happen.
www.newstatesman.com
December 1, 2024 at 10:43 AM
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Left: Kemi Badenoch says British citizenship should be "a privilege to be earned" and not an "automatic right"

Right: A Nigerian TV channel points out that Kemi Badenoch's mum flew to London to give birth to Kemi, then flew back to Nigeria, where Kemi was raised till the age of 16
November 27, 2024 at 10:02 PM