Helen Dawson
@mshelendawson.bsky.social
Independent advisor, doing interesting things with fun people, especially better use of technology to help the energy transition. Host of The Innovation Crowd Podcast.
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WORD OF THE DAY.
Excellent.
To give up spreadsheets for forty days.
Excellent.
To give up spreadsheets for forty days.
November 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
WORD OF THE DAY.
Excellent.
To give up spreadsheets for forty days.
Excellent.
To give up spreadsheets for forty days.
WTAF #exhausting
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
October 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
WTAF #exhausting
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I'm sad to say that since leaving Twitter/X my sales for live shows have dropped quite a lot - it turns out that even though it's a dreadful place it was still useful for getting the word out about events. So any shares / RTs of my posts about live shows are hugely appreciated!
August 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I'm sad to say that since leaving Twitter/X my sales for live shows have dropped quite a lot - it turns out that even though it's a dreadful place it was still useful for getting the word out about events. So any shares / RTs of my posts about live shows are hugely appreciated!
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Computers used to scream every time they connected to the Internet. They knew. They tried to warn us. We did not listen.
June 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Computers used to scream every time they connected to the Internet. They knew. They tried to warn us. We did not listen.
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any excuse to repost the greatest Tetris story ever, when a reporter went to cover early e-gaming championships and discovered that his wife was unknowingly *the world's greatest Tetris player* by a huge margin
archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...
archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...
May 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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What is an independent review going to find that isn’t obvious from the explanation in the article?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Mother of autistic boy left with £10,000 debt after breaching DWP rules by £1.92 a week
Over five-year period Oksana Shahar – who cares for her son – was paid a small amount more than carer’s allowance earnings limits allow
www.theguardian.com
May 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What is an independent review going to find that isn’t obvious from the explanation in the article?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Pronouns: really what is the problem? Seems basic courtesy that you’d call people what they prefer to be called. If it’s not really your thing, well do your best & try and avoid giving offence. But the idea that you’d actually prohibit or penalise people for any of this - incomprehensible
March 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Pronouns: really what is the problem? Seems basic courtesy that you’d call people what they prefer to be called. If it’s not really your thing, well do your best & try and avoid giving offence. But the idea that you’d actually prohibit or penalise people for any of this - incomprehensible
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Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
February 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
The malgorithms have been at it again
January 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The malgorithms have been at it again
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NEWS! Motivation to make 2025 'your year' dead after reading just three work e-mails
Motivation to make 2025 ‘your year’ dead after reading just three work e-mails
2025 can already go and f**k itself, according to you this morning. Despite bounding out of bed with a renewed sense of energy and self-worth, all of that went away the minute you settled down at y…
buff.ly
January 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
NEWS! Motivation to make 2025 'your year' dead after reading just three work e-mails
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Googling Stuff: Then v Now.
December 11, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Googling Stuff: Then v Now.
Who would play you in a movie? I have my answer.
December 8, 2024 at 7:07 AM
Who would play you in a movie? I have my answer.
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