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Paul Skidmore
@paulskidmore.bsky.social
Founder ‪@risingacademies.bsky.social‬; Trustee @gsf_talks; ex @institute.global @demos. Entrepreneurship; education; politics; global development. Dad of two. Enthusiastic but unskilled triathlete.
I found this the most revealing exchange in the (excellent) conversation between Ezra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates.

TNC makes this really important (and subtle) point: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...
September 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This reminds me of the spectacular occasional @vizcomic.bsky.social series Half-Arsed Inventions, my favourite of which is the origin story of the sandwich toaster
May 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Can’t help feel the “etc” made it a little too obvious they were phoning it in
May 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Never look back, that’s my motto
December 13, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Something I don’t understand about twin studies where the intervention is something like this. Are the twins supposed to stop talking to each other, or eating at each other’s house? Seems hard to avoid contamination.
November 3, 2024 at 7:27 PM
This might be the single worst op-ed in the history of op-eds.
October 29, 2024 at 11:27 AM
With Rachel Reeves’ first budget around the corner, idea for a retail crowd-pleaser courtesy of Ghana’s ruling NPP. Though I’d recommend changing “Premier League” to “Championship” and perhaps more specifically “Watford FC”
October 28, 2024 at 8:59 PM