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If you know what needs doing, get a specialist. If you're still trying to find out the golden path to achieve your mission, get a generalist. Generalists have a broader vision of how the dots might be connected. #generalist #freelancer #strategy

@David__Osland Remember also that the government wouldn't allow the post office to increase the price of stamps.

I'm so old, I remember when nationalised Royal Mail delivered the post twice a day with stamps at an affordable price. Then it was sold off and 'the superior efficiency of the private sector' kicked in.

In 1988-9 at Birmingham Poly, my course had a typography lecturer called Jenny, who forced us to select a random typeface from a hat and then reset a menu in that font using one type size. It's felt, at times, like I've been doing that brief ever since.

hey @O2 — I bought a sim from you on one of your offers. I've heard nothing in 8 days, so I rang up today and I was given the weakest of reasons why this hasn't been fulfilled.

@TimandraHarknes I'm generally for Assisted Dying, but I'm interested in what you think and I'll be listening to that.

Sadly we ran out of time before I could voice my (non-religious) opposition to legalising Assisted Dying. You can hear my arguments here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

On my way to BBC Politics Live to discuss small matters like “what is a woman?” & “which lives are worth living?”

Buying a TV should be easy.

"Tonight is a very, very devastating body blow." @RoryStewartUK reflects on how he could have gotten his election prediction so wrong.

My first opportunity to ask Vladimir Putin a question since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It came at the end of the BRICS summit in Kazan. Producer @LizaShuvalova

@JennieGow Max is gaming the letter of the rules — if it's allowed to continue, the best tactic is to ask Oscar to crash into Max at the first chance to counter Max's strategy. The FIA might consider HAMs return in a faster Ferrari next year.

Interested to know what evidence McLaren will bring to the meeting. Thought this might rumble on. What do you think? #F1

@fesshole I think that's about the sacrifices we all make for others.

Went into business with a friend, thinking it was a great idea. He got to travel the world for work while I was stuck with all the admin, I put my own dreams on hold to push his forward. The lesson? I sold my share, and I've never been happier. One year later, company went bust.

The cult of positivity, despite the facts, risks, and disastrous consequences, often for other people, is rewarded when money is cheap and a curse when it's not. Just saying.

News frequency shapes news coverage How a 24/7 news culture hides some of the greatest economic advances In How economics explains the world

Has anyone else hired a car from @Hertz in Bordeaux or experienced any problems?

@iam_DRS @Hertz @HertzFrance How did that go Denny? I appear to ba having similar problems.

Returned car to @hertz Bordeaux with a scratch on windscreen. Charging me €1,000 to replace entire windscreen! Spoken to multiple windscreen companies today; should cost €250-350. I’d like to see quite from Hertz’s garage proving the price please. @hertzfrance #carrental

@andybudd How would Graham Norton get any guests? It's implicit in the give-and-take format. Unless they are paying you.

Just offered to speak to a startup community for free to help promote my new book. However I was told by the event organiser that to stick within their community guidelines and maintain their "give-and-take" culture I wasn't allowed mention the book. I pointed out that this sounded more like a "take" culture to me. They didn't seem especially happy with this.

Muse: There's nothing wrong with capitalism per se; it's the capitalists who take capitalism (the making of money at all costs) one stage further, and another and so on. The compound effect of capitalists practising capitalism without boundaries is the problem with capitalism.

@HackedOffHugh Because of the 2008 crash and the UK GOV's obsession with getting money in, with a free passport to boot, at *any cost*.

Agree. Other big cities around the world don’t allow their residential property to be bought as investments by international buyers who never live there. It guts the city. Why have we allowed it?

If you're in digital research, content or design, amongst many other roles, and the company you work for won't pay the minor fees for an AI account of your choosing, then that's probably a sign.

A lot of technologists are inspired or directly aim for ideas that Science Fiction presents them — but equally, they seem to ignore all of the predictable and resulting downsides. This is masked as 'progress'

Do I know any freelance SEO analysts that are available in the near term?

@AMAZlNGNATURE Corporate Merger

What’s going on here?