Ruth Barnett
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Founder & MD of Grit & Ink, delivering bespoke comms for remarkable founders & leaders. Previously: Sequoia, DeepMind, startups, news. Personal views only.
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As anyone trying to break into national journalism 20 years ago will recall, there were 4 well-worn paths:
1/ know someone,
2/ be so dazzlingly talented that you’re plucked from a uni paper,
3/ work your way up from the locals (the path that built the best, but is now largely
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I’m delighted to have joined
@sequoia
as Director of Comms, based in London. Sequoia has a long track record of investing in Europe and I couldn’t be more thrilled to be part of the team helping the daring build legendary companies.
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So what happened next? I did prove him wrong. I also proved him right…
He reluctantly let me shadow him for a single day, and well, it was an eye opener 👀
All of it was spent drinking in the Commons bars. I never saw a pen and paper let alone a computer. After about 8 hours
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Very happy to have joined the Comms team
@DeepMindAI
. An org of smart, thoughtful people solving the biggest problems. H/t
@Sam_L_Shead
😉
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Few things have made me as furious, distressed or anxious as the treatment of pregnant women during the pandemic. Huge gratitude to
@PregnantScrewed
@stellacreasy
& all those who’ve demanded better, & to
@thedalstonyears
for such harrowing, vital reporting.
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DeepMind AI cracks 50-year-old problem of protein folding
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Entrepreneurship may not seem an obvious thing to put near the top of the to-do list for whoever’s behind the iconic black door on Friday morning 👀 but it’s fundamental not just for growth & competitiveness, but social mobility & opportunity too.
Britain’s startup and scaleup ecosystem is at a crossroads.
And whoever forms the next Government has some serious decisions to make.
That's why today we are launching our Startup Manifesto. Read it here:
Or find out more below 👇
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Queen Camilla using her platform to support Holocaust education and efforts to empower young people to challenge prejudice is welcome indeed.
#HMD2024
Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day 2024, we are deeply honoured to announce that Her Majesty The Queen -
@RoyalFamily
, has become the first Royal Patron of the Anne Frank Trust UK✨
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OK Londoners - fun night out on June 7th with comic legends
@Jamesacaster
&
@luisaomielan
& more at Islington’s Union Chapel. Come along, laugh at their jokes and know that you’re helping raise vital ££ for brilliant charity
@LossFoundation
(THREAD) 1/8
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Happy for Jon, Ben & the whole gang, a great day for UK tech & proud to have been part of an incredible team
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After 3 great years at innovative
@SwiftKey
I'm excited to join
@rohan__silva
& Sam Aldenton's
@SECONDHOMELDN
http://t.co/QT6CDLNz0A
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#SkyNews
image from Southall where hundreds of Sikh men say they will protect the streets and their temple
http://yfrog.com/h7jyqvlj
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Happy birthday
@twitter
! Becoming media's first Twitter Correspondent a few years later changed the course of my career. I owe you a pint.
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For very early startups without deep pockets for PR, this Maddyness oped series from
@tm_lawro
+ team could come in handy
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Cool to see
@TechHub
holding Startup Funerals. Failing is part of risk, innovation and learning.
http://t.co/uXy2ZXsZ0O
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📣 Applications for pre-seed and seed-stage companies are now open! 📣
1/ 🌱 Applications for Arc Europe, Sequoia’s catalyst for pre-seed and seed-stage companies, are now open. 🌱
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That lurchy feeling when your phone shows dozens of Twitter notifications & you can’t think what on earth you’ve done. The relief when it transpires you’ve been accidentally tagged. Changing my bio to “musical genius” immediately. 🎼
#AskSammy
this was one of the wonderful collaborations with
@RuthBarnett
she is a musical genius and we put our heads together both wanting to create something special. I had the music from her a good 2 weeks in advance which really helped me with my prep.
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This is giving 2012 Silicon Roundabout vibes. Is Shoreditch back?
NEW: South by Southwest is heading to London in 2025! 🙌🏾
Absolutely thrilled to welcome
@sxsw
to London for the first time ever - confirming our place at the heart of Europe’s tech and creative sectors & as a global capital of culture.
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A powerful thread about grief and how we talk about it. Grateful for
@LossFoundation
and all the orgs out there trying to end the taboo about something we will all experience in some form and yet don’t seem to have language for.
this isn't really what twitter is for, but ten years ago today my son died and I basically never talk about it with anyone other than my wife. it's taken me ten years to realize that I want to talk about it all the time.
this is about grief
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Tonight tech collides with culture and art at our dinner with
@atomico
upstairs at
@SECONDHOMELDN
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Last few tickets left, come join us and
@RomeshRanga
@EllieJaneTaylor
and more at Islington’s Union Chapel on Thursday.
Want to see the fantastically funny
@joshwiddicombe
of
#thelastleg
do stand up? Well, come join us at our comedy night on Thursday!
#standup
#comedian
#comedyevent
#laughter
#humour
#charity
#fundraise
#unionchapeluk
#london
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Great science writing is so hard: a juggling act between accessibility and maintaining the integrity of complex ideas. Kelly is the most extraordinary science writer and I can’t wait to read this book!
My first book, PLAYING WITH REALITY: HOW GAMES HAVE SHAPED OUR WORLD comes out next week! I was constantly surprised while researching this book—and learned so much about people by studying something that fascinates them (thread)
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Video of
@EamonnHolmes
pushing Eric Pickles on the details of this trouble-shooting plan here
http://t.co/VYFU6NyY
#SkyNews
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Behind the scenes at MWC with
@SwiftKey
(hall 7 stand 7I108 if you want to play our SwiftKey Flow races game...)
http://t.co/86vEST1oyC
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Here's the thing: we'll all be affected by cancer in some way, & we'll all be affected by loss. 👇This is the UK's only dedicated cancer bereavement charity & it urgently needs cash to continue into 2020.
I've donated, can you help?
#LossFoundation2020
When I lost my dad to cancer, I really wobbled. Then, I discovered a complete lack of support. Since then our charity has helped many hundreds of others. Now it’s our turn to ask for help & we need it right now. 1/3
#LossFoundation2020
#cancer
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Grateful to all who’ve told their stories and the individuals, communities & orgs who do hard work every day to defeat hatred.
#HolocaustMemorialDay
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. We remember the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators, all victims of Nazi persecution and the victims of subsequent genocides.
#HMD2023
#HolocaustMemorialDay
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Delicious irony of political parties without a majority, during an era of low turnout, suddenly getting very agitated by mandates.
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Celebrating summer & community with soul with Second Home MT
@SECONDHOMELDN
: What a night!
#pavilionparty
http://t.co/l7NMtFG1Yt
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Great to welcome media innovator
@Jessicalessin
& an esteemed panel incl
@Ben_Medlock
to
@SECONDHOMELDN
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The
#HowToFailWithElizabethDay
podcast should be part of the national curriculum. Or piped into train carriages during rush hour, at the very least.
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Five rappers and poets, 90 seconds to riff on the beauty of language. Watch:
http://t.co/hk0rfNEGuJ
#inmywords
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Thank you Management Today - such inspiring women on this list.
#35under35
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You know you're in your 30s when jet spraying your balcony becomes the ideal way to spend a bank holiday.
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*Hurriedly switches off social media and all news sources*
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*Job klaxon* Communications Assistant role with us
@SecondHomeLdn
Do you have an eye for design, excellent writing skills and a passion for communication? We're hiring!
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Londoners! Enjoy laughing? Thought so. Come join this incredible line up for a night of great comedy in aid of
@LossFoundation
- June 13, Union Chapel.
This weekend, buy your tickets for one of the highlights of the Summer - Stand Up for The Loss Foundation on Thursday 13 June with
@TomHDeacon
@EllieJaneTaylor
@RomeshRanga
@joshwiddicombe
@vikkistone
#Comedy
#Charity
#IWontGoQuiet
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Congratulations to a change-maker 👏
Please join us all at the Loss Foundation in celebrating founder & CEO Dr Erin Hope Thompson’s
@erinhopet
inclusion in the Queen’s Honours List, with an MBE for Services to Bereaved Families! Why does this matter? 🧵 1/6
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As the campaigns end and a new chapter begins, some (personal) views on political communications and the Consistent / Maverick paradox…
Being a good communicator really matters!
1 People consider comms skill a meaningful proxy for leadership skill & integrity. This has been a
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Need some laughter during the lockdown? 22 May join comedians
@JenBrister
@EvelynMok
@TomHDeacon
+ more for an evening of silliness beamed into your living room - all for a good cause
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Unexpected train announcement: "If you see anything suspicious you can report it on Twitter as a lot easier than finding a member of staff."
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Tonight’s RTS television news awards were a powerful reminder of the incredible work delivered yet again by reporters, producers, editors, camera operators, translators, fixers & so many more. These remain dangerous jobs, with too many traumatised, harmed or killed.
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Train driver also just said it's "hotter than an EL James novel" on board. (Please don't sack him Southern, he cheered everyone up...).
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Need a great STEM person who happens to be a woman for your TV show / panel /board? Inspiration: via
@mikebutcher
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@CharlieEdmunds
@DeborahFW
@GuiltFemPod
(I just realised - too late - that we should've structured our tweets "I'm a feminist but..." for full kudos from Deborah.)
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@coopdloop
The
@LossFoundation
: small, incredible UK charity supporting people bereaved by cancer. Christmas can be the hardest time for many.
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Watching this show as a kid is probably why I work in science and technology now
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Congrats
@erinhopet
@LossFoundation
for being included in
#35under35
! A list of seriously impressive women.
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It's hard to know what to say someone who's bereaved but tonight I'm pledging
#iwontgoquiet
@LossFoundation
http://t.co/awPfCXc1YQ
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Interesting figs in
@thetimes
- appeals lodged re disability claims checker Atos set to hit 240,000 this year; costing £60m in admin alone.
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I’d estimate I’ve read a thousand articles on what women should do to avoid, prevent or survive violence against women & girls and precisely 1 (below) on what it might take for the perpetrators to stop.
Journalism of the highest quality
@YvonneARoberts
thoughtful and clinical dissection of complex issues surrounding men’s violence against women and girls.
@K_IngalaSmith
@JoTodd4
@guardian
@FMullaneAAFDA
👇
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“Science is the most beautiful invention,” he says, “a way of generating theories and testing them experimentally. AI can act as a multiplier for human ingenuity. What could be more exciting than that?”
@demishassabis
meets
@matthewsyed
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My favourite Q, by my old uni lecturer = splendid > Politics or technology – which will save the world?
http://t.co/t5sTIpTZP4
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So happy to have got my hands on Laura Barnett’s latest novel This Beating Heart - IVF and pregnancy loss are such challenging, life altering experiences for so many yet they’re peculiarly absent from literature, it’s brilliant to see that change 🙌
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Loved seeing The Theory of Everything tonight at our special
@SwiftKey
screening. Moving, witty and beautifully done.
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The Lost To The Virus series from
@thedalstonyears
is such vital, heartbreaking journalism: individual portraits of people who were loved, their hobbies & habits, & the sequences of events (&/ or systemic failures) that led to their deaths.
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Why AI won’t kill off the accountant and what startups & enterprises can learn from each other - Arthur from
@Pennylane_tech
& Jérôme from
@KPMG_France
on stage with
@LucianaLix
at
#VivaTech
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Watching my first Super Bowl from Mountain View. Fierce make up and shoulder pads - what's not to like?
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So sad about Alison Parker & Adam Ward. Reminded of this analysis of how to deprive shooters of the fame they crave
http://t.co/OtS1HMQRwW
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Great evening hearing from leading lights of London tech (& smart UCL students) at
#lwtechnight
feat.
@SwiftKey
http://t.co/umwY7FnWVE
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Priceless. They've spelt polling station wrong and it appears to be a toilet
#election
#london
http://t.co/Rr7GayHG
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Google 'emoji news' and you'll see the Canadian poo emoji story has pretty much taken over the internet.
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Were delighted to host the
#OnePlus2
launch
@SwiftKey
later & the super fans have been here a while!
#oneplusqueue
http://t.co/Y4L15RCq67
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Skip your dull election party, come join
@joshwiddicombe
& other great comedians on June 8 for
@LossFoundation
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Last call for Community & Insight role
@SECONDHOMELDN
: work with our members, nurture creativity & entrepreneurship
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☕️ Founders and would-be founders, come have coffee with
@BogieBalkansky
+ others from Sequoia tomorrow in London - details below.
📣 Calling aspiring founders in London! To celebrate
#LTW
@_georgerobson
,
@cornelius_menke
and I from
@Sequoia
would love to meet anyone starting a company or interested in starting a company. We’ll be at WatchHouse Marylebone (32-42 New Cavendish Street) tomorrow, 2-4pm. Come
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Binders of Women panel:
@Oona_King
Hannah Barry
@BoldTendencies
Rough Trade
@misszing
& the W Project
@SECONDHOMELDN
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BBC news policy change? Women's sports results (cricket, rugby) popping up everywhere online and on the radio.
#yay
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Yes I am leaving Sky - excited to be joining the genius Brit entrepreneurs behind
@SwiftKey
as Head of Comms.
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Loved this moving account of how the
@LossFoundation
helps people struggling with grief, a topic we need to talk about so much more.
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How / why did DWP sign me up for Universal Jobmatch without my knowledge when I'm very much employed? Doesn't instill much confidence...
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Second Home isn't just a cultural venue & workspace for creative entrepreneurs it's a fresh look at the way we live, work & create in cities
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Best new apps of 2012: what to download on your Christmas iPad or smartphone
http://t.co/BePZpVP4
via
@guardian
(feat.
@swiftkey
woohoo!)
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Sheryl Sandberg's powerful post on grief is essential reading if you've ever worried what to say to someone bereaved
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We're up for WEBBY - please vote SwiftKey for Productivity (takes 30 secs)
http://t.co/2RrBxi7Sm4
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Spotify founder
@eldsjal
was asked his productivity tip by
@Forbes
. His answer? "SwiftKey."
http://t.co/ApGZsxlVjR
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SwiftKey Note, our debut app for iPhone & iPad, just launched in the App Store. It's free, give it a whirl
#sknote
http://t.co/OTRZ9OMD01
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With
@jamesbromley
as he's about to go on World at One to talk about SwiftKey & UK tech
@BBCRadio4
http://t.co/alb8Nfym7E
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Brilliant evening at Science Uncovered - so many friendly experts on hand to explain everything from meteorites to dragonflies
#su2012
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Just discovered the Olympic Park furniture sale & wondering where I could fit an umpire's chair...
http://t.co/zxBmQQxL
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I love cold calls on the press office line. "Hi, I'm calling to see if SwiftKey would benefit from having a mobile app?"
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I can’t think of a better illustration of how AI research has gone fully mainstream than seeing Transformers & Attention Is All You Need - the breakthrough underpinning GenerativeAI - being given the FT Big Read treatment. 🤩
The story of the Transformer and its inventors was the first one I began to report when I took on my role as AI editor earlier this year - it helps encapsulate the current moment we are in with generative AI, and where we are going. 👉
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"If your economic policies damage children they're indefensible." Fascinating
#desertislanddiscs
w/ public health expert Sir Michael Marmot
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The app that’s become my lockdown lifesaver:
@caribu
- family (or friends) can read books & draw on a live video chat designed for kids. It’s the only way meals get cooked in our house.
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