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Dan Machen 🏊 🦈 @danmachen

Agency Head of Strategy. Work stuff - advertising/behavioural science. Life stuff - pom in thongs, Sydney. Proud Dad to Willow and Finn.

Joined May 2010
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For anyone working on happiness! bbc.com/news/articles/c5ye6d…

Fergal Keane on PTSD, depression and the secret to happiness

Prompted by Blue Monday, the BBC's special correspondent reflects on his struggle to find balance and joy in life - and a surprisingly straightforward solution.

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Heading to the jaguar launch like...
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My living room is littered with burnt offerings - sacrificed at the altar of my off colour toddler
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Rewatching Sideways, still feel like Paul Giamatti is long overdue an Oscar. He's a wonderfully subtle actor with an incredible range. Hope the Oscar nomination opens every opportunity he deserves.
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Paging @Ritzcrackers ...you're welcome people.com/rizz-oxford-word-…

'Rizz' Is Oxford’s 2023 Word of the Year – Here’s What it Means

Oxford 2023 Word of the Year is "rizz" β€” here's everything you need to know about what the popular term means.

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The absolute scenes at OpenAI are the perfect metaphor for the commercial musical chairs that will be played around AI. This is why we can't have nice things.
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Double duty advertising is like putting two things in the microwave at once. It feels more efficient, but it's doing two jobs less well and results are luke-warm at best. marketingweek.com/can-you-ac…

Can you achieve long and short at the same time? Usually, no

It’s appealing to fulfil brand and sales objectives in one execution, but they’re so different that you’ll probably fail at both.

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bbc.com/news/science-environ… casually dropped in as 6th story on the BBC, possible signs of life detected by James Webb Telescope on distant planet...

Tantalising sign of possible life on faraway world

Nasa's James Webb Telescope may have discovered a molecule thought only to be produced by life.

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More than Β£700m spent on cancer research in UK every year, but less than 3% spent on brain tumours, despite 5,300 people dying from them annually. It's theΒ most deadly cancer in children & adults under 40. I'm so so sorry EmilyπŸ’” #DIPG mol.im/a/12382283 via @MailOnline

Eight-year-old girl dies just 12 DAYS after diagnosis of brain tumour

EXCLUSIVE: Eight-year-old Emily Smith (pictured), from St Albans, was on holiday when she was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Twelve days later she passed away - leaving her family devastated.

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Is anyone else sick of hearing who the next Bond might be? Just choose someone already.
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Ate the crusts at the end of the loaf to save the family from them. #notallheroeswearcapes
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#Oppeneheimer is a masterpiece. Cillian Murphy a serious contender for best actor Oscar
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Long John Silver called, he wants his X back.
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Having dodged the bullet for 3 years the Covid has finally landed. Mild so far, but it is a bit minging - like Tetley's.
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Do you remember when you joined Twitter? Unlucky for some! #MyTwitterAnniversary
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This is like the end of Star Wars #Coronation
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Chazzy Cors! Enjoy United Kingdom.
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Come on Bud, you know it's just sitting there waiting to happen...
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Just tried 'First Defence' for the first time. Is it too late to say I'd prefer the cold?
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Me: We need to waste less food My 3 YO: I don't like this dinner
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