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martha lane fox

3 months

Please help me. I have a habit of saying bonkers things, then realising I have to do them. This is one of those things. But the immense physical challenge will be worth it for @DayOneTrauma @i_amthecode @AbilityNet @HoratiosGarden

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

3 years

I know, sat morning is screaming out for a video of a school bus arriving in Mongolia - so here you go - keep watching....

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

3 years

I know the internet is clever and all that but… c’mon…

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martha lane fox

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2 years

‘When I was young, we didn’t have books because my mother couldn’t read or write” whatever your politics, Angela Rayners story is remarkable, so here is a free link so you can read it via @FT

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martha lane fox

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3 years

How did I miss this - I am ashamed of our leadership right now 🥺

Dr Rachel Clarke

@doctor_oxford

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When you’re sitting next to 95-year-old Sir David Attenborough and you *still* can’t be arsed to wear a mask. Or even stay awake. #COP26

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martha lane fox

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5 years

15 yrs ago today, I fell out of a car, broke 28 bones + had a stroke. 2 years in hospital. Everything changed for me, forever. THANK YOU to all people who saved me - surgeons, nurses, doctors, anaesthetists + people who gave blood - 24 pints of which I used in first week...

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martha lane fox

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9 years

It's a birthday board meeting for @makielab founder @crystaltips #lookinggood http://t.co/L507FyYBUV

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martha lane fox

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4 years

This is brilliant

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martha lane fox

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4 years

Full credit @CharlotteMende1

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

1 year

19 years since I totalled myself. No great sage advice if you’re facing something catastrophic. All you can do is keep going. MLK puts it better “If you can’t fly, run, if you can’t run, walk, if you can’t walk, crawl. But whatever you do, just keep moving forward”.

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

2 years

This is excellent writing

Hadley Freeman

@HadleyFreeman

2 years

I am very much not leaving The Guardian, but I will now be contributing occasionally to Unherd. This is my first piece for them: Why I Stopped Being a Good Girl

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martha lane fox

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5 years

When I went into lords, she asked me to tea and gave me one piece of advice” don’t take this lot as seriously as they take themselves” 💪🏻

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

5 years

I have never heard so much freaking fuss over working on a Saturday- nurses, doctors, policemen, firemen, most of retail, cleaners,transport workers, most entrepreneurs- reckon some of them might fancy a Saturday off...

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martha lane fox

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8 years

I agree. Sadly.

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

2 years

I’ve just had more major surgery and my legendary father has come to see how I am… he will not stop talking so I told him he has to be silent for 15 mins. (Pic 1) he managed 8 mins (pic 2)

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

7 years

This is amazing journalism by @carolecadwalla Trump, Assange, Bannon, Farage… bound together in an unholy alliance

Trump, Assange, Bannon, Farage… bound together in an unholy alliance | Carole Cadwalladr

The WikiLeaks founder’s astonishing admission should prompt MPs finally to start asking questions

www.theguardian.com

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

8 years

I'm joining the board of @twitter Thanks @jack @omidkordestani I can't wait. Best. Job. Ever. Watch out silicon valley :-))

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

4 years

Only thing to wear today #RIPRBG

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

4 years

+ hello everyone, I’m the new chair of this select committee- the first to be started digital first I think... please follow us as we’re going to need ur input to our work pls + we want to reach the parts other select committees cannot reach :-)

Lords COVID-19 Committee: Life beyond COVID

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4 years

👋 Hello everyone! We’re the @UKHouseofLords COVID-19 Committee. We’re going to be looking at what the pandemic might mean for us all in the long term - the challenges and the opportunities. Follow us, tell your friends and stay tuned to find out how you can get involved️

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martha lane fox

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2 years

I’m in hospital again. Thought I’d share what I’m trying to live by rn ““If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” MLK.

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

4 years

It’s my birthday. I’m 47. Apparently, Im as old as the first handheld mobile phone call - made by Martin Cooper of Motorola in NYC.

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

9 days

Unbelievable day on scafell pike - in v Bad weather and a v tough climb too hard even To use my sticks at moments - but we did it! Pls sponsor me - it really helps - 2 mountains down, one to go

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martha lane fox

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4 years

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

4 years

Me in lockdown = exhausted chaos My pa in lockdown = writes a book

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

11 months

I love this

Sophia Kianni

@SophiaKianni

11 months

When former President Obama was asked to share his most important career advice for young people, he replied... "Just learn how to get stuff done."

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martha lane fox

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6 years

Constance Markievicz, a socialite who’d traded gowns and balls for guerillas and bullets. She became Ireland’s first elected female politician. While incarcerated. THANKS CONSTANCE. 100 years since women 30 with property got the vote #100years #Votes100 #womensvote

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

5 years

Behind the scenes @BBCr4today which is nearly the most exciting place I have ever been ✅

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

4 years

ONS tells us that heaviest numbers of deaths are in poorest communities + these are also most digitally excluded + disadvantaged- it’s tragic that these iniquities mean #ContactTracingApp will not help those who most need it - raising this @UKHouseofLords today

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

6 years

What a shame more people didn’t say no....

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

4 years

Wow - thank you - genuinely surprised (+ not just in a Hollywood Oscar acceptance speech way) but mainly cos I feel I’m only just getting going - there’s so much to use all your might to try + improve in our world - Sustainability, diversity, responsibility.... 🤯

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@CogX_Festival

4 years

#CogX2020 Lifetime Achievement Award winner announced! Congratulations to @Marthalanefox .

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

4 years

V interesting piece in FT . In Vo in Italy, small town at centre of storm, they tested every single inhabitant. 3% infected. Isolated them and rate dropped at next testing to .03 including 6 people who showed No symptoms but had the virus. No more virus. TEST TEST TEST...

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

5 years

This is surprising and lovely - thank you - my influence felt v limited this morning as I went head to head with one of my 3 year olds.... 🙄

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@ArchivesIT

5 years

@Marthalanefox named most influential woman in #digital over the last 25 years “My challenge to the #tech sector: Look at what you are working on Is it important? Are you solving the right problems? Do you have the right people in the room?” via @TheDrum

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martha lane fox

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2 years

Depressing and bang on…

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

9 years

If u watched my #DimblebyLecture + enjoyed it please sign up to challenge the new PM @ http://t.co/qBLDyLMDfW thank u

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

4 years

My amazing, surprising polymath of a father has written the ⁦ @FT ⁩ gardening column every week for 50 years. Yes, FIFTY. Surely he should get a trophy? Here are his reflections on what’s changed - free to you 😎 thanks FT

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

2 years

How to survive going back to hospital for another unexpected operation part 70009. Find some sunshine, look at some flowers, take several mental pics and keep breathing… (bengal cats optional)

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

10 years

But I am cheered by pic in @guardian - brilliant Finnish photographer caught bears actually DANCING in woods.... http://t.co/1QVdJlnpE3

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

7 years

Here's my speech from debate I led in @UKHouseofLords on #digitalunderstanding

Digital understanding

Today I spoke in the House of Lords in a debate I led on the need for greater digital understanding in the U.K. It was a debate allotted 150 minutes and there were 35 speakers so some people were f…

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

6 years

I learnt a brilliant new expression yesterday- BLACK ELEPHANT - things that we know are going to have massive repercussions but we still don’t deal with (with a hat tip to black swans and white elephants) I would argue climate change and digitisation are 2 in that category?

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

5 years

Warning - I’m about to show off. I have *finally* got something in common with Angeline jolie 😂 (I’m guest editing @BBCr4today on 27th)

The Guardian

@guardian

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Angelina Jolie to guest edit BBC Radio 4 Today programme

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martha lane fox

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2 years

I call it “Still not dead life” 😜

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

7 years

Technology is a marvel – now let’s make it moral

Technology is a marvel – now let’s make it moral | Martha Lane Fox

If Britain is bold after Brexit, we can lead the way in demanding more control over our digital destiny

www.theguardian.com

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

12 years

“Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.” Gore Vidal

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

5 years

Hey @SadiqKhan if @BilldeBlasio can do this, can’t we? #WomenInSTEM #womeninventors #london

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

6 years

It is an unimaginable failure of leadership that #Budget18 made not one reference to #climatechange and that that media aren’t challenging this more

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

24 days

Half way! It’s hard but the astonishing view is AMAZING

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

5 years

I just spent day at HMP Send presiding over @OpenUniversity ceremony for 2 v special students - thank you to all amazing inmates and staff there who made it so meaningful - mostly I’m so impressed by dedication of our students even in the most complex and difficult situations

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martha lane fox

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4 years

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

1 year

My dad has written the ⁦ @FT ⁩ gardening column for 51 years - this weeks piece shows you why - I urge you to enlarge the pic, it’s eipic

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

5 years

THIS 👇🏼

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

5 years

This is serious

Mike Butcher (@mikebutcher.bsky.social)

@mikebutcher

5 years

This is our “pro-tech” Government: The UK shall “cease to be entitled to access any network, any information system and any database established on the basis of Union law.“ Page 15 #BrexitDeal #FinalSay

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martha lane fox

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6 years

this is huge news for the uk - incredible achievement by @philipcolligan and the team - congratulations!

Raspberry Pi

@Raspberry_Pi

6 years

Some big news to share today. The Raspberry Pi Foundation is part of a consortium that has secured over £78 million in government funding to give every child in every school in England a world-leading computing education:

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martha lane fox

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2 years

I’ve spent a massive amount of time in hospital in the last month and I am still staggered by the amount of physical paper that nurses, administrators and clinicians have to navigate - i know I’m a cracked record but there are huge gains for patients and staff if this improves

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martha lane fox

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2 years

Watched @BelfastMovie last night - absolutely beautiful - no way kenneth Branagh could have known how relevant it would become but in the current climate, it’s even more devastating - highly recommend it

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martha lane fox

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"Never let a good crisis go to waste" my blog on #Brexit

Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste

“Never let a good crisis go to waste” decried Winston Chuchill. A sentiment I was reminded of via Doteveryone Ceo Russell Davies in the turmoil of the last week. These are particu…

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2 years

49 is looking grrrrreat…

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martha lane fox

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2 years

Another good one… can’t beat robin Williams

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martha lane fox

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4 years

Happy @OpenUniversity #charterday our amazing uni is 51 years old - just wanted to thank all the staff + students for the incredible work and team spirit keeping us going at moment 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #clapforunis

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

5 years

Agree x2

mary beard

@wmarybeard

5 years

Doesnt seem to me to matter a jot whether I have “sympathy” for Shamima Begum (law is above sympathy) She’s a uk citizen & was 15 ffs when she went off to join ISIS. Trying to deprive her of uk citizenship can’t surely be right/legal and (let’s hope) can’t end well for Home Sec.

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7 years

RIP to the new only princess I ever wanted to be #CarrieFisher

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

5 years

My stepfather - architectural critic, historian, landscape artist + co-founder of @MaggiesCentres reimagining cancer care. I am so lucky to have learned from him + lived with him - right up to the end we were debating politics, social media, the climate 💔

Charles Jencks obituary

Architectural historian, garden designer and writer who was regarded as the godfather of postmodernism

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

7 years

I am flabbergasted @BBCr4today tries to build a case against #climate change - you are on wrong side of history + it's totally unacceptable

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

7 years

Whatever you think @UKHouseofLords there are currently about 35 of us going through the fine detail of #data #gdpr + the new bill introduced by govt and likely to be here a while yet... imp debate on how to ensure modern legislation

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martha lane fox

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5 years

@techUK For goodness sake - I find this astonishing

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

9 years

if you want uk to lead digital world then you can find transcript for #dimblebylecture here + sign up http://t.co/X27cshlVSY #doteveryone

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

5 years

3.4m children in the UK in absolute poverty - 70% with a parent in work. Shameful. All of us with any power or influence should reflect hard on priorities in my opinion....

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

7 years

+ awesome to hear @SadiqKhan say #Digitalskills + crucially getting girls and women into tech is central to his vision for #LondonIsOpen

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

5 years

Hello #CogX2019 DESTROY PATRIARCHY NOT THE PLANET seemed best clothing choice

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

5 years

She’s a STAR. @OpenUniversity students are not part time - they’re double time - working and studying and running a family

The Open University

@OpenUniversity

5 years

What keeps you going? Andrea's answer was beautiful 😥 Give yourself a reason ❤️ #OUfamily

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6 years

We think we need a new body to make sure we all feel the benefits of technology and don’t get reactive, ineffective regulation - see if you agree

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A lot of people have been talking about regulating the tech industry recently. But how? 🤷 We have some ideas in our latest report

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martha lane fox

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5 years

Fundamentally disagree that we need a massive donation to #ai #ethics there are too many in this field already including @CDEIUK which is independent body advising government Surely money better used for climate crisis work? #schwarzmann #Oxford

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

4 years

NO PRESSURE....

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

4 years

Now I believe it....

Fox News

@FoxNews

4 years

Fox News projects Biden to defeat Trump, become 46th president after winning Nevada, Pennsylvania

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martha lane fox

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6 years

Great to set this off on its journey round uk - v imp public keep getting all the facts as they emerge #brexit #BrexitFactsBusRolling

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5 years

.⁦ @thetimes ⁩ Ceo summit opens - key takeaway so far - CEO’s aren’t v colourful 🙄

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“I’m pretty queasy that putin is so in favour of #brexit that should give us all pause” Eliza manningham buller ex boss of mi5 on #wato

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martha lane fox

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5 years

Look! They’re working on a Saturday IN SPACE “Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir successfully complete first all-female spacewalk”

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5 years

The brilliant woman of the moment at her book launch - but this important book - women are dying cos of biased data - not hysteria, fact #InvisibleWomen @CCriadoPerez

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

8 years

I feel much better. I think I was over reacting to a Trump presidency.

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

8 years

C'mon if mining can do it, surely tech can?

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@Marthalanefox

5 years

As if this man wasn’t enough of a hero, he was instrumental in the set up of the @OpenUniversity when he was in charge of Bbc 2 - thank you sir and thank you BBC for our 50 year partnership #OU50 #birthday #hero

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2 years

I’ve started writing for ⁦ @thetimes ⁩ and start by admitting I really dont know anything.. :-) ‘At times like this, don’t be scared to say ‘I don’t know’

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2 years

Incredibly sad to be in hospital + not kicking off @LDNTechWeek I would have urged even more capital into even more diverse founders + businesses in order to solve even more problems not just building crm software 😜 This country has incredible talent + opportunity

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@Marthalanefox

4 years

Some benefits to waking up at 0530....

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@Marthalanefox

5 years

Quite the star - the magnificent @OpenUniversity #ou50 cake made by one of our brilliant students Liz who (in her own words) after a massive mental health breakdown “felt calm with fondant”

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martha lane fox

@Marthalanefox

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Thanks ⁦ @guardian ⁩ for writing @ my mountain challenge- 1 down, 2 to go - pls help me by donating ⁦ @DayOneTrauma ⁩ ⁦ @AbilityNet ⁩ ⁦ @i_amthecode ⁩ ⁦ @HoratiosGarden ⁩ Up was ok, down was tough and today is sore but money helps!

‘I was very nearly dead’: high achiever Martha Lane Fox is now on a mission to conquer mountains

After a car crash nearly killed her 20 years ago, the dotcom entrepreneur is climbing three peaks to make £300,000 for charity

www.theguardian.com

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4 years

Srsly. In broad daylight. On my garden terrace.... 🙄 ur prob celebrating #ExamResults but get a leaf guys...

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4 years

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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3 years

Hello from my government mandated hour of walking

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4 years

👌

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This is exactly how @SenKamalaHarris needs to walk into the White House. This is the 2021 energy we need.

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2 years

As chancellor, there are many perks - this robe is one of them @OpenUniversity #oufamily

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11 months

Perfect inspo on way to @ChathamHouse yesterday

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4 years

Here’s a close up of all the ⁦ @WomensPrize ⁩ longlist which I am so chuffed to chair this year. Now onto the next stage - choosing a shortlist of 6 for announcement in April 👏🏻🤓 #WomensPrize #readingwomen

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6 years

. @facebook has just reorganized it’s product team. Notice anything?

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6 years

You couldn’t make it up....

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6 years

.⁦ @cgorellbarnes ⁩ sent me this from ⁦ @guardian ⁩

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2 years

Working with @paraga @nedsegal @vijaya @edgett has been a career high. Thank you for leading with incredible integrity and care. I will get you to @luckyvoice one day :-)

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