I'm so impressed with Pints of Knowledge as a business, and thrilled to get my second outing with them in Islington at 7pm on Monday 9 November. Come along if you fancy some hope about our grim situation that doesn't depend on wishful thinking. #power www.tickettailor.com/events/pints...

Buy tickets – "The Dawn of Power Literacy: A Story of Power, Sex, Aloneness and Hope" – Old Queen's Head

"The Dawn of Power Literacy: A Story of Power, Sex, Aloneness and Hope" – Old Queen's Head, Mon 9 Nov 2026 - "The Dawn of Power Literacy: A Story of Power, Sex, Aloneness and Hope"With Douglas Board S...

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I'm delighted to bring this talk based on 'The Blindspot' to north London on Monday 9 November. Treat yourself to some hope? #power #humanchess #lifeskills #hope @eyebooks.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/pints...

Buy tickets – "The Dawn of Power Literacy: A Story of Power, Sex, Aloneness and Hope" – Old Queen's Head

"The Dawn of Power Literacy: A Story of Power, Sex, Aloneness and Hope" – Old Queen's Head, Mon 9 Nov 2026 - "The Dawn of Power Literacy: A Story of Power, Sex, Aloneness and Hope"With Douglas Board S...

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Last Sunday, south-east London. One of the supermarkets is looking to revive the slogan 'you'd have to be off your trolley to shop anywhere else', but I'm not sure which one. #waitrose #asda

Gaby Hinsliff is right about a massive educational and upbringing blindspot: and it's bigger than more men speaking up. It's huge but fixable, and it's called power literacy. For more see lnkd.in/p/ebKS2W3Y #power #humanchess #hope #metoo

'In your lifetime', because they're young and I'm not! It's a privilege next week to bring evidence- and reason-based hope from the book 'The Blindspot' to leaders in the Ubuntu Global Network, powered by IPAV, a social innovation organization based in Lisbon. www.ipav.pt #power #hope

Warm thanks to @watersadam.bsky.social for a great conversation and write-up about #power and #humanchess - www.linkedin.com/pulse/nobody...

Nobody Teaches You How Power Works

You might have watched the funny series ‘Nathan For You.’ Don’t worry if you haven’t.

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Some books about power are worth a thousand Kalashnikovs; many aren't. I'm talking about the dawn of power literacy and 'The Blindspot' from @eyebooks.bsky.social on Mon 3 Aug. Thanks to Pints of Knowledge for hosting at Effra Social in Brixton. www.tickettailor.com/events/pints... #humanchess

Treat yourself to some hope! When some older men die off, some of their ideas about power need to die with them. Looking forward to talking about the dawn of power literacy for Pints of Knowledge on Mon 3 Aug at the great Brixton venue Effra Social. www.tickettailor.com/events/pints... #humanchess

@andyburnham.bsky.social Preparing young people honestly, in a power-literate way, for the real world of work would be a national circuit-breaker - tackling disengagement, #metoo abuse, poor productivity and weak decision-making. www.eye-books.com/products/the-blindspot @eyebooks.bsky.social

Church is in progress - ie 8pm till 9.45/10.15pm tonight - here am I in a pub with fabulous beers, great playlist, brilliant staff, 5 mins walk from London Bridge. Observing the faces of people (mainly guys) peering in the doorway, trying to find a pub for the night, has been priceless!

It's flies this time, which says a lot. But I'll stick with rats as the infestation-of-choice in my short story of Agent Orange meeting poetic justice on his Turnberry golf course www.alternet.org/trump-267721...

Trump DC golf course has a massive pest control problem: health inspector report

One of President Donald Trump’s golf clubs has a major pest control problem — literally.“When a Loudoun County health official visited the Trump National Golf Club Washington D.C.’s restaurant last mo...

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The sting in the tail re @theguardian.com: not just a retired @BBC Today presenter but a white male, firing antique Establishment gunshot at presenters some of whom are female and/or not white. A Make Patriarchy Great Again pentafecta. www.simoncaulkin.co.uk/2026/07/13/t...

The low blow that felled the High Pay Centre

The closure of the UK’s High Pay Centre is more sinister than it looks. Not just a hard luck tale, it reflects very British meekness in the face of Trump’s anti-woke business agenda.

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My short take on my book 'The Blindspot', coming 'off the pitch' from the book launch in Whitechapel last week #humanchess #power #lifeskills #hope www.tinyurl.com/LaunchDRHB2026

The Blindspot Douglas Board 1 July 2026

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Not just Binface / Farage ... 'The Blindspot' from @eyebooks.bsky.social analyses #power as #humanchess. It says the first power-literate generation is coming and joins up the Death Star canteen sketch, the Post Office Horizon scandal and @bellingcat.com. #lifeskills #hope

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 4mo ago

At last: Christianity.

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PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.”

1/7 Some writing experts swear by daily discipline combining routine with variety. I hope different pubs count - this is me with 15 years' writing output last Thursday in the legendary Brunel in Rotherhithe (SE London: Mayflower country to Americans). Let's take a walk ... @eyebooks.bsky.social

There were 2 questions about structural privilege, power and ubuntu which we couldn't get to at Wednesday's launch of 'The Blindspot'. Here are our responses at humanchess.info/resources.html And clickable versions of all the references in the dead-tree book ... #humanchess #power #SkyBooks

Not just a big day - a book launch - for me today; a rare day for anyone - the chance to put forward an evidence-based case for #hope, based on exploring knowledge about #power. #humanchess #lifeskills www.linkedin.com/posts/leader...

#leadership #interdisciplinaryeducation #ubuntu #booklaunch | LIS: The London Interdisciplinary School

Today, LIS hosts the launch of a book which presents a radical argument about knowledge and power, and underlines the importance of an interdisciplinary approach if power is to be understood safely. ...

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1/5 My book 'The Blindspot' which @eyebooks.bsky.social publishes this Wednesday develop 'human chess' as an idea to include as many as possible in a conversation about power which isn't dumbed down. This requires respecting scholarship's expert contribution to knowledge. #power #humanchess #hope

Time travel lands us aboard a ship which bears some resemblance to the Titanic. The night is dark, windy and touched with ice. But in the C-suite the loudspeaker crackles, one of the Big 4 Entertainers picks up the microphone and reassurance is at hand. www.linkedin.com/posts/turn-t...

Until Fri 19 Jun preorder and get a signed copy from @eyebooks.bsky.social. Treat yourself to some hope: discover why tomorrow's 17 year olds (yes, all of them) will understand more about power than today's elite leaders. www.eye-books.com/products/the-blindspot #power #hope #lifeskills

I'm beyond grateful that (a) this didn't happen to me and (b) @eyebooks.bsky.social and @wiltonsquare.bsky.social stepped up for this author and a number of others. www.thebookseller.com/comment/unbo...

What Unbound's demise teaches us, one year on

What the rise and fall of the crowdfunding publisher has taught us, says writer and filmmaker Lucas Fothergill

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A question so easy it may come from one of those cognitive functioning tests which Agent Orange aces on Tuesday afternoons - if you can tear down a country's liberty, why not a statue? newrepublic.com/article/2115... via @newrepublic.com

Can Trump Really Tear Down the Statue of Liberty? His Lawyers Say Yes.

An administration lawyer made this shocking and cynical argument in court last week. That’s the position of an emperor, not a president.

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Interesting how many records fell at the (Drug-) Enhanced Games - practically none. newrepublic.com/article/2110...

When Peter Thiel and Don Jr. Lose, It’s a Great Week for Humanity

For us mere mortals, from the pope’s encyclical to the total failure of the Enhanced Games, it’s been a pretty good week.

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File all these under 'fit to stand trial'. That day will come. www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...

Trump declared 'fully fit' for all presidential duties after annual physical shows 'excellent health'

President Donald Trump remains in "excellent health" with no major concerns identified, his physician says following his annual physical at Walter Reed.

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Outstanding news from former and serving judiciary www.alternet.org/trump-irs-ru...

Judge's ruling could unravel Trump's biggest legal victory yet

I can’t overstate the importance of Judge Kathleen Williams’s decision on Friday to reopen Trump’s $10 billion case against the I.R.S. She said she wants to investigate “grievous allegations” that the...

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📘 The Blindspot by Douglas Board and Martin Henwood is coming in July 2026. Available to pre-order now. @boardwryter.uk   www.eye-books.com/products/the...

Who has more power: The person who gives you permission? Or the person who can punish you for using it? The Blindspot asks us to look again at where power really lives.

Power isn't always the person who signs your payslip. Sometimes it's the people who can make your life impossible if you don't do what they want.

Out 1 July: why tomorrow's seventeen year olds will understand more about power than today's elite leaders. This is the dust jacket front cover and flap. Martin and I will sign all pre-orders up to Fri 19 Jun from eye-books.com/products/the-blindspot #humanchess #power #hope #lifeskills