Pleased to see that ‘manufacturing’ is still current (at least for discerning readers passing through London Gatwick) #manufacturing #reindustrialisation #innovation #books

What I’m reading on #nationalbookloversday

Seeking a little help with my writing from this excellent book #writing #rhetoric #writingskills

I'm not sure the 'manufacturing' category on Amazon Kindle is very big, but nice to see this nonetheless! amzn.eu/d/0adNCxid #manufacturing #innovation #physicalAI

Where can #AI make the biggest difference in local government? Yesterday, we joined forces with @ticmcr.bsky.social to bring together council innovators and partners to discuss the opportunities & challenges emerging from real-world #AI implementation. Thanks to everyone who joined us!

Very pleased to be appearing on 'home turf' this Saturday (25th) to discuss 'Your Life is Manufactured' as part of the Cambridge Literary Festival. Bookings via: www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/events/tim-m... #manufacturing #books #physicalAI

Tim Minshall | Your Life is Manufactured - Cambridge Literary Festival

Tim Minshall | Your Life is Manufactured comes to Cambridge Literary Festival - make sure to get your tickets!

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#spring #daffodils #Cambridge

This quote from C.P. Snow's 1959 lecture was sent to me this morning. Still true? #manufacturing #science #arts #humanities

Thanks @klslibrary.bsky.social - what a lovely surprise on #worldbookday! @faberbooks.bsky.social

Wonderful to welcome @timminshall.bsky.social to St Peters York to launch York Literature Festival 2026 A fascinating evening explaining how “Your Life Is Manufactured” discussing big Q well beyond engineering, inc geo politics, the environment & our human nature as consumers! #YLF #StPetersYork

Thanks, How To Academy, for a very enjoyable discussion! #manufacturing #bookrecommendations #books @faberbooks.bsky.social @eccobooks.bsky.social

United Agents@unitedagents.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The new How to Academy podcast episode with @timminshall.bsky.social is now live. Listen here → podcasts.apple.com/ky/podcast/t...

Delighted to be on this list! #booksky #bookrecommendations #manufacturing @faberbooks.bsky.social @eccobooks.bsky.social

Thanks @waterstones.bsky.social Cambridge for this lovely display, and thanks @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social for the lovely words! @faberbooks.bsky.social #books #manufacturing

Out today in paperback, Your Life Is Manufactured by @timminshall.bsky.social explores the often overlooked seismic impact manufacturing has had on our lives and the natural world - and how it could offer us a path to a truly sustainable, more equitable future. Buy here: buff.ly/Vf8xu49 #Booksky

Books that changed the way I look at the world that I've read this year : Your Life is Manufactured @timminshall.bsky.social Less is More @jasonhickel.bsky.social Entangled Life -Merlin Sheldrake What the wild sea can be -Helen Scales Island -Aldous Huxley No Fair Maidens -Kim Willis

Thanks @nocto.social.lol.ap.brid.gy - it certainly was interesting timing … and we definitely remain in interesting times for manufacturing

Kirsty Darbyshire@nocto.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 9mo ago

And in April-ish I read _Your Life is Manufactured_ by Tim Minshall but I've only just noticed I didn't post a review. It was interesting in itself, but reading it at the time the US tariff chaos was at it's most haywire was definitely enlightening. It's always […] [Original post on social.lol]

My main pick for summer reading is Tim Minshall’s Your Life is Manufactured, particularly for those economists who like to promote the fantasy world of a ‘services-based’ economy www.innovationaus.com/relax-your-2... @timminshall.bsky.social

Relax! Your 2025 ultimate guide to Summer Reading has arrived!

It will surprise absolutely no-one that the common themes among this year’s Summer Reading recommendations are artificial intelligence and geopolitical risk, with a sprinkling of re-industrialisation....

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#autonomousdriving #AI #innovation #cambridge giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Can Wayve make London a self-driving city?

Can Wayve make London a self-driving city?

John Thornhill takes an autonomous spin through the city’s tangled streets with the British start-up’s chief Alex Kendall

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Thanks Heffers Bookshop for putting ‘Your Life is Manufactured’ in a giftbox … and in the shop window! #books #Christmas2025 #giftideas #cambridge @faberbooks.bsky.social @eccobooks.bsky.social

Thank you, @suelibrarian.bsky.social! I’m so glad you enjoyed it. #booksky #books #nonfiction #manufacturing #christmas @eccobooks.bsky.social

Sue Librarian Ph.D.@suelibrarian.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"I didn't think that lettuce could be classed as a manufactured product...but the picture...is way more involved than I had anticipated." ---How Things Are Made, @timminshall.bsky.social Very well-written and utterly fascinating! #BookSky Bookshop.org

Is China winning the innovation race? Is China winning the innovation race? via @FT Well worth a read, IMHO. #manufacturing #innovation #china on.ft.com/4rmPe7P

Is China winning the innovation race?

Once the world’s factory, Beijing’s relentless focus on R&D means the country has become the world’s laboratory

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From @cnn.com: Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...

Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved | CNN Business

The Internet Archive has been saving web history for nearly 30 years. CNN’s Hadas Gold goes inside its headquarters to see how the archive is innovating for the AI age and protecting itself from both ...

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“The greatest books of 2025” - that’s quite a claim … but I am delighted that “Your Life is Manufactured” is on the list! #manufacturing #bookrecommendations @faberbooks.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/8174406...

The greatest books of 2025

Our critics review hundreds of books a year. Here are their favourites, from fiction and crime to memoir and history

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Fascinating guests and wildly different books. I'll be reading @timminshall.bsky.social's "Your Life is Manufactured" ASAP; inventions + supply chain stuff are amazing. Yes, people need to know a LOT more about how their world works (+ helping explain it is my job too!). Thanks as always! #librarian

Harriett Gilbert@harriettsg.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A comedy about radical Islam (seriously); our manufactured world; a motherhood mystery: an eclectic selection of book suggestions from @drjuliashaw.bsky.social Hayaatun Sillem & me on today’s A Good Read, 3pm on BBC Radio 4; online thereafter @nussaibah.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Today at 3pm, Hayaatun Sillem joins BBC Radio 4’s A Good Read to discuss Tim Minshall (@timminshall.bsky.social)’s YOUR LIFE IS MANUFACTURED. 🎧 Listen live or catch up here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Julia Shaw and Hayaatun Sillem

Psychologist Julia Shaw and engineer Hayaatun Sillem discuss favourite books with Harriett

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Delighted to be having this discussion on the eve of #NationalEngineeringDay! Tickets: www.chu.cam.ac.uk/event/10570/ @churchillcol.bsky.social @eng.cam.ac.uk @ifmcambridge.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social

Very excited to be talking about ‘Your Life is Manufactured’ next week with Professor Sharon Peacock at the @churchillcol.bsky.social Master’s Book Club. www.chu.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Manufacturing matters: meet Prof. Tim Minshall - Churchill College

Expect chocolate, artefacts from manufacturing history, and perhaps a few publishing mishaps when Churchill College Fellow Prof. Tim Minshall joins College Master Prof. Sharon Peacock for the Master’s...

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Delighted to see ‘Your Life is Manufactured’ on this list. Many thanks @waterstones.bsky.social! #booksky #books #bookrecommendations www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...

Very much looking forward to discussing my book ‘Your Life is Manufactured’ with the wonderful Professor Sharon Peacock on 4th November at Churchill College. Tickets are free -book via www.chu.cam.ac.uk/event/10570/ #booksky #making #manufacturing @churchillcol.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social

The Master's Book Club - Churchill College

Join us to hear from Churchill College Fellow Prof. Tim Minshall in conversation with the Master of Churchill College, Prof. Sharon Peacock, as they discuss his book: Your Life is Manufactured: How We...

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Superb.