A trend check: “Gsk” and what it might mean

I keep a soft eye on trends, and Gsk jumped out immediately. Trends compress time: yesterday’s unknown becomes today’s everywhere. What I saw people linking to Pharma giant GSK quits Stevenage for Cambridge (BBC) GSK to establish new flagship R&D centre on Cambridge Biomedical Campus, UK (GSK) GSK invests £400m to relocate research headquarters to … Read more

My small attempt to make sense of “Tyler Adams”

I saw Tyler Adams trending and felt that little jolt of ‘what did I miss?’ I can’t help noticing how different generations search for different reasons. What I saw people linking to Man United eye raid on Bournemouth for World Cup star (talkSPORT) Man United handed immediate transfer response after £35m plan revealed (Manchester Evening … Read more

A brief, slightly biased explainer of “Ivan Fresneda”

Some trends glide by. Ivan Fresneda basically waved at me until I paid attention. Trends are funny – they’re half news, half group chat energy. You can almost feel the collective ‘Wait, what?’ through the screen. What I saw people linking to Roma targeting Sporting fullback Ivan Fresneda (RomaPress) Roma at work to secure Fresneda … Read more

“Jodrell Bank” in my feed: a few thoughts

I came for the headlines and stayed for the curiosity: Jodrell Bank. Sometimes a trend is a breaking-news echo. Sometimes it’s pure vibe. What I saw people linking to UK's iconic Jodrell Bank telescope faces axe in science cuts (BBC) Famous UK space attraction & UNESCO site faces closure after 70 years (The Sun) Jodrell … Read more