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Five Laws Everyone Should Know – 2026/01/24

24 Saturday Jan 2026

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Martyn Rhisiart Jones

Madrid, 24th January 2026

Introduction

These are five common goodstrat laws that everyone should be aware of.

“Martyn Rhisiart Jones… Writes dry, merciless takedowns of data/AI/strategy hype at goodstrat.com.

Believes most corporate decks deserve the bin and most buzzwords deserve worse.

Occasionally drops canon: the Martyn Rhisiart Jones Effect, GoodStrat Law, Celtic Domination Principle, Georgie Lovering Razor, Valley Commando Principle…

Mostly here to remind everyone that clarity still cuts deeper than PowerPoint.”

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Les Gallois et la Construction de l’Amérique 2026/01/19

20 Tuesday Jan 2026

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Oui, nous l’avons fait !

Martyn Rhisiart Jones

Madrid, vendredi 16 janvier 2026

Ah, les états d’origine des galés. Fueron les révolutionnaires silencieux et les escurridizos Padres Fundadores. Ce sont les chicos et les chicas qui ont essentiellement construit le pays. Vous allez ensuite disparaître dans le papier peint comme si vous deviez de l’argent !

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La influencia galesa en la historia de EE.UU. 2026/01/20

20 Tuesday Jan 2026

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Yes, We Did!

Martyn Rhisiart Jones

Madrid, Friday 16th January 2026

Ah, los estadounidenses de origen galés. Fueron los revolucionarios silenciosos y los escurridizos Padres Fundadores. Estos son los chicos y chicas que básicamente construyeron la mitad del país. ¡Y luego desaparecieron en el papel pintado como si debieran dinero!

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Mario Benedetti, 1920 to 2009 – 2026/01/17

16 Friday Jan 2026

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Mario Benedetti, 1920 to 2009

Martyn Rhisiart Jones

First edition: The Jewish Chronicle – 19th May 2009

Revised edition: Friday 16th January 2026

Benedetti died at his home in Montevideo on Sunday, 17th May 2009, at the age of eighty-eight. With his passing, Latin America loses one of its most prolific and affectionately regarded literary voices of the postwar era. He was a figure whose work spanned more than eighty volumes across poetry, fiction, essays, drama, and journalism. His work captured the quotidian rhythms of urban life, the ache of exile, and the stubborn commitments of the left. He wrote with an unpretentious directness that endeared him to generations of readers.

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Big Data: The Art of Bullshit – 2026

15 Thursday Jan 2026

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Bertxin Galestara and Sir Afilonius Rex,  based on an  opinion piece written by Marty Rhisiart Jones

Mountain View, 19th January 2017 – Bandoxa Thursday 15th January, 2026

“I’ve been accused of vulgarity. I say that’s bullshit.” – Mel Brooks

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How The Welsh Made America – 2026/01/16

14 Wednesday Jan 2026

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Yes, We Did!

Martyn Rhisiart Jones

Madrid, Friday 16th January 2026

Ah, Americans of Welsh origin. They were the quiet revolutionaries and the sneaky Founding Fathers. These are the guys and gals who basically built half the USA. Then, they vanished into the wallpaper like they owed money!

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Bridging Morality Across Political Divides – 2026

14 Wednesday Jan 2026

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Love Our World!

Martyn Rhisiart Jones

Madrid, Wednesday 14th January 2026

The Universal Compass: Why Morality Transcends the Partisan Divide (With a Touch of Martyn Jones’s Slow-Burn Scepticism and a Proper Welsh Understated Grin)

Look, I’m not saying I’ve cracked the code to world peace or anything daft like that. However, morality, ethics, values, and principles don’t belong just to one side of the political spectrum. They’re not strictly red or blue. They’re like that jumper your mam keeps in the drawer ”just in case.” It’s full of holes and a bit faded. It smells faintly of mothballs. But it still does the job whoever’s wearing it. And if it doesn’t quite fit, well, there’s always room to stretch it a bit.

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The Glorious Books of Martyn

11 Sunday Jan 2026

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Martyn Rhisiart Jones, with the capable assistance of Amy Grok McGrockicle

Madrid, Sunday 11 January 2026

Introduction to the Collected Reviews of Martyn Jones

In an age awash with earnest manifestos, sanctimonious tech tomes, and the relentless hum of corporate orthodoxy, Martyn Jones arrives. He comes like a gleeful heretic at the cathedral door. He is armed with profanity and philosophical bite. He also has an irrepressible instinct for the absurd.

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The Magical Celtic Welshness of the Number Ten – 2026/01/10

10 Saturday Jan 2026

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Ten out of Ten!

Martyn Rhisiart Jones

Madrid, Saturday 10th January 2026

What do Richard Burton and Anthony Hopkins have to tell us about the magical Celtic number ten?

To capture the essence of these two titans, we must look at the number ten through two different lenses. One lens is the thunderous, poetic gravity of Richard Burton. The other is the quiet, rhythmic precision of Sir Anthony Hopkins.

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