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Head of Social & Community with the Newsmast Foundation - knowledge for all, across social platforms 🧡 Other hobbies include getting wound up over sports, arguing about films, and eating.
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Beaver releases into wild to be allowed in England for first time in centuries The Government is to grant nature groups a licence for release of the species after earlier setbacks. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The one time I need to search for someone on Bluesky search goes down! 💢

"Facing the societal challenges we do, it is time for us to work better together. To brainstorm. To plan. To do. A decentralised network of people with a centralised goal to grow the open social web." @saskiakezia.com sets her sights on how we grow. forbetter.ghost.io/coming-toget... #SocialMedia

It's time to work together. forbetter.ghost.io/coming-toget... #SocialMedia #Blog

I cannot believe that in 2025, merely three years after Russia invaded Ukraine, we are having to fact-check claims that Ukraine was the instigator. The power of government disinformation and propaganda is stronger than ever. The networks we built to talk to one another are failing in record time.

Bluesky, I see blue sky for the first time in two weeks

In the UK, 26 million kilograms of CO₂e emissions are caused by the top social media platforms ☁️ Owning your presence on the open social web puts environmental impact in your hands 💻 🤝 🌲 Follow us or get in touch to learn more. #SocialMedia #Environment #GreenSocial

☎️ Calling all lovers

🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform MPs Are Most Boosted UK Politicians on Elon Musk’s X Despite Tiny Parliamentary Presence Analysis shows Reform UK representatives benefit from half of all MP engagement on Twitter despite holding just 3.5% of seats in Parliament bylinetimes.com/2025/02/06/n...

I may be back in the UK after FOSDEM but the news, weather, football scores etc are all still in Dutch on my laptop after connecting to my hotspot for ten minutes this weekend. Will it ever recover? Am I cursed to guesstimate the current news of Belgium for life?

very cool: @us.govsky.org @uk.govsky.org tracks new US & UK government accounts on bluesky! all are verified with a .gov or .gov.uk domain ✔️

Finally back in the UK after #FOSDEM! It was brilliant to see so many people in the open social space in person (even if a lot of the tech they spoke about went over my head). If you were there, feel free to reach out! Would love to have more chats.

Really looking forward to #FOSDEM this weekend!

Chelsea stealing Walsh from under Arsenal's nose 🥲 And Arsenal still (but probably soon) haven't signed anyone... #WSL #AWFC

Start the countdown to beating the kangaroo population 🦘

Happy Lunar New Year! Learn more about 2025 The Year of the Snake here: https://chinesenewyear.net/lunar-new-year-2025-guide-year-of-the-snake/ #LunarNewYear

Hold onto the little things before they're gone 💕

I don't know much about tech or media, but if a tech oligarch was helping to systematically dismantle the federal government using his own sequestered private sector employees, I might not, personally, report on it by primarily posting to the social media platform that he himself owns.

No FORbetter blog this week but that's because good things are coming... 🎁

Journalists belong on open, decentralised, platforms - just like this one. Help them move by sharing information about New Social. You can learn more here: https://www.newsmastfoundation.org/new-social/ #OnlineJournalism #Journalism

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This is what Zuck's "masculine energy" opposition to censorship actually looks like: "Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is defending its enlistment of a political lobbying firm to secretly plant negative opinion pieces about rival TikTok in U.S. news outlets."

Why aren't Arsenal women doing more in the transfer period? Chelsea are signing world record transfers and Arsenal are shipping out youngsters - where is the balance for the team?? #AWFC #testsport

Building houses out of stone really makes them huff and puff proof.

The NFL, which has deals with X and Meta, told the New England Patriots to shut down their Bluesky account.

So proud of this.

Social media, like society, should be diverse. It should be full of equal opportunity, pride, and cultural learning. As a UK charity, we will never compromise on our support for marginalised communities or our belief in strength in diversity. #Diversity #Community #Marginalised

One thing that makes me feel like Bluesky is home is because the creator is also a woman obsessed with stabby swords. We needed a women with swords platform.

You can help communities and organisations leave behind platforms like X ♟️ We've put together some resources to help you and others learn about New Social - including some bits for you to share. See them on our website: https://www.newsmastfoundation.org/new-social/ #SocialMedia

The Americans are singing football songs again...

Waiting for all these people to leave X and Meta due to the inauguration... 👀 #Xodus

It's #BlueMonday on the day #Trump is inaugurated... It's also my birthday 🙃

As more of us turn from social media, it will be interesting to see how organisations react. I think a balance is key. Building a permanent home on social, just as you do with the web. www.charitycomms.org.uk/its-time-to-...

I chatted with Bluesky users about quitting Meta platforms in addition to X: "We don’t feel like we’re taking a moral absolutism kind of stance, we feel like we’re just living our values by saying ‘This is not OK.'" www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...

Meta has a problem. An army of women power the servers with 'feminine-energy'. It's amazing what less than half of the workforce can do to steer a Big Tech giant. forbetter.ghost.io/masculine-en... #SocialMedia #Meta

Gf sent me this from Twitter / X Bluesky, you've made it in the queer community.

This is a monumental day for the future of the open web, though it might not be obvious for a while. Mastodon matures its governance model with a great, solid non-profit blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/01/the-... and a coalition of independents push to open up Bluesky's AT Protocol: freeourfeeds.com

Meta is making big changes to hiring practices, sources told me and @mikeisaac.bsky.social - no more teams devoted to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - no diversity preference for working with outside minority owned supplier businesses - no goals for hiring women and minorities

Petition to make a medieval inspired social network where the time it takes you to see posts is based on geographic closeness. Extra points if those posts become slightly distorted based on your connections - oh wait, that's X!

Via Politico: "There are no plans for the U.K. parliament to stop using the social media platform. A parliamentary spokesperson says the legislature uses “a range of social media platforms and channels to reach a range of audiences” and “we continuously review all social media platforms"

So, remember when we were all excited about Threads because they allowed Fediverse Sharing? Yeah... well. Anyway. At least Bluesky (kind of) does too! 🙌 Here's my latest blog: forbetter.ghost.io/meta-moderat...

2024 made us fall out of love with social media... but it's 2025 now 🎉 That means it's time to move to greener pastures. Social media that's open, democratic, and controlled by the users. Bluesky is part of that. You can open up your social experience by following @ap.brid.gy #SocialMedia

Your mission, should you choose to accept it... 👩‍💻 New Social is here to stay, now it's your turn to get involved. Your first task: consider connecting to social platforms beyond this one. Here on Bluesky, that's simple. You just need to follow @ap.brid.gy #SocialMedia #NewSocial