UPDATE: Thank you vbloke and the Reddit community 💛

Image of a lit candle and plant on a wooden shelf. The text Stress Awareness Month and The 3C rule precede these tips: Clear - Say what you mean, simply. Skip any jargon and ambiguity. Ask the actual question - short as possible. Concise – Cut the fluff. People don’t need to read 12 paragraphs. A shorter email is often a more thoughtful one. Considerate – Add warmth, even in a rush. A quick “no rush” or “happy Friday!” might sound small — but it makes your message more human.

Confusing emails don’t just waste time - they are sneaky little stress-creators.

One of our favourite tricks to take the tension out of your inbox is The 3C Rule. Clearer communication = less stress all round.

#StressAwarenessMonth

Illustration of a cartoon lady with dark hair, looking at a mobile phone with one eye squinting. Surrounding her head are different emojis, hearts, thumbs, angry faces, camera, location and sad faces.

The rise of online nastiness isn't just a social media manager’s headache - it affects morale, purpose and how we all show up online.

Unpack what’s behind the current wave of internet snark — and how to keep your digital comms human, not hardened.

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Thanks so much Steff 💛

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What Nonprofits Can Learn from a Dead Owl: Lessons from Duolingo’s Social Media Strategy How nonprofits can learn from Duolingo's bold social media strategies to enhance engagement, foster creativity, and trust their teams for impactful digital campaigns.

Would you “kill off” your mascot for social media engagement? Duolingo’s latest move has everyone wondering - is Duo Keyshauna Renee Lingo (RIP) really gone forever?! 👀 While it’s a bold strategy, it also holds some valuable lessons...

Take a look.👇

www.catnipcomms.com/blog/what-no...

"Women are horrible."
"Women are evil."
"Women shouldn't work."

Sign the petition below from @stopfundinghate.bsky.social and show #MarksAndSpencer what misogynistic drivel they are supporting by advertising on GB news 👇

‘Technofossils’: how humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones Fast fashion and drinks cans among technological-age matter most likely to endure as fossils, say scientists

‘Technofossils’: how humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones

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What Nonprofits Can Learn from a Dead Owl: Lessons from Duolingo’s Social Media Strategy At Catnip Comms, we're passionate about using digital to make a positive impact. We're always looking for innovative approaches that drive real change.

@duolingoverde.bsky.social "killed" their owl. 🦉 Even though it might sound crazy, in the latest @catnipcomms.bsky.social newsletter we break down why it's a brilliant social media move and what nonprofits might be able to learn from it.

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Duolingo 'kills' its owl mascot Duo It's likely an ad, but it brought out a lot of users' feelings.

Duolingo just killed their own owl, and no one knows why.

Rebrand? Stunt? Ad? Will Duo rise from the dead to haunt me for skipping French again?

No clue. But kudos to their marketing team making me emotionally invested in a fictional bird 🦉

mashable.com/article/duol...

#RIPDuo

Seal Serenades Becky G as an Actual Seal in Wild Mountain Dew Super Bowl Commercial: Watch Seal sings to Becky G in Mountain Dew's. new Super Bowl ad. Watch the commercial here.

“Hi Seal, this is Mountain Dew. Can we turn you into an actual seal for our Super Bowl ad?”

Seal: “Yep."

Obsessed. More of this humour in 2025 please 🦭

#KissFromALime

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Beaker as Dua Lipa on the cover of Elle magazine.

just over here photoshopping muppets onto the cover of elle magazine: thread

The end of the week thread you need. 👇

Would love to see what anyone else gets!

I seem to have creeped out the AI 😂

"An unsettling calm emanates from her, a blend of contentment and something faintly sinister. She is adorned with a denim jacket, a patterned shirt, and sunglasses, but beneath the surface, a sense of unease prevails."

I promise I'm not sinister! 🙈

I just heard about this via @mattnavarra.com and had to give it a go, so I uploaded a selfie from last summer, and here’s what Google’s Vision API had to say about this image...

They See Your PhotosEnte Upload a photo to find out how much an AI sees.

Has anyone else stumbled across
theyseeyourphotos.com?

It's described by @wired.com as "a stunt designed to turn Google’s technology against itself. Upload a photo to the website, which is then sent to a Google Cloud computer vision program that writes a startlingly thorough description of it.”

TikTok's 'cute winter boots' trend explained As the U.S. government seeks to enact stricter controls over online speech, TikTok users are adopting more coded 'algospeak' to criticize and resist the government

ICYMI #TikTok had become obsessed with cute winter boots.

"It’s a way to talk about resisting the federal government in a way that will actually reach people."

Via @taylorlorenz.bsky.social

This is brilliant 👏

Elon Musk appears to make back-to-back fascist salutes at inauguration rally Tech billionaire wades into controversy after shooting right arm on upwards diagonal during celebrations of Trump

Not a great day to be a Twitter advertiser... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

So, while we all laugh at our cringe-worthy Wrapped results (don’t ask about mine), it’s worth thinking: how are you planning to wrap up your year on social?

Charities, nonprofits, and social justice orgs - what if you could do the same? Instead of just sharing stats or facts, what if your data sparked joy, pride, or belonging? Volunteer hours, funds raised, lives impacted - your numbers have the power to tell incredible stories.

It’s all about connection. Spotify takes cold, hard data and turns it into playful, shareable content that makes users think, “OMG, they get me.”

And when people feel seen, they share. The result? Users doing the marketing for them.

#SpotifyWrapped is BACK! That time of year when our feeds explode with colorful pie charts, top artists, and a very personal walk down musical memory lane.

But Spotify Wrapped isn’t just a fun way to reflect. It’s a marketing masterpiece.

Fear and HOPE 2024: The Case for Community Resilience HOPE not hate’s Fear and HOPE reports identify the drivers of fear and hope and the triggers that push people from one to the other. This year, we look at 2024 as a pivotal point for the UK, with the ...

Community resilience is at a low point after years of austerity, political turmoil, and hostility toward migration and multiculturalism. How do we turn the tide and rebuild hope?

Explore our findings in this year's Fear and HOPE report: 🔗 hopenothate.org.uk/fear-and-hop...

People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change

A tortoiseshell cat lounging on a fluffy yellow blanket in front of a wood-burning stove. Next to her are logs and kindling on a richly patterned rug.

The past couple of years? All about running clients' socials and ghosting my own (classic move from anyone who works in social).

Now I’m on this shiny new platform, ready to post again... except I have no idea what to say 😂.

So here’s a picture of my cat instead. She’s got more charisma anyway.

Thanks so much for sharing! Will get all of those folks followed.