Helpful - alongside @sergio.nucleo.jor.br‘s journalismrelay.org

atprotoalternatives.com

<desperately trying to mentally firewall my beloved Elvis Costello from Trump contamination>

Also, I did not expect this to be so prescient:

The Jerk - We've Only Known Each Other for Four Weeks and Three Days... YouTube video by James Anderson

That makes me think of this:

youtu.be/3vx6_PQ79FM?...

Rewriting her story: how news coverage can fight, not fuel, violence against women Violence against women, enabled by damaging social norms and structural inequalities, is endemic worldwide. From Tate and Epstein to P. Diddy and conflict-related sexual violence in Sudan and Ukraine,...

Important discussion at @journalismfestival.com led by @lubakas.bsky.social - Global Misogyny Coverage Tracker launch.

www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...

Introducing Portal - Eurosky Blog Eurosky is a European initiative to build and operate sovereign social web infrastructure

Learn more about @eurosky.social here:

eurosky.tech/blog/eurosky...

This account has moved to @eurosky.social - you can too, by following the steps at move.eurosky.tech

We All Hate AI, but if You’re Poor, It Can Really Ruin Your Life Debt collection. Parole decisions. Oversight of public services. It’s all being outsourced to AI, with terrible consequences for poor people.

“As automation and AI become ubiquitous, the human touch has become a luxury good,” @kaliholloway.bsky.social writes. Meanwhile, it’s the poor who are subject to the most consequential uses of AI.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Constitution Unit. The future of BBC governance. 30 April 2026, 12:30pm–1:30pm. Prof Dame Diane Coyle (Bennett Professor of Pubic Policy at the University of Cambridge and former Vice Chair of the BBC Trust). Prof Georgina Born (Professor of Anthropology and Music at UCL). Sameer Padania (Fellow at Demos). Chair: Prof Alan Renwick (Deputy Director of the Constitution Unit).

On 30 April, join @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social, Georgina Born and @sdp.bsky.social to discuss the future of BBC governance.

They will cover how it can respond to polarisation and distrust while ensuring independence, accountability and public involvement.

Sign up 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo....

The UK’s radical ‘Preston model’ faces an uncertain future with local elections looming | Andy Beckett A Lancashire council has pushed on with plans to keep wealth and power in the area, despite such ideas being out of fashion in Westminster. But Reform could unravel it all, says Guardian columnist And...

The threat to the #PrestonModel:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Refunds are great, but sad to get this one. Due to "low ticket sales & a lack of volunteers", Stir To Action have cancelled their upcoming book festival in London, incl a session on the hidden history of #youthclubs - just as @london.gov.uk announces new funding for a youth club for every borough.

#ijf26 #journalism #ffs2026

Managing the open social web for media companies Open social web platforms present both opportunities and challenges for media organizations seeking new ways to distribute content, engage audiences, and maintain editorial autonomy. As traditional so...

COO of @bsky.app Rose Wang and @joinmastodon.org.web.brid.gy Felix Hlatky are both on this panel about the #opensocialweb (live-streamed) at @journalismfestival.com in a couple of hours:

www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...

#IJF26

Episode 5: We’ve Seen Nepotism Before <p>In this episode, we go deep into the role of family in political power, unpacking how nepotism operates under the cloak of democracy. From Donald Trump’s inner circle—Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump...

Why is it always sons-in-law who engage in the most nepotistic behavior in authoritarian settings? @ekoshy.bsky.social and I compare and contrast Trump, Erdogan, Orban (and their sons-in-law) to come up with a typology of nepotism in the family. itallhappenedbefore.riverside.com/e/episode-5-...

Very happy to be in a session where decolonising #journalism support is on the agenda at #IJF26. Speaking from direct experience that raising the idea of #decolonisation - as I and my panellists did at @journalismfestival.com 3 years ago - can raise hackles among some sectoral stakeholders.

Interesting one for those at #IJF26
#italy #politics

bsky.app/profile/lond...

Kudos to Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, @london.gov.uk, for lifting the lid on the “dark blizzard of disinformation” aimed at #London.

I’ve written about how London needs to invest in & strengthen its local information ecosystem, especially its #localmedia:

www.linkedin.com/pulse/buildi...

orban conceding!

What an incredible relief. #hungary

weird one:

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Or also in the UK - maybe replace @tottenhamhotspur.com's obsession with 'progressive seating solutions' with a partnership with a group like @everyonesinvited.bsky.social:

everyonesinvited.uk

#COYS #THFC

In the UK, @evawuk.bsky.social are one of many groups that could use support:

www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk

#THFC #COYS

Home • Prospera International Network of Women's Funds We are a global political network of bold, intersectional, diverse, and autonomous women’s and feminist funds that nurture transformation by resourcing, supporting, and accompanying movements led by women, girls, trans, intersex, and non-binary people, and collectives primarily on the Global South and East. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_G4KH9wTQE Women’s and Feminist Funds Women’s and feminist funds members of Prospera […]

There are women's funds around the world that @tottenhamhotspur.com could promote, support and partner with:

prospera-inwf.org

#COYS #THFC

Chi Siamo – SEMIA We are a foundation under the Italian law and a feminist fund; we are independent of any political ideology, economic interest or religious belief. Our mission is to offer support to the movement for women's rights and gender equality in Italy.

Alongside perhaps coaching RDZ to a better apology, each of these could do with Premier League football salary-sized donations to support their work, including to end violence against women and girls, @tottenhamhotspur.com

In Italy - semiafund.org/en/chi-siamo/

#COYS #THFC

Federating Flipboard Magazines Bringing the power of curated feeds to Mastodon and the broader Fediverse

Federating Flipboard in 2024!

medium.com/@mmccue/fede...

a massive global overview of policies enacted in response to the latest fossil fuel crisis.

Terrifying how many of these will help lock in fossil fuel reliance, worsen climate pollution, suck money from governments and subsidise rich people's overconsumption

www.iea.org/data-and-sta...

“What if we were to scale back the mainlining, and just skinpop AI into the UK instead?” 🫠

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

and… bsky.app/profile/tech...

So excited to see what comes out of this - a real potential leap forward on how to address migration policy.

💬 UK #immigration policy is deeply divisive - but it doesn’t have to be.

We’re working with the Home Affairs Committee to bring public voices into the debate through deliberative workshops on workforce immigration.

📺 Watch BBC highlights from our first session in the North East 👇

#PublicPolicy

His name is… Aragorn?