Jerry Whittingham
jerel0.bsky.social
Jerry Whittingham
@jerel0.bsky.social
Seeks witty pithy bio strapline implying sagacity & depth but with edgy self-depreciation & venture start-up, tech, & Shropshire allusions...
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A new analysis of political advertisers found that Facebook profits from ads that include deepfakes and other content prohibited by its own policies. It also found the company has turned a blind eye to a flood of this deceptive content.
Spam and Scams Proliferate in Facebook’s Political Ads
A new analysis of political advertisers found that the platform profits from ads that include deepfakes and other content prohibited by its own policies.
nyti.ms
October 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Holyyyyyy....I am a tired exhausted puddle on the floor. What a day for @vrubinobs.bsky.social! This observatory is incredible.

Highly, HIGHLY recommend joyscolling around Rubin's Skyviewer. I quite like this galaxy - which is your favorite? 🔭🧪

skyviewer.app
June 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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June 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Guardian on sparkling form this morning marking five years of Brexit, the most idiotic act this country has entered into in my lifetime.
February 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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A priest a teacher and a rabbit enter a clinic to donate blood.

The nurse asked the rabbit what is your blood type.

The rabbit replied "I'm probably a Type-O"
January 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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If you’ve enjoyed my little observations of everyday life in 2024, then why not buy me a hot-chocolate here: ko-fi.com/mirandakeeling! Every donation helps me to keep on writing into 2025 😻
December 30, 2024 at 5:39 PM
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Here are the most appalling clichés of modern political economy writing, that it's possible to read everywhere all the time.

1. Inequality is always getting worse and we never talk about it 1/
December 26, 2024 at 8:42 AM
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December 27, 2024 at 12:42 PM
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Articles that say an organisation is ‘under fire’ or ‘facing a backlash’ need to substantiate the claim. It’s usually 1 journalist calling 1 person for a negative quote. Also so-called ‘grassroots’ organisations that are private companies deserve some scrutiny.

archive.ph/2024.11.30-1...
archive.ph
December 1, 2024 at 8:18 AM
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‘If Vladimir Putin is allowed to succeed in reducing Ukraine to a vassal state, he will not stop there. Our security — British, French, European and transatlantic — would be jeopardised.’ www.ft.com/content/ad00...
November 29, 2024 at 6:47 PM
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If you aren't going out, tune in to www.folkfridayradio.com this evening from 6:30pm GMT and you'll find four shows to take you all the way to midnight. The telly's shite anyway 😎
November 22, 2024 at 4:24 PM
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November 20, 2024 at 5:16 PM
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The Onion. 👏😂
November 20, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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Anatomy of a non-scandal: the defence of Allison Pearson reveals how ‘free speech’ has been weaponised | Jane Martinson
Anatomy of a non-scandal: the defence of Allison Pearson reveals how ‘free speech’ has been weaponised | Jane Martinson
The Telegraph journalist sent a deeply offensive and inaccurate tweet. Yet she has won the support of a swath of newspapers, an ex-PM – and Elon Musk The Allison Pearson saga is nothing if not a morality tale about the modern media. Among its many…
dlvr.it
November 20, 2024 at 9:04 AM
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Amid the Media Noise About ‘Cronyism’, Keir Starmer Is Quietly Reforming Political Standards for the Better
@bylinetimes.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2024/11/19/a...
Amid the Media Noise About 'Cronyism', Keir Starmer Is Quietly Reforming Political Standards for the Better
The spectre of Boris Johnson's assault on standards in public life is slowly retreating, argues Josiah Mortimer
bylinetimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:25 AM
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Hello! Just marking our place as the official festival account here.

All you need to know about us is over at shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk/home/.

Might as well mention the start of our 2025 line up while we're here ⬇️
November 18, 2024 at 8:24 AM
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A rose made of galaxies..
November 16, 2024 at 5:12 PM
November 16, 2024 at 10:52 PM
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7/Possibly Bluesky can address this by discussing their funding in detail, the expectations of the funders, and whether the TPOT/PostRat community is still a principal driver of the vision for the "company." But this all points to another rug pull in progress, and a lot of credulous people hurt.
November 13, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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Twitter is dead. Long live BlueSky.

iandunt.substack.com/p/twitter-is...
Twitter is dead. Long live Blue Sky.
The exodus is real.
iandunt.substack.com
November 15, 2024 at 12:04 PM
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I haven't had a chance to be part of #30DayMapChallenge this year, and am a few days behind... but Day 11 "Time and space" is too good to resist:

Here's one week of ocean tides animated across Australasia (🔵= high tide, 🔴 = low tide). 🌊 Pretty incredible how complex (and hypnotic!) they are!
November 14, 2024 at 6:09 AM