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Middle aged, middle class, middle of the road. Toujours européenne. Un peu français. Eats too many jam doughnuts
BlueSky@samaryd.bsky.social
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Well hello Mastodon - it’s been a very long time. That’s because I’ve moved wholesale to BlueSky. Maybe see you there

Hi mastodon! I finally fully deleted my Twitter, so I'm going to have to lean on other websites, including this one, to promote my jewelry shop. Shares really, really help me.

https://www.nora.jewelry/

#FusedGlass #jewelry
#SellingOnMastodon #art #FediGiftShop #handmade #HandmadeJewelry #glass

Nora Reed Designs

Jewelry and more from Albuquerque, New Mexico!

Nora Reed Designs

Months after @tagesschau and @ZDF from Germany, yet still one of the earlier public broadcaster here on #Mastodon and the #Fediverse: The #BBC has arrived.

Also with their own instance, just as pioneered by @heiseonline 😉

It's an experiment for six months and their first accounts are:
@BBCRD
@BBC5Live
@BBCRadio4
@BBCTaster
@Connected_Studio
@BBC_News_Labs

Let's welcome them!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-07-mastodon-distributed-decentralised-fediverse-activitypub

#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #TwitterTakeover

The BBC on Mastodon: experimenting with distributed and decentralised social media

Trialling ActivityPub and the federated model for social media and it's possibilities for the BBC.

BBC R&D

Monday - Ian

Tuesday - Greg

Wednesday - Ian

Thursday - Greg

Friday - Ian

Saturday - Greg

Sunday - Ian

The Gregorian Calendar

In a field of 17 candidates, I came 8th. And for the second time in three years, I beat UKIP and Piers Corbyn in a democratic election. If that’s not a sign of hope, nothing is.

1/ Today Apple slammed the UK Government's latest surveillance proposal. Rather than comply, Apple says it would publicly withdraw critical security features from the phones of UK users. Here's a short thread explaining this absurd proposal

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66256081

Apple slams UK surveillance-bill proposals

The technology giant says it could remove services such as FaceTime from the UK over potential changes

BBC News
Coupe du monde 2023 : un clip sur les Bleues fait sensation à l’étranger

“Coup de génie”, “retournement inattendu” : un spot visant à soutenir les Bleues lors du Mondial 2023 suscite l’enthousiasme des médias − et des amateurs de football − à l’international.

Courrier International

Right, I’m off to watch the #Proms on #BBC4. It’s #Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Well, I prefer to think of them in the original. The Quattro Formaggi.

#JulieWalters #VictoriaWood

Note to any followers considering switching to bluesky, Dorsey has endorsed RFKjr which, for me, is a good reason not to be on his new platform. Having been Jacked once I have no desire to repeat the experience. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4034584-ex-twitter-leader-jack-dorsey-endorses-rfk-jr-for-president/
Ex-Twitter leader Jack Dorsey endorses RFK Jr. for president

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appeared to endorse anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the Democratic presidential nomination over the weekend. Dorsey retweeted a video of Kennedy saying he could beat former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who announced his bid for the White House on Twitter last month. Dorsey captioned…

The Hill
Goodness, I haven’t trumpeted or whatever you call it for a long time. You all know why I am now