Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #3,145,109! Intriguingly I am the 3,145,109th best-looking person on bluesky. Spooky, as Opta would say.

X losing 30% of its UK users in a year (and 20% in the US) is clearly bad for its financial viability, but it has also accelerated the downward spiral of the platform into increasingly extreme content. Via @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social@jemima.bsky.social@financialtimes.comwww.ft.com/content/6596...

I don't really understand why people think that being on the internet obligates you to listen to a stream of personal abuse every once in a while? no one would argue you're not allowed to walk away from unpleasant people in real life, but for some reason online...

I have fond memories of the 2017 GE, just because I feel like those were the glory days of the New Statesman podcast.

I was always surprised by how little awareness they had of quite how much contempt the *overwhelming majority* of voters had for them. They kept repeating the line about how nobody had any enthusiasm for Labour despite all the by-election wins, but didn't twig that this was a massive red flag.

I absolutely loved this book! 😊

He's gonna struggle to shake it off

Widespread shock as band that reformed for financial reasons turns out to be trying maximise earnings

I think you’ll find it’s spelled “mediaeval”.

Please please can (us) journos use this as a chance to shift away from obsessive polling coverage and a bit more towards actual policies, people's characters, and campaigns

Ppoliticshome.bsky.socialAug 28, 2024 4:25pm

Pollsters' over-estimation of the Labour vote at the July election was the biggest on record It was "not a great night" for the industry, according to @drjennings.bsky.social, @martinboon.bsky.social & Lord Hayward, who said there is a "systematic" bias to fix www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Pollster Says There Is "Systematic" Bias In UK Election Polling Which Overstates Labour

The co-founder of a leading polling company has said that there is "systematic" bias across the polling industry that led to the Labour Party being overstated in the run-up to the 2024 General Electio...