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Dan Slee

@danslee.bsky.social
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Comms, PR, cricket and Stoke City. Takes slightly wonky pictures.

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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It's the day of England v Argentina commentator scorecard: 2 pt - 🇦🇷 attempts to get 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 player sent off. 1 pt - 🇦🇷 complain to referee. 1 pt - 🇦🇷 rolling around. 5 pts - ⚽ coming home reference. 6 pts - 🇮🇹 1990 reference. 3 pts - penalty shootout reference. 10 pts - 'Who else?' 6 pts - tears.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Facts, youth. Facts. They can't argue with facts. Mick Jagger was in the crowd last night. Was he at Peterborough away for Warey's freekick? No. SO DON'T START NOW, MICK.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
England scrapped to beat Norway. Stoke City in both Autoglass Trophy campaigns didn't always play like the great Brazil '82 team. Sometimes it was the results that really counted. Remind me. Who was it who lifted the Autoglass in '92 and '99? Not Brazil, my friends. Not Brazil.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Just discovered the first positive to online meetings since the first days of lockdown. Noise cancelling. So my office fan doesn't sound online like a Spitfire taxing for takeoff.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
There's a really simple argument that secures the future of the BBC. Without it, it'll be ITV's Sam Matterface and Lee Dixon on commentary endlessly as the alternative.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I can tell you the moment I knew I was in too deep with gritting Comms. As a family, we were about to sit down to Christmas dinner. For some reason I was the only one to think delaying things so I could tweet was a bad idea...
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Currently living off the strawberry Quality Streets. All the good ones have finally gone.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
I miss Old Twitter part VI. Steve Bruce photoshopped into wedding photos.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
This is familiar.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Ha. Four working windows at random.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
How retro. Me tweeting from @walsallcouncil with an actual BlackBerry, if you please.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Useful?
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Dear Roy, Before Christmas you had a Wheelie Bin pinched. I have just had a Satellite Dish taken from my garden. I used this as a Parabolic Reflector for recording Birdsong. So if anyone sees this at a car boot sale, be careful as it may be Radioactive.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Blue sky chums. Some post-Christmas useful scrolling... danslee.co.uk/2025/12/27/t...
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THE PATH AHEAD: 25 predictions for public sector comms in 2026
It’s the time of year when I like to think about where we are headed and this I’m going to cite former football manager Tony Pulis, Albert Einstein and Taylor Swift. The former Stoke manager has sp…
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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 23/12/2025
Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
It's kicking off in Shepton Mallet.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I STILL want that Peru kit.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Tacking on the extras.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Controversial opinion. 1978 was peak year for football kits. Holland, Peru, Scotland, Wales, Ray Clemence's yellow England top and bizarrely... Mexico. This Latin number was made by Levi's. I kid you not.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
All of a sudden, a World Cup semi-final and two Euros finals under Gareth Southgate doesn't look so bad now does it?
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
It's a miracle that nobody was killed in the Liverpool trophy parade incident, thankfully. I've taken a look at the first few hours to see what public sector comms can all learn. danslee.co.uk/2025/06/01/l...
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LONG READ: What the Liverpool parade incident can teach you about the internet in 2025
If you want to know how the internet works today just wait for a disaster. It was true in the UK in 2011 when riots brought Twitter into the mainstream as the most important breaking news channel. …
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Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Interesting article by @danslee.bsky.social on Public sector #Comms during a major incident #Liverpool I thought @liverpoolecho.co.uk played it well too. danslee.co.uk/2025/06/01/l...
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LONG READ: What the Liverpool parade incident can teach you about the internet in 2025
If you want to know how the internet works today just wait for a disaster. It was true in the UK in 2011 when riots brought Twitter into the mainstream as the most important breaking news channel. …
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
No. I'll DM my details.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Wondering if @lornaprescott.bsky.social would be up for a cup of coffee at that indie cafe in Quarry Bank park because I no longer bump into her and I'm keen to hear how she is faring.
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Madeleine Sugden @madlinsudn.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Sad to read the news about @podnosh.bsky.social in this post by @danslee.bsky.social. Nick was one of the early pioneers of social media across charities and local government.
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Remembering Nick Booth
Last week, I heard that Nick Booth had died and as with so many others who knew him even slightly, it stopped me in my tracks. A couple of weeks before I’d heard that Ben Whitehouse had also passed…
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 22/04/2025
Absolutely barbarism. And anyone calling themselves a Christian – or any supposed Christian group – defending this kind of decision is unworthy of the name. It’s a suicide hotline, ffs.
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Madeleine Sugden @madlinsudn.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Mothball rather than delete your X account. Here's a great example of why this is the right way to leave X, shared here by @danslee.bsky.social. X GAMES: What Center Parcs can teach you about quitting X
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X GAMES: What Center Parcs can teach you about quitting X
If you are thinking about your X strategy then the example of Centre Parcs UK shows the need to maybe mothball rather than delete. The woodland residential holiday destination deleted their account…
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Me too. I got to New Road, Worcester just once last year. That got rained off.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Helloooo! It's been a while. I'll look out for your cricket content this summer 🙂
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Amazing the way Dell have arranged for firmware updates always at the most inconvenient times. That takes real talent. High fives, everyone.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
A rare moment when your Mum, your Dad your Grandpa or whoever comes into your life so powerfully you could touch them. Beautiful. Well done, Newcastle.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
It's exactly that special moment that normal supporters can connect with and Liverpool with their wealth of trophies won't feel so strongly.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
When Stoke got to Wembley in 2011, at the Bobby Moore statue had so many people catching a moment. I thought of my late Mum who always joked how she'd buy our tickets.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Why were there supporter's tears when Newcastle United won the League Cup? I don't support their club but I know in that moment they're often thinking of loved ones who would have loved to have been there too.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
xxx
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I've blogged. In 2025, what content can you post from a LinkedIn page that connects? Here's an analysis. You may be surprised to know that a carousel of images tops the list and vertical video follows hard on its heels. danslee.co.uk/2025/03/02/i...
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
It's possible that I'm spending too long in Facebook groups but I'm fighting the urge to add 'Shared DY5, babes' to every repost on all channels.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This dropped into my timeline from a Ukrainian. The moral courage of this country shines through the gloom as America turns dark.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Holocaust Memorial Day. It's timely to remember that the Holocaust was planned and executed by people like you and me in a society that celebrated culture. It can happen again.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I'm finding that filtering key words on Bluesky is very useful. Hope you are well, Ann.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
The Sex Pistols 'No Fun'. In a particularly bleak period in local government I motivated the troops by playing this loud one morning. Sometimes you just have to lean into it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K3u...
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The Sex Pistols - No Fun - 1/14/1978 - Winterland (Official)
YouTube video by Sex Pistols on MV
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Tony Slattery was the funniest comedian of his generation until he disappeared. In 2019, he re-emerged to give an interview that spoke of childhood trauma a lifetime drinking couldn't heal. His story was supposed to end with him finding peace. I hope he has. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Tony Slattery: Comedian and actor dies aged 65
He was known for his quick-witted improvisations on shows like Channel 4's Whose Line Is It Anyway.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Years ago, I went to New Road, Worcester and badly recorded 10 minutes of play. Polite applause. Shouts from the middle. Occasional tannoy announcement. Sound of bat on ball. Murmur of crowd. Marvellous.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I know that site. Yes, the ability to let the balance move is really useful.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Thank you! Also helps when Mrs Slee snores *cough* 🙂 An hour of village cricket in 2025 would be perfection. 🙂
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
If I don't need to concentrate and I'm maybe doing admin, clearly its Fontaines DC. But if I need to get going these podcasts are amazing. There's around 200 of them.
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I find them hugely helpful to listen to while I'm working. If I'm trying to think and I need to concentrate Radio Lento is really useful to let my brain focus. This one with bird song I've listened to hundreds of times: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-x3qa4-...
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89 The birds of the leafy ravine - a tonic for tired minds (best with headphones)
We're going back to early June this year, to the rich and intermingled singing of birds that happens at dawn throughout the spring and early summer. In Britain it's called the dawn chorus, a behaviour...
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
One extra benefit of Bluesky is being able to post links without being penalised by the algorithm. Here's a podcast that I never tire of sharing. Radio Lento is recorded sound. Here's one with some ambient noise... www.podbean.com/ew/pb-grxt3-...
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252 Late July breezes through the old churchyard
This barmy afternoon in Holme-Next-The-Sea has gained a stiff undulating wind. It hurries past the sheep in the paddock next to St Mary's church. Whisps through banks of unmown grasses, sifting up the...
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Dan Slee @danslee.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
For the past 12-months I've been convinced of the need for a workshop for public sector comms on AI. It's a big subject that people don't have the time to really get into. So, after 12-months of research and training I've launched one. More here: danslee.co.uk/essential-ai...
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ESSENTIAL AI FOR PUBLIC SECTOR COMMS
– Get ahead of the curve on Artificial Intelligence for public sector comms. Understanding Artificial Intelligence is one of the challenges of 2025 but how can you get ahead of the curve? Get…
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