djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 26/09/2026One of the most important stories I've worked on - give it a read. 1119
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 05/09/2026Cracking piece, this (and free to read) 3237
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 03/09/2026On election night, the Leeds greens were buzzing, having almost doubled their presence on the council. This week, a party member described two of the newly elected representatives as "c***cillors" in a shared whatsapp group. How did we get from there, to here? theexchange.news/the-greens-w...theexchange.newsThe Greens were riding high. How did it fall apart so quickly?‘Let b real, c***cillor Cristiana and Eden went to the right wing media over there, racial biased things’ 010
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 02/09/2026When we asked the Greens why internal documents stated that Mothin Ali had received council cash because he "feels the national party isn’t adequately supporting the leadership team including him" their City lawyers swung into action. That won't stop us publishing. theexchange.news/leaked-docum...theexchange.newsLeaked documents cast doubt on explanation for Mothin Ali’s councillor cash'Mothin feels the national party isn’t adequately supporting the leadership team including him, so he’d appreciate this to help make ends meet' 031
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialSheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 24/06/2026The day before our big campaign ended we hit our goal: 1,000 new members joining. Thank you to everyone who got involved. Now we've got to get cracking on those pledges! We've launched our new writers programme, and on Friday we'll be bringing you our first Good News Edition... 0114
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 23/06/2026I've been really grateful for Tony's support as we've launched The Exchange, and it's great to see Media North mag picking up the story: 021
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialSheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 19/06/2026You’ve probably heard enough of us telling you why it would be great if you joined. But what if you could hear from the people who have already signed up about why they wanted to get involved? 156
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 19/06/2026We are sooooo close now. We can almost taste it. It just needs another 100 people to sign up with only days to go. Hit that link, get us there, and unlock five amazing pledges for Sheffield: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/help-make-sh... 021
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I'm very sorry to hear this news. Giles was a huge help last year when we were doing our reporting on Andrew Milne and Sheffield leaseholds. He was very generous with his time and clear in his advice. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jun...theguardian.comGiles Peaker obituaryOther lives: Housing lawyer and founder of the Nearly Legal blog who was dedicated to improving the rights of tenants and homeless people 1133
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialJoshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 17/06/2026My colleagues @danhayesjourno.bsky.social @molliesimpson.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social and Vicky Munro produce some of the best reporting in this country - they need to get to 1,000 new members by the end of the week to fulfil their pledges to the city. Help them out 🗞️🗞️🗞️ 001
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 16/06/2026We're really in the last chance saloon now. We just need 250 more members, and we'll put our five big pledges into place for Sheffield. You can pay what you want for two months and get us over the line: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/help-make-sheffield-better 044
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Would you believe it, we pretty much did this in one take. I'm a natural. More important though is what I'm saying: that Sheffield's inequalities need a proper looking at. So go to: sheffieldtribune.co.uk/pledge and get us to our big 1,000 target 020
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialThe Exchange @theexchangeleeds.bsky.social · 04/06/2026🗣 “My mum met my dad at the fair.” After nearly 900 years, one of West Yorkshire’s oldest traditions is under threat. 152
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Looooads of people told us they want us to do something about disinformation. Here's @molliesimpson.bsky.social talking about why it matters and what we can do 👇 021
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 01/06/2026Politics in a nutshell! - Well done - Thank you! - Let's talk - I've been fired. 4737
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Want to make Sheffield better? Here's how 👇 000
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialSheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Wow, our campaign is off to a flying start! It’s been just under a week since what might have been one of the most exciting days in Tribune history - and we’re still buzzing from it. 156
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 20/05/2026A top team with 16 years of experience between them. Can't wait to get going very soon! 042
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 02/05/2026It is absolutely extraordinary for the special advisor of a serving cabinet minister to be threatening a British media outlet with an injunction on what seem like deeply spurious grounds. You cannot get an injunction for defamation: the saying is "publish, and be damned" for exactly that reason. 79346
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 04/04/2026When a mate told me in the pub that a Middle Eastern buyer was looking to get their hands on the world's oldest football club, I laughed. There couldn't be anything to it - could there? www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/qatar-cash-a...sheffieldtribune.co.ukCash, Qatar and the world’s oldest football club"Don’t talk to me about ‘the home of football’" 054
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialJohn Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset. 168183456900
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialJennie @unabridgedopinions.com · 26/03/2026It is such a relief to have a paper like @manchestermill.bsky.social as our local paper! This story really did worry me (it still does), and having the Mill on it means those of us in the community will have a better understanding of what is going on. 0115
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialSheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 26/03/2026How it started: How it's going: 16917
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialSheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 17/03/2026“I call lichens creatures — because they’re complicated things.” Today’s story is about industrial pollution and climate change, and how a symbiotic creature made of fungi and algae is silently monitoring Sheffield's air quality without any of us knowing about it. ✍️ @bbobillsmothers.bsky.socialsheffieldtribune.co.uk400 million years old and very, very weirdWhy lichens are the rock stars of the natural world 0156
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 13/03/2026There may be only minutes left to become one of 500 founding members for our new Leeds/West Yorkshire newspaper! Don't miss your chance 👇 leeds.ghost.io 030
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 12/03/2026FEWER THAN 40 PLEDGES NEEDED TO LAUNCH A NEW NEWSPAPER IN LEEDS SIGN UP NOW FOR GREAT JOURNALISM leeds.ghost.io 020
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 11/03/2026We're so close to bringing back the glorious spirit of the LOP! Please pledge if you haven't already 162
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Just one week left! Amazing response so far but we need another 150 pledges 020
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialThe Exchange @theexchangeleeds.bsky.social · 03/03/2026It’s been a remarkable few weeks and this morning we’ve just hit 300 pledges 👏🏼 We wanted to share some of the messages we’ve received along the way. They’ve meant a huge amount. 12112
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Such kind words from @robynvinter.bsky.social ! We'd love to launch Leeds, and we're well on the way. If you think West Yorkshire needs great local journalism, sign up: leeds.ghost.ioleeds.ghost.ioLeeds' new local paperWest Yorkshire deserves great local journalism. Help us launch it. 030
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 27/02/2026the orange blob is bigger than the white blob!!! This could actually happen. We still need 240 more absolute legends to get on board... leeds.ghost.io 053
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 26/02/2026We are so close to halfway there! Could you get behind launching a new newspaper in Leeds? 011
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialThe Exchange @theexchangeleeds.bsky.social · 23/02/2026"In the Industrial Revolution, every big city in the north had a local champion newspaper." @tomforth.co.uk thinks cities like Leeds deserves one again. 👑 11917
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialThe Exchange @theexchangeleeds.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Nearly half way to 500 - wow 🤩 The support so far has been brilliant - and it shows there's real appetite for serious local journalism here 📰 1910
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialSheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 24/02/2026We need 500 members to join us before we can launch in Leeds To pledge your support, follow this link and share with a friend 💕 leeds.ghost.io/welcome-to-lee…leeds.ghost.io 033
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 23/02/2026We're trying to bring the proud tradition of local champion newspapers back... Pledge your support and help us launch! leeds.ghost.ioleeds.ghost.ioLeeds' new local paperWest Yorkshire deserves great local journalism. Help us launch it. 010
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialSheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 20/02/2026🚨 NEW: Andrew Milne has been barred from practicing as a solicitor by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and will need oversight by an SRA-approved solicitor in order to work. A spokesperson for the SRA had this to say: 13310
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialDavid Allison @davidovitch.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Oh goodness, yes please! Leeds is absolutely crying out for a @millmedia.bsky.social type newspaper. Please consider supporting... 097
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialBen @cinemashoebox.bsky.social · 19/01/2026for reasons not totally clear to me, in the 60s, the annual chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee (the 2026 edition is going on right now!) was covered by Dutch press photographer who all went insanely hard on it 819047
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialMatthew Aldridge @mpaldridge.bsky.social · 17/02/2026I’ve been hoping a new Manchester Mill-style journalism outfit would come to Leeds for a while, so I’m very pleased to be pledger number 131. Please consider joining too! leeds.ghost.ioleeds.ghost.ioLeeds' new local paperWest Yorkshire deserves great local journalism. Help us launch it. 031
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Unbelievably it actually looks like we could get halfway to our target by the end of this WEEK. We just need 95 more people to pledge to back us... West Yorkshire is HANKERING after quality local journalism leeds.ghost.io 010
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialThe Exchange @theexchangeleeds.bsky.social · 17/02/2026It's been 24 hours since we launched this - and honestly, we've been blown away 🤯 128 people have already pledged to support a new newspaper for West Yorkshire. Thank you! To launch, we still need 500 ✏️ 1128
Reposted by @djstimms.bsky.socialDan Hayes @danhayesjourno.bsky.social · 16/02/2026And then there were seven 👀 When I first spoke to @joshih.bsky.social in 2020, he'd just launched The Mill and was thinking of setting something up in Liverpool. Less than six years later, today we're launching our seventh title in Leeds (@leedsnewlocalpaper.bsky.social). Sign up 👉 leeds.ghost.io 01313
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 16/02/2026If you've got even the most tenuous connection to Leeds, we need your help. Click the below and pledge to support quality local journalism in the city! 000
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Last time I was in Leeds, I was checking out of the children's hospital, so tired I'd forgotten how to tie a scarf. Now I'm back! And building a tiny new team to give Leeds the incredible journalism it needs. Read more about why we're launching a new newspaper now: leeds.ghost.io/the-case-for... 073
djstimms.bsky.social @djstimms.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Drug wars, the wrong man being shot, escapes to Dubai... the crazy thing about this story is it's actually true. As @danhayesjourno.bsky.social filled me in on his chats with police and trips to court my jaw hit the floor. Don't miss his incredible piece on one of SYP's biggest investigations: 053
