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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 20/03/2025

...So yesterday I made my first trip to a nail bar. I booked a manicure and polish and went for blue, because its my favourite colour. I'll be adding observations to a scientific study measuring shifts in attitudes and behaviours. To learn more, or take part: www.hard-as-nails.com.

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 20/03/2025

I'm taking part in a campaign and research exercise exploring healthy masculinity called #HardAsNails. This March, hundreds of men will creatively confront stereotypes by having their nails painted. It will hopefully spark interesting conversations about masculinity...

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 05/02/2025

The Fathm team have made it to Delhi and we're making the final few updates before we welcome our first South Asia cohort to the @WAN-IFRA Newsroom Al Catalyst Programme.

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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

The latest edition of our daily roundup on journalism is out, featuring a new piece on Deepseek, a new report on addressing news avoidance and a new project on Israel's shifting public sphere Click to read, share and subscribe www.linkedin.com/pulse/journa...

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Journalism Today. 29 Jan 2025

By Eduardo Suárez and Gretel Kahn 🗞️ 3 Top News Stories 1. What DeepSeek may mean for journalism and AI.

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 28/01/2025

In June 2023 Fathm made the permanent move to a four-day working week and we haven't looked back. If you're thinking about making the move and need tips for how to implement it, we're always happy to share anything from our journey that might be helpful. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...

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Two hundred UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week

More than 5,000 workers to benefit from reduced hours with no loss of pay

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Robert Falkner @robertfalkner.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

US banks & the Fed have left voluntary climate initiatives after pressure from Republican states, and now Trump. But US lenders & asset managers have clients in Europe, where net zero targets continue to apply. Expect further EU-US bifurcation of ESG investing. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/b...

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Big Banks Quit Climate Change Groups Ahead of Trump’s Term

Several large U.S. financial institutions, including the Federal Reserve, have withdrawn from the networks after years of growing political and legal pressure.

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 07/01/2025

"We will get rid of our fact-checking control, stop demoting fact checked content..." This is a truly bonkers move from Meta. The world needs to take the threat of misinformation more seriously, not less.

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More Speech and Fewer Mistakes | Meta

We're ending our third party fact-checking program and moving to a Community Notes model.

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 04/01/2025

I'm afraid my account has been cloned and whatever bot is running it seems to be messaging people who thought they were following the real me and pivoting to a hard crypto sell. I've reported it but if you've been on the receiving end I would be grateful if you could do the same! Below is the fake👇

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

White Christmas (1942) is a climate change song

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 14/12/2024

I'd want to see something about how groundbreaking the conflict was from beginning to end in how regular people told the story of what was happening through what started as "UGC" and evolved into something far more complex and far more organised.

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 10/12/2024

"Heatwaves, drought, insect-borne diseases and extreme weather are getting worse because of the climate crisis, putting lives and livelihoods at risk, found the report, the first comprehensive analysis of the state of climate change and health in island states."

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Small island nations face climate-induced ‘catastrophe’, warn experts

First comprehensive study on health and climate change in small island developing states lays bare impact of the crisis and calls for action from richer countries

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 29/11/2024

“In the future, if climate change is not addressed and is not thoughtfully handled, triathlons can cease to exist."

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 29/11/2024

I'm excited to be joining this initiative being led by @ezraeeman.bsky.social. I'm one of the members of the inaugural AI in Media advisory board. Looking forward to getting started!

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Richard H. Clarke @cost-of-carbon.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Is this what the collapse of #AMOC would look like for #Ireland and the #UK? A week-long cold wave and snow followed by a big storm and rapidly rising temperatures? For #adaptation planning this is a real headache www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

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Storm Bert: thousands without power as UK is lashed with 70mph gusts

Rising temperatures now likely to cause widespread flooding due to melting ice and heavy rain, say forecasters

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 24/11/2024

"It’s been a bad year for climate and we’ve seen a gradual erosion in the public’s commitment to action for a couple of years now. The paradox is, of course, that major climate events are happening more frequently everywhere, yet people are no longer willing to prioritize this."

theguardian.com

Huge election year worldwide sees weakening commitment to act on climate crisis

Among sweeping rightwing electoral victories across the globe, the ‘big loser of the elections has been climate’

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 22/11/2024

Does a new social network have to actually be "useful"? Or is it ok if we use it for something different this time?

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 21/11/2024

Carbon Brief’s team of specialist journalists, who are on the ground in Baku, Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 will be hosting a free webinar to discuss the key outcomes from #COP29. 🗓️ When? Monday 25 November, 15:00 (GMT) Register here ➡️ buff.ly/4eIg7vm

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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

Underground wildfires - burning from the Arctic to Indonesia - threaten an outsized impact on climate change. Their astonishing scope is shown by @bloomberg.com journalists Kyle Kim and Armand Emamdjomeh. Thanks to @mparrington.bsky.social and others quoted. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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Climate Change Is So Bad, Even the Arctic Is On Fire

Around the world, wildfires are moving underground, burning up massive carbon deposits. The resulting emissions threaten to worsen global warming.

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Matthew Champion @matthewchampion.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I would love to make a starter pack for UK-based freelance journalists joining Bluesky to help get commissions, please let me know if that's you or someone you've worked with (freelance journalists outside the UK will be next!)

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 21/11/2024

What do you know about Spirulina? It’s a wonder plant that could be an asset in the fight against climate change. BTW climateXchange is nonprofit initiative that supports newsrooms to create solutions-focused climate journalism output like this www.climatexc.org #climatesolutions #climatejournalism

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 21/11/2024

"We have seen first hand that setting targets and sharing expectations with suppliers helps increase the pace of change. The actions we take, such as refusing to take advertising money from fossil fuel producers, can show others what is possible."

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What we’ve learned in the five years since our first environment pledge

An update on our progress from the Guardian’s head of sustainability

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Calling it now, “climate smart” is about to become the new “natural” label. Just absolutely meaningless, unregulated food marketing BS

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 20/11/2024

"There’s enough energy in the waves off America’s coasts to power one third of all the nation’s homes, said Matthew Grosso, the Energy Department’s director of the water power technologies office."

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This seaside town will power thousands of homes with waves

A test site off the Oregon coast could be key to unlocking wave power in the United States. Surprisingly, residents aren’t opposed.

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 20/11/2024

"Oil and chemical companies who created a high-profile alliance to end plastic pollution have produced 1,000 times more new plastic in five years than the waste they diverted from the environment, according to new data obtained by Greenpeace."

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Five firms in plastic pollution alliance ‘made 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up’

Five oil and chemical companies which promised to divert plastic from environment accused of producing 132m tonnes of it

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

We have a great opportunity for a trainee community reporter to join the famous @liverpoolecho.co.uk You don't need any qualifications & can work in our newsroom as you learn on the job. A great chance to get a foot in the industry. Details here 👇 www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

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Make a difference in your community by training to be a reporter

There is an opportunity for a trainee community reporter to come and join our team as part of the NCTJ’s Community News Project

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 19/11/2024

Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉 We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 19/11/2024

Building up a new list of people to follow is exciting but would be too easy to just replicate my feed from the "other place." I'd love any pointers toward journalists and newsroom strategy folk focusing on Global Majority markets as that is where the interesting stuff is really happening.

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Lead Stories @leadstories.com · 19/11/2024

🇮🇹 🍝 🍕Ciao Italia! Now with @pagellapolitica.bsky.social and @facta.news included!

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 19/11/2024

"The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) inaugural publication entitled “Asia Pacific Climate Report 2024” specifically projects a 17 percent reduction on both region’s gross domestic product (GDP) under a high-emission scenario."

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Climate change to cut deep among Asia, Pacific economies in coming years

Climate change could reduce by nearly a fifth the overall economic output in developing Asia, which includes the Philippines, as well as in the Pacific by 2070. This highlights the need for

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

This story has some issues that I find infuriating but in general the answer to why oil companies are just shrugging and doing more oil is because they are very rich and powerful and no government has decided to stop them

nytimes.com

Why Oil Companies Are Walking Back From Green Energy

As leaders gather for a global climate summit, investors are rewarding oil giants like Exxon Mobil that did not embrace wind and solar.

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Emily Liu @emilyliu.me · 17/11/2024

• follow some people and like some posts! bluesky is full of real people not bots, and you gotta give a lil to get a lil :) • you can find starter packs of interest here, try adding one and seeing how that changes your experience! blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

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All - Bluesky Directory

A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 18/11/2024

Bluesky now feels very much like Twitter felt at the beginning. Yes, there is a certain subset of people on here but once momentum gains others may follow. If not then I think those on here need to understand the limitations. I'm also feeling cautiously optimistic.

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 18/11/2024

There are different ways for news outlets to engage audiences around climate. Conceived through one of our Knowledge Exchanges, Planet Plate from KBR in Indonesia is a series of podcasts and videos exploring the intersection of food and climate change by bringing the debate to the dinner table.

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Planet Plate – Cook The Food, Not Planet

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 18/11/2024

"The internationally agreed goal to keep the world’s temperature rise below 1.5C is now “deader than a doornail”, with 2024 almost certain to be the first individual year above this threshold."

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World’s 1.5C climate target ‘deader than a doornail’, experts say

Scientists say goal to keep world’s temperature rise below 1.5C is not going to happen despite talks at Cop29 in Baku

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Robert McSweeney @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org · 18/11/2024

Today, @carbonbrief.org has published the latest, and most comprehensive, update to our interactive map of extreme weather attribution. The redesigned map now includes almost 750 extreme events and trends from more than 600 studies. interactive.carbonbrief.org/attribution-... THREAD 1/10

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Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world - Carbon Brief

Attribution studies calculate whether, and by how much, climate change affected the intensity, frequency or impact of extremes – Carbon Brief has mapped every published study on how climate change has...

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 18/11/2024

I'd love to connect with others in the climate and/or journalism space. Stay tuned for more about the work for Syli, climateXchange and the other things we're working on to support better coverage of the climate crisis.

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Fergus Bell @ferg.social · 18/11/2024

Hello Bluesky! As I introduce myself to this community I want to hit the ground running by talking about climate change and specifically the role that journalism should be playing. Here's something I wrote a few weeks ago after returning from NY Climate Week.

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Organising Around Climate: Journalism Must Unite

In the newsroom, the important line between reporting and activism - or the perception of activism - has long been delicate, but fundamental. Journalists hold a sacred responsibility to inform the pub...

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