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Jimmy Dorrell

@jimmydor.bsky.social

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Mind in Mid-Sussex, heart in Brighton. Sunday engineering works😔 BHAFC😊

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Jimmy Dorrell @jimmydor.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Finally in the Albion pub of podcast fame

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Jimmy Dorrell @jimmydor.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Hahahahaha

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Jimmy Dorrell @jimmydor.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Why jump out of the frying pan and into the oligarch fire? #bluesky all the way!

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Jimmy Dorrell @jimmydor.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Scruffy has a great trip to the Dripping Pan #lewes

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

NEW: "Moving Off X: An Open Letter from UK Journalists" UK political journalists: "Twitter was, for a long time, the place to be for UK politics. We believe that time is now over... "We have taken the decision to move over to other platforms, in particular Bluesky" docs.google.com/document/d/1...

We have used Twitter – now X – for many years. It has been a resource for story-gathering, network-building, and a megaphone for getting public-interest stories to a wider audience. And it has been a well of ideas and discourse.
Unfortunately that well is now poisoned.
All of us have seen X become more toxic and broken since Elon Musk took over in 2022.
Feeds have become less useful. Engagement has plummeted, except for those who will pay. Replies gain traction not through merit, but through the corrupted blue-tick system.
We have seen hate speech and abuse deliberately dialled up and amplified, boosted not just by the algorithm, but by the owner himself.
And England’s racist summer riots were one of many factors suggesting to us that X is not a neutral platform, but a space that now seems to glorify misinformation at a great cost to our public sphere.
Millions of people are ditching X, and we are doing so, too. We have taken the view that it is no longer a useful tool for objective reporting, but a weapon being wielded by a narrowing ideological set.
A tipping point is coming. Perhaps we are already in it.
After much consideration, we have taken the decision to move over to other platforms, in particular Bluesky. For some of us that means instantly deleting our X accounts, for others it is a more gradual process.
But we are all putting the majority of our efforts into building more constructive online spaces elsewhere for political dialogue and reporting.
Bluesky is becoming a new hub for political discussion, and we encourage other UK journalists to join and become active. We are already seeing far higher engagement on our posts there than we’ve seen recently on X.
And importantly, the mechanisms to limit abuse actually work.
We enjoyed Twitter while it lasted. It played an important role in shaping many of our careers. And it was, for a long time, the place to be for UK politics. We believe that time is now over.
Twitter is dead. Long live Twitter

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Albion Obsessed 🔵⚪️ @albionobsessed.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Albion community building NICELY on this new thing! Few issues with all the new sign ups I think but I’m really enjoying this app! Continue to follow other Albion fans back and repost to reach more! #BHAFC 🔵⚪️

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Albion Obsessed 🔵⚪️ @albionobsessed.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Calling all #BHAFC fans on Bluesky! 👋 LIKE this tweet and FOLLOW everyone who has liked the tweet to reconnect with Albion fans who are moving over from the toxic X cesspit! #BHAFC 🔵⚪️

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