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Paola Buonadonna

@paolabuonadonna.bsky.social
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Exiled Italian doing comms work in London. Author of 'Life Drawing for the Terrified', Point Hill' and 'Leaving Azzurro Behind'. All opinions personal.

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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 30/07/2024
Latest @BBCr4today report on #Gaza evacuation by @BBCBarbaraPlett is astonishingly good, desperately sad & flecked with little specks of hope throughout. She gave a voice to the most injured & traumatised children right now on earth. I won’t forget this report as long as I live.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/07/2024
omg THE dude is on the white dudes for harris call!!
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 22/06/2024
Never seen a better metaphor for Brexit
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 20/06/2024
The Tory election betting scandal is… 🤯 The ppl who pushed for #brexit & made money crushing the £, who partied while we could not bury our dead, then trebled our mortgage payments just for fun, saw #GeneralElection as a chance to speculate some more. There are no words
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 19/06/2024
They’re so upset about things maybe getting a tiny bit less awful that they can’t spell “free rein” (it’s a horseriding metaphor; nothing to do with monarchy).
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 19/06/2024
Am I always able to weather life’s blows with grace, dignity and maturity? No. But do I show up each day full of hope, gratitude & understanding? Also no.
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Angry Mad GIF
Alt: Toddler in a red and purple shirt having a tantrum
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 18/06/2024
My latest HerSayMedia blog is out! Women who know too much: how to rein in the expert and unleash the great communicator in you. www.hersaymedia.com/post/women-w...
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Tricks for effective communication for female experts
Context is what most ordinary people lack. This is what experts should concentrate on as they give media interviews.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 14/06/2024
whoooooooooo wants to read 2,000 words on crushing loneliness and unexpectedly getting really into art? youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/exactly-20...
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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 05/06/2024
Ed Davey on the campaign trail tomorrow:
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 16/04/2024
I have a letter in today's Times (I offered to spin it out to column length but there was a disagreement over the fee)
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 16/04/2024
Testing testing
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 25/03/2024
The best lack all conviction, and the ‘why are you surprised?’ reply guys are full of passionate intensity.
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 25/03/2024
MYSTERIOUS STRANGER: *hands woman box* If you press this button, someone you don't know dies WOMAN: Ok *presses button* STRANGER: Whoa, I didn't even tell you about the money WOMAN: I can't afford to pay much STRANGER: No, you don't pay WOMAN: Oh good *presses button again* STRANGER: Jesus Christ
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 08/03/2024
Turns out the sky is not the limit: women work at every level and on every aspect of the #space economy but we need to hear from them (not just on #IWD2024 )! My post for UKSpace on the importance of visibility: www.ukspace.org/women-making...
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Women Making a Noise
On International Women’s Day 2024, coaching and media training specialist, Paola Buonadonna, reflects on the need for women in the space sector – and in other industries – to have the confidence to st...
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 16/02/2024
Why do political parties speak a different language to the rest of us? Because they spend too much time speaking with 'hobbyists' rather than 'normies'. What does that mean? Well, you'll have to read my latest post. Just remember, most people won't. benansell.substack.com/p/heed-the-n…
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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 15/02/2024
Seems a good time to recommend On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder, where the first lesson is: Do not obey in advance.
"Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do."
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 15/02/2024
Fascinating!
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 14/02/2024
Democratic candidate for Senate in North Dakota. She’s a real long shot to win, but holy cow is this a good ad. youtu.be/I44L1pzi4gk?...
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Wolves - Katrina for U.S. Senate
View the launch video for Katrina's campaign for U.S. Senate in North Dakota in 2024, "Wolves"
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Baby Doomer @nitwit.bsky.social · 13/02/2024
"That people can be made to worry about government debt is not surprising. The idea of debt worries many people, and people have been conditioned to believe that they should also therefore worry about government debt. This [...] was why the media completely adopted the necessity for austerity..."
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Oana Lungescu @oanalungescu.bsky.social · 11/02/2024
Clear words from NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Donald Trump’s statement: “any suggestion that allies will not defend each other undermines all of our security, including that of the United States 🇺🇸 and puts American and European soldiers at increased risk.”
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James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social · 10/02/2024
As I am cooking a cauliflower curry I’ll share this which my brother-in-law sent me, and means I will never see the vegetable in the same way, ever again
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 11/02/2024
I’m completely bereft of fucks about Biden’s age when this is who he’s up against.
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 11/02/2024
What this news lacks in urgency it more than makes up in drama
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 09/02/2024
6) Seems open-and-shut to me that Rishi Sunak is not going to campaign well and that Labour will enjoy a large leadership advantage just by dint of you know, not being that. So there is a good argument that 'making the principal look shadier still' is the better trade-off than risks to the party.
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 11/02/2024
Eleventh: Thou Shalt Keep It Short 👍👍👍
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 10/02/2024
Very interesting
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
The paranoia of one of the architects of Brexit… Remainers have had absolutely no power and no voice since the referendum. But still, Brexiters are terrified of them. Why? Because Brexit is an epic fuck-up and we all know it and we know who’s to blame. And Frost can’t stand it.
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 27/01/2024
This film is moving and stylish, with fantastic performances by Daniel Levi, Ruth Negga & many more- I’ve just watched it and want to watch again ❤️💔❤️#goodgrief
The three protagonists of Good Grief walk towards the viewer laughing
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 26/01/2024
If it isn’t the sound of consequences thundering just after the flash of actions…
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 26/01/2024
Boris Johnson hid from Piers Morgan in a fridge
Boris Johnson saying he’d sign up to fight in a war
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 26/01/2024
This is a fantastic opportunity for early career researchers in the humanities all around the world 👇
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 24/01/2024
Ah, 24 January: the last day on Earth of that poor, misunderstood chap Caligula
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Odd this day
Well, if it’s 24 January, it must be… yes, the 1,983rd anniversary of Caligula declaring “I am alive!” Unfortunately, he was shouting these…
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 22/01/2024
Just a short'n'sweet Monday night HerSayMedia #blogpost stanning Meredith Whittaker and her impressive communication skills. Because I just can't help myself. #womentalking #womeninbusiness #womenintech #broadcastmedia #effectivecommunication www.hersaymedia.com/post/go-on-a...
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Go on, answer the question!
I was recently mesmerised, not for the first time, by a radio interview with Meredith Whittaker, President of the not-for-profit encrypted messaging app Signal.  (You can listen for yourself at 6’2...
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 17/01/2024
Welcome to the spectacle of the ‘natural party of government’ in Britain descending into civil war on behest of… Rwanda. A country where one ethnic group slaughtered another with machetes and fire as recently as…20 years ago 😱#RwandaBill #ToryChaos #ToryChaos #torycivilwar
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
The HerSayMedia #blog is back and is simmering with rage...the good kind! "Controlled fury is powerful: use your passion!" #womentalking #womensvoices #broadcastmedia #passion #Emotions #mediatraining #postoffice #horizon www.hersaymedia.com/post/control...
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Controlled fury is powerful. Use your passion.
I was recently asked by one of my female clients whether it is helpful or counterproductive to speak with emotion during a broadcast interview. Women are schooled early in the masochistic art of makin...
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Protik Islam-Jakobsson @protik.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
anything worth doing is worth doing badly
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
PREDICTION: Post Office situation is going to get so bad that the government realistically have no choice but to renationalise it. But Rishi, being the SPECTACULARLY bad politician he is, will bottle it and lose another bunch of popularity points to Labour, before finally doing it anyway.
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
We've a new report: the Post Office claimed £934m tax relief for its compensation payments to the postmasters it persecuted. That's outrageous. It's also unlawful - so the Post Office now faces an unexpected £100m tax bill. It may be insolvent. www.taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/01/12/9...
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The Post Office unlawfully claimed £934m tax relief for its compensation payments, and now faces an...
The Post Office has claimed a £934m tax deduction for its compensation payments to the victims of the Post Office scandal. That's outrageous - and also unlawful. The consequence is that the Post Offi...
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
The HerSayMedia #blog is back and is simmering with rage...the good kind! "Controlled fury is powerful: use your passion!" #womentalking #womensvoices #broadcastmedia #passion #Emotions #mediatraining www.hersaymedia.com/post/control...
hersaymedia.com
Controlled fury is powerful. Use your passion.
I was recently asked by one of my female clients whether it is helpful or counterproductive to speak with emotion during a broadcast interview. Women are schooled early in the masochistic art of makin...
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
Chicken Little can’t run forever though, can he?
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
stealing this!
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 01/01/2024
Happy New Year from Genoa everyone - this is the only pic of the fireworks last night which came out ok 😂🥰
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 29/12/2023
I should warn you, this is unbearable to read. www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/w...
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‘Screams Without Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7
A Times investigation uncovered new details showing a pattern of rape, mutilation and extreme brutality against women in the attacks on Israel.
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Alex Dukalskis @alexdukalskis.bsky.social · 25/12/2023
When people are *relieved* to find someone in an Arctic prison relative to the alternatives you know the country is run by a psychopath
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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 25/12/2023
God: I gotta say, he looks a lot like Joseph Mary: *laughs nervously* I know, what a strange coincidence
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 25/12/2023
This one is a tad.. on the nose!
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Paola Buonadonna @paolabuonadonna.bsky.social · 25/12/2023
Christmas coffee on my sister’s terrace in a gray and sleepy Genoa #home 🇮🇹🇪🇺🇬🇧
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/12/2023
Brilliant cover. Private Eye level.
The Economist: Rishi Sunak’s Strategic Genius. He’s in a dinghy in the middle of the ocean.
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