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Freddie Johnson
@playawfulthings.bsky.social
Ambassador for the non-profit Newsmast Foundation, towards a social media that works.

For more --> @newsmast.bsky.social & https://www.newsmastfoundation.org/

Chat to me about the social web, dogs, comics, history & politics.
There's a lot to look forward to at the #Fediverse track at #SFSCon but @saskiakezia.com and @michaelfoster.bsky.social talk on growing the open social web, in the context of liberalism's crisis.
We're heading to #SFSCon

We're really excited to meet a community of people passionate about free software and, specifically, those who are making the trip to Bolzano for the Fediverse track, sponsored by #FediForum 🎉

Our talk is in the Fediverse track on Friday. We hope we'll see you there!
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Yesterday, we visited @thebristolcable.bsky.social for their AGM to announce our exciting partnership.

The Bristol Cable is a co-op, 100% locally-owned publication and we're very proud to be developing new ways to help them connect with their community away from Big Tech.

#LocalJournalism
October 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Politicians that have showed up in my dreams:
Ted Heath
Barack Obama
💫New💫 George Bush Sr. (Simpsons version)
💫New💫 John McCain (Simpsons version)
September 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Started watching #theHack on ITV and want more? 'After the Hack', our recap show with @bylinetimes.bsky.social is now out! Weekly episodes on the real politics and behind the scenes goss of the phone hacking scandal, plus what action you can take to build a better media

youtu.be/VlCYtc_IGoU?...
After The Hack | Preview Show with Byline Times & Impress
YouTube video by Byline TV
youtu.be
September 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Pay to illuminate the Caravaggio. A pay wall for art.
September 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Advice please: what are the new local journalism outlets sticking it to power? I'm thinking of publications like the Bristol Cable, Inside Croydon and West Country Voices. Which others should be on the list? Thanks.
September 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Such a wonderful presenter and a wonderful show. A powerful piece of our country's intellectual life.

Every episode is so refreshing because it demands something from its audience - almost totally alone in the media landscape.

Thanks Melvyn! A wonderful project.
September 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Please provide your input on @blackskyweb.xyz Community Guidelines (use of the feed, moderation, app, as well as developer/network services).

Anyone using our feeds, subscribed to our mod service, on the PDS/relay

Provide input via the following link 🗳️: assembly.blacksky.community/6carwc4nzj
Blacksky People's Assembly
Blacksky People's Assembly – a space for public deliberation and collective decision-making.
assembly.blacksky.community
September 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Today, we're launching the first Beta of Bounce, a tool that lets you migrate your social graph across protocols!

We got such a positive response from our announcement, and we're so excited for folks to try it out.

Here's what you need to know when you Bounce: blog.anew.social/bounce-beta-...
August 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Today, we're launching $1 & $2 tiers on our Patreon so more of our community can support us!

As a part of that, we also wanted to share where our funding is currently coming from and what community funding can help lead to for the future of Bridgy Fed & Bounce.

Check it out in the post below 👇🏼
New $1-2 Patreon Tiers! And Funding Update
Hey everyone 👋🏼 Following the successful launch of the Bounce Beta last week, we felt this would be a good opportunity to review how A New Social is progressing eight months in. I wanted to provide s...
blog.anew.social
September 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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I've been paying for Bridgy Fed myself, out of pocket, since the beginning. I'm happy to, and I'll continue to, but it's not cheap. We have big ideas and plans for the future, and funding is our main blocker. Please help if you can!
Today, we're launching $1 & $2 tiers on our Patreon so more of our community can support us!

As a part of that, we also wanted to share where our funding is currently coming from and what community funding can help lead to for the future of Bridgy Fed & Bounce.

Check it out in the post below 👇🏼
New $1-2 Patreon Tiers! And Funding Update
Hey everyone 👋🏼 Following the successful launch of the Bounce Beta last week, we felt this would be a good opportunity to review how A New Social is progressing eight months in. I wanted to provide s...
blog.anew.social
September 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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The media is broken and it’s breaking us.

Owned by billionaires, wired for division, built to distract.
But around the world, rebels & reformers are rising.

This is the #MediaRevolution
🌀 Join the countdown to 5 Nov: Media Liberation Day.
🔗 mediarevolution.org
July 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Ah! I am the shame of London. I have a squeaky Lime! #London #Ebike
July 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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A good 70% of the fighting over AI would have been avoided if VC hucksters (and gullible access journalists) hadn't conflated incrementally useful automation with computational sentience to make money
July 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Australia seeing #JofraArcher take a wicket in his first over after *4 years* of injury #Cricket #EngVsInd
a man in a suit says he 's back in front of two other men
Alt: Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, reacting to the resurrection of Voldemort. Visibly dishevelled and horrified, suit jacket over pyjamas saying "He's back!"
media.tenor.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bristol graffiti ❤️
July 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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We're really excited to be attending @atproto.london‬ this evening!

@playawfulthings.bsky.social and @saskiakezia.com ‬ will both be there to chat decentralised social media, learn more about AT protocol, and enjoy the drinks very kindly provided by @graze.social 🥂

See you soon!!
June 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Peace plans - Dead
Tariffs - Dead
Mass deportations - Dying?

In the first *6 months*

What is he going to do for *3 years*

He'll quit, right? It can't go on.
BREAKING: The decision suggested that the scale of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign — an issue that is at the heart of his presidency — is hurting industries and constituencies that he does not want to lose.
June 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Just finished up at the Evanston No Kings rally. It was safe, peaceful, and a show of solidarity by *at least* 1,000 people.

Go to your local protest. Don’t let this administration scare you. Stand with your community when our leaders won’t.
June 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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“According to KMSP-TV, the lawmakers were shot by two men dressed like police officers and driving a car that looked like a police car. One of the suspects was taken into custody in Brooklyn Park after an officer-involved shooting. The second suspect is still at large.” bnonews.com/index.php/20...
Minnesota Senator John Hoffman and State Rep. Melissa Hortman shot at their homes
Minnesota Senator John Hoffman and State Representative Melissa Hortman, along with their spouses, have been shot by men dressed as police officers who showed up at their homes in Brooklyn Park and Ch...
bnonews.com
June 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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This merits wall-to-wall political pressure until he resigns, is removed, or reverses himself. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Hegseth won’t commit to obeying courts on Marines in Los Angeles
The Defense secretary declined to say whether the Pentagon would comply with any judicial order blocking Trump’s domestic troop deployment.
www.politico.com
June 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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been on a run of watching Hitchcock classics (Rear Window, Vertigo, North By Northwest) and it's almost painful to observe the level of thematic and aesthetic sophistication that pop culture aspired to (let alone achieved) at the peak of the midcentury High Modernist moment
June 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
@testgroup.channel.org Hello from Bsky
June 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Seems like a good day to have this on.

Stay strong LA ❤️
#Resist #Nonviolence #DirectAction
June 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM