Serena Snoad - Good Community
@serenas.bsky.social
Passionate about connection, culture, and carbs.
Building online communities since 2008. Founder of Good Community: https://goodcommunity.co.uk/links
Fond of London, literature and liminal spaces.
Be excellent to each other.
(Image: SewCream Studios)
Building online communities since 2008. Founder of Good Community: https://goodcommunity.co.uk/links
Fond of London, literature and liminal spaces.
Be excellent to each other.
(Image: SewCream Studios)
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I see we have another wave of folks who are new to Bluesky! Welcome 👋
Follow me if you're interested in:
- online community building
- wellbeing at work
- nonprofit comms
- moderation of content and conduct
- Korean dramas
- Foodie content
Say hi below and tell me more about you...
Follow me if you're interested in:
- online community building
- wellbeing at work
- nonprofit comms
- moderation of content and conduct
- Korean dramas
- Foodie content
Say hi below and tell me more about you...
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Thirty years ago today. The most beautiful, hopeful farewell.
December 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Thirty years ago today. The most beautiful, hopeful farewell.
British Christmas food in summary:
Ham, slow cooked, glazed and baked
Roast Turkey, stuffing, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes and vegetables
Streaky bacon wrapped around link sausage = Pigs in Blankets
Cold cuts of ham and turkey, mashed potatoes and pickles
#ChristmasFood #FestiveFood 🍽️🍜
Ham, slow cooked, glazed and baked
Roast Turkey, stuffing, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes and vegetables
Streaky bacon wrapped around link sausage = Pigs in Blankets
Cold cuts of ham and turkey, mashed potatoes and pickles
#ChristmasFood #FestiveFood 🍽️🍜
December 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
British Christmas food in summary:
Ham, slow cooked, glazed and baked
Roast Turkey, stuffing, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes and vegetables
Streaky bacon wrapped around link sausage = Pigs in Blankets
Cold cuts of ham and turkey, mashed potatoes and pickles
#ChristmasFood #FestiveFood 🍽️🍜
Ham, slow cooked, glazed and baked
Roast Turkey, stuffing, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes and vegetables
Streaky bacon wrapped around link sausage = Pigs in Blankets
Cold cuts of ham and turkey, mashed potatoes and pickles
#ChristmasFood #FestiveFood 🍽️🍜
Festive update - she's feeling better, giving us bombastic side eye during #ChristmasDinner because she demands treats
From heart failure late on 16 Dec and emergency treatment on 17-18 Dec, including x-rays, oxygen tent, fluid drainage, heart and lung scans, to meds and home...
#DogsofBluesky
From heart failure late on 16 Dec and emergency treatment on 17-18 Dec, including x-rays, oxygen tent, fluid drainage, heart and lung scans, to meds and home...
#DogsofBluesky
December 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Festive update - she's feeling better, giving us bombastic side eye during #ChristmasDinner because she demands treats
From heart failure late on 16 Dec and emergency treatment on 17-18 Dec, including x-rays, oxygen tent, fluid drainage, heart and lung scans, to meds and home...
#DogsofBluesky
From heart failure late on 16 Dec and emergency treatment on 17-18 Dec, including x-rays, oxygen tent, fluid drainage, heart and lung scans, to meds and home...
#DogsofBluesky
Still thinking about Lyle Lyle Crocodile, randomly on TV earlier
More questions than answers about that movie, including
"Is THAT what would happen if an apartment block had a gas leak with hallucinogenic properties?"
More questions than answers about that movie, including
"Is THAT what would happen if an apartment block had a gas leak with hallucinogenic properties?"
December 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Still thinking about Lyle Lyle Crocodile, randomly on TV earlier
More questions than answers about that movie, including
"Is THAT what would happen if an apartment block had a gas leak with hallucinogenic properties?"
More questions than answers about that movie, including
"Is THAT what would happen if an apartment block had a gas leak with hallucinogenic properties?"
My favourite annual countdown
December 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
My favourite annual countdown
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So Boris Johnson, Prince Phillip, Andrew Bonar Law, Freddie Mercury, George I, George II, Richard E Grant, Douglas Carswell, Rudyard Kipling, Cliff Richard, Joanna Lumley and Spike Milligan weren't British?
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
So Boris Johnson, Prince Phillip, Andrew Bonar Law, Freddie Mercury, George I, George II, Richard E Grant, Douglas Carswell, Rudyard Kipling, Cliff Richard, Joanna Lumley and Spike Milligan weren't British?
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Parmesan shortbreads are the perfect accompaniment to any festive fizz you may be uncorking to celebrate the New Year. They’re #RecipeOfTheDay now in case you want a get a head start on them, but they’re neither difficult nor time-consuming to make. www.nigella.com/recipes/parm...
Parmesan Shortbreads
This is an Italian-inspired recipe that comes to me from Australia via Brazil. To explain: a Brazilian friend, and the best cook I know, Helio Fenerich made it for me, and I had to keep (rudely) askin...
www.nigella.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Parmesan shortbreads are the perfect accompaniment to any festive fizz you may be uncorking to celebrate the New Year. They’re #RecipeOfTheDay now in case you want a get a head start on them, but they’re neither difficult nor time-consuming to make. www.nigella.com/recipes/parm...
How I'm going into 2026
December 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
How I'm going into 2026
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Make a Bond movie casual
Her Majesty's Postal Service
Her Majesty's Postal Service
Make a Bond movie casual
Skymall
Skymall
Make a Bond movie casual
License To Fish
License To Fish
December 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Make a Bond movie casual
Her Majesty's Postal Service
Her Majesty's Postal Service
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My hideous (festive) progeny
Celebrating good news, so I went a bit overboard #baking to...
Gingerbread biscuits, blinged up festive rocky road, and the riskiest 'chuck it in a bowl' snack mix.
That last one is going to be impossible to resist. Adding Gaviscon to the Christmas grocery list...
🍽️🍜
Celebrating good news, so I went a bit overboard #baking to...
Gingerbread biscuits, blinged up festive rocky road, and the riskiest 'chuck it in a bowl' snack mix.
That last one is going to be impossible to resist. Adding Gaviscon to the Christmas grocery list...
🍽️🍜
December 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My hideous (festive) progeny
Celebrating good news, so I went a bit overboard #baking to...
Gingerbread biscuits, blinged up festive rocky road, and the riskiest 'chuck it in a bowl' snack mix.
That last one is going to be impossible to resist. Adding Gaviscon to the Christmas grocery list...
🍽️🍜
Celebrating good news, so I went a bit overboard #baking to...
Gingerbread biscuits, blinged up festive rocky road, and the riskiest 'chuck it in a bowl' snack mix.
That last one is going to be impossible to resist. Adding Gaviscon to the Christmas grocery list...
🍽️🍜
Quite. The original meaning of the phrase was a joke, because it's impossible to pull yourself up by your bootstraps
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Quite. The original meaning of the phrase was a joke, because it's impossible to pull yourself up by your bootstraps
This is excellent news
"The RSPCA said the ban could be a 'real game-changer' and it would work with the government on writing the legislation." ~AA
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Puppy farm ban promised in plans to improve animal welfare
The government says its animal welfare strategy will bring
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This is excellent news
Festive baking time!
54 gingerbread biscuits, cut into stars and trees.
Christmas rocky road, with ginger nuts, honeycomb, marshmallows, cranberries, raisins and topped with milk chocolate and sugar decorations.
Calories? Don't ask!
#christmas #festivefood #baking
🍜🍽️
54 gingerbread biscuits, cut into stars and trees.
Christmas rocky road, with ginger nuts, honeycomb, marshmallows, cranberries, raisins and topped with milk chocolate and sugar decorations.
Calories? Don't ask!
#christmas #festivefood #baking
🍜🍽️
December 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Festive baking time!
54 gingerbread biscuits, cut into stars and trees.
Christmas rocky road, with ginger nuts, honeycomb, marshmallows, cranberries, raisins and topped with milk chocolate and sugar decorations.
Calories? Don't ask!
#christmas #festivefood #baking
🍜🍽️
54 gingerbread biscuits, cut into stars and trees.
Christmas rocky road, with ginger nuts, honeycomb, marshmallows, cranberries, raisins and topped with milk chocolate and sugar decorations.
Calories? Don't ask!
#christmas #festivefood #baking
🍜🍽️
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The remarkable life of Mats “Ibelin” Steen is coming to the big screen, with Sir Anthony Hopkins and other Hollywood stars reported to appear in a movie adaptation of the true story of Ibelin!
#warcraft
www.wowhead.com/news/ibelin-...
#warcraft
www.wowhead.com/news/ibelin-...
Ibelin Movie Adaptation Staring Anthony Hopkins and Charlie Plummer
The remarkable life of Mats “Ibelin” Steen is coming to the big screen, with Sir Anthony Hopkins and other Hollywood stars reported to appear in a movie adaptation of the true story of a Norwegian Wor...
www.wowhead.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The remarkable life of Mats “Ibelin” Steen is coming to the big screen, with Sir Anthony Hopkins and other Hollywood stars reported to appear in a movie adaptation of the true story of Ibelin!
#warcraft
www.wowhead.com/news/ibelin-...
#warcraft
www.wowhead.com/news/ibelin-...
#357 of reasons why you need to moderate health communities:
To stop the promotion of unapproved meds that could harm people
#CommunityManagers #moderation #UGC #antigrift
To stop the promotion of unapproved meds that could harm people
#CommunityManagers #moderation #UGC #antigrift
The wellness wild west is back on its bullshit with unapproved weight loss drugs
The wellness wild west is back on its bullshit with unapproved weight loss drugs
I bought an unapproved, experimental drug in five minutes on TikTok.
buff.ly
December 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#357 of reasons why you need to moderate health communities:
To stop the promotion of unapproved meds that could harm people
#CommunityManagers #moderation #UGC #antigrift
To stop the promotion of unapproved meds that could harm people
#CommunityManagers #moderation #UGC #antigrift
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The idea of “imported” violence against women and girls is a deeply comforting fiction - one that allows people to avoid looking at where it actually happens: within our homes and behind closed doors.
The Violence Isn’t Imported. It’s Domestic.
Kemi Badenoch’s attempt to blame violence against women on migrants doesn’t just collapse under scrutiny - it actively distracts us from where the harm really happens, and who is actually responsible.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The idea of “imported” violence against women and girls is a deeply comforting fiction - one that allows people to avoid looking at where it actually happens: within our homes and behind closed doors.
Today's #festivetunes are from Guido's Lounge on @mixcloud.bsky.social
www.mixcloud.com/Jazzmo/guido...
#playlist #Christmasmusic
www.mixcloud.com/Jazzmo/guido...
#playlist #Christmasmusic
Guido’S Lounge Café Christmas 2025
www.mixcloud.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Today's #festivetunes are from Guido's Lounge on @mixcloud.bsky.social
www.mixcloud.com/Jazzmo/guido...
#playlist #Christmasmusic
www.mixcloud.com/Jazzmo/guido...
#playlist #Christmasmusic
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Which words have given you happiness this year? I’d love to hear them.
(And if you fancy some distraction over the holidays, do give my word game Two Words a try.
twowords2.page.link/play)
(And if you fancy some distraction over the holidays, do give my word game Two Words a try.
twowords2.page.link/play)
December 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Which words have given you happiness this year? I’d love to hear them.
(And if you fancy some distraction over the holidays, do give my word game Two Words a try.
twowords2.page.link/play)
(And if you fancy some distraction over the holidays, do give my word game Two Words a try.
twowords2.page.link/play)
On social media, you amplify what you pay attention to and what you engage with.
Don't engage with trolls. Hide for everyone, and mute/block
Don't repost toxic content. Screenshot an anonymised version if you want to talk about it.
Avoid following harmful content. Research elsewhere.
Don't engage with trolls. Hide for everyone, and mute/block
Don't repost toxic content. Screenshot an anonymised version if you want to talk about it.
Avoid following harmful content. Research elsewhere.
December 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
On social media, you amplify what you pay attention to and what you engage with.
Don't engage with trolls. Hide for everyone, and mute/block
Don't repost toxic content. Screenshot an anonymised version if you want to talk about it.
Avoid following harmful content. Research elsewhere.
Don't engage with trolls. Hide for everyone, and mute/block
Don't repost toxic content. Screenshot an anonymised version if you want to talk about it.
Avoid following harmful content. Research elsewhere.
Dialling D for Divorce for episode 12 of Full House
A montage of bedtime closeups, with Mr Smooth pensive and in crisp white, shutting down fake marriage rumours about our FL
ML at the the post-it in a tight monochrome outfit, as FL goes to Mr Smooth in hot dog mustard yellow and denim
#kdramas
A montage of bedtime closeups, with Mr Smooth pensive and in crisp white, shutting down fake marriage rumours about our FL
ML at the the post-it in a tight monochrome outfit, as FL goes to Mr Smooth in hot dog mustard yellow and denim
#kdramas
December 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Dialling D for Divorce for episode 12 of Full House
A montage of bedtime closeups, with Mr Smooth pensive and in crisp white, shutting down fake marriage rumours about our FL
ML at the the post-it in a tight monochrome outfit, as FL goes to Mr Smooth in hot dog mustard yellow and denim
#kdramas
A montage of bedtime closeups, with Mr Smooth pensive and in crisp white, shutting down fake marriage rumours about our FL
ML at the the post-it in a tight monochrome outfit, as FL goes to Mr Smooth in hot dog mustard yellow and denim
#kdramas
Lol, that's one way to kill a platform
Meta is testing limiting Facebook professional accounts and Pages to posting just two links per month, unless they subscribe to $14.99+/month Meta Verified (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
December 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Lol, that's one way to kill a platform
Paused Full House reactions last night as our dog is poorly. She's had a difficult night and is at the vet today, undergoing treatment for a heart condition. Your positive vibes and prayers are appreciated.
In the meantime, attaching this example of the neckerchief horrors of this show
#kdramas
In the meantime, attaching this example of the neckerchief horrors of this show
#kdramas
December 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Paused Full House reactions last night as our dog is poorly. She's had a difficult night and is at the vet today, undergoing treatment for a heart condition. Your positive vibes and prayers are appreciated.
In the meantime, attaching this example of the neckerchief horrors of this show
#kdramas
In the meantime, attaching this example of the neckerchief horrors of this show
#kdramas
This looks brilliant!
THEY'RE HERE!
Recordable Book Buddies are 9" tall and can be attached to the back cover of any book.
What do they do?
You can record your voice reading or responding to a passage, then sticker the page with the matching number.
Read aloud to someone you love!
(Not just for kids!)
Recordable Book Buddies are 9" tall and can be attached to the back cover of any book.
What do they do?
You can record your voice reading or responding to a passage, then sticker the page with the matching number.
Read aloud to someone you love!
(Not just for kids!)
December 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This looks brilliant!
Hero.
Man answering his phone on the train: Yes? Correct, I’m not at work (pause) I’m not going to answer that because I am not at work today. No, you’re going to have to ask someone who is. Goodbye.
December 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Hero.