Ben Whitelaw
@benwhitelaw.bsky.social
Founder and editor of everythinginmoderation.co. Co-host & writer of ctrlaltspeech.com puns. Media consultant by day. #LUFC fan by birthright.
The Northern Line runs from High Barnet in the north to Morden in the south. Linda’s family home must’ve been somewhere on the line for her to reference it. Or it held some other significance that meant it was worth mentioning.
Doesn’t narrow it down very much but it’s something.
Doesn’t narrow it down very much but it’s something.
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The Northern Line runs from High Barnet in the north to Morden in the south. Linda’s family home must’ve been somewhere on the line for her to reference it. Or it held some other significance that meant it was worth mentioning.
Doesn’t narrow it down very much but it’s something.
Doesn’t narrow it down very much but it’s something.
Ok Bluesky, let’s give this a go: I found this postcard in the back of a photo frame I bought at a London thrift shop.
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Ok Bluesky, let’s give this a go: I found this postcard in the back of a photo frame I bought at a London thrift shop.
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
There's something quite wonderful about X/Twitter's Head of Global Government Affairs saying the company invests "significant resources to improve the enforcement capabilities across the world” *just days after* Elon said that it doesn't "censor people"
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
There's something quite wonderful about X/Twitter's Head of Global Government Affairs saying the company invests "significant resources to improve the enforcement capabilities across the world” *just days after* Elon said that it doesn't "censor people"
Didn’t foresee that gen AI would so quickly form part of the way that disenfranchised and generally unimpressed audiences get back at ‘legacy media’ but here we are www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Didn’t foresee that gen AI would so quickly form part of the way that disenfranchised and generally unimpressed audiences get back at ‘legacy media’ but here we are www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
Everything is content moderation (via friend of mine)
October 13, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Everything is content moderation (via friend of mine)
This chart (via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com’s latest article) adds another dimension to the transatlantic tech policy wars (beyond First Amendment differentiator).
Social media platforms are a bigger part of public life and the usage sustains platform lobbyists and calls for voluntary codes.
Social media platforms are a bigger part of public life and the usage sustains platform lobbyists and calls for voluntary codes.
October 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This chart (via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com’s latest article) adds another dimension to the transatlantic tech policy wars (beyond First Amendment differentiator).
Social media platforms are a bigger part of public life and the usage sustains platform lobbyists and calls for voluntary codes.
Social media platforms are a bigger part of public life and the usage sustains platform lobbyists and calls for voluntary codes.
Pretty strange that the EU's new explainer on the Digital Services Act (what it is, how it's enforced, ongoing investigations) doesn't mention the one that's been going on the longest — against X/Twitter (from December 2023)
September 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Pretty strange that the EU's new explainer on the Digital Services Act (what it is, how it's enforced, ongoing investigations) doesn't mention the one that's been going on the longest — against X/Twitter (from December 2023)
Honestly, feckless is criminally underused and deserves a renaissance (from FT coverage of Google anti-trust case)
![Quote given by Nidhi Hegde: “this feckless remedy to the most storied case of monopolisation of the past quarter century is a complete failure of [the judge’s] duty and must be appealed’](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zcoro2cs4zl3xqyebudfc7hl/bafkreifzortyzo4yqux6uojdsdawdkc6pvyx43lwaf4clxmpsc7w6lwwza@jpeg)
September 3, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Honestly, feckless is criminally underused and deserves a renaissance (from FT coverage of Google anti-trust case)
Not saying this won’t happen but the Birmingham Mail article credits a gossip blog whose ‘exclusive’ is based on comments by a Labour MP in 2022…
July 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Not saying this won’t happen but the Birmingham Mail article credits a gossip blog whose ‘exclusive’ is based on comments by a Labour MP in 2022…
Earlier this week: Ofcom send an email claiming X/Twitter has committed to age-gating as part of Online Safety Act compliance.
Yesterday: X/Twitter published page about age assurance options in which it notes 'measures should be made available in the following weeks'.
Missed deadline?
Yesterday: X/Twitter published page about age assurance options in which it notes 'measures should be made available in the following weeks'.
Missed deadline?
July 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Earlier this week: Ofcom send an email claiming X/Twitter has committed to age-gating as part of Online Safety Act compliance.
Yesterday: X/Twitter published page about age assurance options in which it notes 'measures should be made available in the following weeks'.
Missed deadline?
Yesterday: X/Twitter published page about age assurance options in which it notes 'measures should be made available in the following weeks'.
Missed deadline?
This man deserves a proper reception on Monday. Easy to forget that he came in post Allardyce experiment, with 49ers newly in situ, and had to get rid of 15 senior players. No wonder he’s dancing now.
#lufc
#lufc
April 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This man deserves a proper reception on Monday. Easy to forget that he came in post Allardyce experiment, with 49ers newly in situ, and had to get rid of 15 senior players. No wonder he’s dancing now.
#lufc
#lufc
"The most important thing is to create a togetherness and unity within this club again and, from today onwards, I will work on it with my staff and players and I trust our supporters will be there when we need them. I can't wait for the first game of the season” - Daniel Farke, July 2023
Job done ✅
Job done ✅
April 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"The most important thing is to create a togetherness and unity within this club again and, from today onwards, I will work on it with my staff and players and I trust our supporters will be there when we need them. I can't wait for the first game of the season” - Daniel Farke, July 2023
Job done ✅
Job done ✅
April 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
To explain what's going on here:
1. My post is analysed pre-publish and given a 'Toxicity Weather Report' (see Stormy at the bottom)
2. Hitting the AI edit button recommends a more positive and empathetic post
Neat idea, even if not the right fit for venting my Championship rage
1. My post is analysed pre-publish and given a 'Toxicity Weather Report' (see Stormy at the bottom)
2. Hitting the AI edit button recommends a more positive and empathetic post
Neat idea, even if not the right fit for venting my Championship rage
April 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
To explain what's going on here:
1. My post is analysed pre-publish and given a 'Toxicity Weather Report' (see Stormy at the bottom)
2. Hitting the AI edit button recommends a more positive and empathetic post
Neat idea, even if not the right fit for venting my Championship rage
1. My post is analysed pre-publish and given a 'Toxicity Weather Report' (see Stormy at the bottom)
2. Hitting the AI edit button recommends a more positive and empathetic post
Neat idea, even if not the right fit for venting my Championship rage
Trialling @fayjohnson.bsky.social's new CLR:SKY tool with some casual Leeds United self-hatred
April 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Trialling @fayjohnson.bsky.social's new CLR:SKY tool with some casual Leeds United self-hatred
'All social platforms are born free and unequal in both revenue and regulatory scrutiny'
April 16, 2025 at 7:55 AM
'All social platforms are born free and unequal in both revenue and regulatory scrutiny'
Happy to admit that I never expected a UK business secretary to play the kids safety card as part of trans-Atlantic trade negotiations. But here we are (via @financialtimes.com)
April 5, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Happy to admit that I never expected a UK business secretary to play the kids safety card as part of trans-Atlantic trade negotiations. But here we are (via @financialtimes.com)
Uh oh. Looks like someone at X/Twitter forgot to map across the URL for the Community Notes sign up page when it moved from twitter.com to x.com. It means that users that want to become contributors get this error. Oops
March 21, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Uh oh. Looks like someone at X/Twitter forgot to map across the URL for the Community Notes sign up page when it moved from twitter.com to x.com. It means that users that want to become contributors get this error. Oops
Just imagine, for one second, what would’ve happened if the editor of this FT article hadn’t used this headline
March 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Just imagine, for one second, what would’ve happened if the editor of this FT article hadn’t used this headline
New meme just dropped
February 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
New meme just dropped
February 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The Observer has seemingly just become aware of ‘government takedowns’ and decided it merits a front page splash. Despite Google releasing the data every year since 2010. Not much of an ‘investigation’.
February 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The Observer has seemingly just become aware of ‘government takedowns’ and decided it merits a front page splash. Despite Google releasing the data every year since 2010. Not much of an ‘investigation’.
You won’t believe it but
February 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
You won’t believe it but