Beth Brewster
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Beth Brewster
@betheleri.bsky.social
Journalist, Lecturer and Head of Journalism, Publishing and Media at Kingston University.
Post you from a different era
1988, Venice
November 22, 2024 at 2:42 PM
This is exactly the kind of sexy content we need on here.
Excitement of #unboxing a crate of double cream St-Félicien cheeses for display. You can tell even without touching them how gooey they are going to be #fromage #cheese
November 22, 2024 at 2:30 PM
I confess to being addicted to this game. It makes me think my brain is getting a little workout each day. Not that it’s one of my many daily distractions or anything.
Connections is a daily game about finding common threads between words. Players must select four groups of four words without making more than three mistakes. Play now: nyti.ms/3Z0bIy3
November 22, 2024 at 12:58 PM
"We're the ones doing all those long shifts at the posting factory, making sure that all those lurkers have something to read when they're bored at work." A theory for our times 👇
I did it! I wrote up my Posting Middle Classes Theory, and tried to explain why I think Threads failed where Bluesky succeeded: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/down-in-th... (free to read)
November 22, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Reposted by Beth Brewster
More than 140 current MPs now on BlueSky and in the @politicshome.bsky.social starter pack - up from 70 midweek last week. Likely to be > 1/4 of the Commons by Wednesday
Your starter pack for all the current UK MPs on Bluesky so far ✅
November 18, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Who joins or leaves which social media platforms is now hot news.
Lie-in disturbed by my departure from Twitter being discussed on Radio 4!
November 18, 2024 at 6:46 AM
Reposted by Beth Brewster
Another day, another million new people have joined Bluesky!

18M users? 🙂‍↔️ 18M friends 🙂‍↕️
November 16, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Just spent some time trying to get up and running on here and,
quite frankly, I don’t know if I have the energy for this. How do you all do it?
November 16, 2024 at 2:29 PM
This is increasingly the case at universities. Heavy reliance on zero hours contracts and hourly paid lecturers
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Oxford relying on ‘Deliveroo-style’ contracts with most tutorials not taught by full-time staff
Leading university accused of relying on young academics employed on gig-economy terms
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Me for the foreseeable 👇
My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.

Morning.
November 16, 2024 at 1:20 PM