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Chris Bailey
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In 2017 I wrote about Charlie - an AI that works for you. @inrupt.bsky.social labs now has Charlie working.

Thanks to the FT for my op-ed online today ⬇️
www.ft.com/content/79d2...
Let’s knock down social media’s walled gardens
I envisioned the web as a place for the shared benefit of all — by reclaiming our data we can make that happen
www.ft.com
March 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I loved this artwork about what we miss by discarding the sound that is cancelled by our noise cancelling headphones. mediaartscities.com/can-we-save-...
Can we save the audio and listen to it later? - Media Arts Cities
Discarded sound – Leon van Oldenborgh x Róbert Rampáček Creative Industry Košice again briefly became the Košice residency center in 2024, and for 2 months, we hosted Dutch new media artist Leon van O...
mediaartscities.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Want an antidote to the general doom and gloom about the state of Britain? Take a look at ONS's "Well-being dashboard."

The vast majority of us are happy with our family, friends, jobs and communities.

www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
UK Measures of National Well-being Dashboard - Office for National Statistics
An overview of well-being in the UK on an individual, community and national level. Considers change across 59 measures of well-being, grouped by 10 topic areas.
www.ons.gov.uk
February 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
If this is what local journalism is turning into, then I'm all for it. Eyes & Ears North East eyesandearsnortheast.substack.com?utm_campaign...
Eyes & Ears North East | Brian Aitken | Substack
Eyes & Ears is a curated round-up of what's been happening in the North East in the past seven days and was a popular part of The QT, an online news magazine for the North East of England. Click to re...
eyesandearsnortheast.substack.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Whoah!
This piece on the Observer newspaper's capture by global oil interests is explosive!
Written by investigative journo & Observer insider Carole Cadwalladr, it paints an incredibly gloomy picture of the future of independent newspapers.
Gulp!
broligarchy.substack.com/p/who-is-the...
Who is 'the money behind the money?'
As the Guardian announces the 'sale' of the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media, I wave hello to my new bosses (hi!) with an investigation of their finances.
broligarchy.substack.com
December 19, 2024 at 1:58 AM
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WELCOME, NEW BLUESKY USERS
October 16, 2024 at 6:21 PM
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Bluesky stuns in new App Store ranking
November 13, 2024 at 5:30 AM
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Morning all. I like it when people write well and carefully about very small things, and this is one of those (also a reminder to the new people: with less algorithmic boosting here, you gotta repost what you like or people don't find it)
I wrote about going gentler in a world that favours the aggressive.
The truth about living gently
Go soft or go home.
theguyliner.substack.com
November 13, 2024 at 8:53 AM