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Corin Ashwell
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Using this account to boost my own content from Mastodon and interesting or important posts of people on here.

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Both times it was "It calls for an action relating to a particular individual, or organisation outside of the UK Government or Parliament."

The first time I had mentioned Twitter/X and Elon Musk by name, the second time I re-worded it to be more generic but still rejected.
Screen shot of an email. Text is: "I see you have rejected my petition, the wording of which was: "Change the social media platforms used by government & public bodies Use neutral social media platforms that are not committed to aims contrary to the values of the British people. For example, the government could host its own instances in the Fediverse (e.g. Mastodon) or using the AT protocol (e.g. Bluesky). At present, the government hosts feeds on major social media networks owned by foreign corporations. These can be full of disinformation, bias and hate speech. They may not be allied powers. This makes government communications less trustworthy & potentially looking as if they support certain values. To avoid this & restore trust & integrity, use platforms that can be guaranteed free of unwanted influence or supporting individuals or corporations that might be harmful to the British people." Your reason for rejecting was because "It calls for an action relating to a particular individual, or organisation outside of the UK Government or Parliament." I think this is not accurate. I deliberately have not named a particular individual, or an organisation outside of UK Government or Parliament. I have deliberately referred to actions the government itself should take - the government should decide which social media platforms it uses - and I have only given names of social media networks as examples. Please reconsider and advise. "
August 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
corinja.bsky.social
Cover photo is the beer garden where everyone goes to smoke & the first thing I notice is they've cut out this dude's rollup 🙄
Screengrab from the cover photo of the article showing man at table with rolling tobacco on it, his arm is lifted & fingers cradle in a way that suggests he is smoking.
June 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
corinja.bsky.social
Thanks. I was riding from North Woolwich and a lot of the cycle lane along N Woolwich Rd is closed, but there's a lovely stretch up along Dock Rd that made me missing the turning for the shuttle bus!
Screenshot from Strava showing a cycle ride through Silvertown
April 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
corinja.bsky.social
I tried to create a petition to Parliament to have the UK government get off Xdotcom & use Blueksy or Mastodon instead, but it got knocked back for not meeting the standards
Screenshot of an email reading: "Sorry, we can’t accept your petition – “UK government and public authorities to stop publishing on x.com (twitter)”. It calls for an action relating to a particular individual, or organisation outside of the UK Government or Parliament. We can't accept petitions which call for actions with regard to named organisations or businesses."
March 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM