James Forrester
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James Forrester
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Government/tech British geek living in New York. Principal engineer at Wikimedia, now tech lead for Wikifunctions/Abstract Wiki. Formerly UK civil servant on digital, data.gov.uk, & others. Also jdforrester@mastodon.social and threads.net/jdforrester_ etc.
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Updated my portfolio site of my shots published since June: jdforrester.myportfolio.com Of the ~180 shots, I think this one, “Mudlarking under Blackfriars’ Bridge” from June is my favourite.
November 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Excited for the kick-off of #WikiConferenceNorthAmerica
A shot of a holding screen saying welcome to WikiConference North America
October 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Delighted to be at #Wikimania2025 in Nairobi. Our 20th Wikimania!
A shot of an empty stage in a session at Wikimedia Nairobi. The screen has the name, dates, and slogan of the event, in blue-green hues with art around. There is a podium to the left, similarly adorned.
August 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Updated my portfolio site of my photos published since February: jdforrester.myportfolio.com Of the ~100 shots, I think this one, “Flowers garlanding Cornell Tech’s Tata Innovation Center” from April is my favourite.
A shot of a flowering bush (possibly a Winter-flowering cherry?) of vibrant pink, fuschia, and white flowers in front of a concrete and glass building labelled "Tata Innovation Center", a part of the campus of Cornell Tech in New York City. The shot is composed with a foreground trunk that splits most of the view into the low-colour structure to the left, and the richly-hued blossoms to the right, though some sneak through to interact with the corporate academia, as a contrast.
June 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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This evening, at The King’s Head Theatre in Islington, a fascinating preview of a new play, #TheGangOfThree. Great writing, excellent acting and staging. Strongly recommended. I look forward to the press reviews after the screening tomorrow.
May 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Listening to the #BBCNewsCast retro episode about the 2007/8 financial crisis whilst having breakfast in the Pearl Diner off Wall Street gives a bit of a frisson of memories.
April 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Have updated my portfolio site for the first time in six months: jdforrester.myportfolio.com — my favourite of the ~100 shots is probably this one, "Bench views at sunrise", posted in November.
A view along a wooden bench curving away from the camera, with the view behind of New York City in the richly-warm, early morning sunshine. The near distance has a number of trees in green, orange, and red; the skyline features the Chrysler Building amongst others.
February 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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My top podcasts for January 2025; unsurprisingly, the excellent and extensive @economist.com full feed of podcasts top the list, like most weeks.
A three-by-three list of podcasts repesented by their icons, titled "My Top Podcasts, January 2025". The entries are The Economist feed ($, 24 hours); BBC Newscast (17 hours), BBC Six O'Clock news (13 hours), Welcome ($, 13 hours); The News Agents (13 hours); The Times's Politics Unpacked (12 hours); The Bunker (12 hours); The Daily Show (12 hours); and The Vergecast (10 hours). At the bottom, the graphic shows that I've listened to a total of 131 hours of podcasts in January 2025 in Overcast.
February 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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NEW: Keir Starmer has appointed Chris Wormald, a career civil servant who currently heads the health department, to become new cabinet secretary

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer appoints Chris Wormald as new cabinet secretary
Wormald will take over from Simon Case on 16 December as the most senior official in the country
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 1:53 PM
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BREAKING: Assisted dying bill passes its second reading by 330 votes to 275, after emotional four-and-a-half hour debate, meaning it now proceeds to its next Commons stage.

Keir Starmer spotted by MPs going through the ‘aye’ lobby.
November 29, 2024 at 2:24 PM
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Niche historic British media point, but I keep reading “bsky” (for BlueSky) as “BSkyB”, and wondering if I’m seeing only comments from Sky News people.
November 15, 2024 at 8:07 PM