Joe Webster
@joewebster.bsky.social
Media and events exec. Priors at Future, SmartBrief, Storyful, AP. KU basketball, Arsenal football.
“Sit on your hands on a bus of survivors”
March 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
“Sit on your hands on a bus of survivors”
Stable geniuses at work.
March 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Stable geniuses at work.
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EU foreign policy chief:
“.. Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader.”
@kajakallas.bsky.social
“.. Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader.”
@kajakallas.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
EU foreign policy chief:
“.. Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader.”
@kajakallas.bsky.social
“.. Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader.”
@kajakallas.bsky.social
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The Sun: The Fight House #TomorrowsPapersToday
February 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The Sun: The Fight House #TomorrowsPapersToday
What’s a Leyton Orient?
February 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
What’s a Leyton Orient?
Oh good. KU with another commanding half time lead. 😠
February 4, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Oh good. KU with another commanding half time lead. 😠
Which three countries are co-hosting the World Cup next year?
February 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Which three countries are co-hosting the World Cup next year?
Take that, Wordlebot
January 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Take that, Wordlebot
Having a relevant hometown American football team again feels good. Still hate the E-L-G-S-E-S.
January 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Having a relevant hometown American football team again feels good. Still hate the E-L-G-S-E-S.
The rationale for using encrypted texting apps. Asked a cinematographer friend over iMessage (did not search for this anywhere or as AI) how the opening scene of a TV show was shot and this pops up on Insta a day later.
January 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The rationale for using encrypted texting apps. Asked a cinematographer friend over iMessage (did not search for this anywhere or as AI) how the opening scene of a TV show was shot and this pops up on Insta a day later.
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I was on the sideline in the closing minutes of the NFC championship in '82 when Montana hit Clark. Been doing this awhile. And I've never seen anything like the Commanders. Not the most dominant team, but the most surprising, engaging, and true-hearted.
January 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I was on the sideline in the closing minutes of the NFC championship in '82 when Montana hit Clark. Been doing this awhile. And I've never seen anything like the Commanders. Not the most dominant team, but the most surprising, engaging, and true-hearted.
So the storm is called Blair and all I can think of is this.
January 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So the storm is called Blair and all I can think of is this.
Bluesky will arrive if it becomes the place Mid-Atlantic people go to freak out about 8-10 inches of snow.
January 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Bluesky will arrive if it becomes the place Mid-Atlantic people go to freak out about 8-10 inches of snow.
So Apple’s big iOS 18.2 AI image creation release is…Bitmoji?
December 12, 2024 at 4:09 PM
So Apple’s big iOS 18.2 AI image creation release is…Bitmoji?
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Traffic from Bluesky's @bsky.app to @theguardian.com is already 2x that of Threads
In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵
In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵
November 27, 2024 at 6:30 AM
Traffic from Bluesky's @bsky.app to @theguardian.com is already 2x that of Threads
In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵
In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵
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The Content Authenticity Initiative now has 4k members across the globe working to implement a global open standard for digital content provenance! A digital nutrition label to help us better assess what we are looking at! Here I write about our work.
contentauthenticity.org/blog/celebra...
contentauthenticity.org/blog/celebra...
4,000 members — a major milestone in the effort to foster online transparency and trust
Celebrating 4,000 members. The CAI now spans five continents and multiple industries — including creators, media organizations, technology companies, camera and smartphone manufacturers, academics, NG...
contentauthenticity.org
November 18, 2024 at 10:07 PM
The Content Authenticity Initiative now has 4k members across the globe working to implement a global open standard for digital content provenance! A digital nutrition label to help us better assess what we are looking at! Here I write about our work.
contentauthenticity.org/blog/celebra...
contentauthenticity.org/blog/celebra...
Rock Chalk, Jayhawk.
November 24, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Rock Chalk, Jayhawk.
This wouldn’t be so concerning had we not lost the ability to think critically. www.niemanlab.org/2024/11/two-...
Two-thirds of news influencers are men — and most have never worked for a news organization
A new Pew Research Center report also found nearly 40% of U.S. adults under 30 regularly get news from news influencers.
www.niemanlab.org
November 19, 2024 at 12:01 PM
This wouldn’t be so concerning had we not lost the ability to think critically. www.niemanlab.org/2024/11/two-...
This feels much more like good twitter after two days than the Meta version ever did. One assumes that won’t make it to ‘26. Google Buzz vibes.
November 18, 2024 at 1:44 AM
This feels much more like good twitter after two days than the Meta version ever did. One assumes that won’t make it to ‘26. Google Buzz vibes.
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Putin must be having a blast
November 15, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Putin must be having a blast
Oi Irish Bluesky. What say ye on the Hulu Say Nothing treatment? Read the book. Know the story. Hard to square with this treatment. Check out Say Nothing S1 - Official Trailer on Hulu! www.hulu.com/watch/efaddb...
https://www.hulu.com/series/say-nothing-ada252dd-714c-4c2c-b15c-f1ed93cdf5b0
Based on the gripping true story set in Northern Ireland during The Troubles that spans four decades, telling the story of various Irish Republican Army members, Say Nothing explores the extremes some...
www.hulu.com
November 15, 2024 at 12:12 AM
Oi Irish Bluesky. What say ye on the Hulu Say Nothing treatment? Read the book. Know the story. Hard to square with this treatment. Check out Say Nothing S1 - Official Trailer on Hulu! www.hulu.com/watch/efaddb...
Right. Let’s not regulate “Big Tech” but rather deregulate legacy media.
Liberty’s John Malone calls for media merger wave under Donald Trump
https://www.ft.com/content/a442e07d-1fd0-4ce4-b918-7bc0803c1b91
https://www.ft.com/content/a442e07d-1fd0-4ce4-b918-7bc0803c1b91
Liberty’s John Malone calls for media merger wave under Donald Trump
Billionaire says consolidation should be permitted and adds that ‘allowing Big Tech to run wild’ is inappropriate
www.ft.com
November 15, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Right. Let’s not regulate “Big Tech” but rather deregulate legacy media.
Anyone start an analysis of the impact on the economy from reduced tourism, etc. caused by having a country soon to be overrun by communicable diseases might be?
November 14, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Anyone start an analysis of the impact on the economy from reduced tourism, etc. caused by having a country soon to be overrun by communicable diseases might be?