John Peek
@johnpeek.bsky.social
Tricksy Remainer and Woke Centrist Liberal Dirtbag (some MAGAt thought that was an insult)
@john196201 on Twatter
@john196201 on Twatter
Reposted by John Peek
Excited to watch @independentsage.bsky.social's @martinmckee.bsky.social giving evidence at module 7 of the #CovidInquiry today on "Test, trace and isolate".
www.youtube.com/@UKCovid-19I...
www.youtube.com/@UKCovid-19I...
UK Covid-19 Inquiry
This is the independent public inquiry to examine the UK’s preparedness and response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and to learn lessons for the future.
Help shape the Covid-19 Inquiry's investigations by...
www.youtube.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Excited to watch @independentsage.bsky.social's @martinmckee.bsky.social giving evidence at module 7 of the #CovidInquiry today on "Test, trace and isolate".
www.youtube.com/@UKCovid-19I...
www.youtube.com/@UKCovid-19I...
Reposted by John Peek
SCOOP: We've learned at least three individuals closely associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year. Step inside the recruitment effort that helped build Elon's DOGE army:
The Recruitment Effort That Helped Build Elon Musk’s DOGE Army
At least three individuals associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year, WIRED has learned.
wrd.cm
February 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
SCOOP: We've learned at least three individuals closely associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year. Step inside the recruitment effort that helped build Elon's DOGE army:
Reposted by John Peek
Some solid advice we need to listen to and share
November 15, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Some solid advice we need to listen to and share
Reposted by John Peek
A few months agoTrump was threatening to send Zuckerberg to prison “for life” if he interfered in the election
Now Zuckerberg is funding Trump
This is how it works
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Now Zuckerberg is funding Trump
This is how it works
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Meta donates $1m to Donald Trump’s inaugural fund
Donation comes after CEO Mark Zuckerberg dined with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and appears to be an effort to improve relations
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 9:55 PM
A few months agoTrump was threatening to send Zuckerberg to prison “for life” if he interfered in the election
Now Zuckerberg is funding Trump
This is how it works
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Now Zuckerberg is funding Trump
This is how it works
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Reposted by John Peek
Some useful BlueSky tools:
* Find old Twitter peeps
sky-follower-bridge.dev
* TweetDeck equivalent:
deck.blue
* Delete old posts:
bsky.jazco.dev/cleanup
* Find accounts to follow (that your followers follow)
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
* See what lists you're on, who is blocking you
clearsky.app
* Find old Twitter peeps
sky-follower-bridge.dev
* TweetDeck equivalent:
deck.blue
* Delete old posts:
bsky.jazco.dev/cleanup
* Find accounts to follow (that your followers follow)
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
* See what lists you're on, who is blocking you
clearsky.app
December 4, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Some useful BlueSky tools:
* Find old Twitter peeps
sky-follower-bridge.dev
* TweetDeck equivalent:
deck.blue
* Delete old posts:
bsky.jazco.dev/cleanup
* Find accounts to follow (that your followers follow)
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
* See what lists you're on, who is blocking you
clearsky.app
* Find old Twitter peeps
sky-follower-bridge.dev
* TweetDeck equivalent:
deck.blue
* Delete old posts:
bsky.jazco.dev/cleanup
* Find accounts to follow (that your followers follow)
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
* See what lists you're on, who is blocking you
clearsky.app
Reposted by John Peek
Here are 25 SUGGESTIONS on how anyone can contribute to a BETTER CITY FOR PEOPLE (only ONE of them is voting in local elections!)
*officially these are #NewYearsResolutions for better cities that I wrote about in @FastCompany.com but who cares if its a bit early www.fastcompany.com/90287193/25-...
*officially these are #NewYearsResolutions for better cities that I wrote about in @FastCompany.com but who cares if its a bit early www.fastcompany.com/90287193/25-...
December 4, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Here are 25 SUGGESTIONS on how anyone can contribute to a BETTER CITY FOR PEOPLE (only ONE of them is voting in local elections!)
*officially these are #NewYearsResolutions for better cities that I wrote about in @FastCompany.com but who cares if its a bit early www.fastcompany.com/90287193/25-...
*officially these are #NewYearsResolutions for better cities that I wrote about in @FastCompany.com but who cares if its a bit early www.fastcompany.com/90287193/25-...
Reposted by John Peek
Hi everyone! Welcome if you just joined my feed 👋 I thought I'd just introduce myself. I am Dr. Emma L. Briant, a leading academic expert on information warfare and propaganda in a surveillance age. My work was central in exposing #CambridgeAnalytica and I hope to be your guide through this crazy...
Soooo excited that these have arrived! Get your copy now for the best insights on industry's role in propaganda co-edited with me & Vian Bakir. With unmissable contributions from authors such as
@marcowenjones.bsky.social
Alexandra S Chalupa, Nick Cull Jonathan Ong, Marie Santini, Débora Salles,
@marcowenjones.bsky.social
Alexandra S Chalupa, Nick Cull Jonathan Ong, Marie Santini, Débora Salles,
November 11, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Hi everyone! Welcome if you just joined my feed 👋 I thought I'd just introduce myself. I am Dr. Emma L. Briant, a leading academic expert on information warfare and propaganda in a surveillance age. My work was central in exposing #CambridgeAnalytica and I hope to be your guide through this crazy...
Reposted by John Peek
Had a marvellous chat about #misinformation #disinformation #propaganda with the amazing @emmalbriant.bsky.social on the #DataRevolution podcast
datarevolution.tech/2024/12/emma...
datarevolution.tech/2024/12/emma...
Misinfo & Disinfo are data too – Dr Emma Briant S2.6 -
This time my guest is Dr Emma Briant, globally renowned researcher on misinformation, disinformation and propaganda.
datarevolution.tech
December 4, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Had a marvellous chat about #misinformation #disinformation #propaganda with the amazing @emmalbriant.bsky.social on the #DataRevolution podcast
datarevolution.tech/2024/12/emma...
datarevolution.tech/2024/12/emma...
Reposted by John Peek
Wow. This post from @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social has been shared 11,300 times & has 60,400 likes on @bsky.app. On X it has just 8 shares & 13 likes (despite a much larger following). Don’t tell me Musk isn’t throttling accounts. Thankfully the forecast going forward is BlueSky’s.
December 4, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Wow. This post from @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social has been shared 11,300 times & has 60,400 likes on @bsky.app. On X it has just 8 shares & 13 likes (despite a much larger following). Don’t tell me Musk isn’t throttling accounts. Thankfully the forecast going forward is BlueSky’s.
Reposted by John Peek
Incredibly proud of this. The story of the BBC from its birth to the present day. It's the story of serious-minded humane people doing serious-minded humane things.
🎙️New episode out📽️ What shaped the values and structure of The BBC? Unusually for @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social, it's a story filled with optimism and idealism. Listen ⬇️
linktr.ee/originstoryp...
linktr.ee/originstoryp...
December 4, 2024 at 11:45 AM
Incredibly proud of this. The story of the BBC from its birth to the present day. It's the story of serious-minded humane people doing serious-minded humane things.
Reposted by John Peek
Ahoy, mateys! 🌈⚓ Poland’s hoisted the equality flag high, criminalizin’ anti-LGBT hate speech! 🏳️🌈⛵ notesfrompoland.com/2024/11/28/p...
Polish government approves criminalisation of anti-LGBT hate speech
The bill would add sexual orientation, gender, age and disability to the categories covered by Poland's hate crime laws.
notesfrompoland.com
November 30, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Ahoy, mateys! 🌈⚓ Poland’s hoisted the equality flag high, criminalizin’ anti-LGBT hate speech! 🏳️🌈⛵ notesfrompoland.com/2024/11/28/p...
Reposted by John Peek
The protestors want to call it "the tractor tax" because calling it "the inheritance tax protest" would turn off public opinion.
The tractors coming into London today, in fact, pay no road tax, no congestion charge, and no ULEZ.
Exempt from all.
The tractors coming into London today, in fact, pay no road tax, no congestion charge, and no ULEZ.
Exempt from all.
November 19, 2024 at 7:53 AM
The protestors want to call it "the tractor tax" because calling it "the inheritance tax protest" would turn off public opinion.
The tractors coming into London today, in fact, pay no road tax, no congestion charge, and no ULEZ.
Exempt from all.
The tractors coming into London today, in fact, pay no road tax, no congestion charge, and no ULEZ.
Exempt from all.
Reposted by John Peek
very much looking forward to Farage, Oakeshott, Hartley-Brewer and the rest demanding these idiots get the same jail time (5 years!) as the Just Stop Oil protestors… #FarmersProtest #jso
November 19, 2024 at 8:34 AM
very much looking forward to Farage, Oakeshott, Hartley-Brewer and the rest demanding these idiots get the same jail time (5 years!) as the Just Stop Oil protestors… #FarmersProtest #jso
Reposted by John Peek
If anyone wants to use me as a talking head or rent a quote I suggest the following format:
"You were an economist at the BoE?'
"Yes"
"At the same time as Reeves?"
"Yes"
"Can you confirm that she was an economist?"
"Yes"
"How can you be sure?"
"She wrote lots of economics and I read it."
"You were an economist at the BoE?'
"Yes"
"At the same time as Reeves?"
"Yes"
"Can you confirm that she was an economist?"
"Yes"
"How can you be sure?"
"She wrote lots of economics and I read it."
November 19, 2024 at 8:38 AM
If anyone wants to use me as a talking head or rent a quote I suggest the following format:
"You were an economist at the BoE?'
"Yes"
"At the same time as Reeves?"
"Yes"
"Can you confirm that she was an economist?"
"Yes"
"How can you be sure?"
"She wrote lots of economics and I read it."
"You were an economist at the BoE?'
"Yes"
"At the same time as Reeves?"
"Yes"
"Can you confirm that she was an economist?"
"Yes"
"How can you be sure?"
"She wrote lots of economics and I read it."
Reposted by John Peek
No-one will stop Putin with phone calls. The attack last night, one of the biggest in this war, has proved that telephone diplomacy cannot replace real support from the whole West for Ukraine. The next weeks will be decisive, not only for the war itself, but also for our future.
November 17, 2024 at 1:33 PM
No-one will stop Putin with phone calls. The attack last night, one of the biggest in this war, has proved that telephone diplomacy cannot replace real support from the whole West for Ukraine. The next weeks will be decisive, not only for the war itself, but also for our future.
Reposted by John Peek
Please welcome @theneweuropean.bsky.social on Bluesky 🎉
November 12, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Please welcome @theneweuropean.bsky.social on Bluesky 🎉
Reposted by John Peek
Hey another bit of Bluesky tech for anyone new here. This place doesn't have bookmarks yet, but if you want to make sure you don't forget anything you can reply to the post with this
📌
Then add this feed to your home page and it'll show you all the post you pinned bsky.app/profile/did:...
📌
Then add this feed to your home page and it'll show you all the post you pinned bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 8, 2024 at 4:13 AM
Hey another bit of Bluesky tech for anyone new here. This place doesn't have bookmarks yet, but if you want to make sure you don't forget anything you can reply to the post with this
📌
Then add this feed to your home page and it'll show you all the post you pinned bsky.app/profile/did:...
📌
Then add this feed to your home page and it'll show you all the post you pinned bsky.app/profile/did:...
Reposted by John Peek
Republic now
November 2, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Republic now
Reposted by John Peek
Obvs, 99% of me wants Harris to be a great PoTUS who heals divisions, restores legal norms and leads the US back to prosperity and normality.
But I'd be lying if I said there isn't 1% of me that wants her to arrest All The Trumps, shutter X and cancel every Musk or Bezos gov't contract. #DarkKamala
But I'd be lying if I said there isn't 1% of me that wants her to arrest All The Trumps, shutter X and cancel every Musk or Bezos gov't contract. #DarkKamala
October 27, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Obvs, 99% of me wants Harris to be a great PoTUS who heals divisions, restores legal norms and leads the US back to prosperity and normality.
But I'd be lying if I said there isn't 1% of me that wants her to arrest All The Trumps, shutter X and cancel every Musk or Bezos gov't contract. #DarkKamala
But I'd be lying if I said there isn't 1% of me that wants her to arrest All The Trumps, shutter X and cancel every Musk or Bezos gov't contract. #DarkKamala
Reposted by John Peek
HE MADE IT!
#Kamala #KamalaHarris #Harris-Walz #Harris2024 #Election2024 #Georgia #JimmyCarter
Early voting has begun in Georgia, and Jimmy Carter has cast his vote for Kamala Harris.
Early voting has begun in Georgia, and Jimmy Carter has cast his vote for Kamala Harris.
Jimmy Carter Achieves His Goal, Lives Long Enough to Vote for Kamala Harris
Early voting begins today in Georgia
meidasnews.com
October 15, 2024 at 1:54 PM
HE MADE IT!
Reposted by John Peek
When we complained that Liz Truss' think tank was breaking charity law the Charity Commission refused to act. After we made it very clear we would sue it caved and has agreed to investigate the IEA.
Regulator reopens complaint against Institute of Economic Affairs - Good Law Project
It took just 12 days for the Charity Commission to dismiss a complaint against the rightwing think-tank the Institute of Economic Affairs. Now it’s thinking again.
buff.ly
October 15, 2024 at 4:53 PM
When we complained that Liz Truss' think tank was breaking charity law the Charity Commission refused to act. After we made it very clear we would sue it caved and has agreed to investigate the IEA.
Reposted by John Peek
Alright, here is a timelapse of the most remarkably beautiful and electric storm I have ever chased, almost exactly one year ago tonight in central Oklahoma. This is why I chase.
September 21, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Alright, here is a timelapse of the most remarkably beautiful and electric storm I have ever chased, almost exactly one year ago tonight in central Oklahoma. This is why I chase.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #966,074!
September 22, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #966,074!
Reposted by John Peek
After trying to see it through the Musk era, I’m wrapping Twitter up over the next week. The aggro & toxicity has all got too much. I did give it my best but it’s started to affect my mental health & the place has been poisoned by racists, anti-LGBT+ nutters & Muskbots. Blue Skies ahead (hopefully!)
September 4, 2024 at 3:41 PM
After trying to see it through the Musk era, I’m wrapping Twitter up over the next week. The aggro & toxicity has all got too much. I did give it my best but it’s started to affect my mental health & the place has been poisoned by racists, anti-LGBT+ nutters & Muskbots. Blue Skies ahead (hopefully!)