Savoured and then ruined

Some snaps from the @birmac.bsky.social / Media & Democracy / Qualitative Methods Group workshop 'Exploring Quali-Quantitative Approaches in Social Media Research', where me, @robtoes.bsky.social & participants explored methods for approaching the messy, contradictory phenomena that is social media

I’d like to see some mainstream journalists put a question like this to Labour ministers. It the logical question to follow.

Tempting

I was coming to Heathrow with fears, terrible fears, of the aftereffects from Friday. And then my tube journey went horribly wrong, with the train needing to reverse after waiting 45 minutes in the tunnel. I thought surely I’d miss my flight. managed to get a cab. And I arrived to this utter chaos.

Wait these emails I've been getting from people 'reaching out' about joining editorial boards for unknown journals, presenting at conferences, discussing my university's procurement, and so on haven't been authored towards little old me specifically?

Venus and the Moon, seen from Walthamstow, East London

Am I the only person who on Teams/Zoom calls nervously fiddles with their pen clip for no particular reason while talking? Because I seem to be wreaking considerable damage over here.

I can do this

Following the 'Starmer Model' I suppose

Before that this Compaq Portable regularly borrowed by my dad from his office job