Toby Moses
@tobymoses.bsky.social
Head of newsletters, The Guardian
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He's still learnt nothing!
February 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
He's still learnt nothing!
Perhaps, just perhaps, appearing on the podcast of people who think Rishi Sunak isn't English - even if it is to disagree - helps to legitimise that sort of racism becoming a mainstream talking point. But then, I guess we can't expect better from a former Spectator editor
February 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Perhaps, just perhaps, appearing on the podcast of people who think Rishi Sunak isn't English - even if it is to disagree - helps to legitimise that sort of racism becoming a mainstream talking point. But then, I guess we can't expect better from a former Spectator editor
I wanted Spurs to win, but 5-1 with half an hour to play is just hilarious
December 22, 2024 at 5:55 PM
I wanted Spurs to win, but 5-1 with half an hour to play is just hilarious
Highlight of the year has landed
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It has been quite the year, so as a distraction from all that here are my WTF TV news moments from 2024 ✨
December 10, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Highlight of the year has landed
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(probably quite a piquant view but the Guardian hadn't exactly been letting the Observer thrive over the past decade or so, so maybe it's not the worst thing in the world that a group of people who are actually excited about the paper has now bought it)
December 6, 2024 at 9:46 AM
(probably quite a piquant view but the Guardian hadn't exactly been letting the Observer thrive over the past decade or so, so maybe it's not the worst thing in the world that a group of people who are actually excited about the paper has now bought it)
Happy to wear the logo of some dodgy bitcoin company, but god forbid a rainbow should ever appear near him
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Rainbow Laces: Manchester United scrap plans for LGBTQ+ jacket after player refuses to wear it
Rainbow Laces: Manchester United scrap plans for LGBTQ+ jacket after player refuses to wear it
Manchester United abandoned plans to wear a jacket supporting the LGBTQ+ community before the Sunday's win over Everton because a player refused to wear it.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Happy to wear the logo of some dodgy bitcoin company, but god forbid a rainbow should ever appear near him
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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🧵
Everything's definitely totally above board with refs and PGMOL and anyone asking questions is definitely a crazed conspiracist blinded by club loyalty
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
David Coote: FA investigating claims referee discussed giving yellow card
The Football Association is investigating allegations that the referee David Coote discussed giving a yellow card before a game
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Everything's definitely totally above board with refs and PGMOL and anyone asking questions is definitely a crazed conspiracist blinded by club loyalty
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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'The readiness to repudiate identity politics & group them under “bad woke” is less about policy and more about the fact that social justice never really found a home amongst liberals, who were happy to capture its energy but not its demands.'
The week's column
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The week's column
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘Woke’ didn’t lose the US election: the patrician class who hijacked identity politics did | Nesrine Malik
Why is this simple explanation being so widely embraced? Because it does not require a commitment to real, structural change, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 11:17 AM
'The readiness to repudiate identity politics & group them under “bad woke” is less about policy and more about the fact that social justice never really found a home amongst liberals, who were happy to capture its energy but not its demands.'
The week's column
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The week's column
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian's Bluesky account has been up for less than a week and has more than 250k followers. More than that headline number though, is the quality of the replies. If it was ever like that on Twitter from the brand account, I don't remember it
November 22, 2024 at 10:49 AM
The Guardian's Bluesky account has been up for less than a week and has more than 250k followers. More than that headline number though, is the quality of the replies. If it was ever like that on Twitter from the brand account, I don't remember it
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The British economy is built on a solid bedrock of Bet365, OnlyFans, and fleecing the public in the name of your ageing father.
November 21, 2024 at 8:32 AM
The British economy is built on a solid bedrock of Bet365, OnlyFans, and fleecing the public in the name of your ageing father.
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FINALLY. Now we can see what everyone was complaining about last week.
November 20, 2024 at 2:45 AM
FINALLY. Now we can see what everyone was complaining about last week.
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There are folks I would gladly give $5/month to support their writing if they weren't on Substack. I don't have the info with me, but I know there are non-fascist alternatives that offer the same services. Money is being left on the table by folks too lazy to change or too oblivious to care.
It’s been fash for years
November 20, 2024 at 3:56 PM
There are folks I would gladly give $5/month to support their writing if they weren't on Substack. I don't have the info with me, but I know there are non-fascist alternatives that offer the same services. Money is being left on the table by folks too lazy to change or too oblivious to care.
This is a fascinating and terrifying look at what could be the future of much of our social media
www.wired.com/story/ai-pim...
www.wired.com/story/ai-pim...
Inside the Booming ‘AI Pimping’ Industry
AI-generated influencers based on stolen images of real-life adult content creators are flooding social media.
www.wired.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:41 PM
This is a fascinating and terrifying look at what could be the future of much of our social media
www.wired.com/story/ai-pim...
www.wired.com/story/ai-pim...
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This is really getting quite remarkable
• BlueSky user numbers have doubled in the past week and now total 3.5 million across US & UK 🚀
• Number of people deleting their X/Twitter account remains way up
And the next chart is particularly notable...
• BlueSky user numbers have doubled in the past week and now total 3.5 million across US & UK 🚀
• Number of people deleting their X/Twitter account remains way up
And the next chart is particularly notable...
November 19, 2024 at 9:39 PM
This is really getting quite remarkable
• BlueSky user numbers have doubled in the past week and now total 3.5 million across US & UK 🚀
• Number of people deleting their X/Twitter account remains way up
And the next chart is particularly notable...
• BlueSky user numbers have doubled in the past week and now total 3.5 million across US & UK 🚀
• Number of people deleting their X/Twitter account remains way up
And the next chart is particularly notable...
Despite a massive head start, BlueSky has now overtaken Threads in the US 👇
November 20, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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Every change big tech companies make, whether Google, Meta or X, is designed to keep us on their platforms - not give people things they actually want.
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after 10 years of big social media telling us no one wants posts that link out to other websites, it turns out it was really just the big social media companies that didn't want that
So I don't check my analytics that much, but this is the first time I've noticed that Bluesky topped the list of referrers to Techdirt (for non-search based traffic, Google still sent a lot more).
November 19, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Every change big tech companies make, whether Google, Meta or X, is designed to keep us on their platforms - not give people things they actually want.
bsky.app/profile/orem...
bsky.app/profile/orem...
In the future (like next year?) we'll all be wondering why we gave away all our data for free, as the oligarchs sit on the billions they made from it. And all we got in a return was some half-arsed AR games in return
www.404media.co/pokemon-go-p...
www.404media.co/pokemon-go-p...
Pokémon Go Players Have Unwittingly Trained AI to Navigate the World
Niantic says it is using data generated by Pokémon Go players to create a “Large Geospatial Model” that can navigate the real world and power robots.
www.404media.co
November 19, 2024 at 4:15 PM
In the future (like next year?) we'll all be wondering why we gave away all our data for free, as the oligarchs sit on the billions they made from it. And all we got in a return was some half-arsed AR games in return
www.404media.co/pokemon-go-p...
www.404media.co/pokemon-go-p...
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The Guardian asked me to choose a comfort watch for bleak days. Not a difficult decision. www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...
‘Makes my heart beat faster’: why I Know Where I’m Going! is my feelgood movie
In the first of a new series in which writers explain their favourite mood-lifting watch, an ode to a charming 40s romance
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 11:45 AM
The Guardian asked me to choose a comfort watch for bleak days. Not a difficult decision. www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...
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I really don’t understand this whole ‘stay on Twitter and fight’ thing. You’re jousting with bots and reply guys and wading through ads it’s not Waterloo.
November 16, 2024 at 1:44 PM
I really don’t understand this whole ‘stay on Twitter and fight’ thing. You’re jousting with bots and reply guys and wading through ads it’s not Waterloo.
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I’ve made a starter pack of lobby (ish) journos - those reporting on UK politics
Give me a nudge if you think you should be on it and I missed you!
go.bsky.app/H3jDVJb
Give me a nudge if you think you should be on it and I missed you!
go.bsky.app/H3jDVJb
November 15, 2024 at 1:02 PM
I’ve made a starter pack of lobby (ish) journos - those reporting on UK politics
Give me a nudge if you think you should be on it and I missed you!
go.bsky.app/H3jDVJb
Give me a nudge if you think you should be on it and I missed you!
go.bsky.app/H3jDVJb
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We’ve put a lot of work into making Bluesky a healthier social network. This app is designed to give you a choice — in what you want to see, what you don’t want to see, and how you want to interact.
Some tips on how to customize your experience:
Some tips on how to customize your experience:
November 14, 2024 at 11:01 PM
We’ve put a lot of work into making Bluesky a healthier social network. This app is designed to give you a choice — in what you want to see, what you don’t want to see, and how you want to interact.
Some tips on how to customize your experience:
Some tips on how to customize your experience: