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hkesvani.bsky.social
Really funny to import this element of American culture war politics to the UK. Like any sensible person should respond to this by saying that Oberlin College is a uniquely American concept and can’t really be applied to the University of Hull
September 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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August 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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An image of a lighthouse can be seen in the foreground, overlaid over the copy. The Copy reads, Community-first Social Building. Channel.org. Why being charity-owned matters in the social media landscape. An image of a superyacht's hull, anchored in water. Below it, a paragraph of copy reads: Profit is killing social media. The biggest social media companies make a staggering amount of money every year. In 2024, X, previously Twitter, made $2.5 billion, Snapchat made $5.3 billion, TikTok made $23 billion, Instagram made $66.9 billion, Facebook made $164.5 billion*. Combined, that’s $262.2 billion in a single year. Enough to buy 37,000 60m superyachts, launch 39,000 Falcon X rockets, stay in a Deluxe Suite at the Ritz for 213,000 years, or pay off all student debt in the UK 57.6 times. Still, it isn’t enough. Big Tech platforms will squeeze as much money as they can from their users, even if it means sacrificing the social in social media. *www.businessofapps.com An image of rubber ducks racing down a river. Below it, a paragraph of copy reads: Charity led social media. In an effort to give community its meaning back, alternatives to Big Tech social platforms are rising in popularity. These efforts, like Channel.org, are backed by charities, funded by user donations, grants, and paid-for services. They don’t make ‘profit’, they grow as needed. By being accountable, not to the pockets of the board, but to the morals and ethics of their users, these platforms offer a unique chance to try something new. Social social media. In most cases, this means platforms are open-source, ad-free, and don’t steer content with algorithms to benefit certain stories or politics. They places for people to be with people, online.
August 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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An image of a lighthouse can be seen in the foreground, overlaid over the copy. The Copy reads, Community-first Social Building. Channel.org. Why being charity-owned matters in the social media landscape. An image of a superyacht's hull, anchored in water. Below it, a paragraph of copy reads: Profit is killing social media. The biggest social media companies make a staggering amount of money every year. In 2024, X, previously Twitter, made $2.5 billion, Snapchat made $5.3 billion, TikTok made $23 billion, Instagram made $66.9 billion, Facebook made $164.5 billion*. Combined, that’s $262.2 billion in a single year. Enough to buy 37,000 60m superyachts, launch 39,000 Falcon X rockets, stay in a Deluxe Suite at the Ritz for 213,000 years, or pay off all student debt in the UK 57.6 times. Still, it isn’t enough. Big Tech platforms will squeeze as much money as they can from their users, even if it means sacrificing the social in social media. *www.businessofapps.com An image of rubber ducks racing down a river. Below it, a paragraph of copy reads: Charity led social media. In an effort to give community its meaning back, alternatives to Big Tech social platforms are rising in popularity. These efforts, like Channel.org, are backed by charities, funded by user donations, grants, and paid-for services. They don’t make ‘profit’, they grow as needed. By being accountable, not to the pockets of the board, but to the morals and ethics of their users, these platforms offer a unique chance to try something new. Social social media. In most cases, this means platforms are open-source, ad-free, and don’t steer content with algorithms to benefit certain stories or politics. They places for people to be with people, online.
August 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
ispreview.bsky.social
KCOM to Launch Broadband Infrastructure Sharing in Hull UK on 1st August 2025 - News By ISPreview.co.uk #Cityfibre #FTTP #KCOM #OfcomRegulation #Openreach #Politics #Yorkshire
www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/20...
July 31, 2025 at 7:52 AM
adamskihg.bsky.social
FFS 🙄 - Reform - are perhaps the Rod Hull & Emu of UK politics. 😞 - With respect to both Rod Hull & Emu - & anyway…Reform’s founder & chief/head cvnt @nigelfarage.bsky.social is probably the biggest cvnt in the UK if not Europe 😞 so I suppose it’s to be expected 👇
July 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
ispreview.bsky.social
KCOM Publish Prices for Broadband Infrastructure Sharing in Hull UK - News By ISPreview.co.uk #Cityfibre #FTTP #KCOM #OfcomRegulation #Openreach #Politics #Yorkshire
www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/20...
July 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
drmariad.bsky.social
khan comes out fighting for London.👏👏
I support him.
Deprivation in London is extensive & as unacceptable as deprivation in Hull.
Does Labour want to foment further division in the UK?
Borrowing from the Farage playbook again?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Sadiq Khan warns ministers not to ‘put our towns and cities against each other’
London mayor attacks decision to sideline city in spending review, arguing it has some of UK’s worst deprivation
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
*New PSA Blog* Crisis or Renewal for #Democracy?
➡️ Understanding the #political message from the 2025 UK Local Council #Elections, by Dr. Aruni Samarakoon, PSA #DiverseVoices Scholar, University of Hull @uniofhull.bsky.social buff.ly/QbgzEQG
#politics #politicalstudies #research #UKPolitics
May 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
drtomjones.bsky.social
"There was 1 feature common to all 6 of this year’s mayoral elections: very poor turnout, which ranged from 33.6% in North Tyneside to 29.8% in Hull and East Yorkshire."

In a 4 or 5 horse race, you can win with 10% of those eligible to vote. Democracy is dead.

www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-...
Local and mayoral elections 2025: Key results and trends
With counting over in this year’s local and mayoral elections, here is a summary of the key results and trends to emerge from an eventful 24 hours in UK politics.
www.lbc.co.uk
May 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
lizwebster.bsky.social
The EU is back to using access (veterinary deals, fish) as leverage.

UK politics stuck between Brussels gravity & Farage fantasy.

Starmer’s Brexit reset shaves barnacles off Brexit, but won’t fix the hull.
May 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
ianmoody.bsky.social
Reform UK on course to win in two mayoral contests.
Polling predicts victory for party in Greater Lincolnshire and Hull/East Yorkshire with the Greens possibly taking West of England.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Reform UK on course to win in two mayoral contests – UK politics live
Polling predicts victory for party in Greater Lincolnshire and Hull/East Yorkshire with the Greens possibly taking West of England
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
global-news-2024.bsky.social
🤖 Reform UK on course to win in two mayoral contests – UK politics live
Key points:
• YouGov polling predicts victory for party in Greater Lincolnshire and Hull/East Yorkshire with...
#Yorkshire #Mayoral #Politics
Source: The Guardian | What are your thoughts?
April 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social
Reform UK on course for clear wins in Greater Lincolnshire and Hull/East Yorkshire mayoral contests, poll suggests - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
April 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
macwrites.bsky.social
Sad to see former deputy prime minister (and more importantly) former Hull MP John Prescott has passes away. Served Hull well and had integrity and spirit. Something politics had come to lack in abundance recently. #hull#politics#UK
November 21, 2024 at 9:11 AM
rosmondjones.bsky.social
I love this photo. It’s how I’ll remember John, with Tony and Gordon, fighting for the change for Hull & the UK that he believed in. UK politics is a poorer place today without John. It’s rare for someone to dedicate their entire life to public service but Prescott did just that. Thank you, John.
November 21, 2024 at 7:36 AM
ispreview.bsky.social
MS3 Begin Trial to Run FTTP Broadband via KCOM's Poles in Hull UK - News By ISPreview.co.uk #FTTP #KCOM #Lincolnshire #OfcomRegulation #Openreach #Politics #Yorkshire
www.ispreview.co.uk/?p=39680
October 14, 2024 at 10:03 AM
emmahardymp.bsky.social
Really looking for a new platform like Twitter c 2011 and hoping this will be the place.

Interested in UK politics, education #LabourParty #Hull #EastYorks and all things environmental 🦋

(And cats. Lots of cats)
August 11, 2024 at 5:02 PM