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This looks gorgeous. And how have I missed British Pie week! We've bought puff pastry just now, and will rectify this error over the weekend.

Being knee deep in a huge piece of client work is no excuse. It's going on my Google calendar now...

Text reads: "Check out your local library. As well as physical books, many offer audio books, e-books, magazines and more."

Text reads: "Reading in a way that’s accessible. All the official World Book Day books are printed on off-white paper and are available in braille, large print and audio."

Text reads: "Listen for free. Apps like Libby, Spotify and Audible offer a selection of free audio books."

Text reads: "Inspiring your children to read. Initiatives like Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library gifts a book every month to children under 5."

Happy World Book Day 📚

It’s also the National Year of Reading and we want to encourage you to read about the things you already love!

We've shared some ways to help you read what you want, the way you want to. Or visit https://goallin.org.uk/resources/ for more.

Communities of Practice Model for Organisational Maturity I have been busy working on the second edition of my book, Building Successful Communities of Practice. As it's 10 years since the first one, there is a lot of new content, including a new communities...

New blog post: A New Communities of Practice Model for Organisational Maturity

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That feeling of relief in finishing a huge piece of work.

I mean a 6 section, 65 page piece of work, with two bespoke visuals, and two visuals that were in my head for months/years and are now clarified and on paper. Well, Canva actually.

I think it might be the best thing I've ever written.

It's a sign!

It's bizarre. The 'liberty first' attitude to COVID-19 vaccines and masks, plus misinformation running rampant in politics and on social media (without adequate moderation) has contributed to this mess.

84% of the time, “ChatGPT Health” killed a customer using their paid service as advertised

Social media can connect us, but it can also drain us. Here's how you can take back control of your digital space.

Watch the daily dose.

I can't stop thinking about him. How needless, how cruel.

The Islamic State Is Using AI to Resurrect Dead Leaders and Platforms Are Failing to Moderate It The group is talking about Epstein and filming propaganda videos in Roblox as a form of 'digital Jihad,' researchers say.

the Islamic State is still around and is mostly interested in posting. It's using AI to kirkify dead leaders, trying to recruit in Roblox, and talking about Epstein to build clout

so ... Daesh is just like everyone else online

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Amazon is making a change to Wishlists that may make your address visible to gift buyers, starting on March 25, 2026.

They recommend you get a PO Box to protect yourself from accidentally being doxxed.

Yup. Which nicely exposes who is the funder and who is the 'enemy' of this political machine...

Valuing the important things and staying connected to customer (or having a team that does) is the sign of a good CEO

Interesting points, although as a WC person I'm not sure I ever saw the disconnect between multiculturalism and socialist principles and what white WC people need.

I'd also argue the Tories face a far greater existential crisis right now. Also, a lot of this surely points to the need for PR?

Thank you and your team for this work. Renters in London desperately need better protections.

Exceptional work. London Centric are showing what can be done with high quality independent journalism

Don't they call him Nigel Mirage down there? 😁

This is exactly right. The Onion quietly left Twitter a month ago and... our weekly subscribers went up. It's because we're doing well here, on Instagram and on YouTube.

As a business, being on Twitter is somewhere between useless or detrimental, unless you're selling boner pills.

That explains it!

It's not just nostalgia, it's like a dark shadow is hanging over the 21st century and we're all going to have to work together to banish it (to banish the people causing it)

But I reckon there's still hope. There's still human moments, good telly, fabulous food,and an open www :)

I miss the whimsical TV chaos of Shooting Stars, Banzai, and Maid Marion and her Merry Men.

I miss the joy of the 2012 Olympics, the early 00s social media, the opportunity of being part of the EU, the £1.40 pints at university, college fees that could be paid off, actual affordable housing...

I feel that, and also feel something beyond nostalgia for life before 2016.

My experience relates to being an 80s kid in the UK but my, did it feel more hopeful, more free and less angry than now.

I wish today's kids had what I did

This infamous Steve Bannon quote is key to understanding America’s crazy politics | CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter.

Your regular reminder that you should look at what populist politicians are doing, who they're funded by, and who they're meeting with

Not what they're saying.

With new eyes, you'll look at Johnson, Farage, and that other guy over there...

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Betteridge's Law of Headlines...

I think every community has different edge cases. Different trolls, with different hallmarks.

Of course, moderation tools can search against databases, trigger flags for keywords, censor specific wors

But a tool that combines the things your team are looking out for manually? Very useful...

Is anyone aware of a customisable moderation tool that can be configured to scan for potential triggers that are bespoke to that community?

e.g. IF user IP = x country AND post content words INCLUDE Aword Bwork OR Cword AND/OR user content is flagged

#ModerationTools #CommunityManagers #cmgr

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Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and £150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.

Image split into four photos with caption 'Spot the connection' Photos of a red lucky cat with chinese lettering, a pile of flat pancakes with lemon and sugar, a dark sky with a very thin sliver of a moon, and a plate with dates next to a lamp with coloured panes of glass

Spot the connection time... Time for February fun! What do these four photos represent, and what connects them?

Share your suggestions below and I'll reveal the answer in a day or two!

yellow blossom on a street tree

pink blossom on a street tree

yellow blossom on a mimosa tree

white blossom on a cherry plum tree

It's starting.

#BlossomWatch