If you want a village, you need to first do the work of being a villager. No idea who said this first, but it's true.

It's taken me years to write about my own experience with burnout recovery. Although it was difficult to reflect on it, I'm glad I did. I took myself on a deep dive into burnout and noticed five stages in my own burnout recovery. Hope it's helpful. goodcommunity.co.uk/the-truth-ab...

Part-time business support / comms / events job at Advice Services Alliance. Closes tomorrow. #CharityJob

Important data point here: “A sharp fall in Labour's performance is accompanied more often by an above average Green performance than it is by a strong Reform performance”. The Greens have already hurt Labour even before any direct gains.

I wonder when we're going to be ready to talk about classism in the charity sector...

Charity sector folks - are you here? Do you want to take part in a low-time and low-effort experiment to build a sector 'community' here? At the moment it's hard to find each other but I hope we can fix that. I'm at the ideas stage with this and happy to hear your thoughts!

Nigel's death in #EastEnders was peaceful, and seemingly pain free. However, around 170,000 people in England every year spend their final days in pain, distress or without vital support that should be available to everyone at the end of life. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/almost-...

I love hearing snippets of conversations on the streets of London. A stressed woman talks about "his absolute shenanigans..." A wife says to her husband who lingers at a passing restaurant menu "if you weren't hungry you wouldn't be looking at every menu we pass..." I know their stories

Full of ideas and connections after today's Charity Meetup Great to catch up with Dawn Newton for lunch and then dive into three hours of relaxed and friendly conversation and inspiring discussion Who was there? #charitymeetup #nfpsky #charitysky

Important from Met Police commissioner Mark Rowley 👇

Anyone using the c2c from Fenchurch Street is going to struggle today. Station closed and no trains since about 4.30pm Cabbies are benefiting in the short term at least

Maybe it's being British but during times of great uncertainty, corruption and 'big' news, I tend to think 'well it's a good time to be a comedian at least'

In consulting, there's a difference between talking the talk, walking the walk, and having the receipts. For example, you tell people what works in communities, help them to build a better community, and show them from your own experience what good looks like and why. Not everyone can do it all.

It's always fun when Google Photos pings a reminder with 'Has it really been 6 years?' and it's a picture of my Gousto meal. LOL.

The end of Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime is a victory not just for Hungary, but for people who value democracy around the world. Congratulations to Tisza, to incoming leader Péter Magyar, and to Hungarians everywhere.

Sad to hear that Asha Bhosle - the Bollywood singer named in 'Brimful of Asha' - has died. That song immortalised her cultural influence outside of India. The one who kept the dream alive. RIP. ❤️🎶 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If I recall correctly, this is Hosok Ter aka Heroes Square in Budapest. It's a large square flanked by two museums and it's a way away from the Parliament area A lot of people gathering here in a place I believe has historical significance for the Magyar (Hungarians) Sending solidarity ❤️🇬🇧

Folks, if you use Bluesky to send me unsolicited fundraising asks because I work with nonprofits, I will mute you. And if you keep doing it, I'll report you. Post about fundraising by all means. But tagging people you don't know who have no connection to your cause is counterproductive.

Excellent campaign from @carers-uk.bsky.social - unpaid carers save the public sector MILLIONS and they deserve to be financially supported because they've often given up employment in order to care for others.

How do you know if you're a community professional? If you work in online peer support, cohort learning, fundraising, volunteer or campaigner networks And you support people who gather in places like Slack, Yammer, Facebook Groups, forums, Discord or Circle You're an online community builder... 🧵

The most British thing ever

Them: Bluesky is dying! Me:

There really is an art in getting a genuinely brand-appropriate and amusing April Fools Joke, isn't there?

Online Community Lead, UK charity, home based, £39k For people with experience in leading or running online communities, and with a passion for accessible safe online peer support. joinus.mndassociation.org/job/858544 (They're a client of mine so you might get to work with me...)

If you haven't seen this glorious analysis of the 9 types of men who pop up to school women on anything particularly harassment and sexual misconduct, here you go...

Seems like Apple has totally botched introducing age verification. My mum has just updated her phone and suddenly needs to verify her age. She doesn't have a credit card. She doesn't drive, so has no driver's licence. There are literally no other options for her to verify her age.

When Meta announced the Horizon Worlds shut down, a lot of us laughed. Dr. Ruth Diaz, who worked on the project early on and left in 2022 says it's betrayal. "Zuckerberg renamed his company Meta to claim transformation. What he has actually done is strip-mine the trust and labor of every creator."

When monetisation meets community it rarely ends well

Gousto have lured us back in with a discount of 60% off the first box - from £56 to £26. I think I have some credit so it could be even cheaper. All five recipes are new: two soups and stews, two 'prepped in 5' and one 'ready in 10'. They usually take longer than what it says, but here goes!

This is absolutely brilliant. Instigated by Gordon Brown, delivered today. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Years ago, I managed to block a live hacking attempt of a forum I worked on. Had a similar experience this week (albeit a test we hadn't been told about). Oh the STRESS. My dear friends in testing - TELL people when you're testing a live forum environment. It ain't a website. We'll ban ya

New job: Online Community Manager at Sue Ryder UK charity, community of circumstance Salary and benefits listed Hybrid role for UK-based applicants careers.sueryder.org/SueRyder/Job... #cmgr #communitymanagers #cmgrjobs

Creating space in community building to hear deeper and more interesting insights is vital. It's not about dissing what already exists, but amending, expanding, and building on it. It's more, not either/or. More places, perspectives and points. There's more to being a #cmgr #CommunityManagers

Digg laid off a significant number of staff and shut down its app, but says it's not giving up on the startup.

Meta is dropping encrypted messages from Instagram DMs from 8 May. This means that your all private conversations will be readable by Meta, shareable with advertisers, and subpoenable by courts. Privacy should be a default. Sign our petition. www.mozillafoundation.org/petitions/ke...

Bit of an off-topic post, but has anyone had experience in getting an older dog to use steps (the foam ones you buy to help them get up and down from sofas and beds etc)? She's a Yorkshire Terrier and for those who don't know, those dogs are extremely smart and stubborn. #olderdogs #dogsky

So you want to spend less time on your phone. How do you do that when it's designed to suck you in? Life Kit spoke to experts in behavioral science, psychology and technology for real-world advice. n.pr/4sE15OH

my biggest advice is join communities that get you access to people more senior than you. being apart of communities with people on your level is good but won't get you access to the opportunities you want to get

Cindy Cohn & @eff.org have led the fight for digital rights—challenging surveillance & protecting online freedom. 🎧 Cohn talks with Rainey Reitman about her new book, PRIVACY'S DEFENDER, and the cases that shaped the internet ➡️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/pri... @reitman.bsky.social

I don't think grammarly should just get to do "sorry deleting now" after ventriloquizing living and dead people without their consent to make money

I knew this would do numbers on Reddit.

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...

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.

New blog post: A New Communities of Practice Model for Organisational Maturity emilywebber.co.uk/a-new-commun...

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.

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.

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