Is @thetimes taming its trolls with a real names policy? Is the EU seriously looking at curtailing TikTok?
Does Betteridge’s Law apply to either of those questions?
Find out within:
@antonyslumbers Congratulations!
Buzzfeed: “Hey, we can product this content with AI!” Stock Market: “Fabulous news, bro, let’s pump that share price!”
This is…
…not encouraging. </understatement>
Lovely sunrise over Hassocks station this morning. t.co/vbPc4Obz0… 
This morning’s wisdom from the crack-of-dawn trip to the pool for my daughter: t.co/JNYb5VtCM… 
SUPpers and swans. t.co/VXLt2eSaW… 
On the D&D OGL mess:
“This is a community that literally invented the term “rules lawyer.” WotC simply didn’t realize how literally that would be taken.”
This is funny - and more than a little uncomfortable… twitter.com/DarrenJohnson6…
I know their days are numbered, but nothing quite beats a free charge at the station while you’re up in London. t.co/Ro0MP5Qhh… 
@coffeekate2 Dave Foster and I sorted the first modem and email addresses for Quantum. We had one email address per title, and only one computer hooked up to the internet…
@iainmhepburn Can I still dream of a Paternoster Gang show?
Lovely to see some blue sky again today. It’s been a hard January, and this was the lift I needed this afternoon. t.co/hJkPYJsCU… 
@mockduck The second I can afford to commission, I will. But right now, it’s that, a photo I take myself or an Unsplash freebie.
@maanya93 I have never had this experience.
Well, maybe occasionally.
Well, certainly not more than a few times a week…
@SarahJLonsdale Sounds like a good day TBH.
@Bill_Bowkett Wait, is that Chiles or young Anakin Skywalker?
I have a feeling you’ll appreciate the last item on that @Cameron_W_Clark — not much has changed since your @cityjournalism days, has it?
It’s time for me to take accountability for my terrible, aberrant views on TikTok: onemanandhisblog.com/2023/01/accoun…
(Plus why social media platforms go to shit, and the FT’s failed Mastodon experiment)
@hautepop @SophWarnes @benwhitelaw @MattNavarra @JackMarshall @ToolkitsCo Thanks! And I probably should have linked my own newsletter, rather than just mentioning it…
(Self-promotion fail 🤦🏼♂️)
@SophWarnes @hautepop @benwhitelaw And @MattNavarra’s Geekout is about as comprehensive as it gets in the social side. geekout.beehiiv.com
@SophWarnes @hautepop Then there’s @benwhitelaw and Everything in Moderation: everythinginmoderation.co
@SophWarnes @hautepop Well, there’s mine! And there’s the Audiencers one: theaudiencers.com/our-newsletter/
@SophWarnes Also Cory Doctrow’s take on the problem with TikTok is worth a read: pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/pot…
@SophWarnes I agree - but it’s an invested time versus return issue. If you’re the WSJ or the BBC you can afford the staff time for less tangible benefits. If you’re a smaller pub, you might not be able to. Plus: 🇨🇳
@SophWarnes I like Thoughts!