And here it is on Amazon, if you must: amzn.to/3SBgnTa
A moving and inspiring post by @LauraPriceWrite, whom I taught at @cityjournalism years ago. Give it a read — and then consider buying her book Single Bald Female. lauraprice.substack.com/p/chapter-two-…
My youngest is enjoying a trip to the local Lidl far too much. t.co/gqV9huLKL… 
@rcade @charlesarthur @thekellyvero @mrjamesob I will see nothing better on Twitter today than the phrase “perfidious portfolio of primes”. 👏🏻
Well, the WhatsApp customer support chat with @edfenergy is going well so far. One irrelevant reply, followed by silence.
Total time conversation has been running: 9 hours.
% of time spent addressing my problem: 0%
🤦🏼♂️
@Flipping_Pages Our household spending on print magazines has gone up - just took out a new sub for the eldest’s birthday, in fact. But I haven’t bought a print newspaper in some years now.
Let’s celebrate! My blog is 21 years old adders.livejournal.com/280251.html #ljanniversary
Please stop retweeting long threads on medical matters by people who have no relevant expertise (look for people with expertise in virology, immunology, epidemiology, etc…).
Finished reading: The Earth Beneath My Feet by Andrew Terrill 📚 Quite a remarkable book. It takes you deep into the highs and lows of an epic - and probably deeply unwise - hiking adventure. micro.blog/books/97817370…
Last early morning trip to the swimming pool before the Autumn. Rewarded with some lovely views. t.co/QA8s2IshG… 
@t3o4n5y Like any analytics, it’s just one tool in the toolbox.
@aspirethemes Exciting stuff! Looking forward to it.
Lovely still afternoon on the river. t.co/EZQ4nmdfQ… 
One for you @dominicyoung twitter.com/monicabyrne13/…
@petren Me, remembering that I’ve been writing about this since at least 2018: t.co/7O3O4ppLU…
@baekdal It’s caught the Medium disease…
Small update to this, including a Gif…
My (personal) rules on email analytics:
- Don’t look for at least an hour after the send
- Don’t obsess over individual unsubscribes - the reasons people do so are complex
- Any newsletter where I get to 25% open rate before an unsubscribe is a good day.
Facebook’s long, slow break-up with journalism is underway.
And I, for one, am glad to see this toxic, power imbalance relationship come to an end…
“Finally” is a horribly over-used word in journalism.
That said…
🚨Site <ews Klaxon🚨
Search has finally returned to @omandhb after 4 years, so you can go archive-diving in 19 years of high-quality blog content…
(Or find the ropey old posts, too.)
What’s the role of experiential journalism in a world saturated with experiential social media? onemanandhisblog.com/2022/07/obesit…
Instagram hasn’t been a photo app for a long time now, and if your social strategy is still based around that idea, you need to change it — fast.
(I miss the old ‘gram, but nostalgia isn’t a social strategy…)
Triaging my email this morning, I’m reminded strongly of this, which I wrote about newsletters last week…
Most newsrooms disprove this thesis.