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Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

Came full circle in the end: I'm not impressed with X either. See you on Bluesky at @bitoclass.uk

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Jun 20

I'm not impressed with Twitter really. I expect I'll get used to it but seriously, I can't even get a userpic to upload at the moment. Poor.

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Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

Came full circle in the end: I'm not impressed with X either. See you on Bluesky at @bitoclass.uk https://twitter.com/bitoclass/status/839811004

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/sep/05/racism-misogyny-lies-how-did-x-become-so-full-of-hatred-and-is-it-ethical-to-keep-using-it

Racism, misogyny, lies: how did X become so full of hatred? And is it ethical to keep using it?

Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter, I and many others have been looking for alternatives. Who wants to share a platform with the likes of Andrew Tate and Tommy Robinson?

www.theguardian.com

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Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

This makes sense - have seen a lot more activity in the other place recently. I'm not here any more but I have been over there for months and would love you to be there too 🙏🏻 https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/bluesky-signups-surge-uk-amid-musks-row-with-government-over-riots-2024-08-13/

Bluesky signups surge in UK amid Musk's feud with government over riots

Social media platform Bluesky said it has seen a surge in signups in the United Kingdom in the recent days, a sign that Elon Musk's controversial comments on the nationwide riots were prompting people to look for alternatives to X.

www.reuters.com

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

Are you still hanging out in this "vast worldwide sewer"? Don't, imo
https://www.politico.eu/article/paris-mayor-hidalgo-quits-elon-musks-x-says-its-become-vast-worldwide-sewer/

‘Vast worldwide sewer’: Paris mayor quits X with swipe at Elon Musk

‘This platform and its owner act deliberately to exacerbate tensions and conflicts,’ Anne Hidalgo says.

www.politico.eu

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

The other site is ballooning with new X-leavers – but also with loads of posts correctly saying that no-one on the left/centre, nor any public service org's official comms, should still be here on this fash-run site, which feels like something better posted here, so here it is

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

Here's where I've been since I left this awful place, please join this much nicer place, I miss your posts, even the 4/10 ones https://bsky.app/profile/bitoclass.uk

Paul (@bitoclass.uk)

SE Londoner, in Lewisham. Been here ages, enjoying the "2008 Twitter" vibes. Interests include: London, transport, politics, food, feminism, music, arts, culture, Manchester, the media. Hoping for Leveson 2

bsky.app

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Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

Popping in to remind you that there's a better experience to be had on Bluesky, if the X algorithm decides to let you see this amid all the riot-stoking conspiracies and Kamala deepfakes this site's owner is keen to push at you for as long as you stick around 😬

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Jan 25

I did it! I stopped checking Twitter! ★★★★★, would leave a site run by a hateful billionaire again 👍🏻

I'm now mostly at @bitoclass.uk on Bluesky, but also @[first name][last name minus penultimate lettr] on Threads (and Instagram) and
@[email protected] on Mastodon

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

Anyone want my spare ticket to see @SELFESTEEM___ star, tonight only, in an intriguing, innovative play in Sloane Square? https://twckts.com/QAox

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

Nothing I've heard about the BBC's election night show makes me regret my decision to literally put it on only in a second room at my all-night party and stick with Channel 4 and Sky News in the room I spent the night in https://twitter.com/stephenkb/status/1810004914560467442

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

Watching LCD Soundsystem's keyboard guy playing All My Friends live at Glastonbury

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

Sunak's found a backbone and is suddenly laying into not just racism in Reform but also Andrew Tate! Where has this Sunak been for his entire career thus far and why did he think it was a good idea to hide him until the last six days of voting?
https://t.co/8YKeWoVrcZ

Nigel Farage takes part in Question Time election special – as it happened

The leader of Reform UK was questioned by an audience in Birmingham as election campaigning enters its final days

www.theguardian.com

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

Just when you thought the quality of conversations in That Room couldn't get any worse https://twitter.com/AdamBienkov/status/1806065401098367062

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

Oh no, apparently that questioner will be in the """spin room""" soon, for some reason

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

It was absolutely bizarre. Which members of the party are more senior than… its leader? https://twitter.com/hannahchrstina/status/1806057884788088971

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Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

https://twitter.com/Annaisaac/status/1804173522291286382 https://t.co/SIbU5tmhsA

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

Why did tech startup edgelords feel the need to reinvent something as standardised and well researched as the basic format of video captions/subtitles? Who wants to read one all-caps word flashing up at a time?! Exhausting

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

Landlords thinking they are *entitled* to steady easy money no matter what happens and it's legit to do pretty much anything to sustain that unearned income is so well illustrated here, and so ingrained almost everywhere else https://twitter.com/prstskrzkrk/status/1803470994616754238

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

No wonder K*vin Sch*field is all over the betting story, he was a lobbyist for the gambling industry for a few years recently (his X bio glosses over this, funnily enough), so he must be outraged that the Conservatives are allegedly trying to steal money from Big Gambling

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

Can't help thinking if I were Neil Kinnock, and had experienced a devastating last-minute election loss amid a scare campaign about which tax rises I might bring in, I might simply not have this conversation in public during an election campaign 🤔 https://t.co/0Aa2nS7Ejl

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

A friend was just Googling for Conservatives' achievements and… this checks out

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

Appalled to find out that, during @nsandihelp's own webchat opening hours, they don't have a queueing system to wait for an agent, but instead tell you to go and message them on a website run by a far-right billionaire.

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

Just embarrassing for these 'journalists' that they were just as clueless and out of touch as Sunak himself, almost completely missing this enormous story yesterday. "I suppose there is something slightly awkward about that", concludes Kuenssberg. https://t.co/m0vtiRJWvK

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

Can't believe I have to come back to this fash-run site just so I can share this video of Tim Montgomerie basically admitting he's just a government mouthpiece who gets told his opinions down the phone by No. 10 before he goes on TV https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1798844486254223487

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Nov 28

Just popping in to say Bluesky is really going very nicely now, good Twitter circa 2010 vibes, but I do miss those of you who haven't made the leap, see you over there if you fancy it 🤞🏻

Paul’s old tweets (2008-2024) @twitter.bitoclass.uk · Jan 25

I did it! I stopped checking Twitter! ★★★★★, would leave a site run by a hateful billionaire again 👍🏻

I'm now mostly at @bitoclass.uk on Bluesky, but also @[first name][last name minus penultimate lettr] on Threads (and Instagram) and
@[email protected] on Mastodon