If you’re a journalist, everyone’s a critic. @manton’s turn:

It used to be that opinion sections and letters to the editor were great places to hear a diverse set of perspectives. Now the whole web is that. Journalists are straining their credibility when we most need the facts.

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It’s time to stop caring what journalists think.

— @dave, not beating about the bush…

Does a new government open up the chance to refresh the transparency agenda?

A discussion from #ODCamp in Manchester…

Uploading the first of my photos from #ODCamp to Flickr.

The last #ODCamp session liveblog from Matt and I today: with the Microsoft AI CEO saying all web content is “freeware” and usable for training, how do the Open Data community feel about that?

Here’s the pitches from the #ODcamp 9 unconference in Manchester today.

Reservoir #ODCamp dogs.

Several people with backpacks are walking down a narrow path next to a brick wall and a green, leafy area.Several people are walking along a city street lined with modern buildings on a cloudy day.

Did a democracy. Took my daughters - this will be the first general election that they really remember.

A man and two children are smiling for a selfie in front of a building with polling station opening times posted on the door.

Blimey. As the other social networks pull away from journalist, Mastodon is embracing it — and even Threads might be warming up to it again.

Interesting times.

(Paradigm shifts always are…)

This is a pitch for a Doctor Who episode, not a useful journalism notification…

A notification from The Telegraph states that Ed Miliband is preparing to wage a wind-powered war on the British countryside.