In 2010 I was made Digital Election Correspondent for the BBC’s coverage of that year’s General Election and set about following every politician I could find with a Twitter account. While its impact was exaggerated, social media came of age in that election and by 2015 it was a vital campaign tool

Alan White@aljwhite.bsky.social · 18h ago

Lucy Powell has just told Sky News, re the Ed Miliband / Brand interview: "We weren't in the social media age at the time - where you could maybe search things up and see allegations about somebody at the time." This is somewhat at odds with the things I lay out in my piece

Tail up and raring to go #sophiefromromania was very frisky at 7am - her companion with the dodgy back, not so much

rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/jensen-hua... Wrote this about Jensen Huang back in July. Now further evidence emerges about his character. Though Trump, who knows a bit about adultery says he’s “a fine person, but you never know what's going on”

Jensen Huang, from hero to zero

A footnote in a book destroyed my trust in Nvidia's founder

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Come on keep up said #sophiefromromania on our early walk, knowing we both had busy days

#Sophiefromromania was slightly nervous again on our usual Sunday morning walk but then a squirrel trolled her and she was back on form and we all deserved a #bigbreakfast

A g&t, some olives and #strictly - #sophiefromromania is in heaven

rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/movers-and... A special edition of #MoversAndShakers about Paul Mayhew-Archer’s hilarious and heartbreaking romcom about #Parkinsons Onwards and Sideways. Rhys Ifans and Laura Linney told us our podcast had been essential listening as they got into their roles

Movers and Shakers: Onwards and Sideways

A romcom about Parkinson’s

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#SophiefromRomania is watching Naturewatch and wants to know when the cats are coming on

This is the definition of lock in. And proves the point of the many critics of this NHS/Palantir relationship. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

UK prepares to extend Palantir’s NHS contract as it draws up plans for potential replacement

Ministers planning to not trigger break clause but instead pitch US company against British alternatives in fresh procurement process

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Elon Musk has made himself a prime target for congressional hearings with his disastrous $$$$ campaign for some terrible Republican candidates. But the bosses of Apple, Google and Microsoft may also be regretting a charitable donation to Trump rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/tense-time...

#SophiefromRomania is very patient when I have to stop halfway through our walk because my back pain is so bad…I’m less patient with the long wait for NHS treatment

One of the greatest things about these results is that the return on Elon Musk's $500 million investment was zero - a huge rejection of the odious egomaniacs' philosophy

#Sophiefromromania says she’s glad she put her autumn coat on today

#Sophiefromromania was, again, hesitant on this morning's park walk. But she perked up when she spotted some wildlife so we all deserved a #bigbreakfast .

A brilliant episode of Radio 4’s The Life Scientific with the man who brought proton beam therapy to the NHS sparked memories of my own experience of proton beam

Thoughtful #sophiefromromania planning her day: “walk, breakfast, doze, sleep, sleep, tea, doze, sleep..”

A snuggle on the sofa for #sophiefromromania

Such a busy morning for #sophiefromromania conducting house to house inquiries about illegal cats

On Bake Off night I'm trying something new ...

Listening to fascinating episode of The Life Scientific on BBC Radio 4 about proton beam therapy and the science behind it - in 2019 I made a video about my proton beam treatment on my eye tumour and the “small” hadron collider which delivered it www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/tech...

'My proton beam therapy diary'

Technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones is treated for a melanoma in his eye.

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Stop what you are doing and look at this lovely story. A photography student in the 80s took pictures of punks and mods on the street in Preston. He’s now tracked them down and photographed them again. The pictures and stories are really ❤️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Emotional reunions as photographer recreates shots 46 years on

Sam Hill spent months tracking down the "special generation" he photographed as teenagers in 1980.

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#Sophiefromromania was determined to launch a major investigation into a suspicious cat but eventually rain stopped play

First outing with her pal Juno for several weeks for #sophiefromromania and when we went to the park she became very frightened by something we could not work out, but back home on local pavements, she was absolutely fine. Still quite an anxious dog

#SophiefromRomania got an attack of the heebiegeebies (sp?) this morning and refused to cross the bridge taking us to the church where I rested my aching back. So we all needed a #bigbreakfast when we got home

rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/movers-and... Falls are among the biggest fears of people with Parkinson’s and this week’s episode of Movers and Shakers looks at ways of preventing them

Movers and Shakers: Preventing falls

For many people living with Parkinson’s there is one great fear haunting us every day - falling over.

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Ukraine Shows Why We Can’t Trust Palantir

What are the consequences of allowing your nation’s vital infrastructure to be controlled by companies from a country which might not have your country’s best interests at heart?

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Thomas I-G@thomasig.bsky.social · 3w ago

Palantir, basically: "Trust us, bro 👍"

Speaking - or rather being interviewed by the brilliant Sonia Gandhi - at a genetics conference at the Royal Society. Imposter syndrome lights flashing red

Musk’s wealth is a threat to democracy—not just in the U.S. but everywhere. He’s probably the greatest threat to the free world today.

"Bin day really does provide extraordinary sniffing opportunities and I'm going to take full advantage," says #sophiefromromania

The dog rescue story on the RNLI programme on BBC Two has got me in bits…