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Looks like quite a few have quiet quit rather than making an announcement.

Note @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @nicva.org and @cfni.bsky.social mentioned in the article are all on here.

X: Why are so many organisations leaving? Many organisation have recently announced that they will no longer be posting on their X accounts.

Why are so many organisations (in Northern Ireland) leaving X?

Queen's University Belfast (QUB) and Belfast City Council are the latest organisations to stop using their X (formerly Twitter) accounts.

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This Valentines weekend, pull off at a service station

LinkedIn has become exhausting.

Sorry to hear that Rob. Hope a sunny Saturday gives you a break from the gloom to give your head a rest.

Three small, practical steps to advocate for your development, including: 1. Ask to be involved in strategy discussions. 2. Share your insights and make your thinking visible to build trust and credibility. 3. Align learning opportunities to organisational priorities.

Three more practical steps to advocate for your development, including: 4. Translate your work into outcomes – show what changed, not just what you did. 5. Find a mentor inside or outside of your organisation. 6. Track feedback over time and look for recurring themes to focus your growth.

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No-one seems to have noticed, but many of the core developments in the Mandelson/Epstein story these last few days have been broken on this website. @pickardje.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social are both posting each breaking development on BlueSky, not X.

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Another round of charity X-odus – January 2026 An update into the charity sector’s use of X in January 2026. Use it to help benchmark your use.

Thanks for having me on!

Here's my post with the research from January. I have been adding the number of X quits per week since.

noblest of traditions....

United we shall go forward, disunited we will be overwhelmed

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Brave the big talk.

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Is there someone I could talk to about it? Am writing about this at the moment.

Families of children with cancer to have travel costs covered The government sets aside £10 million a year to help families and young people under 24 access cancer treatment.

A massive win for @younglivesvscancer.bsky.social who have been campaigning on this for a long time.

Families of children with cancer to have travel costs covered

First charity video I have seen warning about AI search results.

Good work @sheltercharity.bsky.social.

Surely there will be something jolly in the schedule next week in the same slot to give us some joy / hope....

Checks notes ... Lord of the Flies

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Welcome to Bluesky @donkeysanctuary.bsky.social.

This thread is incredible

What actually is it?

Be proud of yourself. These are hard days and you’re doing your best

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Thanks Judi. Have included this in my lecture. Sure it will inspire the network I am talking to.

Yey! Happy first day Mark!

Nice way to advertise a job.

Volunteer & Communtity Officer
Permanent, FT, based anywhere.
£35k

With @friendlesschurches.bsky.social.

It must be so hard to keep it a secret for so long!

Stephen for the win. ❤️

#Fundraising #CharityJob at @bbowt.bsky.social

A lovely read. 👇