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Coca-Cola publish photos of protest against themselves – and then delete them!
On Saturday December 21 ten human rights activists launched a surprise demonstration against Coca-Cola, at the Coca-Cola truck marketing event in Brighton, United Kingdom. The group were demanding that Coca-Cola, as a sponsor of the coming Olympics in Sochi, break their silence on Russia’s homophobic laws. This week, Coca-Cola published official photos of part of…
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Russian LGBTQ+ solidarity demo to take place in Brighton
A demonstration of solidarity with LGBTQ+ people in Russia is planned to take place on Saturday 30th November 2013 in Brighton. “To Russia with Love, Brighton” starts at 12 Noon at New Steine Gardens off St James’ St, by the HIV memorial. Organised by members of local PCS and Unite unions, and members of the…
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Eventbrite only offers male or female compulsory gender options
Hey Eventbrite, I expected better. In case you’ve not considered it, please consider broadening your gender options on your registration forms, and also not making it compulsory. At least provide an ‘other’ option, like many other modern sites (Google+, Doodle… and remember Pownce?). This makes sure you’re including people who don’t define as male or…
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“Boys’ rites of passage” my arse
Back in July I received an email promoting this course: Boys Rites of Passage Wednesday 31st July – Sunday 4th August A 5 day camp for teenager boys aged 13 plus. A personal journey of adventure, discovery and self awareness using deep nature connection and bush craft skills. Fostering a healthy transition on the journey…
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Digital ecosystems
I wrote a post about digital ecosystems on the Brilliant Noise blog. Having studied animal communication, behaviour and habitats, I like to understand the world from an ecological perspective. This translates very well to understanding digital ecosystems. We can map the key elements of a biological ecosystem to those online, and use ecological research methods…
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The next generation of internet users – infographic
I’ve been asked to share my thoughts on the following infographic. So here goes. I’m afraid it is quite critical. It has some interesting stats. It looks OK visually, but not all of the graphics represent the data. Sometimes they do, but sometimes it’s just a picture and some text, and there’s nothing to represent…
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Free tools for social media research and measurement
I’ve updated my presentation on free tools for social media research and measurement. This was first done in 2010 for Social Media World Forum, and went down very well, getting 11K+ views and being featured on the Slideshare homepage. So I hope this updated version will be useful too! [slideshare id=21593906&doc=bgfreesocialmediatoolsrev2-130521072920-phpapp01]
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Testing Storify embed – my favourite tweets since 2008 – the tech issue
Morality & science, socialism, society & work, sexual assault, gender, sexuality, reproductive rights, mental health, animal welfare. I’ll do a separate ‘tech/digital’ themed one!
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Infographic: free birth control or contraception lowers average abortion rates – US study
I was sent this link by Everydayhealth.com and thought it was worth sharing. A straightforward experiment where birth control / contraception was provided free of charge in St. Louis, under the ‘Contraceptive Choice’ project, showed that these women had much lower birth rates and abortion rates than the national (US) average. Everydayhealth.com have published this…
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No Cop Out for Wildlife campaign
This post is requested on behalf of a Lush Cosmetics campaign, and I support its aims, to raise awareness of the need to properly police wildlife crime. Vote for a police crime commissioner on the 15th November who wants to protect wildlife. Also people should consider the commissioners’ opinions towards strike laws, protest laws, freedom…