#Observer

Lydia Conwell :mastodon:lydiaconwell@todon.nl
2025-05-21

I've noticed #Observer articles appearing in people's posts now that the Observer has been bought by Tortoise Media.

Tortoise Media's "biggest single shareholder is Tortoise’s editor himself, James Harding. A former editor of The Times newspaper and director of BBC News, Harding holds 32.5% of shares ...

The second largest Tortoise shareholder after Harding is Woodbridge Investments Corporation which holds 16.1% of shares. It is the investment vehicle for the Thomson family, who are majority owners of Thomson Reuters and are led by Thomson Reuters chairman David. Forbes puts the wealth of the family at $71.4bn."

I'm not expecting dynamic #journalism that holds power to account.

pressgazette.co.uk/news/who-ow

#Media #BillionaireMedia

2025-05-07

So I hadn’t realised until now I hadn’t been checking out the #Observer over the past few weeks…here’s the new site:

observer.co.uk

It’s a cleaner look than the new style Guardian…but it just feels a bit erm, limited on its own without the Guardian.

2025-05-06

Nationalist newsprint stays on the shelf.

#Observer

Donald Roydjr2024
2025-04-28

@ChrisMayLA6

And the situation is not exactly helped by giving undue attention to 'fellow travellers' of the populist right such as of - interviewed at length in the yesterday's !

2025-04-28

Carole #Cadwalladr
‪@carolecadwalla.bsky.social‬
Some personal news: meet my new replacement at the all new #Observer #newspaper

Yes, it’s #fuckFacebook ’s very own Nick #Clegg . Congrats to everyone involved in this absolutely stellar signing. Take a bow.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion-an

2025-04-27

@ChrisMayLA6

The new incarnation reminds me of what I call "Candy store" web design from the 2000's. Large images and text to make up for the lack of content. CNN went through a similar phase.

And all of my favourite features have gone.

#observer #candystore #lostcontent

I wrote this. Can you believe it? A load of chilled out chilledness from around 2010 or summink..... #aonaran #observer #ambientmusic #youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlLc...

Bright Reflections

2025-04-20

So glad Carol #Cadwalladr got to write her final piece in the #Observer about her second #TED talk ‘This is what a digital coup looks like’ that took place last week…at the time she gave it and pitched the accompanying piece to new owners #TortoiseMedia it was rejected.

theguardian.com/global/2025/ap

2025-04-20

On Radio 4's PM show on Friday, Lord Sumption said many people were misinterpreting the UK Supreme Court's judgement around The Equality Act. He said the judgement means organisations *can* exclude trans women from women's spaces/competitions, but that they are not *obliged* to do so. Yet today's #Observer editorial repeats the compulsory exclusion line.
Personally, I'm gonna try and find time to read the full 87 page judgment.
#gender #trans
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0029zg9

Virginie Bergeretvirginie_bergeret_atelier
2025-04-12

La saison des glaces est ouverte,
Carnet de croquis, avril 2025

2025-04-10

[Перевод] Обнаружение изменения положения DOM элемента с помощью IntersectionObserver

Попытка создания универсального решения, которое позволяет обнаруживать изменение положения элемента на веб-странице в независимости от того, чем оно было вызвано: прокруткой, изменением размера окна или родительского контейнера, масштабированием, изменением разметки или непосредсвенно заданием координат left и top самого элемента.

habr.com/ru/articles/899780/

#scroll #resize #position #observer #intersectionobserver

2025-04-10

#TED gave me editorial freedom to say what I wanted. The #Guardian/ #Observer won’t even allow me to write about it, in any form.I pitched a piece for this Sunday about the experience.

It would be my last article for the paper, it transfers to #Tortoise next week who have declined to renew my contract; an epitaph to my 20-year career there and an an end point to an investigation that brought the Guardian and Observer extraordinary kudos and the most money it has ever raised from any story.’

2025-03-30

This commentary takes a somewhat contrary view from many, but it is a useful reminder that while the US has been great (honestly) in many ways, the darker side has resulted in crap and chaos.

Tisdall's swan song as the Observer gets dismantled?

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

#USPol #UkPol #Tisdall #Observer #Guardian #Enshitification

Always loved spotting cute doggies while traveling! This handsome fella was observing people passing by their house 🥰

📍 Iceland, 2018
📷 Olympus Pen E-PL7

#photography #traveling #travelphoto #streetphoto #iceland #dog #doggie #furryfriend #dogphoto #dogonthewindow #spottedonthewindow #observer #dogoftheday #olympus
Picture of a dog sitting on the window sill inside a house and watching outside. House is red and the white window is on the right side of the photo. On the left of the photo there is a white trellis on the wall. Under the window there is a metallic chair and a small round table that are also red colored.
2025-03-13

Some magazine covers are more memorable than others.

Observer • May 12, 1968 • Now in my collection.

#vintage #magazines #socialbloomers #pants #observer

ACT OUT TEESactouttees
2025-03-10

Better to Remain Silent...

Act Out Tees is where creativity meets self-expression ~ www.actouttees.com

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