5 hours ago I’ve joined Bluesky and it feels like a breath of fresh air – in some ways | John Naughton

The flourishing new platform may be like Twitter once was. The problem is the limited algorithmic scope of all social mediaAs I write, there’s a window on my laptop screen that is providing a live view of a stampede. It’s logging the numbers of people joining the social network Bluesky. At the moment, the number of registered users is 20.5 million. By the time you read this there will be more than 30 million of them, judging by the rate that people are currently joining.The proximate cause of it is the role that Elon Musk, owner of X (née Twitter), played in the election of Donald Trump, when a significant proportion of the platform’s 200 million-plus users realised that they’d been had – that they had, in effect, been useful idiots for Musk on his path to the centre of political power....

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8 hours ago King Charles 'charming and funny' as he attends Royal Variety Performance alone

Charles attended the show at the Royal Albert Hall in London for the first time as patron of the Royal Variety charity, following in the footsteps of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II

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11 hours ago King 'charming and funny' as he attends Royal Variety Performance alone after Queen skips event

The King attended the annual Royal Variety Performance alone after the Queen was forced to miss the event to recover from a chest infection.

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12 hours ago Amanda Holden flashes toned midriff in dazzling crop top as she wows on red carpet

Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden strutted her stuff at the Royal Variety Performance, looking exceptional in a glittering mint green-coloured ensemble

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19 hours ago King Charles laughs at British comedian’s impression of Donald Trump at Royal Variety

King Charles was snapped chuckling at the Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington, London, which air on ITV1 and ITVX in December

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20 hours ago King ‘charming and funny’ as he attends Royal Variety Performance alone

Hosts Alan Carr and Amanda Holden expressed gratitude at Charles’ attendance after the Queen had to drop out at the last minute.

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23 hours ago King Charles laughs at comedian’s impression of Donald Trump at Royal Variety Show

Camilla was absent as she is advised by doctors to rest due to lingering chest infection symptoms

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23 hours ago 'They're eating the cats, they're eating the dogs, and now they'll eat YOU, your majesty!' King Charles in fits of giggles over comedian's cheeky joke at the Royal Variety Performance

King Charles has been left in fits of giggles over a comedian Matt Forde's cheeky joke about Donald Trump at the Royal Variety Performance.

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25 hours ago King Charles arrives at the Royal Variety Performance: Monarch beams as he chats with Elton John at the Royal Albert Hall despite attending alone after Queen Camilla pulled out due to 'lingering post

Looking smart in a crisp dinner jacket, the monarch laughed as he entered the Royal Albert Hall - and was met by Sir Elton John.

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