Today is the 20th anniversary of my first commit to a @mysociety.org repository: github.com/mysociety/wr... – creating the first version of www.writetothem.com/about-yourrep
Added whoadvice page, and fixed some HTML. · mysociety/writetothem@30b86a6
github.com
December 7, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Today is the 20th anniversary of my first commit to a @mysociety.org repository: github.com/mysociety/wr... – creating the first version of www.writetothem.com/about-yourrep
Heading off to meet old friends to celebrate 20 years of mySociety.org. They do things properly, including making sure their very first call for proposals is still live, despite being hacked together by yours truly. https://mysociety.blogs.com/mysociety/
mySociety
mySociety provides technology, research and data to help people be active citizens, in more than 40 countries around the world.
mySociety.org
November 15, 2023 at 4:30 PM
Heading off to meet old friends to celebrate 20 years of mySociety.org. They do things properly, including making sure their very first call for proposals is still live, despite being hacked together by yours truly. https://mysociety.blogs.com/mysociety/
MySociety: "If an MP receives a single gift below £300, it doesn’t need to be declared at all
"We think this is too high. [Parliament should] lower the threshold for disclosure from £300 to £100, and...develop principles on when MPs should just not accept gifts" - like outside Parliament...
"We think this is too high. [Parliament should] lower the threshold for disclosure from £300 to £100, and...develop principles on when MPs should just not accept gifts" - like outside Parliament...
July 31, 2025 at 9:57 AM
MySociety: "If an MP receives a single gift below £300, it doesn’t need to be declared at all
"We think this is too high. [Parliament should] lower the threshold for disclosure from £300 to £100, and...develop principles on when MPs should just not accept gifts" - like outside Parliament...
"We think this is too high. [Parliament should] lower the threshold for disclosure from £300 to £100, and...develop principles on when MPs should just not accept gifts" - like outside Parliament...
In tribute to Mark Longair: www.mysociety.org/2026/01/15/a...
January 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
In tribute to Mark Longair: www.mysociety.org/2026/01/15/a...
Dealing with important matters at the mySociety team meeting
April 18, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Dealing with important matters at the mySociety team meeting
Great round-up here from @alexparsons.bsky.social at mySociety about when FOI may prove more useful than parliamentary questions.
#mySociety #joinCFOI #accountability #transparency
#mySociety #joinCFOI #accountability #transparency
Combining my Parliament and FOI hats: when it's better to use FOI than parliamentary questions (and vice versa) www.mysociety.org/2025/07/01/w...
When MPs/Peers should use FOI rather than Parliamentary Questions
How to make the best use of both systems.
www.mysociety.org
July 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Great round-up here from @alexparsons.bsky.social at mySociety about when FOI may prove more useful than parliamentary questions.
#mySociety #joinCFOI #accountability #transparency
#mySociety #joinCFOI #accountability #transparency
Via mySociety: For voters in the UK's three devolved Parliaments and Assemblies, you can now see members' current register of interests on their TheyWorkForYou profile pages
The postcode search on TheyWorkForYou.com will show you your devolved & national reps. Spreadsheets available too of the data
The postcode search on TheyWorkForYou.com will show you your devolved & national reps. Spreadsheets available too of the data
March 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Via mySociety: For voters in the UK's three devolved Parliaments and Assemblies, you can now see members' current register of interests on their TheyWorkForYou profile pages
The postcode search on TheyWorkForYou.com will show you your devolved & national reps. Spreadsheets available too of the data
The postcode search on TheyWorkForYou.com will show you your devolved & national reps. Spreadsheets available too of the data
The work of @mysociety.org is tremendous.
In 2025:
- 1 million+ reports were made on FixMyStreet
- 2.5 million+ people visited debate and MP pages on TheyWorkForYou
- 150,000+ FOI requests were submitted on WhatDoTheyKnow
- 158,000+ messages were sent via WriteToThem
Find out more: mysociety.org
In 2025:
- 1 million+ reports were made on FixMyStreet
- 2.5 million+ people visited debate and MP pages on TheyWorkForYou
- 150,000+ FOI requests were submitted on WhatDoTheyKnow
- 158,000+ messages were sent via WriteToThem
Find out more: mysociety.org
mySociety
mySociety provides technology, research and data to help people be active citizens, in more than 40 countries around the world.
mysociety.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The work of @mysociety.org is tremendous.
In 2025:
- 1 million+ reports were made on FixMyStreet
- 2.5 million+ people visited debate and MP pages on TheyWorkForYou
- 150,000+ FOI requests were submitted on WhatDoTheyKnow
- 158,000+ messages were sent via WriteToThem
Find out more: mysociety.org
In 2025:
- 1 million+ reports were made on FixMyStreet
- 2.5 million+ people visited debate and MP pages on TheyWorkForYou
- 150,000+ FOI requests were submitted on WhatDoTheyKnow
- 158,000+ messages were sent via WriteToThem
Find out more: mysociety.org
Royal Society for Biology members: I'm presenting a talk "Dinosaur locomotion" as an FRSB, 9 July 2025 1200-1300 BST, on Zoom. I'll give an overview of my research over the past 30 years, and the broader field.
my.rsb.org.uk/item.php?eve...
my.rsb.org.uk/item.php?eve...
mySociety: Dinosaur locomotion - a lecture by Professor John Hutchinson FRSB
my.rsb.org.uk
May 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Royal Society for Biology members: I'm presenting a talk "Dinosaur locomotion" as an FRSB, 9 July 2025 1200-1300 BST, on Zoom. I'll give an overview of my research over the past 30 years, and the broader field.
my.rsb.org.uk/item.php?eve...
my.rsb.org.uk/item.php?eve...
Freedom of Information is all grown up - it turns 21 this year!
Join us for a one day conference to celebrate, scrutinise, and share everything around #FOI in the UK: pretix.eu/mysociety/fo...
Join us for a one day conference to celebrate, scrutinise, and share everything around #FOI in the UK: pretix.eu/mysociety/fo...
January 7, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Freedom of Information is all grown up - it turns 21 this year!
Join us for a one day conference to celebrate, scrutinise, and share everything around #FOI in the UK: pretix.eu/mysociety/fo...
Join us for a one day conference to celebrate, scrutinise, and share everything around #FOI in the UK: pretix.eu/mysociety/fo...
Thanks for the suggestion @rickogden.com - here's the mySociety starter pack: follow our staff and services with a single click go.bsky.app/JZpyiof
August 13, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Thanks for the suggestion @rickogden.com - here's the mySociety starter pack: follow our staff and services with a single click go.bsky.app/JZpyiof
You can watch my talk at this year’s FOI Fest here!
Ten FOI tips in ten minutes.
youtu.be/1Vu7MYx5jyo?...
Ten FOI tips in ten minutes.
youtu.be/1Vu7MYx5jyo?...
FOI Fest 2026 - Skills session: George Greenwood
YouTube video by mySociety
youtu.be
February 28, 2026 at 8:30 AM
You can watch my talk at this year’s FOI Fest here!
Ten FOI tips in ten minutes.
youtu.be/1Vu7MYx5jyo?...
Ten FOI tips in ten minutes.
youtu.be/1Vu7MYx5jyo?...
Let no one say I'm above retweeting praise research.mysociety.org/html/ai-fram...
August 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Let no one say I'm above retweeting praise research.mysociety.org/html/ai-fram...
Finished my work 2024 by giving a presentation to Code for Pakistan (after meeting one of their team at @mysociety ‘s TICTeC conference) with a 45 minute QandA 😅
Holiday mode now activated!
Holiday mode now activated!
December 12, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Finished my work 2024 by giving a presentation to Code for Pakistan (after meeting one of their team at @mysociety ‘s TICTeC conference) with a 45 minute QandA 😅
Holiday mode now activated!
Holiday mode now activated!
If you're into #ukpolitics you can download all the new MP register of interest data as a spreadsheet courtesy of MySociety and their #WhoFundsThem project https://www.mysociety.org/2024/08/19/the-new-register-of-members-financial-interests-is-out-and-we-have-thoughts-and-spreadsheets/
August 19, 2024 at 2:37 PM
If you're into #ukpolitics you can download all the new MP register of interest data as a spreadsheet courtesy of MySociety and their #WhoFundsThem project https://www.mysociety.org/2024/08/19/the-new-register-of-members-financial-interests-is-out-and-we-have-thoughts-and-spreadsheets/
I have been out of work for a while, after a year of full meltdown burnout and then two of trying and failing to get a job.
So it’s quite exciting but also a bit nerve-wracking to start a new job today.
So it’s quite exciting but also a bit nerve-wracking to start a new job today.
July 21, 2026 at 12:11 PM
I have been out of work for a while, after a year of full meltdown burnout and then two of trying and failing to get a job.
So it’s quite exciting but also a bit nerve-wracking to start a new job today.
So it’s quite exciting but also a bit nerve-wracking to start a new job today.
The fact the text isn’t using “GOV•UK” anywhere at all is my favourite bit. Perhaps they’ve found the missing dot from the mySociety logo?
June 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The fact the text isn’t using “GOV•UK” anywhere at all is my favourite bit. Perhaps they’ve found the missing dot from the mySociety logo?
Examples:
Openstreetmap: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStr...
mySociety is one of the most famous: www.mysociety.org
For specifically environmental positive parts, there's quite a few of these catchment partnerships, driven by open data access:
www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/cornwallcatc...
Openstreetmap: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStr...
mySociety is one of the most famous: www.mysociety.org
For specifically environmental positive parts, there's quite a few of these catchment partnerships, driven by open data access:
www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/cornwallcatc...
mySociety
mySociety provides technology, research and data to help people be active citizens, in more than 40 countries around the world.
www.mysociety.org
February 26, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Examples:
Openstreetmap: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStr...
mySociety is one of the most famous: www.mysociety.org
For specifically environmental positive parts, there's quite a few of these catchment partnerships, driven by open data access:
www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/cornwallcatc...
Openstreetmap: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStr...
mySociety is one of the most famous: www.mysociety.org
For specifically environmental positive parts, there's quite a few of these catchment partnerships, driven by open data access:
www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/cornwallcatc...
Lovely bit of mySociety history- 20 years ago John Prescott funded a plucky little group of volunteers to make websites like FaxYourMP.com (which obviously now redirects to write to them!)
Remembering the many changes that John Prescott was part of today. Way back in 2004 the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister funded mySociety with £250k - supporting many of our early projects such as WriteToThem, PledgeBank and HearFromYourMP www.theguardian.com/society/2004...
More than just elections
A campaign to reach politically complacent folk has kicked off with online polls, e-petitions and digital forums - and this is just the beginning, says SA Mathieson.
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Lovely bit of mySociety history- 20 years ago John Prescott funded a plucky little group of volunteers to make websites like FaxYourMP.com (which obviously now redirects to write to them!)
If you want to make your community better, mySociety has brilliant tools to help: FixMyStreet for reporting problems, TheyWorkForYou to track your MP, WhatDoTheyKnow for FOI requests. Simple apps that give citizens real power to improve where they live.
www.mysociety.org?utm_source=f...
www.mysociety.org?utm_source=f...
mySociety
mySociety provides technology, research and data to help people be active citizens, in more than 40 countries around the world.
www.mysociety.org
August 31, 2026 at 8:42 AM
If you want to make your community better, mySociety has brilliant tools to help: FixMyStreet for reporting problems, TheyWorkForYou to track your MP, WhatDoTheyKnow for FOI requests. Simple apps that give citizens real power to improve where they live.
www.mysociety.org?utm_source=f...
www.mysociety.org?utm_source=f...
Our Julia, showing what the mySociety sustainable travel policy looks like. 🙌
Morning! 🚂 Train nerds assemble- today I'm going from Berlin home to Leeds all by train, all in one day!
First train of the day, the 08:17 to Köln. I've only got 23 minutes to make my connection in Köln to Brussels so wish me luck! 🍀
Train is moving, time to get some coffee ☕️
First train of the day, the 08:17 to Köln. I've only got 23 minutes to make my connection in Köln to Brussels so wish me luck! 🍀
Train is moving, time to get some coffee ☕️
June 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Our Julia, showing what the mySociety sustainable travel policy looks like. 🙌
Eleanor praises the MySociety What Do They Know platform
and how it has transformed the public accessing information
#FOIFest
@mysociety.org
@whatdotheyknow.bsky.social
and how it has transformed the public accessing information
#FOIFest
@mysociety.org
@whatdotheyknow.bsky.social
February 19, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Eleanor praises the MySociety What Do They Know platform
and how it has transformed the public accessing information
#FOIFest
@mysociety.org
@whatdotheyknow.bsky.social
and how it has transformed the public accessing information
#FOIFest
@mysociety.org
@whatdotheyknow.bsky.social