A big thanks to everyone who joined our Matrix Hackaday on Sunday! Great to see returning volunteers and meet new faces. We made real progress on tools that could be game-changers for organising on WhatsApp. Campaigner or Technologist? Get involved: lu.ma/CampaignLab

It’s polling day! 10,000 polling places are open across England for council and mayoral elections. Find out if you have an election, and get your candidate and polling station details: whocanivotefor.co.uk

Hot day on the doorstep! But slushies with canvassing make it all worthwhile! #labourdoorstep 🌹

As US House Speaker Tip O'Neill once said: "All Politics is Local"!😀

Interesting thoughts here from andy

This is a thread about google's emoji kitchen, which allows you to combine pairs of emoji into unholy combinations. ⬇️

When we reached out to TV Presenter, podcaster and comedian Nick Hancock for a quote when bidding for City of Culture: “Stoke-on-Trent is a city built on culture. Pottery was the lifeblood of communities for centuries. Every potter and painter, sagger-maker and warehouseman was

Letters sent by soldiers from #Staffordshire and #Cheshire during WW2 have formed an exhibition at the National Memorial Arboretum.

We can sometimes feel like nothing changes. Great tool built by Dan Groshev that shows the progress on bills that have been promised by the government. 👇👇

🚨New WP🚨 Can AI do "deep canvassing"—the time-intensive, empathic persuasive dialogues that durably reduce prejudice when done by humans? Spoiler: Yes! We find durable reduction in prejudice toward undocumented immigrants LLMs make deep canvassing possible at scale

🧠 Hack the narrative. 🗳️ Reform is on the rise but so are we. Join Campaign Lab’s hackathon on the 1st of June at SPACE4, Finsbury Park. Dive into data, decode the May elections, and build tools for a stronger progressive response. 📍 London or Zoom in: lu.ma/azicmio9

The fact that Gemini Deep Research can’t read Google Books is frustrating. Google is sitting on the largest inaccessible source of knowledge on Earth. And if Gemini could find things in Books that were valuable, people would end up buying those useful books, helping authors.

Just so everyone knows, we have passed the point where you can tell what is AI at a glance (or even, in many cases, a close look) These were all made by me with text prompts alone using Veo 3.

The standout feature from Reform’s performance in the polls is not how many votes they are winning from the Conservatives and Labour, but how many they are gaining from non-voters. Whether or not these voters actually turn out will shape the next election - a 🧵

☀️ It’s the start of Summer so how does voting intention change by people’s fave summer activities. Reform scores highest among those looking forward to the British Grand Prix, for Labour it’s Prides, Tories Tour De France watchers, Lib Dems Prommers & Greens cold water swimmers

Congratulations to Davy Russell for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse and the team on a fantastic victory. People in Scotland have once again voted for change. Next year there is a chance to turbo charge delivery by putting Labour in power on both sides of the border. I look forward to working with you.

UK councils are testing new planning tools powered by Google DeepMind’s Gemini. Faster decisions, AI-assisted reviews, and potential for smarter local governance. Local government performance is critical to hyperlocal campaigns. Interesting to watch developments in this space.

Ever wondered how small online networks sway political outcomes? Join Dr John Bryden via Campaign Lab to unpack how activist groups on Twitter reshaped the GOP in 2016. 🚀 Sign up now: lu.ma/t6q59xpn #DigitalDemocracy #CampaignStrategy

Forget keyword matching. This new study uses LLMs to track narratives, not just words, across the info landscape. It’s a game-changer for spotting shifts in public opinion and detecting coordinated influence ops. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00… #NarrativeAnalysis 🧠🛰️