#TfL @london.gov.uk what were you thinking? Surely this line is only used in comedy shows in the US, and only inside the US... and this girls face looks like she's saying "Oh no, not you too!" 🤦 Poor girl. Sounds like a chat-up-line and will not stop sexual harrasment! #BondStreet

I've known Halima since we worked at DfID together many years ago. I know her to be a stellar human, and so very committed to international development. What's happening to her with @oxfamgb.bsky.social is horrific! Pls sign c.org/77D56kswwk #Oxfam #HalimaBegum

Just heard Wes Streeting blaming #resident #doctors for not working due to the rising numbers of the flu. He's the reason they're #striking- not paitents, every argument he uses could easily be used back at him. Pay them, improve working conditions - stop the strike. Simple. #DoctorStrike #NHS

I cannot believe we are back in the world of "cultural relativity" when we are talking about child abuse. www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar... Last week I was hearing direct from African women about the work they are doing on the ground to end FGM. Listen to African Women!

ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”

Alexander Klöpping journalist used AI glasses to identify people on the street by linking faces to public online info. #Privacy infringements- surveillance, stalking, crime, just got bigger. Still think #AI is coming to save us? www.youtube.com/shorts/StUKk...

#India: We welcome the imminent release of academic Hany Babu following the approval of his bail application. Detained without trial for over 5 years, this ruling recognises the grave injustice he has faced. Learn more ⬇️ www.pen-international.org/news/india-a...

In an age where politics is 'reforming' rights of minorities, attacks and hate rise this exhibit explores Black rights 60s/70s/80s now free at Swiss Cottage Gallery. Kenlock’s wrk prevs featured at #TateBritain, #MuseumofLondon #VictoriaandAlbertMuseum londonbylondoner.substack.com/p/beyond-exp...

Please think about the actual lived experience of women journalists when you see them doing their jobs,be an ally,speak up, support, even with another social media post, it all matters and makes a difference frm women thriving in this field or shirking away. #journalists #Journalism #women #Noexcuse

#AI #Pressreleases are infiltrating the news- making it to the papers. #FakePR? What can journalists and PR's learn from it? and do about it to maintain trust from the public, and each other? mindingyourownmediabusiness.substack.com/p/ai-and-its...

Going to the US? Think about a burner phone. New figures from #US Customs &Border Protection,nearly 15,000 device searches were carried out between April and June, with over 1,000 of them using advanced tools that copy or analyze what's on a phone. #burnerphones www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...

Calling all #innovators you've an #AI idea that can prevent rape NOTE: must include contact sexual assault and rape. You can get $50,000 to work on designing, piloting&refining your concept and the opportunity to work w a community of innovators who all care abt solving it. preventsa.org/incubator

Another thing we are told is empowering and liberating but is instead built on harming and exploiting women and girls.

Important reporting from Louise Callaghan Men think they’re watching sex-cam models. In fact they’re slaves www.thetimes.com/article/23c8...

Happy Halloween! Lil lemon with prime real estate in London’s Mayfair…shocks pumpkin! Please subscribe to LondonbyLondoners, Everything London! Its free, it's fun and it's LONDON! substack.com/home/post/p-...

Tabla at the #darbar festival, two hours of dexterous tabla in the #Barbican, totally worth listening and seeing these masters in action. #Diwali treat for me. Yahwant Vaishnav and Vivek Pandya (only 21!) I never get the "hand raise" that the front row musicians seemed to do in unison, anyone know?

I am one of the signatories on this statement. Simply put- "We call for a prohibition on the development of #superintelligence, not lifted before there is; 1. Broad scientific consensus that it will be done safely and controllably, AND 2. strong public buy-in." @futureoflife.org #AIsafety

#Superintelligence in AI. What's the limit? I was asked to be an advanced signatory @futureoflife.org "We call for a prohibition on the development of superintelligence,not lifted before there is; 1. Broad scientific consensus that it will be done safely and controllably 2. strong public buy-in."

Pure evil.

In #journalism, our sites remaining up and accesible is a pinnacle to democracy. After yesterdays hack, downing @awscloud.bsky.social I was reminded of @cloudflare.social & their explaination of how they hold 20% of the mkt a consideration in news.. also they deflect AI bots/crawling. Hackhackers.

Co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream explaining why the United States of America needs to make China an enemy. And why it needs its citizens to hate China.

For this weekend or indeed till March 22nd, get to the #Camden Art Centre, and see this exhibit- Tendered by Karimah Ashadu, theres politics in the films, and human stories transported all the way from Nigeria. #BlackHistoryMonth londonbylondoner.substack.com/p/immersed-i...

Featured in The Camdenist today! My newsubstack post frm attending a panel at the Crick this week on medical images and their ethical imapct! Subscribe, to me and to The Camdenist for a decent ethical publication in this era of journalism!! @crick.ac.uk londonbylondoner.substack.com/p/for-a-nerd...

Did you know that 5 billion medical examinations happen each year, thats 100,000 every second. At the Francis Crick Institute last night there was a discussion about the ethics of medical images- more here. @crick.ac.uk londonbylondoner.substack.com/p/for-a-nerd...

The Queen Square Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases team braving the rain in beautiful Stresa, for the Neuromuscular Study Group meeting. Always such a good meeting with great representation from the London team 🤩 @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @cnmdrehab.bsky.social #NMSG2025

Some people need to remember journalism is about other people

AI & Press releases, panel for Chartered Institute of Public Relations today at 1pm- JOIN US w me, Strategic Marcomms advisor @elladarlington.bsky.social Hard Numbers founder @paulstollery.bsky.social and Philip Hodge frm @notified-official.bsky.social! @cipr.co.uk www.cipr.co.uk/CIPR/Events/...

I'm chatting about AI and press in this webinar next Tuesday for the @cipr.co.uk Ella Darlington of Creative Access is chairing & promises to deliver a sharp 45mins with me, Paul Stollery from Hard Numbers + Philip Hodge hosted @notified-official.bsky.social COME! www.cipr.co.uk/CIPR/Events/...

Going to do a thread on all my reporting over past 15 months on military abuse of women, men & children - and the systemic failings that allow this to happen. 77% of military personnel accused of rape found not guilty at court martial www.opendemocracy.net/en/investiga...

#Meta is harvesting data. "Month after month, you confide your most intimate details: when your period arrived, how often you had sex, whether you masturbated, if you're trying to have a baby." Ppl are fighting for even less saftey for AI. #bigtech www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...

LIVE: Burhan Sonmez, International President, speaks from the PEN International 91st Annual Congress on the origins of the word freedom. This year’s Congress is a gathering of hope uniting writers and advocates of freedom of expression worldwide.

Every year, more than 727 000 lives are lost to suicide. Behind each number is a story cut short. We aimed for a 33% reduction in deaths by 2030, but progress is just 12%. This is a crisis. We must act with urgency, compassion & investment in #SuicidePrevention 👉 bit.ly/3Vr2mtR #MentalHealth

Who owns the campaigning and investigative journalism newsbrand Byline Times? It's a harder question to answer than you might think. pressgazette.co.uk/media_busine...

First article on our Rural Racism reports, released this morning @jayrayner1.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The risk of making family reunion harder, while not implementing safe routes*, means more people will bring their families on dangerous journeys, more women and children will be crammed onto small boats, and more people will die. *caveat, they should not make it harder anyway

While ICE agents can note in their database if someone they’ve investigated turns out to be a citizen, they are not required to do so. As a result, records are often wrong and left uncorrected even after agents have been told of a mistake. (Published March 2025)

More details emerge on the charges of Hardeep Singh Kohli. His treatment of a specific journalist in his home, was terrifying enough to read when she challenged the organisers of the Byline festival at the launch party to prevent him headlining -this is even worse. www.thetimes.com/article/9911...

🔴NEW🔴 A service inquiry has confirmed that men are still paying for sex in Kenya, three years after the MoD imposed a ban on transactional sex. www.opendemocracy.net/en/british-a...

What I wouldn't give to have access to data on use of this - "Google is rolling out a new feature called “Preferred Sources” ... which allows users to select their preferred choice of news sites and blogs to be shown in the Top Stories section [of] search results." techcrunch.com/2025/08/12/g...

Scottish friends! I am at Edinburgh International Book Festival on 13th August to talk about my new book, #Refuge: Stories of War (and Love). Please do come. And please spread the word 🙏🏽 www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

Worth remembering that under the Tories, the asylum system ground to a halt as they stopped processing claims from people arriving on small boats. No one could be removed if they didn’t have a claim, no one could be granted asylum, or given refugee status. That led to more people in hotels.

Health NGOs are making staff redundant and leaving Brussels after the European Commission failed to pay out expected grants, leaving some without most of their funding for the rest of the year.

At PEN International, we defend the voices that challenge and inspire. Freedom of expression isn’t just about speaking, it’s about creating space for others to be heard. Learn more about our work ➡️ www.pen-international.org/what-we-do

This is #AI for the future, the amount of water and resources it needs to operate is unnatural. This story covered by @londonermag.bsky.social shows that social housing is being dumped for data centers. We need to have strategy about #AI and the $644bn that is being spent on it - this year!

Everything about this is horrifying. Strangulation now thought to be second leading cause of strokes in women under-40. As one expert says - if this is supposed to be about sensuality, why is it mostly men strangling women? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

The #A&E unit at the #RoyalFreeHospital in Hampstead has been become so reliant on emergency corridor care that the hospital is facing a shortage of patient trolleys. Staff said that they have been told by managers that funds cannot be cleared to fix the trolleys when they break #heatwave #NHS

EU defence commissioner Andrius #Kubilius -"#Europeans will require millions of #drones to create an "army" &they need to start preparing now." #AGI +drones -why it might not be as great as you think #authoritarianism #terrorism #lossofcontrol mindingyourownmediabusiness.substack.com/p/the-agi-po...

There is a lot of talk and championing #drones in warfare currently add AGI and you cld face #Terrorism, #Authoritarianism + Loss of Control Targeted drones could do a lot more damage than you might think. More here- subscribe mindingyourownmediabusiness.substack.com/p/the-agi-po...

This! Please #NHS stop doing this! In an interview I was told by an admin that she got her subordinate to put meeting recordings through #ChatGPT so that they could have AI summerise meetings, these were meetings about sensitive paitent issues. #GPs #Hospitals news.sky.com/story/doctor...