Like why would the bbc need to ‘balance’ its cover of the US in this way? When the BBC covers, say, Xi critically should it also run a programme dedicated to the CCP’s achievements?

Naomi is I think bang on here. I have said many times to many people that AI is like any other technology shift: it changes jobs and how we work. Naomi builds on that (and expresses it much better), and lands on "learn the skill of discernment". Do read this.

The absolute state of employment tribunals and enforcement here 🤯

Lol I just asked Grok whether Grokipedia is more neutral than Wikipedia and even it can't lie about this

Everyone seems to want to be a guru or thought leader. Anyone up for actually doing the work?

As soon as Aiden Turner appears in series 3 of The Diplomat it turns into an episode of The Rivals …

Flickr down? (For those that still use it)

Day two of reminding you that the NHS is flouting its duty of care as an employer because govt have this year refused to offer healthcare workers the Covid vaccine. Yet again, our staff are being sent into wards with a dangerous infectious disease without the proper protections.

Great read from Brian Klaas. (BlueSky excepted naturally …) open.substack.com/pub/briankla...

How will the billionaires explain this to the children? We did this for you. We needed AI more than a safe and beautiful planet. Or maybe this will be forgotten knowledge in a few decades. Will it even be memorialised like the dodo, when all we have is propaganda media?

Digital literacy isn’t optional in today's world. Strengthen your armour against disinformation in the fight for democracy. 👇

Redford, now Keaton ….take cover, the 70s icons are starting to topple …☹️

This should be compulsory listening for the whole government. We need some facts to be made widely known to the public. That’s what government is supposed to do- public service information.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

How Russian-funded fake news network aims to disrupt election in Europe - BBC investigation www.bbc.com/news/article...

@bellingcat.com CEO @eliothiggins.bsky.social discusses his thoughts on how democracy needs verification, deliberation, and accountability and how social media algorithms disrupt those elements. From the Democracy for Sale podcast. youtu.be/7si0HCTyr1Y

[me, a journalist who spends all day every day on a social media app where the discovery algorithm is personally controlled by its owner, captain birdseye] you know, a lot of people are talking about fish fingers, we should probably cover that

I sense that we have to resolve normalcy bias, with some urgency, to engage in some of today's societal meta-problems. thedecisionlab.com/biases/norma...

Some politicians blame the statisticians when the statistics look grim. How does blaming the messenger generally work out? timharford.com/2025/09/why-...

Basic media and information literacy. (Currently out of fashion)

Via @ellarroyo_atx

My Amazon homepage has suddenly become like the middle aisle in Lidl 🤷🏻‍♂️

Oh ffs futurism.com/ai-polling-i...

This is a great conversation - even if you know about @bellingcat.com pca.st/episode/e8b0...

The House of Lords just released a major report on media literacy. Its core message is that the UK is falling behind, and it’s putting democracy at risk. committees.parliament.uk/work/9030/me...

There are a lot of idiots enraged by this misleading Times headline. The article itself - yes, the exact same one - points out that: A) In any typical year, about 50 independent schools close B) More independent schools opened than shut, so the overall number went up. But that's far too nuanced.

on.ft.com/4ousXn2 Is there a case for climate optimism?

Cambridge Disinformation Summit webinar, from 2023 on Journalism & Democratic Backsliding, with NYU Prof @jayrosen.bsky.social Cardiff Prof (former BBC) @sambrook.bsky.social & CityU Fellow (former Haaretz) @panievsky.bsky.social youtu.be/MrAnVd35bcE

I wish someone would invent a really cynical AI bot that responded with things like “don’t be so f#%^*ing stupid” …

As @thenewworldmag.bsky.social said last week, the problem with TV like #TheAssassin or #Blackdoves is we are meant to sympathise with vicious mass murderers. And the comedy doesn’t really get us past that.

If you're in or around the tech policy debate in the UK (and other places) you might be wondering what sovereign AI *actually* means, and whether it can make a meaningful difference.

Others have noted that this means foreign-born people are LESS likely than UK-born people to be in prison. What I want to note is that The Times is now referring to foreign-born UK citizens as ‘foreigners’. This includes Boris Johnson, Sir Mo Farah, Emma Watson, Rory Stewart and little old me.

Another must read from @samfr.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...

Fascinating @financialtimes.com Big Read today on a cool but imperfect (expensive, dirty) way of reclaiming fresh water for the world’s arid zones. on.ft.com/4o7hyt9

Required reading samf.substack.com/p/britain-is...

He's one of Britain's richest men. So why does Asif Aziz's property company keep leasing London gift shops to overseas students based in abandoned offices or flytipped car parks — before vanishing without paying millions of pounds in taxes? www.londoncentric.media/p/asf-aziz-l...

My column in tomorrow’s paper: on the magical thinking that has emerged on net zero and what drives it:

Vaccination saves lives. The news a child has died of measles is shocking and so easily preventable. #VaccinesWork #Measles

Thanks - interesting piece. Surprised they don’t mention @trosenstiel.bsky.social who has been writing - sensibly - about this for longer than most ….