Big news for Wales and the whole UK

There is so much in this. Well worth reading. And it makes me wonder what happens when the AI news sites start generating content off of other AI fake news content 🫣 www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/ai-g...

5,000 people gathered in front of Princeton’s revolutionary war monument yesterday for the town’s No Kings protest, more than the estimated 3,000+ that attended the last. #nokings #protest #america #princeton #newjersey

Quality reporting, and an excellent example of collecting data when the government fails to do so itself. @propublica.org “compiled cases by sifting through both English- and Spanish-language social media, lawsuits, court records and local media reports.” www.propublica.org/article/immi...

This week has been #BannedBooksWeekUK but going through #FOI data on complaints and removal requests, UK library books mostly stay on the shelves. clairemiller.net/2025/10/are-...

Just confused why this wasn’t done sooner. There is no convincing argument for excluding foreign journalists from reporting on this conflict.

The BBC, AFP, AP, and Reuters released a short film calling on Israel to let foreign journalists into Gaza. Unlike other conflicts, in “Gaza, the job of reporting falls solely to Palestinian journalists who are paying a terrible cost, leaving fewer to bear witness.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Paddington station right now

Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party

Obsessed with this

Foreign media outlets rely on Gazans to risk their lives daily for their reporting, yet absolutely nothing is done to protect them from being killed in Israeli strikes. Any journalist worth the title should be ashamed. #journalismisnotacrime #gaza #israel www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

A horrifying and important read www.masslive.com/news/2025/08...

First page 1 byline! Pretty excited about it, I won’t lie ☺️

Following an update to Grok, which according to Elon Musk aimed to stop it from "parroting legacy media" and politically correct views, Grok called itself "MechaHitler", praised Hitler for stopping anti-white hatred, complained about "Jewish surnames", and posted about sexually assaulting a user.

An average of 37 phones were stolen a day in the West End last year. As London’s phone theft epidemic soars to record levels, I got a hold of neighbourhood-level data to reveal the hotspots. (More coming soon on the hoops I had to jump through for this data!) www.thetimes.com/article/8a2d...

Three quarters of UK voters *don’t* want Reform in power, but because of the first-past-the-post system, they’re projected to win 42% of seats in the House of Commons. Interesting column by @willhaycardiff.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Super interesting

For those at No Kings protests today, @gelliottmorris.com is trying to get counts of protestors. Help out if you have the information.

Someone shared this footage from the No Kings protest in Princeton with me

‘TheTrillionDollarDinner.Gov’ Registered Around Time of Trump’s Pay-to-Play Memecoin Dinner Announcement 🔗 www.404media.co/thetrilliond...

Cycling down Jamaica Rd with no cars yesterday was pure bliss until I hit the race aftermath 🙈

Ambulance drivers are racking up hundreds of pounds in fines for picking up and dropping off patients in London’s low traffic neighborhoods and driving in bus lanes. Read my story for @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/article/c927...

Just sent my 300th FOI 🥳

« Marine Le Pen – l’ex-présidente du RN condamnée à deux ans de prison ferme et cinq ans d’inéligibilité avec application immédiate ». Periodt.

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

I think @nytpitchbot.bsky.social wrote this headline

This is concerning. NYT, NBC, NPR, and Politico have to vacate by 14 February. “The Trump administration has been vocal about wanting to give more access to nontraditional news organizations, including many that have reported favorably on the president.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/b...

1 YEAR OF 20MPH There were around 100 fewer people killed / seriously injured on 20/30mph roads. Casualties from July-Sept was the lowest Q3 figures in Wales since records began. Over the year the number of casualties on 20/30mph roads is 28% lower than the year before. Good policy making.

Very succinct coverage of the misinformation Musk is amplifying

Super interesting - read @tomcalver.bsky.social’s whole thread

🗞️ More and more Times and Sunday Times journalists and staff are joining BlueSky. We’ll be updating this starter kit as they do so, you should give them a follow 👇

Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

Woah- this was a regular running spot for me

A super useful guide for searching and investigating on Bluesky!

Alors que l'hiver se rapproche et que les expulsions de campements ne s'arrêtent pas, petit fil sur Calais, ville frontière française où le droit est si souvent bafoué par l'Etat et où la violence s'est unanimement dirigée contre les exilé.e.s et ceux qui les aident durant ces deux quinquennats ⤵️

American @thetimes.com readers, I’d love to hear from you. If you’ve decided to relocate because of the US election result - within the US or abroad - please tell me about it in the form I’ve added to this article ⬇️ www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...

I feel like the British Council copied my quiz idea for their 90th anniversary… They say imitation is the highest form of flattery, so I’ll take it! Here’s my quiz for @thetimes.com: www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...