"At a time when journalism is often driven by clicks, when audience teams are hired in place of reporters, and when data dictates what is covered, difficult stories such as hunger will often be dropped." Important read from @barrymalone.bsky.social and Proximities:

I'm no fan of Eni Aluko's but let's not pretend many of the pundits are there based on merit.

Anthropic’s safety research head quit saying he has “repeatedly seen how hard it is to truly let our values govern our actions.” Anthropic is on track to $30B ARR from selling AI while simultaneously claiming AI will destroy humanity. It’s no surprise the cognitive dissonance is making people quit.

Just tuned in and our lineup is hilarious. Fairplay Farke 😆 #lufc

Here we go again #Guinea #Conakry www.usnews.com/news/world/a...

Why not play advantage? #livmci

Why did Haaland take off his shirt?😑 #fpl

Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’ 1/

Yup, that same Eboué. You’re old. Time to schedule that doctor’s appointment.

I let people have their moment the other day when they were praising a David Frum post about how Trump was like non-democratic dictators. The problem with that kind of view is it doesn’t want to accept what America IS. It’s a subconscious attempt at deflection.

Solid win. Happy to be proven wrong on the starting lineup. Level on points with Spurs. MOT #lufc

Not surprised they scored that. They’ve had some dangerous crosses in.

Dan James growing a tache? I like the look.

DCL!!!

Aaronson when he sees a chance for a counter attack #lufc

Okay we’re scoring goals then. Get in!

At this point I should ask @sarahkendzior.bsky.social to give me the lottery numbers because she has been batting 100 on this administration.

So here's Kagame admitting he lied a year ago when he told CNN he didn't know if Rwanda had troops in DRC. His audience laughs sycophantically. When I said in "Do Not Disturb" that Rwandan culture regarded lying to outsiders as an admirable art form, it caused an uproar. x.com/larrymadowo/...

They closed the CIA World Factbook and deleted it entirely.

Ah, Anthropic, the company that pirated four of my books and which should have been sued into bankruptcy.

The US has renewed AGOA - the trade agreement with Africa ustr.gov/about/policy...

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed answered questions in parliament today. Loosely addressing recent clashes & his gov's fallout with neighbouring Eritrea. When asked what was behind the feud with Eritrea, he stated that things began to unravel when Eritrean soldiers massacred civilians during the Tigray war.

Contrary to Trump's assertions, the US will keep sending its troops abroad. apnews.com/article/nige...

"Epstein’s network is an MRI of the establishment." "Epstein’s most stupendous feat was to become a powerful New York insider after being registered as a sex offender." "America’s deeper question is whether it can restore a culture of shame." Always essential @edwardluce.bsky.social

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

The US is bombing Somalia at levels never seen before. I’ve written for @semafor.com on the logic and contradictions driving this policy. www.semafor.com/article/02/0...

Missed this one on Epstein saying Cote d’Ivoire smells.

Interesting episode of Noah Okafor's vlog with his brothers. His father tells the story of how he started life in Europe on his own as a teenager. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhqE...

Yo! 😭

Harry Gray scored again, so I'll take that as a win #lufc

Arsenal are so organised.

Darlow 🤷‍♂️

I noticed this article is listed written by “Al Jazeera Staff”. No coincidence the Traore cult have been bullying journalists who write anything critical of him. x.com/ajenglish/st... #BurkinaFaso #lwili

Here we go.

Haaland doing the Leeds salute after scoring against scum ⚡️ #lufc

Tesla is going to stop making the Model S and Model X to retool the factory to make Optimus robots?

Looks like it's kicking off again in Niger www.straitstimes.com/world/sustai... #sahel #niger #aes

The $40 million that Bezos paid for the Melanie propaganda film would cover the cost of about 200 journalists for a year.

Larry Nance Jr., forward for Cleveland Cavs

Exclusive: Border Patrol “Commander at Large” Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role and is expected to retire soon, sources tell Nick Miroff.

#lufc We have to finish this off before they wake up. They look poor and the atmosphere is awful.

Nigeria’s military finally admits it’s put some of its officers on trial for an attempted coup www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Interesting how slow mainstream media are to respond to events likethe Minnesota shooting, not just in reporting it but in piecing together the evidence. They’re usually, at best, a sleep cycle behind. They’ll end up putting out watered-down versions of what’s already out there.

Wow

Finally caught up on the #TheTraitorsUK and was I the only one waiting for one last greedy twist at the very end?

After all the gaslighting, Rwanda finally admits it’s been working with M23 www.rwandainusa.gov.rw/fileadmin/us...

Unstable and unwell.