The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.

The modern equivalent of sitting in someone's warm seat on the bus, is getting into their phone booth after a call...

Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.

The average American now spends 13 hours a day on tech/media, including 5 hours on video. Because of multitasking, it adds up to a 32-hour day...

At the AMEC AI day summit and the news breaks that Getty Images has lost its copyright infringment case against Stability AI. What are the implications for other copyright owners and monitoring companies?

Finding it increasingly difficult to live my life without being followed by dogs everywhere.

the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre" www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...

The architectural traces of a lost civilisation…

“No worthy problem is ever solved in the plane of its original conception.” The strategist’s motto, via Einstein.

We've just published the most comprehensive study of news creators to date covering 24 countries. Authored by Nic Newman @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social, it identifies the most mentioned in each country 📱Report buff.ly/bL6y8Hj 🧵6 findings in thread

Was this a subtle apology today?

Had dinner with 16 comms leaders at tech companies this week, discussing AI. Everyone using AI much more at work, some even creating bespoke instances/use cases, but mostly using it for faster admin, translation, data analysis and storyline development.

'The cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will cost an estimated £1.9bn and be the most economically damaging cyber event in UK history, according to researchers.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Marc Benioff rolls back his suggestion that the National Guard is needed in San Francisco.

The new poop emoji

So weird to see a new beauty store opening in Westfield, plastered with a giant AI-generated image…

The new branding for Microsoft's AI division - now called "MAI" - is like a West Coast yoga retreat. Soft pastels and softer language: microsoft.ai

this is the dumbest shit i have ever read

The “three threes” — the new standard for political communications in the 2020s…

Sad to see Vogue House like this.

Yes! Looking forward to the sceptics having to move the goalposts from "It'll never work on Britain's narrow roads" to "It's morally bad because [reasons]". waymo.com/blog/2025/10...

Interesting piece. But it's not just about channels, it's about a larger crisis in government comms - and in society - which is not a new thing and goes back perhaps 15 years. Put simply, the Whitehall comms machine has lost the ability to win arguments.

Wow, $165m Series B funding for a London robotics startup... www.dexory.com/insights/str...

This was really interesting to me. Forget 'dark kitchens'. The new thing in food is 'host kitchens'. (via @jim.londoncentric.media) www.londoncentric.media/p/host-kitch...

Yep @azeem.bsky.social

Lime's UK revenue has basically doubled every year for the past four years. Maybe one of the true legacies of the pandemic.

The founder of Lululemon took out an ad in the WSJ to complain about its new owners. Especially love the idea that the company should have a close connection to its ideal customer: “The muse—the woman who inspires the brand”.

This is a pretty bonkers snapshot of how TikTok usage grows compulsively. Casual users went from 32mins to 70mins per day on the app over five months. Power users spent 4+ hours on it. www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/int...

Shock horror

Big new study on genAI from @reutersinstitute.bsky.social. AI use has risen massively since last year (from 18% to 34% using weekly). And now we’re using it more for information searching (24%) than for creating media (21%). reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/generative-a...

Threads is text TikTok.

Interesting positioning from Netflix. “A season of visionary directors”. Awards season is coming.

I don't use my Twitter account any more, but I had to log in to check something. The 'all notifications' column is 90% far-right tweets. Any basic algorithm analysing at my posting/following history would realise that's anathema to my views. 6 Tommy Robinson tweets in the top 30 served up to me...

Shocked my parents by telling them each copy of The Economist costs £11

My generation pretended to like "Be Here Now" for several weeks, we're in no position to judge zoomers.

Have we passed peak social media? @jburnmurdoch.ft.com here www.ft.com/content/a072...

Really enjoyed Not Your Superwoman at @bushtheatre.bsky.social. Funny, emotional, touching, and two great central performances.

What’s Your Time? I think some of the best writing about technology PR is this ten-year-old article by Aaron Zamost: What’s Your Hour in ‘Silicon Valley Time’? It describes the cycles that companies go through in public perception, and the beauty of revisiting it ten years later is that you can…

An interesting value proposition for bag storage

Axios with the big picture... feels hyperbolic but also kind of relatable www.axios.com/2025/09/29/a...

Remarkable datapoint

What's going on with Larry Ellison is bonkers

I shall now be using the word "workslop" regularly in conversation hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...

Fascinating analysis by the FT on how US companies are talking about AI. They're emphasising the risks more than a couple of years ago. www.ft.com/content/e93e...

Re: the AI/labor discourse: *ACCENTURE SEES INCREASING OVERALL HEADCOUNT IN FY26

It’s insane that platforms don’t tell us the most popular 10, 100, 1000 posts on TikTok or YouTube or Instagram each day. Lawmakers should make them publish what they are, in real time, so we can track misinfo and propaganda. In other words: bring back crowdtangle! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/o...

"The Future of Work" is one of the oldest and most influential discourses in tech. I studied it for my @oii.ox.ac.uk MSc and thought I'd turn my thesis into an easier-to-digest slide deck. If tech or storytelling are your thing, you might want to check it out 👇 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

I really like Anthropic's new ad www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDNk...

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