Terrific read about one of the Beeb's best.

Delighted to see the TrumpActionTracker feature in this @timeshighered.bsky.social profile by @patrickjack.bsky.social today :-) was great to chat to him about it! www.timeshighereducation.com/news/mathema...

There was a vision, policies, people of ability, and as important was that all of that reflected the times rather than being puzzled. Adding up to leadership. Despite what some here would probably see as left wing policies given what they say about Starmer.

Great to see my friend Christina Pagel featured in the THE for her work on tracking Trump's authoritarian actions. "Scientist behind Trump Action Tracker uses skills in data collection to look for patterns in president’s seemingly scattergun approach"

Two weeks ago, Peter Mandelson told us he had no recollection of planning to buy a £2m apartment in Rio via a Panama holding company and a Brazilian company. Yesterday we found notarised incorporation documents for the Brazilian company, with Mr Mandelson's signature.

Only going by the thread the end of the international order is just the reality that China is now a superpower. Perhaps a good next step would be to stop lamenting this fact as if only Europe and the US were allowed to set the rules. Not a good look.

Pretty grim list for the WTO. And now weaponisation of dependencies on which, guess what, there aren't really rules either. Yet trade continues. A gap between reality and rules too often ignored. www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

Ending ETS just at the point when solar and wind are cheaper than fossil fuels in order to give dirty dangerous and old fashioned technology of the 19th and 20th century would be very stupid and send Europe’s industry into the past

The UK's National Savings & Investments digital transformation is turning into a disaster www.computerweekly.com/news/3666389...

Wow! Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report. This is a *big* legal win. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Nick Robinson has now posted a detailed correction of Farage's false claims (repeated today on the Today programme)

Don't forget, thanks to archives like this, he can't even flood the zone with evil and tire the people out anymore. Big thanks to its creator, @chrischirp.bsky.social . www.trumpactiontracker.info

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust has signed a 10-year contract with Nervecentre to implement its electronic patient record (EPR) system. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/02/mid-...

Farage's lies about people not speaking English factchecked here. NB Farage also claimed that "four million speak barely passable English" - this too is a lie. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

Nigel Farage has been making the incorrect claim that "one million people living in this country don't speak any English at all" Facts here 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

The Trump administration is literally going to kill its supporters, and still they cheer the circus.

This is a human, economic and fiscal disaster. All the benefits go to haves, with nothing for have-nots.

Confronting reality is pushing it some, European leaders have done a good job with regard to Ukraine and defence, and pushing back on this US administration's worst external mistakes, but are a long way from understanding the implications of today's global networks.

Breaking: OpenAI is probably toast - Gary Marcus garymarcus.substack.com/p/breaking-o...

Irony….dept of health monitoring my comments on #Palantir as revealed in subject access requests in 2023… 2025, dept of health advising ministers that the #Palantir contract a bit 💩 🤪

Dont mean to say we warned you all but WE WARNED YOU ALL since 2021 🤦‍♂️ @thedauk.bsky.social #Palantir www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Promises are cheap - Gary Marcus garymarcus.substack.com/p/promises-a...

Good to see Nigel Farage has moved - after being challenged - from multiplying the numbers by five to using the correct numbers.

In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

What the US started, and now far too many in the EU want to follow, is to manage today's complex patterns of trade at a micro level, thinking this can "bring back manufacturing" or somehow "enhance resilience". It isn't working. And probably can't. www.ft.com/content/f2ef...

Third Lecture in my Thinking Critically About AI in Healthcare series Recording: youtu.be/G_tnE3ycM1M Slides: www.canva.com/design/DAHBD... This week looking at the "last mile problem" i.e., why do we keep building models that succeed technically, but fail to help clinically.

BBC Newsnight points out net migration fell from 649k (year to June 2024) to 205k (year to June 2025) (Small boat arrivals up 5k to 41k) When only 1/6 people know it came down from record levels, the main bulletins should take 10 seconds to convey the context when reporting

Farage's claims here are straightforward lies (and it's about time the media/press said so) The correct figures are 160K (0.3%) and 900K (1.5%) www.gbnews.com/news/video-n...

NHS England is moving its focus from electronic patient record adoption to implementing business change, said Ming Tang, interim chief digital and information officer. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/02/ming...

Day after Alex Pretti killing I complained to BBC about presentation of White House statements and evidence as equivalent. Duty of balance doesn’t extend to complicity with clear lies, I said. BBC could and should report WH making false statements as a *fact of the story*. Today I got response …

Capita "Overwhelmed" by Civil Service Pension Scheme Takeover Disaster: 16,000 Unread Emails & 20 Million Database Errors www.computerweekly.com/news/3666390...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) improperly disclosed confidential tax data of thousands of people to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as part of the Trump administration’s push to crack down on immigration enforcement measures across agencies. TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening Civil Rights]

it really can't be said enough that this is a person who has dined with the president of the united states

Trump threatened “consequences come Election time” for Republican lawmakers who oppose his administration’s tariffs on U.S. trading partners. He posted the threats on Truth Social after six Republicans voted to appeal tarriffs on Canada TAT: [Suppressing Dissent]

A crypto investor just donated £9 million to the Reform Party. Right now, billionaires can pour unlimited money into our elections, effectively buying our democracy. Think that's wrong? Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

Notable how little UK Govt, and specifically the health secretary, have to say about this. No sense that they can shape public behaviour. Very passive.

Episode 1 is OUT!! 🥳 🙌 This week on The Interface, we discuss: * That insane Superbowl ad for Ring * The US TikTok takeover * And the beef that launched ChatGPT Listen wherever you get your podcasts: app.magellan.ai/listen_links...

A new Trump administration rule limits Small Business Administration loans to U.S. citizens, barring green card holders from applying. The new rule, which goes into effect March 1, surprised many lenders because it reversed decades of government lending policies that sought to... TAT: [Nationalism]

President Donald Trump ordered the Defense Department to purchase electricity from coal-fired power plants in his latest effort to boost the coal sector. The move, which was announced at the White House as an executive order, calls for the Pentagon to form purchase agree... TAT: [Attacking Science]

Good for Minneapolis. Where next?

About that Matt Shumer post that has nearly 50 million views - Gary Marcus garymarcus.substack.com/p/about-that...

Terrific piece this. Something that Yvette Cooper said the government would do that seems to have fallen by the wayside is to release this data *themselves*, but instead they've seemingly quit the field leaving it only to bad actors (and now, thankfully, Anoosh)

This is obviously correct but I would add - don't think that the EU is free of suspicion that it too would bend any rules to its benefit if it could. Not a great place from which to assemble a plurilateral agreement.

Just a pathetic non-apology. If your intention is to talk about "controlled, well-managed immigration" you don't spout racist bullshit about "colonisation."

What is effective about this Burnham statement is it reads like something that he is personally invested in and is not worried about criticism for. More of this please.

House Republicans rushed to approve legislation that would impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements ahead of the midterm elections. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, would require Americans to prove their... TAT: [Weakening Civil Rights | Undermining Democracy]

Donald Kinsella, a seasoned litigator who was appointed by federal judges in Northern District of New York after the Trump administration’s nominee was found to be serving unlawfully, was fired by the White House within hours. The Trump administration had previously ... TAT: [Undermining Democracy]

According to new evidence, border patrol chief Gregory Bovino praised the immigration agent who shot a woman in her car in October 2025. Marimar Martinez, a US citizen, was shot five times by a border patrol agent while in her vehicle. She was charged with a felony after offic... TAT: [Nationalism]

1/ RTT performance December - From the RTT Overview Timeseries - public.tableau.com/views/Englan... Pathways 7,290,880 Over 18 weeks 2,806,410 Over 52 Weeks 140,508 Over 65 Weeks 7.344 Over 78 Weeks 1,514 Over 104 weeks 223

NEW ANALYSIS: China's CO2 has now been 'flat or falling' for 21 months * Down in 2025 * Still below Mar 2024 * Clean energy wave a key factor If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far… www.carbonbrief.org/...