A short video on why I’m writing about the power in David Hockney reminding us spring cannot be cancelled. You can read the whole piece by clicking on the link below… open.substack.com/pub/craigoli...

The guy who filmed Andrew Tate dancing in Dubai

I don’t think that “accidentally” getting a Nazi tattoo means you have to be exiled from the whole of society, I do think it means you don’t get to be one of the hundred most powerful people in America. Sorry. I know that seems unfair. That’s just the way it works.

😱 That is all.

So well worth ‘Melania’

Noooo #curling

Algorithms now go beyond tyrannical AI tools enable the harassment, humiliation, abuse and relentless hounding of women … Without any guardrails. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

"Months before Jesse Van Rootselaar became the suspect in the mass shooting that devastated a rural town in British Columbia, Canada, OpenAI considered alerting law enforcement about her interactions with its ChatGPT chatbot, the company said."

Can feed algorithms shape what people think about politics? Our paper "The Political Effects of X's Feed Algorithm" is out today in Nature and answers "Yes." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

“All of the 18 experts Meta hired concluded they presented a wellbeing issue.” 😱 giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

“That catalysed an environment ... Complexity became a liability. Doubt became weakness. And politics, which should be the arena where we wrestle with hard truths, became a performance of certainty - a race to the bottom where the goal isn’t to govern well but to score points & “win” the news cycle”

😢. Life is so harsh and fast. Pacey was my guy but Dawson made it.

As if… www.ft.com/content/41e4...

I’m just waiting for the WhatsApps 💅

“At the time, Mandelson was both Britain’s ambassador to the US and a shareholder in Global Counsel, the lobbying firm he co-founded in 2010 that counts Palantir as a client.” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Damn. Somebody said there is a documentary that Melania appears in that is actually worth seeing. I think it’s an old YouTube thing?! If by any remote chance anyone knows of what that was - please release me from my blankness!

We see this repeatedly. People feted/ put on pedestals, behaviour ignored because they are ‘masterminds’ - despite there being clear signs that they aren’t, maybe in one realm they flourish but not in others. Everyone needs checks & balances - & Mandy more than most! www.cityam.com/starmers-fai...

Listening to Labour MPs talking about how surprising the revelations are 👀 but PLEASE anyone who has met/ had knowledge of Mandy is/ should not be surprised!

How are you meant to sleep with all this news 🤯

Wow - this framing is doing some seriously heavy lifting! “they did render statements on “do business with” or have a “relationship with” Epstein “perhaps more nuanced than might appear at first glance”.” 150mill for tex advice 😂 giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Takeaway: Any time the Trump administration says "AI" or anything about software or data, what you should hear is "repression as a service" This has 2 parts: 1. AI as an excuse to consolidate data 2. AI to execute orders that humans would refuse

A February Freeze! Resist, unsubscribe and hit the bottom line… www.profgalloway.com/resist-and-u...

OMG football is the most EXCLUSIVE club ever. My bias is I could not care less, those I love do care - small size would like to see a game, turns out that’ impossible in person. A catch 22 that u can’t get on a list for poss of a ticket unless you’ve been to x games but u can’t get those tickets 🤯!

So so good. Love this.

“the ratio on my island might m=ke Talilah uncomfortable” Shudders giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

👀 www.ft.com/content/c950... Jeffrey Epstein sent £10,000 to Mandelson’s husband, emails show

“But I’ve never been subjected to ICE tactics.”

-326 seats 😮 Wow. www.moreincommon.org.uk/latest-insig...

But of course they have. Urgh. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown

Good. More of this needed… giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... France presses Capgemini over ICE contract amid international backlash

River Thames this morning

All the think tanks/ pressure groups in the world can’t get away from the reality that covert coalitions have failed and the multi party system isn’t going anywhere - systemic change is required. www.thetimes.com/article/a402...

Leaving feedback bores me and I never want to do it, so stop asking me - there are a very few exceptions to this rule.

Suspect a billion will assist their cause…

“If these guys can run a peace initiative, the Sinaloa Cartel can run Narcotics Anonymous.” 😂 giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

"Over nine days, Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4 million images, of which at least 41 percent were sexualized images of women"

The board named in memory of 1984… FT comments are splendid. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Obviously, 9 year old agrees that all games be held in Mexico and Canada to teach the dingus a lesson.

My eyes, my eyes 🙈

Can’t help thinking of the Emperors New Clothes and the subsequent humiliation felt by those around him…

9 year old overhears radio talking about not attending World Cup and apparently agrees it is the right approach to let Donald know he is being a dingus.

Mid-January and things can feel over-whelming. How do we navigate and stay present in a world we can’t control? You can read the full piece by clicking below…

Wow

We know where appeasement ends with bullies.

This is a good - we need to all be acting to temper what the algorithmically charged world creates. “Big Tech profits through sequestration & enragement, while digitizing dating has resulted in a winner-take-most environment.” www.profgalloway.com/the-vcel-mov...

Honestly all Denmark needs to do is to withdraw all Ozempic exports to the US and Americans will finally revolt

The thing about the increasing threats is that the counter factual becomes more and more attractive giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Trump to hit Europe with 10% tariffs if it opposes Greenland takeover

It just feels like kids playing, if you really wanted to make it work you would actually put real thought into who would make the difference. www.thetimes.com/article/41ce...

Is there anything sadder than a grown man being given a medal, for being a loser?

LOL Jenrick… good luck with your next steps 😬