Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want

@colinyeo.bsky.social Hi Colin I have just sent you an urgent interview request via DM

Every single media lawyer I have spoken with this weeks agree that the BBC is doing exactly the right thing in admitting a mistake without admitting liability.

Orbán’s claims of Trump summit triumph mask growing doubts over his grip on power

Wigan charity The Brick fought food poverty by running a food bank for almost a decade, but changed to a new model after the pandemic.

Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement. @olivia.science @abeba.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social @rocher.lc @danmcquillan.bsky.social @robin.berjon.com & many others have signed www.iccl.ie/press-releas...

This research, a collaboration between @pdri-devlab.bsky.social and Stanford Immigration Policy Lab, is joint with Chris Blair (@chriswblair.bsky.social, Princeton) and Jeremy Weinstein (HKS). I hope you find it interesting.

It was fun presenting with Domenico Tabasso (WB-UNHCR JDC) on the Dataset of Worldwide Refugee and Asylum Policies (DWRAP) at the World Bank's Law, Justice, and Development Week. ➡️ DWRAP dashboard: shorturl.at/VQ413 ➡️ Presentation (video): shorturl.at/thASN

This is a harrowing read www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Batteries are coming to Europe. Earlier this year Europe’s largest battery storage site went live at Blackhillock, Scotland. The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh. Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.

"The science is clear: We can and must bring temperatures back down to 1.5°C after any temporary overshoot," UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell said at COP30 in Belém, Brazil.

'Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say' From @theguardian.com share.google/K7JcL4o2g6kM...

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪

A shame it's being tested like this, but a forceful reminder that restoring nature, preserving clean, thriving ecosystems is also ensuring we have something to fall back on during tough times: grist.org/indigenous/t...

Today the 2025 State of the Cryosphere report was published by over 50 leading cryosphere scientists. An urgent warning about the global consequences of the meltdown of ice, including the risk of shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC. 🌊 iccinet.org/statecryo25/

New from Amy Howe: The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed skeptical of President Donald Trump’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs in a series of executive orders earlier this year.

'The analysis [of existing data] shows it is difficult, if not impossible, to delineate the killings based on religious affiliations. All the religions in [Nigeria] have been affected, and there have been fatalities across several ethnic and religious lines.' theconversation.com/is-there-a-c...

I got to say something about the Word Of The Year, "vibe coding", on the BBC World Service today. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 18:20 in, thanks @labailey.bsky.social. It's 2 holy grails/silver bullets of software engineering in one: requirements *in nat language* to code automatically. Yeah. Nah.

One of the things I think the vibe coding stuff hasn't yet really come to terms with is junior developers and owners often think the key skill for developers is ability to write code, and principal developers know the /actual/ super power that distinguishes principals is their ability to debug.

Here’s the latest episode of Better Offline. I’m joined by software engineer and writer Charlie Meyer to talk about the BS of vibe coding, why the valley went so crazy about scaling laws, and the realities of AI coding. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Linktr.ee/betteroffline

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

New set of forest towns to be built between Oxford and Cambridge

Former US VP Dick Cheney dead at 84, Punchbowl News says reut.rs/3Xcrs0o

"On the right, the leaking of the video is denounced as a defamation of the Israeli military, all but amounting to an act of treason...On the left...[it] is seen as the one time she lived up to the responsibilities of her post." She has now been arrested. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The European Union should weaken its next climate target if its forests sequester less carbon dioxide than planned, according to a draft agreement on the bloc's 2040 emissions-cutting goal.

My book, Things of the Past: A Modern Yearning, is now available for free download from CUP, until November 13. It offers a short global history of our longing for historical artefacts, discussing Asia, Africa, Europe, South- and North America. Please share and comment!

Thank you to the judges for a nomination for work on Sudan, Gaza, and immigration. Especially pleased to see our Malak A Tantesh nominated for a richly deserved New Journalist of the Year accolade 🙏🏾

Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik

"I hope my strength will be in not being afraid, so that I can take care of my family," says 10-year-old Waad. In #Gaza, UNICEF is working with #MentalHealth specialists to help children like her cope with daily fears.

BREAKING: A person in the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year. ​ Same pollution. Different worlds. But only one pays the price. ​ 👉Read Oxfam's new #ClimatePlunder report to learn more. oxf.am/climateplund... #MakeRichPo#MakeRichPollutersPay

Literally one of the greatest soft power brands on planet earth driven into the ground by successive British governments that embrace failure, decline and irrelevance. on.ft.com/3Wq1XIT

To quote my friend @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, climate change won't make humanity extinct but we can do better than "not extinct". Raise your standards people!

RIP, Jack DeJohnette... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/a...

RIP Jack DeJohnette (1942-2025)

A really astute post by @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social lpeproject.org/blog/the-ris...

Today's news roundup: -Sudan's RSF says it captured El Fasher army headquarters -Sixty-five nations sign first UN treaty to fight cybercrime -US deploys aircraft carrier to Latin America -DOD accepts anonymous $130M donation to partially cover troop pay 👇 www.justsecurity.org/123326/early...

1/ In case anybody missed it, the ICRC just published the new Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Conventions: ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treat... This is an impressive project will surely dominate discussions in the field of protection of civilians under IHL for years to come.

Glad to talk with Claudia Grisales for this @npr.org story on the Venezuelan boat strike and Congress's failure to play any meaningful role. www.npr.org/2025/09/14/n....

He added that surveys show Spaniards & other Europeans “are overwhelmingly against changing the clock”. “Science tells us that it no longer represents an energy saving, & what science does tell us is that it disrupts biological rhythms twice a year.” (£) www.thetimes.com/world/europe... Agreed

BBC News - Bath professor explains why evolution creates imposter crabs www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A man walked onto the stage at the “Wiki World’s Fair” event with a gun and threatened to kill himself on Friday, witnesses said. Wikipedia volunteers jumped in to stop him, averting tragedy

'Right to protest is under sustained attack in the west, report finds. Counter-terror laws being ‘weaponised’ against pro-Palestine groups in UK, US, France and Germany, says FIDH' From @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘A succession of prime ministers persuaded themselves that their country was somehow different from the rest: it could pick and choose from the menu of European options in the way that suited it best. They were all mistaken.’ David Runciman on the road to Brexit: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below. It's especially for journalists covering this story! Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.

Climate change is affecting global wind patterns in multiple ways, many of which have direct implications for human health.

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

This is so good from Cory Doctorow on all the tricks Amazon uses to get both consumers to pay more, and how businesses on the platform end up paying it 45-51 cents on every dollar. Plus he rightly calls for regulatory change, not just individual consumer action www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

If you are looking for a thought provoking night out in London this week we are holding a free evening of talks, exhibits, performance and even zine making on Thursday. All on the theme of ‘Living with the Planet’. You need to book but tix are free www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/livin...

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time: