“Mr. Epstein rarely followed through with the multimillion-dollar contributions he suggested were on offer, but he drew people in and appeared attentive to academia’s unending quest to pay its bills. Private philanthropy has long been an essential part of higher education’s business model”.

Epstein’s Ties With Academics Show the Seedy Side of College Fund-Raising www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...

Aleksei Navalny was most likely poisoned by a toxin found in a South American frog, five European countries said Saturday, making the most concrete Western accusation yet that Russia’s leading opposition figure was murdered by his government in a prison two years ago. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...

Financial barriers to environmental litigation are against the law, because protecting the environment is an important public interest. The government now wants to make it super expensive (>€100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment Please read and take action 👇

New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection

Still to get statements from Partnership Council, but lack of EU-UK summit date is the main takeaway so far today

Apparently the Home Office are continuing to contest Iranian asylum appeals. The law is that the judge has to assess risk on return as at the day of hearing.

More and more Americans are voicing their outrage at the tactics being deployed by federal agents in Minnesota. But it’s important to understand the broader implications of what this administration is doing, and the threat it poses to the basic freedoms of every American.

The EU is the latest regulator to investigate X’s Grok over AI-generated sexual abuse. Ramsha Jahangir reports on where governments stand — and what the fragmented response shows about the challenges of protecting children online across borders. www.techpolicy.press/regulators-a...

And what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.

Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands…. Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is preparing to unveil a major overhaul of police forces in England and Wales which propose significantly reducing the current 43 police forces, with larger remaining forces focusing on serious and organised crime www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

Good FT article (£) by @melissahei.bsky.social on bias in medical AI tools on.ft.com/3IuZ5qz

Is AI revolutionising the workplace? Maybe not (yet). “When we spoke to executives, they would often say the internal tool was very successful... But when we spoke to employees, we found zero usage.” @melissahei.bsky.social @chriscook.news @claradoodle.bsky.social on.ft.com/4pBm97R

I’m looking for my right-hand person to come help me run the @aial.ie - Job Title: Lab Coordinator, AI Accountability Lab (0.8 FTE) - Pay Scale: (€58,999 - €69,325 per annum pro-rata) - Closing Date: 11-Feb-2026 12:00 Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui... Main Responsibilities👇🏾

Shields up! The UK's NCSC has warned that Russia-linked hacktivist gangs are targeting organisations and UK critical infrastructure with DDoS attacks. The attacks are believed to not be financially motivated - but are instead driven by ideology "over perceived Western support for Ukraine."

As Homeland Security’s siege on Minneapolis enters its third week, locals are volunteering for patrol shifts, protesting in the streets, and keeping one another up to date in group texts. Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:

New - Nigel Farage has been found by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to have made 17 standards breaches, adding up to over £380,000 in late declarations. He’s apologised, so no further investigation (which seems unusual for a breach this large)

NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct. He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…

The European Commission's top tech official has warned Elon Musk's X to quickly "fix" its AI tool Grok — or face consequences under the controversial Digital Services Act.

I'm working on a foresight review on the use of AI in safety-critical, cyber physical systems, and very sensible engineers keep saying to me, "Well I can't see untested and unsafe AI being deployed in safety critical systems!" Got news for you buddy abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireS...

Our @leverhulmecal.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowship posts close for applications on 30 January. A few reflections on the frequently asked questions we have received. So much looking forward to reading your applications and building our team together youtube.com/watch?v=x4AMkxhe4bQ

BREAKING: Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a “transformational” donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group. This large gift comes just months after the Trump administration shut down counseling services for queer youth. My latest for @wired.com:

The narrative about London crime is truly so BORING to Londoners. Those of us who walk & travel around our city safely every day, every night. The likeliest daily risk to Londoners is of being ripped off by our landlord or somewhere charging us £4.50 for a coffee. #r4today

For many of those seeking asylum a mobile phone isn't just a lifeline to keep in contact with loved ones, it's an essential resource in accessing information and resources. State mandated theft is another example of Labour's dehumanisation of people seeking safety www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

On 18 December 2025, the EU Court of Justice clarified that Frontex is subject to effective judicial accountability. 🇪🇺⚖️ CATHARINA ZIEBRITZKI on the W.S. et al and Hamoudi vs Frontex rulings – and how they might reshape EU liability law at Europe’s borders. verfassungsblog.de/w-s-et-al-an...

A new Declaration for European Digital Sovereignty, signed by all EU Member States, seeks to boost Europe’s technological capabilities. MICHAL CZERNIAWSKI welcomes this step but warns that the Declaration remains silent on effective enforcement and human rights. verfassungsblog.de/digital-sove...

Things stepping up. ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland have written to the Garda Commissioner calling for an urgent investigation of X.

President Trump said on Saturday that Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as Venezuela’s interim president and would act as a partner in letting the U.S. run the country. Less than two hours later, Rodríguez made clear she viewed the U.S. as an illegal invader that must be rejected.

There’s going to be a motion of censure at the UN and Starmer is going to have a decision to make.

so the united states not only launched an illegal war, it will now also be an occupying power?

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

Good news! 🎉 While we’ve yet to see detail on finance & numbers, this is a major win for common sense & for the thousands who’ll now be able to access vocational training, work placements & higher education - congrats to all who campaigned for it #Erasmus @europeanmovement.co.uk @bestforbritain.org

Relevant to law enforcement use of AI-based systems in countries everywhere.

'The University of Dundee has been told it cannot make any compulsory redundancies until it has a three-year recovery strategy in place as part of conditions placed on its bailout from the Scottish government.' 1/3

Of much interest! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/as...

Because people *still* don’t understand that overseas students subsidise home students. This is punishing everyone involved.

EU Member States agree on negotiation position on CSA material online - will now negotiate with the European Parliament www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

OMG OMG OMG. I handed in my upcoming book on the census - "Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census." Now, the fine folks at the University of Chicago Press will begin the march towards production (September 2026). OMG OMG OMG.

Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry

attending this today, 10 years since we organised the very first one! congratulations to @nniloideain.bsky.social and all for a rich programme of research & policy work in the years since. Looking forward to the day

Does he even own a suit?

New post The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t...

So well said - @paulbernal.bsky.social

The news headlines are often a bitter pill these days so delighted to see Ireland celebrating a great football victory in such style! www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...

Whether you’re in favour of stricter immigration rules or not, literally stealing from asylum seekers is a deeply inhuman policy. "Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

What the Labour Party used to understand was that it wasn’t that immigration was tearing the country apart, but that immigration was what was holding the country together. Immigration kept our NHS going, our transport system going, our education and much more. It’s still true. They must know it.

“on article 8 of the ECHR in particular the right to family life ..we want to constrain in legislation the way that that is applied in immigration cases” Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood tells Sky’s Trevor Philips Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government

🇬🇷Greece’s National Intelligence Service (EYP) informed the country’s top court that it could not locate its own internal documents from 2020 ordering the surveillance of @nasoskoukakis.bsky.social. www.dnews.gr/eidhseis/new...