Amelia Jacob
@ameliajacob.bsky.social
MA Investigative Journalism at City | ✍️ Private Eye, The Face Magazine, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Daily Express
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UK officer: “I believe that UKSF operates a code of silence or omerta, which prevents people from speaking out,” he said. “I am concerned about my personal safety having provided this statement.”' www.ft.com/content/2292...
UK special forces had ‘golden pass’ to carry out killings in Afghanistan, inquiry hears
Military operated under ‘code of silence’, according to testimonies from probe into suspected war crimes
www.ft.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
UK officer: “I believe that UKSF operates a code of silence or omerta, which prevents people from speaking out,” he said. “I am concerned about my personal safety having provided this statement.”' www.ft.com/content/2292...
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Massive news. There are hundreds of thousands of people in Britain abused as children that this law would have saved. Including me. Well done Tom Perry & @mandatenow.bsky.social. I've campaigned on this a bit: for them, a life's work. Now: get the new law right. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Yvette Cooper says she will force professionals to report child sexual abuse claims
Home secretary announces plans to implement key demand from Jay inquiry in England
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Massive news. There are hundreds of thousands of people in Britain abused as children that this law would have saved. Including me. Well done Tom Perry & @mandatenow.bsky.social. I've campaigned on this a bit: for them, a life's work. Now: get the new law right. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
I was lucky enough to attend #OffshoreAlert today and hear some really eye-opening talks on corruption and intelligence
December 3, 2024 at 9:00 PM
I was lucky enough to attend #OffshoreAlert today and hear some really eye-opening talks on corruption and intelligence
A fascinating insight into mortality rate trends and health inequalities from @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social at Bayes Business School this evening.
November 27, 2024 at 9:57 PM
A fascinating insight into mortality rate trends and health inequalities from @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social at Bayes Business School this evening.
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Appreciate this may not be a universally popular opinion but the less you treat BlueSky as a crusade or cause, and the more you position it as simply a superior user experience with a better governance approach, the more sustainable the growth will be.
November 20, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Appreciate this may not be a universally popular opinion but the less you treat BlueSky as a crusade or cause, and the more you position it as simply a superior user experience with a better governance approach, the more sustainable the growth will be.
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Really excellent piece about the ethical complexity of trying to save extremely premature babies, by Sophie McBain www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
‘Look, they’re getting skin!’: are we right to strive to save the world’s tiniest babies?
The long read: Doctors are pushing the limits of science and human biology to save more extremely premature babies than ever before. But when so few survive, are we putting them through needless suffe...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Really excellent piece about the ethical complexity of trying to save extremely premature babies, by Sophie McBain www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Many of my Gen Z peers have never downloaded X/Twitter because of negative perceptions of the site (even pre-Musk). It will be interesting to see if they arrive here
A tale of two platforms:
BlueSky user numbers have hit a new record high in recent days, while the number of people deleting their accounts on X/Twitter has rocketed 🚀
BlueSky user numbers have hit a new record high in recent days, while the number of people deleting their accounts on X/Twitter has rocketed 🚀
November 13, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Many of my Gen Z peers have never downloaded X/Twitter because of negative perceptions of the site (even pre-Musk). It will be interesting to see if they arrive here
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Donald Trump has confirmed that Elon Musk will co-lead a new department that will “dismantle government bureaucracy”, signalling the growing influence of the world’s richest man over the incoming president.
Trump charges Musk with slashing government
The two men will co-lead a new Department of Government Efficiency to ‘slash excess regulations’
www.thetimes.com
November 13, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Donald Trump has confirmed that Elon Musk will co-lead a new department that will “dismantle government bureaucracy”, signalling the growing influence of the world’s richest man over the incoming president.
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NEW: Sudan's brutal civil war is taking a devastating toll on the country's health facilities. By
Andres Schipani, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Chris Campbell,
Sam Joiner @peter.andringa.me
ig.ft.com/sudan-hospit...
Andres Schipani, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Chris Campbell,
Sam Joiner @peter.andringa.me
ig.ft.com/sudan-hospit...
October 30, 2024 at 11:21 AM
NEW: Sudan's brutal civil war is taking a devastating toll on the country's health facilities. By
Andres Schipani, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Chris Campbell,
Sam Joiner @peter.andringa.me
ig.ft.com/sudan-hospit...
Andres Schipani, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Chris Campbell,
Sam Joiner @peter.andringa.me
ig.ft.com/sudan-hospit...
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My first opportunity to ask Vladimir Putin a question since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It came at the end of the BRICS summit in Kazan. youtu.be/Lzge2XwbVic
Asking Vladimir Putin a question
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
October 27, 2024 at 5:23 AM
My first opportunity to ask Vladimir Putin a question since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It came at the end of the BRICS summit in Kazan. youtu.be/Lzge2XwbVic