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Does your university use ChatGPT Edu? Please send me a DM if you do. I have identified a potential data breach affecting students' data that has not yet been fixed and I'm trying to compile further examples from other universities.
Reposts appreciated!
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February 12, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Does your university use ChatGPT Edu? Please send me a DM if you do. I have identified a potential data breach affecting students' data that has not yet been fixed and I'm trying to compile further examples from other universities.
Reposts appreciated!
Reposts appreciated!
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Mass deletion of Facebook and Insta accounts, yes? www.theverge.com/tech/878725/...
February 15, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Mass deletion of Facebook and Insta accounts, yes? www.theverge.com/tech/878725/...
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This message from the US State Department about "not wanting allies to be shackled by guilt and shame" is a pretty direct call-out to the German far-right argument that Germany has spent too long feeling guilty about the Holocaust, and needs to move on and stop doing remembrance.
February 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
This message from the US State Department about "not wanting allies to be shackled by guilt and shame" is a pretty direct call-out to the German far-right argument that Germany has spent too long feeling guilty about the Holocaust, and needs to move on and stop doing remembrance.
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Just over one month left to enter the 2026 Paul Foot Award for Investigative and Campaigning Journalism!
The winner will receive £8,000, with the award presented at a ceremony on 1 June 2026.
Find out more and apply here:
private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...
The winner will receive £8,000, with the award presented at a ceremony on 1 June 2026.
Find out more and apply here:
private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...
February 15, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Just over one month left to enter the 2026 Paul Foot Award for Investigative and Campaigning Journalism!
The winner will receive £8,000, with the award presented at a ceremony on 1 June 2026.
Find out more and apply here:
private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...
The winner will receive £8,000, with the award presented at a ceremony on 1 June 2026.
Find out more and apply here:
private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...
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I can read about people like John Myatt and David Henty all day long. I recently learned that the man who forged the Hitler Diaries became a celebrity forger after getting out of jail and after he died someone started selling forgeries of his forgeries
27 years ago today, artist John Myatt was sentenced to a year in prison for conspiracy to defraud, after painting around 200 fake works, including Chagalls and Matisses over a period of eight years, which convinced buyers despite usually being rendered in household emulsion mixed with KY Jelly 🧵
February 13, 2026 at 10:33 AM
I can read about people like John Myatt and David Henty all day long. I recently learned that the man who forged the Hitler Diaries became a celebrity forger after getting out of jail and after he died someone started selling forgeries of his forgeries
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Since Pam Bondi is worse than useless, Epstein survivor @anniegrover.bsky.social has started a GoFundMe for Virginia Giuffre to help settle her estate and cover her legal fees. www.gofundme.com/f/help-virgi...
Donate to Help Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s Family Carry On Her Legacy, organized by Annie Farmer
Sky and Amanda Roberts are the beloved brother and sister-in-l… Annie Farmer needs your support for Help Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s Family Carry On Her Legacy
www.gofundme.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Since Pam Bondi is worse than useless, Epstein survivor @anniegrover.bsky.social has started a GoFundMe for Virginia Giuffre to help settle her estate and cover her legal fees. www.gofundme.com/f/help-virgi...
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Exclusive:
Ministers and civil servants have been told to report any future conversations with Global Counsel, the lobbying firm co-founded by Lord Peter Mandelson, in the latest fallout from his ties to Jeffrey Epstein
www.ft.com/content/124e...
Ministers and civil servants have been told to report any future conversations with Global Counsel, the lobbying firm co-founded by Lord Peter Mandelson, in the latest fallout from his ties to Jeffrey Epstein
www.ft.com/content/124e...
Whitehall told to report conversations with Mandelson lobbying firm
Guidance on Global Counsel is latest fallout from ties between former minister and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
www.ft.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Exclusive:
Ministers and civil servants have been told to report any future conversations with Global Counsel, the lobbying firm co-founded by Lord Peter Mandelson, in the latest fallout from his ties to Jeffrey Epstein
www.ft.com/content/124e...
Ministers and civil servants have been told to report any future conversations with Global Counsel, the lobbying firm co-founded by Lord Peter Mandelson, in the latest fallout from his ties to Jeffrey Epstein
www.ft.com/content/124e...
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Who would have guessed that telling people not to do illegal things isn't actually illegal.
BREAKING on MS NOW:
A federal judge has ruled Pete Hegseth can't penalize Sen. Mark Kelly over that video telling service members they can refuse illegal orders.
Judge Richard Leon blocked the disciplinary action after finding an effort to cut his retirement benefits was likely unconstitutional.
A federal judge has ruled Pete Hegseth can't penalize Sen. Mark Kelly over that video telling service members they can refuse illegal orders.
Judge Richard Leon blocked the disciplinary action after finding an effort to cut his retirement benefits was likely unconstitutional.
February 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Who would have guessed that telling people not to do illegal things isn't actually illegal.
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Oh great. The World at One has begun its coverage of Jim Ratcliffe's remarks with two "vox pops" - one for, and one against. Just such an awful, cop-out model of reporting.
February 12, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Oh great. The World at One has begun its coverage of Jim Ratcliffe's remarks with two "vox pops" - one for, and one against. Just such an awful, cop-out model of reporting.
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Chart of the week gives you a sneak peak into 'Unsung Britain' – a new book we're publishing on Tuesday.
It shows that in the six years leading to last autumn, annualised inflation experienced by the poorest families ran at a rate that was 0.7 percentage points faster than for the richest families
It shows that in the six years leading to last autumn, annualised inflation experienced by the poorest families ran at a rate that was 0.7 percentage points faster than for the richest families
February 6, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Chart of the week gives you a sneak peak into 'Unsung Britain' – a new book we're publishing on Tuesday.
It shows that in the six years leading to last autumn, annualised inflation experienced by the poorest families ran at a rate that was 0.7 percentage points faster than for the richest families
It shows that in the six years leading to last autumn, annualised inflation experienced by the poorest families ran at a rate that was 0.7 percentage points faster than for the richest families
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There are EIGHTEEN US States with a lower population than Puerto Rico, contributing over one-third of the membership of the US Senate, and 38 House seats.
You'll be AMAZED to learn how many of those underpopulated regions return Republican lawmakers...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
You'll be AMAZED to learn how many of those underpopulated regions return Republican lawmakers...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
🚨BREAKING: Puerto Rico has been part of the United States since 1898, and people still act confused that Puerto Ricans are American.
States that joined after Puerto Rico:
• Oklahoma — 1907
• New Mexico — 1912
• Arizona — 1912
• Alaska — 1959
• Hawaii — 1959
Yet somehow this is still news to folks.
States that joined after Puerto Rico:
• Oklahoma — 1907
• New Mexico — 1912
• Arizona — 1912
• Alaska — 1959
• Hawaii — 1959
Yet somehow this is still news to folks.
February 10, 2026 at 10:55 AM
There are EIGHTEEN US States with a lower population than Puerto Rico, contributing over one-third of the membership of the US Senate, and 38 House seats.
You'll be AMAZED to learn how many of those underpopulated regions return Republican lawmakers...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
You'll be AMAZED to learn how many of those underpopulated regions return Republican lawmakers...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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I'd add to @benansell.bsky.social's political analysis here the simple point that a reset here would be *good* for growth and save money.
The settlement proposals are not just morally repulsive and politically self-defeating, but also an act of economic self-harm.
The settlement proposals are not just morally repulsive and politically self-defeating, but also an act of economic self-harm.
If Starmer wants a reset - and not yet another U-turn when the parliamentary party balks at a policy - here is his chance.
300,000 children face 10-year wait for settled status under UK plans, says IPPR
The consultation closes on Thursday. What is being proposed is dreadful. Can I encourage you to engage with the consultation and put your dissent on record?
The consultation closes on Thursday. What is being proposed is dreadful. Can I encourage you to engage with the consultation and put your dissent on record?
February 10, 2026 at 7:44 AM
I'd add to @benansell.bsky.social's political analysis here the simple point that a reset here would be *good* for growth and save money.
The settlement proposals are not just morally repulsive and politically self-defeating, but also an act of economic self-harm.
The settlement proposals are not just morally repulsive and politically self-defeating, but also an act of economic self-harm.
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The sexuality of King James I and VI was once little spoken of, but more recently has been the subject of popular histories and representations.
Rebecca Mason and Miles Kerr Peterson review Gareth Russell’s popular history, Queen James. www.thenational.scot/culture/2584...
Rebecca Mason and Miles Kerr Peterson review Gareth Russell’s popular history, Queen James. www.thenational.scot/culture/2584...
The loves, losses and politics that defined James VI
Charlie Lynch asked two Scottish historians who specialise in the early modern period what they thought of it the lives and loves of James VI
www.thenational.scot
February 10, 2026 at 8:53 AM
The sexuality of King James I and VI was once little spoken of, but more recently has been the subject of popular histories and representations.
Rebecca Mason and Miles Kerr Peterson review Gareth Russell’s popular history, Queen James. www.thenational.scot/culture/2584...
Rebecca Mason and Miles Kerr Peterson review Gareth Russell’s popular history, Queen James. www.thenational.scot/culture/2584...
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Reform banned journalists they dislike from covering their party conference and then Nigel Farage dissembled about it to Congress, so I think we’ve heard quite enough faux free speech bollocks out of them, tbh.
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Reform banned journalists they dislike from covering their party conference and then Nigel Farage dissembled about it to Congress, so I think we’ve heard quite enough faux free speech bollocks out of them, tbh.
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Very nearly there with the front page of the new edition of @bylinetimes.bsky.social which goes to the printers tomorrow.
One big theme we can’t avoid, but with unique exclusive new content, @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social has turned this into an illuminating story
One big theme we can’t avoid, but with unique exclusive new content, @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social has turned this into an illuminating story
February 10, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Very nearly there with the front page of the new edition of @bylinetimes.bsky.social which goes to the printers tomorrow.
One big theme we can’t avoid, but with unique exclusive new content, @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social has turned this into an illuminating story
One big theme we can’t avoid, but with unique exclusive new content, @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social has turned this into an illuminating story
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Woof - record demand today at an auction of conventional gilts.
Investors placed bids worth 3.94 times the £3.75 billion pounds of gilts due in 2031 offered today.
Highest such ratio since Debt Management Office records began in 1998.
DMO staff said to be considering half pint of shandy at lunch.
Investors placed bids worth 3.94 times the £3.75 billion pounds of gilts due in 2031 offered today.
Highest such ratio since Debt Management Office records began in 1998.
DMO staff said to be considering half pint of shandy at lunch.
February 10, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Woof - record demand today at an auction of conventional gilts.
Investors placed bids worth 3.94 times the £3.75 billion pounds of gilts due in 2031 offered today.
Highest such ratio since Debt Management Office records began in 1998.
DMO staff said to be considering half pint of shandy at lunch.
Investors placed bids worth 3.94 times the £3.75 billion pounds of gilts due in 2031 offered today.
Highest such ratio since Debt Management Office records began in 1998.
DMO staff said to be considering half pint of shandy at lunch.
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Getting really tired of "this is all a media concoction"...
Starmer has the lowest approval rating of any PM in history bar Truss. Senior ministers are openly and unsubtly positioning. His Chief of Staff, Director of Comms and Cab Sec have all resigned on the same day.
I mean come on...
Starmer has the lowest approval rating of any PM in history bar Truss. Senior ministers are openly and unsubtly positioning. His Chief of Staff, Director of Comms and Cab Sec have all resigned on the same day.
I mean come on...
February 9, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Getting really tired of "this is all a media concoction"...
Starmer has the lowest approval rating of any PM in history bar Truss. Senior ministers are openly and unsubtly positioning. His Chief of Staff, Director of Comms and Cab Sec have all resigned on the same day.
I mean come on...
Starmer has the lowest approval rating of any PM in history bar Truss. Senior ministers are openly and unsubtly positioning. His Chief of Staff, Director of Comms and Cab Sec have all resigned on the same day.
I mean come on...
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Money-saving tip: instead of renting Hamnet, just ask a friend to shout "I DEMAND THAT YOU CRY!" at you for two solid hours.
February 9, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Money-saving tip: instead of renting Hamnet, just ask a friend to shout "I DEMAND THAT YOU CRY!" at you for two solid hours.
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ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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this might be an ideal romantic pairing, honestly
February 9, 2026 at 5:53 PM
this might be an ideal romantic pairing, honestly
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if you weren't one of the 25,648 people who might have seen this live on tv last night in ottumwa iowa, you're in luck: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmdo...
404 Media's Super Bowl Ad
YouTube video by 404 Media
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February 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
if you weren't one of the 25,648 people who might have seen this live on tv last night in ottumwa iowa, you're in luck: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmdo...
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You could see that within weeks if not days of the government’s stumbling, awkward beginning. I am sure I was not alone in my jaw metaphorically dropping at each and every mis-step.
The lesson of Morgan McSweeney’s downfall – a campaigning project was never developed into a governing one. www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
The lesson of Morgan McSweeney’s downfall
A victorious campaigning project was never developed into a governing one
www.newstatesman.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:48 AM
You could see that within weeks if not days of the government’s stumbling, awkward beginning. I am sure I was not alone in my jaw metaphorically dropping at each and every mis-step.