Craig O'Callaghan
@craigoc.bsky.social
Editor at QS, home of the world's largest university rankings. Aisle seat at the cinema. Near the mixing desk at gigs.
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“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.”
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:56 PM
“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.”
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
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January 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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As always, 2 things can be true at once:
1. Any police force using AI to generate reports & evidence for their decisions should be disciplined & heads should roll
2. The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was likely justified due to real risk of racist, violent hooliganism #r4today
1. Any police force using AI to generate reports & evidence for their decisions should be disciplined & heads should roll
2. The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was likely justified due to real risk of racist, violent hooliganism #r4today
January 15, 2026 at 8:29 AM
As always, 2 things can be true at once:
1. Any police force using AI to generate reports & evidence for their decisions should be disciplined & heads should roll
2. The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was likely justified due to real risk of racist, violent hooliganism #r4today
1. Any police force using AI to generate reports & evidence for their decisions should be disciplined & heads should roll
2. The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was likely justified due to real risk of racist, violent hooliganism #r4today
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If you'd like to watch the hour long special programme on maternity care - it's on YouTube. It's an emotional watch - but it's important
www.youtube.com/live/kfqmmoV...
www.youtube.com/live/kfqmmoV...
Sky News special programme on the state of maternity care in our health system | Mornings
YouTube video by Mornings With Ridge & Frost
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:11 AM
If you'd like to watch the hour long special programme on maternity care - it's on YouTube. It's an emotional watch - but it's important
www.youtube.com/live/kfqmmoV...
www.youtube.com/live/kfqmmoV...
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I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
January 7, 2026 at 7:37 AM
I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
The Shield
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 7, 2026 at 7:13 AM
The Shield
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Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
January 4, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
"For a copy to be more widely distributed than the original is a very bad symptom" 😂
I mean, the lack of self-awareness is almost impressive
I mean, the lack of self-awareness is almost impressive
December 21, 2025 at 6:06 AM
"For a copy to be more widely distributed than the original is a very bad symptom" 😂
I mean, the lack of self-awareness is almost impressive
I mean, the lack of self-awareness is almost impressive
You do your own doodle and everything you put there is an active choice.
AI generates it for you and it's adding a load of extra detail that wasn't in your own head. That's not your idea anymore, it's stolen from somewhere else.
AI generates it for you and it's adding a load of extra detail that wasn't in your own head. That's not your idea anymore, it's stolen from somewhere else.
"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
December 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
You do your own doodle and everything you put there is an active choice.
AI generates it for you and it's adding a load of extra detail that wasn't in your own head. That's not your idea anymore, it's stolen from somewhere else.
AI generates it for you and it's adding a load of extra detail that wasn't in your own head. That's not your idea anymore, it's stolen from somewhere else.
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This aspect of LLMs is worse than just cringy - it confirms biases leading to bad analysis. It's one of the things that makes me wary of using it for research.
i'm fascinated by how much people love and are amazed by chat gpt saying "nice catch!" and "great observation!" because i personally find the condescension and obsequiousness the most skin-crawling thing about how LLMs "talk"
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This aspect of LLMs is worse than just cringy - it confirms biases leading to bad analysis. It's one of the things that makes me wary of using it for research.
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Are these the same companies that told us the robot could do it?
December 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Are these the same companies that told us the robot could do it?
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UEFA fines Maccabi and bans them from a game
Just waiting for Keir Starmer to say it's antisemitic
For Shamaba Mahmood to join him
And for Lisa Nandy to lie about it in parliament
Shame on all three of them for conflating public safety with antisemitism
Just waiting for Keir Starmer to say it's antisemitic
For Shamaba Mahmood to join him
And for Lisa Nandy to lie about it in parliament
Shame on all three of them for conflating public safety with antisemitism
December 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
UEFA fines Maccabi and bans them from a game
Just waiting for Keir Starmer to say it's antisemitic
For Shamaba Mahmood to join him
And for Lisa Nandy to lie about it in parliament
Shame on all three of them for conflating public safety with antisemitism
Just waiting for Keir Starmer to say it's antisemitic
For Shamaba Mahmood to join him
And for Lisa Nandy to lie about it in parliament
Shame on all three of them for conflating public safety with antisemitism
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I do not want your AI slop
I do not want it in my mop
I do not want it in my house
I do not want it in my mouse
I do not like brain-rotting AI spam
I do not want it, Sam Alt-man
I do not want it in my mop
I do not want it in my house
I do not want it in my mouse
I do not like brain-rotting AI spam
I do not want it, Sam Alt-man
December 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I do not want your AI slop
I do not want it in my mop
I do not want it in my house
I do not want it in my mouse
I do not like brain-rotting AI spam
I do not want it, Sam Alt-man
I do not want it in my mop
I do not want it in my house
I do not want it in my mouse
I do not like brain-rotting AI spam
I do not want it, Sam Alt-man
Well this has brought a flood of childhood memories back 😂
SALES DIRECTOR: Why no kitchen table?
DESIGN LEAD: Because kitchen tables are for fucking Candyland. We’re selling a political mode of thinking: deduction as power. Think less “family night,” and more “I will find the hidden structure of your choices, and then I will destroy you.”
DESIGN LEAD: Because kitchen tables are for fucking Candyland. We’re selling a political mode of thinking: deduction as power. Think less “family night,” and more “I will find the hidden structure of your choices, and then I will destroy you.”
The Mastermind Box Cover: What the Hell Were They Thinking?
- - -INVICTA GAMES, LTD. Packaging Team — Official Minutes Project: Mastermind / New Cover Presentation MARTIN SMITH (Marketing Senior Vice Presi...
buff.ly
December 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Well this has brought a flood of childhood memories back 😂
Anyone else finding that the phone number for the Taskmaster advent calendar today isn't working?
Definitely calling the right number and while other people got a lovely message from @alexhorne.bsky.social, he's obviously blocked my number because it just rings and cuts out
Definitely calling the right number and while other people got a lovely message from @alexhorne.bsky.social, he's obviously blocked my number because it just rings and cuts out
December 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Anyone else finding that the phone number for the Taskmaster advent calendar today isn't working?
Definitely calling the right number and while other people got a lovely message from @alexhorne.bsky.social, he's obviously blocked my number because it just rings and cuts out
Definitely calling the right number and while other people got a lovely message from @alexhorne.bsky.social, he's obviously blocked my number because it just rings and cuts out
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Had a great conversation with @rianjohnson.bsky.social about how his religious upbringing influenced Wake Up Dead Man, Daniel Craig recommending Josh O'Connor, Glen Close's already underrated performance, and much more
Rian Johnson's Explains How His Religious Upbringing Inspired 'Wake Up Dead Man'
Rian Johnson reveals that Daniel Craig turned him on to Josh O'Connor and why the Knives Out movies are intentionally not timeless
theplaylist.net
December 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Had a great conversation with @rianjohnson.bsky.social about how his religious upbringing influenced Wake Up Dead Man, Daniel Craig recommending Josh O'Connor, Glen Close's already underrated performance, and much more
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*banging a metal pot with a wooden spoon very loudly*
people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!
*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*
STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO
www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!
*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*
STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO
www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
*banging a metal pot with a wooden spoon very loudly*
people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!
*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*
STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO
www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!
*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*
STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO
www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
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When Tommy Robinson celebrates Labour policy, the party deserves to die
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
When Tommy Robinson celebrates Labour policy, the party deserves to die
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Top executives cannot shut up about AI.
… but is it helping?
… but is it helping?
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Top executives cannot shut up about AI.
… but is it helping?
… but is it helping?
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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"And James Bond, who did NOT die"
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
"And James Bond, who did NOT die"
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gosh, wonder what would happen if the sector *started* with what students need and want…
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
gosh, wonder what would happen if the sector *started* with what students need and want…
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barely a metaphor lmao
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
barely a metaphor lmao
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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-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...