Dan Atherton
@danatherton.bsky.social
📊 - Deputy data editor, @thetimes.com
📰 - https://www.thetimes.com/profile/dan-atherton
📨 - daniel.atherton@thetimes.co.uk
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📨 - daniel.atherton@thetimes.co.uk
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How did your MP vote on assisted dying?
How did your MP vote on assisted dying?
MPs voted 314 to 291 to advance a landmark assisted dying bill. A key safeguard was removed, prompting debate
www.thetimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
How did your MP vote on assisted dying?
Plenty of charts recapping the local elections here with @gwjournalism.bsky.social & @joeydurso.bsky.social 📊
www.thetimes.com/article/b482...
www.thetimes.com/article/b482...
Local election 2025 results in maps and charts
Which councils have Reform won? The results in full as Nigel Farage celebrates major county council victories and a by-election win
www.thetimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Plenty of charts recapping the local elections here with @gwjournalism.bsky.social & @joeydurso.bsky.social 📊
www.thetimes.com/article/b482...
www.thetimes.com/article/b482...
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50 years ago today, a tube driver went to work with £270 in his pocket, which he said was to buy his daughter a car.
A few hours later, 43 people were dead after that same driver careened into a wall at Moorgate station.
Why? Well, nobody knows.
www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
A few hours later, 43 people were dead after that same driver careened into a wall at Moorgate station.
Why? Well, nobody knows.
www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
Fifty years after the Moorgate Tube disaster, one question remains
It was the worst crash in London Underground history, killing 43 people in a storm of metal. Was it suicide?
www.thetimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
50 years ago today, a tube driver went to work with £270 in his pocket, which he said was to buy his daughter a car.
A few hours later, 43 people were dead after that same driver careened into a wall at Moorgate station.
Why? Well, nobody knows.
www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
A few hours later, 43 people were dead after that same driver careened into a wall at Moorgate station.
Why? Well, nobody knows.
www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
The share of young adults who 'feel proud to be British' has fallen sharply.
Read more this week about Gen Z in @thetimes.com
Read more this week about Gen Z in @thetimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The share of young adults who 'feel proud to be British' has fallen sharply.
Read more this week about Gen Z in @thetimes.com
Read more this week about Gen Z in @thetimes.com
Quite a few executive order references here, which makes sense.....
✍️Trump issued 220 Executive Orders last time, the most in a single presidential term since Carter.
✍️Trump issued 220 Executive Orders last time, the most in a single presidential term since Carter.
The incoming president claims a mandate for upending all areas of American society, from immigration and the war on drugs to fossil fuels and the ‘deep state’ ⬇️
What will Trump do now? Expect ‘shock and awe’ from day one
The incoming president claims a mandate for upending all areas of American society, from immigration and the war on drugs to fossil fuels and the ‘deep state’
www.thetimes.com
January 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Quite a few executive order references here, which makes sense.....
✍️Trump issued 220 Executive Orders last time, the most in a single presidential term since Carter.
✍️Trump issued 220 Executive Orders last time, the most in a single presidential term since Carter.
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Foreign wars, spiking inflation and the second act of a pandemic: historians will have no shortage of things to say about Joe Biden’s presidency.
Using a variety of data sources, The Times gets the measure of the past four years. How does Biden’s America compare to that of his predecessors?
Using a variety of data sources, The Times gets the measure of the past four years. How does Biden’s America compare to that of his predecessors?
Where does Joe Biden’s presidency rank?
The data paints a bleak picture: he has been unpopular, presided over soaring inflation and his standing among allies has paled in comparison with Obama’s
www.thetimes.com
January 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Foreign wars, spiking inflation and the second act of a pandemic: historians will have no shortage of things to say about Joe Biden’s presidency.
Using a variety of data sources, The Times gets the measure of the past four years. How does Biden’s America compare to that of his predecessors?
Using a variety of data sources, The Times gets the measure of the past four years. How does Biden’s America compare to that of his predecessors?
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Over the past 6 months, my social media timelines have been increasingly filled with AI slop. It's now some of the most viewed content online.
But where does AI slop come from, and how can you spot it?
In today's @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/b627...
But where does AI slop come from, and how can you spot it?
In today's @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/b627...
Why ‘AI slop’ is taking over the internet — and how to spot it
The trust we had in pictures and videos is vanishing as artificial intelligence becomes better at fooling us — but there are ways to detect AI-generated content
www.thetimes.com
January 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Over the past 6 months, my social media timelines have been increasingly filled with AI slop. It's now some of the most viewed content online.
But where does AI slop come from, and how can you spot it?
In today's @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/b627...
But where does AI slop come from, and how can you spot it?
In today's @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/b627...
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🧵 Mo Salah is playing some of his best football at the age of 3️⃣2️⃣ but will Liverpool offer him a new deal? The amazing @hkhaliqueloonat.bsky.social and I looked at how forwards age and the risks involved offering older players lucrative contracts @thetimes.com
#ddj
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#ddj
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Why Liverpool may be unwilling to give Mo Salah the deal he wants
Given the 32-year-old’s present form, the case for meeting his contract demands may seem convincing, but the stats show a sharp drop-off once forwards reach the age of 33
www.thetimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 3:34 PM
🧵 Mo Salah is playing some of his best football at the age of 3️⃣2️⃣ but will Liverpool offer him a new deal? The amazing @hkhaliqueloonat.bsky.social and I looked at how forwards age and the risks involved offering older players lucrative contracts @thetimes.com
#ddj
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
#ddj
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
Insightful chart and commentary highlighting the difficulties govt are having on the comms side.
Not many 'positive stories' cutting through, but a number of 'negative' ones are.
Not many 'positive stories' cutting through, but a number of 'negative' ones are.
🧵Ahead of Starmer’s speech we shared with @sophyridge.bsky.social new polling on what cut through in Labour’s first months in office & how much people liked it. What we found was interesting! First there was one stand out success - raising the minimum wage, high cut through, v.popular.
December 5, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Insightful chart and commentary highlighting the difficulties govt are having on the comms side.
Not many 'positive stories' cutting through, but a number of 'negative' ones are.
Not many 'positive stories' cutting through, but a number of 'negative' ones are.
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London (52,202) had almost twice the number of reported mobile thefts that New York City had in 2023 (29,200).
But how does our capital fare against other European cities? Answer: not well.
But how does our capital fare against other European cities? Answer: not well.
New analysis shows there were 50,000 thefts in the city last year — with criminals zooming away on e-bikes and shipping phones overseas to beat safety mechanisms
How London became the phone-snatching capital of Europe
New analysis shows there were 50,000 thefts in the city last year — with criminals zooming away on e-bikes and shipping phones overseas to beat safety mechanisms
www.thetimes.com
November 23, 2024 at 8:56 AM
London (52,202) had almost twice the number of reported mobile thefts that New York City had in 2023 (29,200).
But how does our capital fare against other European cities? Answer: not well.
But how does our capital fare against other European cities? Answer: not well.