Dorian Lynskey
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social
Journalist, podcaster (Origin Story) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story books). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
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So nothing they just said in that press holds any water, they are just winging it
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
So nothing they just said in that press holds any water, they are just winging it
Everything about this is insane
January 3, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Everything about this is insane
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A lifetime of hearing US politicians solemnly intone about the glories of the constitution and the sacredness of law. Now they don’t even have the post 9/11 fig leaf. The whole vast military machinery is the plaything of a senile old man and his corrupt circle and most of them don’t care
January 3, 2026 at 12:58 PM
A lifetime of hearing US politicians solemnly intone about the glories of the constitution and the sacredness of law. Now they don’t even have the post 9/11 fig leaf. The whole vast military machinery is the plaything of a senile old man and his corrupt circle and most of them don’t care
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It really is incredible to think back to the buildup to Iraq War 2: post-9/11 patriotic bloodlust, all the false 'yellowcake/WMD' justifications invented by the State Department, the months of mass media manufacturing consent, the bipartisan vote... and then see Trump just skip all that shit.
January 3, 2026 at 8:10 AM
It really is incredible to think back to the buildup to Iraq War 2: post-9/11 patriotic bloodlust, all the false 'yellowcake/WMD' justifications invented by the State Department, the months of mass media manufacturing consent, the bipartisan vote... and then see Trump just skip all that shit.
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the fact that journalists keep asking chatbots to comment on responses they gave to a different user in a different context window on a different computer is so weird. it's like booting up mario and asking mario why he fell in a pit on your friend's nintendo in 1998
An AI chatbot does not have PERSONHOOD. It has no agency. It cannot meaningfully apologise. It cannot speak on behalf of another. It cannot speak for itself; it has no self. Stop asking it for quotes for articles. Stop printing its quotes.
January 2, 2026 at 8:01 PM
the fact that journalists keep asking chatbots to comment on responses they gave to a different user in a different context window on a different computer is so weird. it's like booting up mario and asking mario why he fell in a pit on your friend's nintendo in 1998
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The Government coming off X is the bare minimum and realistically at this point I think we should seriously be looking at taking enforcement action against the company, in line with the Online Safety Act and VAWG Strategy. I will be pressing the Government on this when Parliament returns next week.
January 2, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The Government coming off X is the bare minimum and realistically at this point I think we should seriously be looking at taking enforcement action against the company, in line with the Online Safety Act and VAWG Strategy. I will be pressing the Government on this when Parliament returns next week.
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The yanks have discovered Rentoul. The Yanks Have Discovered Rentoul
January 2, 2026 at 8:41 PM
The yanks have discovered Rentoul. The Yanks Have Discovered Rentoul
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Almost every story I read about genAI makes me want to kick out the plugs. “But it’s here to stay!” “But I’ve found this positive use for it!” Bully for you. Just turn it off until we can regulate it properly so it doesn’t give dangerous health advice, tell people to kill themselves or generate CSAM
January 2, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Almost every story I read about genAI makes me want to kick out the plugs. “But it’s here to stay!” “But I’ve found this positive use for it!” Bully for you. Just turn it off until we can regulate it properly so it doesn’t give dangerous health advice, tell people to kill themselves or generate CSAM
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New year, new pile of culture to get excited about!
The Nerve critics & writers each share five things they’re really looking forward to in 2026 - from a new Maggie O’Farrell novel and a show of Frank Bowling’s ethereal paintings to Adele’s acting debut 💫
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The Nerve critics & writers each share five things they’re really looking forward to in 2026 - from a new Maggie O’Farrell novel and a show of Frank Bowling’s ethereal paintings to Adele’s acting debut 💫
Read and subscribe on thenerve.news
January 2, 2026 at 7:03 PM
New year, new pile of culture to get excited about!
The Nerve critics & writers each share five things they’re really looking forward to in 2026 - from a new Maggie O’Farrell novel and a show of Frank Bowling’s ethereal paintings to Adele’s acting debut 💫
Read and subscribe on thenerve.news
The Nerve critics & writers each share five things they’re really looking forward to in 2026 - from a new Maggie O’Farrell novel and a show of Frank Bowling’s ethereal paintings to Adele’s acting debut 💫
Read and subscribe on thenerve.news
Add “AI is not a person” to all newspaper style guides asap
Media is starting to report the Grok child porn story but way too many are centering the bot's "apologies" and "admissions" without explaining that these are being generated in response to user requests and are not in anyway authentic or meaningful.
January 2, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Add “AI is not a person” to all newspaper style guides asap
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It is very difficult to see Israel (and the ADL, for that matter) throwing around the term antisemitism at anyone who isn’t a Zionist, especially when Bondi Beach just happened and there are enough real instances of antisemitism in the world.
January 2, 2026 at 3:35 PM
It is very difficult to see Israel (and the ADL, for that matter) throwing around the term antisemitism at anyone who isn’t a Zionist, especially when Bondi Beach just happened and there are enough real instances of antisemitism in the world.
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I need everyone on Bluesky to see this one
January 2, 2026 at 3:56 AM
I need everyone on Bluesky to see this one
Just read two fine essay collections (Becca Rothfeld, Lauren Oyler) and it feels increasingly like an American form. I can't immediately think of anyone in the UK doing that sort of thing at a high level (Zadie Smith wrote most of hers in the US). Is it an outlet problem? Recommendations welcome
January 2, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Just read two fine essay collections (Becca Rothfeld, Lauren Oyler) and it feels increasingly like an American form. I can't immediately think of anyone in the UK doing that sort of thing at a high level (Zadie Smith wrote most of hers in the US). Is it an outlet problem? Recommendations welcome
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"Stakeholders" here is code for "people with any knowledge of policy". Policies, of course, being the main things that governments are meant to have, and that one would expect at least some voters might reasonably be interested in.
Just like the Tories, Labour's centrist hacks think themselves omniscient and infallible - they cannot fail, they can only be failed. So when they do fail, they blame everyone else.
We saw it with the Tories, and it's already started from the Starmerites with this idiotic dreck: archive.ph/rHoXA
We saw it with the Tories, and it's already started from the Starmerites with this idiotic dreck: archive.ph/rHoXA
January 2, 2026 at 8:38 AM
"Stakeholders" here is code for "people with any knowledge of policy". Policies, of course, being the main things that governments are meant to have, and that one would expect at least some voters might reasonably be interested in.
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Jan 1: this is the year of new Me
Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital
Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital
January 1, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Jan 1: this is the year of new Me
Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital
Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital
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Whew. That Mamdani has an exceptional speechwriter and is one of the most compelling politicians I’ve seen.
January 1, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Whew. That Mamdani has an exceptional speechwriter and is one of the most compelling politicians I’ve seen.
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In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
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January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
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Three of the top five British grid electricity records smashed in 2025!
This is a huge success story, despite what Russian bots and U.S fossil fuel shills scream on X.
Every unit of clean domestic energy we produce means a safer future for our children…🥳
This is a huge success story, despite what Russian bots and U.S fossil fuel shills scream on X.
Every unit of clean domestic energy we produce means a safer future for our children…🥳
January 1, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Three of the top five British grid electricity records smashed in 2025!
This is a huge success story, despite what Russian bots and U.S fossil fuel shills scream on X.
Every unit of clean domestic energy we produce means a safer future for our children…🥳
This is a huge success story, despite what Russian bots and U.S fossil fuel shills scream on X.
Every unit of clean domestic energy we produce means a safer future for our children…🥳
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Worst idea of the year has already dropped
January 1, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Worst idea of the year has already dropped
Vanilla Ice has lost all of his hip hop credibility
ICE Barbie and ICE Baldy caught on camera dancing—very badly—to the Vanilla Ice classic ‘Ice Ice Baby’
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ICE Barbie and ICE Baldy Dance Badly to ‘Ice Ice Baby’ in Cringe NYE Vid
Noem and Miller swayed to Vanilla Ice at Trump’s bash in an on-the-nose moment for the architects of the deportation drive.
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January 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Vanilla Ice has lost all of his hip hop credibility
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We are an absurd and wonderful species.
January 1, 2026 at 12:59 PM
We are an absurd and wonderful species.
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Here’s to 2026
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s to 2026
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pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
December 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written