Matt Potter
@mattpotteruk.bsky.social
Journalist, author, magpie, scriptwriter, nerd. Washington Post, BBC, etc. Nonfic books incl WE ARE ALL TARGETS & OUTLAWS INC. Science, languages, virology, art, illicit networks, deviance, cyber, psychology, weird, prehistory, subculture. ND. He/Him
Monkeys crashing through the trees outside my balcony at dusk. Having a lovely little time there, you legend. ❤️
February 12, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Monkeys crashing through the trees outside my balcony at dusk. Having a lovely little time there, you legend. ❤️
It’s here! My book on the origins & weird growth of cyberwar as global participation sport, ‘We Are All Targets' is published in a Portuguese edition this week by the wonderful team at Casa das Letras.
'Estamos Todos na Mira' is at all good bookshops and here: www.almedina.net/estamos-todo...
'Estamos Todos na Mira' is at all good bookshops and here: www.almedina.net/estamos-todo...
February 12, 2026 at 12:53 PM
It’s here! My book on the origins & weird growth of cyberwar as global participation sport, ‘We Are All Targets' is published in a Portuguese edition this week by the wonderful team at Casa das Letras.
'Estamos Todos na Mira' is at all good bookshops and here: www.almedina.net/estamos-todo...
'Estamos Todos na Mira' is at all good bookshops and here: www.almedina.net/estamos-todo...
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I’d pay to see the back-and-forth email thread workshopping this one with the PR advisers.
February 12, 2026 at 12:16 PM
I’d pay to see the back-and-forth email thread workshopping this one with the PR advisers.
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Always interesting to see how often safety takes a backseat to revenue in the tech industry. Unlike other industries, it has really light safety obligations and even those (CSAM on X) don’t seem to get any enforcement.
Seems odd for an industry embedded into every corner if society, no?
Seems odd for an industry embedded into every corner if society, no?
OpenAI disbanded its mission alignment team, created in 2024 to promote the company's stated mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity, per @caseynewton.bsky.social @platformer.news.web.brid.gy
Exclusive: OpenAI disbanded its mission alignment team
Joshua Achiam will become the company's chief futurist
www.platformer.news
February 12, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Always interesting to see how often safety takes a backseat to revenue in the tech industry. Unlike other industries, it has really light safety obligations and even those (CSAM on X) don’t seem to get any enforcement.
Seems odd for an industry embedded into every corner if society, no?
Seems odd for an industry embedded into every corner if society, no?
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This combination of peanut butter, honey, chilli and poached egg probably shouldn't work... and yet it is freaking delicious 😋 🍳
#breakfast
Should we start a cooking channel @mattpotteruk.bsky.social?
#breakfast
Should we start a cooking channel @mattpotteruk.bsky.social?
February 11, 2026 at 10:07 AM
This combination of peanut butter, honey, chilli and poached egg probably shouldn't work... and yet it is freaking delicious 😋 🍳
#breakfast
Should we start a cooking channel @mattpotteruk.bsky.social?
#breakfast
Should we start a cooking channel @mattpotteruk.bsky.social?
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When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Wow! I thought me getting off of Google products was a bit para!
January 29, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Wow! I thought me getting off of Google products was a bit para!
On its own, for Microsoft, Google etc., this is a small move.
But as an indicator of just how far trust in Silicon Valley's integrity (and its independence from the whims of a rogue US administration) has plummeted globally – even among allies - this is huge.
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
But as an indicator of just how far trust in Silicon Valley's integrity (and its independence from the whims of a rogue US administration) has plummeted globally – even among allies - this is huge.
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
France to ban officials from US video tools including Zoom, Teams
The government wants staff to shun Silicon Valley and shift to its home-grown Visio platform instead.
www.politico.eu
January 29, 2026 at 12:32 PM
On its own, for Microsoft, Google etc., this is a small move.
But as an indicator of just how far trust in Silicon Valley's integrity (and its independence from the whims of a rogue US administration) has plummeted globally – even among allies - this is huge.
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
But as an indicator of just how far trust in Silicon Valley's integrity (and its independence from the whims of a rogue US administration) has plummeted globally – even among allies - this is huge.
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
The Austrian Tiroler Tageszeitung has a lovely, relaxing approach to spoilering its own potential clickbait.
I swear to god this approach to journalism would solve a lot of problems in the world.
Like, team, for looking after my stress levels, thank you. 😍
I swear to god this approach to journalism would solve a lot of problems in the world.
Like, team, for looking after my stress levels, thank you. 😍
January 27, 2026 at 6:36 PM
The Austrian Tiroler Tageszeitung has a lovely, relaxing approach to spoilering its own potential clickbait.
I swear to god this approach to journalism would solve a lot of problems in the world.
Like, team, for looking after my stress levels, thank you. 😍
I swear to god this approach to journalism would solve a lot of problems in the world.
Like, team, for looking after my stress levels, thank you. 😍
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Come for the news, stay for a quick history lesson on the use of government spyware in Europe, something that's been happening since at least 2004.
techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/i...
techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/i...
January 22, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Come for the news, stay for a quick history lesson on the use of government spyware in Europe, something that's been happening since at least 2004.
techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/i...
techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/i...
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weird, it sounds like they're doing an invasion of a sovereign state
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 6:22 PM
weird, it sounds like they're doing an invasion of a sovereign state
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Corollary to @faineg.bsky.social's discourse on "good tech needs no begging to adopt": when the humble web browser has become so encumbered by AI features that an article about using the command line to run GitHub scripts to shut them off is viral news amongst normies, it's a full repudiation of AI.
January 22, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Corollary to @faineg.bsky.social's discourse on "good tech needs no begging to adopt": when the humble web browser has become so encumbered by AI features that an article about using the command line to run GitHub scripts to shut them off is viral news amongst normies, it's a full repudiation of AI.
Be more like the creative who presented this idea to Buckinghamshire County Council.
January 22, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Be more like the creative who presented this idea to Buckinghamshire County Council.
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If all this is really about bolstering Greenland's capabilities, as Graham is claiming, why is the White House so angry about other NATO states bolstering Greenland's capabilities? And why couldn't the US have done it within existing frameworks that allow for a US military presence?
January 21, 2026 at 12:33 PM
If all this is really about bolstering Greenland's capabilities, as Graham is claiming, why is the White House so angry about other NATO states bolstering Greenland's capabilities? And why couldn't the US have done it within existing frameworks that allow for a US military presence?
Very much enjoying how the Mail has now dispensed with the name ‘Brooklyn Beckham’ on its captions.
It is now referring to him as ‘The nepo baby’ - as if that was an official title, like The Prime Minster, a rapper or one of the Avengers.
It is now referring to him as ‘The nepo baby’ - as if that was an official title, like The Prime Minster, a rapper or one of the Avengers.
January 21, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Very much enjoying how the Mail has now dispensed with the name ‘Brooklyn Beckham’ on its captions.
It is now referring to him as ‘The nepo baby’ - as if that was an official title, like The Prime Minster, a rapper or one of the Avengers.
It is now referring to him as ‘The nepo baby’ - as if that was an official title, like The Prime Minster, a rapper or one of the Avengers.
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🏺 We don't think enough in archaeology about how often things were stored by being hung up
Boots Aren't Made for Walking
Still wish I had THESE in my closet for that fancypants dinner on Thursday...
#NewberryLibrary (VAULT Case MS Y 952 .S3575)
Still wish I had THESE in my closet for that fancypants dinner on Thursday...
#NewberryLibrary (VAULT Case MS Y 952 .S3575)
January 20, 2026 at 4:28 PM
🏺 We don't think enough in archaeology about how often things were stored by being hung up
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There are some lovely examples from well-preserved burial chambers where things are either still hung on a wall or can be shown to have fallen down from it, but in general the upper space of rooms tends to vanish and with it a particular part of material culture.
January 20, 2026 at 4:33 PM
There are some lovely examples from well-preserved burial chambers where things are either still hung on a wall or can be shown to have fallen down from it, but in general the upper space of rooms tends to vanish and with it a particular part of material culture.
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The UK is not currently planning to join Trump’s “Board of Peace”, Bloomberg reports. Starmer is concerned by Trump’s decision to invite Putin and Lukashenko.
His spokesperson says the UK commitment to the UN is “unwavering”.
The Board of Peace is on its way to being the Board of Dictators.
His spokesperson says the UK commitment to the UN is “unwavering”.
The Board of Peace is on its way to being the Board of Dictators.
January 20, 2026 at 1:39 PM
The UK is not currently planning to join Trump’s “Board of Peace”, Bloomberg reports. Starmer is concerned by Trump’s decision to invite Putin and Lukashenko.
His spokesperson says the UK commitment to the UN is “unwavering”.
The Board of Peace is on its way to being the Board of Dictators.
His spokesperson says the UK commitment to the UN is “unwavering”.
The Board of Peace is on its way to being the Board of Dictators.
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The current U.S. president is the least popular since world war II. Europe should start communicating with the American people rather to the Trump regime. Sanctions like suspending tourist visa could be much more effective than escalating the trade war. And the E.U. should talk to state governments.
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 AM
The current U.S. president is the least popular since world war II. Europe should start communicating with the American people rather to the Trump regime. Sanctions like suspending tourist visa could be much more effective than escalating the trade war. And the E.U. should talk to state governments.
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Just as a matter of interest, in what way has globalisation failed the U.S. and the West? Until the relatively recent lunacy, the west and US were prosperous, successful, healthy…
US trade secretary Howard Lutnick really not mincing his words here at Davos: "We are here to make a v clear point: globalisation has failed the West and the USA. It's a failed policy. It's what the WEF has stood for, which is, export, offshore, find the cheapest labour in the world."
January 20, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Just as a matter of interest, in what way has globalisation failed the U.S. and the West? Until the relatively recent lunacy, the west and US were prosperous, successful, healthy…
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I am not sure Americans grasp the degree of damage that’s been done. Trump could leave office tomorrow and it would take a generation to fix relations with the countries that used to be the US’s closest friends.
An Arctic Mujahedeen, eh? What a time to be alive.
Canada's Global & Mail: Military models Canadian response to hypothetical American invasion. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Canada's Global & Mail: Military models Canadian response to hypothetical American invasion. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
January 20, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I am not sure Americans grasp the degree of damage that’s been done. Trump could leave office tomorrow and it would take a generation to fix relations with the countries that used to be the US’s closest friends.
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Think of this every day
January 20, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Think of this every day