Nipper51
@nipper51.bsky.social
Brummie, living in Bath, UK, married. Editor of magazine about fibre optics/photonics. Love F1, cricket (Somerset & England), Aston Villa (born near Holte End), European history (esp WWII). Atheist, member of the Labour Party.
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“Is this a case of Donald Trump taking the US to a brave new economic frontier, or lining his pockets?”
Journalist Gabriel Gatehouse looks at why the Trump family and US President are investing in cryptocurrencies.
#Newsnight
Journalist Gabriel Gatehouse looks at why the Trump family and US President are investing in cryptocurrencies.
#Newsnight
May 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“Is this a case of Donald Trump taking the US to a brave new economic frontier, or lining his pockets?”
Journalist Gabriel Gatehouse looks at why the Trump family and US President are investing in cryptocurrencies.
#Newsnight
Journalist Gabriel Gatehouse looks at why the Trump family and US President are investing in cryptocurrencies.
#Newsnight
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Great prog tonight. A small but possibly significant saving is appointment letters. I get a message saying I have a new appointment and if I print the letter within two days, I won't get a copy in the post. I print it out and a week later, the letter arrives in the post.
February 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Great prog tonight. A small but possibly significant saving is appointment letters. I get a message saying I have a new appointment and if I print the letter within two days, I won't get a copy in the post. I print it out and a week later, the letter arrives in the post.
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Always worth noting:
ONLY 37%voted leave
in deeply flawed corrupted undemocratic ref
where
the precise leave deal
was NEVER defined
The RW screwed us all with the help of the media
ONLY 37%voted leave
in deeply flawed corrupted undemocratic ref
where
the precise leave deal
was NEVER defined
The RW screwed us all with the help of the media
February 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Always worth noting:
ONLY 37%voted leave
in deeply flawed corrupted undemocratic ref
where
the precise leave deal
was NEVER defined
The RW screwed us all with the help of the media
ONLY 37%voted leave
in deeply flawed corrupted undemocratic ref
where
the precise leave deal
was NEVER defined
The RW screwed us all with the help of the media
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie... Want to understand why American politics is such a shitshow? Check out this series of podcasts.
BBC Sounds - The Coming Storm - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of The Coming Storm on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie... Want to understand why American politics is such a shitshow? Check out this series of podcasts.
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Google v1 "Don't be evil"
Google v2: "Oh, right, if you make it worth our while"
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Google v2: "Oh, right, if you make it worth our while"
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Google owner drops promise not to use AI for weapons
Alphabet guidelines no longer refer to not pursuing technologies that could ‘cause or are likely to cause overall harm’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Google v1 "Don't be evil"
Google v2: "Oh, right, if you make it worth our while"
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Google v2: "Oh, right, if you make it worth our while"
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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NEW: The removal of the DOJ’s Jan. 6 database signals the Trump administration’s intention to not only spare his supporters any further consequences for their role in the riot, but to erase the event from the record.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?
The Trump administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of cases against Capitol riot defendants places those who seek to preserve the historical record in direct opposition to their own…
propub.li
February 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: The removal of the DOJ’s Jan. 6 database signals the Trump administration’s intention to not only spare his supporters any further consequences for their role in the riot, but to erase the event from the record.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
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Tesla, the world’s largest EV maker, in January registered only 1,277 new cars in Germany
it’s a drop of 59% compared with the same month last year
www.ft.com/content/ea23...
it’s a drop of 59% compared with the same month last year
www.ft.com/content/ea23...
Financial TimesFinancial Times
News, analysis and opinion from the Financial Times on the latest in markets, economics and politics
FT.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Tesla, the world’s largest EV maker, in January registered only 1,277 new cars in Germany
it’s a drop of 59% compared with the same month last year
www.ft.com/content/ea23...
it’s a drop of 59% compared with the same month last year
www.ft.com/content/ea23...
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Pitch for a new spy movie: a CIA agent spends years getting close to a terrorist suspect then just before he gets the crucial piece of evidence he’s fired and replaced with a teenager who doesn’t speak any foreign languages but does have a lot of followers on X.
Everybody dies.
Everybody dies.
February 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Pitch for a new spy movie: a CIA agent spends years getting close to a terrorist suspect then just before he gets the crucial piece of evidence he’s fired and replaced with a teenager who doesn’t speak any foreign languages but does have a lot of followers on X.
Everybody dies.
Everybody dies.
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In case you happen to read Camilla Tominey in theTelegraph abt Kay Burley leaving Sky, there’s at least 1 inaccuracy in the piece
She mentions Newsnight & claims it’s ‘haemorrhaging viewers’
Not true
The audience figures are up 30% since the new format began last May
She mentions Newsnight & claims it’s ‘haemorrhaging viewers’
Not true
The audience figures are up 30% since the new format began last May
February 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
In case you happen to read Camilla Tominey in theTelegraph abt Kay Burley leaving Sky, there’s at least 1 inaccuracy in the piece
She mentions Newsnight & claims it’s ‘haemorrhaging viewers’
Not true
The audience figures are up 30% since the new format began last May
She mentions Newsnight & claims it’s ‘haemorrhaging viewers’
Not true
The audience figures are up 30% since the new format began last May
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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From a new study on NewsGuard's role in misinformation research:
“NewsGuard has emerged as the most widely used database for source ratings and is especially popular in misinformation research for its comprehensive source-level trustworthiness scores”
Read it here: journalqd.org/article/view...
“NewsGuard has emerged as the most widely used database for source ratings and is especially popular in misinformation research for its comprehensive source-level trustworthiness scores”
Read it here: journalqd.org/article/view...
Best practices for source-based research on misinformation and news trustworthiness using NewsGuard
| Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media
journalqd.org
January 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
From a new study on NewsGuard's role in misinformation research:
“NewsGuard has emerged as the most widely used database for source ratings and is especially popular in misinformation research for its comprehensive source-level trustworthiness scores”
Read it here: journalqd.org/article/view...
“NewsGuard has emerged as the most widely used database for source ratings and is especially popular in misinformation research for its comprehensive source-level trustworthiness scores”
Read it here: journalqd.org/article/view...
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YouGov find just 30% of people think we were right to leave the EU. The lowest number yet.
Just 10% of 18-24 year olds think it was the right decision.
Just 10% of 18-24 year olds think it was the right decision.
January 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
YouGov find just 30% of people think we were right to leave the EU. The lowest number yet.
Just 10% of 18-24 year olds think it was the right decision.
Just 10% of 18-24 year olds think it was the right decision.
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“Unfounded cancer cures, dubious anti-vaccine narratives, and false claims that neurological disorders can be "reversed" through diets: influential American and European podcasters are peddling harmful health misinformation while largely escaping scrutiny”
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01-inf…
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01-inf…
Influential podcasts fuel 'harmful' health misinformation
Unfounded cancer cures, dubious anti-vaccine narratives, and false claims that neurological disorders can be "reversed" through diets: influential American and European podcasters are peddling…
buff.ly
January 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“Unfounded cancer cures, dubious anti-vaccine narratives, and false claims that neurological disorders can be "reversed" through diets: influential American and European podcasters are peddling harmful health misinformation while largely escaping scrutiny”
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01-inf…
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01-inf…
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Tomorrow will be a dark day. But we are a resilient people. We will get through this scourge. robertreich.substack.com/p/tomorrow-w...
Tomorrow will be a shameful day
But some reasons for reassurance
robertreich.substack.com
January 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Tomorrow will be a dark day. But we are a resilient people. We will get through this scourge. robertreich.substack.com/p/tomorrow-w...
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Live your life so that when you die, some joyless schmuck is annoyed that his entire social media feed is a wall of people's posts talking about how much you and your work meant to them
January 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Live your life so that when you die, some joyless schmuck is annoyed that his entire social media feed is a wall of people's posts talking about how much you and your work meant to them
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Home Secretary YvetteCooper has announced an ‘action plan to expose grooming gangs’
Under new plans, more victims will be given the power to have their cases re-examined, allowing police forces to pursue offenders and secure justice for victims and survivors
Under new plans, more victims will be given the power to have their cases re-examined, allowing police forces to pursue offenders and secure justice for victims and survivors
January 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Home Secretary YvetteCooper has announced an ‘action plan to expose grooming gangs’
Under new plans, more victims will be given the power to have their cases re-examined, allowing police forces to pursue offenders and secure justice for victims and survivors
Under new plans, more victims will be given the power to have their cases re-examined, allowing police forces to pursue offenders and secure justice for victims and survivors
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Pro-Kremlin sources are citing a fabricated video claiming that eight Ukrainian military officials owned mansions in Southern California that were lost in the wildfires.
Read more in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/i/154910460/...
Read more in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/i/154910460/...
Wild Claims About L.A. Wildfires Get Millions of Views
NewsGuard has identified and debunked 18 false claims related to the wildfires
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com
January 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Pro-Kremlin sources are citing a fabricated video claiming that eight Ukrainian military officials owned mansions in Southern California that were lost in the wildfires.
Read more in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/i/154910460/...
Read more in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/i/154910460/...
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So, Tories finally admit they left the EU with no plan “for growth”.
They also had no plan for trade, science, the arts, business, jobs, training, education, travel, farming, fishing, borders, immigration, healthcare, regulations, food security…
for ANYTHING…
A catastrophe of prejudiced uselessness.
They also had no plan for trade, science, the arts, business, jobs, training, education, travel, farming, fishing, borders, immigration, healthcare, regulations, food security…
for ANYTHING…
A catastrophe of prejudiced uselessness.
January 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
So, Tories finally admit they left the EU with no plan “for growth”.
They also had no plan for trade, science, the arts, business, jobs, training, education, travel, farming, fishing, borders, immigration, healthcare, regulations, food security…
for ANYTHING…
A catastrophe of prejudiced uselessness.
They also had no plan for trade, science, the arts, business, jobs, training, education, travel, farming, fishing, borders, immigration, healthcare, regulations, food security…
for ANYTHING…
A catastrophe of prejudiced uselessness.
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Trump has said he'll overturn a law that helps communities better weather the effects of climate change.
If he does, he’ll be reversing an initiative that has disproportionately benefited districts and states that voted for him.
New, from @fastlerner.bsky.social @propublica.org
If he does, he’ll be reversing an initiative that has disproportionately benefited districts and states that voted for him.
New, from @fastlerner.bsky.social @propublica.org
This Storm-Battered Town Voted for Trump. He Has Vowed to Overturn the Law That Could Fix Its Homes.
Donald Trump has said he will overturn a law that helps communities better weather the effects of climate change. If he follows through, he’ll be reversing an initiative that has disproportionately be...
www.propublica.org
January 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Trump has said he'll overturn a law that helps communities better weather the effects of climate change.
If he does, he’ll be reversing an initiative that has disproportionately benefited districts and states that voted for him.
New, from @fastlerner.bsky.social @propublica.org
If he does, he’ll be reversing an initiative that has disproportionately benefited districts and states that voted for him.
New, from @fastlerner.bsky.social @propublica.org
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If you’re interested in how conspiracy theories impact those who are victims of them, I highly recommend @mariannaspringbbc.bsky.social’s “Conspiracyland”.
As someone interested in the future of information literacy, this has been thought-provoking and heart-wrenching.
#booksky #booktok
As someone interested in the future of information literacy, this has been thought-provoking and heart-wrenching.
#booksky #booktok
January 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
If you’re interested in how conspiracy theories impact those who are victims of them, I highly recommend @mariannaspringbbc.bsky.social’s “Conspiracyland”.
As someone interested in the future of information literacy, this has been thought-provoking and heart-wrenching.
#booksky #booktok
As someone interested in the future of information literacy, this has been thought-provoking and heart-wrenching.
#booksky #booktok
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After 14 yrs of Tory neglect patients in England hospitals dying in corridors, pregnant women miscarrying in side rooms.
Cupboards, car parks, bathrooms used as makeshift areas for patients
All to fund tax cuts for corporations & the rich and facilitate privatisation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cupboards, car parks, bathrooms used as makeshift areas for patients
All to fund tax cuts for corporations & the rich and facilitate privatisation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Patients dying in hospital corridors, say nurses
The Royal College of Nursing details harrowing cases from more than 5,000 nurses across the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
After 14 yrs of Tory neglect patients in England hospitals dying in corridors, pregnant women miscarrying in side rooms.
Cupboards, car parks, bathrooms used as makeshift areas for patients
All to fund tax cuts for corporations & the rich and facilitate privatisation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cupboards, car parks, bathrooms used as makeshift areas for patients
All to fund tax cuts for corporations & the rich and facilitate privatisation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This is what public service broadcasting looks like. Kudos @vicderbyshire.bsky.social @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social for last night’s prog. 👏👏👏
And yes …Betty is a Ledge! She should have her own show…(And her full compensation too obvs)!
And yes …Betty is a Ledge! She should have her own show…(And her full compensation too obvs)!
I can confirm - Betty Brown loved the cake
(All she needs now is full financial redress)
#Newsnight
#PostOfficeScandal
(All she needs now is full financial redress)
#Newsnight
#PostOfficeScandal
January 14, 2025 at 6:38 AM
This is what public service broadcasting looks like. Kudos @vicderbyshire.bsky.social @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social for last night’s prog. 👏👏👏
And yes …Betty is a Ledge! She should have her own show…(And her full compensation too obvs)!
And yes …Betty is a Ledge! She should have her own show…(And her full compensation too obvs)!
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As chatbots push new updates and features, December fail rate jumps to 62%
Shifting priorities toward new features over safety measures may have unintentionally contributed to this decline in accuracy and reliability.
Read NewsGuard's full report here: www.newsguardtech.com/ai-monitor/d...
Shifting priorities toward new features over safety measures may have unintentionally contributed to this decline in accuracy and reliability.
Read NewsGuard's full report here: www.newsguardtech.com/ai-monitor/d...
December 2024 — AI Misinformation Monitor of Leading AI Chatbots - NewsGuard
www.newsguardtech.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
As chatbots push new updates and features, December fail rate jumps to 62%
Shifting priorities toward new features over safety measures may have unintentionally contributed to this decline in accuracy and reliability.
Read NewsGuard's full report here: www.newsguardtech.com/ai-monitor/d...
Shifting priorities toward new features over safety measures may have unintentionally contributed to this decline in accuracy and reliability.
Read NewsGuard's full report here: www.newsguardtech.com/ai-monitor/d...