Rhodri Jones
@rhodrijones.bsky.social
C4 News type. Walthamstow, Wales and and Gray’s Inn Road. There cannot be two skies.
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Don’t say this lightly but Birmingham Mail’s gaming of its position on Apple News/Google to farm clicks makes it one of the most effective spreaders of false information in the country.
Could list a dozen way more egregious examples of fake ragebait it’s pumped out recently.
Could list a dozen way more egregious examples of fake ragebait it’s pumped out recently.
An online Birmingham Mail headline "Drivers with cruise control urged to press button or face £73 charge in June" breached the Editors' Code as there was no such charge - in fact drivers could "save" £73 on fuel www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0226...
02269-25 A man v birminghammail.co.uk - IPSO
A man complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation that birminghammail.co.uk breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors’ Code of Practice in an article headlined ‘’Drivers with cruise…
www.ipso.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Don’t say this lightly but Birmingham Mail’s gaming of its position on Apple News/Google to farm clicks makes it one of the most effective spreaders of false information in the country.
Could list a dozen way more egregious examples of fake ragebait it’s pumped out recently.
Could list a dozen way more egregious examples of fake ragebait it’s pumped out recently.
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I guess it’s a compliment that the top story on BBC London’s TV/online output today is a direct lift of a month-old London Centric story? But once again the BBC is consistently the worst news outlet for actually remembering to credit others.
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I guess it’s a compliment that the top story on BBC London’s TV/online output today is a direct lift of a month-old London Centric story? But once again the BBC is consistently the worst news outlet for actually remembering to credit others.
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Don't miss the brilliant @riakapoor.bsky.social's talk at the CSI this Thursday on “Refugee Internationalisms? The Ugandan Asian Case” 12-1pm, Thu 27 Nov, in Birkbeck Central Building room 402 - or email me for Teams link
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Don't miss the brilliant @riakapoor.bsky.social's talk at the CSI this Thursday on “Refugee Internationalisms? The Ugandan Asian Case” 12-1pm, Thu 27 Nov, in Birkbeck Central Building room 402 - or email me for Teams link
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It is 2005, the internet is a distributed network of servers designed so that no one outage can take down the entire network
It is 2025, the internet relies on three companies, problems with any one of which can cripple a significant proportion of the global economy
It is 2025, the internet relies on three companies, problems with any one of which can cripple a significant proportion of the global economy
there’s a major AWS outage going on right now that’s taken down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, Perplexity, Roblox, and lots more of the internet. US-EAST-1 is down and impacting a lot of services that rely on AWS www.theverge.com/news/802486/...
Major AWS outage takes down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more
A chunk of the internet has been taken offline.
www.theverge.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
It is 2005, the internet is a distributed network of servers designed so that no one outage can take down the entire network
It is 2025, the internet relies on three companies, problems with any one of which can cripple a significant proportion of the global economy
It is 2025, the internet relies on three companies, problems with any one of which can cripple a significant proportion of the global economy
but… this is increasing income tax… just in another way.
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
but… this is increasing income tax… just in another way.
Rather buried in the ST interview but I think this is the first time we've heard these things direct sourced to Cameron himself:- that he didn't think he'd actual have a to hold a referendum (when he announced policy thought Lib Dems would block), and then when he held it was sure he would win it.
October 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Rather buried in the ST interview but I think this is the first time we've heard these things direct sourced to Cameron himself:- that he didn't think he'd actual have a to hold a referendum (when he announced policy thought Lib Dems would block), and then when he held it was sure he would win it.
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This is excellent
Wrote about the Statesman, AI Christopher Hitchens, and why writers need heroes but not idols open.substack.com/pub/padraigr...
Reidy’s Digest #8: Time to ditch the cult of Hitch
An actual short essay and some other bits
open.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
This is excellent
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Honestly almost nobody criticising the use of the "passive voice" has any idea what it means. "The man died after an interaction with federal agents" is active voice. "The man was murdered by federal agents" is passive voice.
underrated part of this is that stoller very clearly has no idea what "the passive voice" is
no quarter given lmao
October 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Honestly almost nobody criticising the use of the "passive voice" has any idea what it means. "The man died after an interaction with federal agents" is active voice. "The man was murdered by federal agents" is passive voice.
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The death of multi-camera TV: a thread. I know most of you will know the technical parts of this (and may have read it in the other place) but bear with me. 1/ 🧵
October 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The death of multi-camera TV: a thread. I know most of you will know the technical parts of this (and may have read it in the other place) but bear with me. 1/ 🧵
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"Politics in the second Trump era can be mostly defined as people Posting adversarially in public"
- a quote that will one day make for a fantastic essay question
- a quote that will one day make for a fantastic essay question
American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming
The Frog is owning the president.
www.theverge.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"Politics in the second Trump era can be mostly defined as people Posting adversarially in public"
- a quote that will one day make for a fantastic essay question
- a quote that will one day make for a fantastic essay question
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Striking finding from @timbale.bsky.social’s latest survey of Tory members: the average Tory member (60) is younger than the average Tory voter (62)
October 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Striking finding from @timbale.bsky.social’s latest survey of Tory members: the average Tory member (60) is younger than the average Tory voter (62)
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That’s actually in the data:
September 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
That’s actually in the data:
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A... remarkable new @walesgovernance.bsky.social ITV Wales @yougov.co.uk poll of Welsh voting intentions for the next Senedd election (changes since May)
- Plaid 30% (-)
- Reform 29% (+4)
- Labour 14% (-4)
- Cons 11% (-2)
- Lib Dems 6% (-1)
- Green 6% (+1)
- Other 4% (+2)
#Senedd #devolution
- Plaid 30% (-)
- Reform 29% (+4)
- Labour 14% (-4)
- Cons 11% (-2)
- Lib Dems 6% (-1)
- Green 6% (+1)
- Other 4% (+2)
#Senedd #devolution
September 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A... remarkable new @walesgovernance.bsky.social ITV Wales @yougov.co.uk poll of Welsh voting intentions for the next Senedd election (changes since May)
- Plaid 30% (-)
- Reform 29% (+4)
- Labour 14% (-4)
- Cons 11% (-2)
- Lib Dems 6% (-1)
- Green 6% (+1)
- Other 4% (+2)
#Senedd #devolution
- Plaid 30% (-)
- Reform 29% (+4)
- Labour 14% (-4)
- Cons 11% (-2)
- Lib Dems 6% (-1)
- Green 6% (+1)
- Other 4% (+2)
#Senedd #devolution
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Very interesting revelation in
@kitty-donaldson.bsky.social's evening newsletter:
Andrew Gwynne, one of the MPs rumoured to be thinking of standing down to make way for Andy Burnham, has applied to the Commons authorities to retire on medical grounds.
@kitty-donaldson.bsky.social's evening newsletter:
Andrew Gwynne, one of the MPs rumoured to be thinking of standing down to make way for Andy Burnham, has applied to the Commons authorities to retire on medical grounds.
September 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Very interesting revelation in
@kitty-donaldson.bsky.social's evening newsletter:
Andrew Gwynne, one of the MPs rumoured to be thinking of standing down to make way for Andy Burnham, has applied to the Commons authorities to retire on medical grounds.
@kitty-donaldson.bsky.social's evening newsletter:
Andrew Gwynne, one of the MPs rumoured to be thinking of standing down to make way for Andy Burnham, has applied to the Commons authorities to retire on medical grounds.
Fascinating chart
September 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Fascinating chart
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From the BES, Labour's biggest drop in support (percentage points):
-20 Unemployed
-20 Social renter
-18 Private renter
-17 Yorks + Humber
-17 Students
-17 Lesbian, gay, bisexual
-16 North West
-16 North East
-15 Age 46-55
-15 Jewish
-15 Scotland
-15 Age 36-45
-14 East Mids
-20 Unemployed
-20 Social renter
-18 Private renter
-17 Yorks + Humber
-17 Students
-17 Lesbian, gay, bisexual
-16 North West
-16 North East
-15 Age 46-55
-15 Jewish
-15 Scotland
-15 Age 36-45
-14 East Mids
September 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
From the BES, Labour's biggest drop in support (percentage points):
-20 Unemployed
-20 Social renter
-18 Private renter
-17 Yorks + Humber
-17 Students
-17 Lesbian, gay, bisexual
-16 North West
-16 North East
-15 Age 46-55
-15 Jewish
-15 Scotland
-15 Age 36-45
-14 East Mids
-20 Unemployed
-20 Social renter
-18 Private renter
-17 Yorks + Humber
-17 Students
-17 Lesbian, gay, bisexual
-16 North West
-16 North East
-15 Age 46-55
-15 Jewish
-15 Scotland
-15 Age 36-45
-14 East Mids
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Staggering chart from the FT. Each of Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta (MAMA!) are set to spend over $100bn annually on capex by 2030, more than all four combined in 2020. All because of the LLM-triggered AI boom...
on.ft.com/3HwH8Y8
on.ft.com/3HwH8Y8
August 14, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Staggering chart from the FT. Each of Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta (MAMA!) are set to spend over $100bn annually on capex by 2030, more than all four combined in 2020. All because of the LLM-triggered AI boom...
on.ft.com/3HwH8Y8
on.ft.com/3HwH8Y8
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@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.
August 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.
So many different parts of the public services seem to have failed in this very sad case.
Girl, 14, died at psychiatric hospital after agency worker with false ID left her alone, inquest hears
Girl, 14, died at psychiatric hospital after agency worker with false ID left her alone, inquest hears
Ruth Szymankiewicz should have been under constant watch at Huntercombe hospital
A 14-year-old girl who was supposed to be constantly observed in a psychiatric hospital died after an agency support worker with a false identity left her alone, an inquest jury has heard.
When he heard that Ruth Szymankiewicz, who was suffering from an eating disorder, had died, the worker fled from the UK to Ghana, the court was told.
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www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
So many different parts of the public services seem to have failed in this very sad case.
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These are the top replies, being financially rewarded for posting this stuff, and the explanation offered by the site’s own AI for why it’s like that.
Anyway just flicking through the Sunday newspapers reading about some minor content infractions that Ofcom might look into at the BBC/Channel 4.
Anyway just flicking through the Sunday newspapers reading about some minor content infractions that Ofcom might look into at the BBC/Channel 4.
August 3, 2025 at 6:34 AM
These are the top replies, being financially rewarded for posting this stuff, and the explanation offered by the site’s own AI for why it’s like that.
Anyway just flicking through the Sunday newspapers reading about some minor content infractions that Ofcom might look into at the BBC/Channel 4.
Anyway just flicking through the Sunday newspapers reading about some minor content infractions that Ofcom might look into at the BBC/Channel 4.
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
It’s the first night of the proms! I feel Radio 3 should have mentioned it recently so it didn’t come unawares.
July 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It’s the first night of the proms! I feel Radio 3 should have mentioned it recently so it didn’t come unawares.
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With the latest “fall” in inactivity, you have to wonder whether most of the “rise” after covid was just the Labour Force Survey being rubbish.
July 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
With the latest “fall” in inactivity, you have to wonder whether most of the “rise” after covid was just the Labour Force Survey being rubbish.
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Fen Diagram
A cartoon for the mathematically-minded lovers of flatlands, a particular Venn diagram in itself.
www.worldofmoose.com/products/fen...
A cartoon for the mathematically-minded lovers of flatlands, a particular Venn diagram in itself.
www.worldofmoose.com/products/fen...
July 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Fen Diagram
A cartoon for the mathematically-minded lovers of flatlands, a particular Venn diagram in itself.
www.worldofmoose.com/products/fen...
A cartoon for the mathematically-minded lovers of flatlands, a particular Venn diagram in itself.
www.worldofmoose.com/products/fen...
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Plot twist: Angela Rayner resigned her Unite membership several months ago, I understand, so cannot be suspended.
July 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Plot twist: Angela Rayner resigned her Unite membership several months ago, I understand, so cannot be suspended.