Andrew James
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“The reminders that your life may be temporary are a constant drain on your mental health. The big news announcements from all the parties take their toll. It’s always there in your mind that your way of life can be taken away from you.“
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: the people who could face deportation under Reform
As party’s rise fuels fears over future visa rules, people share how the lives they have built are in jeopardy
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
“The reminders that your life may be temporary are a constant drain on your mental health. The big news announcements from all the parties take their toll. It’s always there in your mind that your way of life can be taken away from you.“
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The number of people between 16 and 34 who died or were injured in a work-related incident increased by 76% between 1939 and 1946
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
UK ‘sliding into avoidable crisis’, major review into workplace sickness warns
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
www.independent.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The number of people between 16 and 34 who died or were injured in a work-related incident increased by 76% between 1939 and 1946
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They had been doing such great work and really changing the game. This is awful.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
They had been doing such great work and really changing the game. This is awful.
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I know it’s only a draft bill but as someone who has made London her home with her British partner, this proposal is incredibly scary. Immigrants make the UK work - we are in the NHS, in the schools, all over the place - and this would cause chaos and ruin lives.
The Conservatives have drafted the legislation.
ANY one of the conditions being met leads to ILR being revoked.
If annual income falls below £38,700 for six months (for any reason at all)
The Secretary of State would also have the powers add whatever further conditions they want.
ANY one of the conditions being met leads to ILR being revoked.
If annual income falls below £38,700 for six months (for any reason at all)
The Secretary of State would also have the powers add whatever further conditions they want.
October 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I know it’s only a draft bill but as someone who has made London her home with her British partner, this proposal is incredibly scary. Immigrants make the UK work - we are in the NHS, in the schools, all over the place - and this would cause chaos and ruin lives.
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Announcing the title and presenting the cover of mine and Angela Watson’s forthcoming book, #MyBelovedOther
#comics #graphicnovels #BookSky #book #books #book2026 #antiracism #BlackSky
More info and links:
www.nickabadzis.com/blog/2025/10...
#comics #graphicnovels #BookSky #book #books #book2026 #antiracism #BlackSky
More info and links:
www.nickabadzis.com/blog/2025/10...
October 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Announcing the title and presenting the cover of mine and Angela Watson’s forthcoming book, #MyBelovedOther
#comics #graphicnovels #BookSky #book #books #book2026 #antiracism #BlackSky
More info and links:
www.nickabadzis.com/blog/2025/10...
#comics #graphicnovels #BookSky #book #books #book2026 #antiracism #BlackSky
More info and links:
www.nickabadzis.com/blog/2025/10...
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Turns out, 6 months was optimistic
October 4, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Turns out, 6 months was optimistic
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Newsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
The Case Against Generative AI
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth
Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...
www.wheresyoured.at
September 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Newsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
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in related news i'm excited to announce that i'm selling sam altman's house unless he asks me not to
September 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
in related news i'm excited to announce that i'm selling sam altman's house unless he asks me not to
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These scripts are GREAT and these calls are EASY and ESSENTIAL. Call your senators and reps today and tell them to vote against ANY bill that contains cuts to trans health care.
#DidThisToday
#DidThisToday
so: what do we need you to do? two things.
1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi
what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵
1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi
what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵
![Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I'm one of Senator [THEIR NAME]'s constituents. House Republicans are trying to insert a multiple articles of anti-trans legislation, including a full transgender healthcare funding ban, into the F-Y '26 budget. I'm calling to tell the Senator to stand up for trans Americans and vote NO on any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown.
[you can stop here at 0:20 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]
This care funding ban follows the map the G-O-P charted while attacking abortion. Democrats lost that fight by giving in to the G-O-P an inch at a time. Giving an inch at a time on trans care will devastate trans Americans and it'll get Democrats nothing in return but contempt.
[you can stop here at 0:40 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]
Right now, the most popular Democrat in the U-S, [Zo-RAHN Mom-DA-nee], is campaigning on making trans healthcare cheaper and easier to access, and he's only got more good will because of it.
[you can stop here at 0:50 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]
I'm asking the Senator to refuse to allow any anti-trans language including a healthcare ban in the F-Y '26 bill. Do not vote for any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown. Standing with trans people is the right thing to do and it's politically smart. Voters and donors show up for Democrats who fight.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lzahebnas6od6j6jfydwst7/bafkreih4xihrkllo4bucwiubjidhjlbjt3k7x6wtzdk776qx67tpcaizli@jpeg)
September 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
These scripts are GREAT and these calls are EASY and ESSENTIAL. Call your senators and reps today and tell them to vote against ANY bill that contains cuts to trans health care.
#DidThisToday
#DidThisToday
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Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system!
Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.
Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.
September 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system!
Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.
Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.
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If scrapping indefinite leave to remain (ILR) entirely, as Reform would do, is racist, according to Labour, what is making ILR twice as difficult, expensive & humiliating to obtain, as Labour are doing?
September 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If scrapping indefinite leave to remain (ILR) entirely, as Reform would do, is racist, according to Labour, what is making ILR twice as difficult, expensive & humiliating to obtain, as Labour are doing?
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If you like the idea of supporting a site (and its writer) that thinks nothing of bouncing between brand new releases, untranslated PC-98 raising sims, DOS favourites, and arcade treasures - click this way!
Honestly, every last tip and sub is a real help (and makes me smile, too):
ko-fi.com/kimimi
Honestly, every last tip and sub is a real help (and makes me smile, too):
ko-fi.com/kimimi
September 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
If you like the idea of supporting a site (and its writer) that thinks nothing of bouncing between brand new releases, untranslated PC-98 raising sims, DOS favourites, and arcade treasures - click this way!
Honestly, every last tip and sub is a real help (and makes me smile, too):
ko-fi.com/kimimi
Honestly, every last tip and sub is a real help (and makes me smile, too):
ko-fi.com/kimimi
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I hate unboxing videos. HOWEVER, I am a CARTOONIST. So.
September 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I hate unboxing videos. HOWEVER, I am a CARTOONIST. So.
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It's a NEW feature
September 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It's a NEW feature
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Fun fact: this is how Spock defeats the Enterprise's computer in the classic Star Trek episode "Wolf In The Fold"
Never ask a man his age, a woman her salary, or GPT-5 whether a seahorse emoji exists
September 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Fun fact: this is how Spock defeats the Enterprise's computer in the classic Star Trek episode "Wolf In The Fold"
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Or point out that Farage wants to reduce and remove all our rights, not just immigrants. His mendacity already helped strip us of our rights to travel, live, and work freely in Europe. The country is poorer and less powerful, because of policies he agitates for. Also immigration is good 👍
Opinion: The past decade was a masterclass in how to misread a nation. If Sir Keir Starmer doesn’t want to gift Britain to Reform, he needs to prove fast that he can be tough and effective on immigration on.ft.com/47dejup
August 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Or point out that Farage wants to reduce and remove all our rights, not just immigrants. His mendacity already helped strip us of our rights to travel, live, and work freely in Europe. The country is poorer and less powerful, because of policies he agitates for. Also immigration is good 👍
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WEVE BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU THIS FOR MONTHS, ABSOLUTE MONTHS, THIS IS ACROSS THE BOARD, EVERYTHING YOU USE IT FOR THAT ISNT PURE DATA CRUNCHING, IT SUCKS THE WILL AND ABILITY RIGHT OUT OF YOU
Physicians are using A.I. for diagnoses and more. But a new study found evidence that relying on A.I. tools might erode a doctor’s ability to perform fundamental skills without the technology, a phenomenon known as “deskilling.”
Are A.I. Tools Making Doctors Worse at Their Jobs?
Physicians are using the technology for diagnoses and more — but may be losing skills in the process.
nyti.ms
August 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
WEVE BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU THIS FOR MONTHS, ABSOLUTE MONTHS, THIS IS ACROSS THE BOARD, EVERYTHING YOU USE IT FOR THAT ISNT PURE DATA CRUNCHING, IT SUCKS THE WILL AND ABILITY RIGHT OUT OF YOU
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Just because diagnoses of mental ill health or neurodivergence have increased, it does not follow they are incorrect. Gee, people are being diagnosed with bad mental health post-pandemic? Weird, did anything huge and damaging happen that might account for that? brb just googling 'the pandemic'
Always good when a report gets covered well in both the Times and Guardian (+ others).
Our new paper on how the rise in mental health diagnoses has pushed the SEND, health and welfare systems to breaking point.
Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Times:
www.thetimes.com/article/e4b4...
Our new paper on how the rise in mental health diagnoses has pushed the SEND, health and welfare systems to breaking point.
Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Times:
www.thetimes.com/article/e4b4...
Overdiagnosis of children overlooks that growing up is ‘messy and uneven’, says Jeremy Hunt
Former health secretary wants to see an overhaul of special educational needs and disabilities system in England
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Just because diagnoses of mental ill health or neurodivergence have increased, it does not follow they are incorrect. Gee, people are being diagnosed with bad mental health post-pandemic? Weird, did anything huge and damaging happen that might account for that? brb just googling 'the pandemic'
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We're back!! 💖 This is the epilogue to Chapter 8 before we get into Chapter 9-- if you need a refresher, you can find convenient links in the blog post below the comic!
August 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We're back!! 💖 This is the epilogue to Chapter 8 before we get into Chapter 9-- if you need a refresher, you can find convenient links in the blog post below the comic!
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Ending mail-in voting will disenfranchise all Americans living abroad, including the votes of military and diplomats. But sure, let’s just pretend like there are problems with mail-in voting, which there are not, to appease an unreasonable man who is using this as a pretense to end democracy.
Matty Yglesias personifies the trolling, soulless fail-upward engagement hounding pseudo-intellectual brunchlord bullshit that has devoured modern American media
August 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Ending mail-in voting will disenfranchise all Americans living abroad, including the votes of military and diplomats. But sure, let’s just pretend like there are problems with mail-in voting, which there are not, to appease an unreasonable man who is using this as a pretense to end democracy.
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My product is so good you guys we have to literally monitor everyone using it in case it drives them to psychosis or suicide. It only costs $100 billion to operate per quarter but don’t worry there is no road to profit
NEW: After numerous tragedies, OpenAI says it's scanning users' conversations, escalating to human readers, and contacting law enforcement where necessary
futurism.com/openai-scann...
futurism.com/openai-scann...
OpenAI Says It's Scanning Users' Conversations and Reporting Content to the Police
OpenAI has authorized itself to call law enforcement if users say threatening enough things when talking to ChatGPT.
futurism.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
My product is so good you guys we have to literally monitor everyone using it in case it drives them to psychosis or suicide. It only costs $100 billion to operate per quarter but don’t worry there is no road to profit
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This is the service that Starmer's government considered buying for £2bn so that everyone in the UK could use it for free, while introducing draconian age verification for everything else to "protect children".
Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death.
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is the service that Starmer's government considered buying for £2bn so that everyone in the UK could use it for free, while introducing draconian age verification for everything else to "protect children".
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I play *jazz music* and I’m able to gather more people than some of these, on a weeknight. It’s honestly a joke. The uk press are reporting a wag-the-dog style Fake War. Truly remarkable.
Sunday protests seem to be < 500 nationwide, maybe < 300, across 4-6 locations
Yet ITV news using language of "erupt nationwide" (!)
Epping: 100-150
London: 20
Birmingham: 30
Stevenage: 30-50
Norwich: ? anything of any scale
Manchester: ? anything of any scale
Dudley: ? anything of any scale?
Yet ITV news using language of "erupt nationwide" (!)
Epping: 100-150
London: 20
Birmingham: 30
Stevenage: 30-50
Norwich: ? anything of any scale
Manchester: ? anything of any scale
Dudley: ? anything of any scale?
August 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I play *jazz music* and I’m able to gather more people than some of these, on a weeknight. It’s honestly a joke. The uk press are reporting a wag-the-dog style Fake War. Truly remarkable.
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Tomorrow I am putting out one of my favourite things ever: a 14,000+ word guide to arguing with AI boosters, comprehensively responding to both their types of arguments and the arguments themselves, free on wheresyoured.at
Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At
The Words of Ed Zitron, a PR person and writer.
wheresyoured.at
August 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Tomorrow I am putting out one of my favourite things ever: a 14,000+ word guide to arguing with AI boosters, comprehensively responding to both their types of arguments and the arguments themselves, free on wheresyoured.at