Andrew Livingston
@andylivingston.bsky.social
Content protection, rights, media and broadcasting policy. Also toy soldiers and Japanese robots sometimes.
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What supposed evidence is this? How do we know that the behavioural problems aren't, for instance, any number of other changes such as the pressures of the cost of living, junk food, stress, living through a pandemic or anything? Teachers ought to know better www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
Ban social media for under-16s, top teaching union urges UK government
NASUWT says evidence growing that unregulated access affects behaviour in school and harms mental health
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:37 AM
What supposed evidence is this? How do we know that the behavioural problems aren't, for instance, any number of other changes such as the pressures of the cost of living, junk food, stress, living through a pandemic or anything? Teachers ought to know better www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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Is this evidence in the room with us now? www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
January 11, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Is this evidence in the room with us now? www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
You deserve to go out after missing three penalties in a shootout tbh.
January 10, 2026 at 2:59 PM
You deserve to go out after missing three penalties in a shootout tbh.
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Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit
'you should always be at your most suspicious online when someone is baiting you into outrage.
But all of that takes time, effort, and cognitive hygiene'
'you should always be at your most suspicious online when someone is baiting you into outrage.
But all of that takes time, effort, and cognitive hygiene'
Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit
A “whistleblower” tried to corroborate his viral post with AI-generated evidence. This is how I caught him. PLUS: Grok's image-generation crisis, and the rapture over Claude Opus 4.5
www.platformer.news
January 6, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit
'you should always be at your most suspicious online when someone is baiting you into outrage.
But all of that takes time, effort, and cognitive hygiene'
'you should always be at your most suspicious online when someone is baiting you into outrage.
But all of that takes time, effort, and cognitive hygiene'
Christ on a bike.
Some stalkerware salesman has convinced the Scottish Government that using a GPS smartphone app to surveil the whereabouts of domestic violence VICTIMS is a cracking idea, and I am not even surprised.
January 4, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Christ on a bike.
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This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!
January 2, 2026 at 10:47 AM
This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!
Happy New Year all.
January 1, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Happy New Year all.
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In 2026 may you have the brass bollocks of the Tory/Reform broadsheet which demanded and promoted the Online Safety Act (To Protect The Children) for years, then switched teams the moment it became law under Labour to declare it woke authoritarian censorship.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
December 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
In 2026 may you have the brass bollocks of the Tory/Reform broadsheet which demanded and promoted the Online Safety Act (To Protect The Children) for years, then switched teams the moment it became law under Labour to declare it woke authoritarian censorship.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Heartbreaking to hear of the passing of the great Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer. RIP both.
December 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Heartbreaking to hear of the passing of the great Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer. RIP both.
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"Having been called homophobic slurs many times in real life before the age of 18, I do wonder if I could have handled encountering those words in a short story."
The Online Safety Act came for my short story, by Ben Sims.
The Online Safety Act came for my short story, by Ben Sims.
The Online Safety Act came for my short story
My fiction was too much for the Starmer government
www.newstatesman.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
"Having been called homophobic slurs many times in real life before the age of 18, I do wonder if I could have handled encountering those words in a short story."
The Online Safety Act came for my short story, by Ben Sims.
The Online Safety Act came for my short story, by Ben Sims.
I see Liz Truss hasn't got any better at talking to camera.
December 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I see Liz Truss hasn't got any better at talking to camera.
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Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.
Spot Alan Moore in his 6th form Northampton Grammar School photo, taken two days before he was expelled
December 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.
Turns out there are very few problems in life for a newly five year old that cannot be fixed by a new bucket of Thomas the Tank Engine track…
December 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Turns out there are very few problems in life for a newly five year old that cannot be fixed by a new bucket of Thomas the Tank Engine track…
Grump grump, Royal Mail pulling the old "we attempted delivery and no one was in" when I am sat waiting for a parcel because they're defrauding their delivery targets.
November 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Grump grump, Royal Mail pulling the old "we attempted delivery and no one was in" when I am sat waiting for a parcel because they're defrauding their delivery targets.
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In which an MP is genuinely ~shocked~ that six years of allowing pearl-clutching white saviours and Christian fundamentalists to craft the rules of content regulation is resulting in the censorship of discussions about menstruation and lady gardens.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Big tech's sexism is jeopardising women's health
An internet on which you can’t say the word “vagina” in its proper context feels like something out of The Handmaid’s Tale. But it’s here, and it’s...
www.politicshome.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
In which an MP is genuinely ~shocked~ that six years of allowing pearl-clutching white saviours and Christian fundamentalists to craft the rules of content regulation is resulting in the censorship of discussions about menstruation and lady gardens.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Thinking about moving my pension from a fund with exposure to US tech stocks to... well Games Workshop at this point. Christ, another great trading update from them.
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Thinking about moving my pension from a fund with exposure to US tech stocks to... well Games Workshop at this point. Christ, another great trading update from them.
Great evening of football. Well done Broncos.
November 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Great evening of football. Well done Broncos.
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FYI: The BBC has revealed the charities #TheCelebrityTraitors were all competing for, with links so that you can donate.
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
FYI: The BBC has revealed the charities #TheCelebrityTraitors were all competing for, with links so that you can donate.
That thing where you claim you were hacked but they actually check and it turns out not to be a magic phrase that makes it all go away.
Talk TV has sacked presenter Mike Graham over a racist FB post. He actually tried to blame “hackers”.
November 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
That thing where you claim you were hacked but they actually check and it turns out not to be a magic phrase that makes it all go away.
Silly to say this when you're going because of the Trump edit. It literally can't be for both reasons.
Seems a profound overreaction to a report with... what sounds like significant issues of its own.
Seems a profound overreaction to a report with... what sounds like significant issues of its own.
Tim Davie statement: "I have been reflecting on the very intense personal and professional demands of managing this role over many years in these febrile times, combined with the fact that I want to give a successor time to help shape the Charter plans they will be delivering."
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Silly to say this when you're going because of the Trump edit. It literally can't be for both reasons.
Seems a profound overreaction to a report with... what sounds like significant issues of its own.
Seems a profound overreaction to a report with... what sounds like significant issues of its own.
Jealous that Berlin got an incredibly entertaining game compared to the London ones. Congrats Colts.
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Jealous that Berlin got an incredibly entertaining game compared to the London ones. Congrats Colts.