Dave Lee
@davelee.me
US technology columnist, Bloomberg Opinion. Based in New York. Previously FT and BBC. Watching Cambridge United from afar. dlee1285@bloomberg.net / Signal: davelee.01 / www.davelee.me
“What does your barber do for a living, mate?”
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“What does your barber do for a living, mate?”
Sorry, ofc: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons & Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Sorry, ofc: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
This sounds flippant but it’s sincere — I rather love the *crunchy* haptics when you pull down to refresh. They’ve clearly had a bit more fun with it than on other meta apps
November 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This sounds flippant but it’s sincere — I rather love the *crunchy* haptics when you pull down to refresh. They’ve clearly had a bit more fun with it than on other meta apps
Won’t be to everyone’s tastes. Would def struggle to get it by a British copydesk. But the pithy nerd context with a purpose and pay off is 👌
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Won’t be to everyone’s tastes. Would def struggle to get it by a British copydesk. But the pithy nerd context with a purpose and pay off is 👌
Really calm heads are needed at a corporation that has been something of a pioneer in the headless chicken style of management. I really hope the wisest, bravest minds win.
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Really calm heads are needed at a corporation that has been something of a pioneer in the headless chicken style of management. I really hope the wisest, bravest minds win.
One important thing those in and around the BBC *must* remember as they shape reforms is that many (not all) of its detractors will say they want "unbiased" news, just as Trump/Republicans claimed, but what they really want is control.
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
One important thing those in and around the BBC *must* remember as they shape reforms is that many (not all) of its detractors will say they want "unbiased" news, just as Trump/Republicans claimed, but what they really want is control.
Reposted by Dave Lee
Even a lot of the disinfo is badly photoshopped to look like it is from the BBC!
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Even a lot of the disinfo is badly photoshopped to look like it is from the BBC!
@stephenkb.bsky.social puts it better: "The problem isn’t that we have a deliberately biased BBC, it’s that we have a BBC that has been consciously reduced in its scope and bullied into dumbing down and retreating."
www.ft.com/content/676c...
www.ft.com/content/676c...
To fix the BBC, focus on competence and cash
Corporation fails to learn from criticism, while politicians have consciously reduced its scope for quality journalism
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
@stephenkb.bsky.social puts it better: "The problem isn’t that we have a deliberately biased BBC, it’s that we have a BBC that has been consciously reduced in its scope and bullied into dumbing down and retreating."
www.ft.com/content/676c...
www.ft.com/content/676c...