Ellin Stein
@ellinst.bsky.social
Arts journo (now mostly Slate and Byline Times),
MA Screenwriting lecturer @Goldsmiths UoL, authorina https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393074093, tech fumbler
MA Screenwriting lecturer @Goldsmiths UoL, authorina https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393074093, tech fumbler
Unfortunately, as you know, the very qualities that enable one to rise through the BBC ranks (don't make waves and don't leave fingerprints -- WIA was no exaggeration) mitigate against a display of the bulldog spirit that is so needed now. But your advice is on the money. Here is my advice to them:
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Unfortunately, as you know, the very qualities that enable one to rise through the BBC ranks (don't make waves and don't leave fingerprints -- WIA was no exaggeration) mitigate against a display of the bulldog spirit that is so needed now. But your advice is on the money. Here is my advice to them:
My message to the BBC:
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
My message to the BBC:
Good! Call in these experts.
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Good! Call in these experts.
Speaking of extraordinary arrogance...
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Speaking of extraordinary arrogance...
Yes, but they're giving it the old college try on the DoJ website. Hatch Act? What Hatch Act?
November 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Yes, but they're giving it the old college try on the DoJ website. Hatch Act? What Hatch Act?
So I guess the Hatch Act was another of those things that was tossed overboard without anyone being told.
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
So I guess the Hatch Act was another of those things that was tossed overboard without anyone being told.
@peterjukes.bsky.social OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
@peterjukes.bsky.social OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
Brings to mind this...
November 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Brings to mind this...
Would that domestic bodies confronted by the firehouse of falsehoods would respond with such 🔥
October 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Would that domestic bodies confronted by the firehouse of falsehoods would respond with such 🔥
I have just one thing to say
October 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I have just one thing to say
A plaque installed by non-populist FDR at the WH, just in case any of his successors needed reminding.
October 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A plaque installed by non-populist FDR at the WH, just in case any of his successors needed reminding.
A plaque installed at the White House by FDR, just in case any of his successors got a different idea.
October 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A plaque installed at the White House by FDR, just in case any of his successors got a different idea.
Commemorative Brexit stamps from 2018
October 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Commemorative Brexit stamps from 2018
BTW, look who took Remoaners' predictions seriously
October 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
BTW, look who took Remoaners' predictions seriously
If only HM Treasury had warned us in 2018
October 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
If only HM Treasury had warned us in 2018
And let's not forget this. A clear through-line from Brexit to Trump, or rather from Putin to Bannon.
October 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
And let's not forget this. A clear through-line from Brexit to Trump, or rather from Putin to Bannon.