@iclee3.bsky.social
If a troll is trying to waste your time geting you into stupid arguments about nothing,
if you argue with them, they're winning and you're losing.
Im happy to have good faith debates. Bad faith accounts will be muted and reported.
if you argue with them, they're winning and you're losing.
Im happy to have good faith debates. Bad faith accounts will be muted and reported.
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It is time to do this again.
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
It is time to do this again.
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Objectivity, impartiality and balance are all *different things*, and the lazy tendency to treat them as synonyms, and to use partisan balance alone as a proxy for the others, is the root cause of a vast amount of nonsense.
Robbie Gibb once suggested that reporters should reflect if they were getting more retweets from one side than the other - a braindead analysis that ignores that fair and impartial reporting of education might get more Tory retweets than say, criminal justice.
Stephen really does have the best take on this. It’s not clear that the BBC Board or indeed the rest of the News team really understood the message of the previous reviews, which were about getting detail right. Instead they wanted to know what was ‘biased’ or not like they were blotting out stains.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Objectivity, impartiality and balance are all *different things*, and the lazy tendency to treat them as synonyms, and to use partisan balance alone as a proxy for the others, is the root cause of a vast amount of nonsense.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
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Everybody - AND I MEAN EVERYBODY - should read this investigation into that hell hole Twitter and how this nine-month study and in-depth analysis found that it amplifies right-wing and extreme content (aka, the Nazi bar)
This is *very* good investigative journalism and should ring alarm bells.
🚨🚨🚨
This is *very* good investigative journalism and should ring alarm bells.
🚨🚨🚨
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Everybody - AND I MEAN EVERYBODY - should read this investigation into that hell hole Twitter and how this nine-month study and in-depth analysis found that it amplifies right-wing and extreme content (aka, the Nazi bar)
This is *very* good investigative journalism and should ring alarm bells.
🚨🚨🚨
This is *very* good investigative journalism and should ring alarm bells.
🚨🚨🚨
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As Rachel Reeves gives a speech ahead of the budget, a reminder of the global context - in short that in a mature, regulated, inter-connected, developed economy, there's no obvious path to the growth of even the 2000s. And demographic challenges get worse. ecipe.org/blog/the-new...
The New World of Trade – How 40 Years of Change Brought Globalisation Without Trust
Making sense of daily trade policy turbulence has become a major challenge. President Trump is just one part of a complex ever-changing picture.Stop the world to catch up is an understandable respons
ecipe.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:24 AM
As Rachel Reeves gives a speech ahead of the budget, a reminder of the global context - in short that in a mature, regulated, inter-connected, developed economy, there's no obvious path to the growth of even the 2000s. And demographic challenges get worse. ecipe.org/blog/the-new...
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Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
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This is great. Manipulation of research is (was??) a classic STS subject (or was) and social media firms have an additional ability to control data making it easier for them.
1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
October 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
This is great. Manipulation of research is (was??) a classic STS subject (or was) and social media firms have an additional ability to control data making it easier for them.
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I've been working with Demos to turn the Verification, Deliberation, and Accountability (VDA) Framework into a report that lays out how it can be used to diagnose the state of democracy and build solutions around building the capacity for those functions in institutional and public spaces.
🧵 Across the world, democracy isn’t just under pressure, it’s facing epistemic collapse: a breakdown in the shared ability to know what’s true, to reason together and to hold power to account.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I've been working with Demos to turn the Verification, Deliberation, and Accountability (VDA) Framework into a report that lays out how it can be used to diagnose the state of democracy and build solutions around building the capacity for those functions in institutional and public spaces.
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Here's Scott Burchill. "Thought control"
Thought control - The Shot
In societies which call themselves open and free, where elites cannot easily control the general population with violence, opinion management by other means remains the holy grail.
theshot.net.au
October 18, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Here's Scott Burchill. "Thought control"
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This morning my ChatGPT quota was inexplicably exhausted.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
October 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This morning my ChatGPT quota was inexplicably exhausted.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
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My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
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If you’re an Islamophobe you don’t get to complain about antisemitism
And if you’re an antisemite you don’t get to complain about Islamophobia.
It’s really that simple.
(So many shameless hypocrites around.)
And if you’re an antisemite you don’t get to complain about Islamophobia.
It’s really that simple.
(So many shameless hypocrites around.)
October 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
If you’re an Islamophobe you don’t get to complain about antisemitism
And if you’re an antisemite you don’t get to complain about Islamophobia.
It’s really that simple.
(So many shameless hypocrites around.)
And if you’re an antisemite you don’t get to complain about Islamophobia.
It’s really that simple.
(So many shameless hypocrites around.)
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'Farage Boats' is a useful term and should be normalised.
“I would gently point out to Nigel Farage that before we left the EU we had a returns agreement with every country in the EU. He told the country it would make no difference if we left. He was wrong about that. These are Farage boats in many senses coming across the channel” 👏
PM Keir Starmer
PM Keir Starmer
October 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
'Farage Boats' is a useful term and should be normalised.
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🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
September 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
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The performative mourning driven by social media, was from blueprints sitting there in large conservative think-tanks like the Heritage Foundation, waiting to be deployed
The alleged outrage was at its core, manufactured recreational grief-bait
My latest in The Shot
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
The alleged outrage was at its core, manufactured recreational grief-bait
My latest in The Shot
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
You’re being played – your part in the culture wars - The Shot
When Zack de la Rocha told you to rage against the machine, he didn’t mean take it literally. Agitprop. Fury bait. Yes, you feed it too.
theshot.net.au
September 25, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The performative mourning driven by social media, was from blueprints sitting there in large conservative think-tanks like the Heritage Foundation, waiting to be deployed
The alleged outrage was at its core, manufactured recreational grief-bait
My latest in The Shot
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
The alleged outrage was at its core, manufactured recreational grief-bait
My latest in The Shot
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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Due to Bluesky video limits, a lot of people haven't been able to share some of the fabulous Groyper explainer videos being passed around the internet.
So I'm splitting them up & posting the best ones here:
Please save the thread & share with others!
GROYPER EXPLAINER THREAD: 🧵👇🏼
So I'm splitting them up & posting the best ones here:
Please save the thread & share with others!
GROYPER EXPLAINER THREAD: 🧵👇🏼
September 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Due to Bluesky video limits, a lot of people haven't been able to share some of the fabulous Groyper explainer videos being passed around the internet.
So I'm splitting them up & posting the best ones here:
Please save the thread & share with others!
GROYPER EXPLAINER THREAD: 🧵👇🏼
So I'm splitting them up & posting the best ones here:
Please save the thread & share with others!
GROYPER EXPLAINER THREAD: 🧵👇🏼
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Here’s how Jimmy Fallon responded to Jimmy Kimmel being pulled off air:
September 19, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Here’s how Jimmy Fallon responded to Jimmy Kimmel being pulled off air:
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AI is the wrong tool to tackle complex societal & systemic problems. AI4SG is more about PR victories, boosting AI adoption (regardless of merit/usefulness) & laundering accountability for harmful tech, extractive practices, abetting atrocities. yours truly
www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/ai-...
www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/ai-...
The False Promise of “AI for Social Good”
Abeba Birhane refutes industry claims about the technology's potential to solve complex social problems.
www.project-syndicate.org
September 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
AI is the wrong tool to tackle complex societal & systemic problems. AI4SG is more about PR victories, boosting AI adoption (regardless of merit/usefulness) & laundering accountability for harmful tech, extractive practices, abetting atrocities. yours truly
www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/ai-...
www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/ai-...
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I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
September 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
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Someone please make it make sense...
The right want lower wages and fewer workers rights.
They also demand "growth", with everyone on low wages. Specifically who is buying goods and services?
The right want lower wages and fewer workers rights.
They also demand "growth", with everyone on low wages. Specifically who is buying goods and services?
a man with long hair is giving a thumbs up and saying he 's gonna fix the economy .
ALT: a man with long hair is giving a thumbs up and saying he 's gonna fix the economy .
media.tenor.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Someone please make it make sense...
The right want lower wages and fewer workers rights.
They also demand "growth", with everyone on low wages. Specifically who is buying goods and services?
The right want lower wages and fewer workers rights.
They also demand "growth", with everyone on low wages. Specifically who is buying goods and services?
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Farage is whipping up anger against the ECHR with false claims. As The Bear brilliantly writes: “The ECHR [is] the foundation that protects you from your own government.”
That's why leaving the ECHR would be a Really Bad Idea.
That's why leaving the ECHR would be a Really Bad Idea.
Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Farage is whipping up anger against the ECHR with false claims. As The Bear brilliantly writes: “The ECHR [is] the foundation that protects you from your own government.”
That's why leaving the ECHR would be a Really Bad Idea.
That's why leaving the ECHR would be a Really Bad Idea.
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I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
August 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
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The energy price cap rise is a near perfect little case study of Labour's wider predicament. Short thread on the government's continued failure to explain/get a hearing for the mess it inherited and how it is trying to fix it. www.businessgreen.com/news/4518148...
'Unwelcome news': Energy price cap to tick up by two per cent from October
Latest increase in domestic energy prices sparks fresh calls for increased support for energy efficiency measures
www.businessgreen.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The energy price cap rise is a near perfect little case study of Labour's wider predicament. Short thread on the government's continued failure to explain/get a hearing for the mess it inherited and how it is trying to fix it. www.businessgreen.com/news/4518148...