Jasper Jackson
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Managing editor at Transformer. Ex-tech editor at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, also previously Guardian and New Statesman. Sometime media columnist. Signal: jasperjackson.01
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It’s not at all clear to me how the BBC can do any kind of serious journalism if its top two bosses can be forced to quit over such an obviously confected scandal. There is no substantive error here. How can the BBC report on Trump, or Farage, or anyone else, in these circumstances?
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It’s not at all clear to me how the BBC can do any kind of serious journalism if its top two bosses can be forced to quit over such an obviously confected scandal. There is no substantive error here. How can the BBC report on Trump, or Farage, or anyone else, in these circumstances?
What seems most likely is the filmmaker created it with the idea it might be watched by UK or Irish audiences, and the NYer then acquired it and didn't consider that (or wasn't aware that it was satire). Still a screwup if so, obviously. Luckily a funny one.
November 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
What seems most likely is the filmmaker created it with the idea it might be watched by UK or Irish audiences, and the NYer then acquired it and didn't consider that (or wasn't aware that it was satire). Still a screwup if so, obviously. Luckily a funny one.
I should add for context that the film is by Roisin Agnew - an Irish Italian filmmaker (and friend). She’s absolutely aware of the context, as, I believe, are Irish/uk audiences who saw the film. Idk the context of the film getting picked up by the Nyer and what discussions were had then
November 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Ah, yeah sure I think that makes sense. But absolutely ludicrous to just let that run for Americans without explaining somehow.
November 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Ah, yeah sure I think that makes sense. But absolutely ludicrous to just let that run for Americans without explaining somehow.
Hmmmm, that ascribes a huge amount of nuance and knowledge to the watcher. And in any case, it could be that the dehumanisation and demonisation was forcing the spokespeople to inhale helium! It's incredibly ambiguous even if you are paying attention.
November 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Hmmmm, that ascribes a huge amount of nuance and knowledge to the watcher. And in any case, it could be that the dehumanisation and demonisation was forcing the spokespeople to inhale helium! It's incredibly ambiguous even if you are paying attention.
I mean, this has something to do with it. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Wikipedia bans Daily Mail as 'unreliable' source
Online encyclopaedia editors rule out publisher as a reference citing ‘reputation for poor fact checking and sensationalism’
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I mean, this has something to do with it. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
(I think it is often interpreted as satirical rather than a serious call for regression and destruction of all machines.)
October 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
(I think it is often interpreted as satirical rather than a serious call for regression and destruction of all machines.)
Dune appears to have taken it from this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_...
Darwin among the Machines - Wikipedia
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October 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Spread across various things but summed up here (with references): warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Age_of_...
Age of Technology
The Age of Technology, informally often referred to as the "Dark Age of Technology," was the zenith of Humanity's scientific knowledge and technological prowess in the Milky Way Galaxy, which lasted f...
warhammer40k.fandom.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Spread across various things but summed up here (with references): warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Age_of_...