Julia Macfarlane
@juliamacfarlane.bsky.social
BBC Journalist, formerly ABC News, exiled Scot and Twitter refugee
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If you search TikTok for Hurricane Melissa videos right now, you'll see a flood of AI-generated and fake videos.
These AI videos include eye of the storm views from above, sharks swimming in floodwaters, huge waves battering towns, destroyed airports, and fake news reports.
These AI videos include eye of the storm views from above, sharks swimming in floodwaters, huge waves battering towns, destroyed airports, and fake news reports.
October 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
If you search TikTok for Hurricane Melissa videos right now, you'll see a flood of AI-generated and fake videos.
These AI videos include eye of the storm views from above, sharks swimming in floodwaters, huge waves battering towns, destroyed airports, and fake news reports.
These AI videos include eye of the storm views from above, sharks swimming in floodwaters, huge waves battering towns, destroyed airports, and fake news reports.
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Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
n.pr
October 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
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If Dems win the Supreme Court races in Pennsylvania in 9 days, it’s extremely likely the GOP can’t get a majority on that court until 2029.
The GOP really wants to have this majority during the 2028 presidential race.
Can’t put the stakes any more clearly than that. boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
The GOP really wants to have this majority during the 2028 presidential race.
Can’t put the stakes any more clearly than that. boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts
The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.
boltsmag.org
October 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
If Dems win the Supreme Court races in Pennsylvania in 9 days, it’s extremely likely the GOP can’t get a majority on that court until 2029.
The GOP really wants to have this majority during the 2028 presidential race.
Can’t put the stakes any more clearly than that. boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
The GOP really wants to have this majority during the 2028 presidential race.
Can’t put the stakes any more clearly than that. boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
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His ROOMBA that had been sending detailed maps of his house god knows where, and bricking itself when he tried to disable the spyware
INCREDIBLE freaking story
Can we have Things with No Internet please, happy to pay extra
INCREDIBLE freaking story
Can we have Things with No Internet please, happy to pay extra
this man hacked into the mainframe of his roomba codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
The Day My Smart Vacuum Turned Against Me
Would you allow a stranger to drive a camera-equipped computer around your living room? You might have already done so without even realizing it.
The Beginning: A Curious Experiment
It all started ...
codetiger.github.io
October 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
His ROOMBA that had been sending detailed maps of his house god knows where, and bricking itself when he tried to disable the spyware
INCREDIBLE freaking story
Can we have Things with No Internet please, happy to pay extra
INCREDIBLE freaking story
Can we have Things with No Internet please, happy to pay extra
We’re expecting the new Deputy Labour Leader to be announced imminently - live here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
October 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
We’re expecting the new Deputy Labour Leader to be announced imminently - live here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
On your 📻 at 7pm with The Newsroom on #bbcworldservice
October 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
On your 📻 at 7pm with The Newsroom on #bbcworldservice
Putin bombed a kindergarten
Footage shows Russia’s deliberate strikes on a kindergarten in Kharkiv. At the time of the attack by three Shahed drones, 48 children were sheltering inside.
October 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Putin bombed a kindergarten
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All this stuff, aside from being ugly as hell, once more proposes the UK as a country which doesn’t pay its debts. It’s unserious.
You may have heard about UK ministers' plan to double to 10 years the time needed to reached settled status in the UK. But did you realise that it threatened access to pensions for the 180,000 people who came from Hong Kong on the UK government's visa scheme? My dispatch: www.ft.com/content/8b91...
UK Hongkongers rue the rockiness of their ‘lifeboat’ after threatened visa changes
People who fled Chinese territory are angry after London looks at doubling length of time required to gain citizenship
www.ft.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:39 AM
All this stuff, aside from being ugly as hell, once more proposes the UK as a country which doesn’t pay its debts. It’s unserious.
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We are reporting a MASS HYSTERIA EVENT at Heathrow that closed Terminal 4 for a bit. No-one was hurt.
September 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
We are reporting a MASS HYSTERIA EVENT at Heathrow that closed Terminal 4 for a bit. No-one was hurt.
Israel claims it has already set back Iran's presumed nuclear programme by at least two years, a day after President Trump warned Tehran has a "maximum" of two weeks to avoid possible American air strikes.
Gideon Saar on Saturday: We already delayed the possibility of a nuclear bomb by 2/3 years
Gideon Saar on Saturday: We already delayed the possibility of a nuclear bomb by 2/3 years
June 21, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Israel claims it has already set back Iran's presumed nuclear programme by at least two years, a day after President Trump warned Tehran has a "maximum" of two weeks to avoid possible American air strikes.
Gideon Saar on Saturday: We already delayed the possibility of a nuclear bomb by 2/3 years
Gideon Saar on Saturday: We already delayed the possibility of a nuclear bomb by 2/3 years
A busy weekend of news for you to catch up on: Five years since George Floyd’s death; Israel under mounting pressure over the deaths of 9 children in a single family - the mother is a paediatric doctor at the local hospital. And, Trump lashes out against Putin. Tune in
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Newsroom - 25/05/2025 22:06 GMT - BBC Sounds
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
www.bbc.co.uk
May 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
A busy weekend of news for you to catch up on: Five years since George Floyd’s death; Israel under mounting pressure over the deaths of 9 children in a single family - the mother is a paediatric doctor at the local hospital. And, Trump lashes out against Putin. Tune in
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Builder.ai just went bust. Around half a billion dollars invested from the likes of Microsoft, QIA and Insight Partners wiped out.
Full story here with @alexandraheal.bsky.social. Comes after a run of probing FT stories (led by Alex) on the company and its founder Sachin Duggal
on.ft.com/43gI8YN
Full story here with @alexandraheal.bsky.social. Comes after a run of probing FT stories (led by Alex) on the company and its founder Sachin Duggal
on.ft.com/43gI8YN
Microsoft-backed UK tech unicorn Builder.ai collapses into insolvency
[FREE TO READ] Once high-flying group founded by Sachin Dev Duggal says its was unable to recover from ‘past decisions’
on.ft.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Builder.ai just went bust. Around half a billion dollars invested from the likes of Microsoft, QIA and Insight Partners wiped out.
Full story here with @alexandraheal.bsky.social. Comes after a run of probing FT stories (led by Alex) on the company and its founder Sachin Duggal
on.ft.com/43gI8YN
Full story here with @alexandraheal.bsky.social. Comes after a run of probing FT stories (led by Alex) on the company and its founder Sachin Duggal
on.ft.com/43gI8YN
“Goodwill towards Israel is running out” - BBC’s international editor Jeremy Bowen
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Reporter Reads - Jeremy Bowen: Goodwill towards Israel is running out - BBC Sounds
The UK, France and Canada say the level of human suffering in Gaza "is intolerable."
www.bbc.co.uk
May 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“Goodwill towards Israel is running out” - BBC’s international editor Jeremy Bowen
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Israeli authorities have temporarily allowed us to deliver limited aid to Gaza after 11 weeks of blockade.
A drop in the ocean. It must reach the civilians who need it so urgently, and we must be allowed to scale up.
We are determined to save as many lives as we can.
A drop in the ocean. It must reach the civilians who need it so urgently, and we must be allowed to scale up.
We are determined to save as many lives as we can.
May 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Israeli authorities have temporarily allowed us to deliver limited aid to Gaza after 11 weeks of blockade.
A drop in the ocean. It must reach the civilians who need it so urgently, and we must be allowed to scale up.
We are determined to save as many lives as we can.
A drop in the ocean. It must reach the civilians who need it so urgently, and we must be allowed to scale up.
We are determined to save as many lives as we can.
I can’t believe there was a time in my life when I didn’t know what jujube tea was
May 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I can’t believe there was a time in my life when I didn’t know what jujube tea was
Tried to put on a news podcast from a very established media company - really interesting sounding topic on fast fashion - couldn’t make it through five minutes because of the unbearable amount of vocal fry. Why are people doing so much of this these days? Am I the only one who finds it grating?
May 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Tried to put on a news podcast from a very established media company - really interesting sounding topic on fast fashion - couldn’t make it through five minutes because of the unbearable amount of vocal fry. Why are people doing so much of this these days? Am I the only one who finds it grating?
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Nigel Farage once doubted the name “Reform” but Patrick O'Flynn, former Ukip MEP, advised him to stick with it patrickoflynn.substack.com/p/bite-size-...
May 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Nigel Farage once doubted the name “Reform” but Patrick O'Flynn, former Ukip MEP, advised him to stick with it patrickoflynn.substack.com/p/bite-size-...
Sky News Australia projects Labour and the incumbent PM Anthony Albanese will win the general election
May 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Sky News Australia projects Labour and the incumbent PM Anthony Albanese will win the general election
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Nigel Farage tells Sky:
"Kemi Badenoch please stay. Please don't resign. We want you to stay on as leader. I'll put some money if you want to keep you there...In many parts of this country if you vote Conservative, you get Labour. The Tories really are a waste of space."
"Kemi Badenoch please stay. Please don't resign. We want you to stay on as leader. I'll put some money if you want to keep you there...In many parts of this country if you vote Conservative, you get Labour. The Tories really are a waste of space."
May 2, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Nigel Farage tells Sky:
"Kemi Badenoch please stay. Please don't resign. We want you to stay on as leader. I'll put some money if you want to keep you there...In many parts of this country if you vote Conservative, you get Labour. The Tories really are a waste of space."
"Kemi Badenoch please stay. Please don't resign. We want you to stay on as leader. I'll put some money if you want to keep you there...In many parts of this country if you vote Conservative, you get Labour. The Tories really are a waste of space."
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Mike Waltz has left the chat.
May 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Mike Waltz has left the chat.
My husband is in Vogue! 😍 Proud wife moment www.vogue.com/article/excl...
Great Loves, Great Loss, and Great Fortunes: An Exclusive First Look at ‘The Gilded Age’ Season 3
“If you married the wrong guy, you were in life-long trouble.” So says “The Gilded Age” creator Julian Fellowes, summing up one of the many thematic undercurrents of the historical series’s third seas...
www.vogue.com
April 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
My husband is in Vogue! 😍 Proud wife moment www.vogue.com/article/excl...
Right, come on Duffle Coat #grandnational
April 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Right, come on Duffle Coat #grandnational
The video shows that the 15 aid workers in Gaza were wearing medic reflective gear and had emergency lights on, contradicting Israel’s claims. There is nonstop rapid fire heard for over six minutes, as the aid worker recording quietly repeats his dying prayers www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The video shows that the 15 aid workers in Gaza were wearing medic reflective gear and had emergency lights on, contradicting Israel’s claims. There is nonstop rapid fire heard for over six minutes, as the aid worker recording quietly repeats his dying prayers www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
Four mins until the nyse opening bell…
April 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Four mins until the nyse opening bell…