Robin Mulvihill
@mulvihill.bsky.social
I don’t want to talk about it… but, if you insist
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1/ Donald Trump has abandoned legally mandated US and international efforts to hold Russia accountable for its war crimes in Ukraine, in an apparent undisclosed favour to Vladimir Putin. ⬇️
April 23, 2025 at 7:13 AM
1/ Donald Trump has abandoned legally mandated US and international efforts to hold Russia accountable for its war crimes in Ukraine, in an apparent undisclosed favour to Vladimir Putin. ⬇️
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Bill Owens, the executive producer for CBS News’ flagship “60 Minutes” program, announced he will resign from the top job on Tuesday, saying he no longer has control over the show.
Read more: cnn.it/4jKGOTk
Read more: cnn.it/4jKGOTk
April 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Bill Owens, the executive producer for CBS News’ flagship “60 Minutes” program, announced he will resign from the top job on Tuesday, saying he no longer has control over the show.
Read more: cnn.it/4jKGOTk
Read more: cnn.it/4jKGOTk
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When I took the history reporter job, I told my editor I would never "both sides" the Civil War, Confederates or slavery. I never did.
But here, ChatGPT (pic 1) has turned my work (pics 2,3) into whitewashed pablum and put MY FUCKING NAME on it.
I am livid, I am shaking. I don't know what to do.
But here, ChatGPT (pic 1) has turned my work (pics 2,3) into whitewashed pablum and put MY FUCKING NAME on it.
I am livid, I am shaking. I don't know what to do.
April 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When I took the history reporter job, I told my editor I would never "both sides" the Civil War, Confederates or slavery. I never did.
But here, ChatGPT (pic 1) has turned my work (pics 2,3) into whitewashed pablum and put MY FUCKING NAME on it.
I am livid, I am shaking. I don't know what to do.
But here, ChatGPT (pic 1) has turned my work (pics 2,3) into whitewashed pablum and put MY FUCKING NAME on it.
I am livid, I am shaking. I don't know what to do.
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"A survey of more than 500 political scientists finds that the vast majority think the United States is moving swiftly from liberal democracy toward some form of authoritarianism." www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism
Most — but not all — political scientists are deeply troubled by the president's attempts to expand executive power, according to a national survey.
www.npr.org
April 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"A survey of more than 500 political scientists finds that the vast majority think the United States is moving swiftly from liberal democracy toward some form of authoritarianism." www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
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Okay Markwayne.
April 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Okay Markwayne.
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This is a travesty.
When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
April 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is a travesty.
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I do wish it was better understood by now—especially by folks in the media—that these "warnings" from large AI corporations in fact function as "advertisements"
www.axios.com/2025/04/22/a...
www.axios.com/2025/04/22/a...
Exclusive: Anthropic warns fully AI employees are a year away
Managing those AI identities will require companies to completely reassess their cybersecurity strategies.
www.axios.com
April 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I do wish it was better understood by now—especially by folks in the media—that these "warnings" from large AI corporations in fact function as "advertisements"
www.axios.com/2025/04/22/a...
www.axios.com/2025/04/22/a...
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One of the key observations from The Politics of Competence by @profjanegreen.bsky.social and me is that when politicians and parties start losing a reputation for competence they lose it across all issues.
New Reuters poll finds Trump is no longer in positive territory *even on immigration*:
April 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
One of the key observations from The Politics of Competence by @profjanegreen.bsky.social and me is that when politicians and parties start losing a reputation for competence they lose it across all issues.
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Congress literally created an Alien Terrorist Removal Court for the expeditious removal of aliens who are designated as terrorists, under a preponderance of evidence standard.
I think problem isn’t the time it would take, but the fact that the government would have to produce actual evidence
I think problem isn’t the time it would take, but the fact that the government would have to produce actual evidence
"We cannot give everyone a trial," says the president of these United States.
April 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Congress literally created an Alien Terrorist Removal Court for the expeditious removal of aliens who are designated as terrorists, under a preponderance of evidence standard.
I think problem isn’t the time it would take, but the fact that the government would have to produce actual evidence
I think problem isn’t the time it would take, but the fact that the government would have to produce actual evidence
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Credit where it's due, Bxl negotiators have managed to lock the UK into our defence standards, and remove fishing as an issue *entirely*.
That's the major European objectives sorted.
Europe can afford a shallow reset deal. The political risk is gone.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
That's the major European objectives sorted.
Europe can afford a shallow reset deal. The political risk is gone.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Starmer close to post-Brexit defence deal with EU after concession on fishing rights
British firms will be able to access an EU defence fund after negotiators prepared to make concessions on fishing
www.independent.co.uk
April 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Credit where it's due, Bxl negotiators have managed to lock the UK into our defence standards, and remove fishing as an issue *entirely*.
That's the major European objectives sorted.
Europe can afford a shallow reset deal. The political risk is gone.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
That's the major European objectives sorted.
Europe can afford a shallow reset deal. The political risk is gone.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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“.. In recent weeks she has spoken to leaders from Iceland, New Zealand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Canada, India and the United Arab Emirates who were looking for ‘strong, reliable partners.’”
@politico.com
www.politico.eu/article/urus...
@politico.com
www.politico.eu/article/urus...
April 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
“.. In recent weeks she has spoken to leaders from Iceland, New Zealand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Canada, India and the United Arab Emirates who were looking for ‘strong, reliable partners.’”
@politico.com
www.politico.eu/article/urus...
@politico.com
www.politico.eu/article/urus...
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Not mild: The Dutch military intelligence service today warned that Russia's grayzone tactics are getting more aggressive - and are getting close to tipping over into something even bigger.
It also calls on Europe to urgently ready itself for such an escalation.
www.defensie.nl/downloads/pu...
It also calls on Europe to urgently ready itself for such an escalation.
www.defensie.nl/downloads/pu...
Openbaar jaarverslag 2024, Militaire Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst
Nederland wordt steeds vaker geconfronteerd met hybride aanvallen die onze samenleving proberen te ontwrichten en verzwakken. Met name de Russische brutaliteit ziet de Militaire Inlichtingen- en Veili...
www.defensie.nl
April 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Not mild: The Dutch military intelligence service today warned that Russia's grayzone tactics are getting more aggressive - and are getting close to tipping over into something even bigger.
It also calls on Europe to urgently ready itself for such an escalation.
www.defensie.nl/downloads/pu...
It also calls on Europe to urgently ready itself for such an escalation.
www.defensie.nl/downloads/pu...
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Carnegie Mellon staffed a fake company with AI agents. It was a total disaster.
Your next assignment at work: babysitting AI
Carnegie Mellon staffed a fake company with AI agents. It was a total disaster.
www.businessinsider.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Carnegie Mellon staffed a fake company with AI agents. It was a total disaster.
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The BBC is getting less flexible even as it needs to do just the opposite to stay relevant (and to keep talent).
Simultaneously, climate is getting more politicised just as it *must* do the opposite for action to happen in time.
Two interlinked problems going in the wrong direction.
Simultaneously, climate is getting more politicised just as it *must* do the opposite for action to happen in time.
Two interlinked problems going in the wrong direction.
BBC bans Evan Davis from informing the public on heat pumps. “As the world has ‘progressed’ in the past few months” the BBC “has become concerned that anything like this - informing people about heat pumps - can be interpreted as treading on areas of pulic controversy” youtu.be/RJPKgngqoX0?...
20. The final episode...
YouTube video by Happy Heat Pump Podcast
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April 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The BBC is getting less flexible even as it needs to do just the opposite to stay relevant (and to keep talent).
Simultaneously, climate is getting more politicised just as it *must* do the opposite for action to happen in time.
Two interlinked problems going in the wrong direction.
Simultaneously, climate is getting more politicised just as it *must* do the opposite for action to happen in time.
Two interlinked problems going in the wrong direction.
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The Kremlin’s 30-hour truce was designed to shift blame to Ukraine. Did Trump buy it?
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The Kremlin’s 30-hour truce was designed to shift blame to Ukraine. Did Trump buy it? | CNN
It was unexpected, barely implemented and not even extended. But the Kremlin’s hopelessly short-lived Easter truce was aimed directly at US President Donald Trump and at shifting blame for his disastr...
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April 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The Kremlin’s 30-hour truce was designed to shift blame to Ukraine. Did Trump buy it?
edition.cnn.com/2025/04/21/e...
edition.cnn.com/2025/04/21/e...
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The first 750 free breakfast clubs are running in schools today.
They mean no child needs to start the school day hungry, while offering a supportive start to the day and chances to socialise with other children before learning begins.
Parents can also benefit from them...
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They mean no child needs to start the school day hungry, while offering a supportive start to the day and chances to socialise with other children before learning begins.
Parents can also benefit from them...
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Free breakfast clubs roll out as costs for families cut by £8,000
Thousands of children to attend free breakfast clubs across the country today, as government delivers its manifesto commitment and promise to working families
www.gov.uk
April 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The first 750 free breakfast clubs are running in schools today.
They mean no child needs to start the school day hungry, while offering a supportive start to the day and chances to socialise with other children before learning begins.
Parents can also benefit from them...
1/2
They mean no child needs to start the school day hungry, while offering a supportive start to the day and chances to socialise with other children before learning begins.
Parents can also benefit from them...
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Joni Ernst and Thom Tillis — 2 GOP senators who knew how bad Hegseth was but voted for him anyway out of personal ambition — should lose their re-election bids over this if they run in 2026.
Exclusive: The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary
The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Joni Ernst and Thom Tillis — 2 GOP senators who knew how bad Hegseth was but voted for him anyway out of personal ambition — should lose their re-election bids over this if they run in 2026.
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Donald Trump made nearly $240M off of inauguration donations from billionaires & corporations—and we have no idea where the money is going.
Trump Broke His Own Inauguration Fundraising Record—by a Long Shot
And we have no idea where the money is going.
newrepublic.com
April 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Donald Trump made nearly $240M off of inauguration donations from billionaires & corporations—and we have no idea where the money is going.
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21 April 1900 | Pole Michał Mazurkiewicz was born in Lwów. An accountant.
In #Auschwitz from 18 May 1942.
No. 35717
He perished in the camp on 20 July 1942.
In #Auschwitz from 18 May 1942.
No. 35717
He perished in the camp on 20 July 1942.
April 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
21 April 1900 | Pole Michał Mazurkiewicz was born in Lwów. An accountant.
In #Auschwitz from 18 May 1942.
No. 35717
He perished in the camp on 20 July 1942.
In #Auschwitz from 18 May 1942.
No. 35717
He perished in the camp on 20 July 1942.
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Hegseth should never have got within a million miles of running the Pentagon. He was inexperienced, unqualified & an extremist. His implosion is unsurprising. I have no expectation that his successor will be any better.
April 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Hegseth should never have got within a million miles of running the Pentagon. He was inexperienced, unqualified & an extremist. His implosion is unsurprising. I have no expectation that his successor will be any better.
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Holy moly! This isn’t wink-wink nudge nudge flirting with trutherism, it’s the whole thing. It was probably inevitable we ended up here.
jeez louise -- Sen. Ron Johnson and Benny Johnson suggest 9/11 was an inside job and Johnson says he wants to hold hearings
April 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Holy moly! This isn’t wink-wink nudge nudge flirting with trutherism, it’s the whole thing. It was probably inevitable we ended up here.
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“Not the Hungarian” is a crude and arguably discriminatory heuristic but by God it’s a reliable one.
Heaven forfend (literally): “Hungarian Cardinal Péter Erdő, appears to be a likely candidate [to become Pope]. Erdő was mentioned as a potential successor in 2013 and is praised by Hungary’s right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.”
www.politico.eu/article/pope...
www.politico.eu/article/pope...
Who are the favorites to succeed Pope Francis?
Will the Italians get the papacy back? Or is it time for the first African in the modern era? A conclave will gather in the weeks ahead to elect a new pontiff.
www.politico.eu
April 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“Not the Hungarian” is a crude and arguably discriminatory heuristic but by God it’s a reliable one.