@Techmeme@techhub.socialA profile of Song-Chun Zhu, an AI scientist and NSF and Pentagon grantee, who left the US after 28 years to lead China's state-backed AI institute BIGAI in 2020 (Chang Che/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/news/n…
@awinkler@openbiblio.socialthe @… on the The Rest is History #podcast:
‘We’re insanely hubristic’: how The Rest Is History became the world’s biggest history podcast | Podcasts | The Guardian
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAn interview with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, hosts of The Rest Is History podcast, which gets 15M downloads a month and has roughly 80K paid subscribers (Sian Cain/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…
@markhburton@mstdn.social"Google said it would partner with Shell to help it manage its renewable energy supply in the UK."
A partnership signed in Hades.
"The Guardian reported on Monday that a new Google datacentre in Essex was expected to emit more than half a million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year."
Google announces £5bn AI investment in UK before Trump visit | Google | The Guardian
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot"The #Labour party arose from a long wave of protests by workers against capital, calling for workers’ rights and for sweeping democratic reforms. These protests and their organisers came to be known as the labour movement. Its early actions included the radical war in Scotland, the Merthyr and Newport risings... the Swing riots... and the General Strike of 1842. No such protests would have me…
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialFrom The Guardian at 15.22 EDT
"Lauren Gambino
Border patrol has showed up outside Gavin Newsom’s event at the democracy center in Los Angeles.
Local news reported that at least one man was arrested, as the governor vowed on X that Democrats would “not be intimidated”.
Inside, speakers referenced the enforcement activity. Ann Burroughs, president of the Japanese American National Museum, said the center was built on the site because it was where, in 1942, Japanes…
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.socialGuardian interview with Joshua Aaron, developer of the Ice Block app. His wife, who had worked for DOJ for 10 years, was fired after Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi complained about his app.
You can easily bypass the subscription request.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a
@servelan@newsie.socialRobert Redford, giant of American cinema, dies aged 89 | Robert Redford | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/16/robert-redford-oscar-winning-actor-and-director-dies
@callunavulgaris@mastodon.scot‘We’re fighting for you!’ Podcaster Ben Meiselas on taking on the Maga media – and winning the ratings battle | Podcasts | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/oct/11/podcaster-ben-me…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialWaPo joins the NYT, the Atlantic, and the Guardian US in rejecting the Pentagon's new press restrictions ahead of a Monday deadline; OANN will sign the policy (Corbin Bolies/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/washington-post-nyt-reject-pentagon-pr…
@light@noc.social
@cheryanne@aus.socialOh no! My beloved dinosaur, the cassowary, has been kicked to the curb, once again unfairly out of the running for the Guardian's bird of the year comp. 😭🦖
Looks like it's now up to my favourite chorister, the magpie, once again.
#ByeByeBirdie #BirdOfTheYear
@markhburton@mstdn.social @simon_brooke@mastodon.scot"Labour has also won every time the Senedd has been contested, as it will be again in May. Yet, if the most recent Wales-wide poll holds good, that is set to change. Plaid will instead be the largest party, just ahead of Reform UK, with Labour third. Though still a minority, Plaid would be in government. In Welsh terms, that would be a political earthquake. Perhaps in Britain-wide terms too"
#UKPol
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz
@kctipton@mas.to‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/11/malala-yousafzai-g…
@UP8@mastodon.social🏰 ‘It’s back to the future’: the 13th-century castle built by hand in France
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/23/13th-century-castle-built-by-hand-in-france-guedelon
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe Italian federation of newspaper publishers submits a complaint to Italy's communication watchdog calling for an investigation into Google's AI Overviews (Angela Giuffrida/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202
@servelan@newsie.socialFarmers in US midwest squeezed by Trump tariffs and climate crisis | Ohio | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/16/farmers-trump-tariffs-climate-change
@grumpybozo@toad.socialThis is why I ended my support for the Guardian. I could not keep paying for hate. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wcmdstkjsrghcsa6e76kocbs/post/3lwgsajxkhc2s
@markhburton@mstdn.socialIt's hear, killing people, and the toll will now increase rapidly, with no real mitigation in sight.
Human-made global warming ‘caused two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer’ | Extreme heat | The Guardian
https://archive.ph/4YDTl
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it
@seeingwithsound@mas.to
@leftsidestory@mstdn.socialOn The Road - To Xi’An 🗿
在路上 - 去西安 🗿
📷 Minolta Hi-Matic AF
🎞️Kentmere Pan 200
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot"An SNP victory in May’s Holyrood contest would hardly be an earthquake, after 18 continuous years of nationalist government. It would, though, signal a remarkable comeback from a period of eclipse, and from an often dismal record on public services. For Labour, which did so well in Scotland in the 2024 general election, it would signal a crisis moment, imperilling Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership"
#UKPol
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialPresident Trump files a 40-page amended $15B defamation complaint against the NYT and others, after a judge initially dismissed it on Sept. 19 due to its length (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/16/trump-new-york-times-defam…
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social"The water industry: a return to public ownership should still be on the table" 👍
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/21/the-guardian-view-on-the-water-industry-a-return-to-pub…
@ErikUden@mastodon.deRafael Viñoly will forever be remembered as the guy who designed two buildings, one in Las Vegas and the other in London, that use a special shape that turns sunlight into a death ray. When confronted about this by The Guardian, he gave the best interview possible:
“I knew this was going to happen [...] When it was spotted on a second design iteration, we judged the temperature was going to be about 36 degrees, but it's turned out to be more like 72 degrees. They are callin…
@ubuntourist@mastodon.socialThe decline of civilization continues.
Sperm racing is all the rage among the tech bros.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/30/sperm-racing-is-all-the-rage-among-the-tech-bros-why-am-i-not-surpr…
@StephenRees@mas.to
@cwilcke@bildung.socialCharlie Kirk’s killing was a tragedy. But we must not rewrite his life | Moira Donegan | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/14/charlie-kirk-killing
> In the wake of horror, honest accountings of his life have not onl…
@markhburton@mstdn.social"Rachel Reeves, boasted to corporate executives that she has “unblocked” a large housing development in Sussex being held up by “some snails … a protected species or something … microscopic snails that you cannot even see”. .. The very rare little whirlpool ramshorn snail, by no means microscopic, is an indicator of fresh water not affected by sewage pollution"
@stiefkind@mastodon.social»My name is Kasimir, the infamous Guardian of Vegetables.« #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfFediverse
@servelan@newsie.socialJudge dismisses two top charges against Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting | Brian Thompson shooting | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/16/luigi-mangione-terrorism-charges-dropped
@PaulWermer@sfba.socialThis critique is not limited to the UK, or the USA:
"It is said the centre cannot hold, but what if it does? That’s a frightening recipe for more stasis and more rage"
"Neither centrists nor rightwingers can deliver, and yet their parties squat and sprawl on the site of government, with high barriers to entry precluding outside challenge and disincentivising internal reform. "
@vosje62@mastodon.nlMicrosoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians | Israel | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/25/microsoft-blocks-israels-use-of-its-technology-in-mass-s…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAn interview with Ben Meiselas, who runs the left-leaning US media company MeidasTouch with his brothers Jordan and Brett, on Trump, right-wing media, and more (Steve Rose/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialHeel zorgelijk, meer dan 100.000 mensen in het VK die denken dat problemen daar door immigratie komen. Illustreert hoe net als in de jaren dertig mensen zich door extreem-rechts kunnen laten opzwepen.
https://nos.nl/l/2582251
@markhburton@mstdn.social"Indoor air pollution from New Zealand’s 523,000 wood burners was estimated to account for 446 hospital admissions for heart and lung problems, and 101 early deaths annually, in a country with a population of just over 5 million people. "
Wood burning and gas cooking hugely costly to healthcare systems, New Zealand study finds | Environment | The Guardian
@cyclocracy@norden.socialCar brains everywhere: "In June 1935 he was knocked off his bicycle on an open stretch of road south of London, ... "
Es war ein Autofahrer und kein himmlischer Hammerschlag aus dem Nichts!
#motornormativity #guardian
@cdarwin@c.imA former CIA officer
who helped lead the intelligence assessments over alleged Russia interference in the 2016 presidential election
has said Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence,
is ignorant of the practices of espionage
after she accused Barack Obama and his national security team of
“treasonous conspiracy” against Donald Trump.
Susan Miller, the agency’s head of counter-intelligence at the time of the election,
told the Guardian th…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialASPI researchers: Myanmar's online scam centers on the Thai border rose from 11 to 27 since 2021's military coup, holding an estimated 100K trafficked people (Rebecca Ratcliffe/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/global-devel…
@callunavulgaris@mastodon.scotI know these places provide jobs and pay taxes but overall I feel the misery #gambling causes outweighs the benefit. Very much makes me angry that they're positioned and designed to exploit those who can least afford it. I won't be crying any tears if they all go.
William Hill owner says it could shut shops if Reeves raises gambling taxes | William Hill | The Guardian
@theDuesentrieb@social.linux.pizza
@david_colquhoun@mstdn.socialWhen I said this, in 2007, I had no idea how how bad the endarkenment would become.
"The past 30 years or so have been an age of endarkenment. It has been a period in which truth ceased to matter very much, and dogma and irrationality became once more respectable."
https://www.dcs…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe Guardian reports revenue in the year to March up 7% YoY to £276M, losses down £24M from £37M the year prior, and 1.3M "recurring supporters" online, up 13% (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_busin…
@servelan@newsie.social'They’ll chip away at it gradually with bills that disenfranchise the “wrong” sort of people and mechanisms that make voting more difficult. But we should not mistake their ultimate objective. [W]hen they hint that they are interested in getting rid of women’s suffrage, we should take them very seriously indeed.'
Women’s suffrage is apparently up for debate again in America | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/13/womens-suffrage-week-in-patriarchy
@karlauerbach@sfba.social @markhburton@mstdn.socialLabour ministers met fossil fuel lobbyists 500 times in first year of power, analysis shows | Lobbying | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/16/uk-labour-ministers-fossil-fuel-lobbyists-analysis
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@Techmeme@techhub.socialA book excerpt details the "enshittification" of Amazon, and how its "flywheel" technique now enriches the company at the expense of merchants (Cory Doctorow/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/…
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social"Protests in Serbia: a battle for democracy that the EU must not ignore"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/25/the-guardian-view-on-protests-in-serbia-a-battle-for-democracy-that-the…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialProminent Italian investigative journalist Sigfrido Ranucci was targeted in a bomb attack near Rome; Ranucci has been under police protection for years (Angela Giuffrida/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/17/it…
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialHeel angstig dit, zoveel mensen die demonstreren tegen immigranten en waarschijnlijk ook tegen iedereen met een kleurtje…
https://nos.nl/l/2582251
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot"Sir Keir’s reshuffle looks less like renewal than a coup by Labour’s “modernising” clique. Ian Murray’s sacking severs a bridge to Anas Sarwar’s Scottish Labour, which had been tacking leftwards, just as the Holyrood election looms, while Lucy Powell’s removal sidelines one of the few cabinet allies of Ed Miliband, the soft left’s champion" -- in other words, Labour is tacking even more violently towards the dark side.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe NYT, WSJ, WaPo, NPR, The Atlantic, Guardian, CNN, and others say they will not sign the Pentagon's new press restrictions ahead of a Tuesday deadline (Erik Wemple/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/business/pentagon-restrictions-new…
@callunavulgaris@mastodon.scotCold war power play: how the Stasi got into computer games | Games | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/oct/07/stasi-coldwargames-its-all-a-game-alliiertenmuseum-berlin
@markhburton@mstdn.social"...military expansion will play a significant role in breaching the Paris climate target of curtailing planetary warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels."
Rising Nato military spending to cause huge spike in emissions, report warns | Climate crisis | The Guardian
https://www.
@servelan@newsie.socialElection deniers now hold posts on local US election boards, raising concerns for midterms | US politics | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/15/election-deniers-midterms-board-offices
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA book excerpt details Tonga's 2022 internet outage after a colossal underwater volcanic eruption ripped apart the cables connecting the country to the world (Samanth Subramanian/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/sep/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe Guardian launches its product recommendation site, The Filter, in the US, one year after its UK launch, with a focus on ethical consumption (Sara Guaglione/Digiday)
https://digiday.com/media/the-guardian-brings-the-filter-to-the-u-s-in-affi…
@markhburton@mstdn.social"...the number of stories in national newspapers about asylum seekers or small boats or refugees. They found 542 in just the past month. And how many on the cost of living or essentials or living standards? Just 45."
Worried about rising bills and getting by? Keir Starmer has the answer: try chewing a flag!
| Aditya Chakrabortty | The Guardian
@servelan@newsie.social"“They openly confessed to killing 11 people,” Venezuela’s interior minister said on state television. “We have done our investigations here in our country and there are the families of the disappeared people who want their relatives, and when we asked in the towns, none were from Tren de Aragua, none were drug traffickers."
**Venezuela says 11 killed in US boat strike were not gang members amid reports vessel was returning to shore** | Venezuela | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/venezuela-boat-strike-tren-de-aragua-trump
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot"But maybe the more complex reasoning for why #Starmer is such a vacant leader is that only such a man could have been elected as prime minister. Only a man characterised by the ability to identify who he must ingratiate himself with could have won the electoral race, placated powerful business interests and fended off the rightwing press"
Insightful from Nesrine Malik
@markhburton@mstdn.social“You don’t belong in this country, get out.”
Sikh woman raped, just one consequence of the wave of hate from the likes of those white nationalists, and especially their figureheads, swarming yesterday and amplified by mainstream media and mainstream politicians.
MPs express shock after alleged racially motivated rape of Sikh woman | West Midlands | The Guardian
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialMonitoring firm MUSO says piracy hit a low in 2020 with 130B website visits and grew by 2024 to 216B; in Sweden, 25% of those surveyed reported pirating in 2024 (Gabriel V Rindborg/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe UK Online Safety Act's approach to keeping children safe online has become a rallying point for the right in the UK and US, who claim it enables censorship (Dan Milmo/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202
@markhburton@mstdn.socialRenationalisation of train operating companies will be complete in 2027 (Louise Haigh's legacy) but it's important to note that the profitable rolling stock leasing companies will remain private, continuing to leach money out of the system.
Most of Great Britain’s major rail operators are back in public hands – is it working? | Rail industry | The Guardian
@servelan@newsie.socialThe ruin of Gaza: how Israel’s two-year assault has devastated the territory | Gaza | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/oct/07/the-ruin-of-gaza-how-israel-two-year-assault-has-devastated-the-territory
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAn inside look at how Netflix's use of data led to generic "algorithm films" intended for broad appeal, with AI set to further entrench the production style (Phil Hoad/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/20…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialMI5 admits it unlawfully obtained communications data from ex-BBC Northern Ireland home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney's mobile phone in 2006 and 2009 (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/s
@servelan@newsie.social👍 Candace Owens: Australia’s high court backs government decision to deny visa to US rightwinger | Australian politics | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/15/candace-owens-australia-visa-high-court-backs-government-decision-deny
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe Guardian adds seven people to its audio and video journalism team as the outlet invests in audio and video content (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/guardian-ann…
@markhburton@mstdn.social'Generated by hundreds of landfills across the country, leachate – the liquid that drains through landfill waste carrying a cocktail of chemicals – is regularly tankered to sewage treatment works, where it mixes with domestic sewage and industrial effluent to create sludge, also described as “biosolids”.'
Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms | Farming | The Guardian
@servelan@newsie.socialCharlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’ | Charlie Kirk shooting | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/charlie-kirk-quotes-beliefs
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialEdward Enninful's quarterly print magazine, 72, launches with no print ads, but "powered by incredible companies"; at least seven Vogue staffers have joined 72 (Chloe Mac Donnell/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025/s
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialIn its Q4 earnings report, News Corp warned President Trump that his books "are being consumed by AI engines which profit from his thoughts" (Lauren Aratani/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/05/news-corp-trump-ai-art-of-th…
