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Anna Williams

@annajsays.bsky.social
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Endlessly curious about our world. Passionate about human rights, diversity and sustainability. Currently with Oxford University's Saïd Business School. Formerly BBC World News and CNN Moscow

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Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Bloody Sunday, Blue Lights and the two most boring words in the English language. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Blue Lights is more than great TV. It might be the best chance Britons have of reckoning with the Troubles | Jonathan Freedland
The reaction to the Bloody Sunday trial makes it clear: those of us outside Northern Ireland just don’t understand the painful legacy of this brutal conflict, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedlan...
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
On The Kicker @sulliview.bsky.social joins @joshuahersh.bsky.social to talk about what it means for journalism ethics to evolve with the times—and how she views questions around transparency, media bias, and whether the public editor role might make its return. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Margaret Sullivan Takes a New Look at Journalism Ethics
Podcast Episode · The Kicker · 10/23/2025 · 28m
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Anna Williams @annajsays.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
This episode of The Briefibg Room raises such ab inportat concern podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Is the UK in a data crisis?
Podcast Episode · The Briefing Room · 16/10/2025 · 28m
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Anna Williams @annajsays.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Depressingly prescient.
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Anna Williams @annajsays.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/s...
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Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows
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Anna Williams @annajsays.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/s...
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Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows
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Anna Williams @annajsays.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/s...
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Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows
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Anna Williams @annajsays.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Great insights as ever from @oanalungescu.bsky.social on the threats (seen and unseen) from Russia and what needs to be done and crucially when! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Nato’s moment of truth
Podcast Episode · The Rachman Review · 12/06/2025 · 29m
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Anna Williams @annajsays.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Spot on - Here’s What’s Happening in America, in Six (Mostly) Russian Terms www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
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Opinion | Here’s What’s Happening in America, in Six (Mostly) Russian Terms
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Anna Williams @annajsays.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
@nytimes.com I’ve been waiting over 4 hours now for you to call me back about the problem with my subscription. For nearly 10 yrs I’ve been a loyal subscriber but your payment system has now glitched and keeps rejecting my payment. If subscribing to independent journalism matters please fix this.
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Anna Williams @annajsays.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I knew this podcast was going to be great so I saved it up to listen to it all in one go on holidays. It is an absolute must listen and well done to @suelinwong.bsky.social @samcolbert.bsky.social and the whole team 👏👏
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Anna Williams @annajsays.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
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Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived.
Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.
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Anna Williams @annajsays.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Not enough power to share: The political feud behind Rodrigo Duterte's downfall from @pakhead.bsky.social Hopefully there is some justice for the tens of thousands brutally murdered during his regime. ⬇️ www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Rodrigo Duterte's downfall marks dramatic end to Philippines power struggle
The ex-president is on his way to the International Criminal Court following his arrest in Manila.
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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
One Russian newspaper today sums up how Moscow views events of the last few days: “Dumbfounded Europe, kneed by America just below the belt, is still struggling to get its breath back.” #ReadingRussia
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Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (17 February 2025)
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Anna Williams @annajsays.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Another great weekend essay from @financialtimes.com ⬇️
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Anna Williams @annajsays.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
A bleak weekend read⬇️
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Sabin Center for Climate Change Law @sabincenter.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
🎯🌱 The Climate Backtracker will capture actions taken from today onward by the second Trump presidency, to scale back or wholly eliminate federal climate mitigation and adaptation measures. Explore the tracker ➡️https://buff.ly/3CgESSg
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Anna Williams @annajsays.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Intellectually I know this sort of hacking is happening but it still takes me aback when i hear about the scale of state actor activity in our data and comms podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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How China Hacked America’s Phone Network
Podcast Episode · The Daily · 12/12/2024 · 33m
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Anna Williams @annajsays.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Our lives are being determined and dictated by the obscene wealth of a bunch of self serving tech oligarchs. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/t...
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Tech Industry and CEOs Curry Favor With Trump Ahead of His Inauguration
It was a week of frenzied activity, as Silicon Valley billionaires and their companies brandished checks and compliments for the President-elect.
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Anna Williams @annajsays.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The ripple effects of the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea - www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/b...
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Houthi Attacks Continue to Disrupt Shipping Industry As Israel-Hamas War Rages On
The transport route around the southern tip of Africa was once little used — but freighters are now forced to take it and are charging higher rates.
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Anna Williams @annajsays.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Shaken by Assad's sudden fall, Syria faces seismic turning point
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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
A reminder that we have prepared this starter pack with dozens of journalists, academics and media thinkers who are already on this platform. Some work at the Institute. Others are just people we read, learn from and admire Follow them below go.bsky.app/6r1SGfR
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Anita Anand @anitaanand.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Oh - and if it’s not too much trouble, if you don’t mind Rt this so people can find me here, I’d be very grateful. Thank you
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Anna Williams @annajsays.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
What the all-seeing eye scanning our earth sees / “It sees a species dominated by Lords of the Desert: people prepared to destroy everything as long as they can command the ruins.”
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Anna Williams @annajsays.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Global climate summit veterans pen open letter in the middle of COP29 with the blunt message of 'This isn't working.' Signatories include Christiana Figueres, Ban Ki-moon, Maria Robinson and numerous climate scientists and diplomats. www.axios.com/2024/11/15/c...
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Climate summit veterans call for urgent reform amid COP29
The turbulent talks in Baku have underscored problems with the process, signatories say.
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