Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 10hTHRILLED to see Take It Or Leave it on the big screen. Madness are the platonic ideal of the Pop Group imo and more entertaining on camera than pretty much anyone else. 010
Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Masterpiece, this one letterboxd.com/journal/my-o...letterboxd.comA Connoisseur of Roads: the lost youth of Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho at 35 • Journal • A Letterboxd MagazineAs Gus Van Sant’s dreamy, wistful road drama turns 35, Ariel LeBeau reflects on the strange beauty of the street-hustler odyssey, which drew heart-wrenching performances out of River Phoenix and Keanu... 000
Reposted by Naomi ColvinPriyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"In October 2024, the same month that Jane Doe was allegedly raped, Cornell issued three-year campus bans to four students who pushed past police officers at a pro-Palestinian protest." You can guess which students faced life-changing consequences and for what crime. 1167
Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Absolutely disgusting behaviour. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...aljazeera.comHow UK universities briefed BAE Systems on pro-Palestine campus protestsSeveral universities discussed protests with the weapons maker, raising concerns about influence and academic freedom. 000
Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...nytimes.comEmbarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its EmployeesIn an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees. 000
Reposted by Naomi Colvinelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Israel is a safe haven for Jews* * as long as they commit themselves to absolute ethnosupremacy over indigenous Palestinians www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...haaretz.comIsrael freezes aliyah for two Jews over activism protecting PalestiniansIn both cases, the protective-presence activists, who did not know each other, had their passports photographed by a soldier or settler. These are the first known cases in which Israeli authorities ap... 112556
Reposted by Naomi ColvinA.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026OMFG they tried to spin this as a thwarted terror attack by the Iranians, but it was actually just a bunch of grifters from London trying to pike red diesel off yokels. Wild shit. 411345
Reposted by Naomi ColvinSonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’ve been writing and speaking on this topic for years, and I’m glad that news media are finally drawing attention to it. www.salon.com/2026/07/28/t... 512359
Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 23/09/2026No one goes harder than Diamanda youtube.com/watch?v=VK_I...youtube.comDIAMANDA GALAS - Double Barrel Prayer official music videoYouTube video by Conniption Hammerlessnail 120
Reposted by Naomi ColvinThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“If it’s me and Madge on bongos, it’s The Fall” 081
Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Mark E Smith's final recordings include a cover of Material Girl www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...theguardian.com‘Love and respect’ or ‘a cash grab’? The furious battle over the final album by the FallCreators of Post Script, made with vocals by the late Mark E Smith, defend it as ‘a great, positive record’, but fiancee describes it as ‘ethically wrong’ 120
Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Steady stream of these reports now - “over reliance on AI” in national security with real human cost. 000
Reposted by Naomi ColvinUlrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 18/09/2026“It was only just before the planned operation that officials dug deeper into the report put together by a special operations command analyst and found it had been generated with the help of AI — and that a chatbot the analyst had used inaccurately identified the material the ship was carrying.”cnn.comExclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN PoliticsThe episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war 613447
Reposted by Naomi ColvinPaul Carey Jones @paulcareyjones.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The most important article on opera I’ve read for many years, from @andrewpotterbass.bsky.social. Singers accept that the career comes with the risk of being out of work at times. But when they can’t afford to be in work, it has to be a wake-up call for the industry. operawire.com/editorial-wh...operawire.comWhy I'm Retiring from Staged Opera at 43 - OperaWireI am 43-years-old. 51610
Reposted by Naomi ColvinLoz Kaye. @lozkaye.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Open Rights Group to Palantir is an interesting trajectory. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comFormer Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins PalantirPeer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq Khan 131
Reposted by Naomi ColvinAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Omg new cat just dropped www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...nationalgeographic.comMeet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 YearsA small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species. 7355104
Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 16/09/2026There’s a novel in this one www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...independent.co.uk‘Putney pusher’ suspect found deadThe Met Police are not treating the man’s death at a property in Chiswick as suspicious at this time 000
Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 16/09/2026At the risk of diving headfirst into the Very Worst Discourse, I have a lot of respect for John Gibbs and his former colleagues www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukLucy Letby hospital consultant tells BBC inquiry makes for grim readingConsultant Dr John Gibbs worked at the hospital during the period in 2015 to 2016 when Letby murdered seven babies. 000
Reposted by Naomi ColvinGregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 16/09/2026Fair play to the wife of a Caribbean man and mother of mixed race children being informed by the BBC reporter that she’s in the minority in her community regarding immigration and responding with, “Yes, I’m surrounded by bigots.” 675791286
Reposted by Naomi ColvinDisruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026⚡ New Research – Read Now 🔗 dnlb.org/ns ⚡ 📃👀 Telecoms, Ubiquitous Surveillance and State Crime: A Case Study From Kenya 👤 Namir Shabibi, Independent Investigative Journalist 101
Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The long tail of 1066 www.edwest.co.uk?utm_source=n...edwest.co.ukWrong Side of History | Ed West | SubstackIt's Ed West's sub stack. Click to read Wrong Side of History, by Ed West, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers. 000
Reposted by Naomi ColvinJack Tindale @jacktindale.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I believe this is the biggest factory (for however hard to measure that term is) to open in London since the Second World War. 1205
Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Truth be told, this is one of the most draconian powers the US government has. It feeds directly into the debanking of activist groups/political figures who aren't directly sanctioned too. 000
Reposted by Naomi ColvinDavid Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Excellent piece here on the doubtful loyalties of too much of the UK tech policy sceneopendemocracy.netMatt Clifford joining Anthropic makes a joke of the UK’s Sovereign AI StrategyBritish startups will now be competing against the UK’s best-connected AI lobbyist who was meant to be their champion against US tech dominance. 1127
Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Bayeux tapestry exhib at the British Museum really is astoundingly good. Obviously I could have seen the world’s greatest comic strip in Bayeux at pretty much any time this century but just as well I’ve made good that omission now. 000
Reposted by Naomi ColvinContinuo Connect @continuoconnect.bsky.social · 12/09/2026🎧 PODCAST ALERT: Sam Brown on Dowland and filtering history through a modern lens Watch, listen, or read the transcript only on Continuo Connect 🔖 go.continuoconnect.com/sam-brown-po… 011
Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“It would seem that terrorists peacefully hold placards and get immediately arrested, while protesters wear black uniforms and balaclavas and disrupt infrastructure and do not get arrested.” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...prospectmagazine.co.ukWhy holding a placard is terrorism, disruption in a balaclava is notThe mess caused by ministers and the police not taking terrorism law seriously 002
Reposted by Naomi ColvinJim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 12/09/2026I’ve been OBSESSED with the Shard apartments for at least a decade. Priced at up to £50m. Visible across London. Empty since 2012. Unsellable. No pictures online. Now London Centric has found out what’s happened to them - and the first pic of the interior. www.londoncentric.media/p/the-shard-...londoncentric.media‘Airbnb for sheikhs’: The first look inside the Shard’s £50m apartments that won’t sellTen “cursed” apartments have sat empty since 2012 • The Qatari state can’t find buyers • The local council has approved plans to turn them into short-term lets at up to £18,000 per week 25478140
Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 11/09/2026As if the abuse of (legal) extraterritorial anti terrorism measures against small activist collectives wasn't sufficient theintercept.com/2026/09/10/d...theintercept.comPentagon Employee DataRepublican Posts Inside Info About Hacks Against the Far LeftA far-right hacker posts in tandem with DataRepublican, the X account of Pentagon employee Jennica Pounds, about hacks against the left. 000
Reposted by Naomi ColvinSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 11/09/2026>the houthis were trying to use claude to build their rocket guidance system just get me off the fucking ride www.anthropic.com/threat-intel... 441066197
Reposted by Naomi ColvinHelen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Very much enjoying the Swindon Advertiser's live blog this evening, with its plucky, on-the-ground reports from the street where a local man has been charged with assisting Russian intelligence. 17127
Reposted by Naomi ColvinChris Barrett @mrchrisbarrett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Love a good errata slip. 2102
Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 07/09/2026That Elizabeth Holmes doc trailer has given me a real dose of early morning nausea. 000
Reposted by Naomi ColvinCrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 06/09/2026The tech collective behind NoBlogs.org and a host of other free online initiatives has announced that they are shutting down as a consequence of the US State Department designating them a "global terrorist." This represents a significant blow to online freedom. keepitfree.ai/announcement... 4317202
Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 06/09/2026“The Autistici/Inventati collective is shutting down and will soon discontinue all of the services we provide.” keepitfree.ai/announcement...keepitfree.aiA/I Shuts Down Stay Human · Keep the Internet free 001
Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 05/09/2026He's only gone and found a hiding spot IN THE HALLWAY 000
Reposted by Naomi ColvinDisruption Network Lab @disruptionlab.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The Kill Cloud does not merely observe reality, it constructs it. 📑 Read: dnlb.org/links ⚡Out now: Whistleblower Cian Westmoreland exposes the Kill Cloud: an organism of humans and machines in which responsibility is diffused to the point of disappearance. 012
Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Impressive investigation, as you’ve probably heard. 010
Reposted by Naomi ColvinCasey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Wrote about the crazy revelations in the METR report on Hugging Face (including one that corrected something I'd been getting wrong), and the growing industry push for a slowdown www.platformer.news/openai-huggi... 76217
Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Shouldn’t laugh but… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukRight-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos detained by ICEThe British citizen, who lives and works in the US, has supported Trump and ICE agents in the past. 010
Reposted by Naomi ColvinJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 28/08/2026So just to confirm: - Dissatisfied royal claimant to the UK throne returning from abroad. - A new king rises in Norway. - Heir to the Jacobite pretender consolidating power on the continent. cool cool. cool cool cool cool. cool cool. Hope everyone's been keeping up with their longbow practice. 41946174
Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This appears to meet the threshold for a lethal autonomous weapon www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/w...nytimes.comA Drone Killed Three Ukrainians. It Was Guided Entirely by A.I.An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans. 012
Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This really is incredibly bad and - yes - Europe's got to do something about it. 020