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Novelist accused of using AI to write book removed from French prize list

The witch hunt continues and I'm pretty shocked the @theguardian.com did not mention the parallels to how Jason Arday was persecuted. To be clear I've no idea whether this author plagiarised anything — the point is whether he is getting this scrutiny because he is black. #racism

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Thélyson Orélien had been in the running to win a top literary prize before the AI claim emerged on social media

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If Matt Brittin—new head of BBC—really wants BBC to be antidote to misinformation of tech giants then he needs to 1st look inwards. BBC does not strive for impartiality it strives to defend status quo, like on economics where it only presents a classical/neoliberal view of gov spending. #bbclaurak

That last exchange shows you the exact problem with political media: she completely ignored everything Bunham said about crude cuts to welfare spending and had to conclude that line of questioning "so you aren't going to commit to cutting welfare spending" She's like an AI bot! #bbclaurak

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In many ways Andy Burnham is refreshing & talks with heart compared to previous PMs. However, ludicrousness of situation is BoE pays commercial banks about £20 Billion per year on their clearing accounts at BoE. No other country does this & this would pay for social care. #bbclaurak

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Btw El-Erian didn't mention investing in the climate transition in what could be included in the growth plan. Bond markets want growth that prioritises private wealth and financialisation. It is all about who is able to control for who the economy works. #r4today

Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

EL-Erian saying we need a growth plan. Ok fine, but I think he is being disingenuous. Any growth plan will take time to act & the traders and hedge funds that consist bond markets only have interest in short term returns & i suspect are ideologically driven to reduce the size of the state! #r4today

Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I agree with Nick! On this issue! The way these AIs are constructed as correlation machines trained on huge amounts of data, so they aren't self aware in any way. The real danger is humans using these for malicious aims and poorly designed guard rails . #r4today

Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Head of IMF is smoking something as she states governments around world "don't have cash" & warns against higher debt levels. Problem is people in charge of IMF & BoE ultimately prioritise interests of private wealth over broad societal progress, using classical economic models as cover. #r4today

Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Future historians of 21st century will wonder how we let things get so bad. Imagine an analogy where humanity's an individual walking slowly into a fire & despite increasing heat collective decision making of this brain is unable to stop the motion! Bond markets won't save us from #climatechange

The graphic is a plot of temperature data over the course of one year from Pacific Ocean, showing the compounding effect of human made climate change and El Niño: we see the red curve — representing the temperature data for this year to date — giving rise the most rapid increase in Pacific ocean temperatures since records in 1982, reaching the previous highest peak anomaly temperature of 3degs C in Sept, about 2 months earlier than previous record years of 1997 and 2015.

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The rise of the far right in Germany is as a result of self-imposed austerity (debt break) — and this is despite Germany traditionally having a trade surplus with the world. This is arguably even more economically stupid compared to Tory austerity in UK, since we have trade deficit! #r4today

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Universities are places of educatuon & research & they should be money sinks because we gain a highly educated population & new knowledge, feeding into new technologies of tomorrow. Yet they're treated as businesses due to neoliberalisation of every facet of life since Thatcher! #r4today

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The BBC needs to do better on economics: 1) 14 years of austerity show it doesn't work, yet they keep giving a massive mouthpiece to those who think we need more cuts 2) Gov debt is not debt. Govs are not contained like households. Yet everyday we get debt scaremongering from the BBC #bbclaurak

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

FFS again Zanny from Economist is pushing only one view of economy—which is neoliberal. Cutting spending (austerity) is exactly why we are in a mess: do these guys have the collective memory or a gold fish! Govs need to spend to stimulate the economy and for long term growth! #bbclaurak

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The arrogance of Andy Haldane to declare Burnham 's gov is socialist tax and spend gov (as a pejorative), when we are where we are because of 14 years of Tory austerity! Good god the rich the right wing neoliberal class is getting a magaphone from Kuenssberg! #bbclaurak

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Kind of what you might expect, but interesting to see it confirmed in the numbers!

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Positive Money UK @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Bank CEOs have been out in full force warning Burnham and Healey not to tax their windfall profits in the Budget. But do any of their threats hold water? We tell @labourlist.bsky.social why the case for a windfall tax on bank profits is stronger than ever 👇

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'Burnham – and Britain – can’t afford to be held hostage by bankers' - LabourList

The choice is clear – allow a sector that neglects the UK while profiting from the public to continue as it is or tax banks’ profits.

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Interview with Sunaks previous economic advisor was so matter of fact, yet it hides that 1) BoE can always be purchaser of gov bonds should market focus solely on their short term gains Vs long term prosperity of UK 2) their bond sell off program (QT) is ideological and costing UK gov #r4today

Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Single individuals donating millions to political parties is corrosive to democracy.. However—shockingly—I agree with Tice on BoE: they shouldn't do quantitative tightening—which contributes to higher bond yields—& they shouldn't paying interest to banks on their balance sheets at BoE #r4today

Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I'm not saying there isn't a risk, but to be clear current AIs are not conscious with human-like motivation—they do not have the survival instinct & need to procreate that we & many animals have evolved over millions of years, which lead us to to take malicious actions for our survival. #bbclaurak

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This is showing a massive danger to a legitimate democracy. I've known & come across these tech bro types & they can be very smart (about maths & computers), but some are blind to understanding systemic/ ultimate causes of problems & think the world can be fixed from their lens! #bbclaurak

Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We should cap individual donors: no one individual should be able to influence elections more than any other. I suspect Labour are vassilating because of union donations, but I would have thought that it was easy to argue to cap their donations by their total membership. #bbclaurak

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

So please explain why, Dr Laffer, when post war when the west had the highest year-on-year growth rates we had the highest top marginal tax rates? Clearly, Nick PPE Robinson hasn't the intelligence or motivation to ask that simple question! #r4today

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Kemi Badenoch is incoherent!! #r4today

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Nick Robinson showing his neoliberal conservative roots! And typical that as soon as a PM says he won't cut benefits crudely and make people homeless to pay for defense, he gets attacked with a straw man argument! #r4today

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Israel — and the USA for that matter — are meant to be our western "liberal" allies. That's why we need to call them out when they err! Justin also being slimey trying to suggest that Ed Milliband is not a proper jew as he doesn't attend a synagogue. #r4today

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

For me this scene exempliies how for 60 years #startrek has been imagining a positive future for humanity free from toxic capitalism. Ultimately, if we only tell dystopian tales of the future is it any wonder that we are creating a dystopian future. #LLAP🖖 #StarTrekday #StarTrek60

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Let the ultra rich go to avoid tax: we don't need people siphoning off wealth & not give back. Wider problem is narrative that gov can't spend that 100odd million in tax when they leave—they can! Purpose of tax is to control inflation, but taxes aren't needed for gov to spend! #r4today

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Dixie @dixie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

PROTESTER VIOLENTLY ASSAULTED AT REFORM UK LTD CONFERENCE SPEAKS OUT "A lot of audience members around us just immediately became very aggressive. "I had people pushing me, pulling my hair and...[READ MORE] HERE: www.paywallskip.com/article?url=... AND HERE: www.thenational.scot/news/2652536...

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Brilliant to hear the secret of Meloni's success is not being extreme right wing! Sadly I'm not sure Farage would be similar, not least because he's a toxic man and would never have the intelligence to change course once in power. #r4today

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We need a strong voice in parliament to challenge Andy Burnham on the climate, infrastructure spending & borrowing: there's no way Burnham can enact change needed with neoliberal fiscal rules. Govs must spend on long term problems as cost of inaction is far greater than reaction of bond markets.

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"the vivid symbolic reference.." no ordinary primary school kid talks like that.. me thinks he has been coached by his parents! #r4today

Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Hearing the voice of George Osborne again makes me want to gag! Instead of being the chair of the British Museum in a sensible world he would be villified for being the architect of Tory austerity! #r4today

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Note bond "markets" are reacting badly despite Burnham likely borrowing for long term investment & assuring he'll stick to fiscal rules. So if wasn't obvious before, traders increasing these bond yields are ideological driven to push govs towards austerity & we've seen where that leads! #r4today

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Chris Mason just can't hide his bias. The Tories reclaiming the mantle of economic credibility assumes they ever had any!! Inc the disaster of the last 14 years of austerity, we have Thatcher's neoliberal trickle down privatisation led economics, of which we are seeing the fruits now! #r4today

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Hugh's law sounds like financial compassion for somebody when they are in a difficult situation. How about a Hugh's law for all people when they find themselves in a difficult situation. The fact that as a society we think we can't "afford" such compassion is the problem. #r4today

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

As Mariana Mazzucato says govs aren't constrained like households & needs to constantly invest for long term growth, whether bond markets like it or not. We have the counterfactual of what happens when govs don't invest for long term (Tory austerity): the current state of the UK economy!!! #r4today

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#r4today and Emma Barnett continue to smear Jason Arday after his death. Utterly lazy and immoral that she hasn't bothered to check this marathon claim herself, for which there is plenty of evidence that he did as he claimed!! bsky.app/profile/bhav...

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We are living in an Orwellian post truth era, where truth can be bought by the right wing press for a racist cause ultimately leading to a modern day lynching of a black man. Also shameful that #r4today having contributed to hounding of Jason Arday have been essentially silent since his death.

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My paper discovering a new mechanism of dissipation within DNA was desk-rejected from Science. Although Imperial College & Francis Crick Institute are "elite" so according to this study more likely to be reviewed, we had only 3 authors on the paper, which apparently strongly counts against it!!! 🧪⚛️

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Industrial strategy wotsthat!! Just spent a few months in China & ofc I don't advocate single party totalitarianism, but they know how to invest in things for common good: electric cars, High Speed rail network across whole of China—with it's massive size—when there was none in 2008! #r4today

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

If this guy (Lord O'Neil) is the sort of person @andyburnham.bsky.social is listening to on economics then we're fucked! The fact that he can't lay blame for current economic predicament of UK on 14 years of Tory austerity and instead on gov spending is the essence of neoliberalism! #r4today

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

FFS the UK has literally been burning this year due to human carbon emissions and we still have so-called economists questioning the "viability " of government debt!!! We need massive gov investment to accelerate the green transition and insulate out energy-leaky homes & businesses! #r4today

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The industrial scale hounding of Jason Arday by the UK media is nearly off the chart. Figures from Newscord show 249 articles about Arday in the UK media in a matter of weeks with The Times leading the pack with 44 & Daily Telegraph at 43. A morally bankrupt industry.

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

How about #r4today apologise for their role in contributing to racist witch hunt for their day after day coverage of this story, which helped blow it out of all proportion given a number of plagiarists white academics that have had no equivalent scrutiny..

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Hugely disappointing from @andyburnham.bsky.social To quote Feynman ".. reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled." Climate change is a reality & triangulation to appease centrists & the right like Blair or Farage will not fool physics of climate change.

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Arday may have been a grifter but what about all the white male grifters in academia who get a free pass because of the privilege of being white and male. Arday was only found out because of unrelenting scrunity driven by racism. #r4today

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Mark Rowley giving yet another example of the economic and social vandalism of 14 years of Tory austerity. I would only wish the public would apportion the blame properly yet somehow Reform who want to import DOGE to uk have the support of about a quarter of the population!! #r4today