Reposted by Rich HawkinsAndrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat... 9042501699 4.3K
Reposted by Rich HawkinsChris Lepkowski @chrislepkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Well, I am shocked... (I'm not!) 415456 154
Reposted by Rich HawkinsLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970232260 7K
Reposted by Rich HawkinsJack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The "culture" of accident reporting came about through regulation, in the face of massive opposition from airlines. The companies are forced to share their data and have their failures investigated independently. 36727 67
Reposted by Rich HawkinsOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Finally they came for the Daily Mail and my irony meter just packed up and left and I never heard from it again. 2592971764 3K
Reposted by Rich HawkinsThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 30/08/2026On the one hand, some people want to make it so that kids and other people aren't crushed to death by cars. On the other hand, some people are upset that they might have to pay attention, slow down or be inconvenienced by about 15 seconds. So you can see how it's a "war on cars."bbc.comBirmingham 20mph limit: a 'life saver' or 'a war on cars'?Birmingham City Council is proposing the city becomes England's first 20mph city. 29841227 841
Reposted by Rich HawkinsJonas Algers @jonasalgers.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This should’ve been climate investment but instead we got billionaire grift 5383155 383
Reposted by Rich HawkinsHellrosser @rosserford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026We’re going to hear about how everyone loved Dolly, and that feels true. But it’s good to remember, and to her credit, that she was attacked for her AIDS activism, her vaccine advocacy, her LGBTQ+ support and even, more recently, for her reading initiatives. She ALWAYS stood firm when it mattered. 326301796761 30.2K
Reposted by Rich HawkinsChance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026say what you will about the myriad valid concerns with current LLMs but I personally will never get over the fact that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted to his literal death for downloading JSTOR and then a decade later, they downloaded & ingested the entire world and our IP laws just went ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 4645471568 4.5K
Reposted by Rich HawkinsAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account. 229114095336 11.4K
Reposted by Rich Hawkinselia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The IDF does this all the time. They lie until they can't, then they say they'll do an investigation, then the investigation leads nowhere. It took 2.5 years for them to even admit they opened fire on the car, something we all knew happened hours after they did. 51399555 1.4K
Reposted by Rich HawkinsAidan Comerford @aidancomerford.bsky.social · 18/08/2026JK Rowling calls Nathan Cofnas a racist, and Cofnas responds by saying that he is just applying the same logic to race as she does to trans people. Quite. 591764335 1.8K
Reposted by Rich HawkinsJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026New: An "expert witness" in a $61 million lawsuit over an industrial explosion that killed three people and destroyed 200 homes used ChatGPT to write his report for the court. He prompted ChatGPT to "show how 3M is 0% at fault for the explosion at Watson Grinding" www.404media.co/show-how-3m-... 10154571822 5.5K
Reposted by Rich HawkinsZach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · 15/08/2026as britain endures its worst harvest on record, it's worth knowing: 85% of UK farmland is used to feed livestock. and half of our wheat harvest doesn't feed people, it feeds animals 815669 156
Reposted by Rich HawkinsKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet. 17355922065 5.6K
Reposted by Rich HawkinsWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Indiscriminately putting ankle monitors on an entire nationality, thousands upon thousands of people living in a small community, all of whom were living here entirely legally until a few days ago when you revoked their legal status. It’s an authoritarian nightmare. 311554409 1.6K
Reposted by Rich HawkinsAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 13/08/20261 fertilizer shock 2 the two-year drought that has driven the American cattle herd to its smallest size since 1951 & U.S. wheat crop to its smallest since 1972 "The forecast now on the table is the 3rd shock, & it is aimed squarely at the harvests of the next eighteen months all around the world." 13819 38
Reposted by Rich HawkinsDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 10/08/2026"63% of Republicans held the inaccurate belief that the Supreme Court rarely or never sides with Trump." Utterly deranged and broken information environment.bloomberg.comTrump’s Attacks Fuel Supreme Court’s Sinking Public ApprovalThe US Supreme Court has a reputation problem. And Donald Trump’s attacks are making it worse. 19619113 619
Reposted by Rich HawkinsBaldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 08/08/2026This is the main reason I'm so angry about the "AI" bubble. All this enormous effort could have been spent combatting the climate crisis and the opportunity cost of your fucking chatbot is going to be the very climate we live in Imagine what we could have done with those 3 trillion dollars? 9678194 678
Reposted by Rich HawkinsCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton 22672322813 7.2K
Reposted by Rich HawkinsMarc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social · 05/08/2026"It is coherent to describe as “racist” an ideology [Zionism] that promotes establishment of a state [in this case, Israel] for only one race of people [Jewish] in a territory that formerly contained a large number of people of a different race [Palestinians]" www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-appe...middleeasteye.netUK appeals court upholds anti-Zionist beliefs as protected under equality lawUniversity of Bristol loses bid to overturn ruling that it unlawfully discriminated against academic David Miller after dismissing him over comments expressing his anti-Zionist beliefs 64925 49
Reposted by Rich HawkinsMichael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Facts suck, if you're delusional and in a cult. 442189256466 18.9K
Reposted by Rich HawkinsSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I'd like to share a clip of Falconer explaining why the UK is still arming Israel when the defence secretary has said they've committed war crimes & the minister for the cabinet office has said they've committed genocide. But #BBCBreakfast didn't ask him about it so I can't. 17029 70
Reposted by Rich HawkinsNatacha @natacha.bsky.social · 21/07/2026The Dutch equivalent of Cass, (except it’s a proper scientific review not pseudoscientific drivel like Cass) has wholeheartedly endorsed puberty-blockers and full gender affirming care for young trans people.erininthemorning.comLandmark Official Dutch Review Recommends Trans Youth Care, Call For Expanding TreatmentThe review finds that wait times must be shortened, that few people detransition, and that trans youth care has enormous benefits. 142352789 2.4K
Reposted by Rich HawkinsGillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Lloyds debanks The Canary with no explanation and are currently withholding their funds. This sets a very dangerous precedent and attack on Independent media. Journalism is NOT a crime Lloyds debank UK-based media group the Canary share.google/2DymHoDyDy7j...share.googleBREAKING: Canary debanked by LloydsBREAKING: Lloyds have debanked the Canary with no warning or explanation, putting the outlet in severe financial crisis 25034 50
Rich Hawkins @carbonrich.bsky.social · 25/06/2026www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...the-independent.comMore people have been arrested over the Reflecting Pool than the Epstein filesTrump has claimed Reflecting Pool ‘vandals’ could face ‘years in jail.’ By contrast, he’s urged the public to move on from the Epstein files 000 0
Reposted by Rich HawkinsKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 25/06/2026An analysis of 85 British news programmes during a May 2026 heatwave found only 4 mentioned fossil fuels as the cause explicitly. I suspect it'll be the same proportion for this current heatwave. What is the point, if the primary cause isn't stated clearly? climatenewstracker.org/during-the-h... 47526 75
Reposted by Rich HawkinsAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/06/2026The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism 19855722438 5.6K
Reposted by Rich HawkinsJosh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 20/06/2026AI has started blocking the Wayback Machine from chronicling the web. Considering that nearly 40% of websites disappear after 10 years, this will enforce a giant loss in collective memory.the-independent.comAI’s biggest casualty could be history itselfThe Internet Archive is a vital resource that has helped the search for truth in more than one global event, writes Anthony Cuthbertson, but it is in danger of becoming the latest collateral damage of... 291769943 1.8K
Reposted by Rich HawkinsJamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Took a 20 mile bike ride this morning to check out the Reflecting Pool 3582789483 2.8K
Reposted by Rich HawkinsRussell Garner @rgarner.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Entirely related, because nobody does effective policy around tech. Nobody. 6679218 679
Reposted by Rich HawkinsDavid Sirota @davidsirota.com · 12/06/2026🚨NEWS: The Trump administration quietly waived key longstanding investor protection rules ahead of the IPO for Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to government documents reviewed by @levernews.com. The exemption "has never been provided before," according to one financial watchdog.levernews.comRegulators Waived Investor Protections For SpaceX’s Wall Street MoonshotAs Wall Street gears up for SpaceX’s record-breaking IPO, regulators quietly granted brokerages an extraordinary exemption from rules protecting customers if markets turn volatile. 8150108 150
Reposted by Rich Hawkins👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 09/06/2026Can’t explain why but this reminds me of that old joke with GB choosing national animals: England: “I’ll go first! A lion!” Scotland: “UNICORN” England: “wait” Wales: “LOL DRAGON” 139741 397
Reposted by Rich HawkinsChristopher W. Jones @cwjones.bsky.social · 03/06/2026"The students who cannot read a 20-pg article today are the voters who will not be able to read a bill or the jurors who cannot follow a closing argument, tomorrow." The most important argument against AI in education is that it's incompatible with a free society. www.chronicle.com/article/my-s...chronicle.comOpinion | My Students Can’t ReadThe generational collapse in literacy is measurable, persistent, and likely to get worse. 9329761037 3K
Reposted by Rich HawkinsOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/06/2026A reminder of what Nigel Farage said following the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer. 12828361250 2.8K
Reposted by Rich HawkinsKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 03/06/2026as a longtime telecom beat reporter I spent years tracking how telecom monopolies dominated markets then nickeled and dimed users with predatory usage surcharges so it's wild to see a market that isn't even established or profitable yet jump right to the fee enshittificationarstechnica.comAI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system.Some report burning through their whole monthly "AI credit" allotment in a single day. 2531098 310
Reposted by Rich HawkinsMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026I could not love @edzitron.com’s latest newsletter edition more. We should shout this from the rooftops. www.wheresyoured.at/the-revenge-... 5344137 344
Reposted by Rich HawkinsWonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Every second, the Sun ejects 1.5 million tons of material into space at hundreds of miles per second, but Earth's magnetic field protects it from the solar wind. 📽: NASA Goddard 1735218990 5.2K
Reposted by Rich HawkinsMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/05/2026🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has allowed Alabama to select a different map for this year’s congressional elections in a stunning, last-minute move to interfere with another state primary election that has already begun. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comSCOTUS greenlights 11th-hour Alabama redistricting plan for 2026 electionThe order means that Alabama will discard its court-ordered congressional map for the 2026 primary elections and use a 2023 map that courts previously struck down as a violation under Section 2 of the... 1166104055378 10.4K
Reposted by Rich HawkinsFuturism @futurism.com · 27/04/2026"Evidence that AI tools create value for patients, providers or health systems remains scarce."trib.alTop Medical Journal Publishes Searing Article Warning Against Medical AITop journal Nature Medicine argued that "evidence that AI tools create value for patients, providers or health systems remains scarce." % 411446 114
Rich Hawkins @carbonrich.bsky.social · 16/04/2026They're citing the same discredited talking heads that were saying the lights would go out with coal. It's like groundhog day in 2006. 010 1
Rich Hawkins @carbonrich.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I was genuinely stunned when I read that this morning, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social have you seen how bad this is? 100 1