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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

NEW: Meet the real AI ‘rogue agent’: Lord Watson of Palantir. I am sick to the teeth of this current AI hype cycle & its perversion of language. The only thing going ‘rogue’ right now are AI boosters, a gullible & compliant press & a Labour Lord 1/ broligarchy.substack.com/p/meet-the-r...

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Meet the real AI “rogue agent”: Lord Tom Watson

A Labour leader is out of control. The world needs a containment strategy now

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lhur.bsky.social @lhur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yes again, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social way ahead of everyone else. Today the DG, Matt Brittin, announced he would be happy for the BBC to make programmes and have them presented entirely by AI "within guardrails". See link below bsky.app/profile/caro...

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 20/09/2026

Good morning @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social Your journey from MP who most understood the Cambridge Analytica scandal to paid-up Palantir apologist is really quite the journey. Hope the pay packet is worth it. 💰 Here’s some background reading ahead of your first day 🧵👇

A throwback to Tom Watson’s days as the MP fighting back against Facebook after the Nerve team published the Cambridge Analytica investigation at the Observer
(Tom’s standing, with investigative reporter Carole Cadwalladr on right and whistleblower Chris Wyler 2nd from left)🏁

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Observer announced another share issue today for an additional £10m funding as print circulation drops from 114k to 90k. It’s notable that in the same time period I have built a circulation of 124k for my personal Substack..having set it up amid fears I would lose my job (as I in fact did).

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

NEW: Cryptobillionaire Christopher Harborne - the man who gave Farage £5m - has quietly dropped his defamation suit against @wsj.com over this 2023 article 👇 1/

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Christopher Harborne - the Reform mega donor who gave Farage £5m - is suing ex-Reform deputy leader, Ben Habib. The particulars of claim have now been published. And we need to talk about them. 1/

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Stop whatever you’re doing & watch this now! Reform’s magic money tree has been bust wide open. Huge kudos to undercover reporters Verbatim via @channel4news.bsky.social youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI?... huge

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Undercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plot

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

If you want to understand the many tragedies of the Jason Arday case, including the pivotal role of “race realists” and the UK media in his death, @stephlamy.bsky.social’s article for @mediapart.fr is surely a must read.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

NEW: French researcher Stephanie Lamy exposes the network of “race realists” who hunted Jason Arday like prey, and the media that fell into his trap. If you think the news cycle has “moved on” from this story, ask yourself why? broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-killin...

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The killing of a black man

A French researcher exposes the network of “race realists” who hunted Jason Arday like prey and the media who fell into their trap

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Charlie Phillips @charliechar.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I love, and feel so sad about, this from @carolecadwalla.bsky.social - and imagine if a Chief Safety Officer was actually a thing in newsrooms. Maybe editors would have responded by now if it was broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-jason-...

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The Jason Arday Reckoning

The attempts to cover up the complicity of the UK media’s role in his death may be its sickest move yet

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton did all the good she could, for all the people she could, for as long as ever she could. From her legendary songwriting to the Imagination Library—which sent 1 million books a month to children across the country—she was the best of America. Dolly, we'll miss your great heart.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Here's Jason Arday's death - and the media's role in it - trending on social media, again. And yet it's *nowhere* in the mainstream media today. It's "fallen" out of the news cycle in the same way that Russian scientists "fall" out of windows. 🔗

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

“Some people have suggested this is the press’s “Milly Dowler moment”, [when] murdered schoolgirl’s phone had been hacked and sparked a public inquiry. But she was already dead. This is so much worse. Jason Arday was alive. And maybe he still would be. If it wasn’t for us.”

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

NEW: I can't get this story out of my head. And I know I'm not alone. The attempt to cover up the complicity of the UK media's role in Jason Arday's death may be its sickest move yet. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-jason-...

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The Jason Arday Reckoning

The attempts to cover up the complicity of the UK media’s role in his death may be its sickest move yet

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Of the 33 peer reviewed and highly successful papers Jason Arday produced, only two have been challenged. They were cleared once. They will be cleared again. But of those two only 3% has been cited as problematic. So 3% of 7% of his output. Can anyone do the math that makes Arday a plagiarist?

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Sheldon @brokenstarfish.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This worried me from the beginning: was there even anything much, academically, that would stick in the accusations? I fear that once we have a full picture, many of the journalists who led this witch hunt against Arday will have lost interest and moved on Jason Arday is owed a full investigation

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I'm deeply ashamed of my profession. Its treatment of Jason Arday - right across the board - fills me with disgust and horror. The tormenting of a highly vulnerable man was seen as monetisable entertainment. This is a stain that won't wash off. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/19/j...

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Jason Arday: We Must Rage – Rage Against the Journalism of Cruelty

The death of the academic shows the casual conversion of humiliation into entertainment by a media running on monetised hate and cruelty

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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The Telegraph has deleted, without fanfare, the word ‘living’ from the headline of Stephen Daisley's article on Professor Arday. Today, it just reads “Jason Arday is proof that you reap what you sow.”

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Professor Jason Stanley - ex-Yale, now Toronto - is also a leading authority on fascism. He busted Nathan Cofnas back in 2020 BEFORE his appointment at Cambridge. This entire story has been reported without any meaningful expertise of the context. spectator.com/article/acad...

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Academics are trying to get my paper retracted — and some of them haven’t even read it

Philosophy is ultimately about questioning orthodoxies and challenging taboos

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STEAMLORD @exoplanetdinosaur.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Fascinating. The Guardian piece quoting multiple academics of colour was what gave me pause for thought. But this is a more serious analysis

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NevereverDave.bsky.social @nevereverdave.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Professor " #JasonArday worked on topics that are of obvious importance to society. And his work on these topics got attention, far more than most academics, even in his fields. I suspect that this, more than anything, is what made him into such a target." Important reading ⬇️ vital even.

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Simon Lucy @lusaimon.com · 20/08/2026

I don't have easy access to these tools any more but academic work is heavily metricated. For many it's a measure of worth which is why so many run after citations and publish the slightest thought. And the majority of papers have low or zero citations. Arday has a significant level of citations.

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Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Professor Stanley has in fact written a whole book about how neofascism attacks & infiltrates educational institutions.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A professor writes: (Jason Stanley) The problem is that journalists failed to do basic journalism. Not a single reporter seems to have checked’ Jason Arday’s citations. The ‘quantifiable metrics’ of his work. Prof Stanley did: ‘Arday is easily comparable to the leading scholars in the field’

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Jann Matlock (formerly @autopsiesgroup in the Other Place) @drjannmatlock.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This article by the investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr is really terrific. What each of us can do in the face of bullying and harassment counts for many aspects of life (and in academia as well as many other areas, I suspect). I urge you to read it and share it.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This Guardian’s leader sets out the public interest for why & how it covered this story. But up until the point that Cambridge reversed its decision on its own inquiry (& effectively threw Jason Arday to the mob), it fails the public interest test on the grounds that itself states. 1/

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Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"Culture wars aren’t a natural phenomenon. They’re shaped by bad actors with agendas like Nathan Cofnas and enabled by the affordances of the platforms where we consume our information. These don’t just find new audiences for old prejudices, they monetise them. This is the engine of the internet..."

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Thank you to the Bluesky community who have carefully read & engaged with this piece. I’d also urge you to listen to the Professor Simon Baron-Cohen interview that I embedded. I can only include last 3 mins here but he gives precise chronology..including how he was cleared of plagiarism

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NevereverDave.bsky.social @nevereverdave.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

"In my case...a misogynist witch hunt. In Arday’s case, a racist lynch mob. That’s not hyperbole. I have chosen those words carefully. ....Human behaviour is now expressed in the material and virtual worlds. ... They prompt real emotions, real consequences, real violence. It’s just bullying."

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

NEW: It was a digital lynching. And the media is never going to hold itself to account for the role it played in Jason Arday’s death. But there are things we can do. This is a practical guide based on my own experience. broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-digital-...

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A Digital Lynching

A practical guide for individuals and organisations when the mobs gather

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Quiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Morning everyone. This is extraordinary work from Carole Cadwalladr at @thenerve.news It's way³ deeper and broader than Farage's mere £5 million from Christopher Harborne. The Thai-based billionaire has long had his generous tentacles all over ⬇️. 1/6

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

NEW: The latest reporting on Arron Banks pretends he’s sprung from nowhere. I’m not the one being gaslit here. You are. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

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The Invisible Women

We're here. You just can't see us. And that's a problem for you, not us

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 09/08/2026

The Great Farage Funding Timeline “He’s a symptom, not a cause.” Introduced by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, all the facts we’ve unearthed about Nigel Farage’s biggest benefactor, Christopher Harborne, plus other key facts reported elsewhere, now in one handy forensic resource 1/

Who Funds Farage?

Follow the money The Farage funding timeline.

Illustration of Farage, smiling widely, with Harborne and Cottrell in the background and coins falling around him

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Arron Banks is smack bang in middle of latest Farage scandal, threatening & surveillance journalists & the absence of reporting on his previous form in this area is…well, what? Answers on a postcard, please. It’s not me who’s being gaslit here. It’s anyone with eyes.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Exciting news from @the-citizens.bsky.social. When @rebeccavincent.bsky.social was at RSF, she was a fearless campaigner for press freedom. Now she’s brining those same skills to tech justice movement. Please welcome her! 👏

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Rebecca Vincent @rebeccajvincent.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I’m thrilled to join the dedicated team of journalists & activists at @the-citizens.bsky.social as Deputy Director! Founded by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, the Citizens holds Big Tech & governments to account through journalism & campaigning. Want to join our fight? citizensreunited.substack.com

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Citizens Reunited | The Citizens | Substack

Stopping the tech coup starts here. Click to read Citizens Reunited, by The Citizens, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Big new story from @annaisaac.bsky.social. Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother before she made Reform & Tice donations. The even bigger question now is where did Cottrell’s money come from? And this is where I think a very big problem lies.. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Revealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK

Exclusive: Sources say Fiona Cottrell told bankers the transfers, received 24-72 hours before her donations to Reform, came from her son

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 23/07/2026

Who are the young consultants importing MAGA to the UK? @mccoolingtons.bsky.social reports

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 22/07/2026

This could very well be the most important story in politics for the last decade and a half. Please read and share this equally harrowing and illuminating account by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social of just how dark the money in politics pit really goes. Absolutely mind blowing.

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Farage, the money launderer and me: a decade of denial

The Reform leader’s relationship with the UK media has enabled him to operate with impunity for years. This past fortnight, that impunity finally appeared to be coming to an end. Carole Cadwalladr, wh...

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

NEW: Why would Nigel Farage & George Cottrell share the same lawyer? In @thenerve_news we revealed that the Reform donor under investigation by the NCA & the Reform leader under investigation by Parliamentary Standards share the same Carter Ruck lawyers. Why? 1/l

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Clare Bonetree @blooyonder.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

You really should read this. I'm not usually a huge fan of stories about stories, but this is more than that - a story of a real conspiracy, of those whose stated mission is to hold power to account silenced or cowed by that power until it's too big to ignore. Epic @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

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Lucy Siegle @lucysiegle.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

In common with many I’ve felt hugely relieved that Murdoch has finally decided to expose Farage for what he is. The Times’ impressive reporting power has finally been unleashed. but as @carolecadwalla.bsky.social reminds me here before breakthrough in uk journalism comes failure. Read every word…

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

If you’re wondering why UK press has suddenly woken up to Farage, please read this. It’s because: Brexit. The r/w press refused to scrutinise the money behind Farage & the lawsuit against me scared off the rest. But this isn’t a new scandal. It’s the same one I’ve been reporting on for a decade

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 19/07/2026

NEW: Who funds Nigel Farage? And why has it taken till now for any journalistic scrutiny? @carolecadwalla.bsky.social who has tracked him for a decade exposes how the UK press & regulators looked the other way 🧵👇

Farage the money launderer and me: a decade of denial

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 16/07/2026

The Nerve 🤝 The Rest is Politics Alastair Campbell acknowledges our own Carole Cadwalladr’s fearless reporting on Nigel Farage all these years. Subscribe to our newsletter at thenerve.news to make sure Carole can continue her investigative work

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 15/07/2026

President Milei’s plans to turn Argentina into an anarcho-capitalist AI paradise makes him just the latest in the nation’s long history of chancers and dictators, writes Uki Goñi

Peter Thiel, precogs and ‘non-human corporations’. Welcome to the wild world of AI Argentina

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Andy Diabolus @sableindustries.org · 10/07/2026

Is it just me, or is the idea of Aaron Banks, of all people, asking who funds @countbinface.bsky.social, the gold standard of hypocrisy, given his questionable connections? I feel @carolecadwalla.bsky.social should have something to say about this.

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