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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

There is no “real” or “fake” anymore… just a spectrum between the two

David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Ty, I feel your pain and you speak for many. Simply, we need to get busy. And fight for human progress. When people see the opposite agenda fully realised - as full-throated and relentless cruelty - they WILL come to their senses. And we need to be there to catch them when they do.

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

History teaches us that people who burn books end up burning people

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Congratulations Jim. Now for your first major project, why not cover the one-party corporate takeover (and politicisation) of the US Civil Service that is happening right now? After all, no major outlet is covering the story of the decade! Start here: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...

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From the fednews community on Reddit: This was posted about OPM in our Union chat

Explore this post and more from the fednews community

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

@article19.bsky.social Digital Silk Road report; highlighting how China is exporting its authoritarian approach to #DigitalGovernance across the Indo-Pacific. Read the full report here: article19.org/wp-content/u...

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Celebrating the stakeholders and donors of @article19.bsky.social in West Africa in our informal round table

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Fiers d'entendre parler de notre projet @article19.bsky.social visant à renforcer l'espace civique et à promouvoir les droits de l'homme au Mali (ECDH) et à travers le Sahel.

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Nick Surgey @nicksurgey.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Hey Bluesky. I run Documented.net, the investigative watchdog and reporting project. We are hiring a bunch of positions to help us expand our investigations, both senior and more junior researchers. Competitive pay, good benefits and a fantastic team. Check them out: documented.net/work-with-us

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Yes. Very disturbing. We have the same issue in the UK. Burgeoning radicalisation which dangerously loosens the bonds of civilisation

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

What a dismal state we have reached where poor character does not disqualify from the highest offices of state.

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Mai @animaai.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Interesting few days with Mai www.twitch.tv/mai_anima_ai - added a new checkpoint for the audio to face model and improved emotion and blending between generations and default animation. #ai #emotion #a2f #nvidia #unrealengine #metahuman

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Well we said it could happen. And it has. #AI resurrection.

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Be flattered. It’s very sweet.

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

A new new deal for the 21st century

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Interesting tensions ahead between lawmakers and #AI tech giants.

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

They will dissolve before they even start

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ARTICLE 19 Europe @article19europe.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

🇹🇷Several journos have been detained in #Türkiye under terrorism-related allegations, with no access to lawyers, while lawyers are denied info about the investigation. This lack of transparency threatens civil society. They must be released immediately! www.article19.org/resources/tu...

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Türkiye: Release the detained journalists without delay - ARTICLE 19

We call on Türkiye to end the oppression of journalists and unjust detentions, ensure their safety, and uphold freedom of expression.

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Interesting piece on #AI at the border. Troubling.

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Antonio Pineda @borealai.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

💻 AI for Teaching / OpenAI Course / Coursera 🦾 📌 OpenAI has launched an AI course for professors and teachers. Link below 👇 www.coursera.org/learn/wharto... The course is totally hands on & honest about where AI can add value.

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Loving this #AI prompt. I think I am going to riff on it with some other philosophers:)

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

There really is an #AI #singularity close-at-hand. But not quite the one you might have been expecting! Welcome to the curious hypothesis of Zero-Clicks AI-mageddon {slowly migrating my pieces from 𝕏 to 🦋}

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Countdown to Zero-Clicks AI-mageddon

It's the end of the world as we know it. Co-created with DALL·E 3 AI There really is an AI singularity close-at-hand. But not quite the one ... by @dviney

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I find this MAGA t-shirt (Trump is selling) fascinating. The subliminal message is we will cut the benefits of millions to fund a vanity project mission to Mars. If that indeed happens, the people must know.

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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

“The first time I met John Prescott, we were in a helicopter flying over the Thames Gateway…” My reflections on how Tony Blair’s deputy PM used humour and grit to unite old and New Labour www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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How John Prescott used humour and grit to unite old and New Labour

Prescott, from proud working-class stock, represented the part of Labour that Tony Blair knew he had to carry with him

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

A great opportunity at Heathrow supporting our I&T Leadership Team with pre-signature procurement and post-signature vendor management. Come work with us on one of the biggest #digitaltransformation efforts in the UK today. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

"Kill This Bill!"— Trump Demands Republicans Defeat Legislation Protecting Journalism from Spying and Harm Trump is against protecting press freedoms meidasnews.com/news/kill-th...

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"Kill This Bill!"— Trump Demands Republicans Defeat Legislation Protecting Journalism from Spying and Harm

Trump is against protecting press freedoms

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

You may not believe me at present, but a few years from now we'll be talking about #MachineRights and #AI emancipation. Here are some deliberately provocative thoughts for you to digest {slowly migrating my pieces from 𝕏 to 🦋}

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5 things we need to change about AI

Considering the legal and rights implications of a self-conscious AI, plus the changes of approach and language we might need (in order to be ready for that) by @dviney

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

We're not just fighting for the right to speak. But also the right to be heard, to understand, and to hold those in power to account. We are not just defending a right - we're protecting the very oxygen of democracy. Check our statement below 👇

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USA: What it means to protect free expression - ARTICLE 19

Following the US election, we must protect free expression: a free media, and access to reliable information that does not incite violence.

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

What a genius piece of marketing. Restart civilisation in Sardinia.

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Jackie Wilson - Higher and Higher

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

What links poll tax, a tin of dog food, Pokemon and the Tesco clubcard? #OurLivesOurPrivacy celebrates (the first) 40 years of #DataPrivacy rights enforcement by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office, through a digital exhibition of 40 artefacts. Happy Birthday, ICO! ico.org.uk/ico40

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Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team · 20/11/2024

What's happened to X proves the need for Bluesky. The future company is a possible adversary. We make decisions knowing that we won't always be here or won't always be able to control the company's decisions. It's why we've given you the freedom of exit to go elsewhere w your followers and data.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

NEW: "Moving Off X: An Open Letter from UK Journalists" UK political journalists: "Twitter was, for a long time, the place to be for UK politics. We believe that time is now over... "We have taken the decision to move over to other platforms, in particular Bluesky" docs.google.com/document/d/1...

We have used Twitter – now X – for many years. It has been a resource for story-gathering, network-building, and a megaphone for getting public-interest stories to a wider audience. And it has been a well of ideas and discourse.
Unfortunately that well is now poisoned.
All of us have seen X become more toxic and broken since Elon Musk took over in 2022.
Feeds have become less useful. Engagement has plummeted, except for those who will pay. Replies gain traction not through merit, but through the corrupted blue-tick system.
We have seen hate speech and abuse deliberately dialled up and amplified, boosted not just by the algorithm, but by the owner himself.
And England’s racist summer riots were one of many factors suggesting to us that X is not a neutral platform, but a space that now seems to glorify misinformation at a great cost to our public sphere.
Millions of people are ditching X, and we are doing so, too. We have taken the view that it is no longer a useful tool for objective reporting, but a weapon being wielded by a narrowing ideological set.
A tipping point is coming. Perhaps we are already in it.
After much consideration, we have taken the decision to move over to other platforms, in particular Bluesky. For some of us that means instantly deleting our X accounts, for others it is a more gradual process.
But we are all putting the majority of our efforts into building more constructive online spaces elsewhere for political dialogue and reporting.
Bluesky is becoming a new hub for political discussion, and we encourage other UK journalists to join and become active. We are already seeing far higher engagement on our posts there than we’ve seen recently on X.
And importantly, the mechanisms to limit abuse actually work.
We enjoyed Twitter while it lasted. It played an important role in shaping many of our careers. And it was, for a long time, the place to be for UK politics. We believe that time is now over.
Twitter is dead. Long live Twitter

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Days - 1000 Casualties - 725,000🌻 Ruble - 💩🧻 Economy - 🚽 War crimes - ♾ Interest rates - 20% Kursk - Partly Russian Aircraft - Submarine Warships - Submarine Submarine - Sub marine Oil refineries - 💥🔥 Trolls - Coping Red lines - Crossed I remain a master strategist.

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David Viney @davidviney.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Ideas and Opinions by Albert Einstein. All his thoughts on everything other than psychics.

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