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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 12h

Hounslow to Hendon directly on the Overground? It could be happening - but we need to hear from you first. Tell us what you think about the proposed West London Orbital plans before 18 November. haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/west-london-...

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Dr David Corney @dcorney.com · 27/09/2026

Turns out most of Shakespeare can be improved with a liberal sprinkling of "fucks."

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Gordon Pennycook @gordpennycook.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We have a new paper on AI debunking that includes a bunch of interesting data on various "epistemically suspect beliefs". Check it out!

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Squirrels on suicide missions have knocked out power to Castle Rock, Colorado twice this week. Our investigation has revealed a century of squirrel attacks covered up by the pro-squirrel media.

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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Since the Reform donations I keep thinking about charity appeals and how they're delighted to have raised a few thousand pounds. Okay, not my most original thought but the good billionaires could do if they actually wanted to is blowing my mind.

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Adam Berinsky @adamberinsky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'm excited to share this article about a project I've been working on with fantastic collaborators. Check out the dashboard for yourself here: llmelectionobservatory.org www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/b...

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Election LLM Observatory

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Toilet Instructions

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Who Targets Me @whotargets.me · 09/09/2026

New piece: The AfD are the biggest winners of the EU's political advertising regulation. whotargets.me/en/the-afd-a...

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The AfD are the biggest winners of the EU’s political ad regulation – Who Targets Me

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 05/09/2026

Videos with thousands of shares online have claimed that the devastating Nepal-Tibet border flooding was “a hoax”. There’s masses of evidence this isn’t the case.

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No, the Nepal flash flood was not a hoax – Full Fact

Online posts falsely claim the Nepal flood was a hoax because early reports repeatedly cited the number 33.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

What you're saying when you say "DEI" when universities say "EDI" (as happens here) and vice versa. And why it actually matters. The great majority of UK (esp. British) universities use "EDI" while US universities use "DEI". Is that "just" semantic, or does it matter? A thread. 🧵1/8

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How Jason Arday’s appointment became a reckoning for Cambridge

Resignation of Black professor forces university to examine its approach to diversity, equality and inclusion

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Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 22/08/2026

Found this recording of Rita Moreno performing “Fever” on The Muppet Show from 1976. 14/10

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I was on a date with a very nice looking guy. He was mean and nasty to the nerdy waiter who was serving us, obviously thinking it would make me laugh or something. I didn't laugh. I dumped him at the table and ghosted him. Been married to that nice, nerdy waiter for 6 years now.

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Dr David Corney @dcorney.com · 12/08/2026

www.maptap.gg August 12 0🤮 4😭 3🤮 1🤮 5😭 Final score: -493 Thought I'd try to a MapTap variant by doing as badly as possible. Pleased with my first go as an antipodean hunter!

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🎯MapTap Daily Geography Game

Play MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers.

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Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

There are two wolves. One always lies. One controls the lever of trolley track. They're in a state of superposition inside a box. On the trolley are infinite monkeys at infinite typewriters going to an infinite hotel. The trolley must first travel halfway, but before that a quarterway, and so on...

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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Your Much Needed Afternoon #TimelineCleanser ... Have fun at work, and if you can, make someone's day.

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Nicholdav @nicholdav.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

hello everyone, I made this helpful meme to explain how to read scientific papers

Vince McMahon reaction meme but its in reverse order from most to least excited and the text to the left of the Vince McMahon faces says title abstract introduction methods results discussion

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.

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David J. Bianco @davidjbianco.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

HuggingFace got hacked by an AI. What stuck out to me was the guardrail asymmetry. The attacker had no constraints, but HF's response ran afoul of the abuse guardrails, forcing them into an unplanned switch to local models. Another aspect for your IR plans. huggingface.co/blog/securit...

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 15/07/2026

right, so - in this summer's Prospect cover feature! I spoke both to young people and to the people who study them about the many ways in which new generations have got shafted, how they feel about it all, and what should happen next: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/741...

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Lewis Wade 🗃️ @wadehistory.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

❗ Final day! We submit today. One final push – we're at 167 signatures, and would LOVE to break through the 200 signature before we send this in 🗃️ Please share, and urge alumni to share with other alumni – alumni can only express their concern if they know the petition exists

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 26/06/2026

Covering recent elections in England, Wales and Scotland, we found AI imagery is no longer hypothetical: it's here, and it's throwing up fresh challenges. But we've also been using AI in new ways to fight back. Our editor Steve Nowottny wrote about how for @niemanlab.org 👇

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Full Fact is battling AI-generated elections content with AI tools of its own

AI imagery is no longer a hypothetical factor, but at the same time, we've been able to use AI in new ways ourselves to confront the challenge.

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Dr David Corney @dcorney.com · 25/06/2026

Just made my worst-ever guess at MapTapping! maptap.gg My sleep-deprived brain mixed up "Togo" with Tonga" and my click was out by 18,609km. The Earth's circumference is c.40k km so presumably the worse possible guess would be out by 20k. Maybe next time...

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🎯MapTap Daily Geography Game

Play MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23

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"Heatwave hysterics wouldn't have lasted a day in 1976", overlaid with a bold “MONK DEBUNKED” stamp.

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Dr David Corney @dcorney.com · 22/06/2026

Ooh, I know this one! maptap.gg

Tap as close as you can to London, England, United Kingdom from maptap.gg

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 19/06/2026

We're looking for a Journalist to join our editorial team on a 6-12 month contract, to help us tackle online misinformation and debunk misleading claims on social media. Apply here:

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Journalist (fixed-term contract) - Full Fact

We're recruiting a Journalist on a 6-12 month contract to join our editorial team, to help us tackle online misinformation and debunk misleading claims on social media.

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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I love this. Unmute.

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Andy Dudfield @mrdudders.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Two new fantastic fixed term digital roles in @fullfact.org towers Python and AI focused engineer fullfact.teamtailor.com/jobs/7879633... and An entry level associate product manager role fullfact.teamtailor.com/jobs/7910711... both close on the 29th June and we always #ShowTheSalary

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 12/06/2026

A video is being shared widely on social media with claims it shows the city of Belfast burning during recent unrest. But the clip actually shows the aftermath of a gas pipeline explosion in Russia, and has nothing to do with the disorder in Northern Ireland.

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Video of Russian gas explosion falsely claimed to show Belfast unrest – Full Fact

A clip of a large fire is circulating on social media with false claims it depicts recent disorder in Belfast—but the footage actually shows a gas pipeline explosion in Russia.

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 12/06/2026

When people no longer know what information can be trusted, public debate fragments and political disengagement grows. Trust, once lost, becomes far harder to rebuild. Our new report sets out what the UK must do now to prepare for this reality.

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Full Fact Report 2026 – Full Fact

This report assesses the precarious state of the UK’s information environment, focusing on growing uncertainty about what to trust and the serious impact this is having on democracy.

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Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

This is a devastating read. The fact that there's a narrative circulating, primarily by people with no connection to the reality of young lives, that we're living through a pandemic of laziness makes it unbearable. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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Young, ambitious and out of work: ‘I’ve gone from Oxford to zero jobs. It’s a bit of a fall’

About 1 million 16- to 24-year-olds are not in employment, education or training – and the obstacles they face are bigger than ever. Those unemployed for a year or more explain how they are coping

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/06/2026

Incredible! Scientists receive a rare standing ovation after announcing that a new treatment can double the survival time for pancreatic cancer, the deadliest cancer which was once considered “undruggable.” When we fund and support science, we can achieve anything! (Video: Dr. Wish Dhillon)

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Dr David S Anderson @dsaarchaeology.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

As an anthropologist, I endorse this message!

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Neil Thurman @neilthurman.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Finally holding a hardcopy of 'Media Change' feels great. Many thanks to @nallen2.bsky.social & the team at Wiley who superbly supported the book from proposal to publication. You can order the book at your favorite online bookstore & directly from the publisher, here: tinyurl.com/eyznb67j

The author of "Media Change" with his book.

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Scott Pack @meandmybigmouth.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I want to mention something nice that happened to me today, in part to document, for my own sake, that good things still happen in this horrible world. It involves the London Underground, an escalator, a small boy and some rubber ducks.

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

After a mammal is a juvenile, they are an adult. But what are they after they are an adult? In seven species of mammal, including humans, life has a third act for females. We are underreacting to menopause.

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Dr David Corney @dcorney.com · 17/05/2026

"revive the assisted dying bill" is an unfortunate choice of words!

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DougExeter @dougexeter.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

hey john. its your cousin marvin. marvin cage! you know that new sound youve been looking for? well listen to this *hangs up phone*

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Science Magazine @science.org · 05/05/2026

Deepfakes are everywhere, but digital forensics investigators are fighting back. Learn more: scim.ag/42dMPBg

To verify images, digital forensics investigators will often check whether the geometry of the scene is realistic. In a real photo, lines that run parallel in reality—like floor tiles—should meet at a single vanishing point. In this image, however, the dotted lines do not meet in a single point, indicating it is a fake.
Image: an AI-generated image of soldiers marching down a hallway in three lines, wearing fatigues and carrying rifles. Four dotted white lines have been added over the image, running along the floor tiles visible in the foreground and extending back to where the vanishing point should be, behind the soldiers. Instead of meeting in a single point, the lines all cross at different points.

Investigators also examine reflections. The lines connecting points on an object to matching points in its mirror image run parallel in reality, so similarly should meet at a vanishing point. In this image, the lines again do not converge on one point, revealing it to be a fake.
Image: An AI-generated image of a plastic cartoon dinosaur toy with its reflection visible in a small mirror. Four dotted white lines are layered over the image, connecting points on the toy with the same points on its reflection: the top of its eye, the end of its jaw, its hand, and its foot. The lines extend out to the side of the image, where they all cross at different points rather than meeting at a single point.

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Dr David Corney @dcorney.com · 08/05/2026

Blimey. I've given in to that nagging green bird for 1000 days in a row! #duolingo

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 06/05/2026

After a question from a reader, we’ve looked at bar charts on two Scottish Labour leaflets which show the party ahead of the SNP in Scottish parliamentary constituencies, based on projections from the 2024 general election. Our fact check 👇

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Scottish Labour bar charts in Edinburgh and Glasgow leaflets aren’t reliable projections for Holyrood election – Full Fact

We’ve looked at the data used for two Scottish parliamentary constituencies after a Full Fact reader asked about one of the leaflets via our tip line.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Fantastic piece this on neuroscience, brain development and what this tells us about AI in educational settings:

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The Cost of No Friction

Adolescence happens once.

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