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Ed Wilson

@eddwilson.bsky.social
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Lefty liberal by temperament, exasperated by experience. Not strictly qualified for most arguments, but I do read a lot. Stockport, UK

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 4h
bbc.co.uk
Widdecombe suspect charged with planning acts of terror against Farage
Counter terror police say the further charge comes after a "hugely intensive and complex investigation".
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 8h
"Adults are harmed when their data is leaked, but kids suffer more," writes Logan Kolas of the American Consumer Institute, arguing that age verification laws meant to protect children could put America "on a collision course with its newly discovered AI-augmented cybersecurity reality."
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Age Verification is an AI Cybersecurity Problem
AI cybersecurity threats are exposing the privacy risks of age verification laws, which require companies to collect sensitive data, writes Logan Kolas.
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 9h
Ben Wright hasn't heard of AI hallucination? #BBCPM
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 11h
This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities
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Micah @rincewind.run · 10h
getting mad at the pope for not thinking the chatbot has a soul is easily the funniest thing I've read all week
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 9h
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techcrunch.com
BMW built the same car for gas and electric. The EV is $4,400 cheaper. | TechCrunch
The new BMW 3 Series shows just how quickly EVs have caught up to fossil fuel vehicles on pricing.
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 9h
intercepted communications indicated Vladimir Putin had ordered Russia’s military to abandon previous constraints and intensify attacks on civilian sites... the shift coincides with a surge in jet-powered drone strikes on schools, hospitals, telecommunications infrastructure and data centers #BBCPM
kyivpost.com
Putin Ordered ‘No Rules’ War on Ukrainian Civilians, Zelensky Says
Ukrainian intelligence reportedly intercepted communications ordering Russian forces to abandon earlier limits on aerial attacks.
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 9h
Email just sent to today @ bbc. co . uk #BBCPM #R4Today
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Freedom of the press?

The Today programme will be covering the Conservative party conference next week. Will there be any mention of journalists being barred from the event? This year Josiah Mortimer of Byline Times has been refused a pass. This follows two journalists from the same paper - one a current and one a former member of the Parliamentary lobby - being refused passes for last year's conference; and is just weeks after Kemi Badenoch called Reform’s decision to bar several journalists from their own conference "authoritarian" and an attack on the "free press".

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/kemi-badenochs-conservatives-ban-byline-times-from-conference-after-condemning-reform-for-journalist-ban/

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 10h
G7 to release 100m barrels of diesel, coordinate maintenance schedule to stabilise energy supplies #BBCPM
theguardian.com
G7 to release 100m barrels from reserves to combat surging diesel prices – Europe live
Macron says G7 will ‘work in a coordinated manner to help bring down the prices of petroleum products’
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 12h
More benefit in kind @electoralcommission.org.uk!
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12h
The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 12h
The police should be blowing the dust off old laws on uniforms. #WATO
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 13h
I strongly believe schools should bring children together rather than try to impose one religious identity on them. If you agree - please add your name and call on the Education Secretary to introduce inclusive assemblies for all, and to keep dangerous Christian Nationalism OUT of our schools.
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patrickcherry @patrickcherry.bsky.social · 13h
On this Peter Oborne column in @bylinetimes.bsky.social September issue, I can certainly 100% agree. The World Tonight and the Midnight news cut by BBC News does feel like a bereavement. Comments on Rajan, and Mishal Hussain - yes, quite right. BBC, beloved, but heading in the wrong direction.
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 13h
"many activists loyal to the party’s leadership might not be at the autumn conference because it takes place a week before voting in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection... potentially leaving more scope for others to push through the motion. #WATO
theguardian.com
Greens urge Zack Polanski to take stance on proposed policy declaring ‘Zionism is racism’
The Green leader has not spoken publicly about the motion, which is likely to be debated at the party’s conference in October
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 17h
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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 17h
Someone should note to Suella that if this idea of Englishness wins (along with all the other Hard Right ideas that come with it), then either... a) the mob she has enabled will come for her – 'not one of us'. b) the mob will celebrate her as their greatest useful idiot. What a position.
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 17h
@bbcr4today #AsItHappened Friday 2 October 2026 #R4Today
Record of the items on BBC Radio 4 Today on 2 October 2026
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 18h
Do those convicted of stalking or domestic violence "serve the full sentence" or would they "normally" be released after 40% or 50% of the allotted time? #4Today
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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Yeah, let's give drug dealers and other scumbags a way of easily laundering their criminal swag into US dollars. I mean why would anyone with legally earned funds want to hold this rather than actual dollars? Makes perfect sense. #CryptoScam #C4News
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 18h
We're all suffering the costs of your idiot, illegal war, Scott Bessent. We are not going to buy Trump some more votes. #R4Today
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 18h
Who found these three (perfectly reasonable) Green members for Justin Webb to talk to? Did they have criteria other than "grab three, you have five minuutes, and at least one must be a woman"? #R4Today
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fact… #BookSky
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 19h
Braverman not being "racist against myself" on her own identity To say Sunak & Marcus Rashford can not be English without at least English grandparents= an exclusionary racialised worldview, whether the MP saying it is white or Asian, just as saying they should be barred as MPs withoit one would be
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OMG.WTF 🇦🇺 🇲🇪 🇿🇲 @amsickofpollies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 19h
Excellent news. The good thing is that Palantir isn’t unique and there are many options, all of which will save the taxpayer money. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
giftarticle.ft.com
Andy Burnham searches for UK alternative to Palantir
Prime minister’s ‘Buy British’ push triggers hunt to find replacement for controversial US tech group awarded health service and defence contracts
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The Ghost of Corbin Trotter @corbin-trotter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most meta musical moment I had was when an Alberstons in Carson, CA played "Lost in the Supermarket" by The Clash.
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 19h
Can Stephen Hale of the Nashville Banner knit? #tricoteur #R4Today
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 19h
2011 #R4Today
gov.uk
Government bans export of lethal injection drugs to the US
Measures will be put in place to stop the export to the US of three drugs - pancuronium bromide, potassium chloride and sodium pentobarbital…
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 20h
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 20h
Martin McCluskey, another minister I'm trying to remember (and onther bloody Oxford PPE graduate) www.gov.uk/government/p... #R4Today
gov.uk
Martin McCluskey MP
Martin McCluskey was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on 22 July 2026. He was previously Minister for Energy Consumers at the Departm...
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 20h
Self-flagellating insecurity #R4Today
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Mandeville was cavendish_maid 📎 🇺🇦 @mandeville24.bsky.social · 20h
Listening to the radio this morning Trump is talking about boots on the ground (2000 troops) after the midterms.
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 20h
Next, we play a series of interviews with prisoners "released early" at 40% of their sentences five years ago. For comparison. #R4Today
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 20h
"The Trump administration has excluded several major NATO allies, including the UK, France and the Baltic states, from an October meeting in Poland intended to discuss the alliance’s future." #R4Today
kyivpost.com
Trump’s New NATO Inner Circle Excludes UK, France and Baltic Allies
The Pentagon-led Bergen Group will meet in Poland as excluded allies question Washington’s criteria and warn against dividing NATO.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 20h
"I regret to learn of the President of the [USA]'s decision to initiate the procedure to withdraw from the European Commission for Democracy through Law. "The United States became a full member of the Venice Commission in April 2013... after being an Observer State since 1991." #R4Today
coe.int
Announced withdrawal of the United States of America from the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe – Statement by the President of the Venice Commission
Strasbourg, France 9 January 2026
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 21h
"Elections are becoming easier to influence and harder to trust. And states that helped write the [human rights] convention are now asking questions about it… This is the deepest break in the European legal order since it was created." #R4Today
rozenberg.substack.com
Security through democracy
Council of Europe leader calls for unity at a time of rupture and war
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🎼 And the dayes gon by 🎶
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Talking Heads Once In A Lifetime Dance Talking Heads Dance
ALT: Talking Heads Once In A Lifetime Dance Talking Heads Dance
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Eccentrist Dad @slothlydad.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I know.. LinkedIn.. but still, LOLs are LOLs.
"I interviewed for a contractor role at Ticketmaster and when they asked me what my day rate is I told them I operate a dynamic pricing model and they said they couldn’t operate like that and I laughed for a really long time and showed them how much I paid for Beyoncé tickets and anyway long story short they escorted me from the building". - Helena Langdon on LinkedIn.
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Childline "Don't worry about making mistakes. That's why they put rubbers on the end of pencils." I'm crying. #BBCPM
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What is Claire Waxman (victims commissioner) talking about? Earlier releases have been in the news since the days after this government came into power. www.gov.uk/government/n... #BBCPM
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Did Renee Goode join a protest, BBC News? #BBCPM
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