James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This is very good: showing the racism Kaepernick experienced and mentioning a few things he missed. 000
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I agree, but let's also pass legislation that makes tech bros responsible for the actions of their models. With massive fines and jail terms. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.com‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdownIn a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systems 195
Reposted by James HeywoodStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"It is hard not to draw the conclusion that the police and Home Office seem to be incapable of an appropriate response to the threat of far-right activity and violence."nicklowles.substack.comDid Kent Police ignore a 999 call?Contrary to their public statement, HOPE not hate can exclusively reveal that Kent Police were tipped off about the Patriot Platform mobilisation – and seemingly did not act on the information. 26711282
Reposted by James HeywoodHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 05/09/2026🚨 BREAKING: Patriot Platform, a new far right group launched by Tommy Robinson’s right hand man Daniel Thomas (AKA Danny Tommo) has blockaded the port and several roads in Dover. The masked men are from subgroups of PP, including Sussex, Essex, and South East Patriots Here’s all you need to know. 2131398862
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 31/08/2026What's your worst-ever airbnb experience? Mine: the cottage with no curtains, in any room. 000
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 29/08/2026As a Christian, I was confused about the number of ribs men had. 000
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: Holidaymaker makes repeated complaints about unannounced visit from German financial consultants. 110
Reposted by James HeywoodMatt Page (he/him) @mattpagefilm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: A family business' transition in management from father to son is less straightforward than had been hoped for. 121
Reposted by James HeywoodQueen Mary University of London @qmul.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Air pollution stunts children’s lung growth. New Queen Mary research found that improvements in air quality after the introduction of London’s ULEZ are associated with accelerated lung growth in children. Read more: shorturl.at/Jx86o 13370167
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 18/08/2026A valuable exploration of the complexities of Arday's treatment. 000
Reposted by James HeywoodDr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Something that’s struck me recently is how easy it is to conflate “bravely speaking the truth” with “cruelty and enjoying joining the mob”, and while for most people on here today to see through the fascist concept of “ruinous empathy,” that doesn’t stop you worshiping cruelty under another name. 215333
Reposted by James HeywoodCliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Don't fall for this bollocks: www.theguardian.com/business/202... Its a trivially short drop, which can be handled by peak generators and battery storage. And its not like cutting out the midday peak, its a trivial drop at the very end of a day's generation. I doubt I'll even see a blip in my data.theguardian.comGreat Britain braced to pay millions for backup electricity during solar eclipseEvent expected to curtail solar power just as summer’s fifth heatwave increases use of air conditioning and fans 201
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Do Christian festivals (e.g. Spring Harvest) take payment for slots on stage? 000
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 05/08/2026When I was at a Christian festival, there were sometimes interviews with people from charities on stage as part of the services. (1/x) 300
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Churches: Everyone is equal Also, Churches: This famous person can have a bigger gravestone than anyone else 000
Reposted by James HeywoodOld Oakie @markingall.bsky.social · 07/07/2026‘Overturn this’: victorious Belgium throw barb after Balogun red-card controversy www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.com‘Overturn this’: victorious Belgium throw barb after Balogun red-card controversyFor Belgium, Monday’s win over the US was doubly sweet. They advanced to the World Cup quarter-finals, as well as overcoming what they saw as injustice 17016
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Sounds like Trump has convinced FIFA to make a special case for the USA. Time to cheer for Belgium: www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comUefa accuses Fifa of ‘crossing a red line’ over lifting of Folarin Balogun’s red cardUefa has hit out at Fifa’s decision to lift US striker Folarin Balogun’s one-game suspension for Monday’s last-16 tie with Belgium 010
Reposted by James HeywoodSooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 17/11/2024🧵This is a thread about Reply Guys. I like it when posts go viral coz I'm a big show-off and the internet is responsible for most of my career. When you go viral you get new followers, fun replies, sometimes even industry interest omg. But you also get: Reply Guys. 2034426990
Reposted by James HeywoodOxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · 24/06/2026The public effectively subsidises the AI industry through tax breaks, land, water and data access, and deregulation, yet is promised little measurable benefit in return. 2/3 202
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Sometime on Sunday, I should have thought to say, "Keir today, gone tomorrow". 000
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 14/05/2026We would know nothing of this gift, were it not for the journalists at The Guardian. If it's all fine, why didn't he tell us about it? 021
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Started watching See No Evil last night. I have a lot of anger for Christian leaders who care more about 'the mission' than harming children. 010
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 02/05/2026A moment of panic when Google Mail's AI summary gets my train ticket receipt wrong. You know, AI is also bad customer service. 000
Reposted by James HeywoodTorsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 02/05/2026There’s no “accused” about it - a politician being handed £5m IS a conflict of interest. Accepting such a gift is an open and shut case of not being interested in, let alone fit for, public service www.ft.com/content/6a56...ft.comFarage accused of ‘conflict of interest’ over £5mn gift from crypto investorRival parties highlight how Reform UK has proposed cutting tax and regulation on the digital assets industry 891696666
Reposted by James HeywoodPaul Johnston @pdj.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I wonder if when we look back on the first years of the 21st Century, we're going to see a lot of people having missed the fact that the rise isn't about fascists, it's about tech. That's the revolution. Fascists just figured out how to use the tech better. 111
Reposted by James HeywoodDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Tremendously depressing read. Also: proper reporting. open.substack.com/pub/londonce... 26557149
Reposted by James HeywoodRyan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 13/04/2026For more than a week, Amazon has managed to keep a death at its Troutdale, Oregon, facility out of public view. Workers I spoke to are pissed.thewesternedge.media‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon FacilityA worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away. 10641862038
Reposted by James HeywoodGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 12/04/2026If a wealthy individual can pull the strings of big tech to bury a story, then the law isn't protecting women. Do you agree? goodlawproject.org/liv-nervo-told-h… goodlawproject.orgLiv Nervo told her story – but Meta took it down | Good Law ProjectAfter more than a million views on Instagram, Meta has banned Liv Nervo’s story in the UK – so we’re pushing back 320068
Reposted by James HeywoodCrystal Fleming クリスタル @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 07/04/2026"The exciting thing about being a first is that there is a prospect of there being a second, a third and a fourth, and it actually becoming normal . . . I really look forward to the point where it's not remarkable that a Black man is exploring the solar system" - Victor Glover, #ArtemisII pilot 13909195
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Easter Sunday is weird these days. I'm not in the mood for the Tim Hughes song, or the Noel Richards song. And today brings out the evangelicals. 110
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 25/03/2026I notice the new Director-General of the BBC is male, again. 021
Reposted by James HeywoodJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Two weeks into a war Donald Trump said he launched to ensure that Iran would “never have a nuclear weapon”, the US has no plan to retrieve the enriched uranium stockpile Tehran would need to make an atomic bomb. www.ft.com/content/4069...ft.comWhy has Trump left Iran’s nuclear stockpile untouched?US administration appears to have no plan to retrieve the enriched uranium after two weeks of military action 1121273
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 05/03/2026I like ethics in AI, so Anthropic sound like my sort of people. Time to give Claude a go. 010
Reposted by James HeywoodMatthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Today's news is a shocking betrayal of the FIFA Peace Prize and everything it stands for. 1133342
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 28/02/2026NPR make a solid case that the Epstein files most damaging for Trump are missing: www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n... 010
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Feel for the Iranians executed since the last time Trump called for an uprising. I pray he doesn't sell out more activists. 000
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Freelancer: What tactics can I use to help customers trust me? Also, Freelancer: I used 'we' instead of 'I' on the website to make me sound more credible. 000
Reposted by James HeywoodJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 23/02/2026a year is a long time in politics 682932708
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 23/02/2026I'd like to see them erect a forensic tent in Andrew M-W's garden. I'm sure Nicola Sturgeon would agree. 010
Reposted by James HeywoodMatt Page (he/him) @mattpagefilm.bsky.social · 20/02/2026There are still some places left for my talk at the BFI’s Reuben Library (NFT) on Monday at 6:30pm. I’m talking about Bible films from the silent era to Trump 2.0 generalmedia.tenor.coma group of people standing in a desert with the words speak up written in yellowAlt: Shot from life of Brian with group of people standing in a desert listening to Jesus one of whom is yelling speak up 102
Reposted by James HeywoodNatalia Antonova🇺🇸🇺🇦 @nataliaantonova.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Time to set the record straight all of these years later. I’ve endured enough stupid rumors and insinuations wrt my departure from Bellingcat. This needed to be said. nataliaantonova.substack.com/p/did-you-le...nataliaantonova.substack.com"Did you leave Bellingcat on good terms?"No. I even tried to sue. Here's why. 810726
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 13/02/2026If only we had some insights into how the rick grow richer, outpacing the rest of us. Maybe one day we'll be able to see inside their world. 110
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 09/02/2026When prophecy is faked using online research... and Christian leaders keep quiet about it. The clearest evidence is about an hour in. youtu.be/GH05S53QlY0?... (1/x)youtu.beThe skeletons in Bethel's closet are now going to speakYouTube video by Mike Winger 242
James Heywood @heyjames7.bsky.social · 08/02/2026I'm late to the party here. Wow. www.christianpost.com/news/bethel-... 010