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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 18h

This looks very interesting. It was impossible to do when we built IER but perhaps things have changed in a decade.

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Kathryn Corrick @kcorrick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Morning all. Happy Saturday. Paging @jonnelledge.bsky.social and Henry Scampi.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked

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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban

The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press

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Kathryn Corrick @kcorrick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sounds like the old b2b magazine model.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“Eye of Anaklia," a 40-meter-tall, futuristic abandoned observation tower located on the Black Sea coast of Georgia. IG: @abandoned.berlin www.instagram.com/abandoned.be...

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026

Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin...

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• Anthropic IPO could value the company at more than $2
trillion
• Anthropic lost $42 billion in 2025
• Al lab spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year
• Operating loss widened to $8.06 billion in 2025 from $2.98 billion in 2024
• Execs, industry analysts have expressed concerns over harms of Al tech
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Anthropic is making a massive bet that Al will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
But the cost to get there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming year, according to the
prospectus.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 29/09/2026

Soooooooo. As expected, the guy in that story about Muse doing FB Marketplace deals *had* in fact clicked the permission to "always allow" Muse to do things for him. Still very, very poor design by Meta such that the user didn't understand what permission he was giving...

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Update on letting Muse run Facebook Marketplace for me.
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By doing that it granted Muse permission to send messages on my behalf going forwards using a template it put together using information it asked from me. Which also included the pickup address that I did give to Muse (again I didn’t think it would send it out to everyone that gave me an offer so it’s worth checking). I mentioned to the meta team it could be easily overlooked as it was with me and they said they will be making this more clear moving forwards.
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Regarding the lowball offer situation. It accepted an offer of $600 and sent out my address to a buyer to come collect the item after I strictly set a minimum of $700 with Muse. The Meta team informed me this was an error on their end which caused a display issue removing the ‘7’ from the output to the buyer. And with it stating “Sounds good, 00 it is!” after the buyer asked for $600 it made it look to the buyer like his offer was accepted.
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I suggested to Meta that each message sent by Muse should have a little “Sent By Muse” badge underneath so everyone knows it wasn’t sent by a human as there was really no way of knowing who sent what in the chat which is very concerning.
As for the buyer, we made up and he even came by tonight to buy something else. All ended well.

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Kathryn Corrick @kcorrick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The titles feel very pseudo publication-ish.

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Kathryn Corrick @kcorrick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Far, far away from Guardian writers. “Guardian writer spotted! Hide!”

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Kathryn Corrick @kcorrick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mother board, feels apt. Nature finding a warm spot to call home.

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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026

Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc

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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)

An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.

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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On similar lines, if we’re not careful: A. Scientific journals will only accept submissions from established researchers working within institutions. B. Data we’ve spent ages making open will be hidden to avoid the expense of continued download by bots.

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Rhine is in uncharted territory. Normal flow where it enters the Netherlands is around 1,500 m³/s in September. Now it's well below 600 m³/s... and still going down.

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The Alps are no longer white 🏔️🧊 And it's entirely our fault! 🏭🔥 Spectacular retreat of the Corvatsch Glacier on Piz Murtel (3,433 m asl, Engadin, CH) over the last 57 years compiled by @landervt.bsky.social !

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Gran Paradiso Aug. 1980 | Sept. 2026 Incredible repeat photography of the Gran Paradiso glaciers 46 years apart, showing the magnitude of man-made glacial collapse in the Alps - which will never be white again! 🧊🔥 📷 Antonio and Riccardo Bussano 🙏

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Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Job – Head of Information Rights Unit at the Welsh Government (based in Wales) www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi... #FOI /EIRs #dataprotection

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Kathryn Corrick @kcorrick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In case you're asking, 'What do OpenAI's business terms say about security?' Well, not much. There is no link to the phrase 'Security measures' in the document, so the phrasing is circular. They do elsewhere rave about their SOC2 compliance and data encryption however. openai.com/en-GB/polici...

5.1. Security Measures. OpenAI will comply with the Security Measures. OpenAI may periodically update the Security Measures. If OpenAI updates the Security Measures in a manner that materially diminishes the administrative, technical, or physical security features of the Services taken as a whole, Customer may elect to terminate the Agreement and associated Order Forms by providing written notice to OpenAI within five business days of the update.

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Kathryn Corrick @kcorrick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NB: OpenAI minimise using the word 'training' in their privacy notice for personal accounts and service agreement for business customers, and instead use the phrase, "improve or develop our services" Personal accounts: by default your data is used for training Business accounts: agreement required

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Kathryn Corrick @kcorrick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

To quote Hiscox: "Cyber insurance is a form of cover designed to protect your business from threats in the digital age, such as data breaches or malicious cyber hacks on work computer systems." Rather than the other way around. Anyone have access to the details? trust.openai.com?itemUid=d04f...

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OpenAI Trust Portal | Powered by SafeBase

See how OpenAI manages their security program with SafeBase.

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Kathryn Corrick @kcorrick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In my ongoing explorations of AI privacy notices and polices, I've got to Open AI. And lo... "Cyber insurance is an integral part of security risk reduction at OpenAI. We maintain an insurance policy with cyber coverage in the event of a security incident that results in financial damages."

Open AI Trust Centre.
Legal section.
"Cyber insurance: Cyber insurance is an integral part of security risk reduction at OpenAI. We maintain an insurance policy with cyber coverage in the event of a security incident that results in financial damages."

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Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The solar panels, electric vehicles, EV batteries and wind turbines exported by China in 2025 will avoid annual emissions equal to those of the UK and Portugal combined, according to my new estimates. Avoided emissions increased 30% compared with 2024 exports.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

‘Dear sir/madam, to whom it may concern, we hacked one of your websites.’ Hilarious that OpenAI just sent an email to the public inbox of Services Australia, (and nearly two months after the hack)

Timeline: OpenAl agent hacks
Australian government website
Here is what we know of the timeline how things panned out:
• 18 June - OpenAl's agent accessed both public and non-public information on an Australian website
• August (precise date unknown) - OpenAl said it became aware of a potential breach during a broader review of "misaligned model activity"
• 10 September - An email from OpenAl lands in the public inbox of Services Australia, the general services hub of the federal government, informing of the incident

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Kathryn Corrick @kcorrick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Certainly not a flat, by anyone’s definition.

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Kathryn Corrick @kcorrick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is a church which happens to have a kitchen and bathroom, not a house/home.

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Kathryn Corrick @kcorrick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

To be fair to the UK you can just rock up on any train and switch at will. Which creates an entirely different perspective on the UK network. The sense of freedom is quite magical.

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Kathryn Corrick @kcorrick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just annoying that Eurostar and SNCF charge so much for reservations. Unlike Trenitalia where all reservations, inc first class, are €12.50.

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Kathryn Corrick @kcorrick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

All via Interrail*. Which, if you’re doing a very long journey like this, once again feels like an amazing life hack. *reservations for TGV and Eurostar required.

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Kathryn Corrick @kcorrick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Been travelling since v early this morning from the alps.I’m on train 6 of 7 (if you include the Hammersmith & City). The GWR, 16:48 from Paddington has the cleanest windows of the day! (My local Auvergne Rhône Alpes trains were as grubby as usual) Eurostar: best food TGV Lyon - Lille: best seat

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Precisely this—the power attributed to technology makes it incredibly useful for laundering responsibility

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 19/09/2026

I gave a talk yesterday at a clean tech in incubator, and this was literally my thesis.

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Kathryn Corrick @kcorrick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Or: ‘Google says it hacked three other companies’.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Somebody in Nato, Denmark or Greenland seems to have spotted that telling Trump he can have an enormous victory + then offering him the status quo of the last 25-50-75 years is an off-ramp

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Nathalie Maréchal, PhD @nathaliemarechal.net · 17/09/2026

So you just learned about the AI cult, huh? Here is the longform explainer you need to make sense of the very, very strange ideas driving tech policy in 2026. Buckle up, it’s a wild ride. www.techpolicy.press/what-policym...

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What Policymakers and the Public Need to Know About the Cult of AI

Nathalie Maréchal asks, why are we betting the economy and the future of democracy on cult-like beliefs?

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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 17/09/2026

To me there's "AI safety, the fantasy realm" and then there are actual serious people working in actual AI safety and (yes) "alignment" even if that term is tainted. The problem is that they often all get lumped together. And too many top people are obsessed with the fantasy realm.

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Jed Brown @jedbrown.org · 16/09/2026

Oh. That's a heck of a subsidy.

At MIT, Harvard, or any other school, supervising an undergraduate researcher is a lot of work, costs a lot of money, involves a lot of meetings, and the results are not reliably excellent. Asking Claude is easier, faster, and may produce better results. It’s also cheaper, which is no accident: Harvard allows every Harvard student and faculty member to request a Claude token budget of $2,500 per month, even as research funding is continuously threatened and the University lays off staff.

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Glaciologist @matthias-huss.bsky.social shows that the centre of the Great Aletsch glacier in Switzerland (the biggest in the Alps) lost 6 meters(!) of thickness just this summer. "No words...", he adds on LinkedIn.

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