Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 12/04/2026@lb-southwark.bsky.social put up a fancy new sign in my building with social handles and everything, but they spelled the name wrong 🫠 It’s *Leysdown Hose* 111
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Brilliant, happy read by @annadowell.bsky.social. I feel inspired to start collecting more data on myself. Unparalleled parker ticks off each bay in his second Sainsbury’s www.thetimes.com/article/e7d2...thetimes.comUnparalleled parker ticks off each bay in his second Sainsbury’sAlexander the Great is said to have cried salt tears when there were no worlds left to conquer. Luckily for Gareth Wild, there’s a Morrisons and Lidl in Devizes 000
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Trump’s reasons for bombing Iran have all either been unproven or disproven, according to government officials, international weapons monitoring groups, and American intelligence reports. This NYT story is a day old but still newsworthy and worth a read: 001
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Great thread by Jade explaining what a data centre is and dispelling a few myths 010
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Hot take: Don’t use what an AI chatbot says as your hook for an article. For example: “ChatGPT says X, but actually it’s Y” or “I asked some AI chatbot to tell me such and such thing and here’s what it said.” I read this type of lede about once a week now. I find it both uninteresting and lazy. 010
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 04/02/2026My LinkedIn is full of people who were laid off. It’s shocking. 000
Reposted by Millie BrigaudEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Minnesota Star Tribune. And a rundown of their latest on the crackdown: bit.ly/4pXDlDC 13417
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Trump has signed more executive orders in the last year than during his entire first term. The result? An increase in government revenue, thanks partly to tariffs. But also stubborn inflation, growing unrest, and a record number of people in ICE detention. www.thetimes.com/article/98d9...thetimes.comTrump’s second term: a visual guide to a year like no otherFrom signing 228 executive orders to imposing widespread trade tariffs, the US president has reshaped America’s economy, borders and global standing 021
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 17/01/2026I went up to Newark, Nottinghamshire yesterday to speak to Robert Jenrick’s constituents. Here’s what they had to say about their MP’s defection and his work in Newark more generally. www.thetimes.com/article/b713...thetimes.comRobert Jenrick quit Tories for sake of his own career, voters sayReform is a ‘party of traitors’, says Kemi Badenoch as 57 per cent tell a Times-YouGov poll the former shadow justice secretary defected for his own ambitions 263
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Such an interesting analysis of the UK’s top 40 songs. I’ve definitely sensed pop music getting more gloomy and physical, but the extent of the change and other insights were more surprising 010
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 20/12/2025A good explainer / overview of the missed deadline and what has or hasn’t been released 010
Reposted by Millie BrigaudWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 17/12/2025NEW: On a podcast last month, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary: - said HIV “very likely came from a lab.” - said Lyme disease came from a lab—“a high degree of probability.” - said the so-called “Montauk Monster”—a bloated, dead raccoon carcass—was proof “mad scientists” were doing experiments.importantcontext.newsFDA Commissioner: HIV “May Very Well Have Come From a Lab”During a recent podcast appearance, Dr. Marty Makary promoted lab origin conspiracy theories involving HIV, Lyme disease, and one dead raccoon. 2220669
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 13/12/2025I loved helping out with @geraldinescott.co.uk‘s piece on the art Labour has hung up in government buildings. Art is “a very useful and cheap way of doing politics,” Dr. Buckley at Goldsmiths Uni told me. Recently, there’s been renewed interest in art as gov’t PR. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...thetimes.comLabour ministers ditch stately prints for modern artClassical landscapes have vanished from the walls of Whitehall in favour of Turner prize nominees. ‘The aristos are out,’ says our critic 010
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Unbelievable. Since when is the law and justice dependent on expediency? 010
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 25/11/2025This is a must-read for anyone in the news industry, and especially people hiring freelancers. We need a more efficient way to catch AI scammers. This problem undermines trust in journalism when it is already critically low, and it threatens genuine freelancers. thelocal.to/investigatin...thelocal.toInvestigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The LocalA suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites. 010
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Last night, my friends threw a pasta and PowerPoint party. So naturally I did my presentation on freedom of information and subject access requests. What could be more fun and exciting than that??? Anyway, it was actually a hit. I’m helping someone submit a SAR today 💁🏻♀️ #foi #freedomofinformation 030
Reposted by Millie Brigaud404 Media @404media.co · 05/11/2025At the very bottom of the US Army’s “Shutdown Guidance” for troops in Bavaria, there was a “Running list of German support organizations for your kit bags” including various local food banks. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/army-tells-s... 15454164
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 05/11/2025This election has me absolutely WIRED. It’s 1:15 am in London, and I have work at 7 am tomorrow 🫠 100
Reposted by Millie BrigaudFreedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 27/10/2025🔔 First, listen to this PSA from @johncusack.bsky.social on the need to unpaywall public records reporting. Then, RSVP to our webinar and hear @josephcox.bsky.social and @katie-drummond.bsky.social discuss why this is so essential. 🗓️ Oct. 29, 2 p.m. EDT freedom.press/unpaywalled 420891
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 21/10/2025There is so much in this. Well worth reading. And it makes me wonder what happens when the AI news sites start generating content off of other AI fake news content 🫣 www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/ai-g...niemanlab.orgAI-generated news sites spout viral slop from forgotten URLsA new generation of content farms are harnessing AI to spin out clickbait — and they’re getting help from Google. 010
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 19/10/2025It was a sea of colors and American flags, and the speeches were almost drowned out by cars and trucks honking in support as they drove by. There were no counter protestors. As the event came to a close and people cleared out, one passerby could be heard booing. 100
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Anne Paluck, 74, said “we’re upset about just about everything that’s been happening.” “My father fought in WWII, and I’m so glad he’s not here to see this because he would be devastated. Those people risked everything for democracy and now these people are trying to take it away from our country.” 100
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Placards displayed a mix of anti-Trump and pro-democracy messages. 100
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 19/10/20255,000 people gathered in front of Princeton’s revolutionary war monument yesterday for the town’s No Kings protest, more than the estimated 3,000+ that attended the last. #nokings #protest #america #princeton #newjersey 130
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Quality reporting, and an excellent example of collecting data when the government fails to do so itself. @propublica.org “compiled cases by sifting through both English- and Spanish-language social media, lawsuits, court records and local media reports.” www.propublica.org/article/immi...propublica.orgMore Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near... 010
Reposted by Millie BrigaudClaire Miller @clairemiller.bsky.social · 11/10/2025This week has been #BannedBooksWeekUK but going through #FOI data on complaints and removal requests, UK library books mostly stay on the shelves. clairemiller.net/2025/10/are-...clairemiller.netAre UK library books at risk of being banned? - Words + NumbersHow many complaints have UK libraries had about books and are they responding by removing titles from their shelves? 063
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Just confused why this wasn’t done sooner. There is no convincing argument for excluding foreign journalists from reporting on this conflict. 000
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 25/09/2025The BBC, AFP, AP, and Reuters released a short film calling on Israel to let foreign journalists into Gaza. Unlike other conflicts, in “Gaza, the job of reporting falls solely to Palestinian journalists who are paying a terrible cost, leaving fewer to bear witness.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBBC and news agencies launch film calling on Israel to allow foreign journalists into Gaza - BBC NewsIsrael does not allow foreign journalists into Gaza independently, citing security grounds. 000
Reposted by Millie BrigaudLindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party 21795043514
Reposted by Millie BrigaudTaylor Luck @taylorluck.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Foreign media outlets rely on Gazans to risk their lives daily for their reporting, yet absolutely nothing is done to protect them from being killed in Israeli strikes. Any journalist worth the title should be ashamed. #journalismisnotacrime #gaza #israel www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...theguardian.comFour journalists among 20 killed in Israeli strike on Gaza hospital, say health officialsDeaths take the number of Palestinian journalists killed in the conflict since 7 October 2023 to at least 192 021
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 24/08/2025A horrifying and important read www.masslive.com/news/2025/08...masslive.comICE released this Mass. mom with no phone, 30 miles from home in the rain after detainment for a sealed marijuana convictionFederal authorities refused to tell the Canton woman's husband or lawyer on what grounds she was being detained until shortly before her release. 000
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 08/08/2025www.thetimes.com/article/12a4...thetimes.comHomelessness minister quits after ‘hiking rent at house by £700 a month’Rushanara Ali, Labour MP for Bethnal Green & Stepney, steps down from government after being described by the Tories as an example of ‘staggering hypocrisy’ 000
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 08/08/2025First page 1 byline! Pretty excited about it, I won’t lie ☺️ 110
Reposted by Millie BrigaudShayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Following an update to Grok, which according to Elon Musk aimed to stop it from "parroting legacy media" and politically correct views, Grok called itself "MechaHitler", praised Hitler for stopping anti-white hatred, complained about "Jewish surnames", and posted about sexually assaulting a user. 20339141
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 29/06/2025An average of 37 phones were stolen a day in the West End last year. As London’s phone theft epidemic soars to record levels, I got a hold of neighbourhood-level data to reveal the hotspots. (More coming soon on the hoops I had to jump through for this data!) www.thetimes.com/article/8a2d...thetimes.comLondon mobile phone thefts hit a record highMet Police data reveals that 37 people a day, on average, have their phone snatched in the West End — but the true figure may be higher as crimes go unreported 000
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Three quarters of UK voters *don’t* want Reform in power, but because of the first-past-the-post system, they’re projected to win 42% of seats in the House of Commons. Interesting column by @willhaycardiff.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comHere is the single thing Labour can do to see off Reform and make British politics work | Will HaywardFarage’s party could win 42% of Commons seats with only 26% of the vote. That’s not the way civilised countries do democracy, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward 2219
Reposted by Millie Brigaudemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14/06/2025For those at No Kings protests today, @gelliottmorris.com is trying to get counts of protestors. Help out if you have the information. 821789
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Someone shared this footage from the No Kings protest in Princeton with me 151
Reposted by Millie Brigaud404 Media @404media.co · 30/04/2025‘TheTrillionDollarDinner.Gov’ Registered Around Time of Trump’s Pay-to-Play Memecoin Dinner Announcement 🔗 www.404media.co/thetrilliond...404media.co‘TheTrillionDollarDinner.Gov’ Registered Around Time of Trump’s Pay-to-Play Memecoin Dinner AnnouncementOther official government domains included DinnerForAmerica.gov and TheTrillion.Gov, and signal that there may have been plans to incorporate official government internet infrastructure with the meme ... 712735
Millie Brigaud @milliebrigaud.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Cycling down Jamaica Rd with no cars yesterday was pure bliss until I hit the race aftermath 🙈 000