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Guessing the Clare Craig who submitted this Restore-favoured petition is the same Clare Craig Covid minimiser that @karambales.bsky.social + @nafeez.bsky.social mention in @bylinetimes.bsky.social Oct 2021? Inside the Radicalised Anti-Vaxxer Network ‘Influencing’ Government Vaccine Advisory Panel

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Inside the Radicalised Anti-Vaxxer Network ‘Influencing’ Government Vaccine Advisory Panel

As Covid lobbying groups combine to oppose child vaccination, Nafeez Ahmed and Karam Bales investigate how conspiracy theories and pseudoscience disfigure public debate

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There we have it. Reform officially ditches its pledge - or rather, its 2024 "contract" with voters - to back proportional representation. A clear breach of contract... Via Politico:

In other Reform news: Second-in-command Richard Tice finally admitted that now the voting system Farage has long railed against could help him win a general election, the party no longer wants to scrap it. Farage used to want first-past-the-post replaced with a form of proportional representation.

Here’s the line: “In order to rescue the country from the gravity of the chaos that we face, actually a proper majority is needed from a right of center, conviction-led Reform government,” Tice told Times Radio this morning. Asked whether that meant Reform no longer wants electoral reform, he said: “Yes, because the crisis is so great.”

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Thank you for the shout out Tim!

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Tim Goodacre - Writer @timgoodacre.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Current reading: @nafeez.bsky.social's "Alt Reich". This is a rich deep-dive into the multinational UK/US/Europe network of far-right personas and organizations that have been working to destroy democracy around the world. This is scary stuff, and necessary reading to understand today's back story.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🚨 The Pentagon is "increasing [nuclear] options available to the President," per classified briefing to Congress:

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Trump’s Finger Gets Closer to Nuclear Button

Not that Congress cares

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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I do wonder what some politicians are scared of ….

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

📌 ICYMI — UN Acknowledges ‘Conflicts’ of Interest After Byline Times Exposes AI Panel’s Ties to OpenAI and Anthropic Funders — @nafeez.bsky.social The supposedly independent panel has close ties to donors who financed the AI giants they have assessed, a Byline Times investigation has found

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UN Acknowledges ‘Conflicts’ of Interest After Byline Times Exposes AI Panel’s Ties to OpenAI and Anthropic Funders

The supposedly independent panel has close ties to donors who financed the AI giants they have assessed, a Byline Times investigation has found

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Even the Telegraph describes "Tommo" as a "far-right activist." Not so the BBC - which has a track record of sending its own reporters to harass people trying to cross the channel.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's Rupert Lowe MP's payments from X Corp over the past year. This man is making serious cash from Musk's platform. Payments surged over the summer, during UK 'unrest', and when Musk was frantically re-sharing Lowe's posts... Bleak, lucrative work if you can get it.

Line chart plotting 21 payments from X Corp to Rupert Lowe MP, as declared in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. The x-axis runs from 3 September 2025 to 16 September 2026; the y-axis shows the value of each fortnightly payment in pounds, from zero to £12,000.

Payments run between roughly £1,100 and £2,200 through late 2025, rise gradually through spring 2026 to around £3,000–£3,800, then jump sharply to £11,724.97 on 10 June 2026 and £10,265.50 in July. From there they fall in five consecutive steps — £4,412.76, £3,126.35, £2,885.36, £2,542.04 — to £2,413.89 on 16 September 2026, a fall of 79% from the June peak.

Two things worth carrying with the graphic whichever version you use.

The July point is marked with an asterisk because the register gives its received date as 7 August 2026 while recording it as registered on 15 July. Plotted it at the likelier 7 July.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🟡 Print Edition Beyond Spectators: Following the American Money that Funded the Hate Against Jason Arday By @nafeez.bsky.social How a well-connected think tank has helped bring culture wars to the UK. Nafeez Ahmed and Suha Kidwai report

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Beyond Spectators: Following the American Money that Funded the Hate Against Jason Arday

How a well-connected think tank has helped bring culture wars to the UK. Nafeez Ahmed and Suha Kidwai report

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

An apocalyptic worldview – blending racial hierarchy, genetic “optimisation” and even climate-driven population culling – circulated inside the elite, founder-linked networks shaping Silicon Valley (and the AI industry) today. @nafeez.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/h...

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How Epstein Channelled Race Science and 'Climate Culling' Into Silicon Valley’s AI Elite

The Epstein files expose how racial hierarchy, genetic “optimisation” and even climate-driven population culling circulated inside Big Tech circles

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I would like to know more about support from Stock and Orr, please do drop me a note on this nafeez@bylinetimes.com

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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

FINALLY there’s reporting on this! It only took literally years. But while @nafeez.bsky.social’s exposé is a good start, there’s a whole lot more, including the fascist bookshop in London, Power’s overt neo-Nazi affiliations in recent years, and support by philosophers like Stock and James Oor

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Masked thugs have put lives directly at risk here. Beyond shameful.

RNLI suspends services in Portsmouth over anti-migrant protests". The standfirst beneath reads: "Volunteers were abused physically and online since bringing 120 migrants ashore earlier this month". Below are buttons showing 4,076 comments. The article's lead photo, taken from above, shows an orange and navy RNLI all-weather lifeboat moored alongside a floating pontoon. A large group of people is gathered on the lifeboat's deck wrapped in foil for warmth

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If there's a single graph you need to see to understand the AI extinction debate, it's this. To survive, frontier AI giants need to burn $10 trillion (a tenth of world GDP) over nxt 5 years. But they will only earn $3 trillion - a financial blackhole of $7 trillion. Who is going to go extinct?

Anthropic, OpenAI and Google DeepMind will need $10 trillion over next 5 years, but will earn only about $3 trillion.

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Matt Gallagher @mattmgallagher.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A much needed dose of sanity from @nafeez.bsky.social, while the majority of the press credulously platforms AI executives and launders their talking points.

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

EXCLUSIVE: AI giants warn their tech could kill us all. Their proposed safety rules could help kill off cheaper competition. Our @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation exposes unproven runaway claims and a looming financial blackhole worth 10% of world GDP 1/20 bylinetimes.com/2026/09/15/b...

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Behind the AI ‘Extinction’ Power Bid: Soaring Costs Could Hit 10% of World GDP

AI firms are invoking unproven extinction warnings to justify restrictions on developments by their smaller rivals whilst seeking greater influence over regulation

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

EXCLUSIVE: Epstein didn’t just prey on children. He helped bankroll and embed a worldview of race science, climate “culling” and eugenics inside Silicon Valley’s elite AI networks. Tonight we publish the final part of my @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/h...

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How Epstein Channelled Race Science and 'Climate Culling' Into Silicon Valley’s AI Elite

The Epstein files expose how racial hierarchy, genetic “optimisation” and even climate-driven population culling circulated inside Big Tech circles

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🟡 From This Month’s Magazine Playing With Fire From wildfires in the UK to Middle East wars – the fossil fuel age is burning itself alive. We know exactly where this is headed, writes @nafeez.bsky.social

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Playing With Fire

From wildfires in the UK to Middle East wars – the fossil fuel age is burning itself alive. We know exactly where this is headed, writes @nafeez.bsky.social

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026

Did you all read the part that just 3 of these companies need to raise the equivalent of 10% of the world's GDP in capital over the next 5 years?

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

8/ Follow the money. @nafeez.bsky.social estimates OpenAI, Anthropic & Alphabet could face a $10.7 trillion research-computing bill through 2030. Read his exceptional Byline Times investigation: bylinetimes.com/2026/09/15/b...

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Behind the AI ‘Extinction’ Power Bid: Soaring Costs Could Hit 10% of World GDP

AI firms are invoking unproven extinction warnings to justify restrictions on developments by their smaller rivals whilst seeking greater influence over regulation

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Andrea Reyes E (she/her) @altibel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Grand claims require verifiable + transparent evidence; "trust me bro they are capable engineers" is not it. "The agents were capable engineers, conducting experiments, reviewing literature and writing clean code, but struggled with research judgement, creativity and knowing when to change course."

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Michael Havard @michaelhavard.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Important read. As I've posted elsewhere, I found it hard to hear most news reports & journalists in this subject over the sound of them felating the middle aged white men who worked out they might just lose "market share".

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Neil Henty @neilhenty.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tech Billionaire: Yeah, so our Ai could kill us all and we don’t know whether we’ll be able stop it. So… The People: So, you’ll stop building it, empowering it. Right? TB: Huh? The People: You’ll stop heading down that route, right? Won’t you? TB: I don’t understand what you’re saying?

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Timothy Babulski, PhD @tokenintellect.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

@timnitgebru.blacksky.app is certainly correct. AI doomerism is interlinked with the present fascism. 20th century facism emerged from perception liberalism had failed. 21st century facism is rooted in nihilistic belief liberalism must fail + essentialism (biological, cultural, genetic/eugenics)

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thanks for reading Steve and for sharing

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Moa Johansson @moajohansson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Nån svensk media som vill vara först med en mer nyanserad bild som denna?

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Simon Hedges @simonhedges.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Leading #AI companies are invoking unproven extinction warnings to justify measures that could protect their market position and expand their influence on industry oversight a Byline Times investigation argues See this article by Alt Reich author @nafeez.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/09/15/b...

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Behind the AI ‘Extinction’ Power Bid: Soaring Costs Could Hit 10% of World GDP

AI firms are invoking unproven extinction warnings to justify restrictions on developments by their smaller rivals whilst seeking greater influence over regulation

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

20/20 The public deserves enforceable AI safeguards and oversight able to challenge the industry. Unproven extinction forecasts should never become a blank cheque for corporate power. Read and share the full investigation. bylinetimes.com/2026/09/15/b...

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Behind the AI ‘Extinction’ Power Bid: Soaring Costs Could Hit 10% of World GDP

AI firms are invoking unproven extinction warnings to justify restrictions on developments by their smaller rivals whilst seeking greater influence over regulation

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

19/20 People warning of extinction may believe every word. Earnest belief cannot substitute for evidence or remove the need to scrutinise commercial interests. Taking AI risks seriously means holding the people building and deploying these systems accountable.

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

18/20 The worldview explains a lot. @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and @xriskology.bsky.social argue that influential visions of superintelligence have roots in eugenics. Their work challenges the assumption that building it should be humanity’s shared goal.

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

17/20 The danger is a safety regime that entrenches the companies already dominating AI. Rules that raise rivals’ costs, restrict cheaper competition and reassure investors could amount to a political bailout. Public safety requires scrutiny of who benefits.

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

16/20 Former UN AI lead Daanish Masood told us safety rules should address actual risks. They should not make “size and proximity to government the price of participation in the industry”. That is the test these proposals must face.

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

15/20 A separate METR report disclosed that at least six staff and collaborators had close personal relationships with AI-company staff. It takes no cash funding from AI firms, but receives in-kind use of their systems.

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

14/20 METR also disclosed that preserving companies’ willingness to allow future investigations affected its drafting, editing and redaction decisions. It stands by its conclusions. But the limits on independence are there in its own report.

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

13/20 Amodei wants embedded evaluators such as METR to oversee AI safety. In METR’s Hugging Face investigation, OpenAI could redact any non-public information. It also gave feedback that deeply shaped the report.

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

12/20 The warning signs predated the July breach. OpenAI’s report records agents communicating and gaining unauthorised internet access in May. An internal team had observed this by late May. They did nothing, but allowed testing to continue.

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

11/20 Then there is the oft-cited “rogue AI” attack on Hugging Face. Cambridge University AI researcher Eryk Salvaggio said the systems had been pushed by humans to find weaknesses in computer security, including on tasks with no valid solution: “That is not rogue AI, it’s human decision-making”.

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

10/20 AI helping build AI is real. The leap to an accelerating, self-sustaining cycle that escapes human control remains unproven by these studies. None of these experiments establishes a measured probability of human extinction.

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

9/20 Anthropic’s agents beat human researchers on a chosen task. But when one promising idea was tried in its main training system, the benefit was too small to distinguish from normal variation between runs. Read beyond the headlines.

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

8/20 Model Evaluation & Threat Research (METR) gave AI agents up to five days and $10,000 to improve optimised training software. The newest systems made it about 1%–1.5% faster. Useful savings. No intelligence explosion demonstrated.

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

7/20 Weco’s AI produced seven improved versions of a research programme in eight unattended days. But using an improved version to run the next round hit the same ceiling as the original. Its apparent speed advantage was statistically uncertain.

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