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Paul Marks

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Award-winning journalist writing on technology, aviation & spaceflight ✍🏻 New Scientist, Economist, BBC Future, Aerospace America, ACM News, Guardian🎙️📺 BBCR4, NPR, Discovery, Richard&Judy, OneShow. authory.com/PaulMarks

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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
My latest at Aerospace America: how moon rock can be converted into breathable air, and more. aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/departments/...
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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
How we could miss spotting an incoming killer asteroid: space images are being increasingly fogged by megaconstellation satellite trails.
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The YouGov poll of Labour members is quite interesting. Members mood is quite different than the febrile reporting from inside Westminster. Surprisingly good for Starmer, Reeves and the project. No open revolt, no burn it all down yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Just goes to show, gameplay is independent of snazzy graphics and audio ... Eye Spy, anyone?
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The White House is completely silent as BBC confirms a consistent pattern of massive financial spikes occurring just minutes before Donald Trump makes market moving announcements. The administration is facing severe allegations of illegally profiteering off inside knowledge.
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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Remember those micrometeorite impact flashes the #NASA #ArtemisII crew saw on the lunar near-side last week? They won't be good for lunar habs ... but it's AI to the rescue. aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/this-ai-pred...
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
This very straight news piece buried deep within the FT never uses words like corruption or insider dealing but every detail is quietly devastating. Why is the FT virtually alone in the UK media in covering this important story?
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arseblog @arseblog.com · 05/03/2026
The video mentioned in the Ian Wright section of today's Arsecast 👇
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Neil Lewis @neil-lewis.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
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Rod Hilton @rodhilton.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Anthropic: We lost a contract because we refuse to build Skynet. OpenAI: We'll do it
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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Dutch research teams are developing artificial human hearts based on soft robotics technology - which might be biocompatible, have a natural pulsatile heartbeat and even overcome the infection, clotting and rejection risks of today’s metal artificial hearts. My story: cacm.acm.org/news/can-sof...
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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
NASA probe Lunar Trailblazer died after pointing its solar panels 180-degrees away from the sun, an NPR FOIA request reveals. Why sign errors bedevil spaceflight: cacm.acm.org/news/in-spac...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/02/2026
Morgan McSweeney resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff
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Morgan McSweeney resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff
Longtime aide departs after seemingly botched No 10 effort to shore up PM’s position against supposed plotters * UK politics live – latest updates Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff and longtime aide, has resigned after a bitter row about supposed plots to bring down the PM. McSweeney masterminded Starmer’s path to Downing Street less than five years after Jeremy Corbyn’s devastating defeat in the 2019 election. Continue reading...
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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
My latest at Aerospace America: how moon rock can be converted into breathable air, and more. aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/departments/...
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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Obviously. And authors and writers. Every book says "not for storage in a data retrieval system" or somesuch - and deepnet weights are merely thinly-disguised data.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Hope you all are having a blessed Thursday
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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Turing Award laureate Rich Sutton now critiques pure LLMs—echoing @garymarcus.bsky.social . Time to move beyond science fiction and refocus on scientific rigour. #AI #LLM #Neurosymbolic #RichSutton #GaryMarcus garymarcus.substack.com/p/game-over-...
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Game over for pure LLMs. Even Turing Award Winner Rich Sutton has gotten off the bus.
One by one, all the big names have turned around. What should we do next?
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Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Once again, this is not how copyright law works!
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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
The BBC has posted about 50 episodes of its much-missed arts series, Arena, on iPlayer - including this paean to @forduk's most-stolen-car of the 60s, the Ford Cortina. Includes Alexei Sayle on Mastermind - with some terribly tough Cortina questioning. 🥸 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Arena - The Private Life of the Ford Cortina
This programme looks at the history of the Ford Cortina, Britain's most popular, most stolen and most misunderstood car.
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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 02/10/2025
someone check on Gregg’s’ cyber security, we got lucky with M&S
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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Just to be clear: - Paracetamol does not cause autism. - Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK - We do not have a massive free speech problem here. - Britain is not on the verge of civil war. These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.
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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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TRANQUILITY NO MORE: THE LUNAR MODULE HAS LEFT THE BUILDING If I have any kind of church in London it is the Science Museum, where two exhibits in particular always stop me in my geeky tracks. The… |...
TRANQUILITY NO MORE: THE LUNAR MODULE HAS LEFT THE BUILDING If I have any kind of church in London it is the Science Museum, where two exhibits in particular always stop me in my geeky tracks. The fi...
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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Brain food KLAXON ...
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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Brain food KLAXON ...
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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
This is a deeper dive than my brief NewScientist op-ed into the RAeS conference on the dangerous idea of cockpit AI replacing airliner copilots. Kicked into the long grass for now, unions worry the cost-cutting idea will be back.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/05/2025
So long, Elon: the cuts didn’t go to plan, but you completely shredded your reputation | Marina Hyde
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So long, Elon: the cuts didn’t go to plan, but you completely shredded your reputation | Marina Hyde
Judging by Musk’s approval ratings, Tesla investors won’t be the only ones happy to see the dethroning of the king of Doge, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
SuperHeavy and Starship launch ...
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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Another destructive (i.e. no recovery) rocket test imminent: booster and second stage will be ditched in the Gulf of Mexico and Indian Ocean respectively. Two holds so far.
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Alan Boyle @b0yle.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Making America Grounded Again
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SpacePolicyOnline @spacepolicyonline.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Musk’s Possible Role in Meink, Isaacman Nominations Continues to Raise Concerns spacepolicyonline.com/news/musks-p...
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Centre for Society, Technology and Values @uofwaterloo @cstv-uw.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Airlines plan to replace copilots with #AI pilots in future, aiming to reduce costs but perhaps raising unacceptable risks in unusual situations, explains @paulmarks12.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/mg26... #aviation #automation #safety
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Why pilots are worried about plans to replace co-pilots with AI
A cost-cutting initiative in the world of passenger aviation could see flight-deck staff reduced to just a captain, with their co-pilot replaced by AI. It may save money, but it's a risk too far, argu...
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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
@computerweekly.bsky.social has learned of serious security and data protection issues surrounding One Login, the UK government's flagship digital identity system 🧵(1/4) www.computerweekly.com/news/3666225...
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Government faces claims of serious security and data protection problems in One Login digital ID | Computer Weekly
The Government Digital Service (GDS) was warned by the Cabinet Office and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) that its One Login digital identity system had “serious data protection failings” an...
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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
@uk.theconversation.com Your error is still in the story: there is no parachute on the Mars sample return capsule.
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Ben Lamb @bennyfactor.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
pursuing economic policies that were outdated as of 4 months before the declaration of independence was written is really really something isn't it
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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Wrong: there's no parachute on the return capsule. It's coming in too fast, on an interplanetary ballistic trajectory. NASA can only pray the capsule is not breached by space debris, or its (terminal velocity) ground impact - potentially releasing biohazards we cannot combat in our atmosphere.
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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Wrong: there's no parachute on the return capsule. It's coming in too fast, on an interplanetary ballistic trajectory. NASA can only pray the capsule is not breached by space debris, or its (terminal velocity) ground impact - potentially releasing biohazards we cannot combat in our atmosphere.
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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I should also include the footnote index to the above.
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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
If you read the actual letter attached to this Axios report, it doesn't only go after Elon Musk, but it calls Jared Issacman, the nominee for the NASA Administrator position into question as well. Mr. Issacman faces his confirmation hearing this week. Here's an excerpt:
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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Via @axios.com - Exclusive: US House Democrats probe Elon Musk's conflicts of interest with #NASA www.axios.com/2025/04/07/h...
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Exclusive: House Democrats probe Elon Musk's conflicts of interest with NASA
SpaceX is one of NASA's largest private sector contractors.
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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Chronicles of Naania ...
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Satan’s Niece @krissychula.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
This is high art
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Pat Walshe - Privacy Matters 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺 @privacymatters.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
A sign from protests in the US this weekend 👏
A poster from a protest in the US this weekend. The poster is a painting of Trump’s upper body and head. In the middle side of his head is an ocean with the words ‘Gulf of Stupidity’
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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Farewell Gaia! Incredibly successful mission, that has utterly transformed our knowledge of our home galaxy. www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
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Farewell, Gaia: spacecraft operations come to an end
The European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft has been powered down, after more than a decade spent gathering data that are now being used to unravel the secrets
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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Irreproducible results in #critical #infrastructure #cybersecurity research could help attackers sabotage #substations, power plants, water systems, food supplies, manufacturing and oil & gas facilities. cacm.acm.org/news/securit... .
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Security Research Gaps Leave Critical Infrastructure Open to Cyberattack – Communications of the ACM
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests. So, best we share all the footage we can here! This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu. 🇹🇷 #Turkey
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”
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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Failure to scale ....
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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
The irony of the Trump being so anti-immigrant. In fact, the US became wealthy on immigrant inventors. It’s time Europe replicated this. Source: scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e...
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Paul Marks @paulmarks12.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
You couldn't make it up: the DOGEbags are such morons. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
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DOGE Claims Credit for Killing Contracts That Were Already Dead
Elon Musk’s group claimed credit for canceling procurement agreements that had been completed years earlier, the latest in a string of public errors on its site.
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