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Richard Kendall

@richardkendall.bsky.social
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Experienced Product Manager - open to work! > 10 yrs dig product: content/CMS/taxonomies/site builds/AI; 12 yrs local news website editor; linktr.ee/rkendall 👍 music, photography, environment, cricket. 📍Now: Peterborough, UK. Orig: Devon

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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Wise review of the flurry of AI warnings/predictions, general doom, as AI sage Jamie Bartlett points out, all these predictions of 10% chance of this or that for humanity, have no scientific backing with stats, but more importantly, because en masse we are seeing statmements across big tech/govt etc
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Arbiter sounds like it could fill the CrowdTangle void for vital social media listening & monitoring for newsrooms and provide a powerful tool identifying mis- and disinformation 2 years after Meta culled CT, by @andrewdeck.bsky.social / @niemanlab.org www.niemanlab.org/2026/09/two-...
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Two years ago, Meta killed CrowdTangle. Can a new AI tool fill the void?
Arbiter uses large language models and AI agents to help journalists see the next harmful narrative on social media before it peaks.
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Chris Moran @chrismoranuk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I am so pleased we have Daniel Susskind writing for us today about LLMs, parenting and learning (and not just because he mentions my little project PlotLines). It’s essential we have informed, balanced dialogues about GenAI’s strengths and weaknesses www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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I’m a father of three who studies the impact of artificial intelligence: this is what parents need to know about AI
A Dr Seuss-style story written in seconds alerted me to the power – and perils – of the technology. But how can children embrace it without forgetting core skills?
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
We really do miss Douglas Adams #DontPanic
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Zaphod Beeblebrox: 'I'm From A Different Planet'
Alt: CharacterZaphod Beeblebrox: "I'm From A Different Planet" quote
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Book Lady Dolly Parton did more for reading than all the AI companies, scanning and destroying all the books they can get hold of for a few quid, ever will #ImaginationLibrary #FutureOfLiteracy
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Still. The greatest mashup, ever. No discussions taken. youtu.be/E3aDzQCPi44 RIP Dolly
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2 Many DJ's - 9 to 5 / Eple
YouTube video by Matchaburger
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Post a picture that should be an album cover.
View down a jetty to a boat, looking across Rutland Water
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"In the West, so much of what passes for customer service these days is built to prevent contact with a customer altogether. The supermarket self-checkout, the support chatbot... Efficient, technically. But efficient for whom?" @densediscovery.bsky.social: www.densediscovery.com/issues/401
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Dense Discovery #401: Your call is important to us
Read the archived version of Dense Discovery #401: Your call is important to us.
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
*watches a few fleeting minutes of actual rain with genuine wonder and delight*🌧️
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Brutal
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
This free fabulous interactive tool is both fascinating and essential. You can click on any location in the world and see its average weather and how it's changed over time. The data shown is from where I grew up & the heating is obvious. Do share! era-explorer.climate.copernicus.eu?lat=50.86&ln...
Plots showing the temperature rise in Trafford and the yearly temperature range
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 12/06/2026
Your search results are getting sloptimized www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized
How companies are gaming the chatbot internet
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Still vividly remember recreating this in art at school, using chalks, such a striking, memorable and evocative image. Definitely stirred some artistic enthusiasm and interest. Thank you, David Hockney
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Test average 54.06, Kane Williamson, one of the greats🏏.
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
We have got used to our disposable, convenient #plastics culture, encouraging & enabling huge waste, which now feeds huge profit-making industries, but at an increasing cost to the world around us, thebigplasticcount.com > get your MP involved on 1st July: everydayplastic.eaction.org.uk/tbpc-2026-mp
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Big Plastic Count 2026 Results - Invite Your MP to Parliament
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 11/06/2026
An MIT Media Lab study shows the consequences of relying on AI for accurate news news.mit.edu/2026/consequ...
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The consequences of relying on AI for accurate news
Research from the MIT Media Lab found that, over the course of a month, participants who relied on AI systems to verify facts actually got worse at detecting misinformation on their own when their…
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Mo Gawdat, "Unfortunately we have taught AI to manipulate us into outsourcing human connection to the screen" "Instead of fixing it by saying go out and find human connection, we're going to stick you more into the screen, not even to a human but to a simulation of a human - very dangerous"
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Barry Adams 📰 @polemicdigital.com · 27/05/2026
Potential good news for publishers: Google AI Overviews & AI Mode gain preferred sources, plus new perspectives carousel and highly cited labels searchengineland.com/google-ai-ov...
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Google AI Overviews & AI Mode gain preferred sources, plus new perspectives carousel and highly cited labels
Google says these are "new ways to help you find high-quality content and firsthand perspectives."
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
So from here on, do we just do the opposite of everything self-interested Tony Blair suggests... (and go with with actual public opinion)?
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Latest #ClimateQuestion🎧 on the conundrum of where we get critical minerals for green tech to enable moving away from fossil fuels. Many questions, do we dig under ground, deep sea mining, they all have environmental costs & impacts, and need energy themselves🧐 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #climate
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The Climate Question - Should we mine the deep ocean? - BBC Sounds
What is deep‑sea mining? And is it a climate solution or an environmental hazard?
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Great visit to Peterborough Cathedral to see @nhm-london.bsky.social's Titanosaur skeleton
Looking up through titanosaurus skeleton inside Peterborough Cathedral
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Exactly this. Google will increasingly be the gatekeepers of information and knowledge for most of us using the web to search as full AI search answers negate the need to every click on a source... why should they have this power?
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
If only there had been signs or clues to highlight collective slow action on dealing with the increasing change in our climate, environment...🤷‍♂️😤 sadly until significant day to day issues affect large numbers of the public, I doubt any political party will be brave enough to push on with real changes
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
As the inevitable march of AI-driven search continues, like many online advances, it brings improvements, opportunities and threats - a concern, if source websites begin to lose traffic and begin to struggle, scale back or disappear, where will the source content come from for AI-composed results...
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Happy World Bee Day! Lest we forget how important they are... #worldbeeday
A bee checking out some pink and purple flowers
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Interesting/terrifying in equally, on the state of the job market in the age of AI, & the personal data harvest continues at pace ( making me anxious as a job hunter) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... thx but more hope needed pls @karenhao.bsky.social @thomasgermain.bsky.social @nickywoolf.bsky.social
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The Interface - Is AI harvesting your knowledge on the cheap? - BBC Sounds
AI harvesting graduates’ knowledge on the cheap, hantavirus hoaxes online, and spying cars
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Our brain is a muscle. If we stop using it for regular or challenging tasks, we'll start to lose or decrease our abilities and brain power... This shouldn't be a surprise. But think what it might do to young people with still developing brains?
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
AI search results #GEO "Only 1.4% of news articles cited as sources remain permanently in the citation set. Anyone planning their citation strategy around editorial news content is planning wrongly. Evergreen content systematically survives better."
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Money and profits outweigh a sustainable future www.newscientist.com/article/2523...
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98 per cent of meat and dairy sustainability pledges are greenwashing
The food industry has made big promises to reduce emissions and become more sustainable, but a review concludes that many of the pledges are not backed up by evidence
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
"I wish the world was twice as big - and half of it was still unexplored..." Sir David Attenborough 🎂
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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
A recent Science paper suggested doctors are now outstripped at diagnosis patients by AI - but there's more than meets the eye. My latest for @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/393/...
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Dr Anita Sethi 🍃📚 @anitasethi.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This is a very helpful site ahead of tomorrow’s local elections: (Thanks @claire-james.bsky.social) whocanivotefor.co.uk
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Who Can I Vote For?
We build digital tools to support everyone’s participation in UK democracy.
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
English teachers (both primary & secondary), this is for you: UCL's Centre for Climate Change Education has just added new resources for teachers on helping pupils connect with nature via English teaching. They've got loads for other subjects too. Do share! climateeducation.org.uk/professional...
Thumbnails for two modules in primary and secondary English
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Reading is in real, significant decline among us all. Reading > thinking. Short form content > more short form content + very little thinking... What one essential skill, that enables others, should a child leave school with? Reading www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social
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Radical with Amol Rajan - The Reading Recession: Are We Making Ourselves Less Intelligent? (James Marriott) - BBC Sounds
Tracing the historical relationship between reading, intelligence and democracy.
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 15/04/2026
Earlier this year, Lab broke the story that The New York Times, The Guardian, and USA Today Co. had begun limiting the Wayback Machine’s access to their news articles. Now, journalists are pushing for news publishers to lift the restrictions. www.niemanlab.org/2026/04/jour...
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Journalists champion Wayback Machine after news publishers limit article archiving
In January, Hanaa’ Tameez and I broke the story that The New York Times, The Guardian, and USA Today Co. had begun limiting the Wayback Machine’s access to their news articles. Our reporting showed…
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The timer thing falls into a broader category of dumb “gotcha” videos by vert video creators who, for likes, film themselves asking LLMs to do things they aren’t designed for. it’s worked so well they’ve gotten a rise out of Altman, who is actually at fault for miscategorizing his own tech.
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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
as someone who uses amazon bc rural and disability: check if the brand or the amazon seller has a web presence off amazon. They often offer their products at the same price or better on their own website where they don't have to pay amazon's fees, and free shipping at some reasonable price point
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Trump 'very disappointing', says everyone else in fresh attack after pretty much any speech
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Exactly. 2 issues here: Big tech managed, social media algorithms are largely dictating what news many younger people see, and news publisher brands are struggling for loyal, returning readers, creating the new funding/audience retention conundrum, thanks @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
It's only worth going back to the Moon if it makes us look properly again at Earth, and appreciate how beautiful, precious and fragile what we have here is. The most famous images from Apollo aren't about the Moon - they're pictures of Earth. We need to stop taking our home for granted.
NASA's Blue Marble picture of Earth, from 1972
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Appreciate watching programmes on @itvx.com is free, so it's ad-funded, but disappointing to have grown up themed ads to wade through watching Lego Ninjago with my 7 year old on his child profile, then having to explain all the contexts of celebrities and funerals and financial apps... Easter hols
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
NASA's live feed on the Artemis launch is here, and it's just started broadcasting: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_U... I don't anticipate much happening for a while - the launch is currently scheduled for 11:24pm UK time. But keep an eye on the feed and share the link.
NASA logo
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 22/03/2026
"ChatGPT, one of the most widely used models, covered distinctive content in 54% of responses but almost never credited the originating newsroom." www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/chat...
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ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok are all bad at crediting news outlets, but ChatGPT is the worst (at least in this study)
"ChatGPT, one of the most widely used models, covered distinctive content in 54% of responses but almost never credited the originating newsroom."
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Key points - AI as a tool for expanding investigative journalism session: 'we [journalists] have to justify everything we do' to be able to see the process, the decisions - small AI-created projects can work well, but larger ones fraught with pitfalls and a decrease in output value #AIFutureOfNews
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I’m not surprised, but there are levels of depravity one never adjusts to. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h...
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U.S. Considers Withholding H.I.V. Aid Unless Zambia Expands Minerals Access
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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
A reminder to sign up to follow our annual, day-long AI event on Zoom tomorrow. Details on the sessions and speakers below. Click to read, share and subscribe buff.ly/pefdDsB
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You're invited
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
I learned about a brilliant project yesterday to support British Sign Language (BSL) users, creating new signs for scientific terms in chemistry, oceanography, data science & more. And they're fabulously descriptive. Do have a look and share! www.ssc.education.ed.ac.uk/BSL/index.ht...
Screenshot of someone signing "evaporation"
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Why didn't they think this would get noticed? This bubble needs popping surely?
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Richard Kendall @richardkendall.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
So job hunting on #LinkedIn just got more fun. Scam recruiter messaging with seemingly ideal role and higher wage. Luckily I asked questions and waited before taking it any further. This morning, messages and recruiter profile gone....🔍💨 thanks for that glimmer of hope🫠 #IfItsTooGoodToBeTrue
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy. This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis. 44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.
Crude oil prices, showing a very sharp increase in the last day, from around 65 to 101 dollars per barrel..
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