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Simone Hochgreb

@simonehochgreb.bsky.social
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Day job doing experiments with lasers, hydrogen, aerosols @ U Cambridge. Interested in too many other distracting things: energy, economics, the future of humanity. Posts little, reads lots.

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Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 3h
Oh this can just fuck off An AI-'written' complete copy of my own book is now on Amazon; same title, more-or-less the same blurb, and exactly the same impetus. Reviewers of Amazon, I urge you to absolutely dive-bomb this plagiaristic piece of shit: www.amazon.co.uk/FORGOTTEN-VI...
A hollow copy of my book with a shit AI-generated cover
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Simone Hochgreb @simonehochgreb.bsky.social · 19h
Grounds for immediate ejection.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 22h
From the new Private Eye
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Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
GREAT ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE NEWS!!! (Not a typo!) The Indonesian government has cancelled its insane Food and Energy Estates project, which would have deforested a land mass the size of Maryland. Amazing work by @mightyearth.org. A massive victory for the planet. mightyearth.org/article/indo...
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Indonesia Announces End to “World’s Largest Deforestation Project” - Mighty Earth
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Martin Kleppmann @martin.kleppmann.com · 23h
We just announced a big grant we got from @aria-research.bsky.social! We're aiming to use cryptographic protocols to allow mutually untrusting parties and their agents to prove to each other that they are telling the truth martin.kleppmann.com/2026/10/07/c...
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Announcing the Centre for Cryptographic Trust Infrastructure (CCTI) — Martin Kleppmann’s blog
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
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Simone Hochgreb @simonehochgreb.bsky.social · 23h
Wow! a revolution in the making...
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Simone Hochgreb @simonehochgreb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One for the history books!
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Simone Hochgreb @simonehochgreb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Get a stapler!
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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
100% worth reading.
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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’m going to be thinking about this constantly moving forward
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Simone Hochgreb @simonehochgreb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Time to cancel my 40 years’ subscription. Gutter.
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This government has made life dramatically harder for trans children and their families. The human costs are enormous. Cal is not the first parent I know that has made the gut wrenching decision to leave the country. Read this then start fighting for a world where trans kids can live and thrive.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
That the BBC still puts ‘inflated‘ in speech marks tells us things about the state of BBC journalism. Bothsidesism has rotted its soul. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Man City guilty charges: Which clubs did 'inflated' money flow to in transfer market?
BBC Sport follows the trail of transfer money flowing to other clubs during Manchester City's period of financial rule-breaking.
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Simone Hochgreb @simonehochgreb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Want.
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Simone Hochgreb @simonehochgreb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Malta...
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Roger @arbejdsmyren.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In Denmark a scientist plotted data and research findings into Claude, only to see Anthropic publish the findings as something the LLM had conjured up on its own. The theft of one scientist’s data and work translates into false claims about the model’s ability to generate research #ai #eupol
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 01/10/2026
‘Over the course of a century and a half the English effectively erased the old society from the island’s lowlands, founding a Germanic enclave in what had been Celtic land for more than a millennium. How this happened remains obscure.’ Pablo Scheffer on the Britons. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Pablo Scheffer · Frightened Chicks: Britain before the English
Olives didn’t take; the wine wasn’t as good as it was back home. Other industry remained limited. Despite building...
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Simone Hochgreb @simonehochgreb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is really lovely. I wonder if you can tell us what tools you use to turn your imagination into concrete animations?
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Simone Hochgreb @simonehochgreb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hero, again !
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Simone Hochgreb @simonehochgreb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Maybe send Mr Burnham/Healey a free copy?
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Haydon, frightfully @haydonmp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Given the economist editor the other day that blocked me because I got him to admit his whole refugee policy was just racism with extra steps I can see why The Home Office is interested in their coverage nowadays.
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Henry Curr - Economist
Henry Curr currently runs The Economist’s finance & economics, business and science coverage as the acting head of the business affairs department. Henry Curr has led The Economist’s economics coverag...
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...
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US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups
The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.
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Simone Hochgreb @simonehochgreb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh please, make Mackenzie Crook the getaway driver!
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Simone Hochgreb @simonehochgreb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Astoundingly good. Some wowzers that I had not heard. Careful how you pronounce 'cheese', fellow immigrants.
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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is very, very good.
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 28/09/2026
‘What underlies the sense of affront is the assumption that the “people of England” are, as it were, a settled question, that the days of large-scale movements belong to the past, or ought to.’ Ferdinand Mount on immigration and emigration in the English imagination. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Ferdinand Mount · Modest and Misunderstood: Wretched Strangers
In the great immigration panics of today, sympathy is focused on the home team. We are the ones who are being hurt. It...
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Simone Hochgreb @simonehochgreb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
And all bed linen!
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Simone Hochgreb @simonehochgreb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Don't worry. There is school reading, there is bed time reading, and at some point the older one will say that they want to read it for themselves rather than have you read it for them. And soon enough you are trading reading lists...just make sure they have a book on the go in the car (no phone).
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Elon Musk is shutting down the Catholic Bishops in Brazil account on X to help the right-wing win the election there paydayreport.com/x-blocks-acc...
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X Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back Lula
Polls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference.
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mild consideration & curiosity might lead one to think that putting Peter Thiel at the heart of 🇬🇧’s NHS and military logistics might not be prudent…
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The United Kingdom does not have a functioning Office of Communications. Broadcast media in Britain are at this point wholly unregulated.
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 26/09/2026
Social Media Shutdown: Youtube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok Reportedly Rejecting Ads for Four-Hour Long Elon Musk Documentary
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Social Media Shutdown: Youtube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok Reportedly Rejecting Ads for Four-Hour Long Elon Musk Documentary
YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, along with X, have reportedly rejected ads for Alex Gibney's four-hour long look at Musk. The post Social Media Shutdown: Youtube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok Reportedly Rejecting Ads for Four-Hour Long Elon Musk Documentary first appeared on Mediaite.
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Simone Hochgreb @simonehochgreb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wait - but we are told that immigrants taking all our services…is that not true 🤔
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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Ben McKennaaaargh @benmckenna.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you've not noticed it already you're living in the Martin Neimoller poem. Speak out, whatever you are not.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 24/09/2026
lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
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En Buen Ora @enbuenora.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is a fantastic brief essay in how news media & pundits turn upside down who is who is being punished for speaking freely--in the case of Kraft, Macklemore, & Sheeran--when rich elites want things to go one way, but unruly peasant masses refuse to go along. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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Lorna Finlayson | Public Positions
In much of the coverage of the Ed Sheeran-Macklemore debacle, the reality of the incident is turned on its head, as...
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Simone Hochgreb @simonehochgreb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sadly, I know a number of weirdos that do (with water)...
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Simone Hochgreb @simonehochgreb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
er...whey is not plant based.
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John Reed @johnreedwrites.ft.com · 23/09/2026
Yowza! Talk about a revolving door... "Three of Britain’s top corruption prosecutors started working for Alejandro Betancourt, the Venezuelan billionaire who recently signed a major oil deal with Donald Trump." as.ft.com/r/63d4da3b-2...
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Top UK graft prosecutors joined Trump’s Venezuela oil baron during Swiss probe
Alejandro Betancourt was previously wanted by authorities in Switzerland as part of a money-laundering investigation
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Daniel McElroy @danielmcelroy0.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We’re just in a position where the far right are trying to murder people on the streets or at sea and the government have had almost nothing to say about it. It’s all on fucking video you can watch them do it!
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Simone Hochgreb @simonehochgreb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The right emoji is 🤔...
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
BBC report fails to mention "Tommo" slashing a dinghy (!) Not beating the Reform Party propaganda allegations www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Migrants taken to Dover after more than 30 hours at sea
Protesters gathered in Gosport after initial reports the small boat would be brought further west.
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Simone Hochgreb @simonehochgreb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Well selected by a Mr B. 'Groom' !
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Simone Hochgreb @simonehochgreb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Enjoy Reikjavik. I was once stranded there for 24 hours, and it was one of the most interesting memories. Chewing gum is a good substitute for toothpaste, if you can find a machine dispenser. It is however impossible to get any information from airlines these days. My last bad experience was Asiana.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026
huh, this piece nailed the AI bros like a decade ago
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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 22/09/2026
The BBC are such dupes. Always surprised by the wallet inspector. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos to mothball three major chemical sites in Hull
The wholesale price of natural gas has almost doubled in the UK and Europe since July.
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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 22/09/2026
Does the UK do enough to guard against corruption in public life? Here's what @csc-barrington.bsky.social, author of 'Corrupted Kingdom', said at an IfG event last week. Hear the full conversation: 📺🎧https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/does-uk-do-enough-against-corruption-public-life
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