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Caspar Henderson @casparhenderson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Nation hands it memories to megalomaniacal billionaire. Harvesting souls of the unborn inked as next major growth opportunity www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Oxford lets OpenAI train its AI models on Bodleian Library

University staff voice concerns over reputational risk of partnering with company behind ChatGPT

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The Writers' Practice @writerspractice.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

'An artificial intelligence "kill switch" which can be checked by a third party may need to be mandatory for companies, a co-founder of one of the world's largest AI firms has told the BBC.'

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The Writers' Practice @writerspractice.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Why did councillors vote for the developers?

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The Writers' Practice @writerspractice.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

'Communities secretary #AngelaRayner's go-ahead last month for a data centre could be the first of many decisions she will make at the heart of an #AI-minded government. How handy for Northpoint to have asmsenior adviser since May Sam Tarry partner of Angela Rayner..' @privateeyenews.bsky.social

Private Magazine Angela Rayner AI-minded government

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The Writers' Practice @writerspractice.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Improving the country. Ban AI from politics.

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The Writers' Practice @writerspractice.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

How does this compare with those graphs about which professions are most / least trusted by the public?

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The Writers' Practice @writerspractice.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Letter back from my MP re Third Runway. (Sigh) 'The Government believes Heathrow expansion could bring wider benefits, including investment, international connections and over £40 billion to the UK economy. I believe these potential benefits must be weighed against the concerns you have raised.

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The Writers' Practice @writerspractice.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Ultimate Picture Palace’s future could be secured by the same man who can also block it…’ Why is @orieloxford.bsky.social refusing to extend the lease on local indie cinema thereby guaranteeing its future? (Answers on a postcard) www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2650404...

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College boss's dual role amid uncertain future of cinema

The Ultimate Picture Palace's future could be secured by the same man who can also block it.

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Lyndsey Stonebridge @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Laurie Herring was my son's best friend, and my friend too. "Nobody has the right to obey!" Laurie quoted Arendt on his last ever insta post. Charles Foster's searing @thetls.bsky.social review of Andy Herring's account of his son's death explains why that matters. www.the-tls.com/politics-soc...

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A matter of life and death

In October 2019, Andrew Herring’s seventeen-year-old son, Laurie, a boy prodigy, tried to take his own life. It came out of the blue. Just forty hours earlier, he had scolded his father for putting sa...

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The Writers' Practice @writerspractice.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

We need a better system of local government that recognises the work councillors do and, yes, that they need to be professionalised; paid and trained.

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The Writers' Practice @writerspractice.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Can @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social cancel the fourth runway and find funding to building protected cycling infrastructure across the UK? #NetZero #Climateemergency

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The Writers' Practice @writerspractice.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Yup. He could have nationalised water and said no to Rosebank by now.

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The Writers' Practice @writerspractice.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Who is the Education Secretary? Oh yes Lucy Powell.

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Just 20 of 6,600 staff at England's environment department working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires - Nation ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of #climatecrisis including water shortages and heatwaves @guyshrubsole.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Just 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires

Exclusive: England ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwaves

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The Writers' Practice @writerspractice.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Until the 70s Oxford had municipal restaurants in the town hall to provide 'community feeding', set up by the Ministry of Food. I think about this a lot.

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Paul Behrens @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"We, the undersigned, urge the Prime Minister to convene a live, televised emergency briefing, delivered by independent experts." We've an open letter in the FT today calling on Andy Burnham to hold a national emergency briefing on climate and nature.

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The Writers' Practice @writerspractice.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Aren't there laws against this? Are we waiting on whistleblowers?

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The Writers' Practice @writerspractice.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Went to the post office. Postmaster laughing embarrassedly, looking down at his iPhone. ‘Everyone okay?’ I say. ‘This morning ChatGPT asked me a question about an Arabic word I used. This afternoon he is speaking to me in Arabic, in my Egyptian accent.’ ‘Maybe it’s time to delete your App,’ I say.

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