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"Technology is not the problem - you are!"
In which I explain the book's title at the @TechintProblem launch event at the British Library.
Full highlights video at vimeo.com/980902379
In which I explain the book's title at the @TechintProblem launch event at the British Library.
Full highlights video at vimeo.com/980902379
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108 years ago, an Austrian camp surgeon, believing an Italian prisoner wouldn’t last the end of the war, helped him escape. His wife waited along the road, and gave Carlo Valdrighi, my grandfather, her jewellery to find his way home.
I will remember him. And him. And her. 🌺
I will remember him. And him. And her. 🌺
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Frankly disappointed that no implausibly attractive spies have shown any interest in learning my extensive AI secrets…
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Decided to get the bus instead of driving but now I’m going to be late so I guess next time I’ll have to drive 🤷🏼
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The Israeli Philharmonic are artists. Jewish and Arab alike.
You psychopaths are targeting artists. You’re afraid of artists.
You psychopaths are targeting artists. You’re afraid of artists.
The IPO is not an apolitical cultural institution, nor is this event. It is part of a propaganda campaign that uses music to distract from the horrific realities of Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians and brutal apartheid regime across their historic homeland. 2/5
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Review of 'Sex, Lies and Statistics' in Royal Statistical Society journal @signmagazine by @TimandraHarknes
'Whatever your views on specific issues, anyone who values the role of statistics in public policy should take seriously Sullivan’s account, and her suggested lessons for a better way forward: “Tell it like it is; … Embrace criticism; … Abandon tribalism; … Tolerance is a virtue; …Everyone counts.”'
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'Whatever your views on specific issues, anyone who values the role of statistics in public policy should take seriously Sullivan’s account, and her suggested lessons for a better way forward: “Tell it like it is; … Embrace criticism; … Abandon tribalism; … Tolerance is a virtue; …Everyone counts.”'
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Author Lee Child expresses his frustration with UK publishers reluctance to support Israeli authors.
“If you’ve got a government that’s doing something wrong, you need to ally with the internal opposition.”
“If you’ve got a government that’s doing something wrong, you need to ally with the internal opposition.”
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I find @LukeTryl is always worth listening to:
Here's @LukeTryl at #BattleFest 2026 explaining why, despite a strong conference season and polling giving the two main parties a renewed sense of momentum, the underlying political landscape remains unchanged.
The feeling that Britain is broken - and the conditions fuelling the s - remain firmly in place.
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This turned out to be more mysterious than I expected.
Me for @unherd on the latest Facial Recognition Technology news
Me for @unherd on the latest Facial Recognition Technology news
The Home Office is planning to roll out new facial recognition technology, supposedly to assist law enforcement.
But the implications for civil liberties are worrying, writes @TimandraHarknes 👇 buff.ly/2ltJdMW
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Ministers are expanding surveillance while keeping the public in the dark.
@TimandraHarknes 👇 buff.ly/2ltJdMW
@TimandraHarknes 👇 buff.ly/2ltJdMW
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This turned out to be more mysterious than I expected.
Me for @unherd on the latest Facial Recognition Technology news
Me for @unherd on the latest Facial Recognition Technology news
The Home Office is planning to roll out new facial recognition technology, supposedly to assist law enforcement.
But the implications for civil liberties are worrying, writes @TimandraHarknes 👇 buff.ly/2ltJdMW
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He was at his best a “conduit for the lives of others,” and his unique skill was to “use paintings, drawings, photographs to drill holes in time, to make channels to the future as much as to the past.”
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First hectic week of giving talks comes to an end.
Key takeaways:
1 - AI affects very diverse aspects of society - fundraising, business, science, mathematics, culture - with so many common themes.
2 - wearing Smart Business Attire makes me really appreciate pockets
3 - apparently I need a karaoke song
Key takeaways:
1 - AI affects very diverse aspects of society - fundraising, business, science, mathematics, culture - with so many common themes.
2 - wearing Smart Business Attire makes me really appreciate pockets
3 - apparently I need a karaoke song
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Suggestions for karaoke song welcomed.
(I can hold a tune but don’t want to lose my voice by emulating Joe Cocker. Yes that has happened before)
(I can hold a tune but don’t want to lose my voice by emulating Joe Cocker. Yes that has happened before)
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Local buskers Princess and David Fisher playing in the protest against the Birmingham busking ban
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We welcome this verdict. No one should be above scrutiny or accountability, irrespective of their mental health. Using suicide risk as grounds to secure an injunction would have created yet another loophole through which the rich and powerful can suppress legitimate reporting.
A famous man has lost his bid for a High Court injunction against two media organisations to prevent the publication of allegations against him but cannot yet be named subject to any appeal, a judge has ruled.
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Patrick Stewart. Turned up so early and so unobtrusively to be a star in the reasonably priced car, we mistook him for a delivery driver and asked him to go round the back. Took his hat off and said, “But I’m the captain of the Enterprise”. Fucking nice guy.
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