The 2025 Word of the Year is "slop," both as a noun for low-quality AI-generated content and as a combining form for anything of little value. Read the full press release. #WOTY2025 #ADS2026 #LSA2026
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If you search TikTok for Hurricane Melissa videos right now, you'll see a flood of AI-generated and fake videos.
These AI videos include eye of the storm views from above, sharks swimming in floodwaters, huge waves battering towns, destroyed airports, and fake news reports.
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
If Dems win the Supreme Court races in Pennsylvania in 9 days, it’s extremely likely the GOP can’t get a majority on that court until 2029.
The GOP really wants to have this majority during the 2028 presidential race.
Can’t put the stakes any more clearly than that. boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
His ROOMBA that had been sending detailed maps of his house god knows where, and bricking itself when he tried to disable the spyware
INCREDIBLE freaking story
Can we have Things with No Internet please, happy to pay extra
The phrase "thought leader" ought to be banned
New Labour deputy leader Lucy Powell is MP for Manchester Central and former Leader of the House of Commons. She was sacked from her Commons leadership role in a reshuffle that followed Angela Rayner's resignation.
We’re expecting the new Deputy Labour Leader to be announced imminently - live here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
On your 📻 at 7pm with The Newsroom on #bbcworldservice
Putin bombed a kindergarten
All this stuff, aside from being ugly as hell, once more proposes the UK as a country which doesn’t pay its debts. It’s unserious.
We are reporting a MASS HYSTERIA EVENT at Heathrow that closed Terminal 4 for a bit. No-one was hurt.
Hey Gaia! Hope you’re well - did you see my WA? Messaged you about BBC and climate stuff today
Israel claims it has already set back Iran's presumed nuclear programme by at least two years, a day after President Trump warned Tehran has a "maximum" of two weeks to avoid possible American air strikes.
Gideon Saar on Saturday: We already delayed the possibility of a nuclear bomb by 2/3 years
2005 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE IS ON IPLAYER, RUN DON’T WALK
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A busy weekend of news for you to catch up on: Five years since George Floyd’s death; Israel under mounting pressure over the deaths of 9 children in a single family - the mother is a paediatric doctor at the local hospital. And, Trump lashes out against Putin. Tune in
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Builder.ai just went bust. Around half a billion dollars invested from the likes of Microsoft, QIA and Insight Partners wiped out.
Full story here with @alexandraheal.bsky.social. Comes after a run of probing FT stories (led by Alex) on the company and its founder Sachin Duggal
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“Goodwill towards Israel is running out” - BBC’s international editor Jeremy Bowen
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Israeli authorities have temporarily allowed us to deliver limited aid to Gaza after 11 weeks of blockade.
A drop in the ocean. It must reach the civilians who need it so urgently, and we must be allowed to scale up.
We are determined to save as many lives as we can.
I can’t believe there was a time in my life when I didn’t know what jujube tea was
Tried to put on a news podcast from a very established media company - really interesting sounding topic on fast fashion - couldn’t make it through five minutes because of the unbearable amount of vocal fry. Why are people doing so much of this these days? Am I the only one who finds it grating?
Nigel Farage once doubted the name “Reform” but Patrick O'Flynn, former Ukip MEP, advised him to stick with it patrickoflynn.substack.com/p/bite-size-...
Sky News Australia projects Labour and the incumbent PM Anthony Albanese will win the general election
Nigel Farage tells Sky:
"Kemi Badenoch please stay. Please don't resign. We want you to stay on as leader. I'll put some money if you want to keep you there...In many parts of this country if you vote Conservative, you get Labour. The Tories really are a waste of space."
Mike Waltz has left the chat.
My husband is in Vogue! 😍 Proud wife moment www.vogue.com/article/excl...
Right, come on Duffle Coat #grandnational
The video shows that the 15 aid workers in Gaza were wearing medic reflective gear and had emergency lights on, contradicting Israel’s claims. There is nonstop rapid fire heard for over six minutes, as the aid worker recording quietly repeats his dying prayers www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
Four mins until the nyse opening bell…
The News Media Association, News UK and Financial Times are among the signatories to a letter to Keir Starmer saying there should be no change to big tech regulation as part of a trade deal with the US
