I had the dubious honour of bearing the Stephen Miller bubble aloft!

No Kings protests across the world: in pictures Global protests against Donald Trump took place on Saturday as millions of people vented fury over what they see as his authoritarian bent and cruel, law-trampling governance. It is the third time in ...

Nice pic in @theguardian.com of @demsabroaduk.bsky.social's No Tyrants demo on March 28 in #London.
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Goldsmiths Media Communications and Cultural Studies on Instagram: "We renamed our lecture theatre in honour of @shireenabuakleh. Report by @aljazeeraenglish. #justiceforshireen #journalismisnotacrime... 26 likes, 2 comments - mediacomgold on March 28, 2026: "We renamed our lecture theatre in honour of @shireenabuakleh. Report by @aljazeeraenglish. #justiceforshireen #journalismisnotacrime".

@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social renamed our lecture theatre in honour of Shireen Abu Akleh. Here's the report by @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social . #justiceforshireen #journalismisnotacrime
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@demsabroad.bsky.social @demsabroaduk.bsky.social's No Tyrants march was part of the 'No Kings' day protests in the #US & March 28 @togetheralliance.bsky.social rally against the far-right in #London. Lots of eyes on papier mache Trump, Melania, Vance, Musk, Stephen Miller, Pam Bondi & Kristi Noem

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@demsabroad.bsky.social @demsabroaduk.bsky.social No Tyrants march, as part of the March 28 Together Alliance rally against the far-right in #London. The papier mache bubbles of Trump, Melania, Vance, Elon Musk, Stephen Miller, Pam Bondi & Kristi Noem were much photographed

@democratsabroad.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @democratsabroaduk.bsky.social No Tyrants march, as part of the March 28 Together Alliance rally against far-right

@henkvaness.bsky.social : chatbots are trained to agree with you. They are optimized, through millions of reinforcement cycles, to give you what you want. If you tell ChatGPT you're a traffic cop & ask what is wrong with a toilet paper ad, it'll find a traffic violation in the toilet paper.

Poisoned Trekkers and Phantom Flights: Nepal Charges 32 in Massive Himalayan Rescue Scam A sprawling criminal network of trekking agencies, hospitals, and helicopter pilots allegedly fed tourists baking soda to induce illness, siphoning nearly $20 million in fraudulent insurance payouts.

Great reporting by @occrp.org : #Nepal takes action on trekking agencies' fraud scheme of forced emergency helicopter evacuations. www.occrp.org/en/news/pois...

@tbij.bsky.social :Reform has bagged the most donations of any party in the past year, with most of its cash coming from cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne. He’s donated £12m to the party since August – but he lives in Thailand and the new cap restricts Brits overseas to £100,000 annually

@tbij.bsky.social : The day after we published our investigation, several Danny Bones-themed crypto coins appeared on a platform that isn’t authorised in the UK. They were promoted on X, with one ad trying to rally supporters by saying: “Fck the mainstream media.”

Two court rulings in two parts of the US could change the world | Rashmee Roshan Lall Can two court rulings in two different parts of the United States change the world? Yes, according to the International Intrigue newsletter, which offers one of the sharpest takes on this week’s rulin...

For the 1st time, a court has taken Big Tech to task for algorithm rather than user-generated content & for protecting profit rather than the public. In a way, the rulings answer a key question: Why #tech company bosses stop their children from going on social media? www.rashmee.com/two-court-ru...

Two court rulings in two parts of the US could change the world | Rashmee Roshan Lall Can two court rulings in two different parts of the United States change the world? Yes, according to the International Intrigue newsletter, which offers one of the sharpest takes on this week’s rulin...

Two court rulings in two parts of the #US could change the world www.rashmee.com/two-court-ru...

A millennial runs for mayor and uses social media to campaign. Heard that one before? @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social #journalism student Masbal Cali reports from a corner of southeast #London
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The Apprentice contestant launches bid to be Lewisham’s ‘TikTok mayor’ BA Journalism student Masbal Cali reports

A millennial runs for mayor and uses social media to campaign. Heard that one before? @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social #journalism student Masbal Cali reports from a corner of southeast #London
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Can a rapper save Nepal? A royal massacre, a deadly quake and student protests have left a country in crisis

As Balen Shah, a 35-year-old former rapper, becomes #Nepal's prime minister, here's crucial context on a country that has undergone a great deal since the turn of the millennium, not least a #royal massacre & an earthquake. via @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/rashmee-rosh...

🌍 Duelling demands: the US vs Iran Plus: Would you watch this on TV?

Per @internationalintrigue.io : "top the comedy of #Sarkozy insisting in his memoir, 'I am not someone who likes to complain', before then immediately lamenting the prison’s 'limp, damp baguette offered each day at lunch'.” archives.internationalintrigue.io/p/red-5aba?u...

Against the Smartphone Theory of Everything The phones are not the only problem

Spot on @dkthomp.bsky.social : The #smartphone is not a cigarette. It isn’t a toxin we can isolate, test, ban. It's an information-delivery system, a relentless IV drip of news, outrage, friendship, conspiracy whose effect depends on what’s in the drip open.substack.com/pub/theargum...

Alastair Campbell's diary: My late friend’s final message: Never work for the Daily Mail After saying goodbye to old mates, I’ve got a new philosophy: Stay young, no matter how old you are

Fascinating stats from @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @thenewworldmag.bsky.social from recent #Uefa conference: more than 5bn watched the last #Euros; among 18-34-year-olds, only 19% would watch a whole game at home; only 1% watch without doing something else www.thenewworld.co.uk/alastair-cam...

2/2 "They have aroused no interest in the archaeologist, the artist or the diamond merchant. No palace, statue or jewel; no dyke, rampart or tomb was ever built from them. They are neither useful nor famous.”

Roger Caillois's dreams of stone A Paris exhibition provides a rare window onto one of France's most original authors

Very struck by this fragment quoted by @henriastier.bsky.social Astier from the work of Roger Caillois, one of #France’s highly original thinkers: “I speak of stones that have always lain outside, or that sleep in their beds, in the darkness of the seam. 1/2 open.substack.com/pub/henriast...

@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social #journalism student Mahad Yaqub on how a local authority in east #London is working on a smart #AI policy thegoldstandard1.substack.com/p/ai-frees-s...

@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social #journalism student Joseph Mason reports on the gaps that opened up at a south #London council meeting over the state of the roads thegoldstandard1.substack.com/p/potholes-t...

As #Denmark votes today, Meik Wiking, of its Happiness Research Institute, writes about its instinct for lykke (pronounced loo-kah). #thisweekthosebooks thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/happy-denm...

2/2 "And yet, watching the Trump administration rip up even the pretense of caring about liberal internationalism is a reminder that sometimes virtue signaling and hypocrisy are a preferable equilibrium”

Missing liberal hypocrisy A verdict on the week — plus the week's top stories.

@jerusalem.bsky.social’ piece is searing in its honesty: “as an Eritrean-Ethiopian immigrant growing up in the Bush era, anger about US hypocrisy over international ‘norms’ & ‘human rights’ & ‘democracy’ is etched into my heart. 1/2
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Yes, exactly, #journalism is greatly affected

When we talk about just transitions for industries impacted by the ever-changing global economy, we should consider the world of journalism.
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#tehran #toi #iran #llms | Sujit John | 46 comments This article on my visit to #Tehran in November, which appeared in #TOI on Thursday, was met with almost disbelief, many described it as a “huge eye-opener”. I went without any great expectations, but...

This @timesofindianews.bsky.social article by my colleague Sujit John, who visited #Iran 5 months ago, needs to be read by everyone to understand that binary good vs evil narrative of #western #media is doing harm
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Happy Denmark casts an anxious vote A handbook. The crime bestseller that brought Greenland centrestage. And ‘lykke’

I just published Happy Denmark casts an anxious vote medium.com/this-week-th...