I spoke to Farah Musa, Uber driver of 11 years and organiser for the @adcunion.bsky.social ADCU to find out how AI is reshaping his day’s work. Trip Radar isn’t making it easy, and that’s before we get to driverless cars…
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AI in journalism is having a bit of a moment right now, so where else to start in this first issue of Not a Bot ✔️but with a former AI-assisted reporter at Newsquest.
Here's what it's like for a young reporter “at the forefront of a new era in journalism”.
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You are likely aware that the national minimum wage goes up today💵
But what if you were working on a remote farm having traveled from Uzbekistan for the first time?
Share this flyer to help seasonal workers know their rights on UK farms (RU version in link)
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I have something exciting to share.... eeeeek!
I'm very, very close to launching Not a Bot ✔️ : a newsletter profiling real people, real work, reshaped by AI.
Up first? Meet the AI-assisted reporter
You’ll want to see this 👀
eviebreese.substack.com/about
There will be a substantial subset of people welcoming this who also raged about paying the foreigner price to see the Taj Mahal
Lewisham Green Party has announced the defection of two Labour councillors, Cllr Tauseef Anwar and Cllr Rudi Schmidt, who "join the more than 50 new Green councillors who have defected to the party in the past few months."
The redress schemes for victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal have “serious structural failings”,
Thousands still waiting for compensation.
11500 claimants paid £1.48bn so far from public purse
No contribution from Fujitsu; PO execs, lawyers, accountants, advisers who covered up the scandal.
A very satisfying edit. I also don’t know the height of the London Eye, but then again, I don’t make the rules 🤷♀️
e.g. This woman's story via the @workrights.bsky.social is a truly eye-opening insight into what the government's own immigration advisers call the 'inherent imbalance of power' involved in many sponsored visas.
Full report here by @eviebreese.bsky.social:
www.workrightscentre.org/publications...
This was a heartbreaking interview. Zinhle told me how she begged her partner for an abortion so she could return to work, but he wouldn't let her.
How can the government wash its hands of Zinhle and her tiny baby, having done nothing wrong but be unfortunate enough to trust the wrong people?
I'm looking to speak to an AI-assisted reporter for a story/ project. If this is you or you know someone suitable, please get in touch!
Being interviewed by a journalist is a strange experience - a power dynamic I would recommend every reporter experience for themselves.
Journo pals - please share✨
A car crash indeed
Reform pushes far-right rhetoric, Reform positions itself as the solution to far-right rhetoric (and on and on and on)
Did they learn this tactic in their private schools' debating societies?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Today, Reform put forward a host of policies that would damage UK families & communities.
While their plan for a UK version of ICE is the most shocking, the plan to end ILR could be catastrophic. Thank you @hollybancroft.bsky.social for comprehensive coverage
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
This is entirely correct.
It is *also* true of Labour's earned settlement proposals -which while not as extreme/overtly racist as Reform's, would still have precisely this effect for hundreds of thousands of people
Not too late for government to change course
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Children?
How exciting! 🤞 And to be in such fantastic company!
I applied to the Tenacious Journalist Awards with a pitch for an investigation into Amazon, AI and union busting.
We need to know more about what’s going on in those warehouses and data centres.
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28 per cent of British men think they could beat an eagle in a fight.
Um… That might need verifying
Is there anyone Reform wouldn’t let in? Genuine question
While the Telegraph’s style guide teaches professional journalists how to spell “karaoke”
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
1. These changes will force refugees - people fleeing war, torture, persecution - into a state of permanent precarity for two decades. It is very difficult for people with time-limited leave to secure good work, as most employers look for certainty. Shutting refugees out of good work only... (1/X)
What makes me so sad is that the policy keep emphasising how generous the UK asylum system is (which tbc is not actually true). But my sadness is that - they have seen this "generosity" and gone "none of that please, we need to be UNgenerous."
Who does that? Who decides to be a miser?
The cognitive dissonance between headline ("restore public trust") and 17th paragraph ("The BBC regularly comes out top in UK media trust rankings") is quite something.
Full piece here www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Don’t choose them, they might not deliver their promises.
Choose us and our proven track record of undelivered promises.
This speech from Rachel Reeves is kind of frustrating because it shows that the Government can command the airwaves when it wants
That's something it has almost totally failed to do so far - over challenging racism, boosting the laws it has passed, tackling Reform, rebutting Tory ILR plans, etc etc
Has Farage forgotten that 16 and 17 year olds will be able to vote in the next election? Else he’s written off the Reform youth vote regardless
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
New - how people arriving into the UK on visas become trapped in modern slavery
www.opendemocracy.net/en/migrants-...
Kavin came here to work. He did everything “right”. But the way we design visas contributed to his exploitation @opendemocracy.net
The Sun's 'Save Our Bet' stories and editorials have almost entirely failed to mention that the paper is itself a gambling company – making millions of pounds a year from its Sun Vegas and Sun Bingo arms, and therefore stands to lose out financially by any so-called ‘sin taxes’ on the sector
Very proud to have been able to feed the experiences of our clients at @workrights.bsky.social into this investigation. Brilliant and incredibly necessary reporting from the bureau as ever.