ah the regular reminder that my work password is going to expire and I really wish my employer would read the NCSC guidance on passwords www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/p...

AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots

Incisive essay - my first time hearing about 'reverse centaurs' too www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Report: ICE Using Palantir Tool That Feeds On Medicaid Data ICE is using a Palantir tool that uses Medicaid and other government data to stalk people for arrest. This is exactly the kind of data privacy abuse that EFF has been warning about.

“Palantir is working on a tool for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a “confidence score” on the person’s current address,”

The Guardian have done a great job with this. He was the very best.

‘It never happened – but the picture says it did’: 28 fake images that fooled the world From the pope in a puffer to the Princess of Wales and family, baby Hitler to Mussolini on horseback, people have always manipulated photographs, whether for political power, image control – or just f...

Some fascinating tales in here www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Jeffrey Goldberg and Anne Applebaum discuss the Signal group chat | New Orleans Book Festival YouTube video by The Atlantic

Signal story break down at the beginning of this is obvs fascinating, but conversation 17.30mins onwards on democracy really worth watching. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXkG...

Excellent, hard-hitting piece this about how devastating fentanyl is

‘I don’t feel part of society’: how Covid is still taking its toll five years on The social, educational and financial impact is still making itself felt, especially for those who continue to mourn

Not sure we talk about the lasting impact of Covid enough

BBC World Service to axe 130 jobs in bid to save £6m Cost-saving measures include closing posts in the UK and internationally and roles in BBC Monitoring.

BBC World Service to cut 130 jobs in savings plan
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BBC World Service - Newshour, Rebel forces in Syria say they have ended Assad's rule The Syrian president flees Damascus as Islamist-led rebels enter the city

Well. Quite a programme to work on this Sunday. Proud of our teamwork here - we hear voices on the ground in Damascus, unpack what this means for Middle East, and ask what next for displaced Syrians www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

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