Jane Suiter

The British people appear ahead of their politicians. Watched this last night. Really interesting that the vast majority of the public were anti war and pro Monbiot. Only a handful literally supported the Tory/ Telegraph speakers on pro war stance.

Wealthy Dubai residents race back to UAE to avoid tax bills Some risk spending too few days in the emirate and too many in the UK

Tax exiles stuck in London desperately trying to get *back* to Dubai to avoid becoming tax resident in the UK? Just great stuff. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

She Came Out of the Bathroom Naked, Employee Says Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’...

A Swedish investigation finds very serious questions about Meta data processing from its smart glasses including intimate and financial data ending up in Kenya. This appears to the responsibility of Irish regulators to investigate? www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/met...

She Came Out of the Bathroom Naked, Employee Says Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’...

This is NUTS

“The workers in Kenya say that it feels uncomfortable to go to work. They tell us about deeply private video clips, which appear to come straight out of Western homes, from people who use [smart] glasses in their everyday lives.”

www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/met...

Government's planned LNG terminal slammed as 'fundamentally incompatible' with climate policy Last year, the government approved the Floating Storage and Regassification Unit.

Irish government policy is to make us more reliant on foreign energy like LNG, while paying out tens of billions of euros in fines for failure to meet climate targets.

Moving to renewables is the only way for Ireland to develop its own sustainable, sovereign energy source. #speirgorm

A weekend when a decade happened But Operation Epic Fury is not the only potentially epic news

"Often we spend so much time considering the Great Man theory of history to the detriment of the Big Tech theory of history."

This - from Nick Bryant - is one of the most thoughtful pieces I've read about this weekend's momentous world events. historyneverended.substack.com/p/a-weekend-...

Israel said it launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran, pushing the Middle East into a renewed military confrontation and further dimming hopes for a diplomatic solution to Tehran's long-running nuclear dispute with the West reut.rs/3N9KHGD

New Best of Fact-Checking Map out now! 🌍🧠

EDMO’s interactive map showcases the best fact-checking content from across Europe. See how fact-checkers are tackling misinformation across different countries and issues. 

👉 edmo.eu/publications...

#EDMO #FactChecking #Disinfo #MediaLiteracy

Yep super interesting !

European politicians and mothers should take note

A few weeks of X’s algorithm can make you more right-wing – and it doesn’t wear off quickly Elon Musk’s social media platform is boosting conservative content – and it’s having long-lasting effects on how users see the world.

Latest article from me in The Conversation this morning.

I discuss a new Nature study that finds X's algorithmic feed is politically biased (surprise, surprise!). I explore the idea of social media platforms as faulty infrastructure in need of a fix.

theconversation.com/a-few-weeks-...

“.. a mega, anti-Trump trade alliance ..”

#TheWorldIsMovingOn

@politico.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...

“While Rubio’s tone was politer than the diatribe delivered by US vice-president JD Vance on the same stage the previous year….the substance of the US message was little changed.” So glad to see clear reporting from my colleagues. www.ft.com/content/9463...

a bunch of colorful fireworks are displayed in the night sky Alt: a bunch of colorful fireworks are displayed in the night sky

I just completed my migration to @eurosky.social !
All my data on Bluesky is now hosted in the EU 🇪🇺
There's no visible change for you or for me.
Portability is a magic of the ATmosphere!
May it become a norm of social media.

Google maps telling me to get to Dublin Airport by leaving Dublin airport and walking back an hour and a half to it. #Spéirgorm

Google must have finally incorporated AI into Google Maps. How do I know?
It just told me I needed to leave now to be at Dublin Airport by 13:30 now to catch 9am Citylink that arrives in Dublin Airport at 11am. Then I should take the 11:45 Kells bus to Ballymun and walk back one hour to the airport

Tech firm lobbying amping up
Not only the Irish justice commissioner but far right parties and MEPs www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1916...

Internet platforms must be held accountable for their actions Multiple independent research institutions have recently and repeatedly sounded the alarm that democracy is in retreat worldwide. In the United States, a British academic has painstakingly recorded mo...

Transparency and accountability are at the heart of the EU's regulation of algorithmic feeds. Time for Europe’s leaders to stand firm.

Here's why 👇

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

Kudos to the NYT editor who took “Appears to” out of the lead headline (finally)

Headline should be changed. See for example Another horrifying shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis
economist.com/united-state...
from The Economist

Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived

Gift link - State terror has arrived www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

Tremendously important work...👇

How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @daniel-thilo.bsky.social @kunstjonas.bsky.social et al.

AI swarms are can be used to engineering a "synthetic
consensus" that can manipulate public opinion and perceptions.

In London so watched @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social two nights in a row. It’s essentially a Reform fest. Little balance. Reform MPs on both night. Know Jenrick is news. But what on earth…

It also overlooks that the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 criminalises "depictions" of children (which could include, eg, animation as well as AI-generated images). As such, the offence can be committed without there being a victim to report it.

Child Law expert and former government adviser Professor Conor O'Mahony writes on the criminal offences going unpunished
bsky.app/profile/cono...

EU demands ‘Farage clause’ as part of Brexit reset talks with Britain [FREE TO READ] Brussels wants insurance in the event that Reform UK wins the next election

Fairy nuff

EU demands ‘Farage clause’ as part of Brexit reset talks with Britain - as.ft.com/r/a876ac5a-8...

AI’s Memorization Crisis Large language models don’t “learn”—they copy. And that could change everything for the tech industry.

New research presents the most compelling evidence yet that generative AI directly stores and reproduces material used to train it—a finding that could have massive legal consequences for the tech industry, Alex Reisner reports.

Absolutely academic work calls it phantom publics.

Good decision by Minister . Hope his department and others in government follow