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Channel 4 News programme and online journalist. Former AP. Swimmer, runner, cyclist. Swam the Bangla Channel. London Fields
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This is a great use case for generative AI - do give it a read. Also worth noting that it's being used to triage, not do the actual fact-checking. The humans do the proper knowledge work, as should always be the case (via @alic.bsky.social)

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

What's the carbon footprint of using ChatGPT? @hannahritchie.bsky.social answers a #QTWTAI Very Small Compared With Most Of The Other Stuff You Do www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/carbon-foo...

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Monte in his bow tie to celebrate our wedding

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An exclusive poll for the Channel 4 News Special 'Election 2025: The Debate' reveals 'none of the above' as the most popular leader choice with voters. Read more here and watch our debate with politicians and voters in Hull tonight, at 7pm.

submitted 12 days ago • 5 comments

Make streets safer for cycling, you get more cycling. Astonishing stats from the City of London: 🚗⬇️ Motor vehicles down by 34% from 2017 baseline 🚴‍♀️139,000 cycle journeys per day (up from 89,000 just two years ago) 🚲🕗 Massive cycling peaks at commuting times; bikes making up 56% of all traffic

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

Monte contemplating the plants

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Wow! Biggest increase in cycling in the City of London since records began💥 🚲139,000 people cycling a day ⬆️ 50,000 more than 2022 ⬆️Cycling up 70% since 2017 ⬇️Motor traffic down 34% Building cycleways is working! Inspo for @citywestminster.bsky.social next door? 😍 More info: bit.ly/3RzS4FY

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

CPJ has issued a safety advisory for journalists traveling to or entering the US: cpj.org/2025/04/cpj-...

submitted 24 days ago • 9 comments

Volume Up 🔊📢 This is the sound of a Bus Gate working Hackney, London Fields

submitted 26 days ago • 4 comments

Bless them 😢 "Our centres are full of black cats which sadly no one wants to adopt". www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2508220...

submitted 28 days ago • 22 comments

Europeans are cancelling their travel to the United States

submitted 29 days ago • 3 comments

Ever since AI took off, I've been trying to nail down one question: what's the climate impact of this technology? The initial impressions are not good. A new IEA report this week is the gold standard and shows emissions from data centres rising significantly: www.economist.com/science-and-...

submitted 30 days ago • 3 comments

A fantastic talk by @lindseyhilsum.bsky.social on poetry and war at @journalismfestival.com Really worth a watch

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Fascinating thread on AI and climate. Read beyond the first post!

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Fabulous talk with Lindsey Hilsum on poetry and war, at @journalismfestival.com

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OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! MICHELLE AGYEMANG WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!!?? Debut England Goal and an absolute beaut! What a moment! ❤️⚪

submitted 33 days ago • 7 comments

Monte’s attempt at yoga

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.

submitted 35 days ago • 916 comments

As the article (in thread) says, outsize SUVs cost the public purse more in terms of strain on the infrastructure & pollution, and are far more dangerous for pedestrians & cyclists. Yes, we should tax them and their usage heavily. Why on Earth should the rest of us subsidise this obnoxious trend?

submitted 37 days ago • 105 comments

In a _tour de force_ of irony, Land Rover this week announced the Defender Awards, which offers humanitarians and conservationists the chance to win a brand new SUV and £100,000.

submitted 37 days ago • 7 comments

It’s the latest Premier League stadium - could it be the greatest?.. Make your own mind up by watching our report inside @evertonstadium.com ft. @metromayorsteve.bsky.social ⚽️ 🏟️ 🎥 www.channel4.com/news/inside-...

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Forgot I was on a phone call about council tax Them: What band are you in Me: Erm, The Charlatans Them: Your council tax band? 😬

submitted 38 days ago • 102 comments

I am quite tired of posts going "I asked AI <question> and it was wrong!" Of course it gets stuff wrong. It's not a knowledge engine.* Really feels like you're doing these posts for the clicks now. *The big general public LLMs are always going to hallucinate ...

submitted 41 days ago • 9 comments