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Professor of Artificial Intelligence; father and grandfather; love snow sports, scuba diving, and Newcastle United. Bad guitarist. Views my own. If you support Trump then suggest you don't contact me!
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We saved PBS from Trump in 2017, and now here we are again

China just halted orders of all Boeing planes. This is a major strategic failure for Trump.

No Mr Trump. Russia started the war.

Trump orders government to stop tracking cancers in U.S. firefighters. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Because Trump is on Putin’s side, these are words Trump will never say.👇

Harvard says no to Trump

Trump is doing this right now btw

The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, spoke about her husband’s deportation ahead of a hearing about the prospect of returning Garcia to the U.S.

www.axios.com/2025/02/06/t...

This is the @GOP now

Immigrant round-ups as entertainment is Verhoeven levels of dystopia

Alexander Smirnov, the informant behind fake Biden-Ukraine bribery allegations, has been sentenced to 6 years in prison.

Letter: In 2025, we must recommit to humanity, demand accountability from all our leaders, and refuse to turn away from the suffering of others

US announces $5.9 billion in military and budget aid to Ukraine

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I am not going to stop calling for an FBI background check of Tulsi Gabbard and neither should you.

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday lost an effort to have his criminal hush money conviction dismissed in a New York court on a claim of presidential immunity.

In 2003, David Sedaris wrote about the childish delight (and parental despair) of an unexpected snow day.

The BBC has complained to Apple after an Apple Intelligence AI-powered summary made it look as though it had reported Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing insurance boss Brian Thompson, had shot himself www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC says it has complained to Apple over AI-generated fake news attributed to broadcaster - The Guardian

‘I received a first but it felt tainted and undeserved’: inside the university AI cheating crisis - The Guardian

In an interview with CBS News on Dec. 15, Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova said that "hundreds" of North Korean troops are fighting alongside Russian troops in Kursk Oblast.

Polio survivor Leader McConnell responds to RFK Jr aide Aaron Siri — who has called for the authorization for the Polio vaccine to be pulled — reviewing candidates for top jobs at HHS www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...

Failure to vote to convict an obviously guilty impeached president has consequences.

Bluesky is brilliant for the Bylines Network. 🦋 So much better than X or Facebook. It doesn’t kill news links, the news mix is healthier here, and it’s an ideal environment for community-building. Our citizen journalism is thriving here. Keep it up @bsky.app!

Pleasure to have News Agents nominated for so many of these categories: International Podcast of the Year for Georgia crisis coverage, interview of the year for my interview with Eylon Levy and scoop of the year for our Paul Marshall story. Testament to the most incredible team.

The success of our democracy rests on an effective opposition movement. We all must play a part in offering additional ideas and approaches and not being afraid to take risks. I plan to be a part of that effort. I hope you will too. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/buil...

In case you missed it, a Wisconsin judge this week struck down former Gov. Scott Walker's Act 10 law. The move will restore public sector workers' collective bargaining rights. This is a moment of celebration and hope in these troubled times.

BREAKING: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain’s constitution so they “can never be undone.”

Only in their own minds.