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New from 404 Media: CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples' movements, according to an internal DHS document. Shows for the first time DHS tracked phones via process for putting ads in ordinary apps—video games, fitness apps, many more www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-i...
It's all grift all the way down, isn't it
Wrote about the adolescent self-loathing at the heart of 'maxxing' culture. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Currently have 21,000 words of potential quotes for a 3,300 word story. (Those are cut down, not full transcripts.) Really need to stop doing this to myself.
Hell of a chart, this, from @financialtimes.com. Spot the JCPOA.
on.ft.com/4kSuQYO
As Nigel Farage is now so concerned about the influence of "foreign-born voters" can he finally explain why a Kazakhstan-born billionaire appears to be bankrolling his own political party?
Can’t shake my creeping suspicion that the US keeps launching foreign wars on the basis of “would it make for a cool headline”.
For my newletter series "How'd You Do That?" I talked to Shaad D'Souza, music critic and profile writer, about interviewing celebrities in 2026 open.substack.com/pub/oliverfr...
please…my stolen data…it’s been stolen www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
I've done two of these in the last month (also for a feature). The second time I over-hydrated to the point of bursting and it still took two fingers-worth.
Honestly forgot how much of freelancing is asking to be paid for work you did months ago
The most wholesome thing you'll see today is Ethan Hawke's reaction to Robert Aramayo thanking him his BAFTA speech: "that's better than winning."
youtu.be/nTaophRrGlE?...
Wrote about the quiet death of Britain’s buses, and why data sometimes leads to bad decisions. open.substack.com/pub/oliverfr...
Honestly not even the most ridiculous name in a ten mile radius
As Nigel Farage makes Robert Jenrick his Shadow Chancellor, here's a quick reminder of the sort of man Reform wants to put in charge of the nation's finances
Fair enough! I figured that may be a part of it, ha.
I'm not sure this is your strongest argument tbh. The risks facing teens and the risks facing pensioners online are extremely different, and we give adults plenty of freedom to dumb shit we can't do as kids. (I'm not saying the ban is a good idea, just that this isn't going to convince people.)
Meta is putting a "Name Tag" feature in Ray-Bans - facial recognition through the glasses' camera. You look at someone, AI tells you who they are.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
Cartoon. Person says to other person „We invented a robot that answers questions.“, adding, „we just have to feed it 10 baby giraffes a day“. The other person asks „But it answers the questions correctly?“ Person responds „Oh my goodness, no. No no no no no.“ By Aram J. French Appropriated due to missing alt text
Second great political interview in a week (the other being Zack Polanski) from the legend @shattenstone.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Briefly confused this for the other Lord MacDonald, the one from the Epstein files.
Curious to see if coconuts are also affected, or whether that would be milking it
Can anyone recommend a pub on the Victoria line for a mid-sized social event?
Would love to read more about this!
(If you care about this stuff, @edconway.bsky.social's coverage is much smarter and more informed than I am, and his book Material World has some fascinating stuff about the history of British raw material production.)
Does the UK have a stifling regulatory environment? Probably! Even the current Labour government admits that. Are the recent tax and business rate reforms bad for small businesses? Probably! Let's have a proper discussion about policy, not this childish discourse designed to mislead people.
British steel collapsed in the 60s and 70s during a global steel crisis. You can argue that Labour nationalisation and lack of investment killed it for good. (Probably true!) But climate policy or "woke" had nothing to do with it, as even the most cursory research could have told you.
What's stupid about it using an outdated and polluting form of technology (a blast furnace!) as a straw man, and then being surprised the environmental legislation would take a little time to get approval. Was British steel destroyed by climate regulations? No!
