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Q McCallum @qethanm.bsky.social · 13d

Solid reporting about the pricier end of the longevity industry.

And I'll be damned if this line doesn't also describe the state of genAI.

Both fields share that same sales pitch: possible-distant-future benefit in exchange for present-day money.

Excerpt from the linked article:

>> What makes a company investable is not necessarily its proximity to a breakthrough, but its ability to monetise belief.

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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 20d

Join us today from 10am-4pm in Victoria Park Market, eat some food inspired by @NigelSlater's recipes and get a free copy of the paper with every order.

We’ll be serving roast pork with plum chutney, and tomatoes, coconut and sweet sour onions, as well as cheesecake with damsons

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · Aug 3

My feature for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on global migration trends and why the battle between economic wellbeing and nationalism is only going to get more intense.

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Demonising migrants won’t fill jobs or boost falling popu...

‘Stop the boats’ is a popular refrain but it obscures the real issues rich countries across the world are facing

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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · Jul 6

Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film.

But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.

@chloehadj.bsky.social

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The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...

Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth

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Patricia Clarke @paticlarke.bsky.social · May 30

On 10th June, I'll be in conversation with the brilliant @karenhao.bsky.social on her new book, Empire of AI – an extraordinary look into the race for AI domination. You can grab a free ticket to join us in the @theobserveruk.bsky.social newsroom: observer.co.uk/our-events/e...

Empire of AI with Karen Hao | The Observer

Independent journalism | News, culture & style | Investigations, analysis, features, ideas, recipes, newsletters & podcasts that make sense of the world

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · May 22

My debut piece for the Observer is up on their website.

It's on the global crisis of the centre-right and why its lost its way.

(Free to read)

observer.co.uk/news/politic...

The party’s over: the Tory slump is part of a global conservative comedown | The Observer

Across the G20, centre-right parties have misunderstood the roots of the populist revolt against them

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Lynsey Addario @lynseyaddario.bsky.social · May 12

THE CRISIS OF AMERICAN LEADERSHIP REACHES AN EMPTY DESERT
In Chad, 3,500 Sudanese refugees arrive daily - fleeing violence in Darfur.
Many are hungry & dehydrated but aid cuts mean little awaits them.
My dispatch with @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The Crisis of American Leadership Reaches an Empty Desert

Photographs from the humanitarian disaster in Sudan and Chad

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Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom.bsky.social · May 7

World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...

World Central Kitchen | WCK Forced to Halt Cooking in Gaza as Supplies Run Out

After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza.

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Nigel Slater @nigelslater.bsky.social · Apr 27

Today, my weekly column moves home. My Kitchen Diary can now be found at observer.co.uk

The Observer | News, culture and style

Independent journalism | News, culture & style | Investigations, analysis, features, ideas, recipes, newsletters & podcasts that make sense of the world

observer.co.uk

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David Taylor @geordiedav.bsky.social · Apr 27

I had my first byline in The Observer in November 1992…so it feels incredible to be back in the news pages on such a momentous day in its long history.
And now, it’s got a website! Theobserver.co.uk

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David Taylor @geordiedav.bsky.social · Apr 26

Glad to be part of the next chapter for @theobserveruk.bsky.social with this look at the UK’s unprecedented crackdown on non-violent protest - inspired by Braverman and Patel, delivered by a justice system which has imposed record sentences for climate change activists

The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · Apr 26

The radical climate protest group Just Stop Oil delighted supporters and infuriated opponents in equal measure.

So where are they now?

✍️ @geordiedav.bsky.social

Read more: bit.ly/446hPVV

Was it the courts, the cops, or the Daily Mail… who killed Just Stop Oil?

The radical climate protest group delighted supporters and infuriated opponents in equal measure. So where are they now?

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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · Apr 26

The new Observer has gone to press.

Buy your copy, available across the country, tomorrow morning.

observer.co.uk/print

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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · Apr 25

Welcome to the new Observer.

Tortoise Media is the proud new owner of the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper 🗞️

In print every Sunday, and now also digitally, seven days a week – with top investigations, analysis, features, ideas, newsletters and podcasts.

Sign up today: Observer.co.uk

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Rachel Sylvester @rachelsylvester.bsky.social · Apr 25

Foreign Office warns British human rights lawyers they risk being sanctioned by Donald Trump and having worldwide assets frozen including UK bank accounts - my first story for @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Top British human rights lawyers could be hit by Trump sanctions

Some were part of an International Criminal Court panel backing arrest warrants relating to alleged war crimes in Gaza

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Rachel Sylvester @rachelsylvester.bsky.social · Apr 1

Some professional news - after 17 amazing years at The Times, I’m excited to be joining The Observer as political editor. Really looking forward to getting back to Westminster and beyond

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Jess Winch @jesswinch.bsky.social · Mar 14

Come work with us! The Observer is looking for a chief international correspondent and a slate of new contributors across the world. It's a fantastic chance to join a revamped international team and play a role in shaping global coverage in the new Observer. www.tortoisemedia.com/2025/03/13/c...

Chief International Correspondent, The Observer

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Tortoise @tortoisemedia.bsky.social · Dec 13

Like Tortoise? You'll love our people.

Here's our Bluesky starter pack for those who work across Tortoise ⬇️

go.bsky.app/7qe26Xi

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · Jan 14

mmmmmmkay Alice, you do you.

Alice Weidel: the former Goldman analyst leading Germany’s far-right on.ft.com/4g2JU2t

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Xavier Greenwood @xaviergreenwood.bsky.social · Dec 19

Excellent piece by @ceri-t.bsky.social on Murdoch and his lackeys

Exclusive: Will Lewis suggested going after Tom Watson ‘personally’ during phone hacking scandal

The 2011 phone hacking scandal continues to drip poison onto former executives from Rupert Murdoch’s British newspapers, including Washington Post publisher Will Lewis

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Xavier Greenwood @xaviergreenwood.bsky.social · Dec 10

Art imitating life imitating art

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/b...

The legal maneuvering came to a head during several days of sealed, in-person testimony in Reno in September by Mr. Murdoch, Lachlan, James, Elisabeth, Prudence and a number of their representatives on the trust. The proceedings revealed that Mr. Murdoch’s children had started secretly discussing the public-relations strategy for their father’s death in April 2023. Setting off these discussions was the episode of the HBO drama “Succession,” the commissioner wrote, “where the patriarch of the family dies, leaving his family and business in chaos.” The episode prompted Elisabeth’s representative to the trust, Mark Devereux, to write a “‘Succession’ memo” intended to help avoid a real-life repeat.

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Jess Winch @jesswinch.bsky.social · Dec 10

All credit to @ktriley.bsky.social

Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · Dec 10

Really interesting piece from @tortoisemedia.bsky.social but I can't get over just how close the US is to Syrian incarceration rates

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Xavier Greenwood @xaviergreenwood.bsky.social · Dec 10

Today's Sensemaker on Syrian prisons is brilliant by @chloehadj.bsky.social. Can't stop thinking about Adnan, jailed for 21 years after beating President Assad’s brother in a horse race. Or Ali, who vanished from a checkpoint when he was 18 and emerged days ago aged 57.

shorturl.at/fAPM2

Families flock to Syria’s prisons looking for released inmates - Tortoise

Prisoner releases bring joy, but also stories of horror

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · Dec 4

Two stages of writing:

1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no

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Bex Sander @chefboibex.bsky.social · Dec 5

New piece in @tortoisemedia.bsky.social today that started out as a "how hard could this be?" and turned into an expensive three month rabbit hole. Stoked that this is out, with writing and general moral support from @catneilan.bsky.social www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/12/05/t...

Tortoise shines a light on peers’ secret shareholdings - Tortoise

The House of Lords’ threshold for disclosure is 100 times higher than the US Senate’s

www.tortoisemedia.com

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Jess Winch @jesswinch.bsky.social · Dec 4

Today's brilliant Sensemaker top is on France's legal acrobatics over Netanyahu’s ICC arrest warrant

www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/12/04/f...

Sign up to the newsletter here: www.tortoisemedia.com/sensemakers/

France’s legal acrobatics over Netanyahu’s ICC arrest warrant - Tortoise

The court’s defenders say making an exception for Israel’s leader hands a win to Putin

www.tortoisemedia.com

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