Jonathan Frewin
@jonfrewin.bsky.social
Journalist; truth seeker; enthusiast; currently bringing BBC news to listeners around the world. Devoted Dad and husband. Views my own...
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This article raises a lot of ethical questions about ensuring patient care and good quality science when pushing the frontiers of what is possible
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Face transplants promised hope. Patients were put through the unthinkable
Twenty years after the first face transplant, patients are dying, data is missing, and the experimental procedure’s future hangs in the balance
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This article raises a lot of ethical questions about ensuring patient care and good quality science when pushing the frontiers of what is possible
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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After 30 years in prison and 25 years on Louisiana's death row, Chris Duncan walked out of Angola today a free man.
"I'm cruising down a highway," he texted me. "Most glaring emotion is shock."
"I'm cruising down a highway," he texted me. "Most glaring emotion is shock."
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
After 30 years in prison and 25 years on Louisiana's death row, Chris Duncan walked out of Angola today a free man.
"I'm cruising down a highway," he texted me. "Most glaring emotion is shock."
"I'm cruising down a highway," he texted me. "Most glaring emotion is shock."
Rumi would like to bid you all good morning. No, I’m not working today, hence the lie-in!
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Rumi would like to bid you all good morning. No, I’m not working today, hence the lie-in!
I haven’t seen a corporate boss trash their own brand as much as this since Gerald Ratner compared his jewellery’s longevity to that of a prawn sandwich.
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I haven’t seen a corporate boss trash their own brand as much as this since Gerald Ratner compared his jewellery’s longevity to that of a prawn sandwich.
It’s 22 years since we last saw a mesmeric Thom Yorke and Radiohead live, and this time tomorrow, we’ll be leaving this year’s tour. Literally can’t wait!
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It’s 22 years since we last saw a mesmeric Thom Yorke and Radiohead live, and this time tomorrow, we’ll be leaving this year’s tour. Literally can’t wait!
A fabulous day for a stroll through Regent’s Park
November 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A fabulous day for a stroll through Regent’s Park
Just been reflecting on how the demise of the landline may have quite a bit to do with the end of just calling friends without making an appointment. You knew that someone would not be out and about or at some appointment. I quite miss those days.
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Just been reflecting on how the demise of the landline may have quite a bit to do with the end of just calling friends without making an appointment. You knew that someone would not be out and about or at some appointment. I quite miss those days.
The Scandinavian social model is still outperforming other ways of organising society.
Afghans report the lowest life satisfaction in the world—
Measuring happiness is difficult, but one way to understand how satisfied people are with their lives is to simply ask them.
Measuring happiness is difficult, but one way to understand how satisfied people are with their lives is to simply ask them.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The Scandinavian social model is still outperforming other ways of organising society.
I’ll never forget being in the BBC Business Daily office one time and we got a call to say someone messed up and [Apple co-founder] Steve Wozniak was available for interview in five minutes. Our presenter leapt at the chance and it was such a great, human chat. A fascinating guy, as evidenced below.
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I’ll never forget being in the BBC Business Daily office one time and we got a call to say someone messed up and [Apple co-founder] Steve Wozniak was available for interview in five minutes. Our presenter leapt at the chance and it was such a great, human chat. A fascinating guy, as evidenced below.
Listening to the Fleet Foxes debut album for the first time in ages, and had forgotten how brilliant a piece of work it is!
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Listening to the Fleet Foxes debut album for the first time in ages, and had forgotten how brilliant a piece of work it is!
Prime Minister’s Questions has sent both Arrietty and Rumi to sleep.
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Prime Minister’s Questions has sent both Arrietty and Rumi to sleep.
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I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
'We invited a homeless man for dinner - he stayed for 45 years'
The man was only meant to stay for a day.
metro.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
Who knew the lifecycle of a pallet of returned goods could be so fascinating?
What happens to all the stuff you return? Wirecutter bought 450 pounds of mystery products at a liquidation warehouse to learn more about the return cycle — and where all the stuff no one wants ends up. “What I got was a whole heap of sadness.” nyti.ms/4rm5c2e
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Who knew the lifecycle of a pallet of returned goods could be so fascinating?
Regent Street looking resplendent tonight
November 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Regent Street looking resplendent tonight
Wowzers. [the chatbot suggested I get a smart ring] “I think of us as married”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real
Three people on the joys and anxieties of A.I. romances.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Wowzers. [the chatbot suggested I get a smart ring] “I think of us as married”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Interesting analysis
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Interesting analysis
A moody looking London from Waterloo bridge this morning
November 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
A moody looking London from Waterloo bridge this morning
My reading of this is that simply inadvertently allowing an app to monitor your location could lead to all sorts of nefarious things, via ad tracking shared via data brokers. Definitely safest not to allow location tracking in apps, unless absolutely necessary!
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Precise Locations of EU Officials Retrieved Through Data Brokers
Phone location data, collected under the guise of ad tracking, can be used to precisely track the movements of millions in the EU.
cyberinsider.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
My reading of this is that simply inadvertently allowing an app to monitor your location could lead to all sorts of nefarious things, via ad tracking shared via data brokers. Definitely safest not to allow location tracking in apps, unless absolutely necessary!
cyberinsider.com/precise-loca...
cyberinsider.com/precise-loca...
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I love that we can see all the fireworks displays of southeast London and Kent from our loft window! Here’s a timelapse of about a minute’s worth.
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I love that we can see all the fireworks displays of southeast London and Kent from our loft window! Here’s a timelapse of about a minute’s worth.
An interesting thought experiment - would America’s democratic socialists stand an even better chance of getting elected if they rebranded as (European-style) social democrats?
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
An interesting thought experiment - would America’s democratic socialists stand an even better chance of getting elected if they rebranded as (European-style) social democrats?
Zero star reviews are so rare in The Guardian that I didn’t know they actually existed. As someone who likes to read the often ridiculous one star Google reviews for restaurants (it wasn’t open when I visited!), it’s quite fun to see them all gathered together here.
The Guardian has only ever published 15 zero-star reviews. Here they all are
The Guardian has only ever published 15 zero-star reviews. Here they all are
As Kim Kardashian’s All’s Fair sets a new low for TV, we revisit every single thing our critics have mercilessly panned. Brace yourself for the Mount Rushmore of rubbish!
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Zero star reviews are so rare in The Guardian that I didn’t know they actually existed. As someone who likes to read the often ridiculous one star Google reviews for restaurants (it wasn’t open when I visited!), it’s quite fun to see them all gathered together here.
One of the best news shows on the BBC if you want to really understand what’s going on with some of the big stories of the week.
@johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social’s ‘Unspun World’ at 23.00 on BBC Two, then iPlayer, News Channel & World Service: what do Russians feel about the Ukraine war? Why are Gulf states involved in the Sudan fighting? Who do Americans blame for the govt shutdown? And the climate change conference - any good?
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
One of the best news shows on the BBC if you want to really understand what’s going on with some of the big stories of the week.
This is a really thought-provoking read.
Compelling argument here from @geoffmulgan.bsky.social that the centre must become more radical, more imaginative, and above all more HOPEFUL!
open.substack.com/pub/geoffmul...
open.substack.com/pub/geoffmul...
Hollowed out: can the centre hold?
Can the centre hold and resist the far right?
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is a really thought-provoking read.