Katie Riley
@ktriley.bsky.social
Head of Data and Graphics at The Observer. Used to work at 🐢, WSJ, FT, Atlantic. Illinoisan. Londoner. Sleepy. [Email me: [email protected]]
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I’m glad that the Nazi tattoo is a line for people but just to be clear, “It’s women’s fault if they get raped” should have been.
October 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I’m glad that the Nazi tattoo is a line for people but just to be clear, “It’s women’s fault if they get raped” should have been.
My (British) girlfriend finding out I’m not old enough to be president yet, with absolute outrage: “But there’s no upper age limit?!”
October 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
My (British) girlfriend finding out I’m not old enough to be president yet, with absolute outrage: “But there’s no upper age limit?!”
Immigrants are…
a) almost uniformly not allowed access to public funds;
b) charged doubly for using the NHS (immigration surcharge and tax);
c) and required to make more than £41k and pay upwards of £10k/pp by the time they’re granted ILR.
What part of that is not earning their right?
a) almost uniformly not allowed access to public funds;
b) charged doubly for using the NHS (immigration surcharge and tax);
c) and required to make more than £41k and pay upwards of £10k/pp by the time they’re granted ILR.
What part of that is not earning their right?
“We welcome those who come to this country, legally, and give more than they take. We believe the right to stay here must not be automatic, but that those who play their part should be able to earn that right."
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Immigrants are…
a) almost uniformly not allowed access to public funds;
b) charged doubly for using the NHS (immigration surcharge and tax);
c) and required to make more than £41k and pay upwards of £10k/pp by the time they’re granted ILR.
What part of that is not earning their right?
a) almost uniformly not allowed access to public funds;
b) charged doubly for using the NHS (immigration surcharge and tax);
c) and required to make more than £41k and pay upwards of £10k/pp by the time they’re granted ILR.
What part of that is not earning their right?
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If Labour cannot denounce mass deportation of permanent residents, Idi Amin style, what is the point of them?
October 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
If Labour cannot denounce mass deportation of permanent residents, Idi Amin style, what is the point of them?
This is so obviously true.
It’s also – not for nothing – bonkers stupid as a policy. The reason the data shows so many foreign grads don’t transition to employment visas “as intended” is because Labour has made it even more difficult – and even more EXPENSIVE!!!! – to sponsor workers.
It’s also – not for nothing – bonkers stupid as a policy. The reason the data shows so many foreign grads don’t transition to employment visas “as intended” is because Labour has made it even more difficult – and even more EXPENSIVE!!!! – to sponsor workers.
It is laughable to think that you can neuter the far right with minor tweaks like this.
How many Conservative or Reform supporters even know that immigrants have to pass a language test? They object to immigration on emotional grounds, not because they have dry objections to eligibility criteria.
How many Conservative or Reform supporters even know that immigrants have to pass a language test? They object to immigration on emotional grounds, not because they have dry objections to eligibility criteria.
October 15, 2025 at 7:39 AM
This is so obviously true.
It’s also – not for nothing – bonkers stupid as a policy. The reason the data shows so many foreign grads don’t transition to employment visas “as intended” is because Labour has made it even more difficult – and even more EXPENSIVE!!!! – to sponsor workers.
It’s also – not for nothing – bonkers stupid as a policy. The reason the data shows so many foreign grads don’t transition to employment visas “as intended” is because Labour has made it even more difficult – and even more EXPENSIVE!!!! – to sponsor workers.
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Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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livin’ that champagne life 🍾
October 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
livin’ that champagne life 🍾
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I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.
September 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.
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Is there a reason I ask that the Times are using a picture of asylum seekers in a boat to describe rules for migrants who came on legal routes such as skilled worker visas for doctors?
Tough new conditions to be imposed on migrants who want to settle in the UK will not apply to more than a million people who arrived in the UK under the post-Brexit immigration surge
Labour’s tough new rules will not apply to migrants already in UK
www.thetimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Is there a reason I ask that the Times are using a picture of asylum seekers in a boat to describe rules for migrants who came on legal routes such as skilled worker visas for doctors?
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so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
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i should go to sleep so i’m rested for another day of The Horrors
September 18, 2025 at 4:50 AM
i should go to sleep so i’m rested for another day of The Horrors
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Lots of men really think that being punished or even embarrassed for sexually exploiting teenage girls is a great injustice, and that actually sexually exploiting them is somewhere on the spectrum between “okay” and “pretty cool.”
Newly released emails from Mandelson to Epstein - “I think the world of you and I feel hopeless and furious about what has happened.
"It just could not happen in Britain... fight for early release and be philosophical about it as much as you can."
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3665359...
"It just could not happen in Britain... fight for early release and be philosophical about it as much as you can."
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3665359...
Epstein’s pal Mandelson COACHED paedo through arrest, leaked emails reveal
PETER Mandelson coached “best pal” Jeffrey Epstein through his “years of torture” over teen sex allegations, leaked emails suggest. While the predator was facing charges in June 2008 over solicitin…
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September 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Lots of men really think that being punished or even embarrassed for sexually exploiting teenage girls is a great injustice, and that actually sexually exploiting them is somewhere on the spectrum between “okay” and “pretty cool.”
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Good heads up especially for media: do not take a bunch if correlations by motivated actors seriously. If they don’t preregister their hypotheses and data, chances are the results are spurious and cherry picked
A short explanation of p-hacking and why it absolutely makes sense to ask HHS to release the study methods of their autism report in advance.
September 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good heads up especially for media: do not take a bunch if correlations by motivated actors seriously. If they don’t preregister their hypotheses and data, chances are the results are spurious and cherry picked
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Dismayed by the "I loathe Gl**ner but his arrest should scare us all" takes. The bar for arrest over a social media post *should be extremely high*, but a guy who's harassed trans people 19 hours a day for 8 years, telling his 600k fans to attack any trans women they see, clears that bar v easily?
September 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Dismayed by the "I loathe Gl**ner but his arrest should scare us all" takes. The bar for arrest over a social media post *should be extremely high*, but a guy who's harassed trans people 19 hours a day for 8 years, telling his 600k fans to attack any trans women they see, clears that bar v easily?
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We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...
How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer | Defector
As the muggy malaise of summer winds down, you might find yourself interested in taking advantage of one of several safe and proven vaccines to help protect you from the inevitable brumal surge of res...
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September 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...
This @reutersinstitute.bsky.social piece about how new algorithm-driven tools are degrading the welfare system in India – as well as the original reporting it rounds up – should be required reading for anyone covering government, policy or tech.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/how-journali...
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How journalists can hold algorithms accountable in India – and beyond
Journalist Karen Rebelo from India unpacks tech accountability in India.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
September 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This @reutersinstitute.bsky.social piece about how new algorithm-driven tools are degrading the welfare system in India – as well as the original reporting it rounds up – should be required reading for anyone covering government, policy or tech.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/how-journali...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/how-journali...
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a very good thread on this industry
I spent the 2010's arguing with my white colleagues that we were facing a crisis in newsroom diversity. The smart, dedicated, talented cis white journalists I thought of as my friends didn't want to hear it. Most of them ignored me. At least one of them told me to go to hell.
The only thing I can say about this paragraph is read it. Sit with it. Read it again. @michaelharriot.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
a very good thread on this industry
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be real nice if DC had an actual hometown newspaper at the moment
August 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
be real nice if DC had an actual hometown newspaper at the moment
I assume we’re going to do a whole round of “Britain’s girls are falling behind!” now, then.
Oh wait, we’re not? No way. Who would have thought?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Oh wait, we’re not? No way. Who would have thought?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
August 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I assume we’re going to do a whole round of “Britain’s girls are falling behind!” now, then.
Oh wait, we’re not? No way. Who would have thought?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Oh wait, we’re not? No way. Who would have thought?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
In April, the House of Lords quietly stopped requiring peers to declare their non-financial interests.
This is – quite frankly – an outrageous move to further obscure the personal interests of an almost entirely unaccountable legislative body.
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This is – quite frankly – an outrageous move to further obscure the personal interests of an almost entirely unaccountable legislative body.
news.sky.com/story/house-...
House of Lords under fire for dropping rule that once caught out cricket legend and historian
Peers no longer have to declare non-financial interests - a requirement that has previously caught out members of the House of Lords including ex-England cricketer Lord Botham and economic historian L...
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August 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
In April, the House of Lords quietly stopped requiring peers to declare their non-financial interests.
This is – quite frankly – an outrageous move to further obscure the personal interests of an almost entirely unaccountable legislative body.
news.sky.com/story/house-...
This is – quite frankly – an outrageous move to further obscure the personal interests of an almost entirely unaccountable legislative body.
news.sky.com/story/house-...
Just saw a guy riding down Kentish Town Road, wired headphones in, having a full-on job interview. How could people ever hate this city?
August 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Just saw a guy riding down Kentish Town Road, wired headphones in, having a full-on job interview. How could people ever hate this city?
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If you have experienced this my DMs are open
‘I’ve been spat on’: gender non-conforming women tell of toilet abuse in aftermath of supreme court ruling
‘I’ve been spat on’: gender non-conforming women tell of toilet abuse in aftermath of supreme court ruling
Support groups report that women and non-binary people are increasingly being challenged in toilets and changing facilities – but others call it scaremongering
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
If you have experienced this my DMs are open
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Exclusive: Government poised to approve medical visa scheme for sick Gazan children
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More Gazan children will come to UK for treatment
‘Their welfare is the world’s priority’ MP says after just two young girls granted medical visas since war began
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July 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Exclusive: Government poised to approve medical visa scheme for sick Gazan children
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"The myth persists because there’s always a market for anti-feminist backlash...The 'crisis' doesn’t seem to be that boys are doing particularly poorly of late. It seems to be that girls are finally being rewarded in the form of college attainment and more equal pay for their efforts."
“Girls have been getting better grades than boys since before women had the right to vote.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
Opinion | The ‘Boy Crisis’ Is Overblown
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"The myth persists because there’s always a market for anti-feminist backlash...The 'crisis' doesn’t seem to be that boys are doing particularly poorly of late. It seems to be that girls are finally being rewarded in the form of college attainment and more equal pay for their efforts."
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In the Times, Jessica Grose finds that many of the claims about boys’ supposed backslide in education in Richard Reeves’ blockbuster masculinity-crisis book “Of Boys and Men” are empirically unfounded:
“Girls have been getting better grades than boys since before women had the right to vote.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
Opinion | The ‘Boy Crisis’ Is Overblown
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
In the Times, Jessica Grose finds that many of the claims about boys’ supposed backslide in education in Richard Reeves’ blockbuster masculinity-crisis book “Of Boys and Men” are empirically unfounded: