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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · Aug 21

Oh my god

Wired and Business Insider remove 'AI-written' freelance articles

Wired and Business Insider have removed freelance articles over concerns they were written by AI under a fake name.

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Mark Knight-Sands @mksands.bsky.social · Aug 11

Ashamed to admit I knew very little of her story. What an extraordinary woman and a wonderful write-up.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Aug 11

Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley has died aged 91. She is the subject of I think, one of the best ever FT lunches, which you can read here (registration or subscription required, will post a first 300 clicks free link in the replies):

Tech pioneer Stephanie Shirley: ‘I need to make the life that was saved worth saving’

The ‘venture philanthropist’ on her journey from child refugee to billion-dollar businesswoman — and why Britain must do more for those fleeing war today

www.ft.com

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Mark Knight-Sands @mksands.bsky.social · Aug 3

Excellent long read on the weird, amazing creative folks behind a truly unique game.

on.ft.com/45beFip The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made

The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made

How the success of a singular video game led to crises for almost all its creators

on.ft.com

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Mark Knight-Sands @mksands.bsky.social · Aug 2

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · Jul 18

This is as close to perfect as an interview can get. Magnificent work.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · Jul 18

for this week's Lunch with the FT, I met a humanitarian hero: war doctor David Nott www.ft.com/content/e5fa...

War zone surgeon David Nott: ‘Life is all about taking calculated risks’

The doctor who’s saved countless lives through his work in Ukraine and Gaza on operating under fire, the challenges of PTSD — and his belief in God

www.ft.com

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Mark Knight-Sands @mksands.bsky.social · Jul 18

It feels like some of these shows are leaning harder into timely short form video on YouTube, and Tiktok and Instagram - could there ever be a future where that is anything other than a marketing channel for them?

Mark Knight-Sands @mksands.bsky.social · Jul 18

TBF, this is basically how the British approached planning for partition.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · Jul 15

incredible collection of sentences www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Mark Knight-Sands @mksands.bsky.social · Jun 24

You cannot tell me that we're not living in an episode of The Simpsons right now.

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Simon Parkin @simonparkin.bsky.social · Jun 23

On Hideo Kojima’s strange, anxious, grief-stricken science fiction game, which contemplates how our digital interactions are no substitute for the stuff of physical existence — and risk hollowing out both ourselves, and our communities: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

The Game That Mirrors the World’s Tech Anxiety

In Death Stranding 2, players control a courier who trips over rocks, experiences sunburn, and faces his own possible obsolescence.

www.theatlantic.com

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Mark Knight-Sands @mksands.bsky.social · Jun 20

I love this country.

Zurgleflip @zurgleflip.bsky.social · Jun 20

Our office power went down yesterday and managers agreed that without air con in 30 degrees we could all leave.

Cue everyone going straight to the pub next door, with no air con.

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Mark Knight-Sands @mksands.bsky.social · Jun 16

@mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social's What About Men? is a very kind, thoughtful read, but I'm also struck by the things that others have noted.

This is a section about Men struggling to have meaningful conversations, and 60 separate people have all highlighted it.

Like a quick reference "how to" guide.

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Mark Knight-Sands @mksands.bsky.social · Jun 10

It would be genuinely insightful to get Lisa Nandy on @simonparkin.bsky.social's My Perfect Console podcast.

Mark Knight-Sands @mksands.bsky.social · Jun 10

Games will never be a priority for _all_ politicians, but I would love to see the health of the sector being a regular question for the UK's culture secretary. At least while that job still exists.

George E. Osborn @georgeosborn.bsky.social · Jun 10

Which is my very tl;dr way of saying - I agree with @stephenkb.bsky.social's piece, which you can read here: www.ft.com/content/e4e8...

If you don’t understand Nintendo Switch 2, you won’t understand the modern world

No savvy politician can get away with treating gaming as if it were a passing fad

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Mark Knight-Sands @mksands.bsky.social · Jun 9

My all-time favourite one of the these is Franck Leboeuf.

I will go to my grave insisting that anyone who doesn't want to call the former Chelsea centre-back Frank The Beef is a damn killjoy.

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Mark Knight-Sands @mksands.bsky.social · Jun 5

A very merry Switch-mas to all those spending today periodically refreshing a delivery tracker in the hopes of seeing their parcel *eventually* leave the depot...

Mark Knight-Sands @mksands.bsky.social · Jun 4

I'm not sure I've ever even seen a duct. Let alone taped one.

Mark Knight-Sands @mksands.bsky.social · May 20

I did my best "obrigado" in a Portuguese cafe the other day and the lady behind the counter chuckled before saying "that's lovely". 😒

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · May 20

a downside of living in Little Portugal is that today, not for the first time, only around seven minutes passed between me thinking "alright I'm getting a healthy lunch today" and "ooooh a pastel de nata to finish my meal,? absolutely yes, thank you"

Mark Knight-Sands @mksands.bsky.social · May 14

Come outside and play, George!

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Mark Knight-Sands @mksands.bsky.social · May 8

"It's a disgrace," he said.

"A f***ing disgrace."

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SPOOKY Mistress Usili (Sage) 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · May 6

also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes

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Mark Knight-Sands @mksands.bsky.social · May 2

There's a joyful uniformity on social media the morning after a local election.

It turns out that so many people, all of hugely different opinions, were right all along.

Mark Knight-Sands @mksands.bsky.social · May 1

The Wired team have been on an absolutely incredible run lately.

WIRED @wired.com · May 1

For years, North Korea has been secretly placing young IT workers inside Western companies. With AI, their schemes are now more devious—and effective—than ever. www.wired.com/story/north-...

Your Favorite New Coworker Is an AI-Enhanced Operative From North Korea

For years, North Korea has been secretly placing young IT workers inside Western companies. With AI, their schemes are now more devious—and effective—than ever.

www.wired.com

Mark Knight-Sands @mksands.bsky.social · Apr 2

Amazing - fwiw l think you can split the difference on the verticals, but lower is definitely better than before!

Mark Knight-Sands @mksands.bsky.social · Apr 2

These look great! When are you planning to start rolling out the whole catalogue?

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