Peter Beaumont
@petersbeaumont1.bsky.social
Senior international correspondent at The Guardian. Author of the Secret Life of War. Orwell Prize winner.
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Gulf between AI journalism hype and concerns at the coalface revealed: Far from freeing journalists from 'churnalism' AI could be enabling it, survey suggests pressgazette.co.uk/news/gulf-be...
Gulf between AI journalism hype and concerns at the coalface revealed
AI does not appear to have freed journalist's from mundane tasks as promised.
pressgazette.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Gulf between AI journalism hype and concerns at the coalface revealed: Far from freeing journalists from 'churnalism' AI could be enabling it, survey suggests pressgazette.co.uk/news/gulf-be...
I grew up in the area and my first job was on the local paper in Richmond. Excuse me while I reach for the world’s smallest violin
‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise
‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise
Rachel Reeves’s new council tax surcharge on homes worth £2m or more earns mixed reception in well-heeled London borough
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I grew up in the area and my first job was on the local paper in Richmond. Excuse me while I reach for the world’s smallest violin
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Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.
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“The presence of so much fakery makes it possible to cast aspersions on any piece of information, any actor, or any conversation to the point that the truth is effectively meaningless.”
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 AM
“The presence of so much fakery makes it possible to cast aspersions on any piece of information, any actor, or any conversation to the point that the truth is effectively meaningless.”
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Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
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Ach, RIP.
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Ach, RIP.
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The war is Ukraine’s fault because they haven’t shown enough “gratitude” to Donald Trump. This is like watching a Godfather sequel where the Don has advanced dementia.
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The war is Ukraine’s fault because they haven’t shown enough “gratitude” to Donald Trump. This is like watching a Godfather sequel where the Don has advanced dementia.
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It would not be better if the US had authored this plan, which is the talking point the admin is briefing now? apnews.com/article/ukra...
US senators say Rubio told them Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is Russia's 'wish list'
U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war say they spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio who told them that the peace plan Trump is pushing Kyiv ...
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
It would not be better if the US had authored this plan, which is the talking point the admin is briefing now? apnews.com/article/ukra...
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"Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10 per cent of its overall annual revenue — or $16bn — from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show" - Reuters www.ft.com/content/4560...
We have to be able to hold tech platforms accountable for fraud
Algorithms ensure that people who click on scams are likely to see more of them
www.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
"Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10 per cent of its overall annual revenue — or $16bn — from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show" - Reuters www.ft.com/content/4560...
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I think if 24 people are dead it's more than "testing" a ceasefire.
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I think if 24 people are dead it's more than "testing" a ceasefire.
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I am just laughing and laughing
November 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I am just laughing and laughing
Recalling some US criticism of how UK media was more feral and less ethical and thinking yeh right. The last couple of weeks have killed that notion
November 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Recalling some US criticism of how UK media was more feral and less ethical and thinking yeh right. The last couple of weeks have killed that notion
Every word. But perhaps with even more swearing.
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Every word. But perhaps with even more swearing.
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as Phillips O'Brien also points out, this plan has been in negotiation for a long time, probably since Trump took office.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The Long Con Comes To An End
The Trump Administration Takes Off The Mask (Again)
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
as Phillips O'Brien also points out, this plan has been in negotiation for a long time, probably since Trump took office.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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c. 1920–1925
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c. 1920–1925
November 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Daily Mail's parent company agrees a deal to buy Telegraph for £500m! Media consolidation, let's go, ya gonna blink and stop this competition regulators? Over to you, Nandy? Strong potential everyone just waves the sale through to STOP HAVING TO READ OR THINK ABOUT IT. www.ft.com/content/cd8e...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500mn deal for Telegraph
Tie-up would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in Britain
www.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Daily Mail's parent company agrees a deal to buy Telegraph for £500m! Media consolidation, let's go, ya gonna blink and stop this competition regulators? Over to you, Nandy? Strong potential everyone just waves the sale through to STOP HAVING TO READ OR THINK ABOUT IT. www.ft.com/content/cd8e...
Too late. Eew
This is by some distance the most important advice you will have today. Just don't.
Someone posted some details onto my timeline. Mute his name as an act of self care.
Someone posted some details onto my timeline. Mute his name as an act of self care.
that's it have a lovely weekend do not, i repeat DO NOT read anything else about Robert Kennedy Jr today. I warned you
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Too late. Eew
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Btw, I do hope people understand what they have seen today. It was a well-planned and deliberate ambush of Ukraine by Trump, to force the Ukrainians to bend the knee to Putin's dictatorship. It was not slip-shod, rushed, impulsive or an accident. It was prepared malice.
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Btw, I do hope people understand what they have seen today. It was a well-planned and deliberate ambush of Ukraine by Trump, to force the Ukrainians to bend the knee to Putin's dictatorship. It was not slip-shod, rushed, impulsive or an accident. It was prepared malice.
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It is not true that all the work for the peace plan was done in Moscow. We google translated it to English all by ourselves.
by Steve Witkoff and Donald Krasnoff
by Steve Witkoff and Donald Krasnoff
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
It is not true that all the work for the peace plan was done in Moscow. We google translated it to English all by ourselves.
by Steve Witkoff and Donald Krasnoff
by Steve Witkoff and Donald Krasnoff
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Really good to see this shabby deal ending. Congratulations to the fans who campaigned against it. Let's hope the many other Western sports teams helping Rwanda sportswash its image while occupying eastern Congo will do the same.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Arsenal to end eight-year sponsorship deal with Visit Rwanda in June 2026
Arsenal announce the club will end their eight-year sponsorship deal with Visit Rwanda at the conclusion of the 2025-26 season.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Really good to see this shabby deal ending. Congratulations to the fans who campaigned against it. Let's hope the many other Western sports teams helping Rwanda sportswash its image while occupying eastern Congo will do the same.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Jared Kushner Invited Jeffrey Epstein to Party With Trump and Harvey Weinstein in 2013
Jared Kushner Invited Jeffrey Epstein to Party With Trump and Harvey Weinstein in 2013
Jared Kushner invited the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to a 2013 party with his father-in-law Trump and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein.
The post Jared Kushner Invited Jeffrey Epstein to Party With Trump and Harvey Weinstein in 2013 first appeared on Mediaite.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Jared Kushner Invited Jeffrey Epstein to Party With Trump and Harvey Weinstein in 2013
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The @washingtonpost op-ed page on Friday, October 5, 2018
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The @washingtonpost op-ed page on Friday, October 5, 2018
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Some of the people in this article have shared their recollections with me before - but on condition of anonymity. Coming forward now is an act of patriotism. Farage’s claim that it never happened is the opposite.
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Some of the people in this article have shared their recollections with me before - but on condition of anonymity. Coming forward now is an act of patriotism. Farage’s claim that it never happened is the opposite.
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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Bret Stephens, making the case for the United States invading Venezuela: "Why hasn’t Greta Thunberg set sail to Caracas with symbolic deliveries of food?"
...No one has ever made Bret Stephens look worse than Bret Stephens. The competition is only ever for second place.
...No one has ever made Bret Stephens look worse than Bret Stephens. The competition is only ever for second place.
November 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Bret Stephens, making the case for the United States invading Venezuela: "Why hasn’t Greta Thunberg set sail to Caracas with symbolic deliveries of food?"
...No one has ever made Bret Stephens look worse than Bret Stephens. The competition is only ever for second place.
...No one has ever made Bret Stephens look worse than Bret Stephens. The competition is only ever for second place.
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As @mcopelov.bsky.social is known to say, "Who actually was president in 2020?" continues to be the central cleavage of American politics in 20205.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
As @mcopelov.bsky.social is known to say, "Who actually was president in 2020?" continues to be the central cleavage of American politics in 20205.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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