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Surpassing human capabilities isn’t the biggest threat that AI poses, says activist and author of “Enshittification” Cory Doctorow.
The idea that if you keep teaching the word guessing programme words it will wake up is like if you keep breeding horses to run faster one of them will give birth to a locomotive”
Cory Doctorow on why AI singularity is a stoopid idea
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Cory Doctorow on why AI singularity is a stoopid idea
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Surpassing human capabilities isn’t the biggest threat that AI poses, says activist and author of “Enshittification” Cory Doctorow.
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The idea that if you keep teaching the word guessing programme words it will wake up is like if you keep breeding horses to run faster one of them will give birth to a locomotive”
Cory Doctorow on why AI singularity is a stoopid idea
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Cory Doctorow on why AI singularity is a stoopid idea
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Surpassing human capabilities isn’t the biggest threat that AI poses, says activist and author of “Enshittification” Cory Doctorow.
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Surpassing human capabilities isn’t the biggest threat that AI poses, says activist and author of “Enshittification” Cory Doctorow.
Ahead of the budget, here’s a message for Rachel Reeves from British creatives like @philippullman.bsky.social @khalidabdalla.bsky.social @nathanpowell.bsky.social @katemossewriter.bsky.social @carolmorleyfilm.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Ahead of the budget, here’s a message for Rachel Reeves from British creatives like @philippullman.bsky.social @khalidabdalla.bsky.social @nathanpowell.bsky.social @katemossewriter.bsky.social @carolmorleyfilm.bsky.social
Review of the week: Wes Anderson: The Archives @designmuseum.bsky.social
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Emily LaBarge is charmed by a deep dive into the pastel-hued world of the American film director, through the lens of his costumes, props, scripts and more
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Emily LaBarge is charmed by a deep dive into the pastel-hued world of the American film director, through the lens of his costumes, props, scripts and more
www.thenerve.news/p/review-of-...
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Review of the week: Wes Anderson: The Archives @designmuseum.bsky.social
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Emily LaBarge is charmed by a deep dive into the pastel-hued world of the American film director, through the lens of his costumes, props, scripts and more
www.thenerve.news/p/review-of-...
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Emily LaBarge is charmed by a deep dive into the pastel-hued world of the American film director, through the lens of his costumes, props, scripts and more
www.thenerve.news/p/review-of-...
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A pile of toxic filth has been dumped in the British countryside. This has put me in mind of Nigel Farage
This week’s column by Stewart Lee, on Reform poisoning our national discourse
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
This week’s column by Stewart Lee, on Reform poisoning our national discourse
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
November 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A pile of toxic filth has been dumped in the British countryside. This has put me in mind of Nigel Farage
This week’s column by Stewart Lee, on Reform poisoning our national discourse
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
This week’s column by Stewart Lee, on Reform poisoning our national discourse
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
On the frontline of a deluge on the Welsh borders, @juderogers.bsky.social heard local stories of devastation and heroism – but incredibly, the disaster was barely referred to in Westminster and the national press
www.thenerve.news/p/storm-clau...
www.thenerve.news/p/storm-clau...
November 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
On the frontline of a deluge on the Welsh borders, @juderogers.bsky.social heard local stories of devastation and heroism – but incredibly, the disaster was barely referred to in Westminster and the national press
www.thenerve.news/p/storm-clau...
www.thenerve.news/p/storm-clau...
The Recommender: Oyinkan Braithwaite
The award-winning author of My Sister, the Serial Killer – whose latest book Cursed Daughters @atlanticbooks.bsky.social has just been shortlisted for the 2025 #NeroBookAwards – shares her latest cultural discoveries
www.thenerve.news/p/the-recomm...
The award-winning author of My Sister, the Serial Killer – whose latest book Cursed Daughters @atlanticbooks.bsky.social has just been shortlisted for the 2025 #NeroBookAwards – shares her latest cultural discoveries
www.thenerve.news/p/the-recomm...
November 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The Recommender: Oyinkan Braithwaite
The award-winning author of My Sister, the Serial Killer – whose latest book Cursed Daughters @atlanticbooks.bsky.social has just been shortlisted for the 2025 #NeroBookAwards – shares her latest cultural discoveries
www.thenerve.news/p/the-recomm...
The award-winning author of My Sister, the Serial Killer – whose latest book Cursed Daughters @atlanticbooks.bsky.social has just been shortlisted for the 2025 #NeroBookAwards – shares her latest cultural discoveries
www.thenerve.news/p/the-recomm...
Anyone want to see the video of Nathan Gill being interviewed by police?
‘Do you know what the ‘Xmas gifts’ [refers to]?’
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NEW: Former Reform MEP Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10.5 years at the Old Bailey on 8 counts of bribery by a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. Here is the evidence…
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. Here is the evidence…
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Anyone want to see the video of Nathan Gill being interviewed by police?
‘Do you know what the ‘Xmas gifts’ [refers to]?’
‘No comment’
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Funchoza (Uyghur Noodles With Minced Lamb): the Nerve weekend dish, by Anna Ansari
Interview by Lisa O’Kelly
www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...
Interview by Lisa O’Kelly
www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Funchoza (Uyghur Noodles With Minced Lamb): the Nerve weekend dish, by Anna Ansari
Interview by Lisa O’Kelly
www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...
Interview by Lisa O’Kelly
www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social again with the latest on the Nathan Gill sentencing...and a personal message.
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social again with the latest on the Nathan Gill sentencing...and a personal message.
NEW: Former Reform MEP Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10.5 years at the Old Bailey on 8 counts of bribery by a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. Here is the evidence…
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. Here is the evidence…
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW: Former Reform MEP Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10.5 years at the Old Bailey on 8 counts of bribery by a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. Here is the evidence…
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. Here is the evidence…
BREAKING: Former Ukip / Reform MEP Nathan Gill is sentenced to ten and a half years at the Old Bailey on 8 counts of bribery by a Russian agent... MORE SOON
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
BREAKING: Former Ukip / Reform MEP Nathan Gill is sentenced to ten and a half years at the Old Bailey on 8 counts of bribery by a Russian agent... MORE SOON
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social at the Old Bailey, waiting to hear ex-Reform politician Nathan Gill’s sentence, armed with a detailed timeline of his relationship with pro-Russian figures and the bribery involved. Follow along here, full breakdown soon.
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social at the Old Bailey, waiting to hear ex-Reform politician Nathan Gill’s sentence, armed with a detailed timeline of his relationship with pro-Russian figures and the bribery involved. Follow along here, full breakdown soon.
The Nerve is at the Old Bailey today for the sentencing of Nathan Gill. It's a complex story and the Nerve is here with our first print edition - a handy fold out timeline detailing the whole affair...!
More soon...
More soon...
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The Nerve is at the Old Bailey today for the sentencing of Nathan Gill. It's a complex story and the Nerve is here with our first print edition - a handy fold out timeline detailing the whole affair...!
More soon...
More soon...
Meg Molloy was the first person in her family to go to university, and had to fight both for her career, and to fit in. Now, with Working Arts Club, she wants to open the doors of the art world to people like her.
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Meg Molloy was the first person in her family to go to university, and had to fight both for her career, and to fit in. Now, with Working Arts Club, she wants to open the doors of the art world to people like her.
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Watch @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social chase Nigel Farage across the Essex Riviera: Clacton-upon-Sea.
With a very simple question that the Reform leader is refusing to answer...
"Mr Farage, who introduced Nathan Gill to a Russian spy?"
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Watch @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social chase Nigel Farage across the Essex Riviera: Clacton-upon-Sea.
With a very simple question that the Reform leader is refusing to answer...
"Mr Farage, who introduced Nathan Gill to a Russian spy?"
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November 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🔊 Sound on!
Watch @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social chase Nigel Farage across the Essex Riviera: Clacton-upon-Sea.
With a very simple question that the Reform leader is refusing to answer...
"Mr Farage, who introduced Nathan Gill to a Russian spy?"
1/
Watch @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social chase Nigel Farage across the Essex Riviera: Clacton-upon-Sea.
With a very simple question that the Reform leader is refusing to answer...
"Mr Farage, who introduced Nathan Gill to a Russian spy?"
1/
Even the tech bros are getting nervous. But it will be the rest of us who feel the pain when the AI bubble bursts. @carolecadwalla.bsky.social reports.
www.thenerve.news/p/carole-cad...
www.thenerve.news/p/carole-cad...
AI boom? Or AI bust? Are even the broligarchs admitting AI is a bubble?
Peter Thiel is panic-dumping stock. Sam Altman is getting twitchy in interviews. The world is waking up to a trillion dollar emperor with no clothes, writes Carole Cadwalladr
www.thenerve.news
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Even the tech bros are getting nervous. But it will be the rest of us who feel the pain when the AI bubble bursts. @carolecadwalla.bsky.social reports.
www.thenerve.news/p/carole-cad...
www.thenerve.news/p/carole-cad...
This week‘s cultural Hotlist🔥
Ft @cmatbaby.bsky.social, Gillian Anderson, and more.
www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...
Ft @cmatbaby.bsky.social, Gillian Anderson, and more.
www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This week‘s cultural Hotlist🔥
Ft @cmatbaby.bsky.social, Gillian Anderson, and more.
www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...
Ft @cmatbaby.bsky.social, Gillian Anderson, and more.
www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...
On the trail of the elusive leader of Reform, @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits his struggling constituency – where even the prospect of Putin undermining British politics doesn’t raise many eyebrows
November 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
On the trail of the elusive leader of Reform, @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits his struggling constituency – where even the prospect of Putin undermining British politics doesn’t raise many eyebrows
Review of the week: Wet Leg live @royalalberthall.bsky.social
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They may have started off as self-deprecating jokers, but this pulsating live show is final proof that the Isle of Wight rockers are now something much bigger, writes @katehutchinson.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/wet-leg-to...
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They may have started off as self-deprecating jokers, but this pulsating live show is final proof that the Isle of Wight rockers are now something much bigger, writes @katehutchinson.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/wet-leg-to...
November 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Review of the week: Wet Leg live @royalalberthall.bsky.social
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They may have started off as self-deprecating jokers, but this pulsating live show is final proof that the Isle of Wight rockers are now something much bigger, writes @katehutchinson.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/wet-leg-to...
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They may have started off as self-deprecating jokers, but this pulsating live show is final proof that the Isle of Wight rockers are now something much bigger, writes @katehutchinson.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/wet-leg-to...
Traitors on the inside, Trump on the outside ... who’d want to run the BBC now? Actually, I would
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Traitors on the inside, Trump on the outside ... who’d want to run the BBC now? Actually, I would
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
The Recommender: Nicôle Lecky
The Bafta-winning writer, actor and musician – star and creator of BBC drama Wild Cherry – on her favourite recent music, books and food tips
www.thenerve.news/p/the-recomm...
The Bafta-winning writer, actor and musician – star and creator of BBC drama Wild Cherry – on her favourite recent music, books and food tips
www.thenerve.news/p/the-recomm...
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The Recommender: Nicôle Lecky
The Bafta-winning writer, actor and musician – star and creator of BBC drama Wild Cherry – on her favourite recent music, books and food tips
www.thenerve.news/p/the-recomm...
The Bafta-winning writer, actor and musician – star and creator of BBC drama Wild Cherry – on her favourite recent music, books and food tips
www.thenerve.news/p/the-recomm...
The Nerve Weekend Dish: cook and author Yasmin Khan shares her recipe for gheimeh badinjan – a warming, citrussy Persian stew with aubergines, split peas and dried limes
Interview by Mina Holland
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Interview by Mina Holland
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November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The Nerve Weekend Dish: cook and author Yasmin Khan shares her recipe for gheimeh badinjan – a warming, citrussy Persian stew with aubergines, split peas and dried limes
Interview by Mina Holland
🔗 www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...
Interview by Mina Holland
🔗 www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...