@helenfcraig.bsky.social
As amazing as this story is, the ending is even better
incredible quote lol
November 29, 2025 at 6:41 AM
As amazing as this story is, the ending is even better
Absolutely horrendous and hard to read but worth it - great journalism
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Absolutely horrendous and hard to read but worth it - great journalism
Is he TOUCHING IT WITH HIS BARE HANDS??
Always here for a giant spider web story www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black
A giant colonial spiderweb in a sulfuric cave on the border between Greece and Albania may be the largest ever found — and it was built by spiders we didn't know liked the company of others.
www.livescience.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Is he TOUCHING IT WITH HIS BARE HANDS??
Jesus, Alan is so good at this he even has them commiserating him! #TheCelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Jesus, Alan is so good at this he even has them commiserating him! #TheCelebrityTraitors
I would genuinely pay twenty licence fees if the BBC could guarantee @nigella.bsky.social on the next series of #celebritytraitors
October 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I would genuinely pay twenty licence fees if the BBC could guarantee @nigella.bsky.social on the next series of #celebritytraitors
So happy that the Traitor's inability to spell their fellow player's names carries over to the celebrity edition!
October 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
So happy that the Traitor's inability to spell their fellow player's names carries over to the celebrity edition!
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ok this breakdown of AI writing indicators is incredible. Huge shout-out to the Wikipedia community for this
Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
ok this breakdown of AI writing indicators is incredible. Huge shout-out to the Wikipedia community for this
www.theargus.co.uk/news/2548759... what a great bit of public engagement! Id have been down there if my little one was a bit more little!
Brighton's Royal Pavilion launches UK-first baby experience
The Royal Pavilion Brighton unveils the UK’s first Baby Colour Trail, a sensory experience for infants based on Sussex Baby Lab research.
www.theargus.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 6:41 AM
www.theargus.co.uk/news/2548759... what a great bit of public engagement! Id have been down there if my little one was a bit more little!
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"I let my principles get in the way of things. I punched a bloke in the face once for saying Hawk the Slayer was rubbish."
Channel 4 aired the first episode of 'Spaced' on this day in 1999.
Channel 4 aired the first episode of 'Spaced' on this day in 1999.
September 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
"I let my principles get in the way of things. I punched a bloke in the face once for saying Hawk the Slayer was rubbish."
Channel 4 aired the first episode of 'Spaced' on this day in 1999.
Channel 4 aired the first episode of 'Spaced' on this day in 1999.
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I’m committed to working with community organisations to reassure Londoners and show that hate will never win.
These organisations are doing incredible work to unite our communities, and through the new fund announced today, we will help bring even more Londoners together.
These organisations are doing incredible work to unite our communities, and through the new fund announced today, we will help bring even more Londoners together.
September 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I’m committed to working with community organisations to reassure Londoners and show that hate will never win.
These organisations are doing incredible work to unite our communities, and through the new fund announced today, we will help bring even more Londoners together.
These organisations are doing incredible work to unite our communities, and through the new fund announced today, we will help bring even more Londoners together.
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Sharing this article about my brother in law Ken - the hero of our family. www.southtees.nhs.uk/news/whitby-...
Whitby grandad shares his 17-year battle with incurable blood cancer - South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
A cancer survivor who attributed his tiredness to a seasonal virus was shocked when it turned out to be cancer – and is now sharing his story in the hope of raising awareness about the condition.
www.southtees.nhs.uk
August 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Sharing this article about my brother in law Ken - the hero of our family. www.southtees.nhs.uk/news/whitby-...
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Once the lifeblood of online creativity—from silly games to iconic animations—Flash has all but disappeared from the live web. 🕳️
In our latest Vanishing Culture essay, free-range archivist Jason Scott @textfiles.com explores why Flash deserves to be preserved.
🔗 blog.archive.org/2025/08/06/v...
In our latest Vanishing Culture essay, free-range archivist Jason Scott @textfiles.com explores why Flash deserves to be preserved.
🔗 blog.archive.org/2025/08/06/v...
August 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Once the lifeblood of online creativity—from silly games to iconic animations—Flash has all but disappeared from the live web. 🕳️
In our latest Vanishing Culture essay, free-range archivist Jason Scott @textfiles.com explores why Flash deserves to be preserved.
🔗 blog.archive.org/2025/08/06/v...
In our latest Vanishing Culture essay, free-range archivist Jason Scott @textfiles.com explores why Flash deserves to be preserved.
🔗 blog.archive.org/2025/08/06/v...
This is why I'll always be conflicted about the catholic faith I was raised in, I think. How could this be allowed to happen, and allowed and covered up again and again and again?
August 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This is why I'll always be conflicted about the catholic faith I was raised in, I think. How could this be allowed to happen, and allowed and covered up again and again and again?
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A collector's edition front page. The Metro team clearly had to start printing just as the game went to penalties but before they knew the result. A masterpiece of hedging.
July 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
A collector's edition front page. The Metro team clearly had to start printing just as the game went to penalties but before they knew the result. A masterpiece of hedging.
I studied history of science and loved the stories behind the proving of germ theory (a surprising amount of boiling hay, I remember.) Hadn't quite realised how many cranks he's put into positions of power in America. Will have knock on effects over here as they get on planes and spread this stuff.
1/ DO NOT MISS @annamerlan.bsky.social & @kieraevebutler.bsky.social's deep dive into how RFK Jr is taking his fight against vaccines to trying to get rid of the vaccine injury court, without which there will not be new & better vaccines developed. It's diabolical www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The plot against vaccines
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies have hit on a way to undermine immunization.
www.motherjones.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I studied history of science and loved the stories behind the proving of germ theory (a surprising amount of boiling hay, I remember.) Hadn't quite realised how many cranks he's put into positions of power in America. Will have knock on effects over here as they get on planes and spread this stuff.
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He's one of Britain's richest men. So why does Asif Aziz's property company keep leasing London gift shops to overseas students based in abandoned offices or flytipped car parks — before vanishing without paying millions of pounds in taxes? www.londoncentric.media/p/asf-aziz-l...
The billionaire and the tax evading gift shops
Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital manages a row of high-profile shops at Piccadilly Circus. So why does his team keeping renting them to students who vanish without paying millions of pounds in taxes?
www.londoncentric.media
July 22, 2025 at 6:48 AM
He's one of Britain's richest men. So why does Asif Aziz's property company keep leasing London gift shops to overseas students based in abandoned offices or flytipped car parks — before vanishing without paying millions of pounds in taxes? www.londoncentric.media/p/asf-aziz-l...
Relevant outside games too I think
wrote about how social media has us constantly barking at ghosts 😌
"Friendslop" isn't real, but people love posting about it anyway: aftermath.site/friendslop-pea...
July 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Relevant outside games too I think
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We're at #CallyFestival2025 today supporting a fantastic bunch of projects!
July 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We're at #CallyFestival2025 today supporting a fantastic bunch of projects!
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New from me and the great @hana-kiros.bsky.social reporting on the devastation caused by the USAID cuts Musk championed, Musk’s troubling obsession with “western civilization” and which lives he believes are worth saving (it’s not kids in South Sudan)
Who Does Elon Musk Believe Is Worth Saving?
The tech billionaire wants to shape humanity’s future. Not everyone has a place there.
www.theatlantic.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
New from me and the great @hana-kiros.bsky.social reporting on the devastation caused by the USAID cuts Musk championed, Musk’s troubling obsession with “western civilization” and which lives he believes are worth saving (it’s not kids in South Sudan)
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Don’t think I’ve ever muttered the words “fuck me sideways” quite so much reading a story as this one.
They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Don’t think I’ve ever muttered the words “fuck me sideways” quite so much reading a story as this one.
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CELEBRITY TRAITORS CAST CONFIRMED BY THE BBC
Alan Carr
Cat Burns
Celia Imrie
Charlotte Church
Clare Balding
David Olusoga
Joe Marler
Joe Wilkinson
Jonathan Ross
Kate Garraway
Lucy Beaumont
Mark Bonnar
Nick Mohammed
Niko Omilana
Paloma Faith
Ruth Codd
Stephen Fry
Tameka Empson
Tom Daley
Alan Carr
Cat Burns
Celia Imrie
Charlotte Church
Clare Balding
David Olusoga
Joe Marler
Joe Wilkinson
Jonathan Ross
Kate Garraway
Lucy Beaumont
Mark Bonnar
Nick Mohammed
Niko Omilana
Paloma Faith
Ruth Codd
Stephen Fry
Tameka Empson
Tom Daley
May 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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It certainly looks like Elon Musk’s henchmen stole all the data from the agency which protects workers rights, tried to cover it up, and then threatened to kill the guy who blew the whistle on it.
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It certainly looks like Elon Musk’s henchmen stole all the data from the agency which protects workers rights, tried to cover it up, and then threatened to kill the guy who blew the whistle on it.
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American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
theatln.tc
March 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY