Lucy Bailey
@labailey.bsky.social
Producer on BBC World Service radio's Newshour. Background / interest in science, politics & law esp. international / human rights. NUJ (union) rep. Jazz / garden / nature / food enthusiast now living in Tunbridge Wells. [email protected]
@davidallengreen.bsky.social Hi David, I have sent you a DM - hoping you might be available to speak to us tonight! I am [email protected]
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
@davidallengreen.bsky.social Hi David, I have sent you a DM - hoping you might be available to speak to us tonight! I am [email protected]
@ktownsend.bsky.social Hi Katie I'd like to email you an interview request - I'm [email protected]
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
@ktownsend.bsky.social Hi Katie I'd like to email you an interview request - I'm [email protected]
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the US is exporting right wing culture just like it exports guns and ammunition
'Red pill,' 'alpha male' content is a key driver in rising aggressive behaviour among Malaysian boys - experts
The surge of these toxic ideologies promote dominance, control over women and emotional suppression.
The surge of these toxic ideologies promote dominance, control over women and emotional suppression.
'Red pill' ideology is a key driver in rising aggressive behaviour among Malaysian boys - Criminologist
The surge of these toxic ideologies, often spread by influencers like Andrew Tate, which promote dominance, control over women and emotional suppression.
www.sinardaily.my
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
the US is exporting right wing culture just like it exports guns and ammunition
'Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say'
From @theguardian.com
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From @theguardian.com
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Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
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November 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
'Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say'
From @theguardian.com
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From @theguardian.com
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Let me be clear — there are contingency funds available to fully fund SNAP while we are in this Republican shutdown.
But what is Trump doing? He’s doing everything in his power to withhold these benefits, making Americans go hungry.
But what is Trump doing? He’s doing everything in his power to withhold these benefits, making Americans go hungry.
November 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Let me be clear — there are contingency funds available to fully fund SNAP while we are in this Republican shutdown.
But what is Trump doing? He’s doing everything in his power to withhold these benefits, making Americans go hungry.
But what is Trump doing? He’s doing everything in his power to withhold these benefits, making Americans go hungry.
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one thing i find crazy-making is the idea that getting rid of the filibuster would make congress a purely majoritarian institution. bicameralism itself is counter-majoritarian! equal state representation is counter-majoritarian! the fact that senate elections are staggered is counter-majoritarian!
November 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
one thing i find crazy-making is the idea that getting rid of the filibuster would make congress a purely majoritarian institution. bicameralism itself is counter-majoritarian! equal state representation is counter-majoritarian! the fact that senate elections are staggered is counter-majoritarian!
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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
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A shame it's being tested like this, but a forceful reminder that restoring nature, preserving clean, thriving ecosystems is also ensuring we have something to fall back on during tough times:
grist.org/indigenous/t...
grist.org/indigenous/t...
The government froze food aid. Tribes are thawing old traditions.
Decades of work to rebuild traditional food systems are paying off, but droughts and funding cuts threaten to unravel the progress.
grist.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A shame it's being tested like this, but a forceful reminder that restoring nature, preserving clean, thriving ecosystems is also ensuring we have something to fall back on during tough times:
grist.org/indigenous/t...
grist.org/indigenous/t...
@seancudahy.bsky.social Hi Sean, I have just sent you an urgent email request, from [email protected]
November 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
@seancudahy.bsky.social Hi Sean, I have just sent you an urgent email request, from [email protected]
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United published a list of all its flight cancellations through the weekend.
About half of customers were rebooked within four hours of their original departure, the carrier said
www.united.com/en/us/fly/co...
About half of customers were rebooked within four hours of their original departure, the carrier said
www.united.com/en/us/fly/co...
www.united.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
United published a list of all its flight cancellations through the weekend.
About half of customers were rebooked within four hours of their original departure, the carrier said
www.united.com/en/us/fly/co...
About half of customers were rebooked within four hours of their original departure, the carrier said
www.united.com/en/us/fly/co...
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My companion piece explains the film’s context: USAID’s dismantling is estimated to have already killed 600,000 people, ⅔ of them children. Officials simply deny any harm, while halting data monitoring and firing inspectors general who’d have documented it. 2/
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
My companion piece explains the film’s context: USAID’s dismantling is estimated to have already killed 600,000 people, ⅔ of them children. Officials simply deny any harm, while halting data monitoring and firing inspectors general who’d have documented it. 2/
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
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See the film and my update on the ongoing, pointless, man-made loss of life here: bsky.app/profile/agaw...
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
See the film and my update on the ongoing, pointless, man-made loss of life here: bsky.app/profile/agaw...
@rahmstorf.bsky.social Hi Professor Rahmstorf I have tried to email you an interview request for today, on the Cryosphere report - from [email protected]
November 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
@rahmstorf.bsky.social Hi Professor Rahmstorf I have tried to email you an interview request for today, on the Cryosphere report - from [email protected]
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What did Bill Gates actually write? What is right and what is bizarre about it? And how was it then distorted by the media?
Climate Adam explains it in his inimitable way. Check it out!https://youtube.com/watch?v=9MmqKEkOtwo
Climate Adam explains it in his inimitable way. Check it out!https://youtube.com/watch?v=9MmqKEkOtwo
Climate Scientist Responds to Bill Gates
YouTube video by ClimateAdam
youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
What did Bill Gates actually write? What is right and what is bizarre about it? And how was it then distorted by the media?
Climate Adam explains it in his inimitable way. Check it out!https://youtube.com/watch?v=9MmqKEkOtwo
Climate Adam explains it in his inimitable way. Check it out!https://youtube.com/watch?v=9MmqKEkOtwo
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Today the 2025 State of the Cryosphere report was published by over 50 leading cryosphere scientists.
An urgent warning about the global consequences of the meltdown of ice, including the risk of shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC. 🌊
iccinet.org/statecryo25/
An urgent warning about the global consequences of the meltdown of ice, including the risk of shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC. 🌊
iccinet.org/statecryo25/
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Today the 2025 State of the Cryosphere report was published by over 50 leading cryosphere scientists.
An urgent warning about the global consequences of the meltdown of ice, including the risk of shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC. 🌊
iccinet.org/statecryo25/
An urgent warning about the global consequences of the meltdown of ice, including the risk of shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC. 🌊
iccinet.org/statecryo25/
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The Trump administration’s military strikes on alleged drug boats are “blatantly unlawful as a matter of U.S. domestic law—and a quickly spreading stain on whatever is left of the executive branch’s commitment to the rule of law.”
Me on “extrajudicial killings” in the latest issue of “One First”:
Me on “extrajudicial killings” in the latest issue of “One First”:
188. Five Questions About "Extrajudicial Killings"
There is no obvious legal argument to support President Trump's expanding campaign of strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. And the implications are even scarier.
www.stevevladeck.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The Trump administration’s military strikes on alleged drug boats are “blatantly unlawful as a matter of U.S. domestic law—and a quickly spreading stain on whatever is left of the executive branch’s commitment to the rule of law.”
Me on “extrajudicial killings” in the latest issue of “One First”:
Me on “extrajudicial killings” in the latest issue of “One First”:
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New from Amy Howe: The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed skeptical of President Donald Trump’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs in a series of executive orders earlier this year.
Court appears dubious of Trump’s tariffs
The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed skeptical of President Donald Trump’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs in a series of executive orders earlier this year. During more than two-and-a-half hour...
www.scotusblog.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
New from Amy Howe: The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed skeptical of President Donald Trump’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs in a series of executive orders earlier this year.
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'The analysis [of existing data] shows it is difficult, if not impossible, to delineate the killings based on religious affiliations.
All the religions in [Nigeria] have been affected, and there have been fatalities across several ethnic and religious lines.'
theconversation.com/is-there-a-c...
All the religions in [Nigeria] have been affected, and there have been fatalities across several ethnic and religious lines.'
theconversation.com/is-there-a-c...
Is there a Christian genocide in Nigeria? Evidence shows all faiths are under attack by terrorists
Despite the number of fatalities from terrorism in Nigeria, it is difficult to delineate the killings based on religious affiliations.
theconversation.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
'The analysis [of existing data] shows it is difficult, if not impossible, to delineate the killings based on religious affiliations.
All the religions in [Nigeria] have been affected, and there have been fatalities across several ethnic and religious lines.'
theconversation.com/is-there-a-c...
All the religions in [Nigeria] have been affected, and there have been fatalities across several ethnic and religious lines.'
theconversation.com/is-there-a-c...
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I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
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I got to say something about the Word Of The Year, "vibe coding", on the BBC World Service today. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 18:20 in, thanks @labailey.bsky.social.
It's 2 holy grails/silver bullets of software engineering in one: requirements *in nat language* to code automatically. Yeah. Nah.
It's 2 holy grails/silver bullets of software engineering in one: requirements *in nat language* to code automatically. Yeah. Nah.
Newshour - Some world leaders meet ahead of climate summit - BBC Sounds
As only a handful gather before COP30 in Brazil - is international commitment wavering?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I got to say something about the Word Of The Year, "vibe coding", on the BBC World Service today. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 18:20 in, thanks @labailey.bsky.social.
It's 2 holy grails/silver bullets of software engineering in one: requirements *in nat language* to code automatically. Yeah. Nah.
It's 2 holy grails/silver bullets of software engineering in one: requirements *in nat language* to code automatically. Yeah. Nah.
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One of the things I think the vibe coding stuff hasn't yet really come to terms with is junior developers and owners often think the key skill for developers is ability to write code, and principal developers know the /actual/ super power that distinguishes principals is their ability to debug.
November 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
One of the things I think the vibe coding stuff hasn't yet really come to terms with is junior developers and owners often think the key skill for developers is ability to write code, and principal developers know the /actual/ super power that distinguishes principals is their ability to debug.
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Here’s the latest episode of Better Offline. I’m joined by software engineer and writer Charlie Meyer to talk about the BS of vibe coding, why the valley went so crazy about scaling laws, and the realities of AI coding.
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Vibe Coding is BS w/ Charlie Meyer
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 11/05/2025 · 53m
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November 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Here’s the latest episode of Better Offline. I’m joined by software engineer and writer Charlie Meyer to talk about the BS of vibe coding, why the valley went so crazy about scaling laws, and the realities of AI coding.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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New set of forest towns to be built between Oxford and Cambridge
New set of forest towns to be built between Oxford and Cambridge
Communities in the middle of new national forest to show how housebuilding can be delivered alongside nature
A new set of forest towns will be built in the area between Oxford and Cambridge, nestled in the middle of a new national forest.
After facing anger from nature groups over the deregulation in the upcoming planning bill, ministers are trying to demonstrate that mass housebuilding can be delivered in conjunction with new nature. The government has promised to plant millions of trees to boost England’s nature. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
New set of forest towns to be built between Oxford and Cambridge