Pete Wilton
@petewilton.bsky.social
#Science & #PublicHealth PR @lshtm.bsky.social. #Writing, #Books #History. Author of Spectrum of #Misinformation newsletter with news, analysis & practical advice: https://the-spectrum-of-misinformation.ghost.io Views model's own.
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Pete Wilton
@petewilton.bsky.social
· Nov 5
As #deepfakes go mainstream, should we all be prepping for Slopageddon?
💥MPs warn UK complacent on GenAI #misinformation
💥Sora 2 "willing hoax generator"
💥Self-regulated labelling of #GenAI content failing
What to do? Read more: the-spectrum-of-misinformation.ghost.io/slopageddon-...
💥MPs warn UK complacent on GenAI #misinformation
💥Sora 2 "willing hoax generator"
💥Self-regulated labelling of #GenAI content failing
What to do? Read more: the-spectrum-of-misinformation.ghost.io/slopageddon-...
Current mood...
December 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Current mood...
For true love is a durable fire
In the mind ever burning
Never sick, never old, never dead
From itself never turning
(Walter Raleigh)
In the mind ever burning
Never sick, never old, never dead
From itself never turning
(Walter Raleigh)
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
For true love is a durable fire
In the mind ever burning
Never sick, never old, never dead
From itself never turning
(Walter Raleigh)
In the mind ever burning
Never sick, never old, never dead
From itself never turning
(Walter Raleigh)
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Rapid Reaction: LSHTM experts respond to US vote to end hepatitis B #vaccine recommendation for newborns
They warn more babies in the US will become infected with the virus, which is associated with liver #cancer
#PublicHealth
👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
They warn more babies in the US will become infected with the virus, which is associated with liver #cancer
#PublicHealth
👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
December 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Rapid Reaction: LSHTM experts respond to US vote to end hepatitis B #vaccine recommendation for newborns
They warn more babies in the US will become infected with the virus, which is associated with liver #cancer
#PublicHealth
👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
They warn more babies in the US will become infected with the virus, which is associated with liver #cancer
#PublicHealth
👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
'The monkey was not available for comment.'
December 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
'The monkey was not available for comment.'
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Calling the shots: the pharmacists combatting vaccine #misinformation
Liam Smeeth tells the PJ 'honesty really matters' in conversations around #vaccines to help build trust while Alex De Figueiredo explains uptake varies across different groups.
pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/feat...
Liam Smeeth tells the PJ 'honesty really matters' in conversations around #vaccines to help build trust while Alex De Figueiredo explains uptake varies across different groups.
pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/feat...
Calling the shots: the pharmacists combatting vaccine misinformation
Virginia Chachati, a pharmacist who works in public health and medical communication, has had her fair share of patients challenging her about vaccines. “Somebody will come in and say, ‘I don’t think...
pharmaceutical-journal.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Calling the shots: the pharmacists combatting vaccine #misinformation
Liam Smeeth tells the PJ 'honesty really matters' in conversations around #vaccines to help build trust while Alex De Figueiredo explains uptake varies across different groups.
pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/feat...
Liam Smeeth tells the PJ 'honesty really matters' in conversations around #vaccines to help build trust while Alex De Figueiredo explains uptake varies across different groups.
pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/feat...
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This is the funniest, sweariest thing I've read about GenAI in ages. Made me LOL 😂
December 5, 2025 at 7:49 AM
This is the funniest, sweariest thing I've read about GenAI in ages. Made me LOL 😂
This is the funniest, sweariest thing I've read about GenAI in ages. Made me LOL 😂
December 5, 2025 at 7:49 AM
This is the funniest, sweariest thing I've read about GenAI in ages. Made me LOL 😂
Enshittification update
NEW: Your "end-to-end encrypted" poop pictures taken by this $599 (+ subscription) smart toilet camera are actually not end-to-end encrypted.
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techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
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techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted | TechCrunch
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.
techcrunch.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Enshittification update
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Today the news will be about the government's proposals for juries.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Today the news will be about the government's proposals for juries.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Almost exactly a year ago I wrote a post about how to weaken #misinformation attacks so you don't just spread false/misleading claims: the-spectrum-of-misinformation.ghost.io/how-weak-the...
November 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Almost exactly a year ago I wrote a post about how to weaken #misinformation attacks so you don't just spread false/misleading claims: the-spectrum-of-misinformation.ghost.io/how-weak-the...
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70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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The two-child limit lift should be a celebration moment for people who really do care about the working class and are motivated for politics to protect those really left-behind in society. Extremely telling when it isn't!!
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The two-child limit lift should be a celebration moment for people who really do care about the working class and are motivated for politics to protect those really left-behind in society. Extremely telling when it isn't!!
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I do not have two wolves inside me, I have an unending struggle between Fraggles and Doozers
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I do not have two wolves inside me, I have an unending struggle between Fraggles and Doozers
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Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
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Terrifying, maddening and utterly heart-breaking. Truly incredible journalism to expose and document this.
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 7:27 AM
Terrifying, maddening and utterly heart-breaking. Truly incredible journalism to expose and document this.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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I was drawn to this humble, unassuming window at the Talbot Inn in Much Wenlock. Maybe it’s the bulls eye centre — or the thought of peeking faces, everyday moments, and stories it has seen over the centuries. What is it for you? 🤔
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I was drawn to this humble, unassuming window at the Talbot Inn in Much Wenlock. Maybe it’s the bulls eye centre — or the thought of peeking faces, everyday moments, and stories it has seen over the centuries. What is it for you? 🤔
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You're a parasitic ant queen eyeing the colony of another species. You have a simple plan:
1. Hide your scent by rubbing workers on your body
2. Infiltrate the nest
3. Spray the queen with chemicals that goad her daughters into tearing her to bits
4. All hail the usurper!
(my latest for CNN) 🧪
1. Hide your scent by rubbing workers on your body
2. Infiltrate the nest
3. Spray the queen with chemicals that goad her daughters into tearing her to bits
4. All hail the usurper!
(my latest for CNN) 🧪
Parasitic ant queen chemically manipulates workers into killing their mother | CNN
Scientists newly described how a parasitic ant queen infiltrates another ant species’ colony and tricks the workers into killing their mother.
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
You're a parasitic ant queen eyeing the colony of another species. You have a simple plan:
1. Hide your scent by rubbing workers on your body
2. Infiltrate the nest
3. Spray the queen with chemicals that goad her daughters into tearing her to bits
4. All hail the usurper!
(my latest for CNN) 🧪
1. Hide your scent by rubbing workers on your body
2. Infiltrate the nest
3. Spray the queen with chemicals that goad her daughters into tearing her to bits
4. All hail the usurper!
(my latest for CNN) 🧪
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It gets dark early now and the country is raked by rain, so if you're the protagonist in an M John Harrison novel now is the right time of year to take a slow train to an unfamiliar town to check on an old friend who hasn't been doing so well
November 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It gets dark early now and the country is raked by rain, so if you're the protagonist in an M John Harrison novel now is the right time of year to take a slow train to an unfamiliar town to check on an old friend who hasn't been doing so well
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'Incendiaries' (1940-1945) by Paul Lucien Dessau
(Museum of London)
(Museum of London)
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
'Incendiaries' (1940-1945) by Paul Lucien Dessau
(Museum of London)
(Museum of London)
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Happy Sunday! 🦛 💙
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Happy Sunday! 🦛 💙
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
There must be some way I can inherit a house in a cursed town by the sea where I must whittle haunted wood into offerings for The Forgotten Ones, beach combing at sunset, glancing nervously behind me for the footprints of the unseen.
November 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
There must be some way I can inherit a house in a cursed town by the sea where I must whittle haunted wood into offerings for The Forgotten Ones, beach combing at sunset, glancing nervously behind me for the footprints of the unseen.
TikTok influencers are influencing men to get testosterone therapy they don't need.
Potentially side effects can include infertility.
#misinformation #PublicHealth
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Potentially side effects can include infertility.
#misinformation #PublicHealth
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Social media misinformation driving men to NHS clinics in search of testosterone they don’t need
Endocrinologists warn taking testosterone unnecessarily can suppress the body’s natural hormone production
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
TikTok influencers are influencing men to get testosterone therapy they don't need.
Potentially side effects can include infertility.
#misinformation #PublicHealth
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Potentially side effects can include infertility.
#misinformation #PublicHealth
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
I keep thinking about this too:
💥Tech CEOs talking about #AI singularity as if it's the rapture
💥Worship of black box algorithms no one understands
💥Insisting on blind belief now for future rewards
💥Selling digital indulgences for £££
If it looks like a cult & sounds like a cult...
💥Tech CEOs talking about #AI singularity as if it's the rapture
💥Worship of black box algorithms no one understands
💥Insisting on blind belief now for future rewards
💥Selling digital indulgences for £££
If it looks like a cult & sounds like a cult...
Under-explored (in my feed anyway) angle on AI relevant to the latest horrors. I have had unformed thoughts for a while on the potential uses of religion in this moment. Also stay for the parallel between Tim Leary pushing psychedelics and what current tech CEOs are doing.
As terrible as the record of the Christian Church is for regulating and certifying its Spiritual Guides and Pastoral Care workers, it is still WILDLY better than “an LLM and the people who made it”. Same goes for any major religious community, tbh.
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I keep thinking about this too:
💥Tech CEOs talking about #AI singularity as if it's the rapture
💥Worship of black box algorithms no one understands
💥Insisting on blind belief now for future rewards
💥Selling digital indulgences for £££
If it looks like a cult & sounds like a cult...
💥Tech CEOs talking about #AI singularity as if it's the rapture
💥Worship of black box algorithms no one understands
💥Insisting on blind belief now for future rewards
💥Selling digital indulgences for £££
If it looks like a cult & sounds like a cult...