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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 16d

📢 Apply now for the 2026–27 ISP Resident Fellowship at Yale Law School! We encourage projects on AI and the digital public sphere—free speech, content moderation, privacy, antitrust, and algorithmic governance. More info: law.yale.edu/isp/join-us#...

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The Open Notebook @theopennotebook.bsky.social · 19m

What does trust in science journalism mean to you?

We're getting ready for #SJF25 and want to hear from you. Share your response below for a chance to receive 1 or 10 free e-books of “The Craft of Science Writing.”

Science Journalism Forum

virtual multilingual global event where science journalists, writers, publishers, scientists, students, and academia can share new ideas and thoughts in science journalism

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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 2h

Not least, if anyone questions me listening to it, I can say it’s “for work”…

Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 2h

It’s not the main takeaway from @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social’s piece below, which you should read, but I’m really enjoying Jayde Adams’ radio series on local community apps & messageboards (shades of Adam Buxton reading YouTube comments):

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 3h

Omid Djalili on why he performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 10h

Great story!

(On a related note, I’m dredging my deep 90s memories here, but I am pretty sure Beck used to claim that he once worked making “sound effects for Arabic kung fu movies” (this was well before the wave of factchecking organisations…)…)

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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 10h

For all #Kafka fans, @legorafi.bsky.social with a horrifying new take on Die Verwandlung (Metamorphosis):

LE GORAFI
Costume noir Celio Club, chemise blanche Uniqlo, chaussures en cuir de chez Bexley et after-shave Acqua di Parma, c'est sous cette nouvelle forme que Samsa, une blatte germanique, s'est réveillée ce matin dans sa chambre praguoise. Au prix d'un effort surhumain, Samsa parvient à s'extraire de son lit et découvre dans le miroir de la salle de bain l'image d'un homme brun d'une trentaine d'années rasé de près, les cheveux fortement gominés et 32 dents définitives blanchies au peroxyde. Une vision d'horreur qui la pousse immédiatement à se barricader dans sa chambre en feignant de ne pas entendre les appels de son père, de sa mère, de sa sœur, et de ImmoStores, sa toute nouvelle entreprise de Vélux.

Terrorisée, Samsa décide finalement d'expliquer la situation à ses proches à travers la porte mais les mots qui sortent de sa bouche la clouent aussitôt sur place : "Alors petit point rapidos : je suis en train d'expérimenter un process de transformation full-stack totalement disruptif. Il faut absolument que vous vous positionniez comme des facilitateurs pour orchestrer un écosystème de résilience framework parce que là ma lifetime value est limite border et j'ai zéro visibilité sur ma capacité à penser transverse face à ce nouveau challenge". Une explication qui entraînera aussitôt l'explosion en sanglots de sa mère de l'autre côté du mur ainsi que plusieurs coups de hache dans la porte par son père, bien décidé à le faire taire pour de bon.

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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 11h

Anyone know of any good solutions for leaving a bike battery somewhere safely in the Kings Cross area - as (I forgot) they are not allowed in the @britishlibrary.bsky.social?

#london #cycling #doh

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James Bridle @jamesbridle.bsky.social · 16h

This BBC Radio 4 three-part doc on fascism as a continuous, and continuously opposed, thread in British life is very good and worth a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Britain's Fascist Thread, Episode 1

Camilla Schofield explores the unbroken thread of fascism in Britain.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 1d

Have you seen this upcoming OECD series of talks on ‘public understanding of public finances’, in which he is the last speaker?

www.oecd.org/en/about/pro...

Empowering Public Understanding of Public Finances

Good policies alone are not enough — governments also need public understanding to support and implement them effectively. To build support for budget reforms, this means helping people grasp the chal...

www.oecd.org

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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 1d

Please share - @norad.no open call (20 grants totalling 600m NOK/€50m in 2026-29) for regional, Norwegian & intl organisations that “protect #humanrights defenders and strengthen their work” in ODA-eligible countries - deadline 18 Nov 2025.

www.norad.no/en/for-partn...

#funding

Open Call for Proposals: Human Rights Defenders | Norad.no

The purpose of this call is to protect human rights defenders and strengthen their work.

www.norad.no

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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 1d

#epistemicsecurity in a nutshell… 👇🏾

[and yes, also very fun at parties and meetings]

Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 1d

On the day it happens, and it will, the executive power provisions within the Communications Act of 1934 and the National Emergencies Act of 1976 will allow him to kill switch the US internet. He will. Plan for that now, because it includes your US-based cloud storage and hosted SAAS applications.

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.

Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 1d

Pam’s morning show on NTS is genuinely superb (he and Maria Somerville) #music

www.nts.live/shows/early-...

The Early Bird Show w/ PAM 7th October 2025

PAM, previously host of beloved NTS show Okonkole Y Trompa, joins you for a dawn chorus every Thursday. Traversing obscure rarities, globetrotting vintage pop and beyond.

www.nts.live

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 2d

Brazil’s Digital Agenda is a first step toward tackling concentrated digital markets, writes Paulo Henrique de Oliveira, chief of staff at the Tribunal of CADE, the Brazilian competition authority. The competition bill isn’t a final answer—but it’s the start of building fairer institutions, he says.

Brazil Points the Way Forward for Competition Policy and Digital Sovereignty in the Global South | TechPolicy.Press

Brazil's competition bill marks the beginning of constructing a more equitable digital future, writes Paulo Henrique de Oliveira.

www.techpolicy.press

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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 2d

For your lunch break, on #Cleopatra:

Natalie Haynes: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

And BBC Radio 3 Artworks on major acting roles:

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics - Series 10 - Cleopatra - BBC Sounds

Brilliant politician, ruthless leader, massive brain-box: Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · 2d

A thread of inspirational quotes from two of my idols: Kemi Badenoch and Ange Postecoglou

(uh-oh, I may have gotten some mixed up... or have I??)

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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 2d

Even Ron Swanson turned in the end:

youtu.be/JeLJ7aw3J8Q?...

Did someone say… Government Shutdown?

YouTube video by Parks and Recreation

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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 3d

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

How Reform ‘misinformation’ campaign sank town’s refugee sanctuary plan

Party accused of stoking divisions in Weston-super-Mare over scheme to improve support for asylum seekers

www.theguardian.com

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 3d

Phenomenal tifo by @bodoglimt.bsky.social fans. 🙌

Jerry Howse @jerryh1962.bsky.social · 4d

“Be careful who you hate, it could be someone you love.”
📍FK Bodø/Glimt, Norway

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 3d

“Viral propaganda tools were deployed against those attempting to limit the reach of viral propaganda tools. Cries of censorship were used to silence opponents, curtail research, and stop fact-checking. Investigating the weaponization of the government meant weaponizing the government.”

Algorithm Nation | Jacob Weisberg

Fights about digital filtering tools have turned more and more bitter. That's because of their extraordinary power to shape both political opinion and mass culture.

www.nybooks.com

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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 4d

"The data reveal a complex global public curious about the inner lives of other species, while also grappling with the profound questions raised by AI and its potential impact on our relationship with the rest of nature."

www.earthspecies.org/blog/what-th...

What the World Thinks About AI and Animal Communication: Findings from Our First Global Survey - Earth Species Project

For the first time, we asked the world what it wants from a future where AI helps us understand animal communication. Surveying 1,057 people across 67 countries, we discovered remarkable global consen...

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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 4d

Gerwig was of the Devil’s party and didn’t know it…

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 4d

I have a piece in The Ideas Letter on how the covering/uncovering of the face has become such a fractious political issue, in contexts such as protest, Covid, ICE agents etc www.theideasletter.org/essay/facial...

Facial Recognitions - The Ideas Letter

Davies traces the political history of the human face, showing how it has become both a weapon and a site of contestation—from far-right mobilizations fueled by viral images to the…

www.theideasletter.org

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 5d

ICE unleashed tear gas on the street in Chicago’s Logan Square today and I tried to find meaning among the fog and my own anger about, well, everything. dansinker.com/posts/202…

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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 5d

Did you see this?

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 10d

@milleridriss.bsky.social talks to @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social about her new book, Man Up, and the role misogyny plays in violent extremism on the @justsecurity.org podcast

Misogyny’s Role in Violent Extremism

Podcast Episode · The Just Security Podcast · 09/18/2025 · 46m

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