I stand with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt, a beacon of honesty and commitment to the common good, against the sanctions imposed on her by the United States at the instigation of Israel. Justice will prevail, seen and done.

The EU's Code of Practice for General-Purpose AI is out. As one of the co-chairs who drafted the Safety & Security Chapter, focused on frontier AI, I'm proud of what we've put together. It’s a lean but effective framework for frontier AI companies to comply with the AI Act.

BREAKING: At least 798 people in Gaza have been killed while receiving aid, the UN human rights office has said. 🔗 Read more trib.al/PpI4HWw

Samuel Beckett's letter to Sergei Eisenstein from 1936, asking to be admitted to his film school

‘A new poll suggests that a party jointly led by Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn could be level with Labour in national voting intentions’ lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-po…

Cat Jumping, Salford, 1957, photo by Neil Libbert.

Jury Says Tesla Was Partly to Blame for Fatal Crash nytimes.com/2025/08/01/bus… via @NYTimes

Gall fruit and cats: a revelation

This is astonishing: Elbit Systems, the appalling arms company at the centre of Israel’s Military Industrial Complex & a key participant in the ongoing genocide, is about to win a highly sensitive UK defence contract worth £2bn! Has this government no shame? No wonder they had to

Trying to find a map of #Paris in medieval/early modern era. Anyone have any tips?

Julian Bream plays Dowland to Stravinsky HOW HAVE I NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE? youtu.be/aBY7szC93JU?si…

Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod. Japan, early 19th century (Edo period). Carved wood. Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Having presented well over 1,000 episodes of the much-loved BBC Radio 4 series, Melvyn Bragg has made the decision to step down from In Our Time following the series which aired earlier this year Read more via BBC Press Office ➡️ bbc.in/3K0J2RE

AI is coming for the AI startups! Another massive hit for SoftBank nytimes.com/2025/08/31/tec…

I know there are more serious problems out there atm, but one day the creators of the Samsung Smart TV firmware will have to answer for their crimes.

This and Add to Playlist are the saving grace of the BBC. They better find someone good to replace MB, none of this slightly-too-enthusiastic/permanently-surprised-tone nonsense.

Anthropic agrees largest settlement in the history of copyright cases nytimes.com/2025/09/05/tec…

Completely psychopathic in every detail. And our governments treat them with impunity. This is an American, but make no mistake, there will be returning Britons who have done the same - and they should be detained and prosecuted.

Completely dystopian & utterly outrageous. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, responsible for daily massacres, needs to be immediately closed & its staff put on trial for murder. Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites bbc.com/news/articles/…

Intensely relaxed about the company he keeps