Great piece by Mihir Bose "[Many Britons] prefer polemical pamphlets more suited to Speakers’ Corner eulogising imperial rule rather than well-researched histories which clearly show that there was little to be proud of..." independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

'American politics has been blown open by neoliberalism and capitalist globalization...' gabrielwinant for Dissent Magazine dissentmagazine.org/online_article…

‘During the Vietnam War,' he remarked, 'every respectable artist was against it. It was like a laser beam. The power of this weapon turns out to be that of a custard pie dropped from a stepladder six feet high.’ The The Vonnegut Review in Tribune tribunemag.co.uk/2021/04/kurt-v…

I know it’s cliche and a little bit obvious. But Nigel Farage being for ‘human rights’ or the ‘public’ interest. When has he ever done anything that would make you think that?

Ding dong ditch? Burn this Americanised rock to cinders

No sushi made of totopos, no sashimi tacos. Just Los Mochis and Juno Omakase challenging themselves to fuse the flavours of Japan and Mexico with style. My piece for The Independent independent.co.uk/life-style/foo…

Wrote about the Scientology film with more Dutch angles than an Amsterdam architect for Little White Lies lwlies.com/articles/battl…

Our front page tomorrow The Independent on Gaza

They made Will Smith eat spaghetti. So, in the hands of malicious actors, what can AI make you do? The world of deepfakes and voice cloning is only getting larger. But, possibly the most damaging AI is the type we inflict upon ourselves. independent.co.uk/tech/ai-deepfa…

They made Will Smith eat spaghetti. So, what can AI make you do? The world of ‘personal misinformation’ is growing, fuelled by bad actors, but also by your own content habits. Pleasure to speak with Lilian Edwards and Sandra Wachter [email protected] for this piece. independent.co.uk/tech/ai-deepfa…

How AI deepfake voice scams are becoming the most insidious threat on the internet independent.co.uk/tech/ai-deepfa…

New commentary! Thought provoking piece from Liam Murphy-Robledo for The Independent with latest insights from Sandra Wachter [email protected] Governance of Emerging Technologies Oxford Internet Institute OxfordSocialSciences University of Oxford on the ethics of AI.

Great piece Liam Murphy-Robledo The Independent on how AI deepfake voice scams are becoming the most insidious threat on the internet independent.co.uk/tech/ai-deepfa…

Neither sleep nor death will sever your connection. But it wasn't always this way... I spoke to the pioneers of dial-up connection, as well as Gough Lui and @MsShade about nostalgia for a slower time. And Geert Lovink about how it could all come to an end independent.co.uk/tech/gen-z-nos…

My favoured articles are space articles that are called ‘THE SUN IS WAKING UP AND WE DON’T KNOW WHY’ or ‘ANGEL-LIKE SHAPE PICTURED IN THE DEPTHS OF OUTER SPACE’

Seen a video that felt engineered to make you angry? It might have been. AI is being used to spread countless rage bait videos across the internet, fuelling anger, fooling journalists and changing political discourse as it goes. My piece on it here: independent.co.uk/tech/rage-bait…