Tom Jamieson

Tom Jamieson

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Surprisingly 🇦🇺 Senior writer Private Eye. Co-head writer BBC Dead Ringers. Award losing children’s author. Dog stick wrangler.

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Ian Martin
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#SaveR4Extra It's the serendipity, stupid. On this morning: not only James Naughtie mediating a conversation between Martin Amis and readers of London Fields, but preceding it a programme I remember looking forward to very much in 1989: Kingsley Amis and Martin, chatting amiably about...stuff.

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Private Eye Magazine
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“When I look round the boardroom at the other board members Palantir has recently also recruited from the House of Lords – notably Lord Vader and Lord Voldemort – I don’t have any sense that these people are evil,” said Watson. From the new Private Eye, out now.

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£2.99 gets you six minutes of Lime bike jousting, or a copy of the new issue. Either way, don’t lose your Eye! IT’S PRIVATE EYE WEEK! New edition in shops and with subscribers from Wednesday.

Tom Jamieson
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British understatement at its understated best... BBC lawyers dragging Trump...🙌🙌🙌

Adam Klasfeld@klasfeldreports.com

Donald Trump canceled his scheduled Oct. 16 deposition in his lawsuit against the BBC because of "matters of national importance." The BBC alerts the judge that those matters were: a rally in Dalton, Ga. and a fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago.

Tom Jamieson
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It's like 'The Americans' if Philip & Elizabeth in ep1 had a big flashing neon sign above their Washington home saying 'WE'RE RUSSIAN SPIES...WE'RE RUSSIAN SPIES!'.

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold amid deepening row with Ukraine

theguardian.comTrump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold amid deepening row with UkrainePresident signed the legislation championed by late senator Lindsey Graham last month but has waived the restrictions as they were due to come into effect Donald Trump has put on hold a sweeping new sanctions package targeting the Russian economy, telling Congress the pause on the legislation passed by both chambers was in the national interest. In an executive order on Friday, the US president said he was waiving many ⁠sanctions, restrictions and duties ⁠on Russia, in a move that comes as he has been publicly criticising ⁠Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, including suggesting that Ukraine needs a ​new leader. Continue reading...

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John J. Hoare
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Something interesting: due to the Celebrity Traitors final on the 30th October, HIGNFY will be on pre-watershed, at 7:30pm. Has this ever happened before?

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Private Eye Magazine
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Eye Told You So… Ministers to send inspectors into Lord (Ben) Houchen’s Tees Valley authority over high debt, rising borrowing levels and its financial relationship with the publicly owned Teesside International Airport, according to the FT. Eye readers knew this already.

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Talking to Politico at the Labour party conference, Narayan said he had used “AI-generated synthetic focus groups provided by a private company… to test public opinion on AI and other issues”.

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Thames Valley Police have responded to claims by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s lawyer that search warrants issued by officers at the Royal Lodge at Windsor were unlawful. From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

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Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999.

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Accept your car crashing in return for the clear speed benefits of having no brakes

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman

theguardian.comAccept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam AltmanBoss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver Sam Altman says he believes the world should accept “bad things” happening with AI in exchange for the benefits of the technology. The chief executive of OpenAI cited hacks, scams and “other bad things that will happen” in an interview that sparked an instant backlash from critics of the major AI companies. His comments came after one of his company’s safety experts resigned, saying at the weekend that its “culture is broken”. Continue reading...
Tom Jamieson
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You always think Reform has displayed all their stupidly to us...and yet somehow we're always wrong.

LBC@lbc.co.uk

Reform's Jaymey McIvor says 'English people are claiming asylum in the Home Counties' due to 'out of control immigration'. 'Did they not just move house?' Shelagh Fogarty asks him.

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Henry Mance
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BIG NEWS for any pedestrians fuming at e-bike riders Lime have permanently banned a rider caught cycling on the pavement. City of London police says:

Tom Jamieson
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Can we have a thousand more of these please as Ebike riders make London a nightmare 🙌🙌🙌

Henry Mance@henrymance.ft.com

BIG NEWS for any pedestrians fuming at e-bike riders Lime have permanently banned a rider caught cycling on the pavement. City of London police says:

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Was ahead of the curve with this one

Tom Jamieson@tomjam.bsky.social

Spending trillions developing AI might seem crazy, but remember for that investment AI will make businesses up to 10% more productive before it decides to kill us all