Tristan Ferne
@tristanfe.bsky.social
Foresight, futuring and researching the internet at BBC R&D. Taking pictures of trees and clouds in England. Also found on Mastodon at https://assemblag.es/@tristanf
This came from an idea I had the other week to see if satellite images could show the impact of this hot summer on the UK. I’m really pleased, thanks to the talented team who worked on it, with how it came out www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK heatwaves: Satellite images show how UK landscape has changed
BBC Verify's analysis indicates “vegetation stress” in many areas, which may affect wildlife and farming.
bbc.co.uk
"This kind of AI-driven price gouging gates essential information behind a paywall that moves simply depending on who you are. It undermines public trust in one of the core pillars of democracy." www.niemanlab.org/2026/07/this...
“This price was set by an algorithm”: News subscribers are surprised by a new line in their renewal emails
Outlets like Wired, NJ.com, and The Wall Street Journal are setting renewal prices just for you — and being forced to disclose it.
niemanlab.org
Children's book illustrators (and Miriam Margoyles) leading the fight... www.wearebetterthanthis.co.uk
We Are Better Than This
We’re standing up for creativity against AI - watch the video!
wearebetterthanthis.co.uk
Got my ducks in a row Teals are TINY #birds (L-R, Mallard drake, Cinnamon Teal drake, Cinnamon Teal hen)
Anyway, please enjoy this photograph of a saxophone colossus and a good dog.
What if you made a magic school larp that teaches tens about the dangers and allure of fascism – by making them play fascists? That's the idea behind Epos Daimon, a larp set in the His Dark Materials universe, where students become high-ranking members of a theocratic, fascist regime.
The Antifascist Magic School for Teens
YouTube video by Adrian Hon
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imagining how disappointed the diabolic powers would be if, when a proper end times biblical apocalypse kicks off with various celestial omens & portents, everyone just assumes it’s all just #content for a new product and carries on exactly as they were I mean, are we sure that hasn’t happened?
Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · 3mo ago‘Masters of the Universe’ drone show spotted over Los Angeles 💥 • Had 1600 drones • Guinness World Record for brightest drone show ever (via Amazon MGM)
Watched 2001 (again) last night and was waiting for the scene where objects are facsimiles of objects, but without the functional use, and isn't that a bit prophetic of generative AI? Anyway. Turns out it's a memory of the book, which I also read as a kid, and yeah it IS a bit like that.
What if we teach basic computational literacy in schools before we teach AI literacy?
hmm, for the 3rd time in a week we might be escaping containment, so once again we're obliged to say that if you would like to read us go on about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures, then we do publish a magazine you might like...
Wyrd Science - Store
the magazine for people who should roll better...
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Imagine making AI bird slop when Mandarins already exist 🪶🎨
Janet Hill@saskajanet.bsky.social · 4mo agoImagine making AI bird slop when flickers already exist #birds
I've written a piece for Computer Weekly about how public services are at risk of agentic flooding. www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Floo...
Flood warning: How citizens’ AI agents will swamp public services | Computer Weekly
What if governments are looking through the AI telescope from the wrong end? What if citizens’ own use of AI to access public services proves to be an even more transformative force?
computerweekly.com
.@chionwurah.bsky.social on need for coherence on tech 'sovreignty'. "We need to understand what we can own, control, & lead by ourselves; what we can access that is in the hands of allies we trust; & how we manage what we must obtain from those we do not trust" giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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I spoke to @juliansimpson.bsky.social all about the excellent podcast The Lovecraft Investigations and its latest series, Crowley. And the new Mythos. Both of which are truly fantastic - links to get them are at the end of the article. kotaku.com/lovecraft-po...
Podcast Based On Horrors Of Lovecraft Is Your Next Obsession
The Lovecraft Investigations' latest series is out, and we spoke to creator Julian Simpson
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A post you can probably smell. An ancient woodland indicator, ramsons (aka wild garlic) flourish in damp, shady places. 📸: Brian Muir
Google is now screwing with the 10 blue links in traditional search and rewriting headlines - including ours - to be the worst kind of slop. This sucks so bad www.theverge.com/tech/896490/...
Nearly coined “the menternet” for the manosphere, but someone beat me to it by 4 months
In a final act of obedience to Zuckerberg and Facebook/Meta he has no legs in his portrait. The portrait will cease to function later this year.
Ben@cinemashoebox.bsky.social · 5mo agoNick Clegg unveiled a portrait of himself at the National Liberal Club yesterday and it's hard to tell which one looks less like Nick Clegg, the portrait of Nick Clegg or the actual Nick Clegg
Crazy crazy story. Times of Israel reporter ( English language Israeli news site ) gets escalating death threats to change story that’s at center of big polymarket bet. www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers-try...
Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story
Bettors are using death threats to try to get The Times of Israel's military correspondent to change his report on a missile impact in central Israel. This is his alarming account
timesofisrael.com
Apple's got a lot of announcements this week, but one huge risk might get overshadowed amidst the noise — the way they're adding support for video podcasts threatens to enshittify the last truly open online media. It's not too late to push them to keep it open. www.anildash.com/2026/02/28/a...
Why Apple’s move to video could endanger podcasting's greatest power - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
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