Ben Stafford

Great review by @PeterKellner1 of The British General Election of 2024 prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/72090/…

Press Gazette has uncovered more than 600 stories featuring fake experts in the British media, including titles like the BBC and the Guardian - AI-generated images, AI-generated quotes, experts who do not exist spouting false and sometimes dangerous advice pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/dig…

In 1931 in Kiel, Germany, Rachel Posner, the wife of a rabbi, took this picture. On the back of the photograph she wrote: “‘Death to Judah,’ so the flag says. ‘Judah lives forever,’ so the light answers.” The light will continue to answer the darkness. Happy Hanukkah.

Major update to our map of Anglo-Saxon London... we've now added etymologies for each place name... so you can find out what your bit of London used to be called.... and why. (High-res version on link.) londonist.substack.com/p/mapping-angl…

ICYMI: we launched Pelicans 5 & 6 last week, along with 36 SuperDoves! Shortly after launch, we made contact with our sats, which are now orbiting the Earth. ✨ More launches means more capacity for our advanced constellations and solutions, unlocking value for customers. Launch footage courtesy of @SpaceX. Learn more about our constellations here: planet.com/constellations/

@mike56200 You’re an inspiration Mike. Thanks and happy birthday to you 👏

It's my birthday today. I'm 61 and yes it's a day off today. I was lucky to retire in 2021 to concentrate fully on my volunteer litterpicking, graffiti & sign cleaning and community restoration. Keeps me fit! We can all do a bit if we can everything counts .

Greenwich Observatory, Eric Ravilious, 1937. The original artwork is in the collection of @ltmuseum. #London

@northumbriana Thanks for posting this @northumbriana . Superb. No monorails but the mod planners were canny predictors of the football future…

The whole film is fascinating. The narrator is John Donat, son of Robert - of 39 Steps fame. youtube.com/watch?v=Gn4OJh…

Despite everything, I still have a massive soft spot for T. Dan Smith. Watch to the end for the ultimate in mid 60s Tyneside Modernism as he cruises out of the gleaming new Civic Centre in his Mark X Jag

Further confirmation of the End Times.

How AI lied and gaslit me: 🤯💣🔥 Won’t lie: what happened to me this week made my jaw drop Do watch:

@GreenwichLift Both sides working well 🙌

@RichySouthern That’s a fabulous photo 👏

Scenes at full time at the cup final. Geordie jubilation. Scousers despondent. Barely felt real at the time.

@GreenwichLift Both lifts working well / better than sign 🙌

Can I point out that it’s been 70 minutes since #NUFC won a major 🏴🏆🏳️

Winston Churchill also not wearing a suit at the White House.

Personal finance perfection here from @robertshrimsley Balm in particular for any hardy souls who’ve been grinding grey cells on targeted support (YKWYA)

You can almost hear the newspaper columns being written for the weekend papers suggesting that the back catalogue of Resolution Foundation research recommendations are now UK pensions policy/ fiscal policy. It's going to be a long few weeks....

Planning Christmas dinner like

Remember President Zelenskyy saying "give us the tools and we will finish the job"? Why didn't we?

1984 v 2024 From the new Private Eye, out now.