Ellin Stein
@ellinst.bsky.social
Arts journo (now mostly Slate and Byline Times),
MA Screenwriting lecturer @Goldsmiths UoL, authorina https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393074093, tech fumbler
MA Screenwriting lecturer @Goldsmiths UoL, authorina https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393074093, tech fumbler
From 2018. This was known before the deal was finalized, but of course such doomsayers were dismissed.
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
From 2018. This was known before the deal was finalized, but of course such doomsayers were dismissed.
See especially Mercer, Koch, and Elliott (now Lord Elliott)
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
See especially Mercer, Koch, and Elliott (now Lord Elliott)
I think this Michael Rosen poem sums up your illuminating recollection of your grandparents.
November 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I think this Michael Rosen poem sums up your illuminating recollection of your grandparents.
Unfortunately, as you know, the very qualities that enable one to rise through the BBC ranks (don't make waves and don't leave fingerprints -- WIA was no exaggeration) mitigate against a display of the bulldog spirit that is so needed now. But your advice is on the money. Here is my advice to them:
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Unfortunately, as you know, the very qualities that enable one to rise through the BBC ranks (don't make waves and don't leave fingerprints -- WIA was no exaggeration) mitigate against a display of the bulldog spirit that is so needed now. But your advice is on the money. Here is my advice to them:
My message to the BBC:
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
My message to the BBC:
Good! Call in these experts.
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Good! Call in these experts.
Speaking of extraordinary arrogance...
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Speaking of extraordinary arrogance...
Yes, but they're giving it the old college try on the DoJ website. Hatch Act? What Hatch Act?
November 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Yes, but they're giving it the old college try on the DoJ website. Hatch Act? What Hatch Act?
So I guess the Hatch Act was another of those things that was tossed overboard without anyone being told.
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
So I guess the Hatch Act was another of those things that was tossed overboard without anyone being told.
@peterjukes.bsky.social OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
@peterjukes.bsky.social OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
Brings to mind this...
November 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Brings to mind this...
Would that domestic bodies confronted by the firehouse of falsehoods would respond with such 🔥
October 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Would that domestic bodies confronted by the firehouse of falsehoods would respond with such 🔥
I have just one thing to say
October 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I have just one thing to say
A plaque installed by non-populist FDR at the WH, just in case any of his successors needed reminding.
October 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A plaque installed by non-populist FDR at the WH, just in case any of his successors needed reminding.