Millie Brigaud
@milliebrigaud.bsky.social
Engagement journalist & breaking news reporter @thetimes.com. I like investigating and looking at data. Previously @bbc shared data unit, @csmonitor.bsky.social, Diplomatic Courier, @rue89strasbourg.com. @compjcdf / Cardiff Jomec grad 🇫🇷🇺🇸
Reposted by Millie Brigaud
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 25, 2026
January 24, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Trump has signed more executive orders in the last year than during his entire first term. The result? An increase in government revenue, thanks partly to tariffs. But also stubborn inflation, growing unrest, and a record number of people in ICE detention.
www.thetimes.com/article/98d9...
www.thetimes.com/article/98d9...
Trump’s second term: a visual guide to a year like no other
From signing 228 executive orders to imposing widespread trade tariffs, the US president has reshaped America’s economy, borders and global standing
www.thetimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Trump has signed more executive orders in the last year than during his entire first term. The result? An increase in government revenue, thanks partly to tariffs. But also stubborn inflation, growing unrest, and a record number of people in ICE detention.
www.thetimes.com/article/98d9...
www.thetimes.com/article/98d9...
I went up to Newark, Nottinghamshire yesterday to speak to Robert Jenrick’s constituents. Here’s what they had to say about their MP’s defection and his work in Newark more generally. www.thetimes.com/article/b713...
Robert Jenrick quit Tories for sake of his own career, voters say
Reform is a ‘party of traitors’, says Kemi Badenoch as 57 per cent tell a Times-YouGov poll the former shadow justice secretary defected for his own ambitions
www.thetimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I went up to Newark, Nottinghamshire yesterday to speak to Robert Jenrick’s constituents. Here’s what they had to say about their MP’s defection and his work in Newark more generally. www.thetimes.com/article/b713...
Such an interesting analysis of the UK’s top 40 songs. I’ve definitely sensed pop music getting more gloomy and physical, but the extent of the change and other insights were more surprising
What can 40 years of song lyrics tell us about society?
I analysed the lyrics of 1,600 pop songs going back to 1985.
Our music appears to be getting gloomier, less future-looking and more self-obsessed
1/6
I analysed the lyrics of 1,600 pop songs going back to 1985.
Our music appears to be getting gloomier, less future-looking and more self-obsessed
1/6
December 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Such an interesting analysis of the UK’s top 40 songs. I’ve definitely sensed pop music getting more gloomy and physical, but the extent of the change and other insights were more surprising
A good explainer / overview of the missed deadline and what has or hasn’t been released
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
A good explainer / overview of the missed deadline and what has or hasn’t been released
Reposted by Millie Brigaud
NEW: On a podcast last month, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary:
- said HIV “very likely came from a lab.”
- said Lyme disease came from a lab—“a high degree of probability.”
- said the so-called “Montauk
Monster”—a bloated, dead raccoon carcass—was proof “mad scientists” were doing experiments.
- said HIV “very likely came from a lab.”
- said Lyme disease came from a lab—“a high degree of probability.”
- said the so-called “Montauk
Monster”—a bloated, dead raccoon carcass—was proof “mad scientists” were doing experiments.
FDA Commissioner: HIV “May Very Well Have Come From a Lab”
During a recent podcast appearance, Dr. Marty Makary promoted lab origin conspiracy theories involving HIV, Lyme disease, and one dead raccoon.
www.importantcontext.news
December 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
NEW: On a podcast last month, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary:
- said HIV “very likely came from a lab.”
- said Lyme disease came from a lab—“a high degree of probability.”
- said the so-called “Montauk
Monster”—a bloated, dead raccoon carcass—was proof “mad scientists” were doing experiments.
- said HIV “very likely came from a lab.”
- said Lyme disease came from a lab—“a high degree of probability.”
- said the so-called “Montauk
Monster”—a bloated, dead raccoon carcass—was proof “mad scientists” were doing experiments.
I loved helping out with @geraldinescott.co.uk‘s piece on the art Labour has hung up in government buildings.
Art is “a very useful and cheap way of doing politics,” Dr. Buckley at Goldsmiths Uni told me. Recently, there’s been renewed interest in art as gov’t PR.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Art is “a very useful and cheap way of doing politics,” Dr. Buckley at Goldsmiths Uni told me. Recently, there’s been renewed interest in art as gov’t PR.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Labour ministers ditch stately prints for modern art
Classical landscapes have vanished from the walls of Whitehall in favour of Turner prize nominees. ‘The aristos are out,’ says our critic
www.thetimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I loved helping out with @geraldinescott.co.uk‘s piece on the art Labour has hung up in government buildings.
Art is “a very useful and cheap way of doing politics,” Dr. Buckley at Goldsmiths Uni told me. Recently, there’s been renewed interest in art as gov’t PR.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Art is “a very useful and cheap way of doing politics,” Dr. Buckley at Goldsmiths Uni told me. Recently, there’s been renewed interest in art as gov’t PR.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Unbelievable. Since when is the law and justice dependent on expediency?
BREAKING🚨🚨🚨: Prosecutor drops criminal case against Trump & allies over alleged scheme to steal 2020 election in Georgia. Says it would consume too many resources & Trump couldn't be tried until 2029 or later. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
GATrumpCaseDropped112625
www.documentcloud.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Unbelievable. Since when is the law and justice dependent on expediency?
This is a must-read for anyone in the news industry, and especially people hiring freelancers.
We need a more efficient way to catch AI scammers. This problem undermines trust in journalism when it is already critically low, and it threatens genuine freelancers.
thelocal.to/investigatin...
We need a more efficient way to catch AI scammers. This problem undermines trust in journalism when it is already critically low, and it threatens genuine freelancers.
thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This is a must-read for anyone in the news industry, and especially people hiring freelancers.
We need a more efficient way to catch AI scammers. This problem undermines trust in journalism when it is already critically low, and it threatens genuine freelancers.
thelocal.to/investigatin...
We need a more efficient way to catch AI scammers. This problem undermines trust in journalism when it is already critically low, and it threatens genuine freelancers.
thelocal.to/investigatin...
Last night, my friends threw a pasta and PowerPoint party. So naturally I did my presentation on freedom of information and subject access requests. What could be more fun and exciting than that???
Anyway, it was actually a hit. I’m helping someone submit a SAR today 💁🏻♀️ #foi #freedomofinformation
Anyway, it was actually a hit. I’m helping someone submit a SAR today 💁🏻♀️ #foi #freedomofinformation
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Last night, my friends threw a pasta and PowerPoint party. So naturally I did my presentation on freedom of information and subject access requests. What could be more fun and exciting than that???
Anyway, it was actually a hit. I’m helping someone submit a SAR today 💁🏻♀️ #foi #freedomofinformation
Anyway, it was actually a hit. I’m helping someone submit a SAR today 💁🏻♀️ #foi #freedomofinformation
Reposted by Millie Brigaud
At the very bottom of the US Army’s “Shutdown Guidance” for troops in Bavaria, there was a “Running list of German support organizations for your kit bags” including various local food banks. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/army-tells-s...
Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/army-tells-s...
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
At the very bottom of the US Army’s “Shutdown Guidance” for troops in Bavaria, there was a “Running list of German support organizations for your kit bags” including various local food banks. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/army-tells-s...
Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/army-tells-s...
This election has me absolutely WIRED. It’s 1:15 am in London, and I have work at 7 am tomorrow 🫠
November 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This election has me absolutely WIRED. It’s 1:15 am in London, and I have work at 7 am tomorrow 🫠
Reposted by Millie Brigaud
🔔 First, listen to this PSA from @johncusack.bsky.social on the need to unpaywall public records reporting.
Then, RSVP to our webinar and hear @josephcox.bsky.social and @katie-drummond.bsky.social discuss why this is so essential.
🗓️ Oct. 29, 2 p.m. EDT
freedom.press/unpaywalled
Then, RSVP to our webinar and hear @josephcox.bsky.social and @katie-drummond.bsky.social discuss why this is so essential.
🗓️ Oct. 29, 2 p.m. EDT
freedom.press/unpaywalled
October 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
🔔 First, listen to this PSA from @johncusack.bsky.social on the need to unpaywall public records reporting.
Then, RSVP to our webinar and hear @josephcox.bsky.social and @katie-drummond.bsky.social discuss why this is so essential.
🗓️ Oct. 29, 2 p.m. EDT
freedom.press/unpaywalled
Then, RSVP to our webinar and hear @josephcox.bsky.social and @katie-drummond.bsky.social discuss why this is so essential.
🗓️ Oct. 29, 2 p.m. EDT
freedom.press/unpaywalled
Big news for Wales and the whole UK
My latest newsletter with all the analysis from a historic Caerphilly byelection
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/plaid-smas...
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/plaid-smas...
Plaid smash Reform to win in Caerphilly
These are the key takeaways from a massive night in Welsh politics
willhaywardwales.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Big news for Wales and the whole UK
There is so much in this. Well worth reading.
And it makes me wonder what happens when the AI news sites start generating content off of other AI fake news content 🫣
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/ai-g...
And it makes me wonder what happens when the AI news sites start generating content off of other AI fake news content 🫣
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/ai-g...
AI-generated news sites spout viral slop from forgotten URLs
A new generation of content farms are harnessing AI to spin out clickbait — and they’re getting help from Google.
www.niemanlab.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
There is so much in this. Well worth reading.
And it makes me wonder what happens when the AI news sites start generating content off of other AI fake news content 🫣
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/ai-g...
And it makes me wonder what happens when the AI news sites start generating content off of other AI fake news content 🫣
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/ai-g...
5,000 people gathered in front of Princeton’s revolutionary war monument yesterday for the town’s No Kings protest, more than the estimated 3,000+ that attended the last.
#nokings #protest #america #princeton #newjersey
#nokings #protest #america #princeton #newjersey
October 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
5,000 people gathered in front of Princeton’s revolutionary war monument yesterday for the town’s No Kings protest, more than the estimated 3,000+ that attended the last.
#nokings #protest #america #princeton #newjersey
#nokings #protest #america #princeton #newjersey
Quality reporting, and an excellent example of collecting data when the government fails to do so itself. @propublica.org “compiled cases by sifting through both English- and Spanish-language social media, lawsuits, court records and local media reports.”
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Quality reporting, and an excellent example of collecting data when the government fails to do so itself. @propublica.org “compiled cases by sifting through both English- and Spanish-language social media, lawsuits, court records and local media reports.”
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Reposted by Millie Brigaud
This week has been #BannedBooksWeekUK but going through #FOI data on complaints and removal requests, UK library books mostly stay on the shelves.
clairemiller.net/2025/10/are-...
clairemiller.net/2025/10/are-...
Are UK library books at risk of being banned? - Words + Numbers
How many complaints have UK libraries had about books and are they responding by removing titles from their shelves?
clairemiller.net
October 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This week has been #BannedBooksWeekUK but going through #FOI data on complaints and removal requests, UK library books mostly stay on the shelves.
clairemiller.net/2025/10/are-...
clairemiller.net/2025/10/are-...
Just confused why this wasn’t done sooner. There is no convincing argument for excluding foreign journalists from reporting on this conflict.
The BBC, AFP, AP, and Reuters released a short film calling on Israel to let foreign journalists into Gaza.
Unlike other conflicts, in “Gaza, the job of reporting falls solely to Palestinian journalists who are paying a terrible cost, leaving fewer to bear witness.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Unlike other conflicts, in “Gaza, the job of reporting falls solely to Palestinian journalists who are paying a terrible cost, leaving fewer to bear witness.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC and news agencies launch film calling on Israel to allow foreign journalists into Gaza - BBC News
Israel does not allow foreign journalists into Gaza independently, citing security grounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Just confused why this wasn’t done sooner. There is no convincing argument for excluding foreign journalists from reporting on this conflict.
The BBC, AFP, AP, and Reuters released a short film calling on Israel to let foreign journalists into Gaza.
Unlike other conflicts, in “Gaza, the job of reporting falls solely to Palestinian journalists who are paying a terrible cost, leaving fewer to bear witness.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Unlike other conflicts, in “Gaza, the job of reporting falls solely to Palestinian journalists who are paying a terrible cost, leaving fewer to bear witness.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC and news agencies launch film calling on Israel to allow foreign journalists into Gaza - BBC News
Israel does not allow foreign journalists into Gaza independently, citing security grounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The BBC, AFP, AP, and Reuters released a short film calling on Israel to let foreign journalists into Gaza.
Unlike other conflicts, in “Gaza, the job of reporting falls solely to Palestinian journalists who are paying a terrible cost, leaving fewer to bear witness.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Unlike other conflicts, in “Gaza, the job of reporting falls solely to Palestinian journalists who are paying a terrible cost, leaving fewer to bear witness.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Paddington station right now
September 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Paddington station right now
Reposted by Millie Brigaud
Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party
September 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party
Obsessed with this
The club remix of the 🇫🇷 SNCF chime that you didn't know you needed in your life!
Now even more www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2ue...
August 26, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Obsessed with this
Reposted by Millie Brigaud
Foreign media outlets rely on Gazans to risk their lives daily for their reporting, yet absolutely nothing is done to protect them from being killed in Israeli strikes.
Any journalist worth the title should be ashamed.
#journalismisnotacrime #gaza #israel
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Any journalist worth the title should be ashamed.
#journalismisnotacrime #gaza #israel
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Four journalists among 20 killed in Israeli strike on Gaza hospital, say health officials
Deaths take the number of Palestinian journalists killed in the conflict since 7 October 2023 to at least 192
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Foreign media outlets rely on Gazans to risk their lives daily for their reporting, yet absolutely nothing is done to protect them from being killed in Israeli strikes.
Any journalist worth the title should be ashamed.
#journalismisnotacrime #gaza #israel
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Any journalist worth the title should be ashamed.
#journalismisnotacrime #gaza #israel
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...