Richard Kendall
@richardkendall.bsky.social
Experienced Product Manager worked on news websites, content/CMS/taxonomies/site builds/AI, 12 years as local news digital editor; https://linktr.ee/rkendall
👍 music, photography, environment, cricket.
📍Now: Peterborough, UK. Orig: Devon
👍 music, photography, environment, cricket.
📍Now: Peterborough, UK. Orig: Devon
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
Understanding Trump
Tom Nichols about Trump: “Places like Arlington Cemetery and people like Mark Kelly or John Kelly or Jim Mattis or others, they make him uncomfortable because they are a constant reminder of everything he is not.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Understanding Trump
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Why the two-child limit has to go, in a chart.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Why the two-child limit has to go, in a chart.
The AI Slopification of the Internet continues - if people can abuse new tech for quick gains. They will. And so we'll all pay the price... how will people ever find anything out factually online in future, after the greedy duelling tech bros ruin everything?
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The AI Slopification of the Internet continues - if people can abuse new tech for quick gains. They will. And so we'll all pay the price... how will people ever find anything out factually online in future, after the greedy duelling tech bros ruin everything?
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To be fair, most of the human written ones were slop as well. Finding genuine authorative sources for just about anything on the internet has become more and more frustrating and time consuming, although AI is kicking that phenomenon into hyper drive.
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
To be fair, most of the human written ones were slop as well. Finding genuine authorative sources for just about anything on the internet has become more and more frustrating and time consuming, although AI is kicking that phenomenon into hyper drive.
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This is exactly what the recent Trump-BBC 'scandal' was designed to achieve. The BBC is now self-censoring criticisms of Trump in the name of "impartiality"
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This is exactly what the recent Trump-BBC 'scandal' was designed to achieve. The BBC is now self-censoring criticisms of Trump in the name of "impartiality"
Re. #TheAshes Crawley as Test opener is BazBall personified, capable of great things+ of great failures.
Main point for Crawley and the current leadership is, whilst we are going to lose games, and throw away good positions, comes down to this: are England winning enough series and/or big games...
Main point for Crawley and the current leadership is, whilst we are going to lose games, and throw away good positions, comes down to this: are England winning enough series and/or big games...
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Re. #TheAshes Crawley as Test opener is BazBall personified, capable of great things+ of great failures.
Main point for Crawley and the current leadership is, whilst we are going to lose games, and throw away good positions, comes down to this: are England winning enough series and/or big games...
Main point for Crawley and the current leadership is, whilst we are going to lose games, and throw away good positions, comes down to this: are England winning enough series and/or big games...
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
#TheAshes day1. Big twist: Panesar in final England XI @wisdencricket.bsky.social @tmsproducer.bsky.social @finalwordcricket.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
#TheAshes day1. Big twist: Panesar in final England XI @wisdencricket.bsky.social @tmsproducer.bsky.social @finalwordcricket.bsky.social
Having a lot of eggs in one basket isn't necessarily a great plan when it goes wrong. It can go really really wrong #Cloudflare (*not saying Cf is a bad service!)
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Having a lot of eggs in one basket isn't necessarily a great plan when it goes wrong. It can go really really wrong #Cloudflare (*not saying Cf is a bad service!)
Imagine being so mad about a broadcaster publishing a badly edited documentary about you, but waiting over a year, and until someone else mentioned it, before threatening to sue... in order to assert your bigly power over media coverage
Trump Threatens To Sue BBC Over Misleading Edit Of ‘The Vicar Of Dibley’ https://theonion.com/trump-threatens-to-sue-bbc-over-misleading-edit-of-the-vicar-of-dibley/
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Imagine being so mad about a broadcaster publishing a badly edited documentary about you, but waiting over a year, and until someone else mentioned it, before threatening to sue... in order to assert your bigly power over media coverage
Climate change is real, UK is committed to action...
"Late last night Downing Street confirmed that the UK would not be putting taxpayers’ money towards a flagship global fund to protect the world’s remaining tropical forests" BBC News
We've bottled it, and failed our children's futures again...
"Late last night Downing Street confirmed that the UK would not be putting taxpayers’ money towards a flagship global fund to protect the world’s remaining tropical forests" BBC News
We've bottled it, and failed our children's futures again...
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Climate change is real, UK is committed to action...
"Late last night Downing Street confirmed that the UK would not be putting taxpayers’ money towards a flagship global fund to protect the world’s remaining tropical forests" BBC News
We've bottled it, and failed our children's futures again...
"Late last night Downing Street confirmed that the UK would not be putting taxpayers’ money towards a flagship global fund to protect the world’s remaining tropical forests" BBC News
We've bottled it, and failed our children's futures again...
2028 is too late, our children need better online guidance now richardkendall.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/2...
2028 is too late, our children need better online guidance now
“As part of the new lessons children will learn things like how to spot fake news, including AI, identify misinformation and disinformation, and develop critical thinking skills to help prote…
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November 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
2028 is too late, our children need better online guidance now richardkendall.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/2...
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“When the use is this concentrated — a.k.a tens of thousands of videos from one creator — it feels less like incidental inclusion and more like large-scale extraction of intellectual property without consent," said progressive YouTuber David Pakman.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/hund...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/hund...
Hundreds of thousands of videos from news publishers like The New York Times and Vox were used to train AI models
YouTube channels from major news publishers and creators were in video data sets used by Microsoft, Meta, Snap, Runway AI, and Bytedance.
www.niemanlab.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
“When the use is this concentrated — a.k.a tens of thousands of videos from one creator — it feels less like incidental inclusion and more like large-scale extraction of intellectual property without consent," said progressive YouTuber David Pakman.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/hund...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/hund...
Who knew. The Web, built on links
X makes overtures to journalists with new feature designed to improve reach for links www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/x-ma...
X makes overtures to journalists with new feature designed to improve reach for links
Have you left Twitter? Would a new "link experience" be enough to lure you back?
The platform formerly known as Twitter announced it was testing a new way to boost engagement for posts with links on ...
www.niemanlab.org
October 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Who knew. The Web, built on links
I mean, who knew.... oh everyone
News Corp CEO Robert Thomson has said AI companies are making a "fundamental miscalculation" by not paying enough for content because they "need news to keep the AI engines fresh" www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
October 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I mean, who knew.... oh everyone
"the price rises Trump is so worried about will be dwarfed by those from crop failures and extreme weather if climate action is not taken seriously" - King Apprentice Trump is the biggest threat to all our futures www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Landmark global shipping deal abandoned under US threats
President Trump intervened in the talks calling the deal a
www.bbc.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"the price rises Trump is so worried about will be dwarfed by those from crop failures and extreme weather if climate action is not taken seriously" - King Apprentice Trump is the biggest threat to all our futures www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Working blog post title: The gamification of school homework apps
October 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Working blog post title: The gamification of school homework apps
"OpenAI also announced the formation of a council on “well-being and AI” to help shape OpenAI’s response to “complex or sensitive” scenarios..."
Surely. Horse. Bolted. But still, let's maximise engagement while we're here...
Surely. Horse. Bolted. But still, let's maximise engagement while we're here...
The lifecycle of software objects
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
October 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"OpenAI also announced the formation of a council on “well-being and AI” to help shape OpenAI’s response to “complex or sensitive” scenarios..."
Surely. Horse. Bolted. But still, let's maximise engagement while we're here...
Surely. Horse. Bolted. But still, let's maximise engagement while we're here...
I think we've hit peak ladybird infestation. Presuming a seasonal/temperature related migration? They love our youngest's bedroom window, warmest part of the house, so having to regularly shepherd a group out😬🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞
October 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I think we've hit peak ladybird infestation. Presuming a seasonal/temperature related migration? They love our youngest's bedroom window, warmest part of the house, so having to regularly shepherd a group out😬🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞
Spoiler alert: "this isn’t true, according to both the government and the company in question"
Absolutely astonished @hignfy.bsky.social just stated that Multiverse will be running the government's digital ID scheme
An incredibly basic failure of fact-checking
fullfact.org/technology/d...
An incredibly basic failure of fact-checking
fullfact.org/technology/d...
Has Euan Blair’s company Multiverse been chosen to run the government’s new digital ID scheme? – Full Fact
Multiverse is an “upskilling company”, not a software developer, and both it and the government say there’s no truth to viral claims linking it to the scheme.
fullfact.org
October 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Spoiler alert: "this isn’t true, according to both the government and the company in question"
I've unsubscribed from so many email newsletters and connections this week it's been refreshing, so many missed or never returned-to emails just wasting away on servers, using up more data, energy, water etc...
October 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I've unsubscribed from so many email newsletters and connections this week it's been refreshing, so many missed or never returned-to emails just wasting away on servers, using up more data, energy, water etc...
Just dealing with the annual 🐞 autumn migration to our youngest's bedroom window. Adorable little creatures. Hopefully all safely back out in the wild #animalmigration
September 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Just dealing with the annual 🐞 autumn migration to our youngest's bedroom window. Adorable little creatures. Hopefully all safely back out in the wild #animalmigration
Short film from @ft.com.web.brid.gy by @realbaddiel.bsky.social Recall Me Maybe, on how we will use AI and the ethics involved, and what is truth, how we all need to understand bias in our own lives, our memory's version of our life, added to the guesstimating of AI tools www.ft.com/video/a4d2ba...
Recall Me Maybe | FT Drama
Stephen Fry and Gemma Whelan star in a new FT drama written by David Baddiel, exploring AI, memory and truth. Fry plays a grandfather with dementia who uses AI to fill in gaps in his memory. While rev...
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September 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Short film from @ft.com.web.brid.gy by @realbaddiel.bsky.social Recall Me Maybe, on how we will use AI and the ethics involved, and what is truth, how we all need to understand bias in our own lives, our memory's version of our life, added to the guesstimating of AI tools www.ft.com/video/a4d2ba...
So we're ruling there shouldn't be a big tech monopoly by mildly restricting a big tech company... and thus keep its monopoly? What did I miss here??
The biggest antitrust case against Big Tech in decades turned out to be kind of a flop www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/the-...
The biggest antitrust case against Big Tech in decades turned out to be kind of a flop
When a monopolist's stock price goes <em>up</em> after a court announces its "remedies" — as Google's just did — don't expect radical change. "You don’t find someone guilty of robbing a bank and then…
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September 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
So we're ruling there shouldn't be a big tech monopoly by mildly restricting a big tech company... and thus keep its monopoly? What did I miss here??