William Perrin
@willperrin.bsky.social
Trustee at Indigo Trust, CarnegieUK. Formerly Good Things Foundation, TPW, UK Civil Service (No10, Cabinet Office, DtI, DCMS). Defence, tech, online safety, rural, tractors, cats etc.
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Spoke to a number of devs about how, in the face of CEOs claiming gen-AI is the future, their declaration of being genAI free is making waves.
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
“We can produce results that meet our quality standards without its assistance.”
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Spoke to a number of devs about how, in the face of CEOs claiming gen-AI is the future, their declaration of being genAI free is making waves.
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It's also vastly easier and cheaper for media outlets to produce culture war content than policy stuff.
With policy, you have to find actual experts that are available and willing, then pray they're good entertaining communicators.
On culture shit, you start with a talking head and work backwards.
With policy, you have to find actual experts that are available and willing, then pray they're good entertaining communicators.
On culture shit, you start with a talking head and work backwards.
This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It's also vastly easier and cheaper for media outlets to produce culture war content than policy stuff.
With policy, you have to find actual experts that are available and willing, then pray they're good entertaining communicators.
On culture shit, you start with a talking head and work backwards.
With policy, you have to find actual experts that are available and willing, then pray they're good entertaining communicators.
On culture shit, you start with a talking head and work backwards.
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There's a reason why major social media platforms, including Twitter pre-Elon, spent time and resources on "countering foreign influence" or "coordinated inauthentic behavior."
But then Tai bi, Shellenberger, Weiss, Benz, and Jordan showed up claiming that was the "censorship industrial complex"
But then Tai bi, Shellenberger, Weiss, Benz, and Jordan showed up claiming that was the "censorship industrial complex"
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
There's a reason why major social media platforms, including Twitter pre-Elon, spent time and resources on "countering foreign influence" or "coordinated inauthentic behavior."
But then Tai bi, Shellenberger, Weiss, Benz, and Jordan showed up claiming that was the "censorship industrial complex"
But then Tai bi, Shellenberger, Weiss, Benz, and Jordan showed up claiming that was the "censorship industrial complex"
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The EU has published a world-first risk landscape report under the #DSA.
It flags systemic risks on big platforms — from illegal content to generative AI— and tracks how platforms are addressing them.
More transparency. More accountability.
A safer online space for all.
link.europa.eu/NKM4yd
It flags systemic risks on big platforms — from illegal content to generative AI— and tracks how platforms are addressing them.
More transparency. More accountability.
A safer online space for all.
link.europa.eu/NKM4yd
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The EU has published a world-first risk landscape report under the #DSA.
It flags systemic risks on big platforms — from illegal content to generative AI— and tracks how platforms are addressing them.
More transparency. More accountability.
A safer online space for all.
link.europa.eu/NKM4yd
It flags systemic risks on big platforms — from illegal content to generative AI— and tracks how platforms are addressing them.
More transparency. More accountability.
A safer online space for all.
link.europa.eu/NKM4yd
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Marcy's take is much better and ties together the three most confusing things going on!
"Groceries," and Other Secrets of Managing Donald Trump - emptywheel
Three developments that have befuddled observers -- Trump's fawning praise of Zohran Mamdani, Kirill Dmitriev's latest success at manipulating Trump advisors, and Marjorie Taylor Greene's departure --...
www.emptywheel.net
November 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Marcy's take is much better and ties together the three most confusing things going on!
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"Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations."
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations."
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations."
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations."
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CDC has switched sides in the war on infectious disease, now taking the side of the diseases
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
CDC has switched sides in the war on infectious disease, now taking the side of the diseases
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BREAKING: Reform UK's former Welsh leader and close Nigel Farage associate, Nathan Gill, sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for repeatedly taking bribes to spread pro-Russian propaganda
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
BREAKING: Reform UK's former Welsh leader and close Nigel Farage associate, Nathan Gill, sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for repeatedly taking bribes to spread pro-Russian propaganda
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🚨 BREAKING: Nathan Gill, the former leader of Reform UK in Wales, gets 10.5 years for Russia-linked #bribery offences.
⚖️ This is the first time a British politician has ever been convicted of bribery.
👉 Follow us for more from the courtroom later today.
⚖️ This is the first time a British politician has ever been convicted of bribery.
👉 Follow us for more from the courtroom later today.
📹 Zainab Saleem, Spotlight's Legal Fellow, will be down at the Old Bailey today for the sentencing of #NathanGill, the former Reform UK leader in Wales who pleaded guilty to 8️⃣ #bribery charges in September. Here Zainab outlines the case and explains why it matters for UK democracy.
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Nathan Gill, the former leader of Reform UK in Wales, gets 10.5 years for Russia-linked #bribery offences.
⚖️ This is the first time a British politician has ever been convicted of bribery.
👉 Follow us for more from the courtroom later today.
⚖️ This is the first time a British politician has ever been convicted of bribery.
👉 Follow us for more from the courtroom later today.
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He just tweeted it out
An X user asks Elon Musk why they’re seeing tweets from left-wing lawmakers.
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
He just tweeted it out
great stuff
The first in a set of posts with some thoughts about Public Service Broadcasting in the context of Charter Review. This one is on a platform for UK content and rules on due prominence All comments/views welcome.
open.substack.com/pub/ianmoss/...
open.substack.com/pub/ianmoss/...
A platform for UK content and prominence for UK broadcasting.
Earlier this year I spoke with people across broadcasting and media policy — officials, advisors, industry figures — to gauge early thinking on the BBC Charter Review due to conclude in 2026 and to tr...
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
great stuff
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Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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What I've been noticing lately in convos with students is that they *despise* the AI-slopification of everything as much or even more than I do. And yet our universities & their admin seem to believe that students for some reason want it integrated into everything. THEY DON'T.
“To be sat there with this material in front of you that is just really not worth anyone’s time, when you could be spending that time actually engaging with something worthwhile, is really frustrating,” he said.
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
What I've been noticing lately in convos with students is that they *despise* the AI-slopification of everything as much or even more than I do. And yet our universities & their admin seem to believe that students for some reason want it integrated into everything. THEY DON'T.
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Former federal health workers in a wide variety of leadership roles say that RFK Jr. rarely attends briefings on health concerns from the various agencies under HHS. This is increasing risk we won't be prepared for the next health disaster: san.com/cc/former-fe...
Former federal health workers concerned about where RFK gets his information
Former federal health workers shared their concerns with SAN over where HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gets his information.
san.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Former federal health workers in a wide variety of leadership roles say that RFK Jr. rarely attends briefings on health concerns from the various agencies under HHS. This is increasing risk we won't be prepared for the next health disaster: san.com/cc/former-fe...
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"Trump’s aim is to raise the cost of telling the truth about his attempt to overturn an election."
Another v good piece by @edwardluce.bsky.social
Another v good piece by @edwardluce.bsky.social
Trump’s little British helpers
Nobody should be surprised that the US president has the BBC in his sights
on.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"Trump’s aim is to raise the cost of telling the truth about his attempt to overturn an election."
Another v good piece by @edwardluce.bsky.social
Another v good piece by @edwardluce.bsky.social
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Problem: AI needs massive amounts of power to thrive. Nuclear makes lots of power. Nuclear takes a long long time to do safely.
Proposed solution that I'm sure will have no unpleasant consequences: Use AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear plants.
Proposed solution that I'm sure will have no unpleasant consequences: Use AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear plants.
Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
www.404media.co
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Problem: AI needs massive amounts of power to thrive. Nuclear makes lots of power. Nuclear takes a long long time to do safely.
Proposed solution that I'm sure will have no unpleasant consequences: Use AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear plants.
Proposed solution that I'm sure will have no unpleasant consequences: Use AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear plants.
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This from @status.news is all true. But an even wider campaign is to punish and intimidate those who would theaten his *freedom from fact.*
Here we have to learn to group the news media with the research universities, vax confusion created by RFK, Jr., the Bureau of Labor Statistics mess, etc.
Here we have to learn to group the news media with the research universities, vax confusion created by RFK, Jr., the Bureau of Labor Statistics mess, etc.
November 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This from @status.news is all true. But an even wider campaign is to punish and intimidate those who would theaten his *freedom from fact.*
Here we have to learn to group the news media with the research universities, vax confusion created by RFK, Jr., the Bureau of Labor Statistics mess, etc.
Here we have to learn to group the news media with the research universities, vax confusion created by RFK, Jr., the Bureau of Labor Statistics mess, etc.
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the Bee gets most of its clicks pandering to the absolutely dullest caricatures of the left possible so most of their work is dogshit but occasionally they’ll punch right and purely from a comedy standpoint it’s almost always a million times better
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
the Bee gets most of its clicks pandering to the absolutely dullest caricatures of the left possible so most of their work is dogshit but occasionally they’ll punch right and purely from a comedy standpoint it’s almost always a million times better
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NS&I overestimated its ability to deliver its digital transformation programme leading to significant cost and time increases. Our latest @nao.org.uk report shows digital transformation needs careful planning
www.the-independent.com/news/busines...
(full report: www.nao.org.uk/reports/nati...)
www.the-independent.com/news/busines...
(full report: www.nao.org.uk/reports/nati...)
Government-backed NS&I facing £3bn bill for four-year overdue digital revamp
The savings giant ‘underestimated’ the scale of the challenge for its digital transformation programme, according to the National Audit Office.
www.the-independent.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
NS&I overestimated its ability to deliver its digital transformation programme leading to significant cost and time increases. Our latest @nao.org.uk report shows digital transformation needs careful planning
www.the-independent.com/news/busines...
(full report: www.nao.org.uk/reports/nati...)
www.the-independent.com/news/busines...
(full report: www.nao.org.uk/reports/nati...)
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"S&P Global warned that a third of Oracle’s revenues will be tied to a single customer by 2028, referring to its reliance on OpenAI... “That is a huge liability and credit risk for Oracle. Your main customer, biggest customer by far, is a venture capital-funded start-up""
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Oracle hit hard in Wall Street’s tech sell-off over its huge AI bet
Larry Ellison’s software company falls more than rivals over its borrowing and reliance on OpenAI contracts
on.ft.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
"S&P Global warned that a third of Oracle’s revenues will be tied to a single customer by 2028, referring to its reliance on OpenAI... “That is a huge liability and credit risk for Oracle. Your main customer, biggest customer by far, is a venture capital-funded start-up""
on.ft.com/43wiTBk
on.ft.com/43wiTBk
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Me, watching as children's motrin magically lowers Littler Girl's fever from 104.x down to 100.x, easing her very obvious discomfort and allowing her to get the sleep she desperately needs:
"I don't think this is doing anything and maybe it's dangerous. Probably better for her to burn up?"
"I don't think this is doing anything and maybe it's dangerous. Probably better for her to burn up?"
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Me, watching as children's motrin magically lowers Littler Girl's fever from 104.x down to 100.x, easing her very obvious discomfort and allowing her to get the sleep she desperately needs:
"I don't think this is doing anything and maybe it's dangerous. Probably better for her to burn up?"
"I don't think this is doing anything and maybe it's dangerous. Probably better for her to burn up?"
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That renowned and respected lover of truth and journalistic integrity.... THE KREMLIN.... has stepped up to defend Trump in his battle against the BBC.
SO that's Farage, Netanyahu, Putin, and Boris Johnson...
SO that's Farage, Netanyahu, Putin, and Boris Johnson...
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
That renowned and respected lover of truth and journalistic integrity.... THE KREMLIN.... has stepped up to defend Trump in his battle against the BBC.
SO that's Farage, Netanyahu, Putin, and Boris Johnson...
SO that's Farage, Netanyahu, Putin, and Boris Johnson...
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The Russian Embassy in London has called the BBC, Britain’s public service broadcaster, a “propaganda and disinformation tool” that was full of “ideological dogma.”
Russia joins Trump’s BBC pile-on
Moscow’s Embassy in London said “ideological dogma has replaced journalistic ethics” at the corporation.
www.politico.eu
November 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The Russian Embassy in London has called the BBC, Britain’s public service broadcaster, a “propaganda and disinformation tool” that was full of “ideological dogma.”
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The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.