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πŸ“Š - Deputy data editor, @thetimes.com πŸ“° - https://www.thetimes.com/profile/dan-atherton πŸ“¨ - daniel.atherton@thetimes.co.uk

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How did your MP vote on assisted dying? MPs voted 314 to 291 to advance a landmark assisted dying bill. A key safeguard was removed, prompting debate

How did your MP vote on assisted dying?

20.06.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Local election 2025 results in maps and charts Which councils have Reform won? The results in full as Nigel Farage celebrates major county council victories and a by-election win

Plenty of charts recapping the local elections here with @gwjournalism.bsky.social & @joeydurso.bsky.social πŸ“Š

www.thetimes.com/article/b482...

03.05.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Times and Sunday Times Graduate Trainee Scheme | News UK The Times and Sunday Times Graduate Trainee Scheme The Times and The Sunday Times invites applications for its 2025 graduate training programme. This is an opportunity to work at Britain's mo...

We've had a number of talented people on this scheme sit on our desk. If you want to break into journalism, please apply!

www.newscareers.co.uk/vacancies/37....

13.03.2025 10:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fifty years after the Moorgate Tube disaster, one question remains It was the worst crash in London Underground history, killing 43 people in a storm of metal. Was it suicide?

50 years ago today, a tube driver went to work with Β£270 in his pocket, which he said was to buy his daughter a car.

A few hours later, 43 people were dead after that same driver careened into a wall at Moorgate station.

Why? Well, nobody knows.

www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...

28.02.2025 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The share of young adults who 'feel proud to be British' has fallen sharply.

Read more this week about Gen Z in @thetimes.com

10.02.2025 08:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Quite a few executive order references here, which makes sense.....

✍️Trump issued 220 Executive Orders last time, the most in a single presidential term since Carter.

17.01.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Where does Joe Biden’s presidency rank? The data paints a bleak picture: he has been unpopular, presided over soaring inflation and his standing among allies has paled in comparison with Obama’s

Foreign wars, spiking inflation and the second act of a pandemic: historians will have no shortage of things to say about Joe Biden’s presidency.

Using a variety of data sources, The Times gets the measure of the past four years. How does Biden’s America compare to that of his predecessors?

17.01.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2
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Why β€˜AI slop’ is taking over the internet β€” and how to spot it The trust we had in pictures and videos is vanishing as artificial intelligence becomes better at fooling us β€” but there are ways to detect AI-generated content

Over the past 6 months, my social media timelines have been increasingly filled with AI slop. It's now some of the most viewed content online.

But where does AI slop come from, and how can you spot it?

In today's @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/article/b627...

04.01.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Why Liverpool may be unwilling to give Mo Salah the deal he wants Given the 32-year-old’s present form, the case for meeting his contract demands may seem convincing, but the stats show a sharp drop-off once forwards reach the age of 33

🧡 Mo Salah is playing some of his best football at the age of 3️⃣2️⃣ but will Liverpool offer him a new deal? The amazing @hkhaliqueloonat.bsky.social and I looked at how forwards age and the risks involved offering older players lucrative contracts @thetimes.com

#ddj
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...

13.12.2024 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Insightful chart and commentary highlighting the difficulties govt are having on the comms side.

Not many 'positive stories' cutting through, but a number of 'negative' ones are.

05.12.2024 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ—žοΈ More and more Times and Sunday Times journalists and staff are joining BlueSky.

We’ll be updating this starter kit as they do so, you should give them a follow

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21.10.2024 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 467    πŸ” 152    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 31

Harry Brook has the highest Test average of any England batsman overseas (10+ innings).

89.4 from his 15 knocks 🏏 #NZvENG

30.11.2024 06:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

London (52,202) had almost twice the number of reported mobile thefts that New York City had in 2023 (29,200).

But how does our capital fare against other European cities? Answer: not well.

23.11.2024 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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