Millie Brigaud

Just confused why this wasn’t done sooner. There is no convincing argument for excluding foreign journalists from reporting on this conflict.

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.

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...

Paddington station right now

Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party

Obsessed with this

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

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...

ICE released this Mass. mom with no phone, 30 miles from home in the rain after detainment for a sealed marijuana conviction Federal authorities refused to tell the Canton woman's husband or lawyer on what grounds she was being detained until shortly before her release.

A horrifying and important read

www.masslive.com/news/2025/08...

Homelessness minister quits after ‘hiking rent at house by £700 a month’ Rushanara Ali, Labour MP for Bethnal Green & Stepney, steps down from government after being described by the Tories as an example of ‘staggering hypocrisy’

www.thetimes.com/article/12a4...

First page 1 byline! Pretty excited about it, I won’t lie ☺️

Following an update to Grok, which according to Elon Musk aimed to stop it from "parroting legacy media" and politically correct views, Grok called itself "MechaHitler", praised Hitler for stopping anti-white hatred, complained about "Jewish surnames", and posted about sexually assaulting a user.

London mobile phone thefts hit a record high Met Police data reveals that 37 people a day, on average, have their phone snatched in the West End — but the true figure may be higher as crimes go unreported

An average of 37 phones were stolen a day in the West End last year. As London’s phone theft epidemic soars to record levels, I got a hold of neighbourhood-level data to reveal the hotspots.

(More coming soon on the hoops I had to jump through for this data!)

www.thetimes.com/article/8a2d...

Here is the single thing Labour can do to see off Reform and make British politics work | Will Hayward Farage’s party could win 42% of Commons seats with only 26% of the vote. That’s not the way civilised countries do democracy, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

Three quarters of UK voters *don’t* want Reform in power, but because of the first-past-the-post system, they’re projected to win 42% of seats in the House of Commons. Interesting column by @willhaycardiff.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Super interesting

Dogs for democracy!

For those at No Kings protests today, @gelliottmorris.com is trying to get counts of protestors. Help out if you have the information.

Someone shared this footage from the No Kings protest in Princeton with me

‘TheTrillionDollarDinner.Gov’ Registered Around Time of Trump’s Pay-to-Play Memecoin Dinner Announcement Other official government domains included DinnerForAmerica.gov and TheTrillion.Gov, and signal that there may have been plans to incorporate official government internet infrastructure with the meme ...

‘TheTrillionDollarDinner.Gov’ Registered Around Time of Trump’s Pay-to-Play Memecoin Dinner Announcement

🔗 www.404media.co/thetrilliond...

Cycling down Jamaica Rd with no cars yesterday was pure bliss until I hit the race aftermath 🙈

Ambulance drivers fined for stopping in London’s low-traffic streets The private ambulances that many NHS trusts rely on for patient transport are paying thousands of pounds in penalties as they fall foul of restrictions

Ambulance drivers are racking up hundreds of pounds in fines for picking up and dropping off patients in London’s low traffic neighborhoods and driving in bus lanes.

Read my story for @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/article/c927...

Just sent my 300th FOI 🥳

« Marine Le Pen – l’ex-présidente du RN condamnée à deux ans de prison ferme et cinq ans d’inéligibilité avec application immédiate ». Periodt.

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Rant over :)

Et même si les gens s’intéressent pas, je pense que c’est important. Je trouve que bcp de « media skeptics » (je ne sais pas comment dire ça en français 🫠) ne savent pas qu’il existe des lois et des normes à respecter

Facts. Je viens juste de parler avec quelqu’un pendant une demi-heure qui voulait savoir exactement comment je fais mon taf

New:

DOGE's spending has been secret.

No longer.

My colleagues have uncovered it.

www.propublica.org/article/doge...

Associated Press barred from Oval Office for not using ‘Gulf of America’ Agency says its reporter wasn’t allowed into event in effort to ‘punish’ style guide on upholding use of Gulf of Mexico

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I think @nytpitchbot.bsky.social wrote this headline

Trump Administration to Remove 4 Major News Outlets From Pentagon Office Space The New York Times, NBC News, NPR and Politico will be replaced by outlets including the right-wing site Breitbart News as part of a “new annual media rotation,” a spokesman said.

This is concerning. NYT, NBC, NPR, and Politico have to vacate by 14 February.

“The Trump administration has been vocal about wanting to give more access to nontraditional news organizations, including many that have reported favorably on the president.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/b...