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Google's latest AI photo-editing tool means you might not need Photoshop Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is a major image editing upgrade.

Google’s latest AI photo-editing tool means you might not need Photoshop.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is a major image editing upgrade.

Passed peak social media, maybe As we descend towards slop-based social media, where the videos are fake and the people are bots, we might be rounding up our time with algorithmically generated feeds. For Financial Times, John Bu…

As we descend towards slop-based social media, where the videos are fake and the people are bots, we might be rounding up our time with algorithmically generated feeds.

The Measure of a True Visionary: Jane Goodall on the Indivisibility of Art and Science The aim of science is to illuminate the mysteries of nature and discover the elemental truths pulsating sublime and indifferent beneath the starry skin of the universe. The aim of art is to give us…

Jane Goodall on the Indivisibility of Art and Science.

Few visionaries in history have changed our understanding of nature and our place in it more profoundly than Jane Goodall, a feat she accomplished because she never saw science as a walled garden separate from the wilderness of life.

Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses shutdown to further pursue its goals President Donald Trump is now openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance himself from during the 2024 campaign.

Trump no longer distances himself from Project 2025.

Trump now embraces Project 2025, a conservative blueprint he once rejected during the 2024 campaign, as one of its architects uses the government shutdown to push plans to shrink the federal workforce and target Democratic states.

The Measure of a True Visionary: Jane Goodall on the Indivisibility of Art and Science The aim of science is to illuminate the mysteries of nature and discover the elemental truths pulsating sublime and indifferent beneath the starry skin of the universe. The aim of art is to give us…

Jane Goodall on the Indivisibility of Art and Science.

Few visionaries in history have changed our understanding of nature and our place in it more profoundly than Jane Goodall, a feat she accomplished because she never saw science as a walled garden separate from the wilderness of life.

Als alle politiek journalisten hun werk net zo serieus namen als Frank van Leeuwen dan zagen de peilingen er totaal anders uit

Kamala Harris’s election memoir shows just how deluded the Democrats still are | Nesrine Malik This unapologetic trawl through a doomed campaign reveals a celebrity-obsessed party high on its own supply. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so tragic, says columnist Nesrine Malik

Kamala Harris’s election memoir shows just how deluded the Democrats still are.

[Opinion: By Nesrine Malik]

This unapologetic trawl through a doomed campaign reveals a celebrity-obsessed party high on its own supply. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so tragic

‘Nature is free, and the best kind of medicine’: is this the perfect walk for improving mental health? Research suggests that our minds benefit from our encounters with aspects of nature – be it cold water and calming scents, or vivid colours and certain types of landscape – and Kielderhead ticks all t...

‘Nature is free, and the best kind of medicine’

Our minds benefit from our encounters with aspects of nature – be it cold water and calming scents, or vivid colours and certain types of landscape.

‘Nature is free, and the best kind of medicine’: is this the perfect walk for improving mental health? Research suggests that our minds benefit from our encounters with aspects of nature – be it cold water and calming scents, or vivid colours and certain types of landscape – and Kielderhead ticks all t...

‘Nature is free, and the best kind of medicine’

Our minds benefit from our encounters with aspects of nature – be it cold water and calming scents, or vivid colours and certain types of landscape.

Our Algorithmic Society and the Loss of Agency Learning how to cope in an "algorithmic society" is important to ensure psychological well-being and to avoid constant negative stimuli.

How to cope in an "algorithmic society" is important to ensure psychological well-being and to avoid constant negative stimuli.

➡️ but there are ways to cope.

Facebook data reveal the devastating real-world harms caused by the spread of misinformation New research reveals misinformation’s real-world impact, including poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm.

Facebook data reveal devastating harms caused by the spread of misinformation.

Our data study analysed Meta's Content Library.

The data reveal misinformation’s real-world impact: it isn’t just a digital issue, it’s linked to poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm

To Change Your Life, Start With Your Algorithm You are what you scroll, so changing what you click could change your outlook.

Want to change your life?

➡️ What you click on today shapes what you see and how you feel tomorrow.

➡️ Change Your Algorithm.

Unlearning Is an Important Part of Learning Letting go of outdated beliefs, inaccurate opinions, and unproductive habits makes room for new ideas and practices.

Unlearning is a crucial part of Learning.

Letting go of outdated beliefs, inaccurate opinions, and unproductive habits makes room for new ideas and practices.

Facebook data reveal the devastating real-world harms caused by the spread of misinformation New research reveals misinformation’s real-world impact, including poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm.

Facebook data reveal devastating harms caused by the spread of misinformation.

Our data study analysed Meta's Content Library.

The data reveal misinformation’s real-world impact: it isn’t just a digital issue, it’s linked to poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm

Unlearning Is an Important Part of Learning Letting go of outdated beliefs, inaccurate opinions, and unproductive habits makes room for new ideas and practices.

Unlearning is a crucial part of Learning.

Letting go of outdated beliefs, inaccurate opinions, and unproductive habits makes room for new ideas and practices.

To Change Your Life, Start With Your Algorithm You are what you scroll, so changing what you click could change your outlook.

Want to change your life?

➡️ What you click on today shapes what you see and how you feel tomorrow.

➡️ Change Your Algorithm.

Our Algorithmic Society and the Loss of Agency Learning how to cope in an "algorithmic society" is important to ensure psychological well-being and to avoid constant negative stimuli.

How to cope in an "algorithmic society" is important to ensure psychological well-being and to avoid constant negative stimuli.

➡️ but there are ways to cope.

The US right claimed free speech was sacred – until the Charlie Kirk killing Rightwingers had long complained of a censorious leftwing ‘cancel culture’ but seem happy to now reframe that as ‘consequence culture’

The US right claimed free speech was sacred, until the Charlie Kirk killing.

Hate speech is protected by US law unless it incites imminent violence or constitutes a true threat.

Since Kirk was shot the US has been gripped by a bitter debate about the relation between political speech and violence

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Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain. Here’s how to stop him | Jonathan Freedland It’s not too late to puncture the Reform leader’s populist myth. His ‘make Britain great again’ act is out of step with the British people, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Trump has dragged the US to the abyss.
Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain.

Trump has moved to weaken institutional checks on his power, whether the courts, universities, the civil service, or the press, and has now set to work gagging his critics and outlawing large swathes of the opposition

Diminish Distractions by Setting Your iPhone to Gray Scale When You're Home Phones are useful on the go, but distracting when you're at home. Here's how to automatically make them less interesting.

Phones are useful on the go but distracting when you’re at home.

➡️ Here’s how to automatically make them less interesting. ➡️

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‼️ Diminish Distractions by Setting Your Phone to Gray Scale When You're at Home.

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Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain. Here’s how to stop him | Jonathan Freedland It’s not too late to puncture the Reform leader’s populist myth. His ‘make Britain great again’ act is out of step with the British people, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Trump has dragged the US to the abyss.
Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain.

Trump has moved to weaken institutional checks on his power, whether the courts, universities, the civil service, or the press, and has now set to work gagging his critics and outlawing large swathes of the opposition

How to avoid seeing disturbing content on social media and protect your peace of mind The video of Charlie Kirk’s murder went far and wide, and many people ended up seeing it when they would rather have avoided it.

How to avoid seeing disturbing content on Social Media.

Platforms are designed to maximize engagement, not protect your peace of mind.
Platforms have also reduced their content moderation efforts over the past years.

That means upsetting content can reach you even when you never chose to watch it.

Big tech is painting itself as journalism’s saviour. We should tread carefully Modern journalism is already heavily dependent on the platforms offered by big tech. Adding new financial dimensions to this relationship raises urgent questions about press independence.

Big tech is painting itself as journalism’s saviour.

We should tread carefully

But the attention economy, and generative AI-fueled late attention economy, have broken whatever social contract underpinned that illusion.

Facebook and other platforms that facilitate billions of daily interactions have slowly morphed into the internet’s largest repositories of AI‑generated spam

The Last Days Of Social Media | NOEMA Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustion.

Last Days Of Social Media
Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustion.

Social media was built on the romance of authenticity. Early platforms sold themselves as conduits for genuine connection: stuff you wanted to see, like your friend’s wedding and your cousin’s dog.

Trump plans to sign executive order to rename Pentagon to ‘Department of War’ – live Order would authorize Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, to introduce legislation to revert to pre-1949 name

🤣😂🤣 The person with the intense, almost obsessive ambition to secure the Nobel Peace Prize, is preparing to sign an executive order to rebrand the Pentagon as the “Department of War”.

Chart showing the vast majority of 18-24 are liberal-left

New polling in the Telegraph. Despite all the talk from Musk and Robinson about young people turning to Reform, it’s just the usual pack of lies.

Read on for the Telegraph’s headline accompanying the piece.