Dr David Corney

"The media circus swiftly moved on. London Centric did not." And that's why I subscribe! www.londoncentric.media

Brentham Berries, Some autumn berries from the Brentham Meadows nature reserve, just a stone's throw from the River Brent and the A40. Nikon D90, 18-70mm zoom 1/2,000/f4.5 #GrainSocial https://grain.social/profile/did:plc:v2jkl7enohw4467w5qrutpfw/gallery/3myczbt6it3xu

1/ For 10 weeks, our fact checkers and data scientists asked five leading AI chatbots the same 22 questions every day: Gemini 3.1, ChatGPT, Grok, DeepSeek and Claude. None repeated the core misinformation they were tested on. But we found several points of failure 🧵

Hounslow to Hendon directly on the Overground? It could be happening - but we need to hear from you first. Tell us what you think about the proposed West London Orbital plans before 18 November. haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/west-london-...

Turns out most of Shakespeare can be improved with a liberal sprinkling of "fucks."

We have a new paper on AI debunking that includes a bunch of interesting data on various "epistemically suspect beliefs". Check it out!

Squirrels on suicide missions have knocked out power to Castle Rock, Colorado twice this week. Our investigation has revealed a century of squirrel attacks covered up by the pro-squirrel media.

Since the Reform donations I keep thinking about charity appeals and how they're delighted to have raised a few thousand pounds. Okay, not my most original thought but the good billionaires could do if they actually wanted to is blowing my mind.

I'm excited to share this article about a project I've been working on with fantastic collaborators. Check out the dashboard for yourself here: llmelectionobservatory.org www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/b...

Toilet Instructions

New piece: The AfD are the biggest winners of the EU's political advertising regulation. whotargets.me/en/the-afd-a...

Videos with thousands of shares online have claimed that the devastating Nepal-Tibet border flooding was “a hoax”. There’s masses of evidence this isn’t the case.

A photo of the home secretary Shabana Mahmood wearing a keffiyeh as a hijab has been circulating on social media. But this image has been edited with AI to add the scarf.

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

We’ve been trialling a tool comparing the output of various LLMs over time to questions about false claims circulating online. Here are the results 👇

What you're saying when you say "DEI" when universities say "EDI" (as happens here) and vice versa. And why it actually matters. The great majority of UK (esp. British) universities use "EDI" while US universities use "DEI". Is that "just" semantic, or does it matter? A thread. 🧵1/8

Found this recording of Rita Moreno performing “Fever” on The Muppet Show from 1976. 14/10

I was on a date with a very nice looking guy. He was mean and nasty to the nerdy waiter who was serving us, obviously thinking it would make me laugh or something. I didn't laugh. I dumped him at the table and ghosted him. Been married to that nice, nerdy waiter for 6 years now.

www.maptap.gg August 12 0🤮 4😭 3🤮 1🤮 5😭 Final score: -493 Thought I'd try to a MapTap variant by doing as badly as possible. Pleased with my first go as an antipodean hunter!

My latest on the #wildfires burning across the Northern Hemisphere: time.com/article/2026... via TIME

There are two wolves. One always lies. One controls the lever of trolley track. They're in a state of superposition inside a box. On the trolley are infinite monkeys at infinite typewriters going to an infinite hotel. The trolley must first travel halfway, but before that a quarterway, and so on...

Your Much Needed Afternoon #TimelineCleanser ... Have fun at work, and if you can, make someone's day.

hello everyone, I made this helpful meme to explain how to read scientific papers

Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.

HuggingFace got hacked by an AI. What stuck out to me was the guardrail asymmetry. The attacker had no constraints, but HF's response ran afoul of the abuse guardrails, forcing them into an unplanned switch to local models. Another aspect for your IR plans. huggingface.co/blog/securit...

right, so - in this summer's Prospect cover feature! I spoke both to young people and to the people who study them about the many ways in which new generations have got shafted, how they feel about it all, and what should happen next: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/741...

❗ Final day! We submit today. One final push – we're at 167 signatures, and would LOVE to break through the 200 signature before we send this in 🗃️ Please share, and urge alumni to share with other alumni – alumni can only express their concern if they know the petition exists

Covering recent elections in England, Wales and Scotland, we found AI imagery is no longer hypothetical: it's here, and it's throwing up fresh challenges. But we've also been using AI in new ways to fight back. Our editor Steve Nowottny wrote about how for @niemanlab.org 👇

Just made my worst-ever guess at MapTapping! maptap.gg My sleep-deprived brain mixed up "Togo" with Tonga" and my click was out by 18,609km. The Earth's circumference is c.40k km so presumably the worse possible guess would be out by 20k. Maybe next time...

It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23

Ooh, I know this one! maptap.gg

We're looking for a Journalist to join our editorial team on a 6-12 month contract, to help us tackle online misinformation and debunk misleading claims on social media. Apply here:

"New inflation figures expected to show rise in prices" says Sky. If the inflation figures show a *fall* in prices, then that would be news! news.sky.com/liveblog-web...

Two new fantastic fixed term digital roles in @fullfact.org towers Python and AI focused engineer fullfact.teamtailor.com/jobs/7879633... and An entry level associate product manager role fullfact.teamtailor.com/jobs/7910711... both close on the 29th June and we always #ShowTheSalary

A video is being shared widely on social media with claims it shows the city of Belfast burning during recent unrest. But the clip actually shows the aftermath of a gas pipeline explosion in Russia, and has nothing to do with the disorder in Northern Ireland.

When people no longer know what information can be trusted, public debate fragments and political disengagement grows. Trust, once lost, becomes far harder to rebuild. Our new report sets out what the UK must do now to prepare for this reality.

This is a devastating read. The fact that there's a narrative circulating, primarily by people with no connection to the reality of young lives, that we're living through a pandemic of laziness makes it unbearable. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Incredible! Scientists receive a rare standing ovation after announcing that a new treatment can double the survival time for pancreatic cancer, the deadliest cancer which was once considered “undruggable.” When we fund and support science, we can achieve anything! (Video: Dr. Wish Dhillon)

www.maptap.gg June 3 95🏆 93🎓 95🏅 95👑 96🔥 Final score: 951 Pleased with that. Some way to improve though...

Finally holding a hardcopy of 'Media Change' feels great. Many thanks to @nallen2.bsky.social & the team at Wiley who superbly supported the book from proposal to publication. You can order the book at your favorite online bookstore & directly from the publisher, here: tinyurl.com/eyznb67j

I want to mention something nice that happened to me today, in part to document, for my own sake, that good things still happen in this horrible world. It involves the London Underground, an escalator, a small boy and some rubber ducks.

"revive the assisted dying bill" is an unfortunate choice of words!

hey john. its your cousin marvin. marvin cage! you know that new sound youve been looking for? well listen to this *hangs up phone*

Superb work from Birdbox www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZHR...

Deepfakes are everywhere, but digital forensics investigators are fighting back. Learn more: https://scim.ag/42dMPBg