I can confidently diagnose BetterHelp as sociopaths.

Promised therapy customers privacy...then gave their mental health info to advertisers.

Victims get less than ten bucks each.
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This is an extraordinary exchange. An official Israeli spokesman provides the number of Hamas fighters killed but cannot provide the number of civilians killed. He claims the Israeli military is being careful about civilians but has no idea. x.com/tparsi/status/…

On 29 May, join Tortoise editors giles whittell, Alexi Mostrous and Cat Neilan for a live recording of The News Meeting podcast.

They'll pitch the stories they think mattered most – and take a side-swipe at the ones they think don’t.

Book now to join us in the person or online.

So cool to see #WhoTrolledAmber named Number 1 podcast to listen to in 2024 by Time Out Group and Time Out Grouplondon

'Another smash hit by @Tortoise' cc Xavier Greenwood, David Taylor, Gary Marshall 👏

Thanks so much Ella Doyle

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If you spend a lot of time on social media, “Who Trolled Amber?” Is a podcast you need to listen to. Right away. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who…

In 2014, I covered the strange story of a gas attack at a furry convention. I couldn't get it out of my head. Last year, I started really digging. Months of work led to this show: Fur and Loathing, where I try to solve this bizarre mystery. Ep1 is out now! brazen.fm/fur-and-loathi…

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'Alexi Mostrous will be joined by Jen Robinson, Amber Heard’s lawyer, and Gina Neff [...] in the Tortoise newsroom to discuss Who Trolled Amber? and give their insights into the world of online disinformation'
Wednesday 12 June 2024
18:30-19:30 BST

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Someone from Piers Morgan's staff asked if I would like to come onto Pier's show, Piers Morgan Uncensored, to talk about the state of his attire. Since he invited feedback, I thought I'd do a thread comparing his style to menswear icon Kermit the Frog. 🧵

How to be as 'smart' as Auto-Regressive LLMs:
- memorize lots of problem statements together with recipes on how to solve them.
- to solve a new problem, retrieve the recipe whose problem statement superficially matches the new problem.
- apply the recipe blindly and declare…

I'm so looking forward to listening to this!

Please share widely - the second year of the Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize. We’re thrilled to have the wonderful Philip Pullman as a judge - Martha was such a fan of his books

This is CRAZY. Imagine this but in five years.

Pretty sure there are literally millions of stories like this.

Cracking story from ⁦Billy Kenber⁩

Revealed: Tory MP allegedly demanded campaign cash to pay ‘bad people’

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Shout out to Alexi Mostrous Tortoise - Who Trolled Amber is one of the best podcasts of the year. It's not what you expect it to be which is a common thread in Alexi's work. I especially love how he says A LOT...a lot. IYKYK podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who…

NEW: Red Bull has built a billion-dollar brand promoting extreme sports. But when things go wrong and the worst happens - who’s responsible? Tortoise lnk.to/Rr3Bfo

Czech intelligence services have uncovered a Russian influence operation, based in Prague, designed to influence elections across Europe. They have placed sanctions on 'Voice of Europe,' a website that promoted far-right politicians and parties.

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THE BELGRANO DIARY is a new six-part podcast series about the bloodiest and most controversial military action of the Falklands War, hosted by Andrew O’Hagan.

Listen to episode one, ‘Half a Million Sheep Can’t Be Wrong’, now – wherever you get podcasts: lrb.me/belgrano

Honestly feel everyone should listen to this fascinating and thorough podcast, which, to be honest, is about much more than Heard and Depp. It's a warning shot for how misinformation is being deployed as a tool to shape global politics; something we all need to know more about.