Royce Kurmelovs

Journalist. Author of The Death of Holden (2016), Just Money (2020) and others.

Pre-order Slick (2024): @roycerk2

[Royce Kurmelovs @RoyceRk2]

Yeah-nah. Just a heads up that if you want to follow any of my work, I'll be over on BlueSky under the same handle. The best you'll get here is retweets and bare links to my stuff.

[ryan fae (@ryan.staticnoi.se on 🦋) @RhinozzCode]

if you saw that notice about a Terms of Service update, this is the main clause it changed.

it explicitly lets twitter use your posts and any attached media — including images, videos, and their audio — for the training of AI models like Grok.

it will be in effect November 15.

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[Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter]

Documents obtained by @WeAreDrilled reveal that the COP process has been moulded by the fossil fuel industry since its initial design.

Now, global climate leaders are seeking an overhaul.

Check out this report by grantee Amy Westervelt & @RoyceRk2. https://t.co/3WsE9YjBkM

[All Our Yesterdays @our_yesterdays]

That's @RDNS_TAI in a blistering article by @RoyceRk2 that you should defo read right now.

https://t.co/js4YG5KjmH

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[Royce Kurmelovs @RoyceRk2]

This will also likely be the last major post I make to Twitter. If you want to talk about this more, join BlueSky. If you want to roll up on my thread to vent hatred, professionalism means I can't respond but I will happily ignore you knowing I made you so mad I wasted your time

[Royce Kurmelovs @RoyceRk2]

I have largely moved to BlueSky now, but I clocked this discussion and there are a couple things I think are important to say - I'm also not having a go at @stranger here, but the broader points raised by some others in response to @RonniSalt's OP.

[stranger @strangerous10]

@RonniSalt Further to this is, i guess as an ‘FYI’, the people of Cyprus share same values, culture, religion with Greece. Cyprus was invaded in 1974 by Turkey who still hasn’t handed back the land they stole. My mum is a refugee from Cyprus & the pain she felt in 1974 is still there today

[Royce Kurmelovs @RoyceRk2]

I will finish saying that I don't speak for Cypriots and though I've tried to inject some nuance, I defer entirely to correction/insight from Cypriots who actually know and live this stuff, and whose thoughts are very much welcome, as I am probably very wrong about a bunch.

[Royce Kurmelovs @RoyceRk2]

Any French or French-language freelancers out there working in print/online? There's a US organisation looking to collaborate on a project. Looking for names of anyone with experience and good relationships with French media to pass along.