The BBC engages in Newspeak. Academia endorses a report devoid of rigour. The House of Commons briefing offers no objective assessment. This isn’t just a policy failure — it’s 1984. The BBC runs a show titled George Orwell’s 1984: Why It Still Matters. It references Hitler’s Germany, Stalin’s Russia, the Spanish Civil War, and even Big Brother. It warns how Newspeak corrupts objective truth and erodes freedom in Orwell’s dystopia. But does it know what it means? Does it recognise when it happens right in front of its eyes? No. It parrots the Darzi report — a document filled with politically convenient timelines, data distortion, and zero accountability. That is the very definition of Newspeak. And by repeating it without scrutiny, the BBC engages in Newspeak. We don’t need to imagine Orwell’s future. It’s already institutionalised. The media is no longer able — or willing — to report truthfully. But it’s worse than that. Lord Darzi’s September 2024 NHS report was quickly seized upon by

Much of China’s most promising technical research struggles to connect with international audiences—not because of language, but because of how it’s written. I’ve lately been reading a lot of tech-focused research from various Chinese universities, ever since DeepSeek AI became a thing. What struck me early on was their claim to have superior language capabilities in both Chinese and English — particularly for users whose native language isn’t English. That includes me, of course. My problem is: I’m never quite sure what large sections of this material are actually trying to say. Reading it feels heavy, like trudging through molasses. I need a coffee every two minutes just to recover and take a deep breath. It’s written in a dense, almost impenetrable style. Sentences begin in acronym soup, dive into unexplained methods, and end with claims that are either highly abstract or just... random. Often it feels like you need a specialized degree just to parse the sentences. I don’t consider