Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 17hThe enemytheguardian.comZelenskyy furious as Trump announces deal to buy Russian dieselPresident says deal essential to lower US fuel prices but move set to create fresh crisis with Ukraine and Nato allies 100
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026America has always had a weak idea of civil society.theguardian.com‘Medieval’ and ‘disturbing’: US plan to livestream execution elicits global condemnationPentagon said execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, would be broadcast live 010
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is not the end of #Brexit. But it is the beginning of the end.theguardian.comBurnham stakes his future on care, electoral reform and Europe in emotional Labour conference speechPM also confirms plan to end pensions triple lock to pay for national care service and pledges to put electoral reform in Labour’s manifesto 130
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026If these guys were football hooligans the police would beating the crap out of them. 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... In which Eisner uses the dramatic fall in the UK homicide rate in the last 20 years as proof for a Weberian interpretation of history. But isn’t this also the same period when police numbers were slashed and state capacity hollowed out? #skystoriansbbc.co.ukThe Great Crime Mystery - 3. Listen and Learn - BBC SoundsThe risk from violence is the lowest it's probably ever been; how can we keep it that way? 010
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Yes, excellent piece, but misses the point that some disciplines now encourage the idea that it’s ok to make things up. 010
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Everything is horrible about Chelski. They ruin everything. 110
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Feel sorry for Jason Arday. He’s obviously a smart guy who quickly learned how to work the system. There’s always been a lot of bullshit in academia. It was once mildly irritating. But now we’re telling students that it’s ok to make things up. 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026www.theguardian.com/education/ng... Nobody seems to be addressing the most important lesson of this affair. #Sociology is a feeble discipline, lacking intellectual rigour.theguardian.comPlaybooks, plagiarism and a pig’s head: new claims surrounding a star Cambridge professorJason Arday was regarded as an academic superstar, but then questions about his work prompted scrutiny of his backstory and counterclaims of racism 010
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Seems sensible.theguardian.comReaders reply: Some people want to break up the EU. Why not break up the US?The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions looks at secessionary movements on both sides of the pond 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Opportune moment for an assassination? Save the Republic… 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 19/07/2026That #worldcup build up was excruciating let’s hope Public Enemy are playing at half time. 020
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Banners claiming the duchy of Normandy and Guyenne were removed last night. 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Enough said…theguardian.com‘Rifts began to appear’: Why many Latin Americans want Spain to beat Argentina in the World Cup finalA history of racism and ongoing footballing rivalries have made the choice of which team to get behind in Sunday’s final a charged topic 010
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 16/07/2026This defeat feels bad. Worse than 1990 when we played a great German side. I’m 61 and don’t think I will see us play in a final🥲. Come on Spain! 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I guess what sticks in the progressive craw about #Argentina isn’t the Falklands, but a colonial-settler mentality unable to reckon with its genocidal past, see also Zionists, Afrikaaners and the DUP. Plus they’re also cheats. 311
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Argentina deserved to win. But before we scored they did nothing. This is on Tuchel. Going to a back 5 allowed them and Messi to dictate. It sticks in the craw. 110
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Hmmm…that doesn’t account for so many players below par. 110
Reposted by Stuart CarrollPaul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 08/07/2026there will always be an England 171
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 05/07/2026One of the best arguments ever for the British Empire.theguardian.comAmerica is destroying itself. It’s no surprise | Stephen MarcheScholars will someday wonder how the richest country in history chose to throw it all away. But the crisis has been there since the beginning 010
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Wake me up when the knockout’s begin.theguardian.comGermany 7-1 Curaçao: World Cup 2026 – liveJoin Daniel Harris for reaction after the World Cup debutants were punished by the four-time winners after grabbing a shock equaliser 010
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Warning contains nostalgia for University Senate’s and ignorance of continental European systems.lrb.co.ukStefan Collini · Squadrons of Pigs: Bonfire of the UniversitiesThe problems with Britain’s universities are systemic and deep-rooted, not just local or contingent. Yet political and... 100
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Let’s see if we can bring down another state-sponsored team😉 100
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Can’t wait. One of my few heroes (and a fellow SE Londoner).theguardian.com‘He’s inspired generations’: Stormzy to produce biopic about football great Ian WrightThe Crystal Palace, Arsenal and England striker says his life story – now in development with the rapper’s Merky Films – has ‘hard-hitting moments, but in the end I want it to give people hope and joy... 120
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Funnily enough. I’ll using this today on my MA class. 020
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Unfortunately, I was at the home defeat yesterday with my boys. We are limping towards the end of the season with a good chance of winning nothing again. The Premier League is brutal - there are no easy games. 110
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Calvin’s Geneva is reduced to a cliche of moral terror. The English Common Law was way more punitive. 110
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Poor old #Calvin is much maligned and misinterpreted. A stoic pacifist, who abhorred slavery; an opponent of fanatical biblicism and political tyranny. Unlike #Hegseth he knew his Cicero, Plutarch and Seneca.theguardian.comPete Hegseth’s holy war: the militant Christian theology animating the US attack on IranThe Bible-thumping US defense secretary is overseeing another strategic disaster in the Middle East. Is this a war or a crusade? 051
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Well, that sounds exciting. Of course, when the tournament starts I’ll be as excited as anyone else. 010
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Bread and circus mate. Ask Infantino. After all, he’s Italian. 111
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026It’s amazing. Was there with my 2 boys. And Spurs flirting with relegation. Also York City flying. Shame about the world, but you can’t have everything. 110
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Hayden White…only a hundred years out on the historiography of the French Revolution. 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 21/02/2026The attraction of #Epstein for male academics apparently 👇🏽 000
