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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 17h

Fellow academics, if you are an external examiner for any course at Brighton (I have been), can I urge you to tell them you will quit prior to the June boards unless the University withdraw their notice that they are derecognising the UCU, and not to take any position if they come up.

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Max Johns (MxDEJ) @maxjohns.nz · 27/09/2026

I'm no demographer nor a criminologist, but I reckon that the Herald probably has Auckland's murder rate wrong here. I reckon it's probably lower than 3.6 per person.

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We need to get "angrypennies" in the dictionary.

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If the government weren't cowards, they would turn the massive overreach of terror legislation to good by clearly and unequivocally stating that anyone engaging in or encouraging attacks on RNLI volunteers will be tried as a terrorist. Because that's exactly what they are.

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Warning for National Trust members who have previously voted to keep the reactionaries of Restore Trust out - they seem to be trying a new tactic this year of not being quite as obvious in their candidates' potted summaries

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Scott Fitzgerald Gray @scottfgray.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The number of people still seemingly unaware that Substack has a Nazi problem means it’s apparently worth mentioning yet again that Substack has a fucking Nazi problem.

theguardian.com

Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters

Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The most incredible part of this undercover reporting isn't the blasé attitude that Reform has to political funding laws, or the blatant manipulation of the press. We already knew they are criminals. It's that it contains a report of Farage actually being in Clacton.

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Tony Keen @tonykeen58.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Opinion: Postdocs aren't burger flippers, because if they were they'd be treated better. Opinion: If your mentorship is disrupted by unionisation, you're probably a bad mentor. Opinion: It is actually possible to advance science without being exploitative.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

imagine an orphan crushing machine. i hate the machine and i hope we can dismantle it. but if the man who helped build the orphan crushing machine falls into it? buddy i’m gonna crack a smile.

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

in a world of JK Rowlings be a Dolly Parton

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Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Happy “oh, more maths day” to those who prematurely celebrated “no more maths day” back in June

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I got an ARC of "The wolf that chews rocks", the latest book by @russincheshire.bsky.social - you too can get a review copy through the simple steps of completing a request after using your time machine to go back a week. My review follows (from memory as I CBA taking notes, so accuracy optional) 🧵

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I sat down after lunch today, intending to read a couple of chapters of my ARC. I have read half of it, and am only stopping because I am going out to meet folk for tea. Russ is as entertaining and engaging when his humour and clever phrasing is lovingly bemused as when it is vitriolic. Review soon!

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 12/08/2026

I know Count Binface is not gonna win tomorrow, I *know* that, but lordt it would be so FUNNY

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I put the spotter scope on through sheer force of habit, I don't have a solar filter for it!

A telescope with a solar filter fitted to the front.

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Is this what we're supposed to be doing?

Opening speech from Shakespeare's Richard the Third rendered in Now that's what I call music style:

NOW
is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of
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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Diegetic X-rated Kick-ass Punk rock Spork It strikes me that many of these sound like rejected lyrics from "We didn't start the fire"...

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I want companies to understand that when I see an AI flier, my brain instantly deletes it. I don't think, "Ooh, I should go to this event!" I rush past it like it's a pile of dog poop. Same for ads with AI models. I assume that if your marketing is cheap garbage, so is your product.

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The discourse on this seems to miss the optimal option for non-rich people. Take the gamble but delay it until you have auctioned a 50/50 chance of £1m to the highest bidder. You keep well over £50k regardless.

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The first catfish was created in a lab in 1896 when Dr Moreau and colleagues crossbred a domestic cat with an Atlantic cod. Although widely criticised at the time for the ethical breaches involved in this experiment, Moreau was posthumously awarded a Nobel prize after an intervention by Donald Trump

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Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"I use chatgpt as a search engine" "I use minesweeper as a website browser" "I use the lego pirate ship when I want to boil an egg"

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

If you have a Substack, I will not subscribe to it, I will avoid sharing anything you post there, and I will think less of you

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Once again, my timeline confirms the wisdom of my total indifference to football.

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The only England match that really mattered this evening finished way closer than it needed to. Definitely need to sort out that discipline.

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Seeing the commentary on here, I am once again glad that I have never cared about kickball.

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Gwrach Gymraeg @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Starmer is refusing to allow debate time for the Early Day Motion about the EHRC ‘guidance’, despite it being signed by over 140 MPs. If we get 100,000 signatures on this petition we can force a debate.

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

You will never have spotted all the visual gags in Airplane! Case in point: I have lost track of how many times I have watched it, and yet had never noticed until seeing this still that the upholstery on the girl's seat is posher.

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I mean, sure it's an unworkable system that will disrupt children's lives, make it impossible for them to legally access such dangerous materials as mathematics videos on YouTube, and fails to deal with the actual problem, but have you considered it might stop some of them realising they're trans?

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Got to say my 14yo offspring is really annoyed at the forthcoming need to spend 12 seconds setting up a VPN.

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump www.theguardian.com/politics/202... I think those Arab oil states are feeling quite happy with this investment.

theguardian.com

Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump

In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next election

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

slate.com

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We truly live in the future. Robots can get absolutely hammered, fall over on the dance floor and need to get dragged home by their mates.

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Wigan cuisine seems to have gone global.

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Do you know what else those automated taxis have trouble detecting? Someone putting a bunch of caltrops under their tyres when they pull up in a cycle lane.

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Of course, the change is entirely cosmetic. All hummus is already haunted.

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This is exactly what I have been saying for the last couple of years but better articulated and with the receipts.

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

From now on this is the only way I will travel.

Still from The Dark Crystal. Jen and Kira ride two landstriders.

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

All the people who have been protesting about "public acts of worship" in London will be along to criticise this any minute now, I'm sure.

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

If you saw something like this in an animation or computer game you would be laughing at how unrealistic it is.

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

This is perfectly crafted. I thought all those Trump tweets berating Obama or Biden for doing things he's doing now were good, but this is another level.

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

So how long before we see Labour MPs defecting to the Greens? If it does happen, I also predict that Polanski will welcome the actual socialists who correctly surmise Labour is no longer their natural home, but will tell the careerists to sod off.

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Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

okay, here it is, the five key takeaways from this by-election: 1. Denton Kebab House 2. The Crispy Cod, Denton 3. Reddish Tandoori, Gorton 4. Cottage Chippy, Gorton 5. The Continental Takeaway, Denton

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I'm absolutely delighted to see the good folk of Gorton and Denton elect the candidate who actually gives a damn about them with a huge majority. I have previously said Labour needs to stop courting the fash vote and abandoning their core. I'm rethinking that in the light of this result...

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Outstanding work by whichever Guardian subeditor wrote that headline.

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Jshmtn @jshmtn.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I’m stepping back into a HOD role. I have my own experiences from the first HOD role but what would your best advice be for going into a new dept and what do you wish you’d have been doing from the start? Please share to get more voices. (And answer yourself) @themathsbazaar.bsky.social

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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Introduce yourself with five gigs you've been to Metallica Lawnmower Deth Motorhead James Brown Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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