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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 8h
As more people got access to degrees gradually they weren’t seen as worth as much… fast forward to today where we’re being told machines can & should do our thinking & our work. The oligarchs saying this are descendants (in some cases literally) of the people who tried to keep most of us uneducated.
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drnoelcarter.bsky.social @drnoelcarter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For years, Stephen Lennon has asked supporters to trust him and fund him. A Channel 4 Dispatches investigation, made with HOPE not hate, has raised serious questions about his finances. I’ve added my name calling for a full investigation. Will you? secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/199860/...
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Kent police said 'no arrests were made' of the people who blocked a port and roads. There's your two-tier policing, folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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Port of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roads
Hundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port.
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Every commentator saying too many kids go to university has to tell their own kid to not do a degree
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drnoelcarter.bsky.social @drnoelcarter.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Great episode as usual
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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Discouraging an activity with a benefit-to-cost ratio of nearly 10:1. A triumph of policymaking.
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Fall in international student numbers ‘cost UK £2.9 billion’
Latest cost-benefit analysis finds overseas enrolments generate nearly 10 times more money for UK than they take away
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
One of the lessons of the last two years is that Labour urgently needs to stop being afraid of its own shadow. Burnham should appoint whoever he thinks would be the best Chancellor and throw his authority behind them. The Daily Mail will try to kill them anyway. So just govern.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
How Nigel Farage Twists the Facts About White Boys in Schools to Manufacture Racial Tension Official data completely contradicts Nigel Farage’s false claim that ethnic minorities are favoured at the expense of white children, reports Nafeez Ahmed...
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How Nigel Farage Twists the Facts About White Boys in Schools to Manufacture Racial Tension
Official data completely contradicts Nigel Farage’s false claim that ethnic minorities are favoured at the expense of white children, reports Nafeez Ahmed
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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Really cool (and somewhat freighting) work on Gen AI use and highschool performance in China. Homework Scores rocket up, time spend doing homework collapses, then predictably exam scores are way down. Results show bimodal response ~75% see scores drop, the other 20-25% keep doing the work.
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The Generative AI Learning Penalty: Evidence from Chinese Secondary Education
Using 30 months of panel data on 26,811 Chinese students in grades 7-12, we study how generative AI affects homework productivity and learning. The data combine
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The BBC 10 o’clock news says the right wing idea of ethnic minorities being given preferential treatment in criminal justice is likely to become a “growing fault line in our politics” WITHOUT POINTING OUT THAT IT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. What’s the point of the news if it doesn’t correct disinformation?
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Jack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk · 03/06/2026
Last year, we shared a paper showing that Labour's accommodation of the radical right did not work. We now have a new version of the paper online: osf.io/preprints/so...
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drnoelcarter.bsky.social @drnoelcarter.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Promoting one of my previous PhD students new paper based on his doctoral studies which expands on our knowledge of the functions of AMBRA1 which is a weird and wonderful protein! febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Without all that money Peter Thiel would be nicknamed "Antichrist Pete". His mates would roll their eyes when he entered the pub and joke that a pint costs £6.66
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
On hottest May day recorded, reanimated corpse funded by fossil fuel interests recommends abandoning efforts to tackle climate crisis www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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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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drnoelcarter.bsky.social @drnoelcarter.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
So bond trader rout because of fears of stagflation helps create.......er um as far as I can see, stagflation!! Am I mistaken?
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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?
The reactions of some researchers on Twitter finally being held responsible for not having read the very paper they submitted are... something. Mainly, they don't think they should have to check every citation or make sure the data is real and accurate. Because it's too hard, I guess.
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Dan McCrum @mccrum.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
An expert opinion that the scam reported by the BBC wouldn’t work, and so was a scam on applicants not the system, seems like important context
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Andrew G. York @andrewgyork.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I've been getting questions about this paper all week: www.cell.com/cell/abstrac... They make EXTRAORDINARY claims - fortunately, these are trivial to verify/falsify. Unfortunately, there's other concerns.
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Electromagnetic field-inducible in vivo gene switch for remote spatiotemporal control of gene expression
The EMF-inducible gene switch (Ei) platform provides precise spatiotemporal control of gene expression through Cyb5b-mediated calcium oscillations. This system enables Ei-OSK-driven in vivo rejuvenati...
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Leviathan Wilde @leviathanwilde.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Byline times again doing the hard graft that so many of the Westminster lobby & billionaire owned press & media fail to do. So much of the good stuff (& there is much) done by Labour is ignored in favour of Trump’s latest outrage, Westminster gossip & exclusives from “unnamed sources”.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🔴All the Big Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks... bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/a...
A woman reading the Telegraph
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Prof Rachel Oliver @profrachelgan.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.
Dear Sir Paul,

Re: Royal Society Code of Conduct

I am sure that many scientists have written to you about the specific question of Elon Musk’s Fellowship and whether, under the Royal Society’s Code of Conduct, his retaining that Fellowship is appropriate. I will not rehash these issues.  Instead, as a female scientist with extensive experience of activities aiming to increase equality, diversity and inclusion in the engineering and physical sciences sector, I am writing to you (in a personal capacity) to ask you to reconsider the statements you have recently made in this context to the UK press about the Royal Society’s Code of Conduct and how it is applied.  

A 2018 report  from the joint National Academies of the United States of America, concluded that “sexual harassment is common in academic science, engineering, and medicine” and that “greater than 50 percent of women faculty and staff and 20–50 percent of women students encounter or experience sexually harassing conduct in academia”.  This report described codes of conduct that make clear that sexual harassment is unethical and will not be tolerated as a “powerful incentive for change”. The authors also noted that sexual harassment can have significant and damaging effects on the integrity of research.  In my own praxis, I have found that clear and consistently-implemented codes of conduct that address these issues make female scientists and engineers safer, and allow them to focus more effectively on their research.  For codes of conduct to have such a positive effect, it is vital that sanctions for actions which transgress the code are meaningful and substantial.

I was hence aghast to realise that in an interview with the Financial Times  published on 9/1/26, you appear to have suggested that the Royal Society “should only expel fellows if their science proved “faulty or fraudulent or highly defective””.  Moreover, in a further interview with the Guardian  on 11/1/26 you suggested that the code “may need to be looked at again”, with the implication that your aim would be to remove the option of sanctions on Fellows for reasons not strictly related to faults or defects in their research. 

I suggest that changing the Royal Society’s code of conduct so that the likelihood of serious sanctions for sexual harassment is reduced, would directly endanger women who interact with the Royal Society at events or otherwise, and would provide a licence to harass to the already powerful people on whom the Society bestows fellowship.  The implications of your words - that under your leadership the only infringements of the code which are likely to receive the sanction of the Fellowship being removed are those related to research misconduct - already risk empowering harassers.  You stated, in the Financial Times interview, that “there’s many bad people around, but they have made scientific advances”.  Given this awareness of the possibility of bad actors in our scientific community, it is wholly irresponsible to suggest that the Royal Society would not act to sanction these people if they harass more vulnerable scientists.

I am hence writing to request that you retract any suggestion that the Society’s Code of Conduct should be changed so that the only reason a Fellow might be sanctioned by the removal of their Fellowship is “faulty or fraudulent or highly defective” research.  This action is necessary to safeguard female scientists, a requirement placed on the Society by safeguarding legislation and UK statutory guidance. 

Yours sincerely,

Professor Rachel A. Oliver.
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ironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
@gilesyb.bsky.social this is what the inflection point looks like - chinas emissions will be tanking very soon e360.yale.edu/digest/china...
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Photos Capture the Breathtaking Scale of China's Wind and Solar Buildout
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/01/2026
1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes." This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize. Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
LA Times: Elon Musk company bot apologizesNewsweek: Elon Musk's Grok ApologizesInternational Business Times: Grok Issues ApologiesThe Hill: Musk's AI chatbot Grok apologizes
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
In case you missed it ... The idea that farmers voted overwhelmingly for Brexit is a bit of a myth. The data shows that in some parts of the UK, they were more REMAIN than the local population, while in others (like Scotland) they were more LEAVE than the locals. Overall, they were about the same.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 02/01/2026
The story of Europe’s economic decline while US is 'soaring' is everywhere. But it is wrong. It is a myth. Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US. Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
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Decline, what decline? The myth of dying Europe
There is a widespread view that, by comparison with the USA, Europe is in economic and social decline. But, Zucman argues, it's not true
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Noah Vickers @noahvickers.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
NEW: My interview with Natural England chair Tony Juniper, who tells me, on the infamous HS2 'bat tunnel': "We could have finished up with a much better outcome for the bats, without having to spend that money" www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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Natural England's Tony Juniper: Money Spent On Bat Tunnel 'Could Have Been Put To Better Use'
Natural England wants to cast off its ‘blocker’ image and reframe its mission as one that enhances national infrastructure. Noah Vickers speaks to ...
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Somehow this got missed off the "Benefit Street" front pages today
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
“We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically.”
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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 30/10/2025
Happy, alongside @emiliabelknap.bsky.social, to make my debut contribution with the fantastic folks at @ukandeu.bsky.social Emilia & I use data from @britishelectionstudy.com to correct the atomistic fallacy in people's understanding the Reform UK gender gap ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british...
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Most British young men reject the far right - UK in a changing Europe
Emilia Belknap and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte explain their analysis on the demographics of Reform UK voters in the UK. They argue that while the dominant narrative is that young men are the most likely ...
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 18/10/2025
This morning my ChatGPT quota was inexplicably exhausted. It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed. The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
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Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚 #amindofmyown
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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
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drnoelcarter.bsky.social @drnoelcarter.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
WE have just published a paper with a novel method for increasing solubility when overexpressing proteins in E. coli. This paper is for PDE3 but I have also done this more recently for CCL5. It seems to work well. link is free access for 50 days eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 26/09/2025
Today’s digital ID announcement yet another example of how X being the main platform for political discourse will inevitably throw the MSM’s coverage off course, because online right opinion is fevered/way off the beat with the public. Guess who need digital/reliable ID most? Those in poverty.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
There are arguments for/against digital id cards. Stopping small boat crossings really isn't one. Asylum seekers *already* get an id card... www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Application registration card (ARC)
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
The thing is, even if I accept the racist analogy, I have been a PAYING guest for 35 years. And recently the service around this place has sucked. So, how about you straighten up your little maid's uniform and bring me my breakfast? Full English, please. And snap to it. I'm not here for the banter.
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You are a guest in Britain. Appalling manners to lecture your host on how they should conduct their immigration policy.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/08/2025
There’s an obvious way to challenge Nigel Farage. But Keir Starmer won’t do it | Rafael Behr
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There’s an obvious way to challenge Nigel Farage. But Keir Starmer won’t do it | Rafael Behr
Labour’s reluctance to name Brexit as the cause of so many problems hasn’t stopped Reform’s rise. It’s time to try the truth, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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drnoelcarter.bsky.social @drnoelcarter.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
I see the Oxbridge @theguardian.com snobs are bashing HE once again today. It was ok for them but not the "plebs" clearly.
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Thomas Sampson @thomsampson.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Better to call this an export tax than an international student levy. Someone should ask the government if they plan to put export taxes on other industries?
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Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
As if it's just incompetence or an act of god or bad luck... and not being outbid each time by clubs who were able to stockpile fortunes before they became illegal once #nufc had money.
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Alex Dukalskis @alexdukalskis.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Dear universities, I am begging you to stop requiring letters of recommendation for master's programmes. You and I both know you don't read them, so stop asking for them. Instead, have applicants list a name and get in touch if it's a borderline case. Signed, Everyone.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
2000 years ago: the Romans would let an aqueduct destroy the Gardon Valley. We need clean water, but at what cost?
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
This is not going to be a popular view, I realise, but I appreciate process being observed. I think it would be hugely disrespectful to Louise Casey's work to say: "I know we asked for a review, and you are about to publish it, but we have already decided what to do, because the Daily Mail said so."
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Orderly process matters, especially on sensitive issues. There's nothing inconsistent between: "I will not order X, undermining a report that is weeks away, just because you shout a lot to score political points," and "I will order X now that the report has recommended it".
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David JW Bailey @davidjwbailey.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Want to see Regulatory Capture by the Extreme Right in action in the UK? This is a good example >
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I see Honest Bob Jenrick has a new little video attacking barristers for representing unpopular clients. Once again for those at the back: Lawyers are not their clients. Which is how, when Jenrick broke the law in government, he had lawyers to defend him.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 27/05/2025
The privilege of public service: reflections from an elected councillor elected councillor reflects on their experience in the role of public service @northeastbylines.co.uk northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
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The privilege of public service: reflections from an elected councillor
elected councillor reflects on their experience in the role of public service
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
GB News : "Brexit is a good thing?" Brexit Fisherman : "It's been a disaster" "But exports?" "Red tape is 100 fold, our main market is the EU" "But EU fisherman?" "They didn't come here" "But charge more?" "They can buy in the EU" "How would you vote?" "I'd vote for Remain in a heart beat"
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"Brexit five years on - It has been a disaster" GB News interview with fisherman Andy Dixon
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Coverage of idiots claiming ‘betrayal’ or ‘surrender’ isn’t just bad journalism, it’s a dereliction of our duty to explain things. I’d actually forgotten just how bad it got but here we are, straight back to treating liars & spivs like authorities of equal weight to experts & honest brokers.
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spencer roberts 🦈 @unpopularscience.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I will forever be haunted by this footage. Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity. What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives. 🌎🦑🧪
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