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< - but I'd argue those are usually cases where the benefit should be extended to everyone, not denied to everyone, and if one or two people receive it as an accommodation and demonstrate that it doesn't hinder them from doing their job, maybe it *will* be.

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< And sometimes they might look a little unfair (this person gets to work from home two days a week when the rest of us are expected to come in every day) >

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< Sometimes accommodations might cost the university a little money or be a minor inconvenience to colleagues, but the same is true of accommodations for physical disabilities (e.g. installing ramps and lifts) or for parents (e.g. needing to arrange teaching and meetings during school hours). >

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< Even in the case where there was another candidate who could have performed equally well without needing accommodations, what's the problem? This isn't elite basketball. You pick one of the equally good candidates the same way you always do, and give them what they need to do the job. >

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< - but either they are only able to do that because of the accommodations, or else the accommodations make their life easier, so they aren't unnecessarily dealing with a whole lot of stress and struggle people without those conditions don't have to. >

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< And some of them will be outstanding in their field, doing much better work than any of the other candidates for their job could have (just as is true of some people without these conditions) >

< The reality is that if you can't do the job even with accommodations, you're not going to be in academia for long. Everyone she's talking about is making just as valuable a contribution to their university as people without any of these conditions, or they wouldn't be there. >

< and at worst, under the impression that these people perform worse even with the accommodations but they remain employed because their conditions are treated as an excuse. >

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We are writing to the Prime Minister, and the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, calling for an immediate public inquiry into the British press, following the tragic death of Jason Arday. Sign here 👇

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Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It's like the government claiming that legislation passed 16 years ago means it's been illegal to let blue cars into car parks this whole time, and their only comment is, "We expect owners of blue cars to comply."

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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I wish there was a single politician willing to say we need more immigrants here in the UK, immigration is a fundamental freedom and good in-itself, and we should accept all migrants as new neighbours and fellow children of god, as the nominal official religion of this country supposedly preaches

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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The British media in a nutshell - having a "debate" on trans healthcare between two transphobes, neither of whom has any relevant training or experience, both of whom have copiously demonstrated their prejudice and incompetence on this issue.

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 31/07/2026

For writers worried that they won't be able to "prove" their work isn't Spicy Autocomplete--worry not. You thought about every choice and will be able to talk about those choices easily and clearly. Folks who used the slop machine didn't make choices and won't have anything to say about why

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

As a prof this is how I dealt with the person in the group project who everyone else complained privately about because they did no work come presentation time: “Nice work, everyone! For the Q& A, why don’t you start us off [Obvious Fuckup Name]! Can you tell us a little about [creative choice]?”

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The phrase "military age men" is designed to be inflammatory and ignores reality. Yes, majority of people making long, dangerous, and often expensive routes to seek asylum are younger men who have the ability to work and earn money to bring over more vulnerable people, mainly women and children. 1/

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🏳️‍⚧️ Are you an organisation that has been unable to provide third toilets or spaces? 🏳️‍⚧️Have you been unable to access spaces or services which you were previously accessing? We want to hear form you! Tell us about your experiences with the new Code of Practice here 👇 goodlaw.social/946e3c

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If you are an individual or organisation who has been negatively impacted by this statutory guidance – please tell us about your experiences.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Instead of cracking the whip on migrant care workers, the UK needs to be actively recruiting them and giving them free travel and free visas.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 26/07/2026

150,000 marched yesterday in London for trans rights. Opened the Sky News app. Scrolled and scrolled. Nothing. BBC News app. Nothing. Guardian app. Nothing. This is what actual silencing looks like.

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< dice and for some reason are that allergic to using an existing dice rolling app/program.

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Cutting out 6 pieces of paper, numbering them 1 to 6, and putting them in a bag or box to draw from, then making three draws with replacement each time would probably both be less effort after the initial setup and do better at approximating the correct distribution, if they don't have physical >

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That's an improvement on using it to generate the rolls directly, but that's really not saying much. As for that last part, just wow.

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ @sloanelysbeth.northsky.social · 20/07/2026

Not to mention the LLM almost certainly can't generate rolls with the right distribution. I'm guessing it'd disproportionately produce rolls that get mentioned a lot in its training data, which I'd imagine would be very good and very bad rolls, not middling ones.

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phillipson staying as women and equalities minister means the transphobia will continue. pat mcfadden staying as work & pensions minister means wrlfare cuts will continue. shabana mahmood staying as home secretary means the racist immigration policies will contine. what a disappointment.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 20/07/2026

🚨 Bridget Phillipson remains as the Minister for Women and Equalities After FWS Phillipson publicly stated that trans women should use men's toilets. She recently signed into force harmful & discriminatory statutory guidance which will devastate trans lives. Suggests no change re. trans rights.

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Now, the post you were replying to said "sister-in-law" and I agree you might not call your wife's brother's wife/widow your sister-in-law. But the original post didn't use the term "sister-in-law".

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