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Nicolas Pugeault

@pugeault.eurosky.social
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Teaching blind robots to see... I am a scientist and Reader at the University of Glasgow, interested in AI, Computer Vision & Robotics.

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Amnesty International France @amnestyfrance.bsky.social · 5h
On le répète : 800 000 lycéens, professeurs, retraités, agriculteurs se sont mobilisés le 17 octobre. Dans un monde où les inégalités se creusent, les revendications sociales et économiques sont légitimes. Ne cédons pas à la peur, continuons la mobilisation.
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Amnesty International France @amnestyfrance.bsky.social · 5h
Sebastien Lecornu, notre seul «camp», c’est le droit de manifester. Maintenir l’ordre dans un État de droit c’est: ➡️Protéger les manifestants, pas les blesser, les empêcher de manifester ➡️Gérer les violences inacceptables, les pillages de certains groupes ➡️Désamorcer, pas enflammer
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Amnesty International France @amnestyfrance.bsky.social · 5h
Aujourd’hui, Sebastien Lecornu demande de « choisir son camp » : « celui de la République et donc des forces de l’ordre[...]soit celui des casseurs » En désignant un ennemi, on détourne le regard de la responsabilité de l’État et du besoin de réformer le maintien de l’ordre.
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Amnesty International France @amnestyfrance.bsky.social · 5h
Au lieu de proposer une nouvelle stratégie de maintien de l’ordre, le gouvernement demande : 🔴Mise en place de couvre-feux localisés 🔴Interdiction de manifestations, sous couvert de sécurité Interdire une manifestation ne doit intervenir qu’en dernier ressort.
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Amnesty International France @amnestyfrance.bsky.social · 5h
Depuis des années en France, la doctrine du maintien de l’ordre blesse, instille la peur. En 2016, un manifestant perd son œil après avoir reçu une grenade de désencerclement pendant qu’il manifestait contre la loi travail à Paris. En 2026, des enfants de 15 ans sont mutilés.
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Amnesty International France @amnestyfrance.bsky.social · 5h
Au lieu de privilégier le dialogue, les autorités favorisent aussi les situations de tensions : 🔴Utilisation massive de gaz lacrymogènes sur des manifestants pacifiques 🔴Technique de la nasse qui crée de la peur chez les manifestants 🔴Armes mutilantes
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Maintien de l’ordre : ces armes dangereuses utilisées dans les manifestations
Gaz lacrymogènes, grenades, LBD, matraques… partout dans le monde, la police utilise ce type d’armes dans le cadre de manifestations. Focus sur ces armes dites à létalité réduite, sur leur usage par l...
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Amnesty International France @amnestyfrance.bsky.social · 5h
Oui, des stratégies de maintien de l’ordre mènent à l’escalade : L’usage d’armes comme les grenades explosives par exemple est inadapté à une gestion sécurisée des manifestations. La France est le seul pays d’Europe à utiliser ce type d’armes, classées comme armes de guerre.
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Amnesty International France @amnestyfrance.bsky.social · 5h
Les évènements de ce week-end en France révèlent une chose : la stratégie de maintien de l’ordre ne fonctionne pas. À la place de la désescalade, la stratégie de maintien de l’ordre fait exactement l’inverse. Depuis plus de 10 ans, nous alertons.👇
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Amnesty International France @amnestyfrance.bsky.social · 5h
Le 17 octobre, 800 000 personnes manifestaient en France. Dans la même journée, des manifestants pacifiques ont été gazés et une minorité de groupes violents pillaient des commerces. C'est inacceptable. Le problème n’est pas dans les manifestations, mais dans leur gestion.
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Cédric Mas @cedricmas.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026
Et encore un superbe échec de Beauvau que personne ne dénoncera en France (parce qu’à l’étranger ils ne sont pas tendres avec nos forces de l’ordre et leurs responsables).
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ChronoPolo @chronopolo.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
Affrontements en fin de manifestation à Toulouse, la CGT dénonce "une agression du carré syndical" par la police www.ladepeche.fr/2026/10/17/a...
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Affrontements en fin de manifestation à Toulouse, la CGT dénonce "une agression du carré syndical" par la police
Des affrontements ont eu lieu à Toulouse entre les forces de l'ordre et 200 manifestants qui s'étaient positionnés devant la tête du cortège peu avant 16 heures à Saint-Cyprien, une fois franchi le po...
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CGT Environnement @cgt-environnement.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
Même Télérama se radicalise : « ils ont décidé d’utiliser la force. En cinq ans, c’est la première fois qu’on se fait gazer en manifestation. La répression policière n’a plus de limite ! On en est à gazer un orchestre, à censurer de l’art en manifestation ! » www.telerama.fr/debats-repor...
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L’Orchestre du Nouveau Monde : “En cinq ans, c’est la première fois qu’on se fait gazer en manifestation”
Installée au pied de la statue de la République à Paris, la formation a dû évacuer rapidement après avoir été prise pour cible par les forces de l’ordre. Plus de 400 musiciens étaient venus jouer paci...
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Mel🦄 @enbyandbi.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026
De toutes les villes de France on lit les mêmes témoignages : la police a commencé à gazer avant même le départ des marches. Ados, enfants, rien à foutre. Après on nous dira qu'il n'y avait aucune consigne nationale ??
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Ricardo Parreira @ricardoparreira.com · 17/10/2026
Un policier vient de me cibler intentionnellement avec un tir de LBD à la jambe. Je me trouve à seulement quelques mètres de lui. Je suis clairement identifié comme journaliste, avec un casque sur lequel le mot « PRESSE » est inscrit partout, et je porte également une caméra. @snjcgt.fr
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Médéric Gasquet-Cyrus @medericgc.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
Les "casseurs" ont pillé des boutiques mais ne m’ont pas agressé ni bousculé. Des filles avec cagoules m’ont donné du sérum physiologique. Des hommes en armure avec boucliers ont balancé des lacrymos au milieu du groupe où je parlais, tranquille, immobile. Où est la violence ?
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This week's New Statesman column, in which I attempt to annoy everyone by making the left-wing case for people earning over £100k to be entitled to free childcare. If you want a high tax, high spend society, you can't exclude the people who contribute the most www.newstatesman.com/politics/fut...
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The welfare state isn't for everyone
Should those who pay the most for public services get to use them?
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Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
It's not annoying!! Wanting benefits to be means-tested is stupid, as I wrote almost 10 years ago: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/the-fairne...
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The fairness error
The fariness of the tax & benefits system must be judged as a whole, not by any individual part of it.
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Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
A much more intelligent question would be: how many people do you know personally who have been over-diagnosed with ADHD or autism? But we live in an idiot country where prejudice beats evidence.
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is extremely reasonable and well-put. It clearly comes from a place of principle but is also strategic. The kind of argument that could have, had Polanski made it, meaningfully shifted the vote on the Zionism is Racism motion. But Zack doesn’t have the range.
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Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
thoughts on AI coding
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Ricardo Parreira @ricardoparreira.com · 07/10/2026
À Montpellier, un CRS vise délibérément la tête d'un jeune avec une grenade lacrymo.
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Stephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For my ENG speaking followers Unprecedented High School blockades began in the outskirts of Paris in Créteil on the 21st of Sept. National mobilisations followed on the 29th of September, the 1st and the 6th of October. The movement is ongoing and has spread both in scope and scale. #tippingpoint
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Jean-Marc Lafon @jmlafon.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026
Notice de la grenade "flash-bang" GL-307, éditée par son fabricant brésilien. En bas à droite, écrite en rouge et illustrée par un dessin, la mention : "La grenade doit être lancée de sorte à exploser à au moins 10 mètres des contrevenants. Elle peut causer des lésions à courte distance."
GL-307/ECO
GRANADA DE LUZ E SOM - OUTDOOR

A granada GL-307/ECO I-REF possui corpo cilíndrico e é constituída de fibra de celulose. Possui grande efeito atordoante provocado pela detonação da carga explosiva associada à luminosidade intensa que ofusca a visão dos agressores por alguns segundos, permitindo uma eficiente ação policial.

ESPECIFICAÇÕES

Material do corpo: Fibra de celulose
Diâmetro: 52mm
Tempo de retardo: 2,0 + 1,5 s
Comprimento: 137mm
Peso: 146g
Tipo de acionador: M201A1
Pico máximo de pressão sonora: 175 dB at 2m

As dimensões e peso do produto possuem tolerância de 10%, para mais e para menos.

DUPLO ESTÁGIO

A fim de evitar que o acionador torne-se um projétil, um sistema de duplo estágio especial permite que o acionador seja ejetado antes da explosão da granada.

Validade: 5 anos a partir da data de fabricação, desde que armazenado na embalagem original, em local fresco, seco e arejado, distante de paredes, teto e chão e ao abrigo da luz solar.

À explosão poderá projetar detritos contidos no solo, dependendo do terreno que for utilizado.

INFORMAÇÃO DE ENVIO

Código ONU (UN): 0452
Descrição para embarque: Granadas para exercício
Classe de risco: 1.4G

[Avertissement en rouge]
A granada deve ser lançada para explodir à uma distância mínima de 10 metros dos infratores da lei. Pode causar lesões à curta distância.

Uso outdoor.

ATENÇÃO

Este produto só deve ser utilizado por pessoas treinadas e legalmente autorizadas. Se mal utilizado, pode causar ferimentos graves, morte e/ou danos materiais.

Todas as especificações estão sujeitas a alterações sem aviso prévio.
Todas as especificações de desempenho são baseadas em testes realizados à temperatura ambiente e sob condições de pressão atmosférica ao nível do mar.
Imagens meramente ilustrativas.

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Jean-Marc Lafon @jmlafon.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
Aucun contexte ne justifie un tir quasi à bout touchant de grenade lacrymogène dans la figure. Aucun contexte ne justifie l'emploi de grenades de désencerclement pour disperser un attroupement qui ne menace personne. Le contexte, c'est l'attachement fétichiste de la Macronie à la violence d'État.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
'The Westminster government’s contribution to funding domestic undergraduates studying in England fell in real terms from £8.9 billion in 2012-13 to just £3.3bn in 2024-25, a drop of more than 60 per cent, an analysis has found.'
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 15/09/2026
TUC President Steve Gillan calls on Congress to join UCU’s lunchtime rally against the University of Brighton’s outrageous plans to derecognise UCU. An attack on trade union rights is an attack on us all. University of Brighton: back down.
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Dr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West) 🌍🌈🌹 @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is Aberdeen. We also have strikes over cost-cutting at Heriot-Watt University and Edinburgh, while Strathclyde University announced plans to cut 70 jobs in December. When will the Scottish Government act? See: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Aberdeen University job cuts talks break down after union official dismissal
A £10m savings plan - which could see more than 100 jobs lost - was agreed earlier this year.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Solidarity with this Piddington resident ♥️✊ #Newsnight
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Aileen McHarg @aileenmcharg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is very bad indeed
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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 14/09/2026
UCU members at Brighton University face the threat of derecognition. We have called an emergency rally tomorrow at 1:15pm. It would be amazing to see as many #TUC26 delegates as possible in attendance. 58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 0JY
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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 10/09/2026
An article on the solving of the Navier Stokes equations by a mathematician who knows what's going on bms.ulb.ac.be/data/uploads... (Yes it's in LateX I am sorry)
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A lot of news coverage on AI doom based off one tweet on a shitposting platform by a prodigal techbro. Do I fear superintelligence wiping us out? No, I fear incompetence and probably climate disaster, both of which could be somewhat mitigated by making tech companies more responsible & accountable.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Politico: "The latest Private Eye pulls various data together to suggest the Rachel Reeves agricultural inheritance tax changes might be having the intended impact: pushing tax-avoiders out of farmland and making it more affordable for real farmers." (Cont.)
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Blackford Safe Routes @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk · 09/09/2026
Edinburgh LibDems, Tories, and often Labour, take note!
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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Millennium math problem solved by OpenAI may have "regurgitated" competitors unpublished work... also they spent more than $22 million in computing power in one week to scoop them. techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/o...
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OpenAI fought dirty on career-making math problem, says NYU mathematician | TechCrunch
There is a $1 million bounty for the first person providing a solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem.
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/09/2026
This cost about $15 million in AI compute to do, a serious amount of money most mathematicians can never reasonably access. One of the troubling aspects is whether frontier labs will move on after using these major mathematical problems for PR without meaningfully improving the field.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
One reason England does so well is our second generation immigrants outperform their peers which is not true in most OECD countries. We are also very good at integration. And it's v sad that this is never acknowledge in debates on immigration.
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Stephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
FYI, I'vre revised the English version to account for new information that has surfaced on Harris (and his huge lie), but also the strategy that Cofnas plainly laid out : promote washed out/retired DEI-critics (via FSU etc), and use them to eliminate Black scholars. Link in blog post.
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Comment un réseau d’élite a chassé Jason Arday
Le racisme scientifique est une pseudoscience qui abreuve la propagande d'extrême-droite, dont masculiniste. Longtemps relégué aux marges, il s’installe dans les universités et cherche à imposer ses …
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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“A systematic review of 31 studies found that open-plan designs were negatively associated with health, satisfaction and productivity, with not a single study measuring productivity finding a positive effect,“ - please tell this to every university estates department.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 27/08/2026
How many signatories of the open letter defending "academic freedom" for white supremacist "race realists" came to the public defense of Maura Finkelstein, a tenured associate professor at Muhlenberg College who was fired for reposting on Instagram a statement from a Palestinian American poet?
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Tenured Jewish prof. says she's fired for pro-Palestine post
Pennsylvania’s Muhlenberg College may have become the first institution since Oct. 7 to oust a tenured faculty member for such statements, though the professor is appealing the decision and still rece...
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Marc Welsh @marcwelsh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Interesting piece by Justine Pedussel and Jim Dickinson on balance sheet issue just today. The balance sheet adjustments seem to make an already unequal system more unequal between the nations. It was ever thus. wonkhe.com/blogs/the-tr...
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The Treasury is bankrupting three nations' universities
With funding reviews underway in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Justine Pedussel and Jim Dickinson worry none will examine the hidden accounting rules driving the crisis
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PolGM @polgm.eurosky.social · 19/08/2026
⚠️ La nouvelle mairie d'Avignon veut remettre les bagnoles dans la ville, et elle a commencé - de manière brutale, au milieu de l'été et sans consulter les habitants. C'est clairement un test pour voir "si ça passe". Petit fil, et comment vous pouvez contribuer de chez vous ⤵️
Porte Saint Lazare pour les modes doux
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Jason Stanley makes the case that the stuff that was most obviously in fact a lie in Arday's case was also not stuff which academic institutions care about when employing someone, whereas by the metrics academics care about Arday was doing well. jasonstanleyantifascist.substack.com/p/it-sure-lo...
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It sure looks like Jason Arday was horrifically wronged
The media’s profound ignorance of academia is a deadly problem
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A professor writes: (Jason Stanley) The problem is that journalists failed to do basic journalism. Not a single reporter seems to have checked’ Jason Arday’s citations. The ‘quantifiable metrics’ of his work. Prof Stanley did: ‘Arday is easily comparable to the leading scholars in the field’
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orbette @orbette.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Well this seems interesting and unsurprising archive.ph/vB0BP
Then there is the claim that ADHD is a social construct, not a neurodevelopmental condition. This is something Pemberton concludes after talking to neuroscientist Katya Rubia at King’s College London. Rubia says that while there is evidence of differences between the brains of people with ADHD and neurotypical people at the group level, it isn’t possible to diagnose ADHD from a brain scan.
She is right, of course. You can’t diagnose ADHD from brain scans. The same can be said for most, if not all, psychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions. Most of these, like ADHD, are diagnosed by assessing symptoms and the effect they have on a person’s everyday ability to function. “My interview was hours long and they cherry-picked the bits that suited their push for presenting ADHD as a myth,” Rubia told New Scientist. “Biased programs like this one that push their view of ADHD as a mythical entity are irresponsible and will have detrimental effects.”
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Stephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Arday defending himself by filing a police complaint against Dave Harris - a man who had already been formally found to have engaged in bullying misconduct as far back as 1998 - is not something I find extraordinary. What is extraordinary is that Harris's misconduct vanished from news coverage.
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Geoffrey Hughes @geofffhughes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We have just witnessed an incredible A/B test showing how plagiarism allegations at Cambridge University play out depending on how racialized the subject of the allegations are and it says nothing good about our society or the state of "race relations". O'Reilly is still in post.
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Plagiarising professor stays in post and threatens student journalists
More than twelve pages of an article published under O’Reilly's name had been lifted almost word for word from two essays by one of his students
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