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Stefan Siebert

@stefansiebert.bsky.social
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Professor at University of Glasgow in beautiful Scotland. Views obviously my own and not medical advice or representative of my employers. Hate injustice and worried about the future of healthcare (and humanity)! ☮️

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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Morning Des. Today feels like a day that could with an escape portal like that.
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The public toilets are amazing! We even visited some of the public toilets featured in Perfect Days…highly recommend checking them out tokyotoilet.jp/en/
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THE TOKYO TOILET
Public toilets in Shibuya like you've never seen. Toilets are a symbol of Japan's world-renowned hospitality culture. Public toilets will be redesigned in 17 locations throughout Shibuya with the help...
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Much better than a wolf at the door. Is that his coffee cup or tin for donations!
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Extremely grateful for these two grocery store ladies recreating Prodigy’s Firestarter
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Really sorry for your loss. She looks like she was a real character and clearly much loved.
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Agree with all of that but these are not ordinary times and cannot rely on public funding any more. Academic fundamental research (and academia in general) is close to facing an existential threat.
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just further highlights what a coward and lackey wee Ed Sheeran is.
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I agree and know about this (it is my job) and high failure rate, but equally if industry let academia wither on the vine, then we all lose, especially industry, who also recruit most of the key staff from academia.
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Currently in same situation in Istanbul!
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Totally agree it is a disaster but also revealing just how little industry/business reinvests in primary research as they are often the ultimate beneficiaries of this.
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The carpet looks pretty wild!
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 02/10/2026
“There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity.” — Pope Leo (This non-religious artist is nodding enthusiastically!)
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's the eve of the 36th anniversary of German reunification. A few thoughts.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tish Murtha (1956-2013), social documentary photographer who documented marginalised communities under Margaret Thatcher in NE England (© Ella Murtha) #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring a girl juming on top of an abandoned car near a wall with graffiti and houses beyond
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Brain Glitches @cinemajules.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When rich get richer too fast and working classes getting squeezed, populism kicks in, the blaming game accelerate the raise of fascism spread everywhere i guess.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/10/2026
New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza
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New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza
Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire An update to Google Maps has revealed the extent of devastation during the three-year Gaza war and the severity of the continuing humanitarian crisis faced by the territory’s 2.3 million inhabitants. The images were taken in June this year and show further destruction of homes, businesses, places of worship and infrastructure since a fragile ceasefire came into effect almost 12 months ago. Continue reading...
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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Black members of the university are shown over and over in many ways that the university is not theirs to belong to without cost. In other words, an unserious commitment to BHM reveals itself not as repair but as a deepening of that message of non-belonging."
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 30/09/2026
The new case everyone’s talking about isn't an isolated incident. From Cornell to the London School of Economics, universities are failing women and protecting predators. We need to break the silence. Add your name👇 👇 👇 goodlaw.social/u6dj
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george 💿 @deejaygeejaygee.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
this is how magazines in the 90s would photoshoot electronica duos
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Rock Action Records @rockactionrecords.scot · 30/09/2026
"Underground", the brilliant new single from @mogwai.scot and Iggy Pop is OUT NOW. Listen / watch 👉🏼 mogwai.os.fan/underground Vocal arrangement by Matt Sweeney Artwork by DLT Video by @theestateovcreation
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Phil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is so wrong, it's hard to know where to start. But how about here? Acid house was people 'misusing' an instrument and coming up with something new. Hip hop was people imaginatively subverting/repurposing existing recordings. Punk weaponised distortion and sloppiness as an existential statement.
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Always been struck by the same. Other countries respect and look after elders…in the UK your “value” is only judged economically - it is a disturbing cult!
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Richest 1% of Britons owns more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 richest families hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population combined. The concentration of wealth in fewer hands has not provided the necessary economic stimulus. Need redistribution.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Surely Edinburgh has some traditions of its own…
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Becca Harrison @beccaeharrison.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If I were running a university where staff spent weeks and weeks of time putting grant proposals together only for UKRI to feed them into LLMs without informed consent—effectively theft of the time and work—I’d be taking serious action to defend those staff. But I’m not running a university, so
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Same!
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Looks like the altar piece in a church😀
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Go for it…you will be grateful in January!
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BBCQT’s bias and propaganda has been a huge source of concern for me for sometime (which I manage by never watching!)
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Seen JAMC 3-4 times in last few years and were always great…less temperamental and better than when we saw them 30 years ago 😱. I am definitely going to get tickets for this one to blast away the January gloom.
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
She always has been.
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Such a relief to know that our PM has his finger on the key issues of the day will be tackling the "discrimination" preventing fans drinking alcohol while swearing at players/refs. (the only mitigating factor for this idiotic story would be if this is a plan to try get the fash off the streets!)
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I think you will find it is called racism…it was always there in them; they just feel emboldened now to express these views (in large part thanks to our useless/equally racist politicians and media).
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
WTAF! That is disgusting and disgraceful…imagine thinking that (I cannot even get near there!) and then deciding to post it for others to see. These bigoted racists would be shunned and rejected in a normal functioning country and society but here they are proudly expressing their racist views!🤬🤮
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ChristopherLinnYoung @phoenoxanapher.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
In case you haven't been following (hard to keep track with the insanity here in the States), Britain has been seeing the rise of their own "Turd Reich" -lately in the form of goon squads... Brilliant Marsh Family parody,so necessary in these dark times. (& yes, we're still remembering Tim Curry!)
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I think she believes the far right will be friends with her and allow her to continue to be cruel to immigants when they, inevitably thanks to Labour's incompetence/weakness/complicity (take your pick - I am going for all 3)...I predict she will be among the first ones they target.
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Nothing makes that old war monger happier than people dying in the middle east.
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The BBC "News" & political prgrammes have become straight down the line propaganda! Even the most minimal history knowledge and insight into fascism indicates this won't save them from being among the first targets when RW parties get in power. Neither history nor the RW will be kind to the BBC.
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
That is a strange way to spell "complicit"
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
With big thanks to @doctorofmusic.bsky.social, here's my discussion today with Lord Jackson about North Sea oil and gas. Tape your jaw to your face before watching. Really.
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yet Mahmood, Badenoch etc still think they can be friends with these people by being cruel to immigrants, ethnic minorities and poor people…yeah, right!!
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is what they learnt from the pandemic, where companies, politicians etc were committing blatant fraud and breaking rules with no consequences.
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Emma Lewis @petchary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The RNLI is under enormous pressure from fascist thugs wearing black and masked. Please support them in any way you can. Their role is to save lives, not sit back and watch refugees drown in the English Channel.
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I was in South Africa during apartheid - boycotts work! Ordinary people just need to stand up for what is right and stick to their convictions. Also effective against corporate oppressors and billionaires!
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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 22/09/2026
Oh my god it’s funny because it’s true — take a gander at the video and then read up: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnes_...
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Dunnes Stores strike - Wikipedia
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
More proof of the truth of this everyday now...why is this so obvious to all except UK govt? The media is also utterly complicit, but similarly seem to know no history or how this ends for them...they are just useful tools (all meanings) ATM but will soon become the target (and then cry for help!)
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Cheerleading?
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Pity my typing has no credibility...why can't we have a spellchecker on this app!!
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Because you are already anticipating that your train will probably be delayed or cancelled...
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