Bijan Parsia
@bparsia.bsky.social
I am a Prof of Comp Sci at Uni of Manchester, UK. UCU NEC disabled member rep (2023-24). UCUCommons. All posts are my own behalf alone. He/him/they.
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Today’s #ucu VP hustings have been cancelled due to Unite UCU industrial action. Instead, recordings from candidates are being collected and will be made available to members, hopefully soon.
In the meantime, you can also get in touch with any questions for me at: ucucommons.org/contact-mark/
In the meantime, you can also get in touch with any questions for me at: ucucommons.org/contact-mark/
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February 12, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Today’s #ucu VP hustings have been cancelled due to Unite UCU industrial action. Instead, recordings from candidates are being collected and will be made available to members, hopefully soon.
In the meantime, you can also get in touch with any questions for me at: ucucommons.org/contact-mark/
In the meantime, you can also get in touch with any questions for me at: ucucommons.org/contact-mark/
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Thank you @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social for the lovely warm welcome on your City Campus picket this morning! #UCU
February 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Thank you @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social for the lovely warm welcome on your City Campus picket this morning! #UCU
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The Republican Congress members who are now reeling and disgusted by what they are seeing in the unredacted files need to do the right thing for once in their political lives and stand up against this President and his coven of kid fuckers
February 11, 2026 at 2:49 PM
The Republican Congress members who are now reeling and disgusted by what they are seeing in the unredacted files need to do the right thing for once in their political lives and stand up against this President and his coven of kid fuckers
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Colloidal silver is not an antidote for tear gas
February 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Colloidal silver is not an antidote for tear gas
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Massie: "Here is an email that was sent by the victims' lawyers to the DOJ. It was a list of names not to release. What did the DOJ do with this email? They released it! Literally the worst thing you could do the survivors you did."
February 11, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Massie: "Here is an email that was sent by the victims' lawyers to the DOJ. It was a list of names not to release. What did the DOJ do with this email? They released it! Literally the worst thing you could do the survivors you did."
There should be justice for these people and the Trump regime is increasing the injustice.
Epstein survivors raise their hands to signal they've been ignored by Trump's DOJ as AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them
(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)
(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)
February 12, 2026 at 9:18 AM
There should be justice for these people and the Trump regime is increasing the injustice.
I hope my neighbours won’t end up picking Goodwin but I’ve been a tad underwhelmed by the Labour candidate. I mean I don’t know if telling party me members that you only lost to reform by 6 votes in your last run is a good opening message.
I get why Matt posts this nonsense every day, outrage pays.
None of this is on the current government.
Open borders? Brexit.
Soft-on-crime chaos? Tories.
Highest taxes since the 1940s? Tories.
Shafted pensioners? Tories.
Farmers driven to despair? Brexit.
Hotels for migrants? Brexit + Tory failure.
None of this is on the current government.
Open borders? Brexit.
Soft-on-crime chaos? Tories.
Highest taxes since the 1940s? Tories.
Shafted pensioners? Tories.
Farmers driven to despair? Brexit.
Hotels for migrants? Brexit + Tory failure.
February 12, 2026 at 9:01 AM
I hope my neighbours won’t end up picking Goodwin but I’ve been a tad underwhelmed by the Labour candidate. I mean I don’t know if telling party me members that you only lost to reform by 6 votes in your last run is a good opening message.
(Yes yes, 1 poll.)
This seems pretty devastating for Starmer.
I’d love to see some comparisons à la what we saw for Corbyn but prima facie it’s personally dire.
This seems pretty devastating for Starmer.
I’d love to see some comparisons à la what we saw for Corbyn but prima facie it’s personally dire.
![Political parties and their leaders
I like ...
Ed Davey
Zack Polanski
Nigel Farage
Kemi Badenoch
Keir Starmer
31%
31%
27%
27%
39%
39%
62%
55%
20%
70%
The Labour Party
Reform UK
The Green Party
Liberal Democrats
The Conservative Party
34%
31%
28%
28%
24%
56%
57%
43%
43%
58%
Base: 1,104 British adults 18+, 22-27 January 2026
Source: Ipsos Political Monitor
Qu: Which of these statements come closest to your views of [...], and [...]?
I do not like...
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February 12, 2026 at 8:58 AM
(Yes yes, 1 poll.)
This seems pretty devastating for Starmer.
I’d love to see some comparisons à la what we saw for Corbyn but prima facie it’s personally dire.
This seems pretty devastating for Starmer.
I’d love to see some comparisons à la what we saw for Corbyn but prima facie it’s personally dire.
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Huge solidarity with @ucuessex.bsky.social and @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social, both out on strike today over threats to jobs and pensions.
Let’s do this #UCU #UKHE
Let’s do this #UCU #UKHE
February 12, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Huge solidarity with @ucuessex.bsky.social and @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social, both out on strike today over threats to jobs and pensions.
Let’s do this #UCU #UKHE
Let’s do this #UCU #UKHE
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Heckuva job, Bari.
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February 12, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Heckuva job, Bari.
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one thing that comes across in these clips is that bondi is totally out of her depth. just an absolute lightweight. barely sentient.
holy shit -- Bondi's new tactic is refusing to answer Democratic questions, then using time during the next Republican questioner to smear the previous Democratic member and accuse them of being complicit in violence crimes
February 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM
one thing that comes across in these clips is that bondi is totally out of her depth. just an absolute lightweight. barely sentient.
Another sleepless night.
February 12, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Another sleepless night.
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I’m seeing enough of this in my mentions today that I, a Black Jew, need to remind everyone that in the 1930s, European Jews were not considered white and that’s why the Nazis slaughtered them and part of why other countries including the United States refused refuge to many of them
February 11, 2026 at 12:36 AM
I’m seeing enough of this in my mentions today that I, a Black Jew, need to remind everyone that in the 1930s, European Jews were not considered white and that’s why the Nazis slaughtered them and part of why other countries including the United States refused refuge to many of them
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Chris Murphy: "I sat with the kids for an hour. They saw things in these prisons they'll never forget. The bottom line is we have a constitutional obligation to only fund an administration that's operating lawfully. We cannot, we should not fund DHS if it committing these crimes."
February 11, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Chris Murphy: "I sat with the kids for an hour. They saw things in these prisons they'll never forget. The bottom line is we have a constitutional obligation to only fund an administration that's operating lawfully. We cannot, we should not fund DHS if it committing these crimes."
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“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
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wisdom of crowds notwithstanding, investors as a class include a lot of huge dumbasses
AI satellite factory on the moon? Giant space catapult? Self-sustaining city on the moon? A billion daily active users on X?
Elon Musk made all these predictions in an internal meeting with xAI employees last night. We listened in.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/t...
Elon Musk made all these predictions in an internal meeting with xAI employees last night. We listened in.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/t...
Elon Musk Wants to Build an A.I. Satellite Factory on the Moon
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:29 PM
wisdom of crowds notwithstanding, investors as a class include a lot of huge dumbasses
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Is anyone tracking how many of the J6 traitors have since been found to have committed offenses against women and children specifically?
A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child. n.pr/4tx7oVq
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children
A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child.
n.pr
February 11, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Is anyone tracking how many of the J6 traitors have since been found to have committed offenses against women and children specifically?
I’m actually on board with this.
Can we have Gordon Brown back as #Labour leader please.
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 AM
I’m actually on board with this.
Uhhhhhhhh. I…wtf.
Is he still getting advice from Mandalson?
Is he still getting advice from Mandalson?
February 12, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Uhhhhhhhh. I…wtf.
Is he still getting advice from Mandalson?
Is he still getting advice from Mandalson?
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Trump’s DOJ exposed the names of #Epstein victims but redacted the names of their abusers … pretty much tells you everything you need to know about what’s really going on here.
February 11, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Trump’s DOJ exposed the names of #Epstein victims but redacted the names of their abusers … pretty much tells you everything you need to know about what’s really going on here.
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Lawrence Krauss being endearing again: "good news btw is that woman on conciliation committee seems like a sweetie.. she is old…. not some young metoo bitch."
February 11, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Lawrence Krauss being endearing again: "good news btw is that woman on conciliation committee seems like a sweetie.. she is old…. not some young metoo bitch."
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It is a weird state of affairs that I'm feeling uneasy about next week's teaching, new this year, which reiterates that LLMs are wrong by design, criticises the Natural Language Acquisition intervention for autistic communication, and tells the horror story of Wakefield & MMR
February 11, 2026 at 10:36 PM
It is a weird state of affairs that I'm feeling uneasy about next week's teaching, new this year, which reiterates that LLMs are wrong by design, criticises the Natural Language Acquisition intervention for autistic communication, and tells the horror story of Wakefield & MMR
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simply one of the greatest calls of all time
February 11, 2026 at 3:48 PM
simply one of the greatest calls of all time
I mean you can have similar visions with the right drugs. Just sayin’.
February 12, 2026 at 12:36 AM
I mean you can have similar visions with the right drugs. Just sayin’.
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