Chris King
@chrisfk.bsky.social
Double nationalité franco-britannique, universitaire en droit, amateur d'art et de musique. Résident de la République Populaire de Stirchley (Birmingham) et du Haut-Limousin. Pas de DMs SVP.
Interesting pre-sunset orange glowing sky over Stirchley.
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Interesting pre-sunset orange glowing sky over Stirchley.
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I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
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Yesterday I helped give a presentation on immigration law options to a room full of people trapped by the Health and Care Visa.
Promised work, paid £££, unable to work and can't find new sponsors.
This crisis i wrote a thread on 5 months ago isn't going away.
Promised work, paid £££, unable to work and can't find new sponsors.
This crisis i wrote a thread on 5 months ago isn't going away.
The debate around care visas in the political space boils down to people saying stuff like this - we desperately need people.
It's a good soundbite but...
A significant surge in care visas were issued since 2020 in response to sector demand and yet the problem of shortage has persisted.
Why?
It's a good soundbite but...
A significant surge in care visas were issued since 2020 in response to sector demand and yet the problem of shortage has persisted.
Why?
BREAKING: “We will be closing the care worker visa for overseas recruitment” - Home Secretary Yvette Cooper
Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?
Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Yesterday I helped give a presentation on immigration law options to a room full of people trapped by the Health and Care Visa.
Promised work, paid £££, unable to work and can't find new sponsors.
This crisis i wrote a thread on 5 months ago isn't going away.
Promised work, paid £££, unable to work and can't find new sponsors.
This crisis i wrote a thread on 5 months ago isn't going away.
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Horrific, stupid news from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social — they are closing their music department. Apparently they all found out suddently in a meeting yesterday.
It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Horrific, stupid news from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social — they are closing their music department. Apparently they all found out suddently in a meeting yesterday.
It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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unconscionable
A 6-year-old immigrant child is handcuffed with hands behind their back and arrested.
Trump’s America.
Trump’s America.
October 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
unconscionable
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Excited to try a new (to us) (seasonal?) flavour.
October 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Excited to try a new (to us) (seasonal?) flavour.
Whenever I hear someone talking about the popularity of K-Pop, I always think I had no idea kapok was so popular.
September 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Whenever I hear someone talking about the popularity of K-Pop, I always think I had no idea kapok was so popular.
I just discovered that a certain supermarket doesn't let visitors leave their stores until they buy something (or at least you have to find a member of staff and ask them to let you out, if e. g. you haven't found what you've gone in for, so wish to leave without making a purchase). Thanks, LIDL!
September 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I just discovered that a certain supermarket doesn't let visitors leave their stores until they buy something (or at least you have to find a member of staff and ask them to let you out, if e. g. you haven't found what you've gone in for, so wish to leave without making a purchase). Thanks, LIDL!
This morning's birds, according to our Merlin app, heard from our bedroom window.
September 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This morning's birds, according to our Merlin app, heard from our bedroom window.
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The basis on which Farage tells RTE that there will be no problem changing GFA to remove ECHR reference is, unsurprisingly, spurious. Human Rights safeguards were a feature of the 1990s negotiations from the outset, they weren't a last minute thought:
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September 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The basis on which Farage tells RTE that there will be no problem changing GFA to remove ECHR reference is, unsurprisingly, spurious. Human Rights safeguards were a feature of the 1990s negotiations from the outset, they weren't a last minute thought:
share.google/sh5iziocla5L...
share.google/sh5iziocla5L...
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👏 STOP 👏 TREATING 👏 UNIVERSITIES 👏 AS 👏 A 👏 BUSINESS 👏
Provosts/chancelors/etc should be members of the academic community and paid as such.
👏 STOP 👏 PAYING 👏 HIGHER 👏 EDUCATION 👏 BUREAUCRATS 👏 LIKE 👏 THEY 👏 ARE 👏 CEOS 👏
#AcademicSky
Provosts/chancelors/etc should be members of the academic community and paid as such.
👏 STOP 👏 PAYING 👏 HIGHER 👏 EDUCATION 👏 BUREAUCRATS 👏 LIKE 👏 THEY 👏 ARE 👏 CEOS 👏
#AcademicSky
More of the same from Edinburgh University
Nothing screams ‘financial crisis’ like a VC on £420k salary paired with a redundancy scheme
Still £24m was saved through frozen promotions & severance — enough to keep senior management's pay deals nicely cushioned
www.holyrood.com/news/view,ed...
Nothing screams ‘financial crisis’ like a VC on £420k salary paired with a redundancy scheme
Still £24m was saved through frozen promotions & severance — enough to keep senior management's pay deals nicely cushioned
www.holyrood.com/news/view,ed...
More redundancies planned at Edinburgh University
Around 350 staff have already taken voluntary redundancy
www.holyrood.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
👏 STOP 👏 TREATING 👏 UNIVERSITIES 👏 AS 👏 A 👏 BUSINESS 👏
Provosts/chancelors/etc should be members of the academic community and paid as such.
👏 STOP 👏 PAYING 👏 HIGHER 👏 EDUCATION 👏 BUREAUCRATS 👏 LIKE 👏 THEY 👏 ARE 👏 CEOS 👏
#AcademicSky
Provosts/chancelors/etc should be members of the academic community and paid as such.
👏 STOP 👏 PAYING 👏 HIGHER 👏 EDUCATION 👏 BUREAUCRATS 👏 LIKE 👏 THEY 👏 ARE 👏 CEOS 👏
#AcademicSky
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While the mainstream discussions are depressingly about *how* best to remove and stop immigrants, it’s a revolutionary act nowadays to say that immigration is actually a positive thing and an essential component of a thriving country, so please join me in doing so!
August 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
While the mainstream discussions are depressingly about *how* best to remove and stop immigrants, it’s a revolutionary act nowadays to say that immigration is actually a positive thing and an essential component of a thriving country, so please join me in doing so!
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When mainstream media entirely ignores 100,000 people marching in support of trans people, but breathlessly hangs on every word
Farage utters, it's reasonable to assume they are fully wedded to fascism.
They believe, erroneously, that this somehow won't impact them.
Farage utters, it's reasonable to assume they are fully wedded to fascism.
They believe, erroneously, that this somehow won't impact them.
August 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
When mainstream media entirely ignores 100,000 people marching in support of trans people, but breathlessly hangs on every word
Farage utters, it's reasonable to assume they are fully wedded to fascism.
They believe, erroneously, that this somehow won't impact them.
Farage utters, it's reasonable to assume they are fully wedded to fascism.
They believe, erroneously, that this somehow won't impact them.
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The UK media is obsessed with trying to promote the rank-smelling Poundstore Powell.
The coverage in the past 24 hours has been dribbling and lustful for his literally nonsense 'plan'.
Sharing articles or even clicking on them is REWARDING these hacks, whatever the reason. Just stop.
The coverage in the past 24 hours has been dribbling and lustful for his literally nonsense 'plan'.
Sharing articles or even clicking on them is REWARDING these hacks, whatever the reason. Just stop.
August 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The UK media is obsessed with trying to promote the rank-smelling Poundstore Powell.
The coverage in the past 24 hours has been dribbling and lustful for his literally nonsense 'plan'.
Sharing articles or even clicking on them is REWARDING these hacks, whatever the reason. Just stop.
The coverage in the past 24 hours has been dribbling and lustful for his literally nonsense 'plan'.
Sharing articles or even clicking on them is REWARDING these hacks, whatever the reason. Just stop.
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Not for the first time I am wondering why there is so little understanding in the UK of common law - particularly among those who seem to think this would be part of what makes Britain great if only judges didn't keep making law...
August 27, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Not for the first time I am wondering why there is so little understanding in the UK of common law - particularly among those who seem to think this would be part of what makes Britain great if only judges didn't keep making law...
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Good luck to anyone waiting for A Level results this morning.
August 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Good luck to anyone waiting for A Level results this morning.
BBC Weather website stubbornly continuing to insist that local weather is currently dry with a 0% chance of rain. It is in fact currently raining here.
August 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
BBC Weather website stubbornly continuing to insist that local weather is currently dry with a 0% chance of rain. It is in fact currently raining here.
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What an utter absurdity our Home Secretary has created -
Destroying British free speech, right to protest and with it undermining democracy.
It is not for the government to terrorise the public for political opinions they don’t want to hear.
Destroying British free speech, right to protest and with it undermining democracy.
It is not for the government to terrorise the public for political opinions they don’t want to hear.
August 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
What an utter absurdity our Home Secretary has created -
Destroying British free speech, right to protest and with it undermining democracy.
It is not for the government to terrorise the public for political opinions they don’t want to hear.
Destroying British free speech, right to protest and with it undermining democracy.
It is not for the government to terrorise the public for political opinions they don’t want to hear.
(1) Schnorkie (no flash) iooking cute, (2) Seconds later, Schnorkie (with flash) looking demonic.
August 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
(1) Schnorkie (no flash) iooking cute, (2) Seconds later, Schnorkie (with flash) looking demonic.
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#SpotTheScammer
@williamtomi.bsky.social - using pics of British baker Paul Hollywood, stolen from his Instagram account, whose images are in prolific use by romance scammers.
www.instagram.com/paul.hollywood
@williamtomi.bsky.social - using pics of British baker Paul Hollywood, stolen from his Instagram account, whose images are in prolific use by romance scammers.
www.instagram.com/paul.hollywood
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August 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
#SpotTheScammer
@williamtomi.bsky.social - using pics of British baker Paul Hollywood, stolen from his Instagram account, whose images are in prolific use by romance scammers.
www.instagram.com/paul.hollywood
@williamtomi.bsky.social - using pics of British baker Paul Hollywood, stolen from his Instagram account, whose images are in prolific use by romance scammers.
www.instagram.com/paul.hollywood
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#SpotTheScammer
@williamevans091.bsky.social - using pics of Joe Cross, whose images are in prolific use by romance scammers, stolen from his verified Instagram account.
www.instagram.com/joethejuicer
@williamevans091.bsky.social - using pics of Joe Cross, whose images are in prolific use by romance scammers, stolen from his verified Instagram account.
www.instagram.com/joethejuicer
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August 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
#SpotTheScammer
@williamevans091.bsky.social - using pics of Joe Cross, whose images are in prolific use by romance scammers, stolen from his verified Instagram account.
www.instagram.com/joethejuicer
@williamevans091.bsky.social - using pics of Joe Cross, whose images are in prolific use by romance scammers, stolen from his verified Instagram account.
www.instagram.com/joethejuicer