Gillian Roberts
@citizenofblue.bsky.social
Settler Canadian migrant in the UK. Reader, writer, professor, knitter, runner, cyclist, roller skater, stepmom, dog mom. Dress code: blue. Co-host of Borders Talk: Dots, Dashes, and the Stories They Tell. She/her.
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I like how every two years at a T20 World Cup everyone goes “wow the associate cricket teams are much better than we thought, we should do more to assist their development and grow the global game” and then nothing changes
February 8, 2026 at 12:34 PM
I like how every two years at a T20 World Cup everyone goes “wow the associate cricket teams are much better than we thought, we should do more to assist their development and grow the global game” and then nothing changes
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YOU SIGNATURE MATTERS! Help us save Modern Languages at Leicester.
Sign the petition: www.change.org/p/save-moder...
Sign the petition: www.change.org/p/save-moder...
February 6, 2026 at 6:06 PM
YOU SIGNATURE MATTERS! Help us save Modern Languages at Leicester.
Sign the petition: www.change.org/p/save-moder...
Sign the petition: www.change.org/p/save-moder...
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On the new #WutheringHeights film.
I've co-curated an exhibition (Bronte Parsonage Museum) showing what the Bronte children read & wrote (they invented their own colonies) & how Wuthering Heights was inspired by their colonial reading material.
www.bronte.org.uk/news/new-exh...
I've co-curated an exhibition (Bronte Parsonage Museum) showing what the Bronte children read & wrote (they invented their own colonies) & how Wuthering Heights was inspired by their colonial reading material.
www.bronte.org.uk/news/new-exh...
New exhibition for 2026: The Colonial Brontës | The Brontë Parsonage Museum
The influence of British colonialism on the literary family and their work is examined in a new exhibition, The Colonial Brontës, which will run from 4 Feb
www.bronte.org.uk
February 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM
On the new #WutheringHeights film.
I've co-curated an exhibition (Bronte Parsonage Museum) showing what the Bronte children read & wrote (they invented their own colonies) & how Wuthering Heights was inspired by their colonial reading material.
www.bronte.org.uk/news/new-exh...
I've co-curated an exhibition (Bronte Parsonage Museum) showing what the Bronte children read & wrote (they invented their own colonies) & how Wuthering Heights was inspired by their colonial reading material.
www.bronte.org.uk/news/new-exh...
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Sure, because people who don't go to university definitely don't get any benefit from teachers, nurses, doctors, artists, solicitors, engineers, scientists, etc etc.
What happened to social solidarity and mutual benefit?
What happened to social solidarity and mutual benefit?
2026: Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves, "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to"
2020: That time Labour leader Keir Starmer said he would scrap university tuition fees
2020: That time Labour leader Keir Starmer said he would scrap university tuition fees
January 29, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Sure, because people who don't go to university definitely don't get any benefit from teachers, nurses, doctors, artists, solicitors, engineers, scientists, etc etc.
What happened to social solidarity and mutual benefit?
What happened to social solidarity and mutual benefit?
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Well, tiny victories.
January 30, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Well, tiny victories.
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I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
Also people who don’t go to university probably see doctors (trained at university) and were educated at school by nurses (trained at university) and perhaps travel across bridges designed by engineers (who went to university) and and and… 🤦🏻♀️
On this basis we would stop paying for free school meals for children and free bus passes for pensioners.
I don’t use it/don’t benefit is literally the direct opposite reason why we have taxation to fund pubic goods.
Education is a public good. Fund it!
I don’t use it/don’t benefit is literally the direct opposite reason why we have taxation to fund pubic goods.
Education is a public good. Fund it!
2026: Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves, "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to"
2020: That time Labour leader Keir Starmer said he would scrap university tuition fees
2020: That time Labour leader Keir Starmer said he would scrap university tuition fees
January 30, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Also people who don’t go to university probably see doctors (trained at university) and were educated at school by nurses (trained at university) and perhaps travel across bridges designed by engineers (who went to university) and and and… 🤦🏻♀️
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It’s pretty fucking wild that the only reason why certain conservatives are just now turning against ICE tactics is because Pretti was a white male with a conceal carry who believed in the second ammendment. His humanity didn’t matter to them til the NRA got pissed.
January 27, 2026 at 7:03 AM
It’s pretty fucking wild that the only reason why certain conservatives are just now turning against ICE tactics is because Pretti was a white male with a conceal carry who believed in the second ammendment. His humanity didn’t matter to them til the NRA got pissed.
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For those who don't know, remigration is a European far-right concept of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white minority populations.
I took this photo today in SASKATOON within hours of the ICE remigration Gestapo executing another person in the US.
#CrimesAgainstHumanity
I took this photo today in SASKATOON within hours of the ICE remigration Gestapo executing another person in the US.
#CrimesAgainstHumanity
January 24, 2026 at 6:01 PM
For those who don't know, remigration is a European far-right concept of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white minority populations.
I took this photo today in SASKATOON within hours of the ICE remigration Gestapo executing another person in the US.
#CrimesAgainstHumanity
I took this photo today in SASKATOON within hours of the ICE remigration Gestapo executing another person in the US.
#CrimesAgainstHumanity
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He was doing what many have been saying white men should be doing. He went outside to observe, he documented, he put his body on the line to protect another person and for this he was murdered by the gatekeepers of the fascist regime.
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM
He was doing what many have been saying white men should be doing. He went outside to observe, he documented, he put his body on the line to protect another person and for this he was murdered by the gatekeepers of the fascist regime.
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The director of the Minneapolis Emergency Management Department.
Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."
January 24, 2026 at 6:34 PM
The director of the Minneapolis Emergency Management Department.
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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
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tiny things you can do if you are outside MN:
mpls postcards
feel like you can't do much from far away? here are three things you can easily do, wherever you are:
1. today, make a small donation to someone or an organization listed here: https://www.standwithm...
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January 24, 2026 at 9:46 PM
tiny things you can do if you are outside MN:
New year, new episode! Check it out!
www.buzzsprout.com/2355740/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2355740/epis...
Borders and Water - Borders Talk: Dots, Dashes & the Stories They Tell
Haven’t read Delacroix’s Small Boat yet? You know what to do! Head to your local independent bookshop, or borrow a copy from your library.Lines Drawn upon the Water is the title of a collection edited...
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January 18, 2026 at 8:49 AM
New year, new episode! Check it out!
www.buzzsprout.com/2355740/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2355740/epis...
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Sending much solidarity @sheffielducu.bsky.social. These punitive deductions are immoral and any conscionable employer should steer away from them.
There are cases going through courts trying to clear up the legal grey area: qmucu.org/working-grou...
There are cases going through courts trying to clear up the legal grey area: qmucu.org/working-grou...
December 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Sending much solidarity @sheffielducu.bsky.social. These punitive deductions are immoral and any conscionable employer should steer away from them.
There are cases going through courts trying to clear up the legal grey area: qmucu.org/working-grou...
There are cases going through courts trying to clear up the legal grey area: qmucu.org/working-grou...
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You are kidding yourself if you think OpenAI won't be charging for ChatGPT to generate CSAM for pay in a few months. They already charge money for a product that tells kids to self harm, they already have a product that generates "adult content", they already lobby against any AI regulation.
January 2, 2026 at 3:19 AM
You are kidding yourself if you think OpenAI won't be charging for ChatGPT to generate CSAM for pay in a few months. They already charge money for a product that tells kids to self harm, they already have a product that generates "adult content", they already lobby against any AI regulation.
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I'll start to believe this when he welcomes the stranger. Until then, this is Christianism not Christianity.
Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond
Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond
C of E faces dilemma as far right claims Christianity to push agenda that often clashes with gospel message
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I'll start to believe this when he welcomes the stranger. Until then, this is Christianism not Christianity.
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I understand a lot of people genuinely struggle with social relationships, but unfortunately that’s the price of living in a world where good thinking is often a collaborative endeavor. You are not thinking collaboratively with an LLM because the LLM is not thinking at all.
December 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I understand a lot of people genuinely struggle with social relationships, but unfortunately that’s the price of living in a world where good thinking is often a collaborative endeavor. You are not thinking collaboratively with an LLM because the LLM is not thinking at all.
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"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
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People not in the US routinely downplay the degree to which law enforcement in this country is willing to kill us.
In grad school I referenced this analysis that found that cops in the US kill more people than "criminals" do in other countries. And that's routine.
In grad school I referenced this analysis that found that cops in the US kill more people than "criminals" do in other countries. And that's routine.
December 28, 2025 at 4:28 AM
People not in the US routinely downplay the degree to which law enforcement in this country is willing to kill us.
In grad school I referenced this analysis that found that cops in the US kill more people than "criminals" do in other countries. And that's routine.
In grad school I referenced this analysis that found that cops in the US kill more people than "criminals" do in other countries. And that's routine.
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Contrast this with every single British newspaper
LeMonde said, not on our watch
December 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Contrast this with every single British newspaper
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Can’t be. The AI apologists keep assuring me that this isn’t happening.
Texas faces a power grid overload due to a surge in demand from Al
Utility CEO on the data center crunch: America's 'check engine light' is on and 'no one's going to pay attention until it breaks down' | Fortune
"We are telling policy makers the warning lights are on," Exelon CEO Calvin Butler told Diane Brady at Fortune Brainstorm AI in San Francisco.
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December 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Can’t be. The AI apologists keep assuring me that this isn’t happening.
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Interesting piece by @meganmaurice.bsky.social - ngl, I hadn’t clocked that the system was different in the men’s comp!
One of these finals is not like the other
We need to talk about the WBBL finals format
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December 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Interesting piece by @meganmaurice.bsky.social - ngl, I hadn’t clocked that the system was different in the men’s comp!
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I could’ve been a contender! A man sabotaged by the tofu eating wokerati for dancing like a shaved bear in a cruel Victorian circus and having the personality of an overbearing and entitled pub drunk. Bosh! #Strictly
Thomas Skinner claims BBC rigged Strictly vote removing him
Thomas Skinner claims BBC rigged Strictly vote removing him
The former contestant alleges he received an "anonymous" email from a BBC executive with stats showing he received "far more" votes.
www.bbc.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I could’ve been a contender! A man sabotaged by the tofu eating wokerati for dancing like a shaved bear in a cruel Victorian circus and having the personality of an overbearing and entitled pub drunk. Bosh! #Strictly