Alex Sutherland
@criminologist.bsky.social
Criminology, public policy, research and experiments
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This is institutional capture to redefine knowledge/facts as threats and transform political ideology into social norm.
I'll address this in my "Power, Harm and Justice" module.
The consolidation of autocratic rule unfolds when educators recalibrate their speech for safety.
#AcademicSky
I'll address this in my "Power, Harm and Justice" module.
The consolidation of autocratic rule unfolds when educators recalibrate their speech for safety.
#AcademicSky
Indiana University, which has now been subordinated to the direct control of the Indiana GOP, announces that criticism of the MAGA movement and doctrines of the GOP is forbidden. An instructor is dismissed for speaking critical words about the MAGA movement.
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM
This is institutional capture to redefine knowledge/facts as threats and transform political ideology into social norm.
I'll address this in my "Power, Harm and Justice" module.
The consolidation of autocratic rule unfolds when educators recalibrate their speech for safety.
#AcademicSky
I'll address this in my "Power, Harm and Justice" module.
The consolidation of autocratic rule unfolds when educators recalibrate their speech for safety.
#AcademicSky
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For solving a 50-year mystery by uncovering the machinery behind BMP, a molecule with protective effects against various disorders, Uche Medoh is the winner of the 2025 Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists.
🎉 Learn more about the work: https://scim.ag/4qVpK1a
🎉 Learn more about the work: https://scim.ag/4qVpK1a
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
For solving a 50-year mystery by uncovering the machinery behind BMP, a molecule with protective effects against various disorders, Uche Medoh is the winner of the 2025 Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists.
🎉 Learn more about the work: https://scim.ag/4qVpK1a
🎉 Learn more about the work: https://scim.ag/4qVpK1a
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We did a thing. 😬
The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We did a thing. 😬
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Here's a chart of the marginal tax rate for someone with two kids. They pay 53% tax on every £ they earn between £60k and £80k. 62% on every £ they earn between £100k and £125k.
9% more if they've a student loan
This is from our tax calculator: buff.ly/CFoExUX
9% more if they've a student loan
This is from our tax calculator: buff.ly/CFoExUX
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Here's a chart of the marginal tax rate for someone with two kids. They pay 53% tax on every £ they earn between £60k and £80k. 62% on every £ they earn between £100k and £125k.
9% more if they've a student loan
This is from our tax calculator: buff.ly/CFoExUX
9% more if they've a student loan
This is from our tax calculator: buff.ly/CFoExUX
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🚨OpenAI’s new “safer” version of ChatGPT actually allows more harm.
We tested GPT-5 and GPT-4o to see if GPT-5 was safer & found that actually GPT-5 gave MORE harmful responses.
Read our new report ⤵️
https://bit.ly/3JgW9OP
We tested GPT-5 and GPT-4o to see if GPT-5 was safer & found that actually GPT-5 gave MORE harmful responses.
Read our new report ⤵️
https://bit.ly/3JgW9OP
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🚨OpenAI’s new “safer” version of ChatGPT actually allows more harm.
We tested GPT-5 and GPT-4o to see if GPT-5 was safer & found that actually GPT-5 gave MORE harmful responses.
Read our new report ⤵️
https://bit.ly/3JgW9OP
We tested GPT-5 and GPT-4o to see if GPT-5 was safer & found that actually GPT-5 gave MORE harmful responses.
Read our new report ⤵️
https://bit.ly/3JgW9OP
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It is crazy that there is no testing or licensing regime for these things, dozens of deaths later. A drug which had such serious mental side effects would have been withdrawn instantly
🚨OpenAI’s new “safer” version of ChatGPT actually allows more harm.
We tested GPT-5 and GPT-4o to see if GPT-5 was safer & found that actually GPT-5 gave MORE harmful responses.
Read our new report ⤵️
https://bit.ly/3JgW9OP
We tested GPT-5 and GPT-4o to see if GPT-5 was safer & found that actually GPT-5 gave MORE harmful responses.
Read our new report ⤵️
https://bit.ly/3JgW9OP
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It is crazy that there is no testing or licensing regime for these things, dozens of deaths later. A drug which had such serious mental side effects would have been withdrawn instantly
Long time coming but good IMO still integrated into mayoral roles.
Now just to get the rest of local gov aligned around mayors...
Now just to get the rest of local gov aligned around mayors...
BREAKING Home Office is about to announce that police and crime commissioners are to be scrapped..
Established in 2012 by Theresa May, Labour has never been a fan of the PCC system…they’ll be replaced in 2028 by policing mayors & local policing boards ..
Established in 2012 by Theresa May, Labour has never been a fan of the PCC system…they’ll be replaced in 2028 by policing mayors & local policing boards ..
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Long time coming but good IMO still integrated into mayoral roles.
Now just to get the rest of local gov aligned around mayors...
Now just to get the rest of local gov aligned around mayors...
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JESUS CHRIST IN RICHMOND PARK: ORIGINAL UPLOAD
YouTube video by JAGGL113
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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This statement about Palantir is the kind of thing that makes the charity sector seem like Lilliput!
Palantir closed *53* deals worth >$10m in a single quarter.
Palantir closed *53* deals worth >$10m in a single quarter.
November 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
This statement about Palantir is the kind of thing that makes the charity sector seem like Lilliput!
Palantir closed *53* deals worth >$10m in a single quarter.
Palantir closed *53* deals worth >$10m in a single quarter.
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UK's first three small modular reactors will be built at Wylfa on Ynys Môn. Bringing nuclear power back to Wales means:
- thousands of jobs
- billions of investment
- work starting next year
- thousands of jobs
- billions of investment
- work starting next year
Exciting news for the Welsh economy coming tomorrow
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 AM
UK's first three small modular reactors will be built at Wylfa on Ynys Môn. Bringing nuclear power back to Wales means:
- thousands of jobs
- billions of investment
- work starting next year
- thousands of jobs
- billions of investment
- work starting next year
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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Can none of these millionaires sex criminals write in full sentences? Have you heard of paragraphs? Punctuation? No wonder ChatGPT sounds like a genius to these clowns.
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Can none of these millionaires sex criminals write in full sentences? Have you heard of paragraphs? Punctuation? No wonder ChatGPT sounds like a genius to these clowns.
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Scumbags flying a flag right outside this guy's house even though he tells them not to.
Then they post about it on Social Media.
Thugs is what they are.
Then they post about it on Social Media.
Thugs is what they are.
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Scumbags flying a flag right outside this guy's house even though he tells them not to.
Then they post about it on Social Media.
Thugs is what they are.
Then they post about it on Social Media.
Thugs is what they are.
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"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...
theonion.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
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Get ready for the holiday “deals”
November 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Get ready for the holiday “deals”
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What if ALL the sun's power was focused in one place?
What the latest What If? video in collaboration with
@minuteearth.bsky.social!
youtu.be/qu8nx1qUwEU
What the latest What If? video in collaboration with
@minuteearth.bsky.social!
youtu.be/qu8nx1qUwEU
What if ALL the sun’s power was focused in one place?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
What if ALL the sun's power was focused in one place?
What the latest What If? video in collaboration with
@minuteearth.bsky.social!
youtu.be/qu8nx1qUwEU
What the latest What If? video in collaboration with
@minuteearth.bsky.social!
youtu.be/qu8nx1qUwEU
Straight up racism.
In print.
In 2025.
Jeezus.
He and Gove should be fired. Preferably out of a cannon and into the sun.
(If not just for the racism, although that's more than enough, for god-level hypocrisy: he was born in Peru!)
In print.
In 2025.
Jeezus.
He and Gove should be fired. Preferably out of a cannon and into the sun.
(If not just for the racism, although that's more than enough, for god-level hypocrisy: he was born in Peru!)
Spectator running a piece by Daniel Hannan which leans heavily into the inferred idea that you're not necessarily British if you come from a migrant background, even if you were born and brought up here.
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Straight up racism.
In print.
In 2025.
Jeezus.
He and Gove should be fired. Preferably out of a cannon and into the sun.
(If not just for the racism, although that's more than enough, for god-level hypocrisy: he was born in Peru!)
In print.
In 2025.
Jeezus.
He and Gove should be fired. Preferably out of a cannon and into the sun.
(If not just for the racism, although that's more than enough, for god-level hypocrisy: he was born in Peru!)
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This is a great opportunity to work with our founder, @maxroser.bsky.social, and colleagues at Oxford — and the data produced by the project will be hosted on Our World in Data.
We’re recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher to join a new Oxford Martin programme led by renowned innovation scholars: Prof @maxroser.bsky.social, Prof @doynefarmer.bsky.social & Dr @francoislafond.bsky.social.
Help shape global insights into how technologies evolve.
Link in thread ⬇️
Help shape global insights into how technologies evolve.
Link in thread ⬇️
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is a great opportunity to work with our founder, @maxroser.bsky.social, and colleagues at Oxford — and the data produced by the project will be hosted on Our World in Data.
The communion one 🤣🤣🤣🤣
important reference material
nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The communion one 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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New reaction shot just landed
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
New reaction shot just landed
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Just been reminded of the existence of the Bitch I’m Fabulous Mantis. Morning all
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Just been reminded of the existence of the Bitch I’m Fabulous Mantis. Morning all
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It’s 12 November, so it’s time to mark the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale of Oregon, an attempt to clear a cetacean carcass from a beach which prompted one reporter to say “The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds”
November 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
It’s 12 November, so it’s time to mark the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale of Oregon, an attempt to clear a cetacean carcass from a beach which prompted one reporter to say “The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds”
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We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:
a 🧵 1/n
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
a 🧵 1/n
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:
a 🧵 1/n
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
a 🧵 1/n
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Glad this story is finally public but also incredible that it is taking media so long to dig up what is essentially open knowledge in these communities rn.
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Glad this story is finally public but also incredible that it is taking media so long to dig up what is essentially open knowledge in these communities rn.