Raluca Terry-Enescu
@ralucahippie.bsky.social
Health policy wonk, workers' rights advocate & employability mentor. Data cruncher, purveyor of pretty graphs. Relentlessly hopeful. Kitchen gadgets addict, poster of cat pics, wearer of too many florals. She/her. Views my own. #QISky
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In light of the Trump/Musk circus, let me remind you of your favourite Romanian language fact:
When someone throws stupid tantrums hurting their own interests just for the sake of being an ahole, we say they hit their own testicles with an adze (carpentry tool). The Romanian word for adze is Tesla.
When someone throws stupid tantrums hurting their own interests just for the sake of being an ahole, we say they hit their own testicles with an adze (carpentry tool). The Romanian word for adze is Tesla.
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no YOU'RE a lemon
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
no YOU'RE a lemon
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Come work with me
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Come work with me
Matt Godwin's opinions are very, well, unbritish.
Goodwinism is an unpopular, extreme view.
10% of white people think you have to be white to be English - but 84% of white people disagree with that. Two-thirds of ethnic minorities think Englishness is a civic, not ethnic identity, though 1/4 of minority groups join 1/10 of the majority group in seeing it as ethnically defined (YouGov)
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Matt Godwin's opinions are very, well, unbritish.
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Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
I am curious about how the ones who stay are different from the ones who return.
For Romanians there's a big class divide - working class migrants return after some years/decades - middle class stay. Different for other ethnicities I guess?
For Romanians there's a big class divide - working class migrants return after some years/decades - middle class stay. Different for other ethnicities I guess?
About 40% of migrants eventually return to their parent countries, according to this, which is one of the many, many facts that is never aired in the never-ending debate over immigration in Britain.
📕 New insight paper by CPC-CG member @jackiewahba.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Discusses the impacts of return #migration on #entrepreneurship, #investment, human capital accumulation, and transfer of knowledge and norms.
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Discusses the impacts of return #migration on #entrepreneurship, #investment, human capital accumulation, and transfer of knowledge and norms.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @populationeu.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I am curious about how the ones who stay are different from the ones who return.
For Romanians there's a big class divide - working class migrants return after some years/decades - middle class stay. Different for other ethnicities I guess?
For Romanians there's a big class divide - working class migrants return after some years/decades - middle class stay. Different for other ethnicities I guess?
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Note that every piece of anti-migrant propaganda I take personally. No, I’m not playing good immigrant, bad immigrant. This hate agenda is bad for ALL of us.
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Note that every piece of anti-migrant propaganda I take personally. No, I’m not playing good immigrant, bad immigrant. This hate agenda is bad for ALL of us.
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I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
When the Ashley Madison cheaters' website hacking scandal happened, I remember being really surprised that apparently a whole bunch of professional, successful people signed up to it with their real name work email, out of all things.
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
When the Ashley Madison cheaters' website hacking scandal happened, I remember being really surprised that apparently a whole bunch of professional, successful people signed up to it with their real name work email, out of all things.
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In 2015 I wrote that Trump, Grillo, Corbyn and UKIP were the revolt of people who hate being told it is more complicated than that. Tim's lovely piece discusses populism and the aversion to the cognitive effort needed to dismiss convincing-sounding bullsh1t. Free link above 2/
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 AM
In 2015 I wrote that Trump, Grillo, Corbyn and UKIP were the revolt of people who hate being told it is more complicated than that. Tim's lovely piece discusses populism and the aversion to the cognitive effort needed to dismiss convincing-sounding bullsh1t. Free link above 2/
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I've been investigating the huge levels of exploitation faced by workers on the seasonal worker visa for the last few years, and have often asked myself why the trade union movement has ignored these workers.
So I spoke to unions, big and small, to try and answer that question.
So I spoke to unions, big and small, to try and answer that question.
‘An indictment of the trade union movement’: Why no one is organising seasonal workers
‘An indictment of the trade union movement’: Why no one is organising seasonal workers
Farm workers go on unofficial strikes as their temporary visas create barriers to union membership
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November 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I've been investigating the huge levels of exploitation faced by workers on the seasonal worker visa for the last few years, and have often asked myself why the trade union movement has ignored these workers.
So I spoke to unions, big and small, to try and answer that question.
So I spoke to unions, big and small, to try and answer that question.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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I quite liked the ending of Conclave - it would have been so easy to go in a cynical "all these people suck" direction - and it chose not too.
I also internally cheered very hard at the ending of Poor Things.
I also internally cheered very hard at the ending of Poor Things.
The two that immediately spring to mine for very different reasons are The Ballad of Wallis Island and Aftersun
what’s the best movie ending of the decade so far?
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I quite liked the ending of Conclave - it would have been so easy to go in a cynical "all these people suck" direction - and it chose not too.
I also internally cheered very hard at the ending of Poor Things.
I also internally cheered very hard at the ending of Poor Things.
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Yes, "pregnant people" is inclusive language that describes pregnant cis women AS WELL AS trans men and nonbinary people, a lot of whom can get pregnant. But it also describes, like, 12-year-old girls who get pregnant. Do centrist pig-dogs think THEY are "women" too? Coz...bit of a red flag, that.
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Yes, "pregnant people" is inclusive language that describes pregnant cis women AS WELL AS trans men and nonbinary people, a lot of whom can get pregnant. But it also describes, like, 12-year-old girls who get pregnant. Do centrist pig-dogs think THEY are "women" too? Coz...bit of a red flag, that.
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
This is such a powerful cautionary tale about intellectual arrogance. The folly of the brilliantly intelligent.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:57 AM
This is such a powerful cautionary tale about intellectual arrogance. The folly of the brilliantly intelligent.
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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My favourite Oxford Comma story:
At Mandela's funeral, Obama & Raoul Castro met for the first time, shook hands. Meanwhile in UK Queen gave legal assent to same-sex marriage bill.
News agency tweeted:"In today's news, Obama-Castro handshake and gay marriage". Cue "That escalated quickly" memes.
At Mandela's funeral, Obama & Raoul Castro met for the first time, shook hands. Meanwhile in UK Queen gave legal assent to same-sex marriage bill.
News agency tweeted:"In today's news, Obama-Castro handshake and gay marriage". Cue "That escalated quickly" memes.
November 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My favourite Oxford Comma story:
At Mandela's funeral, Obama & Raoul Castro met for the first time, shook hands. Meanwhile in UK Queen gave legal assent to same-sex marriage bill.
News agency tweeted:"In today's news, Obama-Castro handshake and gay marriage". Cue "That escalated quickly" memes.
At Mandela's funeral, Obama & Raoul Castro met for the first time, shook hands. Meanwhile in UK Queen gave legal assent to same-sex marriage bill.
News agency tweeted:"In today's news, Obama-Castro handshake and gay marriage". Cue "That escalated quickly" memes.
If there's one director who should make a Frankenstein movie it's got to be Del Toro.
Super excited about this because The Shape of Water is pretty much my favourite film ever.
Super excited about this because The Shape of Water is pretty much my favourite film ever.
November 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If there's one director who should make a Frankenstein movie it's got to be Del Toro.
Super excited about this because The Shape of Water is pretty much my favourite film ever.
Super excited about this because The Shape of Water is pretty much my favourite film ever.
Laurence Fox says foreigners shouldn't wear poppies,so I went ahead and got one just to spite him.
November 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Laurence Fox says foreigners shouldn't wear poppies,so I went ahead and got one just to spite him.
Agree or disagree with Zarah Sultana, as you would with any other politician.
But the people of Coventry South, and respectively of Uxbridge - decided that she belongs in Parliament and Laurence Fox does not.
But the people of Coventry South, and respectively of Uxbridge - decided that she belongs in Parliament and Laurence Fox does not.
Laurence Fox is never again going to be able to threaten to sue anybody for calling him, an increasingly overt racist, racist
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Agree or disagree with Zarah Sultana, as you would with any other politician.
But the people of Coventry South, and respectively of Uxbridge - decided that she belongs in Parliament and Laurence Fox does not.
But the people of Coventry South, and respectively of Uxbridge - decided that she belongs in Parliament and Laurence Fox does not.
I remember as a teen how much I hated adults who judged us and made asinine assumptions about us based on our more alternative fashion and style choices.
Now, age 36 with a solid professional career, I haven't come around to their point of view one bit. The teens are right: you're uncool.
Now, age 36 with a solid professional career, I haven't come around to their point of view one bit. The teens are right: you're uncool.
Here’s some random count, with just a screenshot of a child, making the quiet points of Tom’s point out loud
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I remember as a teen how much I hated adults who judged us and made asinine assumptions about us based on our more alternative fashion and style choices.
Now, age 36 with a solid professional career, I haven't come around to their point of view one bit. The teens are right: you're uncool.
Now, age 36 with a solid professional career, I haven't come around to their point of view one bit. The teens are right: you're uncool.
Psssst, pssst, Tory Boy, I'm a Romanian Immigrant AND I did Youth Parliament back in high school.
My first time ever in the UK was actually on a Youth Parliament project, summer camp on Mersea Island, Essex. Met a bunch of cool people from different European countries.
My first time ever in the UK was actually on a Youth Parliament project, summer camp on Mersea Island, Essex. Met a bunch of cool people from different European countries.
The hatred the youth parliament gets is just so out of proportion. Can these people hear themselves. It’s creepy.
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Psssst, pssst, Tory Boy, I'm a Romanian Immigrant AND I did Youth Parliament back in high school.
My first time ever in the UK was actually on a Youth Parliament project, summer camp on Mersea Island, Essex. Met a bunch of cool people from different European countries.
My first time ever in the UK was actually on a Youth Parliament project, summer camp on Mersea Island, Essex. Met a bunch of cool people from different European countries.
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Love this
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Love this
Manchester does this and I really like it.
i say thank you to the bus driver when i get on and yell thank you when i get off every day i ride the bus, and i take two buses to and from work, being nice and friendly costs you nothing and should be your default expectation for yourself because it improves your day and everyone else’s day
Being nice to people is just fun. Asked young server at taco place how her day was going (fine but tired) and she asked me back. I said I managed to finish my to-do list and she unexpectedly gave me a high five! Treating people like people is always rewarding.
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Manchester does this and I really like it.