Prof Rob Dover
@robdover.bsky.social
Academic researcher in intelligence and security, currently Dean of Faculty, but posting in a personal capacity. Poor standard runner. Excitable cricketer. Prone to crunchy deductions....
Difficult to argue there was no income: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mone-linked firm PPE Medpro owes £39m in tax
Administrator's report shows firm owes £39m to HMRC on top of £148m owed to Department of Health
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Difficult to argue there was no income: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Say what what?
Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Say what what?
Errr, say what?
President Trump has escalated his attacks on Nigeria as he threatened to invade Africa’s most populous country and “wipe out” Islamist groups killing Christians
Trump threatens to ‘wipe out’ Islamic terrorists in Nigeria invasion
www.thetimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Errr, say what?
#celebritytraitors Who would have thought Alan would win anything, let alone a wink murder game.. and David - holding the bat for academics - managed to be the worst Traitors player ever. In any series. 🫣😬
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
#celebritytraitors Who would have thought Alan would win anything, let alone a wink murder game.. and David - holding the bat for academics - managed to be the worst Traitors player ever. In any series. 🫣😬
I used to smile every time I walked past the dept of American and Canadian studies, so that is my flimsiest reason for feeling sad about this news: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is "proposing to reduce its nursing offer".
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I used to smile every time I walked past the dept of American and Canadian studies, so that is my flimsiest reason for feeling sad about this news: www.bbc.com/news/article...
I'm not sure I understand the surprised tone: www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Revealed: Qatar-linked intelligence operation targeted ICC prosecutor’s alleged victim
Exclusive: Woman who accused Karim Khan of misconduct was subject of covert operation involving two British private intelligence firms
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I'm not sure I understand the surprised tone: www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Reposted by Prof Rob Dover
still bug some units.
Russian tactics have evolved.
They use untrained men to find Ukrainian strong points and weak zones then send in trained infiltration troops to
exploit the weakness. The manpower loss is irrelevant to them. Artillery is being used to crush buildings and glide bombs to demolish
Russian tactics have evolved.
They use untrained men to find Ukrainian strong points and weak zones then send in trained infiltration troops to
exploit the weakness. The manpower loss is irrelevant to them. Artillery is being used to crush buildings and glide bombs to demolish
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 AM
still bug some units.
Russian tactics have evolved.
They use untrained men to find Ukrainian strong points and weak zones then send in trained infiltration troops to
exploit the weakness. The manpower loss is irrelevant to them. Artillery is being used to crush buildings and glide bombs to demolish
Russian tactics have evolved.
They use untrained men to find Ukrainian strong points and weak zones then send in trained infiltration troops to
exploit the weakness. The manpower loss is irrelevant to them. Artillery is being used to crush buildings and glide bombs to demolish
It's in The Sun, so it must be true: www.thesun.co.uk/news/3723245... #notnews
Britain's most sex-mad areas revealed in survey - does your town make the list?
THE randiest Britons live in Yorkshire and Humber, a survey reveals. Those in the South West are next but Scots romp the least. However, hardly anyone spends enough time on making their partners ha…
www.thesun.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 6:37 AM
It's in The Sun, so it must be true: www.thesun.co.uk/news/3723245... #notnews
Reposted by Prof Rob Dover
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Reposted by Prof Rob Dover
Since the 1980s we’ve been trying to convince ourselves we’re a bit like America whilst point-blank refusing to accept the kind of extreme economic insecurity Americans have to cope with. We’re not America, we’re a European country with an identity crisis
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Since the 1980s we’ve been trying to convince ourselves we’re a bit like America whilst point-blank refusing to accept the kind of extreme economic insecurity Americans have to cope with. We’re not America, we’re a European country with an identity crisis
Reposted by Prof Rob Dover
The radiation effects have been ruinous, according to US government reports cited by the Atomic Heritage Foundation, which said the testing was responsible for 55% of cancers on some of the islands' northern atolls.
https://cnn.it/4op9uUB
https://cnn.it/4op9uUB
November 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The radiation effects have been ruinous, according to US government reports cited by the Atomic Heritage Foundation, which said the testing was responsible for 55% of cancers on some of the islands' northern atolls.
https://cnn.it/4op9uUB
https://cnn.it/4op9uUB
And this is one of the ways Nigel will win: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reeves to lay groundwork for tax rises in ‘candid’ speech about budget
Chancellor to promise ‘fairness and opportunity’ but will not repeat manifesto pledge on tax, after PM’s hint at breach
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM
And this is one of the ways Nigel will win: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reposted by Prof Rob Dover
They’ve all gone mad.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott: “After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott: “After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC.”
November 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
They’ve all gone mad.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott: “After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott: “After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC.”
The world is now experiencing the largest number of continuous conflicts since 1946... www.uu.se/en/news/2025...
UCDP: Sharp increase in conflicts and wars
- Uppsala University
www.uu.se
November 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The world is now experiencing the largest number of continuous conflicts since 1946... www.uu.se/en/news/2025...
Really interested to listen to the Rest is Classified talking about the Crypto AG affair (
open.spotify.com/episode/0xb9...). In a shameless plug, Richard Aldrich and I also wrote on this, and that piece is still available at: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
open.spotify.com/episode/0xb9...). In a shameless plug, Richard Aldrich and I also wrote on this, and that piece is still available at: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
96. Selling The World's Secrets: Is The CIA Reading Your Messages? (Ep 1)
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Really interested to listen to the Rest is Classified talking about the Crypto AG affair (
open.spotify.com/episode/0xb9...). In a shameless plug, Richard Aldrich and I also wrote on this, and that piece is still available at: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
open.spotify.com/episode/0xb9...). In a shameless plug, Richard Aldrich and I also wrote on this, and that piece is still available at: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
oh my.....
If you want to understand the emotional end intellectual malaise of British politics, this piece by @mjrobbins.com is a pretty good place to start. It effectively describes a country that has gone mad. open.substack.com/pub/martinro...
November 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
oh my.....
Describing this in terms of different knowledge cultures is exceptionally kind or diplomatic: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia
From publishing falsehoods to pushing far-right ideology, Grokipedia gives chatroom comments equal status to research
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Describing this in terms of different knowledge cultures is exceptionally kind or diplomatic: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"Very kind, old thing, but maybe I won't..." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/w...
That Time When China’s Leader Joked About Espionage
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
"Very kind, old thing, but maybe I won't..." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/w...
Yet more happy reading: wonkhe.com/blogs/the-ne...
The network effects of a university collapse
Higher education institutions are linked together in all kinds of ways. Jamie Warner sets out to calculate how the effects of one insolvency could ripple across the sector Higher education institution...
wonkhe.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Yet more happy reading: wonkhe.com/blogs/the-ne...
There's a lot of guns on Crete but this is a rarity. Thoughts to those involved.
Two dead, 10 injured in shooting on Greek island of Crete reut.rs/49su55B
Two dead, 10 injured in shooting on Greek island of Crete
A man and a woman were killed and at least 10 people injured in a shooting in a village on the Greek island of Crete on Saturday, in what a senior police official described as a family vendetta.
reut.rs
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
There's a lot of guns on Crete but this is a rarity. Thoughts to those involved.
Reposted by Prof Rob Dover
The arrival numbers don’t add up, while accounts of large-scale atrocities are mounting.
"Where are all the missing people who have already survived months of famine and violence in El Fasher?" www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/urgen...
"Where are all the missing people who have already survived months of famine and violence in El Fasher?" www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/urgen...
Urgent: Mass atrocities in El Fasher as people remain in grave danger
There is no time to waste in helping survivors.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The arrival numbers don’t add up, while accounts of large-scale atrocities are mounting.
"Where are all the missing people who have already survived months of famine and violence in El Fasher?" www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/urgen...
"Where are all the missing people who have already survived months of famine and violence in El Fasher?" www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/urgen...
Horrendous
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Horrendous
Traitors is premised on a game devised in the aftermath of the Cold War and eastern secrecy. On that basis David plays the part of a classic 'useful idiot', whereas Nick is far closer to the model of characters who survived in Kremlinology. Joe Marler is the ultimate solid bloke.
October 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Traitors is premised on a game devised in the aftermath of the Cold War and eastern secrecy. On that basis David plays the part of a classic 'useful idiot', whereas Nick is far closer to the model of characters who survived in Kremlinology. Joe Marler is the ultimate solid bloke.
An attempt at doubling the cross-subsidy: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/delay-r...
‘Delay, reduce or ring-fence?’ What’s plan B on student fee levy?
Proposal to take cut of international earnings now seen as inevitable after ministers tied idea to reintroduction of maintenance grants
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
An attempt at doubling the cross-subsidy: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/delay-r...
Enough to make most souls quite grumpy: financialinterest.com/stealth-taxes/
Stealth taxes: what to watch out for before the Budget 2025
Stealth taxes are the Government’s way of taking more of your money without ever officially putting taxes up. We run through the main offenders.
financialinterest.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Enough to make most souls quite grumpy: financialinterest.com/stealth-taxes/