Dr Georgia Grainger
@sniphist.bsky.social
Irish in Edinburgh 🇮🇪
PhD in the history of vasectomy ✂️🍒
Writing around masculinities and eugenics, amongst other things.
Working in performing arts policy/advocacy.
Disabled (AuDHD, EDS & POTS)
sí/í, she/her
PhD in the history of vasectomy ✂️🍒
Writing around masculinities and eugenics, amongst other things.
Working in performing arts policy/advocacy.
Disabled (AuDHD, EDS & POTS)
sí/í, she/her
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Brianna Ghey was targeted by classmates who knew her offline. Online, she made friends and a community, and was making content to help other trans kids like her.
This is a grieving mother pushing for legislation that would have further isolated her trans child, that is supported by transphobes.
This is a grieving mother pushing for legislation that would have further isolated her trans child, that is supported by transphobes.
Mother of murdered Brianna Ghey urges Starmer to ban social media for under-16s
Mother of murdered Brianna Ghey urges Starmer to ban social media for under-16s
Esther Ghey says daughter’s eating disorder and self-harm had been exacerbated by harmful online content
The mother of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey has urged Keir Starmer to ban social media for under-16s, adding to growing pressure on the prime minister before a crunch vote on the issue on Wednesday.
Esther Ghey wrote to Starmer on Monday explaining in detail how she felt her daughter’s eating disorder and self-harm had been exacerbated by TikTok influencers with whom she had become obsessed. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Brianna Ghey was targeted by classmates who knew her offline. Online, she made friends and a community, and was making content to help other trans kids like her.
This is a grieving mother pushing for legislation that would have further isolated her trans child, that is supported by transphobes.
This is a grieving mother pushing for legislation that would have further isolated her trans child, that is supported by transphobes.
My granny used to play this on piano and sing it to me when I was wee 🥰
Welcome to the Public Domain, GEORGIA ON MY MIND (1930) 🎶
The song that captured hearts & became a state anthem in 1979—and now, in 2026, it belongs to everyone.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #CopyrightFree
The song that captured hearts & became a state anthem in 1979—and now, in 2026, it belongs to everyone.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #CopyrightFree
January 1, 2026 at 3:38 PM
My granny used to play this on piano and sing it to me when I was wee 🥰
Happy New Year, especially whoever did the gay lighting at Edinburgh Hogmanay ✨️🌈
January 1, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Happy New Year, especially whoever did the gay lighting at Edinburgh Hogmanay ✨️🌈
Finished up my 2025 by reading Empire of Normality by @drrobertchapman.bsky.social
I've been tentatively pulling together ideas of what antieugenicism looks like as an active ideological practice (like antifascism, antiracism, anticapitalism), and this book sparked so so many thoughts and notes.
I've been tentatively pulling together ideas of what antieugenicism looks like as an active ideological practice (like antifascism, antiracism, anticapitalism), and this book sparked so so many thoughts and notes.
December 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Finished up my 2025 by reading Empire of Normality by @drrobertchapman.bsky.social
I've been tentatively pulling together ideas of what antieugenicism looks like as an active ideological practice (like antifascism, antiracism, anticapitalism), and this book sparked so so many thoughts and notes.
I've been tentatively pulling together ideas of what antieugenicism looks like as an active ideological practice (like antifascism, antiracism, anticapitalism), and this book sparked so so many thoughts and notes.
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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Sinn Féin has lost contact with senator Chris Andrews, who was aboard the Spectre as part of the Sumud Flotilla aiming to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza, some of vessels of which have seemingly been boarded by Israel tonight.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Sinn Féin has lost contact with senator Chris Andrews, who was aboard the Spectre as part of the Sumud Flotilla aiming to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza, some of vessels of which have seemingly been boarded by Israel tonight.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
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It’s easy to scoff at this, but Oxford generating artificial intelligence is how the British Empire was run
NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.
ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
September 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
It’s easy to scoff at this, but Oxford generating artificial intelligence is how the British Empire was run
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Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results:
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
M365 Copilot fails to up productivity in UK government trial
: AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex
www.theregister.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results:
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
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Did you know that in the 70s, the British Army created Satanic Panic stories in Northern Ireland. They used blood from the mess hall, set up altars etc and then contacted the media
i am almost 40 and i literally do not have any point in my life where the right wing has not been doing moral panics about imaginary child abuse while institutionally working to enable real abuse of real children. if it's not the satanic panic it's fucking pronouns.
September 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Did you know that in the 70s, the British Army created Satanic Panic stories in Northern Ireland. They used blood from the mess hall, set up altars etc and then contacted the media
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"Eugenics was rooted in rational modern science then" needs re-stating. Far too many people describe eugenics as a "pseudoscience", but it wasn't to those who studied it, wrote books and papers, formed societies and argued its benefits.
But that was also rooted in „rational“, modern science then and these eugenicist elements are still present in science today. I think it’s dangerous, as Gourevitch does, to act as if this logics aren’t deeply rooted in specific forms of modernity, rationality and science.
August 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"Eugenics was rooted in rational modern science then" needs re-stating. Far too many people describe eugenics as a "pseudoscience", but it wasn't to those who studied it, wrote books and papers, formed societies and argued its benefits.
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Or the SNP, or Plaid, or any of the NI Parties, or...
Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
August 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Or the SNP, or Plaid, or any of the NI Parties, or...
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I think this is all true, but I also think about the number of people who have assumed my PhD (in history) took a long time because it takes that long to memorize all those facts. They eschew skill building, of course, but also confuse knowledge accumulation/regurgitation with knowledge production.
Something that I have been thinking about with attribution of "PhD level intelligence" or "PhD level expertise" to a machine is that it reflects an increasing trend among these AI bros and their sycophants to want the products of highly skilled training without actually doing any of the work.
August 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I think this is all true, but I also think about the number of people who have assumed my PhD (in history) took a long time because it takes that long to memorize all those facts. They eschew skill building, of course, but also confuse knowledge accumulation/regurgitation with knowledge production.
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‘I’m a lesbian and feminist. I’ve been harmed by men. So I wouldn’t fight for trans people if it hurt women’s rights. Yet I’m called a groomer and a misogynist’
Rebecca Don Kennedy, head of the Equality Network, on how dark it’s got for trans people in Britain www.heraldscotland.com/news/2541309...
Rebecca Don Kennedy, head of the Equality Network, on how dark it’s got for trans people in Britain www.heraldscotland.com/news/2541309...
It’s so f*****g tedious and soul-destroying as it’s so unjust'
Rebecca Don Kennedy runs the Equality Network. She talks candidly to our Writer at Large about the attacks, abuse and hate she’s suffered…
www.heraldscotland.com
August 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
‘I’m a lesbian and feminist. I’ve been harmed by men. So I wouldn’t fight for trans people if it hurt women’s rights. Yet I’m called a groomer and a misogynist’
Rebecca Don Kennedy, head of the Equality Network, on how dark it’s got for trans people in Britain www.heraldscotland.com/news/2541309...
Rebecca Don Kennedy, head of the Equality Network, on how dark it’s got for trans people in Britain www.heraldscotland.com/news/2541309...
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Academic historians rarely speak up like this but have made an exception in speaking in support of trans people in the UK and against the current trans exclusionary situation over there.
Not just a few historians but hundreds signed this.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/02/h...
Not just a few historians but hundreds signed this.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/02/h...
Warning from historians over government's treatment of trans people
Over 350 historians and academics have urged the government to turn back on its growing attacks on trans rights in the UK.
www.thepinknews.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Academic historians rarely speak up like this but have made an exception in speaking in support of trans people in the UK and against the current trans exclusionary situation over there.
Not just a few historians but hundreds signed this.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/02/h...
Not just a few historians but hundreds signed this.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/02/h...
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Sorry why is “economics” deemed “career related” in comparison to history?? Both of these topics have direct careers that follow from their study, and both send students into a wide range of future jobs (how many economics graduates become economists, exactly?)
'Just 40,900 students entered to take history, compared with 41,900 taking economics and 43,000 for physics. Maths remains the most popular A-level with 105,000 entries this year, up by more than 4% compared with 2024.'
Both 'Just' and 'career-related' doing heavy lifting here. 1/2
Both 'Just' and 'career-related' doing heavy lifting here. 1/2
A-level results in England expected to return to near pre-pandemic levels
Career-focused subjects such as business studies and economics to surpass traditional academic disciplines like history in popularity
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Sorry why is “economics” deemed “career related” in comparison to history?? Both of these topics have direct careers that follow from their study, and both send students into a wide range of future jobs (how many economics graduates become economists, exactly?)
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Obviously a lie, since the definition of PhD-level expertise, standard across universities worldwide, is that you can produce original knowledge.
OpenAI claims new GPT-5 model boosts ChatGPT to ‘PhD level’
GPT-5's release comes as tech firms continue to compete in an effort to claim the world's most advanced AI.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Obviously a lie, since the definition of PhD-level expertise, standard across universities worldwide, is that you can produce original knowledge.
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Key genetic differences found in people with #ME/CFS the latest news from The University of Edinburgh on the key findings of the @decodemestudy.bsky.social
The very first large #GWAS study on #pwME www.ed.ac.uk/news/key-gen...
The very first large #GWAS study on #pwME www.ed.ac.uk/news/key-gen...
Key genetic differences found in people with ME/CFS | News | The University of Edinburgh
Scientists have discovered that people diagnosed with ME/CFS have significant differences in their DNA, offering the first robust evidence that genes contribute to a person’s chance of developing the ...
www.ed.ac.uk
August 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Key genetic differences found in people with #ME/CFS the latest news from The University of Edinburgh on the key findings of the @decodemestudy.bsky.social
The very first large #GWAS study on #pwME www.ed.ac.uk/news/key-gen...
The very first large #GWAS study on #pwME www.ed.ac.uk/news/key-gen...
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So, just to reiterate: PLEASE REGULATE THE USE OF EXTERNAL CONSULTANCIES, Government.
We all had a good laugh today, but it wasn't worth the millions this will have cost in tuition fee money going to some consultancy that is about to do exactly the same two towns over.
We all had a good laugh today, but it wasn't worth the millions this will have cost in tuition fee money going to some consultancy that is about to do exactly the same two towns over.
Self-inflicted embarrassment for the University of Warwick — first it rebrands hyper-generically, then someone totally unhinged decides the *front page of the uni website* should say ‘Learn more about our Brand’.
July 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
So, just to reiterate: PLEASE REGULATE THE USE OF EXTERNAL CONSULTANCIES, Government.
We all had a good laugh today, but it wasn't worth the millions this will have cost in tuition fee money going to some consultancy that is about to do exactly the same two towns over.
We all had a good laugh today, but it wasn't worth the millions this will have cost in tuition fee money going to some consultancy that is about to do exactly the same two towns over.
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now google each of those six universities and “redundancies”
Exeter, Galway, Queen’s, Birmingham, Warwick, Kent, and UKRI’s KTN…
If anyone wondered where the same obsession with ‘modernising’ the crest, speaking in abstract nouns, and questionable colour schemes for these originated:
If anyone wondered where the same obsession with ‘modernising’ the crest, speaking in abstract nouns, and questionable colour schemes for these originated:
July 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
now google each of those six universities and “redundancies”
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I strongly recommend Lesley Hall’s website and blog for really thorough rooting out of zombie factoids (especially on the history of sex) www.lesleyahall.net/factoids.htm
July 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I strongly recommend Lesley Hall’s website and blog for really thorough rooting out of zombie factoids (especially on the history of sex) www.lesleyahall.net/factoids.htm
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Yep!! PhD students are often extremely good at catching these zombie factoids because they are tenacious, buried in footnotes and have *time* to root stuff out. But at some point stuff just gets footnoted to the most prominent historian who repeated the claim, and nobody bothers to look it up.
From my own academic research, even pre LLMs there was a huge danger of zombie factoids that begin in a respectable publication by mistake and then get reprinted for decades because no one is backtracing to the original source. Once bad info gets into the system it can take years to clear it out.
I've seen numerous examples of this in recent days - we're at a point where some reporters are using LLMs as a source and not even remotely properly factchecking, but also where LLM generated material is making its way into other material and being unknowingly reproduced by others.
July 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Yep!! PhD students are often extremely good at catching these zombie factoids because they are tenacious, buried in footnotes and have *time* to root stuff out. But at some point stuff just gets footnoted to the most prominent historian who repeated the claim, and nobody bothers to look it up.
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NHS Fife’s lawyer Jane Russell KC says Ms Peggie is not paying for her own case and she asks who is paying for it.
Ms Peggie’s lawyer Naomi Cunningham objects to this and says it is “of no relevance and it’s privileged”. Employment Judge Sandy Kemp agrees and the question is withdrawn.
Ms Peggie’s lawyer Naomi Cunningham objects to this and says it is “of no relevance and it’s privileged”. Employment Judge Sandy Kemp agrees and the question is withdrawn.
July 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
NHS Fife’s lawyer Jane Russell KC says Ms Peggie is not paying for her own case and she asks who is paying for it.
Ms Peggie’s lawyer Naomi Cunningham objects to this and says it is “of no relevance and it’s privileged”. Employment Judge Sandy Kemp agrees and the question is withdrawn.
Ms Peggie’s lawyer Naomi Cunningham objects to this and says it is “of no relevance and it’s privileged”. Employment Judge Sandy Kemp agrees and the question is withdrawn.
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“We’re committed to diversity and inclusion. But for our entry level, part-time job on a fixed term contract, we won’t consider shortlisting anyone who hasn’t done this exact job before.”
July 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
“We’re committed to diversity and inclusion. But for our entry level, part-time job on a fixed term contract, we won’t consider shortlisting anyone who hasn’t done this exact job before.”
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If u ask me what’s the situation in gaza :
July 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
If u ask me what’s the situation in gaza :