Casper Hoed
@telecasper.bsky.social
Jazz bassist. Lecturer in Work and Organisation at the University of Essex.
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On almost everything – fraud, polarisation, radicalisation, misinformation – evidence suggests that over 60s are in much more urgent need of online protection and education than teenagers.
But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.
But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.
This was a minor story on London news this morning - but suspect is a real cautionary (and alarming) tale of an older man getting radicalised online.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sidcup man convicted aover explosive attack on Ulez camera
Kevin Rees's homemade bomb caused damage to vehicles and property including a child's bedroom.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 9:43 AM
On almost everything – fraud, polarisation, radicalisation, misinformation – evidence suggests that over 60s are in much more urgent need of online protection and education than teenagers.
But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.
But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.
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Both the spiritual AND temporal Bosses read you for filth? Re-examine all the choices that led you to this point.
January 28, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Both the spiritual AND temporal Bosses read you for filth? Re-examine all the choices that led you to this point.
This. Those universities are also engines of service exports, innovation, professional development, social hubs and major regional employers. Why pour money into non-tax paying tech corporations instead?
So, let's leave universities to wither and die, and fund whatever this is instead, huh?
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 1:58 PM
This. Those universities are also engines of service exports, innovation, professional development, social hubs and major regional employers. Why pour money into non-tax paying tech corporations instead?
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We don’t even provide blanket basic tech training. We don’t offer sexual education to all young adults. Nor guidance on self finances, cohesive PSHE, but let’s show our bellies as grown adults to the AI tech Bros.
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 8:29 AM
We don’t even provide blanket basic tech training. We don’t offer sexual education to all young adults. Nor guidance on self finances, cohesive PSHE, but let’s show our bellies as grown adults to the AI tech Bros.
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on Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 28, 2026 at 2:59 AM
on Holocaust Remembrance Day
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"The spokesperson was also meant to do the 'glug glug' mime"
January 26, 2026 at 4:49 PM
"The spokesperson was also meant to do the 'glug glug' mime"
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This is significant news for schemes delivered across London in the last nine years. It means politicians can't simply 'rip out' LTNs and bike lanes they don't like. Some of those running in May's elections are going to have to rethink their pledges
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
East London residents win sensational victory in fight to save low-traffic schemes
London-wide implications for LTNs as Court of Appeal rules that Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman acted unlawfully in trying to ignore Sadiq Khan’s transport masterplan
www.standard.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 1:37 PM
This is significant news for schemes delivered across London in the last nine years. It means politicians can't simply 'rip out' LTNs and bike lanes they don't like. Some of those running in May's elections are going to have to rethink their pledges
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
I wonder how much of the world politics turmoil is due to Trump being too unwell to play golf now.
January 21, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I wonder how much of the world politics turmoil is due to Trump being too unwell to play golf now.
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Well well well. The Danes are weaponising firesales.
January 20, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Well well well. The Danes are weaponising firesales.
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Let me introduce the concept of weaponising firesales
Fair bit of ‘Europe should sell US debt and equity holdings’ about today.
Sell to who?
Sell to who?
January 19, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Let me introduce the concept of weaponising firesales
Not only does this Labour government lack moral backbone or principles, they evidently also lack the managerial competency to engage in *basic contingency planning*.
Susanna Reid asks Darren Jones what British companies who export to the US should do to prepare for a possible increase in tariffs.
Darren Jones replies: "you shouldn't prepare for a hypothetical"
Darren Jones replies: "you shouldn't prepare for a hypothetical"
January 20, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Not only does this Labour government lack moral backbone or principles, they evidently also lack the managerial competency to engage in *basic contingency planning*.
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all that good old appalachian mountain music is just the thing for convincing me it’s gonna be okay, less because those sad sad songs ever imply it than because i mean shit if guys living like that could make time for music and beauty then what right do any of us have not to
January 15, 2026 at 11:31 PM
all that good old appalachian mountain music is just the thing for convincing me it’s gonna be okay, less because those sad sad songs ever imply it than because i mean shit if guys living like that could make time for music and beauty then what right do any of us have not to
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NASA say that the crew member who was ill and returned to earth is doing well and now having a meal with colleagues.
January 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM
NASA say that the crew member who was ill and returned to earth is doing well and now having a meal with colleagues.
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Charlie Kirk from The Charlie Kirk Show, Oct. 26, 2023:
January 15, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Charlie Kirk from The Charlie Kirk Show, Oct. 26, 2023:
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This ought to be a huge national news story. But the quiet dismantling of a key sector barely registers outside HE. Maybe someone will care when the local economies that Unis sustain start to go bust too. Important story from @patrickjack.bsky.social & @timeshighered.bsky.social
Ninety UK universities to have posted accounts so far cut 13,300 jobs last year, spending £303 million on severance pay - sector-wide total clearly going to be well in excess of predicted 10,000. Great reporting by @patrickjack.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/pay-spe...
Pay-off spend up by two-thirds as universities shed 13,000 jobs
Analysis of UK sector accounts shows number of job losses well above predictions, with experts warning cuts are not over yet
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:10 AM
This ought to be a huge national news story. But the quiet dismantling of a key sector barely registers outside HE. Maybe someone will care when the local economies that Unis sustain start to go bust too. Important story from @patrickjack.bsky.social & @timeshighered.bsky.social
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now the technology is only available to a closed circle of paid users
a “closed circle” is also known as “a ring”
a “closed circle” is also known as “a ring”
Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:29 AM
now the technology is only available to a closed circle of paid users
a “closed circle” is also known as “a ring”
a “closed circle” is also known as “a ring”
Or if the royal family actually take their duty to the public seriously, they could waive the rent on this building. But they won't, because they don't.
🔴Boris Johnson’s Radon Gas Filled Prison Deal to Cost Taxpayers £100 Million
Full costs of the botched agreement to lease an unusable prison filled with poisonous gas from the Duchy of Cornwall, revealed for the first time
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/07/b...
Full costs of the botched agreement to lease an unusable prison filled with poisonous gas from the Duchy of Cornwall, revealed for the first time
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/07/b...
Boris Johnson's Radon Gas Filled Prison Deal to Cost Taxpayers £100 Million
The full costs of the botched agreement to lease an unusable prison filled with poisonous gas from the Duchy of Cornwall, revealed for the first time
bylinetimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Or if the royal family actually take their duty to the public seriously, they could waive the rent on this building. But they won't, because they don't.
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Fundamentally, the UK has a series of regulators that are incapable of prosecuting the brazen and so spend their time persecuting minor infractions because it’s easier.
The SRA prosecuted Carter-Ruck at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.
And, shockingly, the SDT just dismissed all charges:
And, shockingly, the SDT just dismissed all charges:
December 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Fundamentally, the UK has a series of regulators that are incapable of prosecuting the brazen and so spend their time persecuting minor infractions because it’s easier.
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Anyone know if cycleway 2 from Stratford has been gritted?
January 7, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Anyone know if cycleway 2 from Stratford has been gritted?
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Hegelly Blonde
A decision was made to make Hegel wonderfully, unnecessarily blonde and I support it.
January 5, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Hegelly Blonde
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Vampires are always impressively neat for beings who can't use mirrors
January 1, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Vampires are always impressively neat for beings who can't use mirrors
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What idiot called it Fairytale of New York and not Police Navidad
December 8, 2023 at 9:33 PM
What idiot called it Fairytale of New York and not Police Navidad
A good reminder to revisit the doctor.
December 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A good reminder to revisit the doctor.
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Mick Jagger
Anton Corbijn, 1996
Anton Corbijn, 1996
December 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Mick Jagger
Anton Corbijn, 1996
Anton Corbijn, 1996