Tom Flynn
@tomjsflynn.bsky.social
Lecturer at Essex Law School. Lacks moral fibre.
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The only relatable thing Starmer ever did was get a second cat when his kids asked him for a dog. That was an objectively correct and wise call
August 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The only relatable thing Starmer ever did was get a second cat when his kids asked him for a dog. That was an objectively correct and wise call
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All famines are man-made, all famines are political. Historians of empire and humanitarianism have known this forever. Gaza is not starving, Gaza is being starved, by Israel, and this starvation is enabled by our government and by every other government that does not step in to force food and aid.
July 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
All famines are man-made, all famines are political. Historians of empire and humanitarianism have known this forever. Gaza is not starving, Gaza is being starved, by Israel, and this starvation is enabled by our government and by every other government that does not step in to force food and aid.
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The LLM People using the term "prompt engineering" to refer to "learning what sets of words get you the results you wanted from the LLM" cracks me tf up. It really is a stupidity engine, it dumbs its users to the point that they think this is a form of engineering
July 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The LLM People using the term "prompt engineering" to refer to "learning what sets of words get you the results you wanted from the LLM" cracks me tf up. It really is a stupidity engine, it dumbs its users to the point that they think this is a form of engineering
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My writing is festooned with em-dashes, but I make sure no-one can ever say I use genAI by including at least one 'on foot of' and one 'outwith' in every piece.
July 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My writing is festooned with em-dashes, but I make sure no-one can ever say I use genAI by including at least one 'on foot of' and one 'outwith' in every piece.
Mahler No. 5 (A Little Bit of Alma In My Life)
June 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Mahler No. 5 (A Little Bit of Alma In My Life)
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“What AI is is an ideology—a system of ideas that has swept up not only the tech industry but huge parts of government on both sides of the aisle, a supermajority of everyone with assets in the millions and up, and a … growing sector of the journalism class.”
aworkinglibrary.com/writing/tool...
aworkinglibrary.com/writing/tool...
Toolmen
Even the best weapon is an unhappy tool.
aworkinglibrary.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“What AI is is an ideology—a system of ideas that has swept up not only the tech industry but huge parts of government on both sides of the aisle, a supermajority of everyone with assets in the millions and up, and a … growing sector of the journalism class.”
aworkinglibrary.com/writing/tool...
aworkinglibrary.com/writing/tool...
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Gluttony, gout, drunkenness, fornication, lies and obscenity in Cork (1737). Glad to see standards haven't slipped since.
May 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Gluttony, gout, drunkenness, fornication, lies and obscenity in Cork (1737). Glad to see standards haven't slipped since.
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The UK's political and media class has spent years heaping sadism on trans people, and they want to do the same in Ireland next. Calls for civility and calm won't cut it. We need to fight them tooth and nail.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: Trans people have spent a decade being attacked in a moral panic
The poor provision of unisex children’s facilities— which reinforces gender stereotypes and inconveniences women and men both — was, incidentally, an issue I remember being quite talked-about a decade...
www.irishexaminer.com
April 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The UK's political and media class has spent years heaping sadism on trans people, and they want to do the same in Ireland next. Calls for civility and calm won't cut it. We need to fight them tooth and nail.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
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Are you interested in the unique constitutional principle requiring parity between loyalty and disloyalty to the state? Of course you are, it's much more interesting + much less discussed than whatever parliamentary sovereignty is supposed to be.
We're particularly interested in ECRs 👇
We're particularly interested in ECRs 👇
Call for papers! @katyhayward.bsky.social, @anuragdeb.bsky.social, Ewan Smith and I are organising a conference on parity of esteem as a constitutional principle at QUB on 9-10 April. We've a few slots for presenters left, so still time to submit an abstract!
www.qub.ac.uk/Research/GRI...
www.qub.ac.uk/Research/GRI...
Call for Papers - Conference: Parity of Esteem under the Good Friday Agreement and Beyond | Research | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
March 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Are you interested in the unique constitutional principle requiring parity between loyalty and disloyalty to the state? Of course you are, it's much more interesting + much less discussed than whatever parliamentary sovereignty is supposed to be.
We're particularly interested in ECRs 👇
We're particularly interested in ECRs 👇
Call for papers! @katyhayward.bsky.social, @anuragdeb.bsky.social, Ewan Smith and I are organising a conference on parity of esteem as a constitutional principle at QUB on 9-10 April. We've a few slots for presenters left, so still time to submit an abstract!
www.qub.ac.uk/Research/GRI...
www.qub.ac.uk/Research/GRI...
Call for Papers - Conference: Parity of Esteem under the Good Friday Agreement and Beyond | Research | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
March 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Call for papers! @katyhayward.bsky.social, @anuragdeb.bsky.social, Ewan Smith and I are organising a conference on parity of esteem as a constitutional principle at QUB on 9-10 April. We've a few slots for presenters left, so still time to submit an abstract!
www.qub.ac.uk/Research/GRI...
www.qub.ac.uk/Research/GRI...
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Keep an eye out for @/afcomm.org.uk, which has just followed me and is an obvious front for legitimating anti-trans propaganda in academia, alongside potentially legitimating Toby Young’s personal front for covid conspiracy-mongering and hate
February 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Keep an eye out for @/afcomm.org.uk, which has just followed me and is an obvious front for legitimating anti-trans propaganda in academia, alongside potentially legitimating Toby Young’s personal front for covid conspiracy-mongering and hate
I can hear this picture
February 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I can hear this picture
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WORK SUCK'S ,KRAFTWERK DOSENT - dashare.zone ADMIN
January 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
WORK SUCK'S ,KRAFTWERK DOSENT - dashare.zone ADMIN
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Dogs are left-wing animals beloved of right-wing people, whereas cats are right-wing animals beloved of left-wing people.
December 29, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Dogs are left-wing animals beloved of right-wing people, whereas cats are right-wing animals beloved of left-wing people.
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Loughlin on 'The British Constitution and the Irish Question': www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 16, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Loughlin on 'The British Constitution and the Irish Question': www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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#OTD The Burning of Cork: December 11-12, 1920 – Perhaps the most important symbolic act of the War of Independence, Auxiliaries burned out the centre of Cork city in reprisal for an IRA
ambush. www.theirishstory.com/2017/12/13/t...
ambush. www.theirishstory.com/2017/12/13/t...
December 11, 2024 at 1:32 PM
#OTD The Burning of Cork: December 11-12, 1920 – Perhaps the most important symbolic act of the War of Independence, Auxiliaries burned out the centre of Cork city in reprisal for an IRA
ambush. www.theirishstory.com/2017/12/13/t...
ambush. www.theirishstory.com/2017/12/13/t...
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People shouldn't be pronouncing Fianna and Fine the same, they're not the same Joe
November 30, 2024 at 7:58 AM
People shouldn't be pronouncing Fianna and Fine the same, they're not the same Joe
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My book Power and Powerlessness in Union Ireland: Life in a Palliative State (OUP, 2024) was just published online. It is ludicrously expensive, so let me explain the basic premise of the book. If interested, please encourage your local/univ library to buy a copy. academic.oup.com/book/58980
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November 25, 2024 at 11:00 AM
My book Power and Powerlessness in Union Ireland: Life in a Palliative State (OUP, 2024) was just published online. It is ludicrously expensive, so let me explain the basic premise of the book. If interested, please encourage your local/univ library to buy a copy. academic.oup.com/book/58980
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@tomjsflynn.bsky.social, @katyhayward.bsky.social, Ewan Smith and I are hosting a conference on parity of esteem in the Good Friday Agreement, at QUB in April 2025. Generously funded by the British Academy, we've got a great lineup and registration is now online 👇
www.qub.ac.uk/Research/GRI...
www.qub.ac.uk/Research/GRI...
09.04.2024 - Parity of Esteem Conference | Research | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
November 25, 2024 at 12:40 PM
@tomjsflynn.bsky.social, @katyhayward.bsky.social, Ewan Smith and I are hosting a conference on parity of esteem in the Good Friday Agreement, at QUB in April 2025. Generously funded by the British Academy, we've got a great lineup and registration is now online 👇
www.qub.ac.uk/Research/GRI...
www.qub.ac.uk/Research/GRI...