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David Bartram
@dbartram.bsky.social
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Sociologist. Interests: inequalities, happiness, migration, & causal identification. Editor-in-chief of @socialindicators.bsky.social. PhD UW-Madison. AI-free teaching & research since 1998. Posts are personal.

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David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 18h
Whether it's mainly climate change is not clear -- I've read stuff pointing to mismanagement & corruption.

I've got no expertise on it; it's just something I've read.

www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/i...
Taps run dry as water crisis forces Iran to consider evacuating its capital
A prolonged drought along with years of overconsumption, an inefficient agricultural sector and mismanagement have led to the problem, analysts say.
www.nbcnews.com

Reposted by David Bartram

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Doug Smith @genejockey57.bsky.social · 1d
The Jews are just kindling for the fires of the Apocalypse, in the eyes of the Evangelicals.

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David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 1d
I mean, maybe he's in the files?

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David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 1d
You know your union branch is in good shape if the mere *threat* of strike is sufficient to achieve your goals.

If you have to actually go on strike, you've probably already lost.

(congrats @lancasterucu.bsky.social!)

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 1d
www.beyond.radio/news/local-n...
Strikes off at Lancaster University after bosses withdraw compulsory redundancy threat
Planned industrial action at Lancaster University has been suspended following talks.
www.beyond.radio

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Shannon Vallor, Nina Jankowicz , and 25 more

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.

If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

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David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 2d
As many others have suggested: there's a market niche here for universities (or programs).

"We don't use AI at all, come study with us and you'll really learn to think for yourself, and you'll have an edge over the schlubs who do it the 'new' way."

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David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 2d
Someone at Uni Staffordshire apparently thinks they've found some magic beans, and are currently hoping to reap a pile of ££.

I expect they'll get a crop of something else entirely.

Possibly a future that entails their own "retraining" and career change.

www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com

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David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 4d
And I remember thinking – so if the teacher is the same sex as the student and they’re both heterosexual, the teaching relationship doesn’t work??

bizarre conversation...

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David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 4d
I recall a conversation, decades ago, where a prof suggested that teaching is erotically charged; it’s what helps motivate the student to strive.

So, what’s bad about sleeping with the student is that it “discharges” the sexual energy and thus demotivates.

THAT was the problem, not anything else.

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David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 5d
I don't see how Labour expects to get *my* vote while seeking votes of people who would want THIS.

I'm a practical person; I don't normally vote for (smaller) parties that can't possibly win.

But I will not vote for this (nor the rest of what's now coming out).

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Stephen P. Jenkins, Patrick O’Brien, David Bartram , and 2 more

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Ben Stanley @benstanley.eu · 5d
Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Steve Peers, Lesley A. Hall , and 6 more

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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 7d
Someone should ask Starmer and Mahmood whether they think the Kindertransport, for example, should have been a return ticket. Whether Alf Dubs, rather than becoming a Labour MP and now Lord, ought to have been sent back with his family to Czechoslovakia once it was liberated from German rule.
trillingual.bsky.social Daniel Trilling @trillingual.bsky.social · 7d
This contribution to the volume of human misery is yet another policy from Labour based on a false premise, in this case that refugees are overly attracted to Britain. It will increase bureaucratic limbo, thus making worse the problem of "cohesion" it purports to solve.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Lesley A. Hall, Simon Wren‐Lewis , and 4 more

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Daniel Trilling @trillingual.bsky.social · 7d
This contribution to the volume of human misery is yet another policy from Labour based on a false premise, in this case that refugees are overly attracted to Britain. It will increase bureaucratic limbo, thus making worse the problem of "cohesion" it purports to solve.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Rebecca Solnit, Nicholas A. Christakis , and 14 more

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 9d
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938

zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
A stamped letter saying "Die Wohungsnot Schuld Der Juden"

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David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 9d
Maybe they’ll come to enjoy the experience of having a spine. Could come in handy.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 9d
BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation
Lawyers for the US president have threatened to sue the corporation for $1bn (£759m).
www.bbc.com

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David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 9d
Positions in Freiburg, Tuebingen, and Konstanz:

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14 Postdoctoral Fellowships (2 years) - Early Career Rescue Fellowship Programme - Academic Positions
Two-year fellowships for early career researchers unable to work in the USA due to political pressure; open to all disciplines and nationalities.
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David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 10d
I'm going to have to look at that sandwich picture again, am I not...

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Doghouse Reilly @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 10d
“In one of the messages, Mr. Epstein flatly asserted that Mr. Trump “knew about the girls,” many of whom were later found by investigators to have been underage.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Will Jennings, David Bartram

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 10d
ITV unmasks a neo-Nazi activist in Britain who gave Buckingham Palace tours by day and organized within international fascist movements by night.

“When confronted by ITV News on a suburban street in west London, Gravill froze. ‘Oh f***,’ he muttered.”

www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
www.itv.com

Reposted by David Bartram

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10d
The chief propagandist for a far-right network is a former Buckingham Palace employee now helping to forge a US-UK alliance of white supremacists intent on importing US Nazi tactics to Britain. Matthew Gravill is known only by the pseudonym “John” within extremist circles www.itv.com/news/2025-11...

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David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 10d
Tired: "More research is needed."

Wired: "Do it right the first time (and then we won't need 10 incremental versions intended to improve on what you did)."
pwgtennant.bsky.social Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 10d
How do we incentivise people to publish fewer papers?

We need to live in a world where saying 'I have published over 500 papers' is widely understood as a red flag, not as something to brag about.

Reposted by David Bartram, José Pina-Sánchez

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 10d
How do we incentivise people to publish fewer papers?

We need to live in a world where saying 'I have published over 500 papers' is widely understood as a red flag, not as something to brag about.

Reposted by Rebecca Tushnet, David Bartram, Lisa Diedrich , and 4 more

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 11d
Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."

www.wfyi.org/news/article...
IU lecturer removed from class during intellectual diversity investigation
A lecturer in the Indiana University School of Social Work has been removed from teaching one of her classes Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice while the university investigates a complaint...
www.wfyi.org

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Richard McElreath, Wim Thiery , and 7 more

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 12d
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.

Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.

Reposted by Diane Coyle, Jonathan Hopkin, David Bartram

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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 14d
Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 15d
Cool -- he must be keeping a healthy distance from Dave's wife.

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David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 15d
hmm, the guerre didn't go particularly well for Uriah...