Amerjit Basi
@amerjitbasi.bsky.social
Into books, politics, the arts, SF, urban space. Civil servant, DfE; former Head of Policy,University of Sheffield.Personal views expressed. Same name on Twitter.
Travelling on the train day after the Covid review reports, perhaps reminding people of the importance of masks and not spreading their viruses. But nope, people with raging colds, hopefully not covid or flu, merrily wearing no masks and coughing and sneezing away.
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Travelling on the train day after the Covid review reports, perhaps reminding people of the importance of masks and not spreading their viruses. But nope, people with raging colds, hopefully not covid or flu, merrily wearing no masks and coughing and sneezing away.
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Powerful op-ed from Btselem on accountability in Gaza: "Accountability is essential – not for revenge, but because there’s no reckoning without responsibility. Genocide must not be normalized. And a system that carries it out must not go unchallenged." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel needs to face accountability for our genocide. And so does the US | Yuli Novak
The international community allowed all of this to happen. We must not look away or move on
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Powerful op-ed from Btselem on accountability in Gaza: "Accountability is essential – not for revenge, but because there’s no reckoning without responsibility. Genocide must not be normalized. And a system that carries it out must not go unchallenged." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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the actual suicide of the West will be combining a rapidly aging population with hostility to migrants. however we must give credit to East Asia, especially Japan, for pioneering this model.
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
the actual suicide of the West will be combining a rapidly aging population with hostility to migrants. however we must give credit to East Asia, especially Japan, for pioneering this model.
Glasgow is such a great city. Obviously I love Sheffield (home) but how much better the city centre would be if we hadn't had the abomination of Meadowhall created. Didn't see all the xmas lights but this reindeer was quite spectacular.
November 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Glasgow is such a great city. Obviously I love Sheffield (home) but how much better the city centre would be if we hadn't had the abomination of Meadowhall created. Didn't see all the xmas lights but this reindeer was quite spectacular.
I don't get why the selling point for the Volvo XC70 seems to be it has a totally annoying driver assist function, comparable to an over-nervous and over-interventionist parent. And of course another ridiculously over-large vehicle.
November 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I don't get why the selling point for the Volvo XC70 seems to be it has a totally annoying driver assist function, comparable to an over-nervous and over-interventionist parent. And of course another ridiculously over-large vehicle.
Eddie seeing if he can find the RSPCA's number as he has both had a small head wound cleaned and some belly support stuff forced on him this evening. A terrible time according to Eddie.
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Eddie seeing if he can find the RSPCA's number as he has both had a small head wound cleaned and some belly support stuff forced on him this evening. A terrible time according to Eddie.
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The whole of the HMRC Board got me to present to them about the opportunities and risks of AI about 18 months ago and my main messages were be very careful with high stakes decision making and remember the Horizon Post Office scandal which was about governance and accountability…
Somebody at HMRC needs to be canned for this idiotic ‘fraud-detection’ idea. And I fear future use of AI in welfare cases might well produce this kind of story regularly (as they have in Nevada for example).
UK woman who booked Oslo flight but did not fly loses child benefit ‘because she emigrated’
Exclusive: HMRC told Lisa Morris-Almond there was no record of her return to UK, but she did not take the trip
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The whole of the HMRC Board got me to present to them about the opportunities and risks of AI about 18 months ago and my main messages were be very careful with high stakes decision making and remember the Horizon Post Office scandal which was about governance and accountability…
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Lots of hard, shitty lessons being learned from this presidency. And one of the many I hope you're learning is, white supremacy is incompatible with reality, and cannot exist without historical revisionism.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Lots of hard, shitty lessons being learned from this presidency. And one of the many I hope you're learning is, white supremacy is incompatible with reality, and cannot exist without historical revisionism.
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This is absolutely nuts
Trump did incite the January 6 riot. Splicing a video to make that point is shoddy editorial but hardly a resignation event
When BBC is needed more than ever, Telegraph/Boris Johnson running the show
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Trump did incite the January 6 riot. Splicing a video to make that point is shoddy editorial but hardly a resignation event
When BBC is needed more than ever, Telegraph/Boris Johnson running the show
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign over Trump documentary edit
Davie says
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This is absolutely nuts
Trump did incite the January 6 riot. Splicing a video to make that point is shoddy editorial but hardly a resignation event
When BBC is needed more than ever, Telegraph/Boris Johnson running the show
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Trump did incite the January 6 riot. Splicing a video to make that point is shoddy editorial but hardly a resignation event
When BBC is needed more than ever, Telegraph/Boris Johnson running the show
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
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It’s ironic to resign over editing a bunch of lies to reflect the truth.
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It’s ironic to resign over editing a bunch of lies to reflect the truth.
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
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The BBC should serve as an example to all that there is nothing you can give the far rabid right that will satisfy it.
It has simpered, pandered, soft-balled and fluff-jobbed, both-sidesed and debased itself into being a platform for liars to look down the camera and lie on, & it still gets fucked.
It has simpered, pandered, soft-balled and fluff-jobbed, both-sidesed and debased itself into being a platform for liars to look down the camera and lie on, & it still gets fucked.
November 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The BBC should serve as an example to all that there is nothing you can give the far rabid right that will satisfy it.
It has simpered, pandered, soft-balled and fluff-jobbed, both-sidesed and debased itself into being a platform for liars to look down the camera and lie on, & it still gets fucked.
It has simpered, pandered, soft-balled and fluff-jobbed, both-sidesed and debased itself into being a platform for liars to look down the camera and lie on, & it still gets fucked.
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Yes really — the “we asked this guy. He doesn’t actually know jack shit but he’s rich” model of reportage really needs to go
theres a whole category of newstertainment thats gotta go. and its "ask a really rich freak who is also evil and directly stealing from you what hes seen on the computer lately that has made him feel bad." the only -- ONLY -- story about this guy worth exploring is: he is getting rich spying on you
November 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Yes really — the “we asked this guy. He doesn’t actually know jack shit but he’s rich” model of reportage really needs to go
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The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it’s given in | Jane Martinson
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it’s given in | Jane Martinson
The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it’s given in | Jane Martinson
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succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
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only in the small print of this article do they make clear that the pensioners paying an extra £2,500 of tax would have to have
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
only in the small print of this article do they make clear that the pensioners paying an extra £2,500 of tax would have to have
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
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Fossils in the fabric of the University of Nottingham: Carboniferous corals in the slabs outside the Trent Building, where Important People make decisions.
A bad week: the University has announced it is suspending the Plant Biology BSc course I lead, along with many other courses.
#FossilFriday
A bad week: the University has announced it is suspending the Plant Biology BSc course I lead, along with many other courses.
#FossilFriday
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Fossils in the fabric of the University of Nottingham: Carboniferous corals in the slabs outside the Trent Building, where Important People make decisions.
A bad week: the University has announced it is suspending the Plant Biology BSc course I lead, along with many other courses.
#FossilFriday
A bad week: the University has announced it is suspending the Plant Biology BSc course I lead, along with many other courses.
#FossilFriday
Fucking fireworks! Making me feel very violent towards the stupid twats setting off what sounds like multiple mortar bombs. Why the fuck do we allow the sale of such incredibly loud and dangerous things.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Fucking fireworks! Making me feel very violent towards the stupid twats setting off what sounds like multiple mortar bombs. Why the fuck do we allow the sale of such incredibly loud and dangerous things.
Anyone supposedly progressive saying they don't want to be associated with what Zohran Mamdani stands for is obviously not the slightest bit progressive.
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Anyone supposedly progressive saying they don't want to be associated with what Zohran Mamdani stands for is obviously not the slightest bit progressive.
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"So a major driver of immigration becoming such a central societal and political issue is a growing concern about asylum seekers perceived as coming illegally – but this is built on an extraordinarily wrong view of their scale"
@bobbyduffy.bsky.social & @elielcohen.bsky.social write for the LSE
@bobbyduffy.bsky.social & @elielcohen.bsky.social write for the LSE
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November 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"So a major driver of immigration becoming such a central societal and political issue is a growing concern about asylum seekers perceived as coming illegally – but this is built on an extraordinarily wrong view of their scale"
@bobbyduffy.bsky.social & @elielcohen.bsky.social write for the LSE
@bobbyduffy.bsky.social & @elielcohen.bsky.social write for the LSE
Utterly damning and criminal that this is not a priority for action. Both makes you weep, and absolutely furious.
"There are stark socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities in babies admitted to and who die in neonatal units in England and Wales."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
"There are stark socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities in babies admitted to and who die in neonatal units in England and Wales."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Babies born to black mothers 81% more likely to die in neonatal care, NHS study shows
Analysis of England and Wales units also finds 63% higher risk to babies whose mothers live in most deprived areas
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Utterly damning and criminal that this is not a priority for action. Both makes you weep, and absolutely furious.
"There are stark socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities in babies admitted to and who die in neonatal units in England and Wales."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
"There are stark socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities in babies admitted to and who die in neonatal units in England and Wales."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Daily bunny no.3109's seafaring days are behind him
October 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Daily bunny no.3109's seafaring days are behind him
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Daily bunny no.3110 was born in a shell
October 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Daily bunny no.3110 was born in a shell
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Daily bunny no.3111 baking another batch
October 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Daily bunny no.3111 baking another batch
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Daily bunny no.3112 has friends in high places
October 19, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Daily bunny no.3112 has friends in high places