Barold
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@barrytsprout.bsky.social
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let the poppies hit the floor
let the poppies hit the floor
let the poppies hit the floor
let the poppies hit the FLOOOOOOOOR
let the poppies hit the floor
let the poppies hit the floor
let the poppies hit the FLOOOOOOOOR
November 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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let the poppies hit the floor
let the poppies hit the floor
let the poppies hit the FLOOOOOOOOR
let the poppies hit the floor
let the poppies hit the floor
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You're right — Peter Sutcliffe should never have been released! That's on me. I see now that he is the infamous Yorkshire Ripper🔗. Here's some ideas for how to explain this to the public
1) he's done the crime, now he's done the time, folks!
2) in England, murder is not considered a "real" crime🔗
1) he's done the crime, now he's done the time, folks!
2) in England, murder is not considered a "real" crime🔗
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
HMP Wandsworth gets ‘green light’ to use AI after team sent in to find ‘quick fixes’ after spate of mistakes
Artificial intelligence chatbots could be used to stop prisoners from being mistakenly released from jail, a justice minister told the House of Lords on Monday.
Lord Timpson said HMP Wandsworth had been given the “green light” to use artificial intelligence (AI) after a specialised team was sent in to find “some quick fixes”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
You're right — Peter Sutcliffe should never have been released! That's on me. I see now that he is the infamous Yorkshire Ripper🔗. Here's some ideas for how to explain this to the public
1) he's done the crime, now he's done the time, folks!
2) in England, murder is not considered a "real" crime🔗
1) he's done the crime, now he's done the time, folks!
2) in England, murder is not considered a "real" crime🔗
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Dons #UCU HEC member hat. UK academics on teaching-focused/teaching-only contracts: how, if at all, does your employer support you in doing research? Are there any good local policies on this I should be aware of? My DMs are open and confidentiality assured. #UKHE #academicsky
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Dons #UCU HEC member hat. UK academics on teaching-focused/teaching-only contracts: how, if at all, does your employer support you in doing research? Are there any good local policies on this I should be aware of? My DMs are open and confidentiality assured. #UKHE #academicsky
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ok did you ask if this is a view Rachel Reeves has consistently held or
NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
ok did you ask if this is a view Rachel Reeves has consistently held or
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wow i wonder what alastair said when the bbc portrayed corbyn as voldemort or photoshopped a russian hat on him, both of which happened on newsnight, wow, i bet he was pure raging
Incredible shit here: the man who provided the template for stomping on the BBC when it displeases malicious actors in politics, complaining that malicious actors in politics are using his template for stomping on the BBC for displeasing them.
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
wow i wonder what alastair said when the bbc portrayed corbyn as voldemort or photoshopped a russian hat on him, both of which happened on newsnight, wow, i bet he was pure raging
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A super typhoon is making landfall tonight. People are bracing for the worst, and a million people have already evacuated. Please keep the Philippines in your thoughts.
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
A super typhoon is making landfall tonight. People are bracing for the worst, and a million people have already evacuated. Please keep the Philippines in your thoughts.
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Our gorgeous limited edition candles in partnership with local business The Melt Pool are only available to buy until the 30th November!
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My candle from @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social came today. It smells gorgeous. I'm sure the person I'm gifting this to will love it.
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Our gorgeous limited edition candles in partnership with local business The Melt Pool are only available to buy until the 30th November!
Order your festive gifts now 🎁
🕯️ ow.ly/qhVW50Xokbv
Order your festive gifts now 🎁
🕯️ ow.ly/qhVW50Xokbv
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As a Safety manager in the NHS, Labour is most likely making me redundant, and I could lose my house. Making NHS patients less safe in the process.
How are Labour policies changing your life?
How are Labour policies changing your life?
Why aren't Labour's life-changing policies connecting with voters - and what can the party do? It's down to messaging, how it's told, and the messengers...
Why don’t Labour’s workers’ and renters’ rights reforms cut through to voters – and how should they? – LabourList
When millions of workers and renters don’t know you’re doing more to improve their rights than any government in half a century, something is going…
labourlist.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
As a Safety manager in the NHS, Labour is most likely making me redundant, and I could lose my house. Making NHS patients less safe in the process.
How are Labour policies changing your life?
How are Labour policies changing your life?
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As a Charity worker, Labour has forced our charity to reduce staff, raised our costs and increased the number of people needing help and support
How are Labour policies changing your life?
How are Labour policies changing your life?
As a Safety manager in the NHS, Labour is most likely making me redundant, and I could lose my house. Making NHS patients less safe in the process.
How are Labour policies changing your life?
How are Labour policies changing your life?
Why aren't Labour's life-changing policies connecting with voters - and what can the party do? It's down to messaging, how it's told, and the messengers...
November 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
As a Charity worker, Labour has forced our charity to reduce staff, raised our costs and increased the number of people needing help and support
How are Labour policies changing your life?
How are Labour policies changing your life?
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Make no mistake, this excavation wouldn’t be happening if Catherine Corless hadn’t stuck her neck out and defied people telling her to leave it alone.
But the scale of this is unimaginable. It’s not just M&B homes, it’s laundries, it’s industrial schools, it’s giant psych hospitals.
But the scale of this is unimaginable. It’s not just M&B homes, it’s laundries, it’s industrial schools, it’s giant psych hospitals.
November 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Make no mistake, this excavation wouldn’t be happening if Catherine Corless hadn’t stuck her neck out and defied people telling her to leave it alone.
But the scale of this is unimaginable. It’s not just M&B homes, it’s laundries, it’s industrial schools, it’s giant psych hospitals.
But the scale of this is unimaginable. It’s not just M&B homes, it’s laundries, it’s industrial schools, it’s giant psych hospitals.
Is it worse now that the committee meetings are just dissemination events for decisions that the consulting firms have made, or is it just a different type of dire.
As a retired academic I’m allowed to say that this public art in Leuven sums up how I feel about the prospect of a committee meeting!
November 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Is it worse now that the committee meetings are just dissemination events for decisions that the consulting firms have made, or is it just a different type of dire.
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Someone at a Russell Group university was moved to almost-poetry by their Faculty Meeting… Can anyone do better?
November 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Someone at a Russell Group university was moved to almost-poetry by their Faculty Meeting… Can anyone do better?
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Fantastic little vignette about Glinner from today's @vittles.bsky.social newsletter (I highly recommend subscribing btw, if you're in any way interested in food).
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Fantastic little vignette about Glinner from today's @vittles.bsky.social newsletter (I highly recommend subscribing btw, if you're in any way interested in food).
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Sir Keir Starmer has been specifically named in a UN report for complicity in Israel's genocide.
The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵
The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵
October 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Sir Keir Starmer has been specifically named in a UN report for complicity in Israel's genocide.
The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵
The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵
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LabourJulie97: 'Starmer simply had no choice but to be a war criminal. Haven't you considered Nigel Farage?!'
Sir Keir Starmer has been specifically named in a UN report for complicity in Israel's genocide.
The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵
The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
LabourJulie97: 'Starmer simply had no choice but to be a war criminal. Haven't you considered Nigel Farage?!'
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Dunno how much a paramount subscription is but I am 100% sure you could spend it on something better.
Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic” — World of Reel
It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.
www.worldofreel.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Dunno how much a paramount subscription is but I am 100% sure you could spend it on something better.
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Note the ‘British soil’ bit. My uni has plans to open a campus in China. The VC scoffed at me when I expressed concern that staff and students wouldn’t be able to speak freely, and that - as he said - the curriculum would be censored. It’s the price of doing business.
November 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Note the ‘British soil’ bit. My uni has plans to open a campus in China. The VC scoffed at me when I expressed concern that staff and students wouldn’t be able to speak freely, and that - as he said - the curriculum would be censored. It’s the price of doing business.
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important (and perhaps obvious) sidenote to the recent Sheffield Hallam case — foreign governments are not the only groups who may want to discourage critical research conducted at universities
Yep. The self-censoring and anticipatory compliance by universities, citing ‘commercial interest’ and risk, is part of the curtailing of academic freedom.
It might not be as visible as gag orders or leave a paper trail like law suits, but the effect is the same.
We need a secure funding system.
It might not be as visible as gag orders or leave a paper trail like law suits, but the effect is the same.
We need a secure funding system.
November 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
important (and perhaps obvious) sidenote to the recent Sheffield Hallam case — foreign governments are not the only groups who may want to discourage critical research conducted at universities
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The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to
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Here is small otter. He is so small he’s probably still learning how to otter properly. Good luck, little otter!
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Here is small otter. He is so small he’s probably still learning how to otter properly. Good luck, little otter!
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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Hate doing this, because everyone is skint, but Oz is the only important thing in my life and I'm too broke to cover his additional surgery. If you'd like to help, please use OZVET20 at checkout on fenrisgames.com/shop for a nice discount or ko-fi.com/fenrisgames if you don't need toys.
Thankyou 💔
Thankyou 💔
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Hate doing this, because everyone is skint, but Oz is the only important thing in my life and I'm too broke to cover his additional surgery. If you'd like to help, please use OZVET20 at checkout on fenrisgames.com/shop for a nice discount or ko-fi.com/fenrisgames if you don't need toys.
Thankyou 💔
Thankyou 💔
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I am currently laid up sick on yet more antibiotics, but thank you to everyone who donated, I'll message you all once I'm well enough.
We've put a stretch goal on to cover the platform fees (whoops) and recovery costs. You can read Chris' update below the original message.
Much love.
We've put a stretch goal on to cover the platform fees (whoops) and recovery costs. You can read Chris' update below the original message.
Much love.
I've been quiet for a while. It's been due to a number of factors, the most prominent of which is poor health.
I need surgery, and I'm stuck in limbo. Please help.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
I need surgery, and I'm stuck in limbo. Please help.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Help raise £6500 to help cure James' disease. – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to help cure James' disease.. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
www.justgiving.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I am currently laid up sick on yet more antibiotics, but thank you to everyone who donated, I'll message you all once I'm well enough.
We've put a stretch goal on to cover the platform fees (whoops) and recovery costs. You can read Chris' update below the original message.
Much love.
We've put a stretch goal on to cover the platform fees (whoops) and recovery costs. You can read Chris' update below the original message.
Much love.