Glynne Williams
@glynnewilliams.bsky.social
I'm not saying anything until you are all listening.
Currently Xittering as @glynnevw
Currently Xittering as @glynnevw
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Don’t blame the robot
The crisis of academic standards in our universities didn't start with AI
glynnew.substack.com
Higher Education's 'Ratner Moment'?
Some thoughts on #AI, academic standards and the failure of university management.
glynnew.substack.com/p/dont-blame...
Some thoughts on #AI, academic standards and the failure of university management.
glynnew.substack.com/p/dont-blame...
Just been asked to verify my age before I can send direct messages on @bsky.app. I can either do this by registering my credit card or scanning my face! Data to be held by some US company I've never heard of.
NO thanks!
NO thanks!
December 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Just been asked to verify my age before I can send direct messages on @bsky.app. I can either do this by registering my credit card or scanning my face! Data to be held by some US company I've never heard of.
NO thanks!
NO thanks!
Peace at last.
The Israeli army repeats threat to Palestinians to leave northern Gaza to the south and not to return to Gaza City.
Israel says Gaza City still a ‘combat zone’ after Trump says ‘stop bombing’
The Israeli army repeats threat to Palestinians to leave northern Gaza to the south and not to return to Gaza City.
bit.ly
October 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Peace at last.
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"While the West arms Israel’s war machine, the Global Sumud Flotilla brings aid to Gaza — confronting Israeli bombs and drones." — @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social here calling on us all to stand with Gaza youtube.com/shorts/6sxh_...
Yanis Varoufakis: The Global Flotilla That’s Defying Genocide
YouTube video by DiEM25
youtube.com
September 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"While the West arms Israel’s war machine, the Global Sumud Flotilla brings aid to Gaza — confronting Israeli bombs and drones." — @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social here calling on us all to stand with Gaza youtube.com/shorts/6sxh_...
I'm in the clear. I hadn't even heard of him until two days ago. I bet half the Brits who are now mourning like they were his best mate hadn't heard of him either.
Historically, lists of political enemies have a very illiberal record. This new website, which lists people who celebrated Kirk's murder, doesn't seem to be an exception.
September 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I'm in the clear. I hadn't even heard of him until two days ago. I bet half the Brits who are now mourning like they were his best mate hadn't heard of him either.
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The gist of the Israeli take on the Global Sumud Flotilla. (They can bomb, they can kill, they can lie through their teeth, they can deny genocide till they are blue in the mouth. BUT, they cannot counter the power of well-targeted humour) www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaoA...
Honest Government Ad | Global Sumud Flotilla
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The gist of the Israeli take on the Global Sumud Flotilla. (They can bomb, they can kill, they can lie through their teeth, they can deny genocide till they are blue in the mouth. BUT, they cannot counter the power of well-targeted humour) www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaoA...
Death of the Holocaust Industry
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open.substack.com/pub/chrished...
Death of the Holocaust Industry
The genocide in Gaza has exposed the weaponization of the Holocaust as a vehicle not to prevent genocide, but to perpetuate it, not to examine the past, but to manipulate the present.
open.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Death of the Holocaust Industry
open.substack.com/pub/chrished...
open.substack.com/pub/chrished...
VJ Day is 15th August in the UK, but 2nd September in the USA. War doesn’t end when the vanquished accept defeat, but when the victors accept victory.
Some thoughts on heroism, terrorism and idiocy.
glynnew.substack.com/p/its-not-ov...
#VJDay #Gaza
Some thoughts on heroism, terrorism and idiocy.
glynnew.substack.com/p/its-not-ov...
#VJDay #Gaza
It's not over until the last soldier falls
Japan, 1945, Palestine, 2025, and the 'judgement of history'
glynnew.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
VJ Day is 15th August in the UK, but 2nd September in the USA. War doesn’t end when the vanquished accept defeat, but when the victors accept victory.
Some thoughts on heroism, terrorism and idiocy.
glynnew.substack.com/p/its-not-ov...
#VJDay #Gaza
Some thoughts on heroism, terrorism and idiocy.
glynnew.substack.com/p/its-not-ov...
#VJDay #Gaza
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I really hope you’ll take a moment and listen to Chris Hedges, author of America: The Farewell Tour.
He gives an excellent breakdown of the difference between the Corporatists (Democrats) and the Oligarchs (Republicans).
Our choice now that the oligarchs have won?
Tyranny 👑 or revolution ✊🏼.
He gives an excellent breakdown of the difference between the Corporatists (Democrats) and the Oligarchs (Republicans).
Our choice now that the oligarchs have won?
Tyranny 👑 or revolution ✊🏼.
September 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I really hope you’ll take a moment and listen to Chris Hedges, author of America: The Farewell Tour.
He gives an excellent breakdown of the difference between the Corporatists (Democrats) and the Oligarchs (Republicans).
Our choice now that the oligarchs have won?
Tyranny 👑 or revolution ✊🏼.
He gives an excellent breakdown of the difference between the Corporatists (Democrats) and the Oligarchs (Republicans).
Our choice now that the oligarchs have won?
Tyranny 👑 or revolution ✊🏼.
We hunted for Israel's secret weapons company
YouTube video by Declassified UK
youtu.be
August 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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📹NEW VIDEO -- We hunted for Israel's secret weapons company
A weapons firm owned by the Israeli government is still operating in the UK. When we started investigating, the firm deleted its website. And when we visited its office, the building was empty👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi4U...
A weapons firm owned by the Israeli government is still operating in the UK. When we started investigating, the firm deleted its website. And when we visited its office, the building was empty👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi4U...
August 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
📹NEW VIDEO -- We hunted for Israel's secret weapons company
A weapons firm owned by the Israeli government is still operating in the UK. When we started investigating, the firm deleted its website. And when we visited its office, the building was empty👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi4U...
A weapons firm owned by the Israeli government is still operating in the UK. When we started investigating, the firm deleted its website. And when we visited its office, the building was empty👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi4U...
Higher Education's 'Ratner Moment'?
Some thoughts on #AI, academic standards and the failure of university management.
glynnew.substack.com/p/dont-blame...
Some thoughts on #AI, academic standards and the failure of university management.
glynnew.substack.com/p/dont-blame...
Don’t blame the robot
The crisis of academic standards in our universities didn't start with AI
glynnew.substack.com
August 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Higher Education's 'Ratner Moment'?
Some thoughts on #AI, academic standards and the failure of university management.
glynnew.substack.com/p/dont-blame...
Some thoughts on #AI, academic standards and the failure of university management.
glynnew.substack.com/p/dont-blame...
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For those interested, the Global Labour University also offers free online certified courses through its online academy.
glu.iversity.org/en/courses/j...
glu.iversity.org/en/courses/j...
August 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
For those interested, the Global Labour University also offers free online certified courses through its online academy.
glu.iversity.org/en/courses/j...
glu.iversity.org/en/courses/j...
Oppressed professors fight back!
My review of Matt Goodwin's book 'Bad Education' on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/glynnew/...
My review of Matt Goodwin's book 'Bad Education' on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/glynnew/...
Campus conservatives get woke!
Matt Goodwin, Bad Education: Why our universities are broken and how we can fix them. Bantam, 2025
open.substack.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Oppressed professors fight back!
My review of Matt Goodwin's book 'Bad Education' on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/glynnew/...
My review of Matt Goodwin's book 'Bad Education' on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/glynnew/...
Isn't it strange that, at a time when anti-genocide voices are being driven off campus, the stories of 'cancellation' always seem to come from the right-wing snowflakes?
My brush with the Woke Right on Substack.
glynnew.substack.com/p/the-academ...
My brush with the Woke Right on Substack.
glynnew.substack.com/p/the-academ...
The academic ‘cancellation’ that never was
Why academic freedom is too important to be trusted to the Woke Right
glynnew.substack.com
July 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Isn't it strange that, at a time when anti-genocide voices are being driven off campus, the stories of 'cancellation' always seem to come from the right-wing snowflakes?
My brush with the Woke Right on Substack.
glynnew.substack.com/p/the-academ...
My brush with the Woke Right on Substack.
glynnew.substack.com/p/the-academ...
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Proposals from staff at Cardiff University
"The university has a larger financial reserve than almost any other in RussellGroup ..."
Cardiff Uni's Vice Chancellor & Executive won't listen staff, only to speculative profiteers, hedge funds & Kazakh businessmen
nation.cymru/news/cardiff...
"The university has a larger financial reserve than almost any other in RussellGroup ..."
Cardiff Uni's Vice Chancellor & Executive won't listen staff, only to speculative profiteers, hedge funds & Kazakh businessmen
nation.cymru/news/cardiff...
Cardiff University academics publish alternative plan to avoid 'macho' cuts
Martin Shipton A group of academics including former Education Minister Leighton Andrews has released details of an alternative plan to avert “macho” cuts at Cardiff University by drawing on £285m in ...
nation.cymru
April 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Proposals from staff at Cardiff University
"The university has a larger financial reserve than almost any other in RussellGroup ..."
Cardiff Uni's Vice Chancellor & Executive won't listen staff, only to speculative profiteers, hedge funds & Kazakh businessmen
nation.cymru/news/cardiff...
"The university has a larger financial reserve than almost any other in RussellGroup ..."
Cardiff Uni's Vice Chancellor & Executive won't listen staff, only to speculative profiteers, hedge funds & Kazakh businessmen
nation.cymru/news/cardiff...
Hard to disagree with any of this. The bigger question is why anyone would want to rely on a 'basic' income when it's Trump's and Musk's cronies who decide whether you get enough to eat every day.
A few things: 1) clearly the idea of getting checks is extremely popular, and both Trump and Elon know that which is why Trump insisted his name be on the stimulus checks and why Elon has lied for years about supporting UBI. 2) Do not for a moment expect these checks. 3) DOGE is making us worse off.
Musk was just asked in Green Bay when "DOGE checks" might be sent out. His answer was basically that everyone will be better off financially if the "waste" is eliminated. It's clear by his response these long rumored checks aren't coming lol
March 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Hard to disagree with any of this. The bigger question is why anyone would want to rely on a 'basic' income when it's Trump's and Musk's cronies who decide whether you get enough to eat every day.
This is much nearer the truth than anything I've read in the news.
March 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is much nearer the truth than anything I've read in the news.
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Damning Western Mail editorial today for scandal-plagued Cardiff Uni bosses, as public anti-cuts consensus grows:
“And there is a risk of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Bad news travels fast and reputation lost is not easily regained.”
#CUFightback
“And there is a risk of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Bad news travels fast and reputation lost is not easily regained.”
#CUFightback
March 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Damning Western Mail editorial today for scandal-plagued Cardiff Uni bosses, as public anti-cuts consensus grows:
“And there is a risk of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Bad news travels fast and reputation lost is not easily regained.”
#CUFightback
“And there is a risk of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Bad news travels fast and reputation lost is not easily regained.”
#CUFightback
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So it’s over then, works for me
OpenAI declares AI race “over” if training on copyrighted works isn’t fair use
National security hinges on unfettered access to AI training data, OpenAI says.
arstechnica.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
So it’s over then, works for me
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UK Govt Says It's Not "Appropriate" For Committee To Scrutinise Security Adviser.
This is wrong. The executive needs to be accountable.
There is no law which states that govt advisers are beyond parliamentary scrutiny.
How can anyone assess whether govt policies are right?
This is wrong. The executive needs to be accountable.
There is no law which states that govt advisers are beyond parliamentary scrutiny.
How can anyone assess whether govt policies are right?
Government Says It's Not 'Appropriate' For Committee To Scrutinise Security Adviser
The government has backed national security adviser Jonathan Powell in his refusal to appear before the parliamentary committee responsible for dir...
www.politicshome.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
UK Govt Says It's Not "Appropriate" For Committee To Scrutinise Security Adviser.
This is wrong. The executive needs to be accountable.
There is no law which states that govt advisers are beyond parliamentary scrutiny.
How can anyone assess whether govt policies are right?
This is wrong. The executive needs to be accountable.
There is no law which states that govt advisers are beyond parliamentary scrutiny.
How can anyone assess whether govt policies are right?
Coming shortly to the UK. Because when the drones and hypersonic missiles are heading across the North Sea, what we'll need most are thousands of young men who have done a fortnight's square-bashing.
Poland will introduce "military training for every adult male" to ensure they are ready "to become full-fledged soldiers in conflict situations", says Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
"It must become a habit, a tradition, that every healthy man in Poland should want to train to defend the homeland."
"It must become a habit, a tradition, that every healthy man in Poland should want to train to defend the homeland."
Poland to introduce "military training for every adult male"
notesfrompoland.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Coming shortly to the UK. Because when the drones and hypersonic missiles are heading across the North Sea, what we'll need most are thousands of young men who have done a fortnight's square-bashing.
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If Palestinians with guns targeted and set fire to a historic 12th century synagogue & prevented people from tackling the ensuing blaze, it'd be heavily reported across UK news bulletins (if not leading them).
But Israeli soldiers burning a historic 12th century mosque? Nah.
But Israeli soldiers burning a historic 12th century mosque? Nah.
March 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
If Palestinians with guns targeted and set fire to a historic 12th century synagogue & prevented people from tackling the ensuing blaze, it'd be heavily reported across UK news bulletins (if not leading them).
But Israeli soldiers burning a historic 12th century mosque? Nah.
But Israeli soldiers burning a historic 12th century mosque? Nah.
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I get the impression that most of you have done the same as I have. You've set up a Blue Sky account and then gone back to Xitter. I hope this BS thing takes off, but so far the discussions seem a bit, well... bland. (Or maybe that's what you like about it?)
March 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I get the impression that most of you have done the same as I have. You've set up a Blue Sky account and then gone back to Xitter. I hope this BS thing takes off, but so far the discussions seem a bit, well... bland. (Or maybe that's what you like about it?)