Janine Illian
@janineillian.bsky.social
Chair in Statistical Sciences, University of Glasgow, modelling spatial patterns; lover of art, theatre, literature and music
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I wrote about a year of Trump for Best for Britain's Diplomatic Cable, covering some authoritarian themes that haven't been making the headlines….
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Beyond the Headlines: Corruption, Coercion and Power in Trump’s First Year
By Christina Pagel
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I wrote about a year of Trump for Best for Britain's Diplomatic Cable, covering some authoritarian themes that haven't been making the headlines….
open.substack.com/pub/bestforb...
open.substack.com/pub/bestforb...
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I am a human being
and I exist
a human being
and a citizen of the world
responsible to that world
– and responsible for that world
—Tom Leonard, “Being a Human Being”
First published in PN Review 32 (2005)
Today, 10 December, is #HumanRightsDay
#poem #poetry
www.un.org/en/observanc...
and I exist
a human being
and a citizen of the world
responsible to that world
– and responsible for that world
—Tom Leonard, “Being a Human Being”
First published in PN Review 32 (2005)
Today, 10 December, is #HumanRightsDay
#poem #poetry
www.un.org/en/observanc...
December 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I am a human being
and I exist
a human being
and a citizen of the world
responsible to that world
– and responsible for that world
—Tom Leonard, “Being a Human Being”
First published in PN Review 32 (2005)
Today, 10 December, is #HumanRightsDay
#poem #poetry
www.un.org/en/observanc...
and I exist
a human being
and a citizen of the world
responsible to that world
– and responsible for that world
—Tom Leonard, “Being a Human Being”
First published in PN Review 32 (2005)
Today, 10 December, is #HumanRightsDay
#poem #poetry
www.un.org/en/observanc...
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Habt ihr eh alle mitbekommen, dass das mit dem Tempolimit für Fußgänger in der Slowakei eine Falschmeldung war? Nur damit sich das jetzt nicht ewig als blöder Running Gag (no pun intended) hält. euractiv.de/news/kein-te...
Kein Tempolimit für Fußgänger in der Slowakei | Euractiv DE
Zahlreiche Internetnutzer und internationale Medienberichte hatten fälschlicherweise angenommen, ein neues Gesetz schreibe auch Fußgängern eine Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung vor.
euractiv.de
November 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Habt ihr eh alle mitbekommen, dass das mit dem Tempolimit für Fußgänger in der Slowakei eine Falschmeldung war? Nur damit sich das jetzt nicht ewig als blöder Running Gag (no pun intended) hält. euractiv.de/news/kein-te...
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Same thing here in Portland.... zero valid need. Not a war zone, nothing is burning, no looting, ... all made up lies by trump. Portland is beautiful and no need for military or national guard. Nope!
October 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Same thing here in Portland.... zero valid need. Not a war zone, nothing is burning, no looting, ... all made up lies by trump. Portland is beautiful and no need for military or national guard. Nope!
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“I mean, your society’s broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”
—Iain Banks
www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...
—Iain Banks
www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...
Iain Banks: the final interview
Iain Banks died last Sunday, just before the publication of his final novel The Quarry. Last month he talked to Stuart Kelly about writing, politics and all the things still left to do . . .
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“I mean, your society’s broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”
—Iain Banks
www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...
—Iain Banks
www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...
Dear all,
spaces are still available on our INLA and inlabru course in Copenhagen in November. Please see below.
Get in touch with me if you have any questions about the course.
www.ices.dk/events/Train...
spaces are still available on our INLA and inlabru course in Copenhagen in November. Please see below.
Get in touch with me if you have any questions about the course.
www.ices.dk/events/Train...
Spatial models in marine science using INLA and inlabru
www.ices.dk
September 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Dear all,
spaces are still available on our INLA and inlabru course in Copenhagen in November. Please see below.
Get in touch with me if you have any questions about the course.
www.ices.dk/events/Train...
spaces are still available on our INLA and inlabru course in Copenhagen in November. Please see below.
Get in touch with me if you have any questions about the course.
www.ices.dk/events/Train...
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„Beginnender Staatsterror“, „Polizeistaat“, „Führerprinzip“ - eine sehr laute Warnung von US-Historiker Timothy Snyder:
"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
„Beginnender Staatsterror“, „Polizeistaat“, „Führerprinzip“ - eine sehr laute Warnung von US-Historiker Timothy Snyder:
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Katy Perry hat gestern mit einem Privatausflug ins All in 10 Minuten mehr CO2-Emissionen verursacht als ein durchschnittlicher Mensch in seinem ganzen Leben.
April 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Katy Perry hat gestern mit einem Privatausflug ins All in 10 Minuten mehr CO2-Emissionen verursacht als ein durchschnittlicher Mensch in seinem ganzen Leben.
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To mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Scottish Parliament building you can vote for new poetry quotes to go on the Canongate Wall by Liz Lochhead, Jackie Kay & Kathleen Jamie. Details and how to vote in link:
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2025/02/publ...
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2025/02/publ...
Public vote for new poetry quotes on the Scottish Parliament wall
Poetry quotes on Canongate Wall
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
February 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
To mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Scottish Parliament building you can vote for new poetry quotes to go on the Canongate Wall by Liz Lochhead, Jackie Kay & Kathleen Jamie. Details and how to vote in link:
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2025/02/publ...
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2025/02/publ...
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#Hanau: In Gedenken an Gökhan Gültekin, Sedat Gürbüz, Said Nesar Hashemi, Mercedes Kierpacz, Hamza Kurtović, Vili Viorel Păun, Fatih Saraçoğlu, Ferhat Unvar und Kaloyan Velkov.
#Hanau #SayTheirNames
19feb-hanau.org/2025/01/19/j...
#Hanau #SayTheirNames
19feb-hanau.org/2025/01/19/j...
February 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
#Hanau: In Gedenken an Gökhan Gültekin, Sedat Gürbüz, Said Nesar Hashemi, Mercedes Kierpacz, Hamza Kurtović, Vili Viorel Păun, Fatih Saraçoğlu, Ferhat Unvar und Kaloyan Velkov.
#Hanau #SayTheirNames
19feb-hanau.org/2025/01/19/j...
#Hanau #SayTheirNames
19feb-hanau.org/2025/01/19/j...
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
📢 We're hiring: Chair in Statistical Sciences
Exciting opportunity - join one of the largest Statistics & Data Analytics groups in the UK as a Chair in Statistical Sciences at the University of Glasgow.
More information available below:
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Exciting opportunity - join one of the largest Statistics & Data Analytics groups in the UK as a Chair in Statistical Sciences at the University of Glasgow.
More information available below:
lnkd.in/eb8WZ2JT
www.linkedin.com/posts/uofgma...
February 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
📢 We're hiring: Chair in Statistical Sciences
Exciting opportunity - join one of the largest Statistics & Data Analytics groups in the UK as a Chair in Statistical Sciences at the University of Glasgow.
More information available below:
lnkd.in/eb8WZ2JT
www.linkedin.com/posts/uofgma...
Exciting opportunity - join one of the largest Statistics & Data Analytics groups in the UK as a Chair in Statistical Sciences at the University of Glasgow.
More information available below:
lnkd.in/eb8WZ2JT
www.linkedin.com/posts/uofgma...
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For those complaining that the last image is not the same size, here you go. With all the "Petite Couronne" cities around.
January 17, 2025 at 6:21 AM
For those complaining that the last image is not the same size, here you go. With all the "Petite Couronne" cities around.