Neil McCallum
@mccallumn.bsky.social
Translator/Analyst| Bordeaux to Beijing| #Eurasia| #Masculinities| (Feminist) #Security| Gymnast| Black Belt| @suttontrust ALB| 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 🇨🇿
Albanian beer and cocktail evening.
November 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Albanian beer and cocktail evening.
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In 1657, Jin Shengtan 金聖嘆 broke off from his commentary on 'The Romance of the Western Chamber' to list "33 Nice Things" 不亦快哉三十三則.
It's one of the most likable things I know of in any language. I translated it to cheer myself up a while ago, if anyone could use it. www.burninghou.se/p/whats-good
It's one of the most likable things I know of in any language. I translated it to cheer myself up a while ago, if anyone could use it. www.burninghou.se/p/whats-good
November 8, 2024 at 4:07 AM
In 1657, Jin Shengtan 金聖嘆 broke off from his commentary on 'The Romance of the Western Chamber' to list "33 Nice Things" 不亦快哉三十三則.
It's one of the most likable things I know of in any language. I translated it to cheer myself up a while ago, if anyone could use it. www.burninghou.se/p/whats-good
It's one of the most likable things I know of in any language. I translated it to cheer myself up a while ago, if anyone could use it. www.burninghou.se/p/whats-good
I enjoy an Albanian Sofra
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I enjoy an Albanian Sofra
Oda
A good, random recommendation I found for Tirana.
A good, random recommendation I found for Tirana.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Oda
A good, random recommendation I found for Tirana.
A good, random recommendation I found for Tirana.
The reason I came all the way to İstanbul, @edentravels.bsky.social once writing about fish sandwiches on the sea. Albeit, not in Türkiye, but it gave me Bosphorus nostalgia.
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The reason I came all the way to İstanbul, @edentravels.bsky.social once writing about fish sandwiches on the sea. Albeit, not in Türkiye, but it gave me Bosphorus nostalgia.
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Very important new report from @instituteforgovernment.org.uk highlighting the challenges facing boys from low-income families.
The research unpacks the reasons why they fall so far behind, and reiterates the need for action to tackle gaps in outcomes for this group ⤵️
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
The research unpacks the reasons why they fall so far behind, and reiterates the need for action to tackle gaps in outcomes for this group ⤵️
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Focus on disadvantaged boys to hit school-ready target, DfE told
Successive governments have failed to tackle entrenched inequalities in early years outcomes for boys from low-income backgrounds, IfG report warns
www.tes.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Very important new report from @instituteforgovernment.org.uk highlighting the challenges facing boys from low-income families.
The research unpacks the reasons why they fall so far behind, and reiterates the need for action to tackle gaps in outcomes for this group ⤵️
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
The research unpacks the reasons why they fall so far behind, and reiterates the need for action to tackle gaps in outcomes for this group ⤵️
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Icelandic is in danger of dying out because of AI and English-language media, says former PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Icelandic is in danger of dying out because of AI and English-language media, says former PM
Katrín Jakobsdóttir and her co-author want the 350,000 people who speak the language to fight for its future
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Icelandic is in danger of dying out because of AI and English-language media, says former PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Thank you to researchers at the University of Oxford's Department of Education for carrying out this research.
Read the full piece ⤵️
www.suttontrust.com/our-research...
Read the full piece ⤵️
www.suttontrust.com/our-research...
Degrees of Difference - The Sutton Trust
What role does higher education play in driving social mobility across the world?
www.suttontrust.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Thank you to researchers at the University of Oxford's Department of Education for carrying out this research.
Read the full piece ⤵️
www.suttontrust.com/our-research...
Read the full piece ⤵️
www.suttontrust.com/our-research...
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🚨 NEW: Social mobility is either flat or declining across wealthier countries.
Our new research, supported by @carnegiecorp.bsky.social, shows how expanding access to higher education hasn't delivered system wide social mobility gains, with family background still shaping outcomes 🧵⤵️
Our new research, supported by @carnegiecorp.bsky.social, shows how expanding access to higher education hasn't delivered system wide social mobility gains, with family background still shaping outcomes 🧵⤵️
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
🚨 NEW: Social mobility is either flat or declining across wealthier countries.
Our new research, supported by @carnegiecorp.bsky.social, shows how expanding access to higher education hasn't delivered system wide social mobility gains, with family background still shaping outcomes 🧵⤵️
Our new research, supported by @carnegiecorp.bsky.social, shows how expanding access to higher education hasn't delivered system wide social mobility gains, with family background still shaping outcomes 🧵⤵️
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British "patriots" assaulting the BBC to gain approval from American fascists is just fucking weird on a deep level.
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
British "patriots" assaulting the BBC to gain approval from American fascists is just fucking weird on a deep level.
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Pre-internet, you needed to know facts.
Google-era: The facts are all there, but you need to know what questions to ask to find them, and how to use them.
AI-era: The machine assures you that your questions are brilliant. You need to know some facts to evaluate its answers.
Google-era: The facts are all there, but you need to know what questions to ask to find them, and how to use them.
AI-era: The machine assures you that your questions are brilliant. You need to know some facts to evaluate its answers.
November 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Pre-internet, you needed to know facts.
Google-era: The facts are all there, but you need to know what questions to ask to find them, and how to use them.
AI-era: The machine assures you that your questions are brilliant. You need to know some facts to evaluate its answers.
Google-era: The facts are all there, but you need to know what questions to ask to find them, and how to use them.
AI-era: The machine assures you that your questions are brilliant. You need to know some facts to evaluate its answers.
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‘We had never read anything quite like it. It is, in many ways, a dark book but it is a joy to read’
We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
‘We had never read anything quite like it. It is, in many ways, a dark book but it is a joy to read’
We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
My face must have been a picture when they said uno con diez, hence why they wouldn't take card for a glass of wine.
November 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
My face must have been a picture when they said uno con diez, hence why they wouldn't take card for a glass of wine.
Calimocho being made in front of my eyes.... and I'm getting flashbacks to A) AS level Spanish and B) street parties in Soria.
November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Calimocho being made in front of my eyes.... and I'm getting flashbacks to A) AS level Spanish and B) street parties in Soria.
Tourists in Bilbao thinking I'm Spanish as I explain to them in Spanish they can take my table and I'll stand at the bar... and I look about as Spanish as fish and chips.
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Tourists in Bilbao thinking I'm Spanish as I explain to them in Spanish they can take my table and I'll stand at the bar... and I look about as Spanish as fish and chips.
The age old traveling with a rucksack for a weekend drama. Take a novel in the local language or that one that's been staring at me from my TBR pile?
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The age old traveling with a rucksack for a weekend drama. Take a novel in the local language or that one that's been staring at me from my TBR pile?
Intriguing to see the translator listed first.
November 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Intriguing to see the translator listed first.
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Hellen Obiri of Kenya won her second New York City Marathon title, obliterating the course record by over 2 minutes in the process. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3LfOWPL
November 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Hellen Obiri of Kenya won her second New York City Marathon title, obliterating the course record by over 2 minutes in the process. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3LfOWPL
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Benson Kipruto won the men’s title at the New York City Marathon by less than two-tenths of a second. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/47Bhdb0
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Benson Kipruto won the men’s title at the New York City Marathon by less than two-tenths of a second. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/47Bhdb0
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When I tried to pronounce the longest word in Russian on the BBC News channel...
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Тетрагидропиранилциклопентилтетрагидропиридопиридиновые
November 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
When I tried to pronounce the longest word in Russian on the BBC News channel...
Тетрагидропиранилциклопентилтетрагидропиридопиридиновые
Тетрагидропиранилциклопентилтетрагидропиридопиридиновые
Palindrome Park Runned.
October 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Palindrome Park Runned.
THE DIPLOMAT - now for series 3.
October 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
THE DIPLOMAT - now for series 3.
I love these bullshit evenings in Paris.
October 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I love these bullshit evenings in Paris.
Is it that only men over a certain age order picon bière as I am getting strange looks?
October 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Is it that only men over a certain age order picon bière as I am getting strange looks?