Academic mildly infuriating things: knowing that this morning you read a point that you want to reference and yet this afternoon not being able to find it!

I'm very much afraid that the first of the really big explosions is about to drop in Higher Education: at Cardiff University, where management speak of an 'immediate existential crisis'. And this is just the start. Solidarity with and to all colleagues at Cardiff. nation.cymru/news/huge-jo...

The problem with statements such as these is that it doesn't define constitution or democracy. Thereby perpetuating a very American-centric discussion of both.

Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation

FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…

The idea that longer sentences deter crimes is idiotic. A higher chance of being caught deters crime, not a massive sentence in the (unlikely) case you get caught. Sentence inflation is vapid political showboating.

That said, Dominique Pelicot and his 50 accomplices should rot in jail for life.

I cannot fathom why UCU is balloting for industrial action to start in early April, if thresholds are met. That’s not ‘term time’, as the Union claims, it’s the sodding Easter holidays.

It's easy to think that universities are elitist ivory towers, irrelevant to the wider society. But when one of them collapses, the consequences for the wider economy, let alone society is catastrophic. And without significant change they will collapse. Multiple. It will be devastating.

Absolutely furious that it’s snowing elsewhere in the country. We just have rain in Devon. Miserable, cold rain.

I see that a collection of MPs have taken it upon themselves to “launch” a private prosecution, in relation to a case which is still awaiting a CPS charging decision.

What might be the problems with this? 🧵

I bet most people in England and Wales don't realise abortion is still a criminal offence under the 1861 act. Abortion is only legal if it meets strict criteria under the 1967 act including risking the physical or mental health of the mother or causing grave permanent injury. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Genuinely hadn’t realised how much I’d missed old-Twitter until coming on here. Going to bask in the wholesomeness for a little while!

Lordy cannot believe how eerily similar to the dumpster fire app this place is. Seems lovely though! Hoping to cultivate a lovely academic (and beyond) community here to geek out with!