Adam Ramshaw
@ramshaw.bsky.social
🚴♂️🍺⚫️⚪️ Assistant Professor in Law at Northumbria University. Research interests: human rights, legal theory, constitutional law, and property. Opinions my own.
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Our convenor, @lauragraham86.bsky.social, is speaking at a research event in France. Laura is a project partner on 'droits et politiques du travail sexuel 2026', a research/action initiative on improving European laws and policies on sex work. It is funded by l'Agence Nationale de la Recherche.
October 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Our convenor, @lauragraham86.bsky.social, is speaking at a research event in France. Laura is a project partner on 'droits et politiques du travail sexuel 2026', a research/action initiative on improving European laws and policies on sex work. It is funded by l'Agence Nationale de la Recherche.
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Could someone smarter than me explain how the Greens reconcile their 'come one, come all' immigration policy with their 'build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything' housing policy?
September 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Could someone smarter than me explain how the Greens reconcile their 'come one, come all' immigration policy with their 'build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything' housing policy?
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Switching 2p from National Insurance to Income Tax would bring the rate of tax paid by pensioners closer to that paid by working-age people.
Even so, pensioners with incomes below £40,000 would still be better off next year than this year, due to upcoming increases to the state pension age ⤵️
Even so, pensioners with incomes below £40,000 would still be better off next year than this year, due to upcoming increases to the state pension age ⤵️
September 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Switching 2p from National Insurance to Income Tax would bring the rate of tax paid by pensioners closer to that paid by working-age people.
Even so, pensioners with incomes below £40,000 would still be better off next year than this year, due to upcoming increases to the state pension age ⤵️
Even so, pensioners with incomes below £40,000 would still be better off next year than this year, due to upcoming increases to the state pension age ⤵️
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Increasingly I think one has to accept that a chunk of the Labour party is ideologically committed to an anti-enterprise, pro-losing position.
September 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Increasingly I think one has to accept that a chunk of the Labour party is ideologically committed to an anti-enterprise, pro-losing position.
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Breakfast. Dinner. Tea.
I will die on this hill.
I will die on this hill.
August 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Breakfast. Dinner. Tea.
I will die on this hill.
I will die on this hill.
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Associate Professor Helen Rutherford has co-written a book on Newcastle Prison. There will be a book launch on Thursday 21 August at 6:30pm at Newcastle City Library. You can book your place at the launch here - www.tiny.cc/newcastlepri...
Book Launch - Newcastle Prison A History: 1828 - 1925
Join the authors to celebrate the launch of the new book Newcastle Prison A History: 1828 - 1925.
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August 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Associate Professor Helen Rutherford has co-written a book on Newcastle Prison. There will be a book launch on Thursday 21 August at 6:30pm at Newcastle City Library. You can book your place at the launch here - www.tiny.cc/newcastlepri...
To those using endnotes.
a man talking on a cell phone with the words i will find you below him
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July 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
To those using endnotes.
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Lovely piece by Suzi Ring on the surprising resilience of the courtroom sketch. The one of Wayne Rooney is delightful. on.ft.com/4o5rp2M
July 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Lovely piece by Suzi Ring on the surprising resilience of the courtroom sketch. The one of Wayne Rooney is delightful. on.ft.com/4o5rp2M
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I will never not understand how a minority of people have decided that wind farms - significantly prettier than pylons, coal power plants, nuclear power plants, and almost certainly fusion power plants - are ugly. In terms of energy generation, what else are you hoping for that is better?
On holiday, I notice that there are wind turbines on the shore of Lake Garda, which very much makes me think that residents with a view of some incredibly mid Cotswold or other can put a sock in it.
July 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I will never not understand how a minority of people have decided that wind farms - significantly prettier than pylons, coal power plants, nuclear power plants, and almost certainly fusion power plants - are ugly. In terms of energy generation, what else are you hoping for that is better?
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What is wrong with these people.
Judith joins in.
July 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
What is wrong with these people.
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Professors wear every hat. Who gets burned?
Most professors signed up for autonomy.
To think. To teach. To write.
To finally do meaningful work on your own terms.
But here’s what we actually do:
• 59% of our time goes to teaching
• 23% to service
• 18% to research
#academicsky #phdsky
Most professors signed up for autonomy.
To think. To teach. To write.
To finally do meaningful work on your own terms.
But here’s what we actually do:
• 59% of our time goes to teaching
• 23% to service
• 18% to research
#academicsky #phdsky
July 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Professors wear every hat. Who gets burned?
Most professors signed up for autonomy.
To think. To teach. To write.
To finally do meaningful work on your own terms.
But here’s what we actually do:
• 59% of our time goes to teaching
• 23% to service
• 18% to research
#academicsky #phdsky
Most professors signed up for autonomy.
To think. To teach. To write.
To finally do meaningful work on your own terms.
But here’s what we actually do:
• 59% of our time goes to teaching
• 23% to service
• 18% to research
#academicsky #phdsky
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A very cool technology that allows students to interact with John Maynard Keynes’ ideas as he develops them is called a book
July 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
A very cool technology that allows students to interact with John Maynard Keynes’ ideas as he develops them is called a book
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I don’t want to pile on, but at some point people really do need to engage with a) how high the minimum wage now is and b) that labour costs are, you know, a big part of how much an organisation costs. Minimum wage is now just c£1900 shy of what an early career teacher earns!
Really quite misleading of Jonathan, this.
Hinder is right about the care sector though. Should be well paid & a positive career choice, with high prestige.
We need a Teach First for social care.
Hinder is right about the care sector though. Should be well paid & a positive career choice, with high prestige.
We need a Teach First for social care.
"Stopping women from working was once a left-wing cause. It was a basic tenet of trade unionism – not to mention economics – that the number of workers in a labour market dictates the rate of pay. "
Labour MP Jonathan Hinder.
[Not quite his words. But close enough]
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Labour MP Jonathan Hinder.
[Not quite his words. But close enough]
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July 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I don’t want to pile on, but at some point people really do need to engage with a) how high the minimum wage now is and b) that labour costs are, you know, a big part of how much an organisation costs. Minimum wage is now just c£1900 shy of what an early career teacher earns!
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I wrote a whole book about this one post....
If a country has a series of consecutive failing prime ministers, it's perhaps time to look beyond the individual qualities of each of them to find the root cause.
July 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I wrote a whole book about this one post....
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There’s a lesson here with rather broad applications
It's insane how much more popular NYC's congestion pricing got when it was implemented and people started actually seeing it work
July 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
There’s a lesson here with rather broad applications
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Shamelessly replugging this from two years ago. We would never look at the proportion of, say, schools, that don't turn out literate pupils and go 'oh well, probably those kids were better off out of it'. We shouldn't view the short tail of bad courses and/or outcomes any differently:
July 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Shamelessly replugging this from two years ago. We would never look at the proportion of, say, schools, that don't turn out literate pupils and go 'oh well, probably those kids were better off out of it'. We shouldn't view the short tail of bad courses and/or outcomes any differently:
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I once asked a very eminent, and not particularly youthful, expert in the literature of the 18th and 19th centuries if there were any film adaptations of classic novels he really rated.
He didn't even have to think: "Clueless. Unquestionably the best adaptation of Austen".
He didn't even have to think: "Clueless. Unquestionably the best adaptation of Austen".
June 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I once asked a very eminent, and not particularly youthful, expert in the literature of the 18th and 19th centuries if there were any film adaptations of classic novels he really rated.
He didn't even have to think: "Clueless. Unquestionably the best adaptation of Austen".
He didn't even have to think: "Clueless. Unquestionably the best adaptation of Austen".
Signing off emails to myself with 'Best wishes'.
a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face while standing in front of a tree .
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June 19, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Signing off emails to myself with 'Best wishes'.
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Our convenor, @lauragraham86.bsky.social, and @lawandsexuality.bsky.social are co-editing a Concise Encyclopaedia of Gender, Sexuality and Law. Laura and Chris are seeking additional suggestions of entries to the encyclopaedia. See attached poster for full details and get in touch if interested.
June 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Our convenor, @lauragraham86.bsky.social, and @lawandsexuality.bsky.social are co-editing a Concise Encyclopaedia of Gender, Sexuality and Law. Laura and Chris are seeking additional suggestions of entries to the encyclopaedia. See attached poster for full details and get in touch if interested.
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JFC! Put your name in - my entire CV comes up! Practically everything I've ever written! 😡
Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.
Authors, search your name here:
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Authors, search your name here:
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Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
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March 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
JFC! Put your name in - my entire CV comes up! Practically everything I've ever written! 😡
