Starmanjack43
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Geek. Christian. Take time and fix things.
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I’ve done an awful lot of interviews in my 35 years as an academic and @neilmackay.bsky.social has been utterly meticulous with this, precise in questions and follow up. I wish I didn’t live in a time when my scholarship and voice were needed in this way.
#ayewelcomerefugees
#ayewelcomerefugees
Scotland’s leading academic on refugees warns that British political rhetoric is taking the UK ‘into the foothills of genocide’
Professor Alison Phipps, Unesco chair in refugee integration at Glasgow University, says demonisation will end in deaths
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2544663...
Professor Alison Phipps, Unesco chair in refugee integration at Glasgow University, says demonisation will end in deaths
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2544663...
Professor Alison Phipps: "We’re in foothills of genocide" as far-right threat grows
Professor Alison Phipps is the nation’s foremost authority on asylum. She tells our Writer at Large demonisation has gone too far and Westminster…
www.heraldscotland.com
September 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I’ve done an awful lot of interviews in my 35 years as an academic and @neilmackay.bsky.social has been utterly meticulous with this, precise in questions and follow up. I wish I didn’t live in a time when my scholarship and voice were needed in this way.
#ayewelcomerefugees
#ayewelcomerefugees
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New post: Calling Each Other Names (a riff on Genesis 2:19-20) - mattsbibleblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/c...
Calling Each Other Names (Genesis 2:19-20)
Adam Naming the Animals by Linda Anderson God stands next to a new creature that blinks in wonder at a garden birthed in beauty and pregnant with potential. Adam, all DNA and dust animated by the b…
mattsbibleblog.wordpress.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
New post: Calling Each Other Names (a riff on Genesis 2:19-20) - mattsbibleblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/c...
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net immigration fell by more than half last year and the politics has gone in the complete opposite direction. It's not really about the numbers
September 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
net immigration fell by more than half last year and the politics has gone in the complete opposite direction. It's not really about the numbers
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i don't think a lot of you understand what's happening.
if they can declare transgender people mentally ill, then they can do it for anyone. and they will.
they'll say homosexuality is an illness. they'll say women have hysteria. all the old invented pseudoscience will return in service to them.
if they can declare transgender people mentally ill, then they can do it for anyone. and they will.
they'll say homosexuality is an illness. they'll say women have hysteria. all the old invented pseudoscience will return in service to them.
September 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
i don't think a lot of you understand what's happening.
if they can declare transgender people mentally ill, then they can do it for anyone. and they will.
they'll say homosexuality is an illness. they'll say women have hysteria. all the old invented pseudoscience will return in service to them.
if they can declare transgender people mentally ill, then they can do it for anyone. and they will.
they'll say homosexuality is an illness. they'll say women have hysteria. all the old invented pseudoscience will return in service to them.
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Let's be clear: The flood of hatred sloshing across Britain right now is 100% a product of the political and media elite scapegoating minorities for the harms that those elites have visited upon the country.
Tonight, my 77-year-old mother ripped this flag off a dual carriageway bridge near Birmingham. Note the swastika. My dad's dad died fighting the Nazis.
September 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Let's be clear: The flood of hatred sloshing across Britain right now is 100% a product of the political and media elite scapegoating minorities for the harms that those elites have visited upon the country.
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
New post: Calling Each Other Names (a riff on Genesis 2:19-20) - mattsbibleblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/c...
Calling Each Other Names (Genesis 2:19-20)
Adam Naming the Animals by Linda Anderson God stands next to a new creature that blinks in wonder at a garden birthed in beauty and pregnant with potential. Adam, all DNA and dust animated by the b…
mattsbibleblog.wordpress.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
New post: Calling Each Other Names (a riff on Genesis 2:19-20) - mattsbibleblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/c...
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Saw this on a friend’s page and decided to repost. Being a friend really means stepping up behind the scenes at times like this.
And please don’t dismiss their concerns by trying to reassure them it’s all OK - just allow people the space to be worried, scared, whatever.
And please don’t dismiss their concerns by trying to reassure them it’s all OK - just allow people the space to be worried, scared, whatever.
September 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Saw this on a friend’s page and decided to repost. Being a friend really means stepping up behind the scenes at times like this.
And please don’t dismiss their concerns by trying to reassure them it’s all OK - just allow people the space to be worried, scared, whatever.
And please don’t dismiss their concerns by trying to reassure them it’s all OK - just allow people the space to be worried, scared, whatever.
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This is utterly heartbreaking. People like Rylan, the media and many politicians need to stop the hate and lies!
This is the lady who was racially abused by the old couple at the weekend.
This is the lady who was racially abused by the old couple at the weekend.
September 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This is utterly heartbreaking. People like Rylan, the media and many politicians need to stop the hate and lies!
This is the lady who was racially abused by the old couple at the weekend.
This is the lady who was racially abused by the old couple at the weekend.
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And well done to Crystal Clean Windows who cleaned it for free
"A huge thank you to Isaac Crystal Clean Windows York Limited. After this incident happened, he kindly came and cleaned our windows for free. We are truly touched by his kindness."
www.crystalcleanwindowsyork.co.uk
"A huge thank you to Isaac Crystal Clean Windows York Limited. After this incident happened, he kindly came and cleaned our windows for free. We are truly touched by his kindness."
www.crystalcleanwindowsyork.co.uk
August 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
And well done to Crystal Clean Windows who cleaned it for free
"A huge thank you to Isaac Crystal Clean Windows York Limited. After this incident happened, he kindly came and cleaned our windows for free. We are truly touched by his kindness."
www.crystalcleanwindowsyork.co.uk
"A huge thank you to Isaac Crystal Clean Windows York Limited. After this incident happened, he kindly came and cleaned our windows for free. We are truly touched by his kindness."
www.crystalcleanwindowsyork.co.uk
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My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.
August 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.
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I suppose this is the point when I should say again that:
the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined*
what this country is really good at is producing culture
the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined*
what this country is really good at is producing culture
yes. yes yes.
the UK is (not just the originator but) the setting for some of the most popular culture in the world. there is a whole genre of videogames that are set in an imagined Britain. 'soft' power is real economic and even political power.
the UK is (not just the originator but) the setting for some of the most popular culture in the world. there is a whole genre of videogames that are set in an imagined Britain. 'soft' power is real economic and even political power.
Agree. One thing that I really liked about @jpspencer.bsky.social’s Labour Together report is it included culture in “growth spending”. So much policy about regional development in the UK basically regards culture, tourism, etc. as distractions from the real work of building trains to nowhere.
August 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I suppose this is the point when I should say again that:
the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined*
what this country is really good at is producing culture
the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined*
what this country is really good at is producing culture
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Funny how when it comes to AI people are all "adapt or be left behind" but when it comes to remote work the same people insist that things must go back to how they were at all cost.
August 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Funny how when it comes to AI people are all "adapt or be left behind" but when it comes to remote work the same people insist that things must go back to how they were at all cost.
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In the current media landscape, where great writers are losing their jobs and thoughtful criticism is losing ground to ragebait and the anger economy of social media, people forget that the best and easiest thing you can do is just share links to good pieces of work. Flood the place with quality.
August 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
In the current media landscape, where great writers are losing their jobs and thoughtful criticism is losing ground to ragebait and the anger economy of social media, people forget that the best and easiest thing you can do is just share links to good pieces of work. Flood the place with quality.
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the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back
August 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back
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The BBC News website has pages & pages of coverage related to farmers protesting inheritance tax, including events where only a few hundred turn out.
In London yesterday 100,000 people marched for trans rights, and nothing.
Imagine if it was 100,000 anti immigrant activists, they'd cover that.
In London yesterday 100,000 people marched for trans rights, and nothing.
Imagine if it was 100,000 anti immigrant activists, they'd cover that.
July 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The BBC News website has pages & pages of coverage related to farmers protesting inheritance tax, including events where only a few hundred turn out.
In London yesterday 100,000 people marched for trans rights, and nothing.
Imagine if it was 100,000 anti immigrant activists, they'd cover that.
In London yesterday 100,000 people marched for trans rights, and nothing.
Imagine if it was 100,000 anti immigrant activists, they'd cover that.
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Happy National Library Week! If you don't have a library card, go get one. If you have one, use it!
Public goods thrive when everybody uses them. That's why they push kids to charter, home, and private schools, why they sow doubt and fear of libraries and our collections.
Use it or lose it!
Public goods thrive when everybody uses them. That's why they push kids to charter, home, and private schools, why they sow doubt and fear of libraries and our collections.
Use it or lose it!
April 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Happy National Library Week! If you don't have a library card, go get one. If you have one, use it!
Public goods thrive when everybody uses them. That's why they push kids to charter, home, and private schools, why they sow doubt and fear of libraries and our collections.
Use it or lose it!
Public goods thrive when everybody uses them. That's why they push kids to charter, home, and private schools, why they sow doubt and fear of libraries and our collections.
Use it or lose it!
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“There is no God but God, Muhammad is his messenger,” the paramedic is heard saying. He asks God for forgiveness and says he knows he is going to die.
“Forgive me, mother. This is the path I chose — to help people,” he said. “Allahu akbar,” God is great, he says.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
“Forgive me, mother. This is the path I chose — to help people,” he said. “Allahu akbar,” God is great, he says.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
“There is no God but God, Muhammad is his messenger,” the paramedic is heard saying. He asks God for forgiveness and says he knows he is going to die.
“Forgive me, mother. This is the path I chose — to help people,” he said. “Allahu akbar,” God is great, he says.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
“Forgive me, mother. This is the path I chose — to help people,” he said. “Allahu akbar,” God is great, he says.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
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every time someone shits on kids today or does generations discourse it’s this kind of thing that makes me want to shove them down a flight of stairs.
this is awesome. and when they need bail money, i hope everyone’s there for them.
this is awesome. and when they need bail money, i hope everyone’s there for them.
Jewish students at Columbia have chained themselves to a gate (already locked) to protest ICE detentions of student protestors. They accuse members of our board of trustees of providing information about students to ICE and are demanding accountability.
April 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
every time someone shits on kids today or does generations discourse it’s this kind of thing that makes me want to shove them down a flight of stairs.
this is awesome. and when they need bail money, i hope everyone’s there for them.
this is awesome. and when they need bail money, i hope everyone’s there for them.
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The worst thing about these companies stealing restaurant meals, blending them together and selling the Slop Jugs is that MANY people across the world, across politics and across professions LOVE the slop jugs
They're slurping it down folks, they're absolutely chuggin
It's running down their chins
They're slurping it down folks, they're absolutely chuggin
It's running down their chins
Generative AI really destroys its own fuel source, hey.
Do the tech bros see any downside to killing art, writing, investigation and effort?
What are they going to train their models on after we're all dumbfounded by the concept of doing a first draft, or checking a source, or learning a skill
Do the tech bros see any downside to killing art, writing, investigation and effort?
What are they going to train their models on after we're all dumbfounded by the concept of doing a first draft, or checking a source, or learning a skill
April 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The worst thing about these companies stealing restaurant meals, blending them together and selling the Slop Jugs is that MANY people across the world, across politics and across professions LOVE the slop jugs
They're slurping it down folks, they're absolutely chuggin
It's running down their chins
They're slurping it down folks, they're absolutely chuggin
It's running down their chins
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Today’s spiciest opinion is that anyone who retails a ‘One Coat’ paint product should be obliged to provide a tradesman to apply the second (and often third) coats that are invariably actually required.
March 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Today’s spiciest opinion is that anyone who retails a ‘One Coat’ paint product should be obliged to provide a tradesman to apply the second (and often third) coats that are invariably actually required.
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I’m enormously grateful to you for donating to this. The #Curae matters so much because it’s a unique initiative for a radically under- represented group of people. It has twice not been awarded funding, but we continue as volunteers: all raised goes directly to three bursaries & we can change lives
Today I launch a fundraiser to support the 2025 #Curae prize for unpaid carers who are also writers or would like to be. Anything you can add to the pot will go directly towards bursary funds for our three winners (announced 1st June).
gofund.me/1d8c6564
All in, we can transform lives here x
gofund.me/1d8c6564
All in, we can transform lives here x
Donate to Dr Anna Vaught: Curae Writing Bursaries for unpaid carers, organised by Anna Vaught
Hello everyone,
I am Anna (aka Dr Anna Vaught - and you may kno… Anna Vaught needs your support for Dr Anna Vaught: Curae Writing Bursaries for unpaid carers
gofund.me
March 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I’m enormously grateful to you for donating to this. The #Curae matters so much because it’s a unique initiative for a radically under- represented group of people. It has twice not been awarded funding, but we continue as volunteers: all raised goes directly to three bursaries & we can change lives