Tim Causer
@timcauser.bsky.social
Principal Research Fellow, Bentham Project, @ucllaws.bsky.social Editing Bentham's works and correspondence. Historian of convict transportation and the Norfolk Island penal station.
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Finnur Dellsén got a nice pic of me on my standard Q&A slide, so now I have a stock reply to any time anyone disagrees with me.
November 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Finnur Dellsén got a nice pic of me on my standard Q&A slide, so now I have a stock reply to any time anyone disagrees with me.
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If you want a sneak peek at my forthcoming book, Temperance Lives: Life Assurance, Drink and Medicine in Britain, 1840-1918, you can read part of the introduction and check out the contents and indexes with this widget bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/690c7... @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
If you want a sneak peek at my forthcoming book, Temperance Lives: Life Assurance, Drink and Medicine in Britain, 1840-1918, you can read part of the introduction and check out the contents and indexes with this widget bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/690c7... @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social
Thought lost when it closed in 2017, the Jeremy Bentham pub on University Street has risen from the ashes
October 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Thought lost when it closed in 2017, the Jeremy Bentham pub on University Street has risen from the ashes
Professor Philip Schofield has written an appreciation of the late Professor William Twining's scholarship, as well as his invaluable contribution to Bentham studies and the work of the Bentham Project.
All here send their condolences to William's family and friends.
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/profess...
All here send their condolences to William's family and friends.
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/profess...
Professor William Twining: an appreciation
It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of Professor William L. Twining (aged 91) peacefully at home on 9 October 2025.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Professor Philip Schofield has written an appreciation of the late Professor William Twining's scholarship, as well as his invaluable contribution to Bentham studies and the work of the Bentham Project.
All here send their condolences to William's family and friends.
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/profess...
All here send their condolences to William's family and friends.
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/profess...
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Don’t miss UCL Laws' Quain Lectures in Jurisprudence with Professor Seana Shiffrin @law.ucla.edu – a rare opportunity to hear one of the world’s leading legal and moral philosophers live in London.
📅 20–24 October | 🏛️ UCL Laws
🎟️ Free to attend – book now: buff.ly/pi9UWE4
📅 20–24 October | 🏛️ UCL Laws
🎟️ Free to attend – book now: buff.ly/pi9UWE4
October 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Don’t miss UCL Laws' Quain Lectures in Jurisprudence with Professor Seana Shiffrin @law.ucla.edu – a rare opportunity to hear one of the world’s leading legal and moral philosophers live in London.
📅 20–24 October | 🏛️ UCL Laws
🎟️ Free to attend – book now: buff.ly/pi9UWE4
📅 20–24 October | 🏛️ UCL Laws
🎟️ Free to attend – book now: buff.ly/pi9UWE4
Started at UCL Laws 15 years ago today. Who knows where the time goes (and increasingly goes)...
October 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Started at UCL Laws 15 years ago today. Who knows where the time goes (and increasingly goes)...
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Spent many (many!) hours pulling legal explanations and apologies from lawyers who were caught using AI that hallucinated in which they explained to a judge why they used AI. The explanations are astonishing and extremely good:
www.404media.co/18-lawyers-c...
www.404media.co/18-lawyers-c...
18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It
Lawyers blame IT, family emergencies, their own poor judgment, their assistants, illness, and more.
www.404media.co
September 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Spent many (many!) hours pulling legal explanations and apologies from lawyers who were caught using AI that hallucinated in which they explained to a judge why they used AI. The explanations are astonishing and extremely good:
www.404media.co/18-lawyers-c...
www.404media.co/18-lawyers-c...
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"For... interesting holidays".
Something about the spookily lit trees in the foreground makes this feel like the kind of poster you'd catch sight of on a mildewed wall in the early minutes of an MR James adaptation.
(SMG: collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co23...)
Something about the spookily lit trees in the foreground makes this feel like the kind of poster you'd catch sight of on a mildewed wall in the early minutes of an MR James adaptation.
(SMG: collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co23...)
September 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
"For... interesting holidays".
Something about the spookily lit trees in the foreground makes this feel like the kind of poster you'd catch sight of on a mildewed wall in the early minutes of an MR James adaptation.
(SMG: collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co23...)
Something about the spookily lit trees in the foreground makes this feel like the kind of poster you'd catch sight of on a mildewed wall in the early minutes of an MR James adaptation.
(SMG: collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co23...)
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I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
September 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
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We need more in-depth reporting on UK university finances like this. Research , research funding and their relation to teaching and teaching funding could do with a similar level of detail. Here's a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers: on.ft.com/3ImSMWa
The shadow economy behind the international student boom
A lucrative revenue stream for universities has led to an industry of unregulated agents now under scrutiny for making lofty promises
www.ft.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:16 AM
We need more in-depth reporting on UK university finances like this. Research , research funding and their relation to teaching and teaching funding could do with a similar level of detail. Here's a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers: on.ft.com/3ImSMWa
Anyone who frequented the Jeremy Bentham pub (d. 2016) on University Street may recognise Bentham House's newest art installation
September 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Anyone who frequented the Jeremy Bentham pub (d. 2016) on University Street may recognise Bentham House's newest art installation
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Broadcaster John Stapleton dies aged 79
Broadcaster John Stapleton dies aged 79
Stapleton, who had Parkinson’s disease complicated by pneumonia, died peacefully in hospital, his agent said
The broadcaster John Stapleton, who had Parkinson’s disease complicated by pneumonia, died peacefully in hospital early on Sunday morning, his agent said. He was 79.
Stapleton presented on programmes including the BBC’s Watchdog and GMTV’s News Hour. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Broadcaster John Stapleton dies aged 79
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there are often big panics around terms and condition changes that go viral, but this one seems to have distinguished itself by clickwrap contract permission to *take academics’ literal voices and use them to market the platform?*
If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
September 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
there are often big panics around terms and condition changes that go viral, but this one seems to have distinguished itself by clickwrap contract permission to *take academics’ literal voices and use them to market the platform?*
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That's a Labour government minister berating university students and staff by saying that 'too often people go to university to "explore research and knowledge"'.
I'm very glad of our students who study history to explore research and knowledge.
I'm very glad of our students who study history to explore research and knowledge.
British students lack ‘drive’ of their American peers, says Business Secretary | LBC
The Business Secretary has defended comments he made at a meeting with investors where he said British students lack the ‘drive’ and ‘vigour’ of their American peers.
www.lbc.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
That's a Labour government minister berating university students and staff by saying that 'too often people go to university to "explore research and knowledge"'.
I'm very glad of our students who study history to explore research and knowledge.
I'm very glad of our students who study history to explore research and knowledge.
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Want to be clear that the predictable violence against the police wasn't the only problem with yesterday's march
It's that 100,000 angry racists gathered in London for the biggest racist march in 50 years, and anyone not white had to steer clear
The govt can't see that because they are inadequate.
It's that 100,000 angry racists gathered in London for the biggest racist march in 50 years, and anyone not white had to steer clear
The govt can't see that because they are inadequate.
September 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Want to be clear that the predictable violence against the police wasn't the only problem with yesterday's march
It's that 100,000 angry racists gathered in London for the biggest racist march in 50 years, and anyone not white had to steer clear
The govt can't see that because they are inadequate.
It's that 100,000 angry racists gathered in London for the biggest racist march in 50 years, and anyone not white had to steer clear
The govt can't see that because they are inadequate.
Cannot believe that I missed the massive Bentham bear at this week's UCL Laws graduation.
Torn between thinking it's cute versus it being nightmare fuel
Torn between thinking it's cute versus it being nightmare fuel
September 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Cannot believe that I missed the massive Bentham bear at this week's UCL Laws graduation.
Torn between thinking it's cute versus it being nightmare fuel
Torn between thinking it's cute versus it being nightmare fuel
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Major university merger announced. The start of a wave?
Shock university ‘merger’ announced
The Universities of Kent and Greenwich are set to ‘merge’ in a shock move affecting thousands of staff and students.
www.kentonline.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Major university merger announced. The start of a wave?
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
Diagnosed with diabetes two years ago today and still (usually) taking it in his stride
August 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Diagnosed with diabetes two years ago today and still (usually) taking it in his stride
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Reasons I couldn’t have gone to university now include…
This is a social mobility - and social justice - issue.
This is a social mobility - and social justice - issue.
'Updating their work on the amount of money students need to get by, the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) and Loughborough University researchers have estimated that first-year students in halls of residence need £418 per week to cover their living costs – including £158 on rent.' 1/3
English university degree ‘costs £90,000 over three years’
‘Traditional student experience’ off limits for most, researchers warn after estimating living costs at double available maintenance loans
www.timeshighereducation.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Reasons I couldn’t have gone to university now include…
This is a social mobility - and social justice - issue.
This is a social mobility - and social justice - issue.
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'Updating their work on the amount of money students need to get by, the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) and Loughborough University researchers have estimated that first-year students in halls of residence need £418 per week to cover their living costs – including £158 on rent.' 1/3
English university degree ‘costs £90,000 over three years’
‘Traditional student experience’ off limits for most, researchers warn after estimating living costs at double available maintenance loans
www.timeshighereducation.com
August 12, 2025 at 6:26 AM
'Updating their work on the amount of money students need to get by, the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) and Loughborough University researchers have estimated that first-year students in halls of residence need £418 per week to cover their living costs – including £158 on rent.' 1/3
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I've seen this on Bluesky and had to try it myself. The image below was the response to the prompt: "Show me a diagram of the US presidents since Herbert Hoover, with their names and years in office under their photos" Bravo, OpenAI, bravo.
August 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I've seen this on Bluesky and had to try it myself. The image below was the response to the prompt: "Show me a diagram of the US presidents since Herbert Hoover, with their names and years in office under their photos" Bravo, OpenAI, bravo.
Beyond rejects the norms of spelling
The University of Warwick has paid a lot of money, I'm guessing, for their internet banner ads on the Guardian and elsewhere.
But they can't spell "curiosity". This isn't a US-UK variant. They just, genuinely, have a massive spelling error in their banner ads.
But they can't spell "curiosity". This isn't a US-UK variant. They just, genuinely, have a massive spelling error in their banner ads.
August 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Beyond rejects the norms of spelling
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The University of Warwick has paid a lot of money, I'm guessing, for their internet banner ads on the Guardian and elsewhere.
But they can't spell "curiosity". This isn't a US-UK variant. They just, genuinely, have a massive spelling error in their banner ads.
But they can't spell "curiosity". This isn't a US-UK variant. They just, genuinely, have a massive spelling error in their banner ads.
August 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The University of Warwick has paid a lot of money, I'm guessing, for their internet banner ads on the Guardian and elsewhere.
But they can't spell "curiosity". This isn't a US-UK variant. They just, genuinely, have a massive spelling error in their banner ads.
But they can't spell "curiosity". This isn't a US-UK variant. They just, genuinely, have a massive spelling error in their banner ads.
Furthest I've been:
N: Lerwick 🏴
E: Wellington 🇳🇿
S: Port Arthur, Tas 🇦🇺
W: Philadelphia 🇺🇸
N: Lerwick 🏴
E: Wellington 🇳🇿
S: Port Arthur, Tas 🇦🇺
W: Philadelphia 🇺🇸
Furthest I’ve been:
N: Dundee 🏴
E: Protaras 🇨🇾
S: Miami, FL 🇺🇸
W: Honeymoon Island, FL 🇺🇸
N: Dundee 🏴
E: Protaras 🇨🇾
S: Miami, FL 🇺🇸
W: Honeymoon Island, FL 🇺🇸
Furthest I’ve been:
N: Stockholm 🇸🇪
E: Hong Kong 🇭🇰
S: Hong Kong 🇭🇰
W: New York 🇺🇸
Also need to work on my southern hemisphere.
N: Stockholm 🇸🇪
E: Hong Kong 🇭🇰
S: Hong Kong 🇭🇰
W: New York 🇺🇸
Also need to work on my southern hemisphere.
August 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Furthest I've been:
N: Lerwick 🏴
E: Wellington 🇳🇿
S: Port Arthur, Tas 🇦🇺
W: Philadelphia 🇺🇸
N: Lerwick 🏴
E: Wellington 🇳🇿
S: Port Arthur, Tas 🇦🇺
W: Philadelphia 🇺🇸