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- 📌 ICYMI — Jeffrey Epstein ‘Co-Owned’ Venture Fund with Palantir Founder as it Entered UK Government The Russian connected convicted sex trafficker co-owned a fund… bylinetimes.com/2026/02/04/jeffrey-…
- The perils of GenAI - a salutary tale. "When two years of academic work vanished with a single click. After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. #AcademicChat www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Strictly for my Australian friends. Nearly choked on my coffee ...
- Just wondering. If an Historian or an English Literature professor perpetuates a falsehood in their professional life, would it be a crime against the Humanities? (Don't ask ... its been a #LongDay!) #PhDchat #AcademicChat #AcademicSky #History #Literature
- My old university used to have 'Guides' to systems etc & how they work. My new university, showing the heavy hand of management consultants, now has 'Knowledge base articles'. I think I need to check whether information is the same as knowledge. That would be a philosophical question. #PhilSci
- I have a feeling this is not going to work out well for Starmer. Very poor decision. Very undemocratic. #Burnham #UKpolitics #LabourParty @teamlabouruk.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...
- Benjamin Netanyahu appointed to Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” for Gaza? Please tell me its 1st April. Please? #Gaza #Netanyahu #Trump #satire #politics www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
- Who can you trust? Not these non-existent experts who have been cited in multiple newspapers multiple times. This is about existence "rather than the many other cases where the expert does not have the knowledge they claim." #fake #experts #knowledge #academicsky pressgazette.co.uk/news/named-5...
- Is the US turning fascist? A very good contribution to the debate. #USpolitics #Trump #politics #USA www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
- And today's exchange rate has been set at: One Nobel Peace Prize = One Bauble #USpolitics #Venezuela #PeacePrize #Nobel www.bbc.com/news/article...
- We used to think that Nigel Farage's route to the top involved him joining the Conservative Party & being elected its leader. It now looks as though it it'll be by the Conservative Party joining Reform one person at a time (eg. Robert Jenrick). #UKpolitics @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social
- An interesting case study in damage limitation by an Australian state government and an internationally acclaimed festival board mired in a censorship controversy. Would make a very good PhD project for a determined student! #Adelaide #AcademicSky www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
- #sociology #politics Read this & wondered if the very rich bringing themselves together in #branded living spaces is an act of hubris given revolutionaries will now know exactly where to find them come the revolution. Opposite of Marx & factories concentrating workers? www.bbc.com/news/article...
- Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's Nazi minister of propaganda, chooses Jewish baby as the prefect Aryan. In a world that seems to be going crazy, this story and part-obituary that involves its own craziness brings a little hope and a smile. #Sociology #politics #crazy www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
