Carl Gombrich
@carlgomb.bsky.social
University Dean. Education entrepreneur. Founder of www.lis.ac.uk and www.ucl.ac.uk/basc. Also age group triathlete. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gombrich.
#highered #universities #interdisciplinarity #futureofwork #triathlon
#highered #universities #interdisciplinarity #futureofwork #triathlon
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We want to make sure Rachel Reeves MP sees some important % and ££s:
🇬🇧 80% of UK millionaires support a 2% tax on wealth over £10m
🇬🇧 81% think it’s patriotic to pay their fair share
We’re proud to pay and here to stay
#taxthesuperrich #taxwealthnotwork
🇬🇧 80% of UK millionaires support a 2% tax on wealth over £10m
🇬🇧 81% think it’s patriotic to pay their fair share
We’re proud to pay and here to stay
#taxthesuperrich #taxwealthnotwork
June 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
We want to make sure Rachel Reeves MP sees some important % and ££s:
🇬🇧 80% of UK millionaires support a 2% tax on wealth over £10m
🇬🇧 81% think it’s patriotic to pay their fair share
We’re proud to pay and here to stay
#taxthesuperrich #taxwealthnotwork
🇬🇧 80% of UK millionaires support a 2% tax on wealth over £10m
🇬🇧 81% think it’s patriotic to pay their fair share
We’re proud to pay and here to stay
#taxthesuperrich #taxwealthnotwork
We need to all get much, much better at both detecting video edits and being sceptical of them.
A video edit should jump out at you like a written typo.
Courses in #VisualLiteracy required!
A video edit should jump out at you like a written typo.
Courses in #VisualLiteracy required!
#TomorrowsPapersToday
The Daily Telegraph: BBC's Trump bias exposed in memo leak (by Gordon Rayner, Associate Editor). BBC Panorama accused of doctoring video of President Trump at rally
For more papers visit our new website at www.thesentinelcurrent.co.uk/tomorrows-pa...
The Daily Telegraph: BBC's Trump bias exposed in memo leak (by Gordon Rayner, Associate Editor). BBC Panorama accused of doctoring video of President Trump at rally
For more papers visit our new website at www.thesentinelcurrent.co.uk/tomorrows-pa...
November 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
We need to all get much, much better at both detecting video edits and being sceptical of them.
A video edit should jump out at you like a written typo.
Courses in #VisualLiteracy required!
A video edit should jump out at you like a written typo.
Courses in #VisualLiteracy required!
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BBC accused of selectively editing Trump clip from day of Capitol attack
Panorama spliced together clips to make it appear clearer president encouraged attack, former external adviser says
Read in The Guardian: apple.news/AFBLzC-erQdK...
Hmmmm, bold
Panorama spliced together clips to make it appear clearer president encouraged attack, former external adviser says
Read in The Guardian: apple.news/AFBLzC-erQdK...
Hmmmm, bold
BBC accused of selectively editing Trump clip from day of Capitol attack — Guardian US
Panorama spliced together clips to make it appear clearer president encouraged attack, former external adviser says
apple.news
November 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
BBC accused of selectively editing Trump clip from day of Capitol attack
Panorama spliced together clips to make it appear clearer president encouraged attack, former external adviser says
Read in The Guardian: apple.news/AFBLzC-erQdK...
Hmmmm, bold
Panorama spliced together clips to make it appear clearer president encouraged attack, former external adviser says
Read in The Guardian: apple.news/AFBLzC-erQdK...
Hmmmm, bold
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Agreed, a highly political decision, when so many of the perpetrators were absolutely explicit about their motivations in targeting (predominantly) white and Sikh girls.
November 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Agreed, a highly political decision, when so many of the perpetrators were absolutely explicit about their motivations in targeting (predominantly) white and Sikh girls.
It is extraordinary how police force after police force ignored the conclusions and recommendations of the Macpherson report when it came to grooming-rape gangs offences.
1/3
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November 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It is extraordinary how police force after police force ignored the conclusions and recommendations of the Macpherson report when it came to grooming-rape gangs offences.
1/3
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A chief cause of delusion is the need for certainty. Just as the thirst for water may drive a desert wanderer to chase mirages, so the thirst for answers makes us rush into poorly justified beliefs. To avoid being duped, become comfortable with uncertainty.
October 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A chief cause of delusion is the need for certainty. Just as the thirst for water may drive a desert wanderer to chase mirages, so the thirst for answers makes us rush into poorly justified beliefs. To avoid being duped, become comfortable with uncertainty.
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MEGATHREAD: In 40 skeets I’ll explain 40 useful concepts for understanding the world.
Reading time: ~7 minutes
Value: potentially a lifetime.
Thread:
Reading time: ~7 minutes
Value: potentially a lifetime.
Thread:
October 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
MEGATHREAD: In 40 skeets I’ll explain 40 useful concepts for understanding the world.
Reading time: ~7 minutes
Value: potentially a lifetime.
Thread:
Reading time: ~7 minutes
Value: potentially a lifetime.
Thread:
@gurwinder.bsky.social good to see you on here. I find it mostly irrelevant - when it isn't hostile - but perhaps I haven't put enough effort in and perhaps, also, your presence will nudge the needle!
November 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
@gurwinder.bsky.social good to see you on here. I find it mostly irrelevant - when it isn't hostile - but perhaps I haven't put enough effort in and perhaps, also, your presence will nudge the needle!
You could walk into 30 nightclubs in London any weekend and arrest 10 bankers or lawyers for possession or use of cocaine.
And yet I've never heard it happen.
Anyone know why?
#law
#legalsystem
#warondrugs
And yet I've never heard it happen.
Anyone know why?
#law
#legalsystem
#warondrugs
October 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
You could walk into 30 nightclubs in London any weekend and arrest 10 bankers or lawyers for possession or use of cocaine.
And yet I've never heard it happen.
Anyone know why?
#law
#legalsystem
#warondrugs
And yet I've never heard it happen.
Anyone know why?
#law
#legalsystem
#warondrugs
- Octopus
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Not really a song but Archers Theme Tune.
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Not really a song but Archers Theme Tune.
“Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand”
Red meat - work experience in a food tech lab taking swabs in an abattoir put pay to that.
Top Gun - Honestly, Tom Cruise gives me the ick.
Mr Brightside - Shouty mindpiss.
Red meat - work experience in a food tech lab taking swabs in an abattoir put pay to that.
Top Gun - Honestly, Tom Cruise gives me the ick.
Mr Brightside - Shouty mindpiss.
“Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand”
Avocado (with or without the toast) 🤢
Event Horizon (watched it once, scared the ABSOLUTE living shit out of me)
The fucking Macarena (and the dance that goes with)
Avocado (with or without the toast) 🤢
Event Horizon (watched it once, scared the ABSOLUTE living shit out of me)
The fucking Macarena (and the dance that goes with)
October 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
- Octopus
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Not really a song but Archers Theme Tune.
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Not really a song but Archers Theme Tune.
I just don't get the #padlet hype.
That game we all played in the beach with our parents or kids - but with a couple of walls at each end? Fffft.
That game we all played in the beach with our parents or kids - but with a couple of walls at each end? Fffft.
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I just don't get the #padlet hype.
That game we all played in the beach with our parents or kids - but with a couple of walls at each end? Fffft.
That game we all played in the beach with our parents or kids - but with a couple of walls at each end? Fffft.
Is there a way to be sceptical about pain without being contemptuous?
“There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.”
— James Baldwin
— James Baldwin
October 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Is there a way to be sceptical about pain without being contemptuous?
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“When menstrual products are taxed as luxuries, it shows what a society values & what it doesn’t. The unpaid care work women do is a hidden tax that covers the failures of the state.”
Miriam Nobre, Sempreviva Organização Feminista (SOF) #ClimateForChange2025 #FeministEconomics
Miriam Nobre, Sempreviva Organização Feminista (SOF) #ClimateForChange2025 #FeministEconomics
October 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
“When menstrual products are taxed as luxuries, it shows what a society values & what it doesn’t. The unpaid care work women do is a hidden tax that covers the failures of the state.”
Miriam Nobre, Sempreviva Organização Feminista (SOF) #ClimateForChange2025 #FeministEconomics
Miriam Nobre, Sempreviva Organização Feminista (SOF) #ClimateForChange2025 #FeministEconomics
Diplomacy as trolling. We've never seen anything like it.
Trump on the leader of Egypt: "The first time we met it was at a hotel and I was going to meet him and then Hillary Clinton was following me. Remember? Hillary Clinton. And he liked me so much he never even got to see Hillary...he didn't want to waste a lot of time. He knew what was going to happen"
October 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Diplomacy as trolling. We've never seen anything like it.
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Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) – From the Instagram archive… I love seeing kingfishers, but they rarely let me get close enough for a decent photo. I actually like how I could frame this one against the culvert.
www.instagram.com/ryan.bebej.photography
🪶 #birds #birding #wildlifephotography
www.instagram.com/ryan.bebej.photography
🪶 #birds #birding #wildlifephotography
October 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) – From the Instagram archive… I love seeing kingfishers, but they rarely let me get close enough for a decent photo. I actually like how I could frame this one against the culvert.
www.instagram.com/ryan.bebej.photography
🪶 #birds #birding #wildlifephotography
www.instagram.com/ryan.bebej.photography
🪶 #birds #birding #wildlifephotography
September 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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This is a really key chart. Look at the difference between concern about immigration between Lab to Reform switchers and Lab to LD/Green/don't know switchers.
The latter group is five times larger.
The latter group is five times larger.
September 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This is a really key chart. Look at the difference between concern about immigration between Lab to Reform switchers and Lab to LD/Green/don't know switchers.
The latter group is five times larger.
The latter group is five times larger.
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The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
September 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
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Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance
September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance
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🚨 NEW 🚨
Nathan Gill, the former leader of Reform UK in Wales has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to eight bribery charges while an elected member of the European parliament.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Nathan Gill, the former leader of Reform UK in Wales has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to eight bribery charges while an elected member of the European parliament.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Gill admits to eight charges while an elected member of the European parliament
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🚨 NEW 🚨
Nathan Gill, the former leader of Reform UK in Wales has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to eight bribery charges while an elected member of the European parliament.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Nathan Gill, the former leader of Reform UK in Wales has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to eight bribery charges while an elected member of the European parliament.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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I don’t think there’s a single ‘gotcha’ against ID cards. There are some good arguments for them. There are also, however, some significant downsides. What I *do* think is that the government case for them, as so far presented, is extremely flimsy.
September 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I don’t think there’s a single ‘gotcha’ against ID cards. There are some good arguments for them. There are also, however, some significant downsides. What I *do* think is that the government case for them, as so far presented, is extremely flimsy.
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💸 Nearly £1 in every £10 donated to UK political parties comes from UNKNOWN sources.
That's millions in dark money flowing into our politics.
We're fighting back - and YOUR donation goes TWICE as far via @biggive.bsky.social matched funding.
Support us today ⤵️
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That's millions in dark money flowing into our politics.
We're fighting back - and YOUR donation goes TWICE as far via @biggive.bsky.social matched funding.
Support us today ⤵️
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Breaking Big Money’s Grip on Politics – Big Give
In 2023 66% of donations to political parties came from just 19 donors. Increasingly, our politics is funded by a small number of super donors. We seek support to make sure those with the deepest poc...
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September 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
💸 Nearly £1 in every £10 donated to UK political parties comes from UNKNOWN sources.
That's millions in dark money flowing into our politics.
We're fighting back - and YOUR donation goes TWICE as far via @biggive.bsky.social matched funding.
Support us today ⤵️
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
That's millions in dark money flowing into our politics.
We're fighting back - and YOUR donation goes TWICE as far via @biggive.bsky.social matched funding.
Support us today ⤵️
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Perhaps I'm doing it wrong, but I've been scrolling 5 mins on Bluesky and can't find a single thing about the Kadri judgement and the knife attack on the man burning the Qu'ran. Amazing. This place is another, rarified, universe.
September 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Perhaps I'm doing it wrong, but I've been scrolling 5 mins on Bluesky and can't find a single thing about the Kadri judgement and the knife attack on the man burning the Qu'ran. Amazing. This place is another, rarified, universe.
Difficult to tell if this post is about US or UK - for different reasons.
I don’t know who needs to hear this but fascism happens through the erosion of freedom of speech under the guise of ‘law and order’.
Fascism isn’t on its way. It’s already here.
Fascism isn’t on its way. It’s already here.
September 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Difficult to tell if this post is about US or UK - for different reasons.
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💷 Polling by @patmillsuk.bsky.social found 81% of UK millionaires think extreme wealth buys political influence.
We need your help to break big money's grip on our politics.
Support our work today and see your donation doubled via @biggive.bsky.social ⤵
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We need your help to break big money's grip on our politics.
Support our work today and see your donation doubled via @biggive.bsky.social ⤵
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September 24, 2025 at 8:56 AM
💷 Polling by @patmillsuk.bsky.social found 81% of UK millionaires think extreme wealth buys political influence.
We need your help to break big money's grip on our politics.
Support our work today and see your donation doubled via @biggive.bsky.social ⤵
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
We need your help to break big money's grip on our politics.
Support our work today and see your donation doubled via @biggive.bsky.social ⤵
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...