Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
@ctmccartney.bsky.social
Professor of Law & Criminal Justice interested in INjustice. Research #forensics #AI science/tech in criminal justice. Also crazy about anti-fascism, atheism, Prince, professional cycling, politics, the news, live comedy and music. #academicsky (1st-gen)
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Trump’s Board of Peace logo is basically the UN logo, except dipped in gold and edited so the world only includes America.
January 22, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Trump’s Board of Peace logo is basically the UN logo, except dipped in gold and edited so the world only includes America.
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There you have it, the Board of Peace is nothing more than a corrupt real estate deal dressed up as diplomacy with the sole purpose of enriching Trump and his favoured cronies.
Trump makes concluding remarks. He says Gaza ceasefire push began because he is “a real estate person at heart, and it’s all about location, and I said, ‘look at this location, on the sea, look at this beautiful piece of property’”.
January 22, 2026 at 11:16 AM
There you have it, the Board of Peace is nothing more than a corrupt real estate deal dressed up as diplomacy with the sole purpose of enriching Trump and his favoured cronies.
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Filed my tax return last week.
Wondering what the HMRC would have done if I'd neglected to declare £380,000 on account of the fact that "I don't do computers."
#Farage
Wondering what the HMRC would have done if I'd neglected to declare £380,000 on account of the fact that "I don't do computers."
#Farage
January 22, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Filed my tax return last week.
Wondering what the HMRC would have done if I'd neglected to declare £380,000 on account of the fact that "I don't do computers."
#Farage
Wondering what the HMRC would have done if I'd neglected to declare £380,000 on account of the fact that "I don't do computers."
#Farage
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“We’ve invented a magic computer. It uses all of the earth’s resources, we’ve spent trillions on it and it’s the sole growth area of the US economy.”
“What does it do?”
“We were hoping you could tell us.”
“What does it do?”
“We were hoping you could tell us.”
Delicious to me
January 22, 2026 at 7:36 AM
“We’ve invented a magic computer. It uses all of the earth’s resources, we’ve spent trillions on it and it’s the sole growth area of the US economy.”
“What does it do?”
“We were hoping you could tell us.”
“What does it do?”
“We were hoping you could tell us.”
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Kent, Essex and apparently Sussex all decline to be gouged by Elsevier Read & Publish deals. Others may well follow. 1/2
Three major research universities opt out of new Elsevier deal
Complaints over ‘price increases’ and open access models spur UK institutions to walk away from offer from publishing giant, despite nationally negotiated agreement
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Kent, Essex and apparently Sussex all decline to be gouged by Elsevier Read & Publish deals. Others may well follow. 1/2
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At the crucial moment of diplomatic tension, Farage sided with Trump against the UK
On the same day, he was found to have broken parliamentary rules around declaring his external interests
A crook and a quisling
On the same day, he was found to have broken parliamentary rules around declaring his external interests
A crook and a quisling
January 22, 2026 at 8:44 AM
At the crucial moment of diplomatic tension, Farage sided with Trump against the UK
On the same day, he was found to have broken parliamentary rules around declaring his external interests
A crook and a quisling
On the same day, he was found to have broken parliamentary rules around declaring his external interests
A crook and a quisling
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‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:43 AM
‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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And this is a choice. Parliament (and in practice Labour) could adopt rules capping/banning second jobs and adopting a modern gifts/hospitality policy (that sometimes says "don't"). Farage is a massive outlier in scale, but is protected by the failure to set a standard.
January 21, 2026 at 9:09 AM
And this is a choice. Parliament (and in practice Labour) could adopt rules capping/banning second jobs and adopting a modern gifts/hospitality policy (that sometimes says "don't"). Farage is a massive outlier in scale, but is protected by the failure to set a standard.
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Was meaning to post this extraordinary story last week, that demonstrates the risk of LLM use for police intelligence-based decision-making. I suspect this won’t be the last example of this error.
#policing #criminology
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
#policing #criminology
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
West Midlands police chief apologises after AI error used to justify Maccabi Tel Aviv ban
Craig Guildford says he gave incorrect evidence to MPs and mistake arose from ‘use of Microsoft Copilot’
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Was meaning to post this extraordinary story last week, that demonstrates the risk of LLM use for police intelligence-based decision-making. I suspect this won’t be the last example of this error.
#policing #criminology
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
#policing #criminology
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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That's a great result. Noticeable that Labour is reduced to a paltry 3.8% of the vote.
January 22, 2026 at 7:16 AM
That's a great result. Noticeable that Labour is reduced to a paltry 3.8% of the vote.
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NEW REPORT: the gov’s proposals for judge-only trials will deliver only marginal savings and distract from the real route out of this crisis: reversing recent falls in court productivity.
Trial and error?: The impact of restricting jury trials on court demand | Institute for Government
The government’s reforms will unlock only relatively modest reductions in demand.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
January 22, 2026 at 7:41 AM
NEW REPORT: the gov’s proposals for judge-only trials will deliver only marginal savings and distract from the real route out of this crisis: reversing recent falls in court productivity.
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I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
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There is such huge opportunity cost to each Trump tantrum. So many people with critical jobs have lost another week when they could have been doing something useful.
January 21, 2026 at 9:25 PM
There is such huge opportunity cost to each Trump tantrum. So many people with critical jobs have lost another week when they could have been doing something useful.
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This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
January 22, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
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If you’re a grown ass man in full tactical gear asking a child to show you ID or proof of citizenship you failed at life. Utterly & completely failed. Loser.
January 21, 2026 at 9:20 PM
If you’re a grown ass man in full tactical gear asking a child to show you ID or proof of citizenship you failed at life. Utterly & completely failed. Loser.
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Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires from 24 countries are calling on global leaders to increase taxes on the super-rich, amid growing concern that the wealthiest in society are buying political influence.
Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich
Mark Ruffalo, Brian Eno and Abigail Disney sign letter timed for WEF in Davos saying wealthy are buying political influence
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires from 24 countries are calling on global leaders to increase taxes on the super-rich, amid growing concern that the wealthiest in society are buying political influence.
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The only reason I can think of
for there being billionaires
while somewhere in the world
children are starving
is that insatiable greed has
produced a total lack of empathy
bordering on the psychopathic
#TaxBillionairesOutOfExistence
#BlameMillionairesNotMigrants
meme via Local Food Movement
for there being billionaires
while somewhere in the world
children are starving
is that insatiable greed has
produced a total lack of empathy
bordering on the psychopathic
#TaxBillionairesOutOfExistence
#BlameMillionairesNotMigrants
meme via Local Food Movement
January 22, 2026 at 7:05 AM
The only reason I can think of
for there being billionaires
while somewhere in the world
children are starving
is that insatiable greed has
produced a total lack of empathy
bordering on the psychopathic
#TaxBillionairesOutOfExistence
#BlameMillionairesNotMigrants
meme via Local Food Movement
for there being billionaires
while somewhere in the world
children are starving
is that insatiable greed has
produced a total lack of empathy
bordering on the psychopathic
#TaxBillionairesOutOfExistence
#BlameMillionairesNotMigrants
meme via Local Food Movement
Dammit. Train is 27mins late! So frustrating when you don't reach the 30mins mark (and stood all way, but nothing refunded for that of course). How people use trains every day is beyond me. Great when they work... but is SO rare!
January 21, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Dammit. Train is 27mins late! So frustrating when you don't reach the 30mins mark (and stood all way, but nothing refunded for that of course). How people use trains every day is beyond me. Great when they work... but is SO rare!
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January 21, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
January 21, 2026 at 8:48 AM
NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
Just woken up. 630am in UK and thinking "but I can't drink champagne at 630am and I have a train to catch!". Not NOW!
January 21, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Just woken up. 630am in UK and thinking "but I can't drink champagne at 630am and I have a train to catch!". Not NOW!
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“When I was in Justice, my ultimate vision for that part of the criminal justice system was to achieve, by means of #AI and technology, what Jeremy Bentham tried to do with his Panopticon. That the eyes of the state can be on you at all times," – Shabana Mahmood.
www.thenational.scot/news/2578000...
www.thenational.scot/news/2578000...
Labour want 'Panopticon' to have 'eyes of the state on you at all times'
THE Home Secretary has said she wants to create a “Panopticon” system of state surveillance.
www.thenational.scot
January 20, 2026 at 5:33 PM
“When I was in Justice, my ultimate vision for that part of the criminal justice system was to achieve, by means of #AI and technology, what Jeremy Bentham tried to do with his Panopticon. That the eyes of the state can be on you at all times," – Shabana Mahmood.
www.thenational.scot/news/2578000...
www.thenational.scot/news/2578000...
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Agree!
You always knew that Brexit was a major economic mistake, now it's clear that it was an even greater political mistake.
It's time for the UK to rejoin the EU, and for us Europeans to build a stronger economic, military and political relationship with Canada.
Democracy must unite or die!
You always knew that Brexit was a major economic mistake, now it's clear that it was an even greater political mistake.
It's time for the UK to rejoin the EU, and for us Europeans to build a stronger economic, military and political relationship with Canada.
Democracy must unite or die!
January 20, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Agree!
You always knew that Brexit was a major economic mistake, now it's clear that it was an even greater political mistake.
It's time for the UK to rejoin the EU, and for us Europeans to build a stronger economic, military and political relationship with Canada.
Democracy must unite or die!
You always knew that Brexit was a major economic mistake, now it's clear that it was an even greater political mistake.
It's time for the UK to rejoin the EU, and for us Europeans to build a stronger economic, military and political relationship with Canada.
Democracy must unite or die!
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We can build walls or we can be more ambitious — and build something better, stronger, and more just.
January 20, 2026 at 10:56 PM
We can build walls or we can be more ambitious — and build something better, stronger, and more just.