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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the government will wrap up forensic science in England and Wales in this package of policing reform. Its been a bad idea for 15 years, its still a bad idea. They are blind to the outcomes and deaf to the consensus. So much on my substack as to why. Forensic Science is not a function of policing.
NEW The biggest police reform package for 50 years is days away.
The 43-force model is being ditched, so are PCCs, & the Home Office is taking back control….
Read - for free - everything you need to know about the Police Reform White Paper:
www.dannyshaw.net/post/police-...
The 43-force model is being ditched, so are PCCs, & the Home Office is taking back control….
Read - for free - everything you need to know about the Police Reform White Paper:
www.dannyshaw.net/post/police-...
Police reform: what to expect?
For over a week now, government ministers and police chiefs have been 'rolling the pitch' for what is being billed as the biggest overhaul of policing in half a century. A carefully co-ordinated commu...
www.dannyshaw.net
January 23, 2026 at 8:00 AM
the government will wrap up forensic science in England and Wales in this package of policing reform. Its been a bad idea for 15 years, its still a bad idea. They are blind to the outcomes and deaf to the consensus. So much on my substack as to why. Forensic Science is not a function of policing.
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You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
January 23, 2026 at 2:57 AM
You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
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It is impossible to overstate how sinister this is. Not only is the US govt blatantly lying about recorded events like the killing of Renee Good and Trump mistaking Iceland for Greenland, they are now manipulating images to create a new digital record.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:01 AM
It is impossible to overstate how sinister this is. Not only is the US govt blatantly lying about recorded events like the killing of Renee Good and Trump mistaking Iceland for Greenland, they are now manipulating images to create a new digital record.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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This is Boro. He went missing in southern Spain after a train derailment that killed 43 and injured 150. After four long days, he was captured by firefighters and has finally been reunited with his family. 14/10 welcome back buddy
January 23, 2026 at 12:09 AM
This is Boro. He went missing in southern Spain after a train derailment that killed 43 and injured 150. After four long days, he was captured by firefighters and has finally been reunited with his family. 14/10 welcome back buddy
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AI slop is everywhere in scientific publishing, we’re only catching the easy-to-detect stuff (like when you happen to peer review a manuscript with a AI-hallucinated reference of a paper you apparently wrote)
www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
Science Is Drowning in AI Slop
Peer review has met its match.
www.theatlantic.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:27 AM
AI slop is everywhere in scientific publishing, we’re only catching the easy-to-detect stuff (like when you happen to peer review a manuscript with a AI-hallucinated reference of a paper you apparently wrote)
www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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Have thoughts about queer museums, queerness in museums, or just plain being queer in museums? We'd love to hear from you. Early findings are turning out to be amazing, and we hope it helps museums do better. mqedu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @alanaaaab.bsky.social
#Queer #Museums #QueerMuseums
#Queer #Museums #QueerMuseums
January 23, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Have thoughts about queer museums, queerness in museums, or just plain being queer in museums? We'd love to hear from you. Early findings are turning out to be amazing, and we hope it helps museums do better. mqedu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @alanaaaab.bsky.social
#Queer #Museums #QueerMuseums
#Queer #Museums #QueerMuseums
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If Trump can nationalise the golf clubs in US so he can ‘own’ them then UK can do it here. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. Trump forgets that
January 21, 2026 at 1:05 PM
If Trump can nationalise the golf clubs in US so he can ‘own’ them then UK can do it here. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. Trump forgets that
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Dear Scotland: Please nationalize Trump's Scottish golf courses. And ban him from the country.
January 21, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Dear Scotland: Please nationalize Trump's Scottish golf courses. And ban him from the country.
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NEW The biggest police reform package for 50 years is days away.
The 43-force model is being ditched, so are PCCs, & the Home Office is taking back control….
Read - for free - everything you need to know about the Police Reform White Paper:
www.dannyshaw.net/post/police-...
The 43-force model is being ditched, so are PCCs, & the Home Office is taking back control….
Read - for free - everything you need to know about the Police Reform White Paper:
www.dannyshaw.net/post/police-...
Police reform: what to expect?
For over a week now, government ministers and police chiefs have been 'rolling the pitch' for what is being billed as the biggest overhaul of policing in half a century. A carefully co-ordinated commu...
www.dannyshaw.net
January 23, 2026 at 7:44 AM
NEW The biggest police reform package for 50 years is days away.
The 43-force model is being ditched, so are PCCs, & the Home Office is taking back control….
Read - for free - everything you need to know about the Police Reform White Paper:
www.dannyshaw.net/post/police-...
The 43-force model is being ditched, so are PCCs, & the Home Office is taking back control….
Read - for free - everything you need to know about the Police Reform White Paper:
www.dannyshaw.net/post/police-...
Will be on the picket line later today with my @leicesterucu.bsky.social colleagues and sending all my support to Minneapolis for their strike!
January 23, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Will be on the picket line later today with my @leicesterucu.bsky.social colleagues and sending all my support to Minneapolis for their strike!
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Nigel Farage broke MPs’ code 17 times including over £91,200 payment from a London-based gold dealer
Rival political parties accused the Reform UK leader of ‘lining his pockets’ instead of serving his constituents
Rival political parties accused the Reform UK leader of ‘lining his pockets’ instead of serving his constituents
Farage broke MPs' code by not declaring £91,200 from London-based gold dealer on time
Rival political parties accused the Reform UK leader of ‘lining his pockets’ instead of serving his constituents
www.standard.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Nigel Farage broke MPs’ code 17 times including over £91,200 payment from a London-based gold dealer
Rival political parties accused the Reform UK leader of ‘lining his pockets’ instead of serving his constituents
Rival political parties accused the Reform UK leader of ‘lining his pockets’ instead of serving his constituents
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Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.
January 22, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
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Early press accounts, presumably informed by DHS, claimed that the teenage girl in the first photo and another teen passenger were arrested after "colliding" with a vehicle driven by federal immigration officials.
The second photo depicts the "collision."
(Both photos via Getty Images)
The second photo depicts the "collision."
(Both photos via Getty Images)
January 22, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Early press accounts, presumably informed by DHS, claimed that the teenage girl in the first photo and another teen passenger were arrested after "colliding" with a vehicle driven by federal immigration officials.
The second photo depicts the "collision."
(Both photos via Getty Images)
The second photo depicts the "collision."
(Both photos via Getty Images)
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RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
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January 22, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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Thirty-one known defendants have been charged in Chicago with non-immigration crimes tied to “Operation Midway Blitz.”
With today’s acquittal, 15 of them have been cleared.
No one has been convicted.
With today’s acquittal, 15 of them have been cleared.
No one has been convicted.
#BREAKING: Federal jury finds Chicago man NOT GUILTY of offering $10K for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino.
The trial of Juan Espinoza Martinez was the first to result from “Operation Midway Blitz”: chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
The trial of Juan Espinoza Martinez was the first to result from “Operation Midway Blitz”: chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
January 22, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Thirty-one known defendants have been charged in Chicago with non-immigration crimes tied to “Operation Midway Blitz.”
With today’s acquittal, 15 of them have been cleared.
No one has been convicted.
With today’s acquittal, 15 of them have been cleared.
No one has been convicted.
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The main thing Elon Musk took from us when he bought Twitter was destroying the only customer service platform that corporations will actually answer you on
January 22, 2026 at 9:01 PM
The main thing Elon Musk took from us when he bought Twitter was destroying the only customer service platform that corporations will actually answer you on
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We have been rightly afraid of the threat of bad actors using AI to create disinformation.
It's appalling that one of the first of those bad actors is in the White House. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It's appalling that one of the first of those bad actors is in the White House. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:37 PM
We have been rightly afraid of the threat of bad actors using AI to create disinformation.
It's appalling that one of the first of those bad actors is in the White House. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It's appalling that one of the first of those bad actors is in the White House. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Fiona Bruce, "President Trump said the troops NATO sent to Afghanistan stayed off the front line"
Emily Thornberry slams Donald Trump #BBCQT
"It's an absolute insult"
"An insult to 457 families who lost someone in Afghanistan"
"How dare he say we weren't on the front line"
"How dare he"
Emily Thornberry slams Donald Trump #BBCQT
"It's an absolute insult"
"An insult to 457 families who lost someone in Afghanistan"
"How dare he say we weren't on the front line"
"How dare he"
January 22, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Fiona Bruce, "President Trump said the troops NATO sent to Afghanistan stayed off the front line"
Emily Thornberry slams Donald Trump #BBCQT
"It's an absolute insult"
"An insult to 457 families who lost someone in Afghanistan"
"How dare he say we weren't on the front line"
"How dare he"
Emily Thornberry slams Donald Trump #BBCQT
"It's an absolute insult"
"An insult to 457 families who lost someone in Afghanistan"
"How dare he say we weren't on the front line"
"How dare he"
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Hi everyone -- there is a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow to protest what the Trump administration and DHS are doing to our community. In solidarity with the action, I am going to donate my revenue from tmrw's newsletter to People over Papers, the Midway-Hamline Diaper Bank, & Every Meal. (1/2)
January 22, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Hi everyone -- there is a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow to protest what the Trump administration and DHS are doing to our community. In solidarity with the action, I am going to donate my revenue from tmrw's newsletter to People over Papers, the Midway-Hamline Diaper Bank, & Every Meal. (1/2)
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"Hans, are we on the board of peace?"
January 22, 2026 at 10:20 PM
"Hans, are we on the board of peace?"
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Death toll in Afghanistan when NATO answered the US’s call:
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
“Stayed a little back, off the front lines “!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
“Stayed a little back, off the front lines “!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Death toll in Afghanistan when NATO answered the US’s call:
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
“Stayed a little back, off the front lines “!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
“Stayed a little back, off the front lines “!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
