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David Ham @davidham.bsky.social · 4d

Economics does the same, but they have established quite wide-ranging evidence that doing so creates "alphabetic discrimination" in which there are career and publication advantages to those with names at the start of the alphabet. See, eg: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

The Effects of Listing Authors in Alphabetical Order: A Review of the Empirical Evidence

Each time researchers jointly write an article, a decision must be made about the order in which the authors are listed. There are two main norms for doing so.

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David Ham @davidham.bsky.social · 6d

Pretty sure the entire membership of all the affiliated unions can vote. That’ll kick it up by a lot.

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David Ham @davidham.bsky.social · 15d

This is the way. Will Lambeth be next @paulvalentineactor.bsky.social ?

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 15d

Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."

Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first

Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 15d

Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."

Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first

Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...

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Paul Valentine @paulvalentineactor.bsky.social · 23d

Put @greenparty.org.uk Trade Union Liaison hat on today to show solidarity with striking workers from @ucu.org.uk @unitetheunion.bsky.social and @unison.org.uk at Imperial College London.

#imperialcollegelondon #Strike

Info - www.ucu.org.uk/article/1421...

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Ant @blueandmoreblue.bsky.social · 27d

Can’t get no Satisfaction unless you’re the Dutch coast.

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David Ham @davidham.bsky.social · 26d

So we have to guess how many students will hit their offer while not also getting accepted somewhere they’d rather be. No part of this makes sense.

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David Ham @davidham.bsky.social · 26d

Yes. It’s insane. Students apply before they know what their grades are (which leads to the effect observed in the research above of affluent students making more assertive applications). We then have to make binding offers along the lines of “if you get these grades then you can come”.

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David Ham @davidham.bsky.social · 26d

Yet another piece of evidence in favour of post qualification admissions: which of course we will never do because we mustn’t ever inconvenience Oxbridge.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 27d

Kemi Badenoch: let's do this in Britain

Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 27d

Source 5: www.newsweek.com/ice-agents-d...

ICE agents dragged naked children out of homes in Chicago: Neighbors

Two residents reported witnessing federal immigration agents forcibly removing unclothed children from apartments during the raid.

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David Ham @davidham.bsky.social · 27d

Surely “polling related” is redundant in that sentence.

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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 27d

Yes, yes it is.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Is Israel breaking the law by stopping the Gaza-bound flotilla?

According to a UN legal framework, a nation's territory does not extend beyond 19km from its shores but enforcing international maritime law is a challenge across the globe.

www.abc.net.au

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David Ham @davidham.bsky.social · 28d

It was very special. Conor’s presence rang around the church.

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David Ham @davidham.bsky.social · Oct 1

Isn’t that how the LCS happened?

David Ham @davidham.bsky.social · Sep 29

Congratulations! Cargo bikes are the best baby transport.

A baby in a car seat in the front of a cargo bike.

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theangelofhistory.bsky.social @theangelofhistory.bsky.social · Sep 15

One of my smartest colleagues calls Generative LLMs “the ultimate force multiplier for morons”

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David Ham @davidham.bsky.social · Sep 16

Nieuwe Kerk (new church) in Delft. Burial place of the Dutch Royal family. Built over the 15th Century

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Wednesbury Addams @davidallengreen.bsky.social · Sep 12

A wonderful tribute.

Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · Sep 12

The news of Conor Gearty's death has just been announced and I'm not coping. He was a mentor and the pole star in my constitutional thinking. He was also a great friend and fantastic fun to be around. I'm heartbroken for Aoife and the children.

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Wednesbury Addams @davidallengreen.bsky.social · Sep 12

This was Conor Gearty only a week or so ago at @prospectmagazine.co.uk on ECHR withdrawal and the Palestine Action ban.

Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · Sep 3

🎧: The Prospect Podcast is back from summer break! On today’s episode, Conor Gearty explains what’s at stake if Britain leaves the ECHR, and reacts to the Palestine Action ban.

Are we losing our civil liberties?

Conor Gearty explains what’s at stake if Britain leaves the ECHR, and reacts to the Palestine Action ban

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Wednesbury Addams @davidallengreen.bsky.social · Sep 12

Awful news about the death of the great Conor Gearty.

Perhaps the kindest and most encouraging law professor imaginable.

A dreadful loss to the study of civil liberties and constitutional law.

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · Sep 8

London has a tube strike and I'm listening to the audiobook A Particularly Nasty Case by Adam Kay. It's 20 years since he and Suman Biswas released the song London Underground after another tube strike. I remember a colleague sharing it with me. Been a fan ever since.

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🎃Simon Threadgold🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · Jul 21

What’s that sound?

It’s getting louder.

Oh God…

Emergency podcasts!! Run for your lives!!!

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Steve 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧 @wohyeahwohyeah.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · Sep 3

I don't have a copy of the stability curve for the luxury speedboat above, but it's easy to draw one for yourself.

The letter U is on every keyboard.

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David Ham @davidham.bsky.social · Sep 3

Indeed, if the quantity is “hottest day of the UK summer” then 0C is an out of band value which would make the graph misleading by compressing the range. 25C seems like a perfectly sensible base line.

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