Dr Matthew Hardy
@drmatthewhardy.bsky.social
Senior lecturer, journal editor, cyclist, recovering architect. The Arsenal. Head = Green, heart = Labour. #StillEuropean #FBPE #NAFO 💙🇺🇦
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Also at https://mstdn.social/@drmatthewhardy/
Crypto = blocked
Also at https://mstdn.social/@drmatthewhardy/
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Efficient transport looks empty. Inefficient transport looks full.
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Can I quietly ask we stop talking about what "AI" *could* do in education and identify instead what's actually happening with AI in education? I'll start...
November 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Can I quietly ask we stop talking about what "AI" *could* do in education and identify instead what's actually happening with AI in education? I'll start...
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We saw it with big tobacco, we saw it with the fossil fuels industry. When their own internal research showed the harm from their product, the defunded the research and attacked independent researchers coming to the very same conclusions.
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
We saw it with big tobacco, we saw it with the fossil fuels industry. When their own internal research showed the harm from their product, the defunded the research and attacked independent researchers coming to the very same conclusions.
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
Excellent dissection of that Russian "peace plan" for Ukraine
(Russian Unreality and American Weakness - by Timothy Snyder) snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
(Russian Unreality and American Weakness - by Timothy Snyder) snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
Russian Unreality and American Weakness
Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history
snyder.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Excellent dissection of that Russian "peace plan" for Ukraine
(Russian Unreality and American Weakness - by Timothy Snyder) snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
(Russian Unreality and American Weakness - by Timothy Snyder) snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
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Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
Paris rated among the five best cities in the world for cycling provision... London needs to pull up its socks!
(Paris rentre dans le top 5 des villes cyclables - Ville de Paris) www.paris.fr/pages/paris-...
(Paris rentre dans le top 5 des villes cyclables - Ville de Paris) www.paris.fr/pages/paris-...
Paris rentre dans le top 5 des villes cyclables
La capitale française décroche la 5e place mondiale dans l’index international des villes cyclables du cabinet Copenhagenize. Paris est en 2e position pour la qualité de son infrastructure cyclable.
www.paris.fr
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Paris rated among the five best cities in the world for cycling provision... London needs to pull up its socks!
(Paris rentre dans le top 5 des villes cyclables - Ville de Paris) www.paris.fr/pages/paris-...
(Paris rentre dans le top 5 des villes cyclables - Ville de Paris) www.paris.fr/pages/paris-...
Headlines like this remind me that Farage has questions to answer about Russia and Putin
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Headlines like this remind me that Farage has questions to answer about Russia and Putin
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The News Cycle is so quick that it seems to have entirely missed a Brexit/Reform party member being sent to prison for 10 1/2 years for taking bribes from Russia
November 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The News Cycle is so quick that it seems to have entirely missed a Brexit/Reform party member being sent to prison for 10 1/2 years for taking bribes from Russia
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Asylum is not "illegal migration"
Let's start from here theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...
Let's start from here theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...
Asylum is not illegal migration – why the UK government shouldn’t conflate the two
The new proposals transform settlement into something that must be continually earned. The path has become longer, more conditional and far more easily disrupted.
theconversation.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Asylum is not "illegal migration"
Let's start from here theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...
Let's start from here theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...
Modernists have been promising us a city in forest for 100 years - and we've all see the reality
(How ambitious ‘forest city’ plan for England could become a reality | Green building | The Guardian) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
(How ambitious ‘forest city’ plan for England could become a reality | Green building | The Guardian) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Modernists have been promising us a city in forest for 100 years - and we've all see the reality
(How ambitious ‘forest city’ plan for England could become a reality | Green building | The Guardian) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
(How ambitious ‘forest city’ plan for England could become a reality | Green building | The Guardian) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I think we should all sue farage and johnson for the missing £240bn.
I'm sure their lovely Russian contacts will be happy to cough up the cash.
I'm sure their lovely Russian contacts will be happy to cough up the cash.
"The economic harm caused to the UK by Brexit is nearly double previous estimates. Brexit is impacting GDP per person by 6% to 8%, equating to £180–£240 billion in losses. If GDP were 6% higher, Reeves would have £60 billion more to work with — without raising taxes."
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
UK Faces Hidden Brexit Damage: Lost Output Could Top £240 Billion, Economists Warn
A recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research reveals that Brexit has caused economic harm to the UK nearly double previous estimates, impacting GDP per person by 6% to 8%, equating to £1...
www.timesnownews.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I think we should all sue farage and johnson for the missing £240bn.
I'm sure their lovely Russian contacts will be happy to cough up the cash.
I'm sure their lovely Russian contacts will be happy to cough up the cash.
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Repeating daily since Trump was inaugurated 🫠
Dear Europe, especially Germany,
Stop obsessing over what Trump will or won’t do. Hoping & praying America will step up so we don’t have to is dangerously stupid.
Step up yourself, destroy Russia’s war economy, & give Ukraine what they need to win.
Europe must defend Europe.
Stop obsessing over what Trump will or won’t do. Hoping & praying America will step up so we don’t have to is dangerously stupid.
Step up yourself, destroy Russia’s war economy, & give Ukraine what they need to win.
Europe must defend Europe.
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Repeating daily since Trump was inaugurated 🫠
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We don’t need another delegation of European leaders flying off to Washington to kiss Trump’s ring now. We need them to get on the train to Kyiv and stand shoulder to shoulder with Zelenskyy.
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
We don’t need another delegation of European leaders flying off to Washington to kiss Trump’s ring now. We need them to get on the train to Kyiv and stand shoulder to shoulder with Zelenskyy.
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We need to stop calling it a ‘peace plan,’ even with sarcastic quotes around it. Call it the US-Kremlin plan or similar.
‘US-Kremlin plan’ shames the US and makes it sound deeply unappealing to the broader US and European publics.
‘US-Kremlin plan’ shames the US and makes it sound deeply unappealing to the broader US and European publics.
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We need to stop calling it a ‘peace plan,’ even with sarcastic quotes around it. Call it the US-Kremlin plan or similar.
‘US-Kremlin plan’ shames the US and makes it sound deeply unappealing to the broader US and European publics.
‘US-Kremlin plan’ shames the US and makes it sound deeply unappealing to the broader US and European publics.
Look out, world
"Dispensing false information in a confident tone, rather than offering no answer when none is readily available, is a major flaw of generative AI, experts say" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"Dispensing false information in a confident tone, rather than offering no answer when none is readily available, is a major flaw of generative AI, experts say" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Look out, world
"Dispensing false information in a confident tone, rather than offering no answer when none is readily available, is a major flaw of generative AI, experts say" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"Dispensing false information in a confident tone, rather than offering no answer when none is readily available, is a major flaw of generative AI, experts say" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
We so rarely hear about the lives of those seeking asylum here.
The life and limbo of a UK asylum seeker: one man’s harrowing 17-year wait for leave to remain | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The life and limbo of a UK asylum seeker: one man’s harrowing 17-year wait for leave to remain | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The life and limbo of a UK asylum seeker: one man’s harrowing 17-year wait for leave to remain
Ussu fled imprisonment and torture, only to find himself treated like a liar and outcast in the UK. Here’s how he survived homelessness and horrific injury in almost two decades without a decision
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We so rarely hear about the lives of those seeking asylum here.
The life and limbo of a UK asylum seeker: one man’s harrowing 17-year wait for leave to remain | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The life and limbo of a UK asylum seeker: one man’s harrowing 17-year wait for leave to remain | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Demand a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Demand a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
This is appalling.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
This is appalling.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What a surprise, it turns out Trump's peace plan - that Zelenskiy has until Thursday to sign - is a Russian document
I know there is lot going on but Witkoff got rolled by the Russians again. A bunch of R Senators said hold up today (including Graham) and Rubio just threw the clown car in reverse. Total shit show.
November 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
What a surprise, it turns out Trump's peace plan - that Zelenskiy has until Thursday to sign - is a Russian document
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After two weeks of #COP30 negotiations, countries agreed to BEGIN DISCUSSIONS on fossil fuel phase out. And as the article says, "they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries."
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff
Wealthy countries agree to triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
After two weeks of #COP30 negotiations, countries agreed to BEGIN DISCUSSIONS on fossil fuel phase out. And as the article says, "they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries."
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
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Reform behaving and reacting as if Gill is the end of the story. Very much isn't, though, is it.
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Reform behaving and reacting as if Gill is the end of the story. Very much isn't, though, is it.
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NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...