Lee Kenny
@leekenny.bsky.social
(He/him) UK based PGR, writing my PhD thesis about Interactive Spectatorial Dynamics; Clown, Street Performer, and more!
I hold a special anger towards class reductionists that claim to be the true leftists and call anyone that embraces a multidimensional, intersectional socialism a "lib".
There is much more to leftist and progressive and politics than opposing capitalism. Socialism is more than class warfare.
There is much more to leftist and progressive and politics than opposing capitalism. Socialism is more than class warfare.
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I hold a special anger towards class reductionists that claim to be the true leftists and call anyone that embraces a multidimensional, intersectional socialism a "lib".
There is much more to leftist and progressive and politics than opposing capitalism. Socialism is more than class warfare.
There is much more to leftist and progressive and politics than opposing capitalism. Socialism is more than class warfare.
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Been away from here for a month for a MH break
This week, my employers took CR off the table for academics until 31 July at the earliest
Effective local union action makes a difference
Still so much to do
Solidarity
This week, my employers took CR off the table for academics until 31 July at the earliest
Effective local union action makes a difference
Still so much to do
Solidarity
- 400 jobs to go at Lancaster University
- 1 in 4 people will be made redundant
But where's the financial evidence for this extreme action?
Please read 👇
Sign the petition 👇
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- 1 in 4 people will be made redundant
But where's the financial evidence for this extreme action?
Please read 👇
Sign the petition 👇
chng.it/7F52bThYqn
Sign the Petition
Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable
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November 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Been away from here for a month for a MH break
This week, my employers took CR off the table for academics until 31 July at the earliest
Effective local union action makes a difference
Still so much to do
Solidarity
This week, my employers took CR off the table for academics until 31 July at the earliest
Effective local union action makes a difference
Still so much to do
Solidarity
Hallucinations in generative AI, specifically LLMs are not just a minor glitch. They're an unwanted feature that is fundamental to the probabilistic nature of the algorithm. This is why I will not advocate the use of LLMs to "summarise" or "simplify" a text for students.
November 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Hallucinations in generative AI, specifically LLMs are not just a minor glitch. They're an unwanted feature that is fundamental to the probabilistic nature of the algorithm. This is why I will not advocate the use of LLMs to "summarise" or "simplify" a text for students.
The far right isn't interested in actually ruling - Farage doesn't care about being PM. They care about pushing an agenda, and right now Starmer is facilitating that agenda.
Watching Labour stumble even further right as if that’s going to stop “the far right from winning” when everything going further right shows that they’ve already won.
They win by dragging everything right and they’ve been successful at doing that for a long time.
They win by dragging everything right and they’ve been successful at doing that for a long time.
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The far right isn't interested in actually ruling - Farage doesn't care about being PM. They care about pushing an agenda, and right now Starmer is facilitating that agenda.
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
I'm growing more and more convinced that most "Marxists" are not socialists at all. They just want to be angry at the wealthy but do none of the work to understand or participate in politics beyond a superficial Marxist class analysis that frames them as the hero against the villain class.
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I'm growing more and more convinced that most "Marxists" are not socialists at all. They just want to be angry at the wealthy but do none of the work to understand or participate in politics beyond a superficial Marxist class analysis that frames them as the hero against the villain class.
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The E-Theses Online Service is still unavailable, more than two years after the cyber attack in 2023. 😔
November 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The E-Theses Online Service is still unavailable, more than two years after the cyber attack in 2023. 😔
EThOS was an invaluable service for Mres and PhD researchers, especially in the beginning of their projects. Why is nobody talking about this!?
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
EThOS was an invaluable service for Mres and PhD researchers, especially in the beginning of their projects. Why is nobody talking about this!?
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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Yeah. What Emma Thompson said.
November 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Yeah. What Emma Thompson said.
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Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Shabana Mahmood is wrong
Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government
www.newstatesman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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Zack Polanski: "This is extreme, this is inhumane and it is a government of cowards."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-gove...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-gove...
'A Government Of Cowards': Zack Polanski Blasts Labour As Asylum Backlash Grows
The Green Party leader joined Labour MPs in condemning Shabana Mahmood's plans.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Zack Polanski: "This is extreme, this is inhumane and it is a government of cowards."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-gove...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-gove...
If holding anti-science views about gender and sex is a "protected belief" then why isn't holding the opposing view, that trans rights are human rights, also a protected belief? 🏳️⚧️
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
If holding anti-science views about gender and sex is a "protected belief" then why isn't holding the opposing view, that trans rights are human rights, also a protected belief? 🏳️⚧️
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
That painful feeling when you admit to yourself that the last 2000 words you wrote for your thesis were in fact not relevant to the chapter you're meant to be writing.
Maybe I can adapt it for my general lit review? 😫
Maybe I can adapt it for my general lit review? 😫
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
That painful feeling when you admit to yourself that the last 2000 words you wrote for your thesis were in fact not relevant to the chapter you're meant to be writing.
Maybe I can adapt it for my general lit review? 😫
Maybe I can adapt it for my general lit review? 😫
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This is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
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Labour is about to announce atrocious new legislation on asylum - sign this to show them a different approach is possible!
Lift the Ban: Open letter
Sign an open letter calling on the Home Secretary to #LiftTheBan on people seeking asylum being able to work. It’s time to unlock talents, supercharge the economy, and let people thrive.
act.refugee-action.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Labour is about to announce atrocious new legislation on asylum - sign this to show them a different approach is possible!
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Even suggesting this should be so far beyond acceptable that her political career is ruined forever.
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Even suggesting this should be so far beyond acceptable that her political career is ruined forever.
We were told "they're acting this way to attract voters, but they will steer left once they're in power".
How's that one working out?
How's that one working out?
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
We were told "they're acting this way to attract voters, but they will steer left once they're in power".
How's that one working out?
How's that one working out?
Kid: Mum, can we buy Reform UK
Mum: No, we have Reform UK at home.
The Reform UK LTD at home:
Mum: No, we have Reform UK at home.
The Reform UK LTD at home:
On Monday, Shabana Mahmood will announce an overhaul of the asylum system, here’s why ⬇️
November 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Kid: Mum, can we buy Reform UK
Mum: No, we have Reform UK at home.
The Reform UK LTD at home:
Mum: No, we have Reform UK at home.
The Reform UK LTD at home:
It should be illegal for employers to make you fill out 60+ question psychological screenings during the application process. Absolutely ridiculous.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It should be illegal for employers to make you fill out 60+ question psychological screenings during the application process. Absolutely ridiculous.
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The fact that this person remains Health Secretary is objectively one of the most significant British political scandals of the post-Covid era. But because he's doing something the media barons like, everyone has decided it's fine.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting says that the British Medical Association, which represents Britain's doctors, is a threat to the NHS. Streeting took a record £225k from private healthcare-related donors in just two years.
British Medical Association ‘threat to future of NHS’, says Streeting ahead of doctors’ strike
Health secretary accuses doctors’ union of ‘cartel-like behaviour’ and tells it to ‘get real’ over pay demands
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The fact that this person remains Health Secretary is objectively one of the most significant British political scandals of the post-Covid era. But because he's doing something the media barons like, everyone has decided it's fine.
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No, MS Word, I do NOT want you to summarize the document I AM LITERALLY WRITING MYSELF. Why would I need that? God, I hate how intrusive this s--t is. I just want to make it go away and it appears that our institutional version of the software does not have any of the off switches for it.
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
No, MS Word, I do NOT want you to summarize the document I AM LITERALLY WRITING MYSELF. Why would I need that? God, I hate how intrusive this s--t is. I just want to make it go away and it appears that our institutional version of the software does not have any of the off switches for it.
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Beyond fed up with how MPs have leapt on the chance to turn a transphobic murder into something to do with children's access to mobile phones, completely washing their hands of the transphobic radicalisation of adults that has driven this hate.
It's our version of school shootings and video games.
It's our version of school shootings and video games.
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Beyond fed up with how MPs have leapt on the chance to turn a transphobic murder into something to do with children's access to mobile phones, completely washing their hands of the transphobic radicalisation of adults that has driven this hate.
It's our version of school shootings and video games.
It's our version of school shootings and video games.