just pat
@patmac.bsky.social
they/them
(former) Art Director. automotive photographer/graphic designer. sorta anarchist, sorta communist.
west bromwich albion
(former) Art Director. automotive photographer/graphic designer. sorta anarchist, sorta communist.
west bromwich albion
Pinned
I'm surfing in the South China Sea and chewing betel nut and eating Chongqing hot pot and drinking soju
new beach boys cover just dropped
i would say that there needs to be significant reforms on research at universities and the pressures put on lecturing staff do so, but i’d agree that excellent research has been achieved (at least partially) as a result of not cordoning it off to elite institutions
Good piece from Katie Normington at De Montfort University reminding us the post 92 universities have done excellent research for a long time and that this ought not be endangered by the White Paper call for specialisation
wonkhe.com/blogs/labour...
wonkhe.com/blogs/labour...
Labour must not repeat history by sidelining research in post-92 universities
The abolition of the binary divide in HE made visible the wealth of research excellence in what became known as the post-92 part of the sector. Katie Normington worries that forcing specialisation ris...
wonkhe.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
i would say that there needs to be significant reforms on research at universities and the pressures put on lecturing staff do so, but i’d agree that excellent research has been achieved (at least partially) as a result of not cordoning it off to elite institutions
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Good piece from Katie Normington at De Montfort University reminding us the post 92 universities have done excellent research for a long time and that this ought not be endangered by the White Paper call for specialisation
wonkhe.com/blogs/labour...
wonkhe.com/blogs/labour...
Labour must not repeat history by sidelining research in post-92 universities
The abolition of the binary divide in HE made visible the wealth of research excellence in what became known as the post-92 part of the sector. Katie Normington worries that forcing specialisation ris...
wonkhe.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Good piece from Katie Normington at De Montfort University reminding us the post 92 universities have done excellent research for a long time and that this ought not be endangered by the White Paper call for specialisation
wonkhe.com/blogs/labour...
wonkhe.com/blogs/labour...
you can be a marxist/communist/ball knower and also be spiritual/religious/hocus-pocus
being a marxist atheist and arguing with other communists about them being religious is not something I would look fondly upon. you look like the asshole
being a marxist atheist and arguing with other communists about them being religious is not something I would look fondly upon. you look like the asshole
December 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
you can be a marxist/communist/ball knower and also be spiritual/religious/hocus-pocus
being a marxist atheist and arguing with other communists about them being religious is not something I would look fondly upon. you look like the asshole
being a marxist atheist and arguing with other communists about them being religious is not something I would look fondly upon. you look like the asshole
yessss lmao i’ve been blown. its happened, they’ve caught me. i as a british person am voicing an opinion on american foreign policy, that is the same as running bot farms and employing foreign agents lol
December 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
yessss lmao i’ve been blown. its happened, they’ve caught me. i as a british person am voicing an opinion on american foreign policy, that is the same as running bot farms and employing foreign agents lol
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Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
LOS GATOS, CA—In an attempt to fend off growing competition from Paramount and Netflix, Plex CEO Keith Valory announced Monday that the streaming platform had submitted a $35 bid for Warner Bros. Disc...
theonion.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
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>are the "Marxists" materialists or dogmatists
>oops, all dogmatists
>oops, all dogmatists
> ask the materialist if their materialism is rigorous or a parasitic negation of idealism
December 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
>are the "Marxists" materialists or dogmatists
>oops, all dogmatists
>oops, all dogmatists
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The BBC is now consistently using a transphobic slur to refer to trans people.
Transphobes are still not happy. That's still not hateful and cruel enough.
Transphobes are still not happy. That's still not hateful and cruel enough.
December 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The BBC is now consistently using a transphobic slur to refer to trans people.
Transphobes are still not happy. That's still not hateful and cruel enough.
Transphobes are still not happy. That's still not hateful and cruel enough.
guys we’ve got a live one
Yes, the Iron Dome is amazing! It has saved countless civilians from Hamas rockets and drones.
www.ajc.org/news/7-thing....
www.ajc.org/news/7-thing....
7 Things You Need to Know About Israel’s Iron Dome Defense System
Israel’s Iron Dome is a short-range missile defense system that intercepts rockets and drones aimed at civilians, with a success rate of nearly 90% during attacks like Hamas’s October 2023 assault. In...
www.ajc.org
December 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
guys we’ve got a live one
useless things would not exist under communism!!!! no religions, no twitch streaming, no iceberg lettuce!!!!!
there won't be any use for them, and people generally stop doing things that aren't useful.
December 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
useless things would not exist under communism!!!! no religions, no twitch streaming, no iceberg lettuce!!!!!
if you’d like to see these methods demonstrated (on twitch streamers, for the purposes of education) then check out ididathing or boyboy on youtube, can’t recall which
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
if you’d like to see these methods demonstrated (on twitch streamers, for the purposes of education) then check out ididathing or boyboy on youtube, can’t recall which
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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excuse me but what the fuck was perestroika? glasnost just didn’t happen did it? what the fuck are we talking about here, if we give russians shit for never admitting to anything because obviously everyone would use it against them, shouldn’t we at least offer some degree of credit for admitting it?
"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
excuse me but what the fuck was perestroika? glasnost just didn’t happen did it? what the fuck are we talking about here, if we give russians shit for never admitting to anything because obviously everyone would use it against them, shouldn’t we at least offer some degree of credit for admitting it?
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old soviet joke about the difference between an optimist and a pessimist
a pessimist complains surely things can’t possibly get worse while the optimist knows things can always get worse
a pessimist complains surely things can’t possibly get worse while the optimist knows things can always get worse
honestly i think you could probably describe the vast majority of American media, political, and corporate elites as decadent
nobody knows how bad things can get
nobody knows how bad things can get
you'd think that the fact that the president is currently trying to get the Feds to arrest Senators would be what the NYT editorial board would focus on but...
December 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
old soviet joke about the difference between an optimist and a pessimist
a pessimist complains surely things can’t possibly get worse while the optimist knows things can always get worse
a pessimist complains surely things can’t possibly get worse while the optimist knows things can always get worse
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written in exactly the kind of language that high-level decision-makers love but if you peel back the layers, it's railing against bloat and cost overruns as a way to sell newer, more expensive, "high tech" bloat
December 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
written in exactly the kind of language that high-level decision-makers love but if you peel back the layers, it's railing against bloat and cost overruns as a way to sell newer, more expensive, "high tech" bloat
i hope hadley freeman entirely voluntarily seeks out a short pier for a very long walk
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
i hope hadley freeman entirely voluntarily seeks out a short pier for a very long walk
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Remember when the Bush White House credentialed and planted a gay escort so he could ask friendly questions? He would be the most ethical reporter in the press pool this administration has cultivated.
December 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Remember when the Bush White House credentialed and planted a gay escort so he could ask friendly questions? He would be the most ethical reporter in the press pool this administration has cultivated.
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Time to repost my edit
December 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Time to repost my edit
When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the moderation. But the royal mods, the mods by the grace of God and the law of the skies, are in practice brutal, disdainful, and mean, in theory cowardly, secretive, and deceitful, and in both respects disreputable. grow up before you’re forced to
December 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the moderation. But the royal mods, the mods by the grace of God and the law of the skies, are in practice brutal, disdainful, and mean, in theory cowardly, secretive, and deceitful, and in both respects disreputable. grow up before you’re forced to
imagine listening to @bloodwork.show here
December 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
imagine listening to @bloodwork.show here
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Apple TV is bugging out in a hilarious way
December 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Apple TV is bugging out in a hilarious way
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South Africa cancels Palestinian visa waiver, citing Israeli ‘emigration’ efforts - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/south-africa-cancels-palestinian-visa-waiver-citing-israeli-emigration
South Africa cancels Palestinian visa waiver, citing Israeli ‘emigration’ efforts
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>South Africa cancelled visa exemptions for Palestinians following an investigation into a mysterious charter flight that brought dozens of people from Gaza into the country without proper documentation last month.</p>
<p>In a statement, South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs said investigations had confirmed “the deliberate and ongoing abuse of the 90-day visa exemption for Palestinian ordinary passport holders by Israeli actors linked to ‘voluntary emigration’ efforts for residents of the Gaza Strip”.</p>
<p>The controversy began in mid-November, when 153 men, women and children <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/south-africa-accepts-plan-palestinians-flushed-out-gaza" target="_blank">arrived in Johannesburg</a> on a flight from Nairobi. They were held on the aircraft for more than 12 hours because their passports did not carry Israeli exit stamps.</p>
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www.middleeasteye.net
December 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
South Africa cancels Palestinian visa waiver, citing Israeli ‘emigration’ efforts - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/south-africa-cancels-palestinian-visa-waiver-citing-israeli-emigration
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What makes me angriest about the fake AI videos where people yell at ICE is that there’s a million actual videos, there’s actual priests being pelted with pepper balls, it’s just that the real priest didn’t say “we worship the real God not your ORANGE one” so he wasn’t quippy enough
December 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
What makes me angriest about the fake AI videos where people yell at ICE is that there’s a million actual videos, there’s actual priests being pelted with pepper balls, it’s just that the real priest didn’t say “we worship the real God not your ORANGE one” so he wasn’t quippy enough