Raluca Terry-Enescu
@ralucahippie.bsky.social
Health policy wonk, workers' rights advocate & employability mentor. Data cruncher, purveyor of pretty graphs. Relentlessly hopeful. Kitchen gadgets addict, poster of cat pics, wearer of too many florals. She/her. Views my own. #QISky
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In light of the Trump/Musk circus, let me remind you of your favourite Romanian language fact:
When someone throws stupid tantrums hurting their own interests just for the sake of being an ahole, we say they hit their own testicles with an adze (carpentry tool). The Romanian word for adze is Tesla.
When someone throws stupid tantrums hurting their own interests just for the sake of being an ahole, we say they hit their own testicles with an adze (carpentry tool). The Romanian word for adze is Tesla.
I just kept pursuing things that were interesting, were making a positive difference or ideally both. That's how public health found me.
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I just kept pursuing things that were interesting, were making a positive difference or ideally both. That's how public health found me.
Hah!
Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Hah!
A bad habit for our age?
LLMs reflect what they are taught
LLMs reflect what they are taught
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A bad habit for our age?
LLMs reflect what they are taught
LLMs reflect what they are taught
That sounds dangerously like that episode of The Thick of It where they do a focus group of one person who turns out to be a paid actress.
Morgan McSweeney (UK Labour's Dominic Cummings knock-off) is reportedly experimenting with 'synthetic voters' – "essentially fake focus groups of AI voters who can tell ministers more quickly and cheaply what the public thinks of policies" www.spectator.co.uk/article/can-...
#govtech #govcomms
#govtech #govcomms
November 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
That sounds dangerously like that episode of The Thick of It where they do a focus group of one person who turns out to be a paid actress.
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For those of you in the UK, especially if you are a UK citizen, can you please take part in the consultation on changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) that were just proposed by the UK government. We need as many people as possible to reject these proposals. www.gov.uk/government/c...
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
www.gov.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
For those of you in the UK, especially if you are a UK citizen, can you please take part in the consultation on changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) that were just proposed by the UK government. We need as many people as possible to reject these proposals. www.gov.uk/government/c...
Hah, unsurprising.
A few weeks ago this Reform rising star went on LBC & said young people were being paid too much,citing his experience in hospitality.
So we looked into his companies & found 3 tribunal judgments for failure to pay wages, holiday pay & provide contracts
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
So we looked into his companies & found 3 tribunal judgments for failure to pay wages, holiday pay & provide contracts
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Hah, unsurprising.
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“The students best prepared to evaluate AI output could very well be the ones not with specialized AI training but with deep domain knowledge in the disciplines. This, of course, is exactly the kind of knowledge and skills that colleges have been trying to nurture for centuries."
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“The students best prepared to evaluate AI output could very well be the ones not with specialized AI training but with deep domain knowledge in the disciplines. This, of course, is exactly the kind of knowledge and skills that colleges have been trying to nurture for centuries."
I'm trying not to swear on social media, but :
For fuck's sake, when have we decided that refugees fleeing persecution and atrocities aren't allowed a bit of joy?
For fuck's sake, when have we decided that refugees fleeing persecution and atrocities aren't allowed a bit of joy?
There is so much messed up about this front page Express story today.
There's no suggestion or evidence ANY alcohol or drugs was consumed. This is literally just people dancing.
And buried in the piece: "The footage is believed to have been filmed just before Labour took power in July last year."
There's no suggestion or evidence ANY alcohol or drugs was consumed. This is literally just people dancing.
And buried in the piece: "The footage is believed to have been filmed just before Labour took power in July last year."
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I'm trying not to swear on social media, but :
For fuck's sake, when have we decided that refugees fleeing persecution and atrocities aren't allowed a bit of joy?
For fuck's sake, when have we decided that refugees fleeing persecution and atrocities aren't allowed a bit of joy?
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why can they not just fix it
![[Scene is MCcDONALDS PICKUP POINT but for the most part we can only see the close up faces of tha CUSTOMER and the McDONALDS EMPLOYEE at the serving point].
1
CUSTOMER:
Hi - I’m afraid this isn’t what I ordered
2
McDONALDS EMPLOYEE:
Number 187?
CUSTOMER:
Yes
3
CUSTOMER:
Maybe I pressed the wrong thing?
I just ordered one strawberry milkshake.
4
EMPLOYEE:
Oh - yeah sorry
5
EMPLOYEE:
The milkshake machine’s not working.
6
EMPLOYEE:
The only flavours we can do are vanilla, banana, and Labour Leader Pretending to be Nigel Farage.
7
CUSTOMER:
Is that a new flavour?
EMPLOYEE:
Yeah
8
[We now see that the employee has placed a gigantic milkshake cup on the counter]
EMPLOYEE:
If you look inside, there’s a Labour leader pretending to be Nigel Farage.
9
[Customer looks inside the cup]
10
[Show Keir Starmer dressed as Nigel Farage inside the cup]
CUSTOMER:
So there is
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CUSTOMER:
Is that something people want, then?
EMPLOYEE:
No! No, not at all.
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EMPLOYEE:
It just keeps happening when we press banana.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
why can they not just fix it
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Ah, the duality of London.
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Ah, the duality of London.
I thought Samsung Galaxy were pretty good and fancy? Used to have them some years ago, but switched to Google Pixel- to which I've been faithful for the past 3 years or so. (One time I did have my Pixel snatched in the Tube too, so that one is attractive to thieves I guess).
The brutal reality of life as an Android owner in London: First you’re shocked as you’re mugged. Then you’re humiliated as the thief returns the device. www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...
"Don't want no Samsung"
Plus: Scroll down to see what might be the strangest new artwork in the capital and read more on our investigations into the capital's landlords.
www.londoncentric.media
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I thought Samsung Galaxy were pretty good and fancy? Used to have them some years ago, but switched to Google Pixel- to which I've been faithful for the past 3 years or so. (One time I did have my Pixel snatched in the Tube too, so that one is attractive to thieves I guess).
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We're looking for a trainee solicitor with a strong sense of justice to join our team ✨
By the end of two years you will have the opportunity to fully qualify as a solicitor, with the costs of all mandatory legal training and exams fully covered.
www.workrightscentre.org/publications...
By the end of two years you will have the opportunity to fully qualify as a solicitor, with the costs of all mandatory legal training and exams fully covered.
www.workrightscentre.org/publications...
We’re recruiting a Trainee Solicitor (Immigration and Employment) | Work Rights Centre
www.workrightscentre.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We're looking for a trainee solicitor with a strong sense of justice to join our team ✨
By the end of two years you will have the opportunity to fully qualify as a solicitor, with the costs of all mandatory legal training and exams fully covered.
www.workrightscentre.org/publications...
By the end of two years you will have the opportunity to fully qualify as a solicitor, with the costs of all mandatory legal training and exams fully covered.
www.workrightscentre.org/publications...
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1. These changes will force refugees - people fleeing war, torture, persecution - into a state of permanent precarity for two decades. It is very difficult for people with time-limited leave to secure good work, as most employers look for certainty. Shutting refugees out of good work only... (1/X)
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
1. These changes will force refugees - people fleeing war, torture, persecution - into a state of permanent precarity for two decades. It is very difficult for people with time-limited leave to secure good work, as most employers look for certainty. Shutting refugees out of good work only... (1/X)
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can’t say what’s going through my head right now
But something about US history, Black women, Native women, and Nazis
But something about US history, Black women, Native women, and Nazis
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
can’t say what’s going through my head right now
But something about US history, Black women, Native women, and Nazis
But something about US history, Black women, Native women, and Nazis
This is so cool.
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This is so cool.
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My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
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The best way to understand what is actually “driving the small boats” is “if something carried a one in a 100 risk of death, would you do it it it gave you ten more years of healthy life?”
Shabana Mahmood tells Sunday Times it should take 20 years for somebody granted refugee status in UK to secure permanent status (ie, reapply 6 times) if came without permission.
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood: ‘Illegal migration is tearing Britain apart’
The home secretary is planning to introduce a 20-year wait for permanent stay to end a ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers
www.thetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The best way to understand what is actually “driving the small boats” is “if something carried a one in a 100 risk of death, would you do it it it gave you ten more years of healthy life?”
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The real issue isn’t immigration, it’s the feedback loop: platforms amplify anxiety → voters feel it → politicians chase it → hollow policy follows. Until we break that cycle, we won’t get functional decisions or functional democracy.
November 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The real issue isn’t immigration, it’s the feedback loop: platforms amplify anxiety → voters feel it → politicians chase it → hollow policy follows. Until we break that cycle, we won’t get functional decisions or functional democracy.
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Day 319 of #365DaysOfSmiles
Always show up! It's the only way to get a treat
Always show up! It's the only way to get a treat
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Day 319 of #365DaysOfSmiles
Always show up! It's the only way to get a treat
Always show up! It's the only way to get a treat
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Trying to imagine what this policy would have meant for my grandfather and his friends, facing the constant uncertainty of when and whether they would have been deported, after fighting to save this country from the Nazis
November 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Trying to imagine what this policy would have meant for my grandfather and his friends, facing the constant uncertainty of when and whether they would have been deported, after fighting to save this country from the Nazis
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who gets this kind of shitty romanticizing prose written about them, and who gets dry commentary, depends on being in the club or not. as a journalist I find little more obnoxious than the idea of going to bat for somebody who violated basic professional ethics simply because she's in the club
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
who gets this kind of shitty romanticizing prose written about them, and who gets dry commentary, depends on being in the club or not. as a journalist I find little more obnoxious than the idea of going to bat for somebody who violated basic professional ethics simply because she's in the club
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no YOU'RE a lemon
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
no YOU'RE a lemon
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Come work with me
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Come work with me
Matt Godwin's opinions are very, well, unbritish.
Goodwinism is an unpopular, extreme view.
10% of white people think you have to be white to be English - but 84% of white people disagree with that. Two-thirds of ethnic minorities think Englishness is a civic, not ethnic identity, though 1/4 of minority groups join 1/10 of the majority group in seeing it as ethnically defined (YouGov)
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Matt Godwin's opinions are very, well, unbritish.