@vpcampbell.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Media and Communication, University of Leicester
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Having just done a big follow of loads of starter packs, just a quick intro to me: I post about political communication and journalism (UK mostly), often for teaching, sometimes about space/science documentary, and a lot recently about how awful gen AI is.
I'm going to double down here. Starmer deserves to go and may well do so but much of the Lobby is acting like the Big Brother crowds of old, not fucking Woodward and Bernstein.
a woman talking into a microphone with the words hey fancy another one below her
ALT: a woman talking into a microphone with the words hey fancy another one below her
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:02 AM
I'm going to double down here. Starmer deserves to go and may well do so but much of the Lobby is acting like the Big Brother crowds of old, not fucking Woodward and Bernstein.
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Keep seeing this Copilot ad in which a woman pulls off a shit-hot 'business negotiation' by tapping away at Copilot to ask its advice every 20 seconds, as if that would put you in a position of strength rather than implying that you didn't have a fucking clue what you were doing.
February 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Keep seeing this Copilot ad in which a woman pulls off a shit-hot 'business negotiation' by tapping away at Copilot to ask its advice every 20 seconds, as if that would put you in a position of strength rather than implying that you didn't have a fucking clue what you were doing.
Watching the BBC news channel. It's like watching the Superbowl. Febrile, empty commentary, the journos besides themselves with excitement. A bad sign of people completely divorced from the realities of life.
February 9, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Watching the BBC news channel. It's like watching the Superbowl. Febrile, empty commentary, the journos besides themselves with excitement. A bad sign of people completely divorced from the realities of life.
Of course, this is all great fun for the lobby correspondents. This is what they think their job is. Drama and scandal. It might be me following this stuff for thirty years or so, but it's starting to get tiresome now.
February 9, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Of course, this is all great fun for the lobby correspondents. This is what they think their job is. Drama and scandal. It might be me following this stuff for thirty years or so, but it's starting to get tiresome now.
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February 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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I mean in politics you win or lose elections, and the other sides have a lot to do with it, but the false notion of campaign gurus being behind wins persists. Even if it were true, winning elections and governing are completely different things. Why is this beyond so many people?
February 8, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I mean in politics you win or lose elections, and the other sides have a lot to do with it, but the false notion of campaign gurus being behind wins persists. Even if it were true, winning elections and governing are completely different things. Why is this beyond so many people?
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ski jump penis doping story only underscores the advantages of shape and drape over slim fit clothing
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
February 6, 2026 at 3:03 AM
ski jump penis doping story only underscores the advantages of shape and drape over slim fit clothing
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this:
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/new-cha... Maybe if people aren't reading papers, if doesn't matter if they're not writing them either?
New chatbot ‘outperforms PhDs on literature reviews’
Cheap research round-ups by ‘hallucination-free’ OpenScholar model preferred by experts, says Nature study
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:35 PM
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/new-cha... Maybe if people aren't reading papers, if doesn't matter if they're not writing them either?
Starfleet Academy is Monster High in Space at the moment. It needs room to breathe. It's fine, Gina Yashere is great fun, but some responses are just hyperbole.
February 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Starfleet Academy is Monster High in Space at the moment. It needs room to breathe. It's fine, Gina Yashere is great fun, but some responses are just hyperbole.
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Glad I decided to get a physical copy of this gorgeous Richard Dyer reader, co-edited by my old friend and colleague @jaapkooijman.bsky.social as a true labor of love. 👍🏻
February 4, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Glad I decided to get a physical copy of this gorgeous Richard Dyer reader, co-edited by my old friend and colleague @jaapkooijman.bsky.social as a true labor of love. 👍🏻
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Jeffrey Epstein took more photos of people he only hung out with once than I have of my best friends of 15 years
February 4, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Jeffrey Epstein took more photos of people he only hung out with once than I have of my best friends of 15 years
In his first term, attacking a journalist like this led to others defending them and trying to ask the same question. Now, nothing. It's frightening.
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 4, 2026 at 8:20 AM
In his first term, attacking a journalist like this led to others defending them and trying to ask the same question. Now, nothing. It's frightening.
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Brilliant, incensed piece by Marina Hyde on all those powerful men who helped a wealthy paedophile despite his sickening crimes against young women www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s the Epstein files deja vu: how many more powerful men knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway? | Marina Hyde
I’m sorry, but this is not just a political scandal. Time to refocus on the horrific mistreatment of women and girls, and the role of these ghouls, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Brilliant, incensed piece by Marina Hyde on all those powerful men who helped a wealthy paedophile despite his sickening crimes against young women www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Time for a break from rich people getting away with everything with the help of pliant politicians, I'm going to watch the finale of series 2 of The Night Manager...
February 2, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Time for a break from rich people getting away with everything with the help of pliant politicians, I'm going to watch the finale of series 2 of The Night Manager...
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Full version of the Matthew Goodwin origin story is available to read here (free with registration):
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-m...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-m...
Matt Goodwin’s fall into the abyss
How a once respected academic embarked on a “sad, depressing journey of radicalisation”
www.thenewworld.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Full version of the Matthew Goodwin origin story is available to read here (free with registration):
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-m...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-m...
Goodwin went from PHD to Prof in 8 years but then went "oh, what... that's it?". Obviously no interest or talent for management, no future VC in waiting. TV celeb status is for historians and physicists. Not much left, if you're outside Oxbridge, but grift.
February 1, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Goodwin went from PHD to Prof in 8 years but then went "oh, what... that's it?". Obviously no interest or talent for management, no future VC in waiting. TV celeb status is for historians and physicists. Not much left, if you're outside Oxbridge, but grift.
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Goodwin literally had a hissy fit when Alan Rusbridger & David Aaronovitch went for dinner after an event they all did together & chose not to ask him. He’s palpably desperate to go to fictional dinner parties that exist only in his warped imagination. Instead he gets to suck lemons with 30p Lee.
You dont win 'em all! Reform's Matt Goodwin in Sunday Times: 'Most .. people criticising me are nerds.The last thing I want is to be at some dinner party table with Nick Robinson & Mary Beard. I'd rather shoot myself in the head'. Hang on, I'm not THAT bad!Nerds sometimes have a (thoughtful!) point.
February 1, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Goodwin literally had a hissy fit when Alan Rusbridger & David Aaronovitch went for dinner after an event they all did together & chose not to ask him. He’s palpably desperate to go to fictional dinner parties that exist only in his warped imagination. Instead he gets to suck lemons with 30p Lee.
Why are they always so proud of him as well?
January 31, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Why are they always so proud of him as well?
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As they knew full well all along
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Israel accepts health authorities’ Gaza death toll is broadly accurate, saying 70,000 have died
Israeli military’s abrupt U-turn in accepting official figures comes after years of attacking data as ‘Hamas propaganda’
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:33 PM
As they knew full well all along
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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just choked on my beverage
January 29, 2026 at 11:19 PM
just choked on my beverage
It is entirely right. So fed up of this now being the default position of politicians when it is self-evident that everyone relies on graduates whether they go themselves or not.
Rachel Reeves: "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to." I don't use local leisure centres and I don't drive, so will I be made exempt for taxation that pays for all that stuff? Or is it only education we'll be going after
January 29, 2026 at 10:48 PM
It is entirely right. So fed up of this now being the default position of politicians when it is self-evident that everyone relies on graduates whether they go themselves or not.
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friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
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“Melania” is truly the worst experience I’ve had in a theater”
-Abraham Lincoln
-Abraham Lincoln
January 29, 2026 at 2:24 AM
“Melania” is truly the worst experience I’ve had in a theater”
-Abraham Lincoln
-Abraham Lincoln
It's still Norman Bates. Moreso every time I see it actually.
Every time I see this, I think it's a painting of Norman Bates.
January 29, 2026 at 2:59 PM
It's still Norman Bates. Moreso every time I see it actually.