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Anurag Deb

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PhD candidate at Queen's University Belfast. Looking at legislative drafting. Interested in devolution, public law, politics and climate change. Mostly unserious takes (anything on Stormont) + a few slightly serious ones (N. Tayto > S. Tayto). He/him

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Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social · Nov 7

So, hello new followers. I mostly post unserious takes on public law, occasionally changing it up with slightly serious takes on public law. Sometimes I incorporate the occult into these takes. Welcome

a woman with blood on her face is screaming with her mouth open

Alt: a woman with blood on her face is screaming with her mouth open. Scene from the 2015 gothic horror film, The Witch

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Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social · 6h

Good Lord, a lawyer? Acting in their clients' best interests no matter who the clients are? What a story 😱

Jokes aside, tarring lawyers with the characteristics of their clients has a dark history in Ireland.

Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · 6h

Is there a barrel bottom that hasn’t been scraped yet in the determined drive to attack the character and professionalism of the Left candidate who’s doing well in polls? Of course Catherine Connolly BL acted for clients on a normal disinterested basis!

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Catherine Connolly did ‘all types of work’ as barrister and represented banks during crash

Presidential election candidate says she was ‘obliged as a lawyer to act on behalf of variety of clients’

www.irishtimes.com

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Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social · 1d

Shutki as an ingredient in various things. It's a dried or sometimes fermented fish/seafood product from Bengal. So pungent that even a nuclear waste disposal site couldn't contain it. But it's delicious.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

What foods do you love that you fully acknowledge make you a pervert for loving them?

Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social · 2d

Unrelated but can we please use "begging the question" correctly when writing apparently serious things? Yes I know about the evolution of language. And I will still die on this hill.

Aoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social · 2d

Ehm...

1) Because it is an integral part of the UK - not an overseas territority etcs., - & UK wide law applies to it

2) Direct Rule is always a possibility

3) Nice to the Conversative & Unionist Party looking for yet another sea border, as that is so popular.

See caj.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social · 3d

It's really very easy to find a country-appropriate reaction to a discussion about political events in a specific country #Áras25

Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social · 4d

The basic structure doctrine is constitutional law's answer to the ship of Theseus. Those who argue that the procedural validity of an amendment defeats the logic of basic structure don't care much about constitutional substance.

This concludes today's episode of constitutional law trolling.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 4d

Reposted with alt text. Also, from a cursory look, this appears to basically be true, which is pretty funny. Philosophers... debate.

Number of times the Wikipedia entry about the ship of Theseus has been edited since it was published in 2003: 2,052
Number of sentences from the original entry that remain today: 0

Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social · 5d

Solidarity with the two women defiantly trying to have an alfresco dining experience outside a posh deli as Storm Amy hits Belfast.

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Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social · 5d

Oh no Ubisoft, Assassin's Creed used to have such good trailers, what happened 😭

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 5d

Mentally ill? What makes you think that?

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 5d

This is very late, because it’s been a very long day. But this is from talking to Manchester’s Jewish community

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Manchester’s Jews left in fear after ‘inevitable’ attack strikes at heart of community

[FREE TO READ] A multicultural city proud of its sense of cohesion reels after atrocity shatters calm on holiest day of the Jewish year

on.ft.com

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 6d

Terrible news from Manchester. The attacks on Heaton Park Synagogue’s congregation are utterly horrific. Thinking of the bereaved families & those recovering in hospital. Antisemitism, Islamophobia & hatred, based on religion, are despicable. Condolences to Manchester.

Manchester synagogue stabbing LIVE: Two dead and suspect killed in terror attack

Officers are in attendance outside Heaton Park synagogue following an incident during Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social · 6d

100/10, no notes.

George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 6d

Kemi Badenoch saying “the last time I checked, Northern Ireland did vote to leave” is so on-brand it hurts. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Kemi Badenoch mistakenly says NI voted in favour of Brexit

In a BBC NI interview, the Tory leader said the

www.bbc.co.uk

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Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social · 7d

The ones that come to mind are all from Indian directors, so not a surprise. Irrfan Khan in The Namesake is one of my favourites. He wasn't Bengali, but his character was, and Khan's English accent (as a Bengali character) was absolutely spot on. Sounded a lot like my dad, even.

Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social · 7d

A personal gripe I have with accents being depicted in Western English language films, aside from Irish accents (esp. NI accents) is about accents from South Asia. A part of the world with over a billion people and hundreds of languages does not sound uniform when speaking English. How could it?!

Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 8d

Good article. It's a real problem, is that the same for other countries?

Harsh on DiCaprio, who in Gangs of NY had been in foster care in the US since a young child. He even says he's lost his accent in the film.

Shout out for Daisy Edgar-Jones in Normal People

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

‘If you get it wrong, it’s sacrilegious!’ TV’s problem with Irish accents

From James Norton’s ‘terror’ at playing a Dubliner in House of Guinness to Helen Mirren doing an impersonation so atrocious it went viral – why do actors struggle to play people from Ireland?

www.theguardian.com

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meganmcdermott.bsky.social @meganmcdermott.bsky.social · 9d

New blog from me on EU Import Ban on Forced Labour and the European Commission proposal to add the Regulation to the Windsor Framework.

www.assemblyresearchmatters.org/2025/09/26/e...

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Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social · 10d

Famously, the primacy of EU law stops in the application of EU law whenever Member States say so.

Anton Spisak @antonspisak.bsky.social · 12d

Another nail in the coffin of Slovakia’s democracy. Parliament has today approved a constitutional amendment that enshrines recognition of “only two sexes” (male and female), restricts adoption to married heterosexual couples, and ends the primacy of EU law over “ethical and cultural matters”. 1/4

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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 12d

Landmark study on symptom dismissal and diagnostic delays in women’s health launched

The study will explore women's experiences of medical gaslighting and issues including diagnostic delays and patient–doctor interactions.

Read: www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...

Researchers will examine diagnostic delays, complex overlapping symptoms, and patient–doctor interactions. Pictured are Dr Sarah Foley and Jenny Cooney-Quane, UCC School of Applied Psychology.

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Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social · 12d

Digital ID has created heightened anxiety about personal data but has apparently saved India "around $10 billion annually" so who can say if it's bad

BBC News - Aadhaar: 'Leak' in world's biggest database worries Indians - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-a...

Aadhaar: 'Leak' in world's biggest database worries Indians

Officials file a complaint after a report that personal details on the database are being sold.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 14d

It's ridiculous that an intervention before the UKSC is being hyped, let alone backed by the Tories:

1 This Dillon appeal is not about immunity, which the current UK Govt has already agreed to abandon.
2 The UKSC thus has no basis to consider these claims.
3 The end.

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Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social · 14d

No, it doesn't. The amnesty *itself* (among other things) is under challenge in the UKSC. Does no one read anything before publishing these days?

The Telegraph, "Starmer's plan to scrap amnesty for Troubles veterans faces Supreme Court challenge"

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Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social · 14d

Saw this and rang the parents who are thankfully okay.

But Mum also said (incredulously) that she'd never seen flooding like this before.

"I saw a chicken coop floating away! Outside in the street!"

BBC News - In pictures: India's Kolkata sees worst rains in 39 years
www.bbc.com/news/article...

India's Kolkata city sees worst rains in 39 years

At least 10 people have died, most from electrocution, following the record-breaking downpour.

www.bbc.com

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Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social · 15d

I didn't buy the Mass Effect 3 Leviathan DLC just to be told that its final battle was held on an impossible planet.

Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 15d

booooo

For years, scientists thought these planets, which are larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, could form far from their stars, sweeping up ice beyond the so-called "snow line." As the planets migrated inward, scientists have thought that ice might melt into oceans hidden beneath hydrogen skies. Such
hypothetical worlds were dubbed "Hycean planets," a blend of "hydrogen"
and "ocean." "Our calculations show that this scenario is not possible," Caroline Dorn, an assistant professor of Physics at ETH Zürich in Switzerland who co-led the new
study, said in a statement.

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 16d

1/3 There’s a strong relationship between Reform / far right support and the Brexit Leave constituency. A continuation of the refusal to accept that Britain is poorer and more unequal not due to immigration but because it is no longer subsidised by an Empire. theconversation.com/brexit-how-t...

Brexit: how the end of Britain’s empire led to rising inequality that helped Leave to victory

The link between empire, inequality – and Brexit.

theconversation.com

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Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social · 18d

So instead of assessing the student submission and providing feedback, Lecturer A is summarising the student submission and assessment, then assessing and personalising the AI feedback. Presumably a few hours into this 2 week window, Lecturer A says "fuck it" and opens a bottle of wine.

Ernesto Priego @ernestopriego.com · 21d

Simply astonishing. Maybe Lecturer A should not have to mark over 100 essays in a two-week window in the first place? Invest in qualified staff and reduce impossible workloads FFS www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strate...

Screenshot. King's College London page. Examples of effective practice

The following scenarios follow the above guidelines and offer insights into ways that academic staff can use AI transparently and in an assistive capacity, always ensuring human oversight and judgment remain central.
Scenario A – Scaling feedback while maintaining quality

Lecturer A is responsible for marking over 100 essays within a two-week window.

Conscious of the limitations this workload places on the depth of individual feedback, they adopt a hybrid approach using their university’s approved or supported LLM tool, Copilot.

Without ever uploading student work directly, Lecturer A composes an anonymised summary for each student, noting which marking criteria were met and the approximate percentage achieved for each. They input this summary alongside the official rubric into Copilot, prompting it to generate supportive, criterion-referenced feedback. This feedback is then carefully reviewed, adapted, and personalised before being uploaded to the marking platform.

Students are made aware of this process in advance and shown a demonstration, reinforcing transparency and trust.

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Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social · 19d

Proofs on a forthcoming chapter in a collection about Extrajudicial Communication edited by @helenetyrrell.bsky.social and Conall Mallory. This was fun to write 😊

And no: the Marmite toast reference isn't clickbait; one judge had a very special interest in it.

"Ermine trims and Marmite toast: judicial portraits from extrajudicial aesthetics"

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