James Cronin
@cronin.xxx
Internet, charities, chocolate & dogs.
Founder, chair, director or trustee of a truly marvelous list of organisations that this box is too narrow too contain 🏳️🌈
Founder, chair, director or trustee of a truly marvelous list of organisations that this box is too narrow too contain 🏳️🌈
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I lost my job, my kids have measles, and my town is flooded with cocaine now that Trump pardoned all the traffickers. But at least the State Department is using Times New Roman again.
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I lost my job, my kids have measles, and my town is flooded with cocaine now that Trump pardoned all the traffickers. But at least the State Department is using Times New Roman again.
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and moral, then it’s not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power. - Dwight Eisenhower
December 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and moral, then it’s not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power. - Dwight Eisenhower
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Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
December 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
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Worth reading for lots of reasons, but particularly because it closes with something I see in my work and travels speaking on writing and AI. Many, maybe most students do not want AI-mediated schooling or lives. We can offer them something better. www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Worth reading for lots of reasons, but particularly because it closes with something I see in my work and travels speaking on writing and AI. Many, maybe most students do not want AI-mediated schooling or lives. We can offer them something better. www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
Oh my Gosh.
The number of boys I snogged, and bad decisions I made, at Love Shack in this club (The Coven) is approximately one of those uncountable infinities. Maybe Aleph 2 or even 3.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
moxdigiexhibits.omeka.net/items/show/659
The number of boys I snogged, and bad decisions I made, at Love Shack in this club (The Coven) is approximately one of those uncountable infinities. Maybe Aleph 2 or even 3.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
moxdigiexhibits.omeka.net/items/show/659
The Coven - Oxford's lost nightclub
Remember nights out at The Coven? Adam Ball went to reminisce before the building is redeveloped.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Oh my Gosh.
The number of boys I snogged, and bad decisions I made, at Love Shack in this club (The Coven) is approximately one of those uncountable infinities. Maybe Aleph 2 or even 3.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
moxdigiexhibits.omeka.net/items/show/659
The number of boys I snogged, and bad decisions I made, at Love Shack in this club (The Coven) is approximately one of those uncountable infinities. Maybe Aleph 2 or even 3.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
moxdigiexhibits.omeka.net/items/show/659
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I'm girding my loins for this event tomorrow. And slightly wondering what I've let myself in for...
Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation does brilliant work in schools - and we are delighted to host a Shakespeare festival for them every year at Magdalen.
observer.co.uk/culture/thea...
Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation does brilliant work in schools - and we are delighted to host a Shakespeare festival for them every year at Magdalen.
observer.co.uk/culture/thea...
Comedy or error: is Shakespeare actually funny? | The Observer
observer.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I'm girding my loins for this event tomorrow. And slightly wondering what I've let myself in for...
Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation does brilliant work in schools - and we are delighted to host a Shakespeare festival for them every year at Magdalen.
observer.co.uk/culture/thea...
Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation does brilliant work in schools - and we are delighted to host a Shakespeare festival for them every year at Magdalen.
observer.co.uk/culture/thea...
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I don’t know who created this, someone sent it to me, but I thought it was one of the funniest and most apt comments on Trump’s peace price. For those not British, Jimmy Saville (the UK’s most notorious sex offender) used to have a kids show where he ‘fixed’ their dreams. A huge show in its day.
December 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I don’t know who created this, someone sent it to me, but I thought it was one of the funniest and most apt comments on Trump’s peace price. For those not British, Jimmy Saville (the UK’s most notorious sex offender) used to have a kids show where he ‘fixed’ their dreams. A huge show in its day.
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A dog writing would have written, "Place the chicken on the counter, near the edge, and leave the room for 5 minutes while it cools."
December 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A dog writing would have written, "Place the chicken on the counter, near the edge, and leave the room for 5 minutes while it cools."
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The kind of serendipitous encounter which is facilitated by the multi-disciplinary collegiate culture of Oxbridge, often leading to groundbreaking research.
OrganOx (recently sold for £1.5 bn) originated in just such a meeting between an engineer and a surgeon.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
OrganOx (recently sold for £1.5 bn) originated in just such a meeting between an engineer and a surgeon.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The kind of serendipitous encounter which is facilitated by the multi-disciplinary collegiate culture of Oxbridge, often leading to groundbreaking research.
OrganOx (recently sold for £1.5 bn) originated in just such a meeting between an engineer and a surgeon.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
OrganOx (recently sold for £1.5 bn) originated in just such a meeting between an engineer and a surgeon.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Anyone who uses the language of business when talking about government is, at this point, a dishonest looter and should be loudly and repeatedly mocked
December 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Anyone who uses the language of business when talking about government is, at this point, a dishonest looter and should be loudly and repeatedly mocked
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According to this Supreme Court:
❌ Using race conscious admissions in college to give minorities a fair shot
✅ Using race to profile people on the street to detain for immigration sweeps
✅ Using race to disenfranchise minorities in elecciones
The only consistency is white supremacy.
❌ Using race conscious admissions in college to give minorities a fair shot
✅ Using race to profile people on the street to detain for immigration sweeps
✅ Using race to disenfranchise minorities in elecciones
The only consistency is white supremacy.
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
According to this Supreme Court:
❌ Using race conscious admissions in college to give minorities a fair shot
✅ Using race to profile people on the street to detain for immigration sweeps
✅ Using race to disenfranchise minorities in elecciones
The only consistency is white supremacy.
❌ Using race conscious admissions in college to give minorities a fair shot
✅ Using race to profile people on the street to detain for immigration sweeps
✅ Using race to disenfranchise minorities in elecciones
The only consistency is white supremacy.
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the modern internet in a nutshell:
December 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
the modern internet in a nutshell:
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"I will not reduce you to the things you said over the course of a single evening, or that weird laugh you did after the pistachio-thing."
Texts You Should Send Me After We Hang Out
Hey, thanks so much for coming tonight. I’ve just checked with everyone else at the party, and we’re all in agreement that you behaved really norma...
buff.ly
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"I will not reduce you to the things you said over the course of a single evening, or that weird laugh you did after the pistachio-thing."
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Trans Safety Network are extremely concerned that DHSC are continuing to solicit input on trans healthcare from Bayswater and other anti trans groups after a reply to our previous concerns stated they would not work with groups who promote harmful practices or discriminatory views
Wes Streeting continues to ignore safeguarding concerns about parents group linked to abusive practices
Trans Safety Network has seen evidence Wes Streeting and the DHSC solicited feedback on a “puberty blocker risk form” from Bayswater Support Group and other anti-trans groups in September 2025, 6 mont...
transsafety.network
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Trans Safety Network are extremely concerned that DHSC are continuing to solicit input on trans healthcare from Bayswater and other anti trans groups after a reply to our previous concerns stated they would not work with groups who promote harmful practices or discriminatory views
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Young people feel like we've lost agency over our lives. We can't *really* pick where to live, or whether to change jobs, or how many kids to have -- the cost of living makes us feel trapped.
Younger candidates can powerfully speak to that emotional truth. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/young-c...
Younger candidates can powerfully speak to that emotional truth. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/young-c...
Young Candidates Can Speak to the Affordability Crisis Because They’re Living It
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Young people feel like we've lost agency over our lives. We can't *really* pick where to live, or whether to change jobs, or how many kids to have -- the cost of living makes us feel trapped.
Younger candidates can powerfully speak to that emotional truth. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/young-c...
Younger candidates can powerfully speak to that emotional truth. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/young-c...
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A great quote for those of us in the older generations:
"Maybe that’s what older generations don’t quite see yet: young people aren’t asking for anything radical. We’re just asking for the space to build our lives — and maybe even dream a little, too."
"Maybe that’s what older generations don’t quite see yet: young people aren’t asking for anything radical. We’re just asking for the space to build our lives — and maybe even dream a little, too."
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A great quote for those of us in the older generations:
"Maybe that’s what older generations don’t quite see yet: young people aren’t asking for anything radical. We’re just asking for the space to build our lives — and maybe even dream a little, too."
"Maybe that’s what older generations don’t quite see yet: young people aren’t asking for anything radical. We’re just asking for the space to build our lives — and maybe even dream a little, too."
Elon Musk's legacy of failure, destruction and unnecessary deaths. He's a real psychopath.
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Elon Musk's legacy of failure, destruction and unnecessary deaths. He's a real psychopath.
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When pregnant woman boarded a subway car, 38% of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to 68%.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
The Batman effect: The mere sight of the 'superhero' can make us more altruistic
If "Batman" appears on the scene, we immediately become more altruistic: in fact, research conducted by psychologists from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, shows that the sudden appear...
phys.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
When pregnant woman boarded a subway car, 38% of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to 68%.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Misread this as samosas. Was still interested.
Brilliant demonstration of how maple samaras catch the wind; The Huntington, January 2025
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Misread this as samosas. Was still interested.