@louisr.bsky.social
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Marginal tax rates for graduates with student loans – add interest and another 6% for postgrads.
£25,000: 37%
£50,270: 51%
£100,000: 71%
£25,000: 37%
£50,270: 51%
£100,000: 71%
February 1, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Marginal tax rates for graduates with student loans – add interest and another 6% for postgrads.
£25,000: 37%
£50,270: 51%
£100,000: 71%
£25,000: 37%
£50,270: 51%
£100,000: 71%
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Geographers, in case you missed this detail, Alex Pretti graduated from the Minnesota Geography department in 2011.
January 26, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Geographers, in case you missed this detail, Alex Pretti graduated from the Minnesota Geography department in 2011.
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Back in the beforetimes of 2021, over on the other place, I set out to answer the age old question "is my wankpanzer bigger than a tank". Here are those findings for the Bluesky record.
Q1. Is my Ford Ranger bigger than a tank?
A. Not quite but getting there.
Q1. Is my Ford Ranger bigger than a tank?
A. Not quite but getting there.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Back in the beforetimes of 2021, over on the other place, I set out to answer the age old question "is my wankpanzer bigger than a tank". Here are those findings for the Bluesky record.
Q1. Is my Ford Ranger bigger than a tank?
A. Not quite but getting there.
Q1. Is my Ford Ranger bigger than a tank?
A. Not quite but getting there.
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Hundreds of jobs have already gone at the University of Edinburgh, and the Joint Unions Finance Working Group estimates that *1000+ jobs could be at risk* in the coming months.
If you are a UCUE member: post your ballot now!!
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/8snje8s...
If you are a UCUE member: post your ballot now!!
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/8snje8s...
Behind management’s latest moves: large scale compulsory redundancies coming soon — UCU Edinburgh
With hundreds of jobs already lost, a further 1,000+ jobs are on the line
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk
October 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hundreds of jobs have already gone at the University of Edinburgh, and the Joint Unions Finance Working Group estimates that *1000+ jobs could be at risk* in the coming months.
If you are a UCUE member: post your ballot now!!
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/8snje8s...
If you are a UCUE member: post your ballot now!!
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/8snje8s...
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Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@seatsixtyone.bsky.social @flightfreeuk.bsky.social Are negative experiences of the OBB Nightjet common? On the Vienna - Milan train our entire carriage didn’t show up and we were forced to sleep in seats rather than a couchette.
August 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
@seatsixtyone.bsky.social @flightfreeuk.bsky.social Are negative experiences of the OBB Nightjet common? On the Vienna - Milan train our entire carriage didn’t show up and we were forced to sleep in seats rather than a couchette.
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I am horrified. If you use US material, download all old reports you use. The record will be erased. Even that might not save you: every report sourced from the US will now have to be suspected of politicised manipulation and will in the future the same credibility as Iran’s human rights reports
The Trump administration has announced that the US will rewrite past climate reports, in a clear attempt to erase scientific history and undermine the consensus on human-caused climate change.
US to rewrite its past national climate reports
US President Donald Trump's administration is revising past editions of the nation's premier climate report -- its latest move to undermine the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming.
www.france24.com
August 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I am horrified. If you use US material, download all old reports you use. The record will be erased. Even that might not save you: every report sourced from the US will now have to be suspected of politicised manipulation and will in the future the same credibility as Iran’s human rights reports
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This is not caused primarily by "screen time".
It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
‘Worrying’ levels of screen time means young people losing confidence to socialise in person, minister warns – UK politics live
Culture secretary Lisa Nandy says ‘majority of young people spend all, or almost all, of their free time alone in their bedrooms, online’
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This is not caused primarily by "screen time".
It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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This is a complete mess. The government is promising new changes, new concessions, 90 minutes before MPs vote.
None of this is written down. The Bill we are voting on tonight is unamended.
This is an unacceptable way of making laws. Just pull the Bill.
None of this is written down. The Bill we are voting on tonight is unamended.
This is an unacceptable way of making laws. Just pull the Bill.
July 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is a complete mess. The government is promising new changes, new concessions, 90 minutes before MPs vote.
None of this is written down. The Bill we are voting on tonight is unamended.
This is an unacceptable way of making laws. Just pull the Bill.
None of this is written down. The Bill we are voting on tonight is unamended.
This is an unacceptable way of making laws. Just pull the Bill.
Hi @seatsixtyone.bsky.social , long time fan! I'm trying to book the NJ233 train from Vienna to La Spezia but the route doesn't seem to exist anymore. NJ233 now only seems to go as far as Milan, but I cannot find anywhere online confriming the cancellation of the route. Could you help please?
June 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Hi @seatsixtyone.bsky.social , long time fan! I'm trying to book the NJ233 train from Vienna to La Spezia but the route doesn't seem to exist anymore. NJ233 now only seems to go as far as Milan, but I cannot find anywhere online confriming the cancellation of the route. Could you help please?
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'Don't you dare try to invest in our area or create jobs'.
Just imagine this lot in charge of the country
Just imagine this lot in charge of the country
May 4, 2025 at 6:11 AM
'Don't you dare try to invest in our area or create jobs'.
Just imagine this lot in charge of the country
Just imagine this lot in charge of the country
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🌺 Geographers at any career stage anywhere in the world! Last day to join 330 of us — PhD students to profs — committed to trans inclusion and to pushing back against the discriminatory Supreme Court/EHRC events. Please share.
Closes Wed 30 Apr 1700 GMT docs.google.com/document/u/0...
Closes Wed 30 Apr 1700 GMT docs.google.com/document/u/0...
April 30, 2025 at 5:57 AM
🌺 Geographers at any career stage anywhere in the world! Last day to join 330 of us — PhD students to profs — committed to trans inclusion and to pushing back against the discriminatory Supreme Court/EHRC events. Please share.
Closes Wed 30 Apr 1700 GMT docs.google.com/document/u/0...
Closes Wed 30 Apr 1700 GMT docs.google.com/document/u/0...
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Update: in dialogue with the journal editors now. Thanks to those who stepped up as allies and friends to also raise their concerns.
While I'm disappointed in the research quality, I'm more cut up by the class discrimination. I wouldn't wish "a taste for deprivation" on anyone else.
While I'm disappointed in the research quality, I'm more cut up by the class discrimination. I wouldn't wish "a taste for deprivation" on anyone else.
Does Geography have a (working) class problem?
If you don't already know the answer, this should help;
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Ps fwiw, most chippies where I'm from are owned by Greek or Chinese families, but funnily enough this isn't even considered.
If you don't already know the answer, this should help;
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Ps fwiw, most chippies where I'm from are owned by Greek or Chinese families, but funnily enough this isn't even considered.
A taste for deprivation? Fish, chips and leaving the European Union
This paper explores the relationship between food culture and political behaviour through the lens of the United Kingdom’s referendum on leaving the E…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Update: in dialogue with the journal editors now. Thanks to those who stepped up as allies and friends to also raise their concerns.
While I'm disappointed in the research quality, I'm more cut up by the class discrimination. I wouldn't wish "a taste for deprivation" on anyone else.
While I'm disappointed in the research quality, I'm more cut up by the class discrimination. I wouldn't wish "a taste for deprivation" on anyone else.
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No I'm not going to share the Trump Gaza video. It doesn't tell us anything we don't already know and any outrage at stuff like this will make him produce more of it because MAGA knows that an enraged resistance is a resistance not organising.
Ignore it.
Ignore it.
February 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
No I'm not going to share the Trump Gaza video. It doesn't tell us anything we don't already know and any outrage at stuff like this will make him produce more of it because MAGA knows that an enraged resistance is a resistance not organising.
Ignore it.
Ignore it.
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It's annoying how clearly this is going to play out.
They gut the FAA.
Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted.
Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.
They gut the FAA.
Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted.
Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.
February 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It's annoying how clearly this is going to play out.
They gut the FAA.
Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted.
Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.
They gut the FAA.
Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted.
Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.
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Scrolling Bluesky and becoming more depressed because Bluesky is good at accurately reporting the news and what is happening
February 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Scrolling Bluesky and becoming more depressed because Bluesky is good at accurately reporting the news and what is happening
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Christ on a bike: Newcastle wants academics to stop researching, thinking and writing unless they have grants. University sector is f**cked. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Newcastle University looking to cut some 'unfunded research'
UCU representative Prof Matt Perry says the move is "reputationally damaging" to the institution.
www.bbc.com
January 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Christ on a bike: Newcastle wants academics to stop researching, thinking and writing unless they have grants. University sector is f**cked. www.bbc.com/news/article...
The British media and politicians need to stop giving Musk attention
This is a very odd article because it gives no sources other than Matt Goodwin's public tweets and a very cryptic "according to people briefed on the matter". Beyond that it's just repeating Musk's tweets. It's essentially very badly done clickbait.
People briefed on the matter said the billionaire believed 'western civilisation' was under threat, and that he was interested in building support for parties such as Reform UK to force a change. www.ft.com/content/dd4b...
January 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The British media and politicians need to stop giving Musk attention
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Oh what the actual FUCK
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke is now amplifying residential school denialism. It’s just the latest example of his embrace of extreme right-wing conspiracies and how he’s trying to use his position to reshape Canadian politics.
January 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Oh what the actual FUCK
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Y’all, what the fuck. They coded what they *think* non-white people use?
January 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Y’all, what the fuck. They coded what they *think* non-white people use?
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🚨 ATTENTION THEORYCELS: PEAK FOUCAULT HAS BEEN REACHED 🚨
ANNUAL CITATIONS FOR FOUCAULT HAVE BEEN IN DECLINE SINCE 2020
YOU CAN STOP PRETENDING TO HAVE READ FOUCAULT, AND INSTEAD PRETEND TO BE ABOVE READING FOUCAULT
ANNUAL CITATIONS FOR FOUCAULT HAVE BEEN IN DECLINE SINCE 2020
YOU CAN STOP PRETENDING TO HAVE READ FOUCAULT, AND INSTEAD PRETEND TO BE ABOVE READING FOUCAULT
December 15, 2024 at 6:41 PM
🚨 ATTENTION THEORYCELS: PEAK FOUCAULT HAS BEEN REACHED 🚨
ANNUAL CITATIONS FOR FOUCAULT HAVE BEEN IN DECLINE SINCE 2020
YOU CAN STOP PRETENDING TO HAVE READ FOUCAULT, AND INSTEAD PRETEND TO BE ABOVE READING FOUCAULT
ANNUAL CITATIONS FOR FOUCAULT HAVE BEEN IN DECLINE SINCE 2020
YOU CAN STOP PRETENDING TO HAVE READ FOUCAULT, AND INSTEAD PRETEND TO BE ABOVE READING FOUCAULT
If Starmers Labour party don’t change their current path then it’s looking like a Reform landslide come 2029. Very worrying.
❗️ Last night, Labour lost two council by-elections (one to Reform, and one to the Conservatives).
In both contests, Labour's vote plunged by 33pts+ 👇
In both contests, Labour's vote plunged by 33pts+ 👇
December 20, 2024 at 7:56 PM
If Starmers Labour party don’t change their current path then it’s looking like a Reform landslide come 2029. Very worrying.
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Dual policing and political favouritism in law enforcement in overt action.
If climate change protestors did this or even planned to do it, they get multi-year sentences.
Farmers do it scot free, and their organizers are not charged.
If climate change protestors did this or even planned to do it, they get multi-year sentences.
Farmers do it scot free, and their organizers are not charged.
December 12, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Dual policing and political favouritism in law enforcement in overt action.
If climate change protestors did this or even planned to do it, they get multi-year sentences.
Farmers do it scot free, and their organizers are not charged.
If climate change protestors did this or even planned to do it, they get multi-year sentences.
Farmers do it scot free, and their organizers are not charged.
And academics question why generative AI is being used…
With university assignment deadlines coming up, I'm thinking of this:
'When combined with time spent attending lectures, classes and other study, students with part-time jobs are averaging 48-hour working weeks during term time, while some have 56-hour weeks'
www.theguardian.com/education/ar...
'When combined with time spent attending lectures, classes and other study, students with part-time jobs are averaging 48-hour working weeks during term time, while some have 56-hour weeks'
www.theguardian.com/education/ar...
More than half of UK students working long hours in paid jobs
Lack of maintenance support is creating two-tier higher education system, say experts
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2024 at 8:34 AM
And academics question why generative AI is being used…