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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 11d

Could someone smarter than me explain how the Greens reconcile their 'come one, come all' immigration policy with their 'build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything' housing policy?

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 11d

Switching 2p from National Insurance to Income Tax would bring the rate of tax paid by pensioners closer to that paid by working-age people.

Even so, pensioners with incomes below £40,000 would still be better off next year than this year, due to upcoming increases to the state pension age ⤵️

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 11d

Increasingly I think one has to accept that a chunk of the Labour party is ideologically committed to an anti-enterprise, pro-losing position.

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Newcastle United @newcastleunited.com · Aug 25

HOWAY THE LADS 👊

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Adam Ramshaw @ramshaw.bsky.social · Aug 11

Breakfast. Dinner. Tea.

I will die on this hill.

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Northumbria Law and Society @nulawandsociety.bsky.social · Aug 4

Associate Professor Helen Rutherford has co-written a book on Newcastle Prison. There will be a book launch on Thursday 21 August at 6:30pm at Newcastle City Library. You can book your place at the launch here - www.tiny.cc/newcastlepri...

Book Launch - Newcastle Prison A History: 1828 - 1925

Join the authors to celebrate the launch of the new book Newcastle Prison A History: 1828 - 1925.

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Adam Ramshaw @ramshaw.bsky.social · Jul 30

To those using endnotes.

a man talking on a cell phone with the words i will find you below him

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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · Jul 28

Lovely piece by Suzi Ring on the surprising resilience of the courtroom sketch. The one of Wayne Rooney is delightful. on.ft.com/4o5rp2M

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Jul 28

I will never not understand how a minority of people have decided that wind farms - significantly prettier than pylons, coal power plants, nuclear power plants, and almost certainly fusion power plants - are ugly. In terms of energy generation, what else are you hoping for that is better?

Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · Jul 27

On holiday, I notice that there are wind turbines on the shore of Lake Garda, which very much makes me think that residents with a view of some incredibly mid Cotswold or other can put a sock in it.

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · Jul 26

What is wrong with these people.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · Jul 26

Judith joins in.

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Lennart Nacke, PhD @lennartnacke.com · Jul 26

Professors wear every hat. Who gets burned?
Most professors signed up for autonomy.

To think. To teach. To write.
To finally do meaningful work on your own terms.

But here’s what we actually do:

• 59% of our time goes to teaching
• 23% to service
• 18% to research

#academicsky #phdsky

How professors spend their time from PhDComics.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · Jul 23

A very cool technology that allows students to interact with John Maynard Keynes’ ideas as he develops them is called a book

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Jul 23

🤦🏿‍♂️

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Jul 17

I don’t want to pile on, but at some point people really do need to engage with a) how high the minimum wage now is and b) that labour costs are, you know, a big part of how much an organisation costs. Minimum wage is now just c£1900 shy of what an early career teacher earns!

Lee D @leedon1982.bsky.social · Jul 17

Really quite misleading of Jonathan, this.

Hinder is right about the care sector though. Should be well paid & a positive career choice, with high prestige.

We need a Teach First for social care.

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Jul 17

"Stopping women from working was once a left-wing cause. It was a basic tenet of trade unionism – not to mention economics – that the number of workers in a labour market dictates the rate of pay. "

Labour MP Jonathan Hinder.

[Not quite his words. But close enough]

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · Jul 8

I wrote a whole book about this one post....

Aslak Berg @aslak.bsky.social · Jul 8

If a country has a series of consecutive failing prime ministers, it's perhaps time to look beyond the individual qualities of each of them to find the root cause.

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · Jul 4

There’s a lesson here with rather broad applications

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · Jul 1

It's insane how much more popular NYC's congestion pricing got when it was implemented and people started actually seeing it work

a graph of NYC approval of congestion pricing rising from 27% to 50%

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Adam Ramshaw @ramshaw.bsky.social · Jul 4

Don’t forget the alcoves. You use this word, alcoves?

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Jul 2

Shamelessly replugging this from two years ago. We would never look at the proportion of, say, schools, that don't turn out literate pupils and go 'oh well, probably those kids were better off out of it'. We shouldn't view the short tail of bad courses and/or outcomes any differently:

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · Jun 27

I once asked a very eminent, and not particularly youthful, expert in the literature of the 18th and 19th centuries if there were any film adaptations of classic novels he really rated.

He didn't even have to think: "Clueless. Unquestionably the best adaptation of Austen".

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Adam Ramshaw @ramshaw.bsky.social · Jun 19

Signing off emails to myself with 'Best wishes'.

a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face while standing in front of a tree .

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Northumbria Law and Society @nulawandsociety.bsky.social · Jun 17

Our convenor, @lauragraham86.bsky.social, and @lawandsexuality.bsky.social are co-editing a Concise Encyclopaedia of Gender, Sexuality and Law. Laura and Chris are seeking additional suggestions of entries to the encyclopaedia. See attached poster for full details and get in touch if interested.

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Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @ctmccartney.bsky.social · Mar 20

JFC! Put your name in - my entire CV comes up! Practically everything I've ever written! 😡

Michael Livingston @michaellivingston.com · Mar 20

Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.

Authors, search your name here:

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

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Adam Ramshaw @ramshaw.bsky.social · Mar 16

a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face in front of a window .

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Adam Ramshaw @ramshaw.bsky.social · Mar 15

The Ramshaws haven’t been far.

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · Mar 15

📝 "Dear #NUFC - fans, players, staff.

"'No more bloody slushy, emotional letters to players,' you said.

"Hang on, lemme just make a note here. NO. MORE. LETTERS. Got it.

"But while I'm here..."

⚫⚪ @georgecaulkin.bsky.social's pre-Wembley unique letter to fans:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/620...

Dear Newcastle, no letters, we promise. Just a little love note to say: get into them

George Caulkin gets a few things off his chest before Wembley

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George Caulkin @georgecaulkin.bsky.social · Mar 14

London! #NUFC

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