A company selling AI products to solve problems caused by AI products wants you to know students are "hungry" for help with AI.

Rather annoyingly #EMR delays have hindered our start to #BSCC2036 ... Hoping to catch some of the 4pm PGR talks. #Criminology

🧵 Amid all the speculation about Nigel Farage's 2pm statement, it's worth noting paragraph 40 of the Procedural Protocol to the MPs' Code of Conduct. If he announces he's resigning and seeking a by-election, that would not automatically end the investigation into whether he breached the Code in...

We are delighted to share the Criminal Jurisprudence & Philosophy Group's (CrimJur) call for submissions for the academic year 2026-2027! The deadline is 31st of August. We look forward to hearing from you!

Speed networking is in progress #BSCC2026

Hey #Criminology Its nearly time for #BSCC2026 come see my opening plenary tomorrow at 11, and then catch our roundtable on #SensoryCriminology (details below). Both @kateherrity.bsky.social and I will be there from today for the #PGR conference. Come say hello. @britishcriminology.bsky.social

BOOK NEWS!!! Bristol University Press are currently doing a 50% off sale (until the end of July) So you can order a personal copy of #PowerandPossibilityBook at 50% off! Use code BUP07 at checkout. The paperback & eBook come to just £14.99. bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/decolonisati...

If you're coming to #BSCC2026 then check out our roundtable on #SensoryCriminology (08/07; 17.30-19.00; LT4) with @kanupriya.bsky.social @kateherrity.bsky.social @amyg97.bsky.social Rose Boswell, @hannahwilkinson.bsky.social and me. #Criminology #WarStudies, #Zemiology, #Ecocide, #AbhorrentHeritage

If you're coming to #BSCC2026 then check out our roundtable on #SensoryCriminology (08/07; 17.30-19.00; LT4) with @kanupriya.bsky.social @kateherrity.bsky.social @amyg97.bsky.social Rose Boswell, @hannahwilkinson.bsky.social and me. #Criminology #WarStudies, #Zemiology, #Ecocide, #AbhorrentHeritage

NEW: Before cryptobillionaire Christopher Harborne gave £5m to @nigel_farage, he gave £1m to Boris Johnson. For what?? Today @thenerve.news news reveals new evidence that tracks Harborne's investments in defence firm QinetiQ...to key defence announcements from Boris Johnson. 1/

well that's rockstar, uber and nvidia on the fuck no list source www.bbc.com/news/technol...

#Criminology and #CriminalJustice folk If you find yourself this weekend, bored, pissed off, and twiddling your thumbs ahead of the @britishcriminology.bsky.social Conf this coming week then check me out uhming and ahhing my way through some important topics here: open.spotify.com/episode/690d...

While I am not an engineer or scientist, i can spot bullshit when I encounter it: data centers are a societal, environmental, intellectual disaster the funny part: we’ve become handmaidens to machines-allowing them to suck up water,energy & land as they condition us to obey via smart appliances etc

#Criminology and #CriminalJustice folk If you find yourself this weekend, bored, pissed off, and twiddling your thumbs ahead of the @britishcriminology.bsky.social Conf this coming week then check me out uhming and ahhing my way through some important topics here: open.spotify.com/episode/690d...

It’s astounding how much the functioning of universities depends on a significant fraction of faculty being workaholic people pleasers with poor boundaries and ADHD

We look forward to welcoming you all to the BSC Conference taking place next week at NTU #BSCC2026 Don't hesitate to let us know if you have any questions in the meantime using this email: [email protected] We look forward to meeting you all next week! @britishcriminology.bsky.social

Digital surveillance related chilling effects must be addressed before long-term societal damage becomes irreversible: UN expert www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

I wonder how much money has been spent out of the #PublicPurse over the last decade appeasing #racists and #xenophobes?? #UKPolitics

I’ll be speaking at this. Might see some of you there! 👋

Potentially one for those interested in #Sensory studies. #SensoryCriminology

🚨 Hey folks, I have a new article out in @flsjournal.bsky.social on how defense attorneys operationalize digital evidence in sexual assault trials. I find they rely heavily on rape myths (i.e., she asked for it, she's lying) to get around rape shield laws. Hope you check it out! rdcu.be/fqmcC

Rule of acronyms for your models in #SocialScience: 1. Always check (on a non-work) device if said acronym has an alternative NSFW meaning. For if you do not, the #InfernalLawsOfTheInternet will inevitably result in there being one you dont want associated with your work! 2. See 1. #Criminology

Never trust any State that attempts to remove access to the #Law from the most vulnerable. Especially when they wrap that authoritarian plan in the robes of the "people"!

With just a week to go until the #BSCC2026, we are looking forward to welcoming academics, researchers and practitioners from around the world. See you next week (7-10 July) in Nottingham! @britishcriminology.bsky.social

Here is an image that should be shared widely! #HigherEducation #SocialSciences #SHAPE

My Dad’s review is in: ‘I counted the amount of times you used the word “liminal”

I believe the frame that minoritized scholars are helped by unethical tech is a trap to avoid. We better fight the system of inequities ourselves & not buy into industry frames trying to sell their discriminatory, polluting, and exploitative tech as "inclusion". bsky.app/profile/iris...

‘Our new paper offers a rare look inside the “black box” of algorithmic hiring, showing that these tools increase racial bias and shut the same people out of jobs everywhere they apply’ hai.stanford.edu/news/ai-hiri...

Leaders who can't be bothered to do their jobs, & want to be able to blame someone else for the decisions they want to take, hire consultants who care nothing about education, research, or people. Universities end up wrecked, lives are ruined, only consultants benefit. Again & again & again.

Getting to NTU City Campus for the #BSCC2026, please check maps and directions available here: www.ntu.ac.uk/about-us/vis... You can also download a map of the NTU City Campus: www.ntu.ac.uk/media/docume... Newton Building is No11 on the map 🏢 @britishcriminology.bsky.social

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Should ‘gut feeling’ be used to make decisions in drugs policing? Dr. Bisi Akintoye and @profalexstevens.bsky.social talk stop and search, diversion and the impact of over-policing on community relations. 🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/43a194

He writes 'If ever there was an example of mainstreaming, it was surely this; to paraphrase Ambalavaner Sivanandan, what Farage says today, the Tories say tomorrow and Labour legislates for the day after.' journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

"Where are you going? You will bring conflagration back with you. How great the flames are that you are seeking over these waters, you do not know." Kassandra (Ovid, Heroides) #HigherEducation #UKHE #AcademicBluesky

“There can be no doubt in anyone who reads today’s report that every international legal norm has been violated by the actions of the Israeli authorities towards Palestinian children and they need to be held accountable,” Commissioner Chris Sidoti said news.un.org/en/story/202...

As the #HigherEducation sector is beset by turbulent winds from without and destroyed from within by incompetent and mendacious leaders, wedded to an out-dated and inappropriate model of profit/loss governance ... where is the #Education Minister?? #WhereIsBridgetPhillipson??? @ucu.org.uk

“This powerful report from the IMBs lifts the lid on a prison system in turmoil. It reveals the gulf between the rhetoric we hear in Westminster and the reality we see in overwhelmed and under-resourced jails up and down the country.” https://ow.ly/q5gp50ZfPgz

Lots of good points in this, particularly "it’s difficult to persuade prisoners that you care about them when you keep them in squalor". The same applies to education in prisons. It's hard to argue it's a priority if the classrooms are leaky, mouldy and generally run down.

At least 41 wolves have been poached since 2021, nearly 15% of all genetically confirmed wolves have vanished without explanation, and behind these disappearances lies a widespread network of organised poaching operating with near-total impunity. www.ecojust.eu/back-in-the-...

10 years ago today, the Brexit Referendum marked a defining moment in our politics. In the aftermath, I explored why my Indian immigrant parents – like many others like them – voted Leave. A fascinating, complex story of Empire, loyalty, colonised mindsets, identity, reparation... Revisit it here 👇

Until the left understands that "immigration" is a "concern" created in a top down manner to divert from other issues, it will continue to fight the (far)right on its turf This is what I explored here at length journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Ethics-washing — the cooptation of ethicists by commercial actors who wish to present themselves as more ‘ethical’ than they probably are — is very real! Great Daily Nous post by Lisa Herzog, Marijn Hoijtink, Gijs van Maanen, Ann-Katrien Oimann, and Linnet Taylor. dailynous.com/2026/06/16/w...

I’ve had a rough week so let me just say - if you use LLMs to “improve” your science I think you’re a coward and a hack. We don’t need more science faster, even if LLMs make that possible. We need thoughtful science done by people who like doing it.

The Ukrainian man who set fire to two homes and a car linked to Keir Starmer, and a friend who assisted him, have both been jailed today The fires were commissioned by a Russian Telegram account, but a bizarre conspiracy theory that the culprits were "rent boys" persists inews.co.uk/news/starmer...

Forcing everyone to submit government IDs to big tech companies to use nearly every aspect of digital technology, forcing social media companies to scrub and censor the internet. Limiting political speech, artistic expression, etc. These are the real threats of child safety internet bills

This should be a national scandal & a day of shame for the UK. The government is using AI technology that they know is unreliable & which has “baked-in racial bias”. And why are they so determined to use this AI? To try and deport more asylum seeking children. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Machines built upon #RaciallyBiased data, developed from #Racist assumptions, to be deloyed in a #Racist context, to serve a dsicriminatory and #Xenophobic agenda, against vulnerable populations ... What could possibly go wrong? #Criminology #BorderCriminology

Delighted to share some good news 🧪 “This hugely encouraging news shows the life-saving impact of the HPV vaccine, and it’s incredibly exciting to be able to say to this whole generation: cervical cancer shouldn’t be a risk for you,” says Caroline Temmink www.newscientist.com/article/2530...

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

A damning 97%. That's how many University of Lincoln staff who voted have lost confidence in senior management, after the university cut a third of its workforce and refused to rule out more compulsory redundancies. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1454...

👏 New research led by CJA Trustee Alex Stevens finds that drug diversion schemes lower reoffending rates by a third. Evidence consistently shows interventions diverting people from the justice system are more effective at reducing reoffending than prosecution. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...