They changed the headlines—not the policy. ICE isn’t in the spotlight anymore… but the raids, detentions, and family separations never stopped. I break down what’s really happening open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

With a senior member of Exec leaving last month, 2 senior HR announcing departures this month, and now this from the CEO of The National Robotarium based at HWU today... Did some send them some Dundee Cake? @ducuuo.bsky.social

Researchers have been blocked from accessing the UK’s largest biomedical database after patients’ medical information was offered for sale online in China

Hey @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social, you have been excellent at following what's up in the #UKHE sector. Did you see what's happening to 40 international students? Those international partnerships are vital, failures in proper oversight create disasters like this. Could you support these students?

I was added to a block list (which Bluesky staff subscribe to) of “AI haters” who “aren’t prone to productive discussion”. I haven’t said much about AI beyond criticizing specific applications or explaining why I personally find it difficult to code with.

ICE hasn’t changed its mission, it’s just moved out of the spotlight and into the states that want it…the red states. My latest Substack breaks down what’s happening at the state level. www.adamkinzinger.com/p/ices-terro...

Foreign Office unit tracking Israel’s potential breaches of international law closed

Oh yes, do remind me about that Biblical passage in which Jesus deferred to 'civil authorities with requisite knowledge of conditions on the ground.' Top tip. When in a hole, get a ladder, not a spade.

More on the state of British academia. Such cruelty and brutalisation effected through these processes that are dismantling disciplines and universities in the face of governmental indifference

Useful for academic journal editors grappling with AI and peer review.

When people make their food it’s a completely different experience then when they make YOUR food

I grew up listening to Arabic hiphop in the 1990s and this song just hits a particular sweet spot for me

If anyone wants to see the previous time colleagues were sacked by scripted P&O style video message, it's here in all its glory, featuring the VC who fired more people than he met in his brief reign of terror: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrsW...

15 minutes; no questions; government got the blame; my department to have 60% of us sacked. Apparently sacking us will lead to a ‘new, improved’ curriculum. No voluntary scheme, straight to selection and legal minimum redundancy payment.

Goldsmiths students occupy library in protest against job cuts: group demands university leaders rule out compulsory redundancies and course closures following new cost-saving plans https://ow.ly/eeW850YMPK7

This is going to be a great night for a great cause! Please join us!

The government will no longer force approximately 22,000 students to pay back their maintenance loans immediately, instead allowing the students to repay under the normal terms

⚠️Urgent! - Please sign and circulate!⚠️ 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘆 (450) jobs are on the line at the University of Ulster, nearly 𝗳𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 of staff. Job cuts will be devastating to the university, the community and to Northern Ireland. Tell the VC to think again! www.change.org/p/stop-redun...

Let's hear it for 'indigenous' (sic) English gruel, turnips and greens, bread and dripping.

i think it’s SO SUPER TELLING that a lot of this manifesto, which demands that we allow Silicon Valley to enact fascism and endless genocidal violence at home & abroad out of a “moral debt” to the govt that funded its rise, is expressed in the language of anti-wokeness and cancel culture discourse

Why does Palantir have a £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and a £330 million seven-year contract with the NHS? Seems like something write to one's MP about.

Lessons from the US. Et tu, UK?

Trump says no to legal restrictions on AI uses. Forget 'mission creep', the AI bubble gamble is premised on breaking down data silos. Farage wants UK to exit European Convention on Human Rights. This includes Art12, respect for privacy and family life. Let me know when you start to spot a pattern.

Someone has actually done this on Google 😂😂👏

We London Met UCU branch are on strike this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9 am onwards - Tues-Weds at North Thursday at City Goulston street defending jobs and student education. Join us for teach outs,creativity and solid resistance ❤️#savelondonmet

Excellent and interesting reflective thread. #autism #neurodiverse #psychology #students

Something I don't see talked about enough: doing a PhD as an autistic person means almost everything takes longer. Not because you're less capabe, but because there are layers of processing that others don't have to do. Thread 🧵

Anyone working in history of comedy/satire, television, modern British politics - there's a fully funded PhD to research the Spitting Image archive @theul.bsky.social, with supervision at Exeter Uni. All disciplines considered, pls do share widely. www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

Some models seem to have been used in clinical settings, although it’s not clear whether this has led to flawed diagnoses go.nature.com/4sJZfLY

We London Met UCU branch are on strike this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9 am onwards - Tues-Weds at North Thursday at City Goulston street defending jobs and student education. Join us for teach outs,creativity and solid resistance ❤️#savelondonmet

Heartbreakingly familiar.

“Take a moment to think before you dive in. That’s the best advice for Google Photos users, as the company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation.” www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...

So if someone opts in, and has taken photos of friends, relatives, kids, even strangers, they’re “giving permission” on behalf of all those people. So lots of people have no say in this. The whole “opt in” thing was always a charade but it’s approaching terminal nonsense at this point.

"Over the past several months, our community has built a blueprint that other communities can use when federal agencies attempt to move detention infrastructure into their neighborhoods..." blog.hagerstownrapidresponse.com/p/today-in-b...

I guarantee there were more than 19 threats against legislators in 2024. Please remember that prior to Melissa’s murder, many reports were not taken seriously and action was rarely taken. It is of course possible threats have increased *and also* threats have been grossly under reported for years.

Why do these clowns keep plagiarising plots of bad 50s B-movies and presenting them as if they are Big Ideas? Here's a novel thought: fix world hunger, you pathetic losers.

and helping other people learn how to create it

This story is a part of "Power Hungry," our latest package on the AI oligarchs who are upending communities over their plans for massive data centers across the country. Check it out:

It’s hard for me to express how disturbing it is to me that I’ve seen too many parents and families of disabled and sick people use their relatives’ disability and illness to justify eugenics (and even for conditions less ‘severe’ ‘because everyone wants to be normal’)

Another night,&Ibrahim’s fever still wont break.His tiny body is ravaged by skin infections& pain.Watching my child fade away in my arms is a heartbreak💔 I cant describe. Please,dont look away He needs your prayers&support now more than ever Please donate now for his treatment🙏😔🫂 tinyurl.com/baraaZ2

Next, from the political tendency that renounces medical science... behold, the #superbaby.

Thought for the weekend. Defending human knowledge is not elitist, provided you also dedicate yourself to sharing it.

Today is the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?

Today in #Sheffield, we silently marched in solidarity with the thousands of Palestinian prisoners, including children, oppressed, abused, and tortured in the Israeli prisons. #STOPtheGENOCIDE #notoapartheid #FreePalestine @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social

Great to see some of my fav organisers in the same demo as @foodandsolidarity.bsky.social ❤️✊🏻 rent controls now

“You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it's bad.” — Duke Ellington

Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?

The American gestapo abducted an 85 year-old widow. Was she one of the worst of the worst? No, her step-son, a retired Alabama state trooper, got ICE to put her in a detention center to deport her because he wanted all of his father's inheritance. Sounds like the son is the worst of the worst.

The 'bias' allegation misses the point. There's AI bias & ignorance among humanities academics, techbros & AI advocates. There's also a wealth of teaching & assessment-based academic evidence from the coalface. What's lacking is systematic research at volume & senior managers keen to support it. 2/2

Ulster University to axe 450 jobs, warning failure to reform higher education funding in Northern Ireland means cuts “unavoidable” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ulster-... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social