Odd to see that in the news and SILENCE from the British prime minister about Farage plans. You want the best and brightest to come here? You know they can read and see how you treat those who are already here?

Innovation was never Germanys forte. Producing things well, at scale, was. Then they moved production to China. Ends.

Hey Rachel Reeves How difficult would it be to say “people who are here legally, they are our friends, neighbours and have a right to live here so let’s end this nonsense. I don’t want anyone who is here with ILR/settled status to spend a minute worrying” Too difficult?

i see the comments on BBC show that many of the people commenting believe that everyone who is not a uk citizen is here illegally. also of course reform is headline news on BBC

Inclusion, tolerance and hope. As a “settled” person the comms from your party, our PM and yourself given what’s on the news gives me 0/3 Try again?

Sigh. I repeat this (and the RIP Twitter account) were supposed to be about rowing, kittens and science not politics And than <gestures all around> is derailing me continuously

Farage has so much power over our media. How does he do it? Oh they simply offer it to him. The whole Lib Dems conference didn’t get an hour live stream. BBC et al let Farage set their headlines, no questions asked

So if it was cheaper and easier, our prime minister would not hesitate to deport people like me? Interesting

Thank you Also - rest of uk politicians - why is that too difficult for you to say and/or post?

Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain. They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city. Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.

This was kinda clear to all of us who moved legally here way before Brexit and suddenly had to “apply” to be settled And have no proof of this other than something digital somewhere

Farage loves the power that he and reform decide what news media across Uk print.

Watched a 3 min summary and actually speechless

Ihr wisst alle, was Herbst bedeutet? Gelbes Heftchen rauskramen und ab zur Covid-Impfung!

Yet bbc and others will of course spend months to years talking about nothing else and asking those questions Consequences 1. No other real problems will be covered 2. All of us will be continually alienated and made feel not welcome

How settled do you think I feel now

Actually that memorial gets more coverage than the Lib Dems conference

Jimmy Kimmel and other late-night comedians have certainly said things about me that I found offensive, even outrageous. It never crossed my mind to call up the networks and say, "Hey, get rid of this guy." Because that's not how America works. play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...

We need to recognise the value and importance of small and medium size businesses, and stop being worried about whether or not billionaires will not pay the right taxes in some other country

I’ve been reading dining across the divide for a long time, and love it Too much is happening in silos -in uk separation starts in school I wish cities, councils, communities would find a way to create hubs for discussion and exchange and get people offline www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Peace is the best medicine - that’s not just a slogan, it's based on evidence. In countries affected by conflict and insecurity: -70% of disease outbreaks erupt -Half of all child deaths globally occur -1 in 5 people suffer from mental health disorders. The most courageous choose peace. #PeaceDay

Browsing Rightmove and seeing 2-3Mio houses go under offer quickly makes me realise that many people live in a very different world

🧵 Thread with my favourite quotes from: 📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 1/🧵

Reading papers is a basic skill (and dare I say duty?) of scientists, and I include medical doctors in that group. Keeping abreast of the literature is a foundational part of our professions. There aren’t good shortcuts. In any case, reading papers regularly is fun. arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/s...

Shame that you don’t understand how bsky works. If you follow only a small amount of people (as you do), you probably have a very different experience Glad it doesn’t stop you having opinions tho /s

Actually a lot of the reason for these stupid decisions is corporate influence on universities decision-making. These are corporate decisions, fuelled by financial considerations and often fed into by consultants who know about business but not universities.

Hmmm why is there such a discrepancy in the media coverage of reform and Lib Dem party conferences

Der geniale Jon Stewart hat schon 2022 bei seiner Acceptance Speech für den Mark Twain Preis recht genau geahnt, um was es geht. "...When a society is under threat, comedians are the ones who get sent away first..." #Kimmel

Read this 🧵

US new H-1B visa fee will not apply to existing holders, Axios reports reut.rs/3Kx9zGv

All going well in the world

I guess this is my job now

In an online meeting <redacted, recently, professional setting> time ago Person A : i use ChatGPT to rewrite my emails so they are less rude and don’t sound less like me and people will like me more 👀 If only there was another option, to change something you see as a problem, if only..

Blueskyes oddity of pretending I never interacted with this post lets me now post an even worse ratio

Odd thing happening @bsky.app 1 I see A post I like 2 I qt and like 3 That post comes back on timeline cause someone else qt 4 Appears I didn’t interact (?am I losing it) 5 My Qt still in my profile timeline, linked to that post (with post linked) 6 When I click on linked post I’m back on 4

Interesting times we live in

Gutes gespraech mit @janboehm.bsky.social bei @spiegel.de “Stell dir vor, es ist Kulturkampf, und keiner geht hin.”

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n

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i like to teach students to think, critically appraise and look at data and the world with their own thoughts. to see them go into the world, and use those skills for whatever the world throws at them, use whatever tool they want i dont teach them to rely on a single third party tool forever

reading the sustainability page for no reason at all

oh i have to stop myself from posting So Many Things today.

Best to listen to German podcasts about uk politics, more objective 🙃 @spiegel.de #achtMilliarden Objektiv gibts ja hier selten

The leaders of Anthropic calling for someone to regulate them and putting responsibility to politicians is just a bit lame.

Listening to @lewisgoodall.com special report on AI. Now some dude is selling a subscription service to create chatbots of dead people (W-t-f) 2 things: no one has permission to create a deadbot of me And Don’t get me started on the overuse of people talking about „ evidence”

📣 BMJ Medicine is now on Bluesky 📣 Follow them at @bmjmedicine.bsky.social

Why does every meeting now need to be AI recorded and transcribed? What’s the purpose? Will anyone ever read this? How long is the data kept? What can the data be used for? “Kasia you expressed dislike to the integration of LLM into your teaching and/or learning 137 time”