1) cops never actually do this.
2) any who would are the ones you definitely want gone.
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1) cops never actually do this.
2) any who would are the ones you definitely want gone.
My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news Weβre trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! πππ
I've been a Wikipedia editor for ~20 years. I used to be very skeptical about its reliability re any issue where there is ideological "vulnerability" (temptation to impose a partisan viewpoint).
But I agree that is mostly beyond right-wing control. Can't be bought. Now more important than ever.
I've just removed his reviewer's account from my journal.
12.10.2025 06:40 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0All conspiracy theories eventually lead to antisemitism.
09.10.2025 17:45 β π 999 π 230 π¬ 42 π 13To be fair, we thought they said "the best and the brightest" but obviously they said "no breasts and the whitest."
09.10.2025 16:55 β π 199 π 42 π¬ 3 π 1When applying for a job at (full) professor level, what would a "job market paper" mean, as a component of the application?
The term makes more sense for an entry-level position, when a newly-minted PhD (or ABD student) only has unpublished papers.
For prof job, just give them published articles?
Context: the search is open-rank -- so, the JMP requirement might be intended for more junior applicants.
The ad asks for a JMP plus "up to four other published papers".
What I'm trying to work out is whether I need to send them an ππ»π½ππ―πΉπΆππ΅π²π± paper -- or to send all published work.
You could give them a link to a google scholar search tailored so that your article is at/near the top.
09.10.2025 09:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0When applying for a job at (full) professor level, what would a "job market paper" mean, as a component of the application?
The term makes more sense for an entry-level position, when a newly-minted PhD (or ABD student) only has unpublished papers.
For prof job, just give them published articles?
The Israeli government's planned hosting of Tommy Robinson is a reprehensible betrayal of Jewish values and history.
Robinson is a racist street thug. He is no friend of British Jews.
We must never permit the far-right to exploit antisemitism to attack Muslims.
Good to discuss on i24News.
I hope and believe that most of my fellow Jews will join me in saying that it is sickening that anyone should justify this outpouring of execrable racist bile by claiming that it's for our sake.
08.10.2025 11:21 β π 175 π 42 π¬ 13 π 4If only it were so easy...
08.10.2025 11:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A Leicester choir I'm currently a member of is π²π»ππΆπΏπ²πΉπ ππ΅πΆππ².
No integration at all, especially in the context of my very mixed neighborhood. Shut it down -- it's a throwback, an instance of "parallel lives"...
hmmmm: "Enjoying international cuisines makes people more tolerant"
"this study's cross-sectional design does not allow us to firmly determine whether ... ethnic food engagement ---> support for outgroup rights over time."
And yet, there it is, in the Guardian
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
I can still remember the shock of being a naive student in the 1980s and seeing some of Dublin's finest propertied middle class screw student tenants out of money. Kudos to the former tenant who coldly claimed revenge 16 years later.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Immigration is not just an overwhelming net positive for the UK, but desperately needed to keep the country running. Anyone claiming otherwise has nothing to offer but hatred and a race to the bottom.
07.10.2025 08:07 β π 45 π 13 π¬ 3 π 025 people could stop this. Twenty GOP senators and five GOP representatives could summon the courage of their lives: vote to impeach, and then convict.
And then do it again if Vance doesn't learn the intended lesson.
It doesn't even have to mean a Democratic president. Just an end to lawlessness.
25 people could stop this. Twenty GOP senators and five GOP representatives could summon the courage of their lives: vote to impeach, and then convict.
And then do it again if Vance doesn't learn the intended lesson.
It doesn't even have to mean a Democratic president. Just an end to lawlessness.
βMost British Jewish voices have consistently been clear that they reject Robinsonβs bogus claim to be an ally of their community. It is important that we hear that again now.β
04.10.2025 08:50 β π 255 π 60 π¬ 3 π 1Isnβt he on bail? How is he still in possession of a passport?
04.10.2025 09:02 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Hereβs a comprehensive list of appropriate responses upon hearing that a man murdered worshippers at a synagogue:
1- this is fucked up, fuck that guy, fuck antisemitism, solidarity with the victims
2- see above
Surprised not to see more sabotage, Luddite-style...
02.10.2025 13:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The RS surely has a duty to 'police the personal political opinions' of a Fellow if those opinions and actions act against the scientific process and community.
01.10.2025 17:02 β π 39 π 9 π¬ 2 π 0Something really fucking scary happened to me today and it turns out it was a scam I didn't know about. I consider myself pretty savvy about the various scams out there, but this one got me.
Someone called, identified themselves at Sgt. Frank Sullivan with Middlesex County Sherriff, and badge #.
If Putin wanted to invade Alaska, π«π’π π‘π π§π¨π° would be a really good time. Imagine the psychological disorientation felt by top brass at this moment.
30.09.2025 13:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A research idea (in case thereβs no study already):
What happens to a #UCU branch when its leadership is mainly UCU-Left? Does membership fall b/c some people are alienated by the ideological nonsense? Are there more strikes, and/or less effective strikes?
I mean, maybe my suspicions are wrong...
What could go wrong?? He did such a great job with Iraq...
30.09.2025 10:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Paris-Berlin sleeper: low carbon, 2 years old, constantly full, but currently losing SNCF a few million EUR/yr
Intl Jet fuel tax exemptions are 80 years old and cost the EU 22 million EUR/yr for the Paris-Berlin route alone.
And you're cutting... the sleeper?
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
I'm totally on board with that finding, and the reason for previous incorrect findings:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...