Patrick O'Connor

I miss that pub a lot. It was a great spot.

Tomorrow, a week on from Thursday's attack on the Manchester synagogue, this will be marked as a day of solidarity and mourning by civic groups from across all faiths and none. You are also invited to join online sharing #britainstandstogether

More information
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To everyone in Britain's Jewish Community: you are not alone. We will not let hate or those who spread it win. We stand with you.

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.

As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.

At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

Sad news from Manchester, the city will come together as it always does to show there's no place for hate.

Terrible news that two people were killed in Manchester attending their place of worship at the synagogue in Manchester, with others seriously injured.

Community Security Trust @cstuk.bsky.social who do so much to keep Jewish people safe at faith and community spaces have issued this advice.

Part of the burden of Jewish history is being touched, and proud, that the British police rushed to the site of this atrocity and that the reaction of the British prime minister was to send police reinforcements to synagogues. For millennia, this was not so. It is not taken for granted.

HOPE not hate condemn the appalling, violent attack at a synagogue in Manchester which has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Our thoughts are with the Jewish community and all affected.

Manchester synagogue: Two dead in Manchester synagogue attack, with suspect also believed to have been killed - police Police say the suspect's condition cannot be confirmed due to

Appalled by this vile attack.

Standing in solidarity with Manchester’s Jewish community and my Jewish neighbours.

Death On Pause: Ray Kurzweil and the Promise of Singularity

New podcast audio essay from Posthumanism and Technology.

Death on Pause - Ray Kurzweil says tech could end aging -even death by 2045. I talk AI, future of humanity, the singularlity and more

Available below and in the usual podcast places.

#Singularity #Kurzweil #AI #Transhumanism #Futurism

He was at his absolute best, in my view, when reflecting on the contradictions of being educated and working class.

'Book Ends'

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A cold coming The Guardian ran this specially commissioned poem by Tony Harrison in 1991.

Harrison also did journalist poetry.

"The Cold Coming" was about the first Gulf War.

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Laureate's block I'm appalled to see newspapers use my name as 'widely-tipped' for a job I'd never seek. Swans come in Domestic, Mute, and Tame and no swan-upper's going to nick my beak

Harrisson was politically committed - laureate blocked!

His poem 'Laureate's Block' happily scuppered his own chances of becoming Poet Laureate.

Tony Harrison · Poem: ‘V.’

'V' is a great poem, and it also happens to be one of the great poems about football culture. 👇

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Tony Harrison, poet and dramatist, dies aged 88 Known for his outspoken politics, the author was acclaimed for work in theatre, opera, film and TV but wanted to be thought of as a poet above all

RIP Tony Harrisson

Saddened to to hear about this great loss. Harrisson was immense. He could do satire, lament, dramatic verse, TV, spoken word poetry, elegy, poetic journalism, translation, dialect - no finer exemplar of the classical vernacular will you find.

Thanks Chris! Yeah, that's him.

The French philosopher Jacques Rancière challenges how we think about politics, art, and education. Here is my podcast interview with philosopher Dr Stuart Blaney where we discuss his ideas.

Awful news.

RIP Ricky Hatton. #mcfc #mancity

We are extremely saddened to learn of news regarding the passing of boxing legend and lifelong #ManCity fan, Ricky Hatton.

We send our heartfelt condolences to all of his family and friends at this difficult time.

Rest in peace, Hitman. 🩵

Welcome to Manchester City Football Club, Gigi! 🇮🇹🩵

He left the other guy take the pen to get a hatrick. Which was sound of him

Yeah, that's a bit decent.

I’m standing for a seat on the #ucu NEC/HEC.

The HEC carries a lot of power and responsibility. If you’re a member in an HE institution, please take the time to read the @ucucommons.bsky.social post about the national seat I’m standing for and the North East seat Adam Hansen is standing for. 1/4

I second this. Redundant modifiers really get on my nerves.

Yikes! Be funny if we do opposite of last year and sail it.

A world without experts: alienation in academia Thoughts on the level of alienation in academic work, and how as much as we cannot exit the economy, we must recognise the inherent value of academia.

I've written a short post on the specific way academics experience alienation at work. I also argue we must champion the inherent worth of what we do as well as its profitability.
blog.matthewbarnard.phd/a-world-with...

#ucu #academia

I couldn't let this thought go and now I've written a blog post on it:

The LLM of the Gaps: AI, God and Death Angst, where I consider the similarities between the design argument and arguments that LLMs are intelligent
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#ai #llm #philosophy

A sensational tribute from Wolves supporters at Molineux today for their former player, Diogo Jota. 🇵🇹💛

📸 Simon Bajkowski

Couldn't agree more. No Ederson, no Treble.

Happy to host!

Oh for sure, I was using "primeval" in a complimentary way.