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Dr Guy Baldwin

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πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Lecturer in Law at Manchester. Bachelor of Arts - Japanese Studies, Bachelor of Laws (UNSW), PhD Law (Cambridge). NSW qualified. Views own. Website: guyjbaldwin.com

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Seeing Downtown Abbey at the movies today. Where is the Abbey located? Is it downtown LA? I'll find out

11.10.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

10.10.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 6
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The β€˜Iron Lady’ of Venezuela Threatens to Unseat Its Autocrat (Published 2024)

A story from last year about your Nobel Peace Prize winner.

10.10.2025 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 167    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
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Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation - Crisis Campaign

Please consider supporting Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation after the terror attack in Manchester www.charityextra.com/heatonpark

10.10.2025 09:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The ManReg Public Law Seminar Series, now in its third year, resumed for 2025-26 with a brilliant seminar by Professor @robertthomas223.bsky.social on "The Impact of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman on Special Educational Needs and Disability in England". @uomsoss.bsky.social

08.10.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@uomsoss.bsky.social @officialuom.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social

03.10.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Events: Call for Papers – The Future of Constitutional Reform in the United Kingdom Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 May 2026, University of Manchester, United Kingdom The public law team at the University of Manchester Law Department, in collaboration with the UK Constitutional Law A…

Thrilled to share this call for papers for a conference on the Future of Constitutional Reform in the United Kingdom at @uomlaw.bsky.social with the support of @ukcla.bsky.social ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/03/e...

03.10.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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After transporting them back from Australia, I now have my undergrad degrees from UNSW in Manchester. Office decoration continues!

01.10.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social

30.09.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Maybe to turn this around, Starmer can offer to give away more UK territory (while paying billions to the receiving country). An inquiry into the TV show Adolescence might be another great idea

28.09.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Campus looking very scenic as another academic year at the University of Manchester Law School (@uomlaw.bsky.social) begins!

25.09.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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OK but they are both in a lot of trouble from having their brain sliced open like this

24.09.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Although buses are unreliable, they can be a great option if you don't care whether you are going anywhere or not. If you're at peace with the universe - going or not going is basically the same in the scheme of things - it's perfect

23.09.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bluesky is missing out by not having Grok to summarize your identity

16.09.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sencha is great though gyokuro is amazing. They make gyokuro by putting the tea plant in the shade and making it suffer. You can taste the pain

16.09.2025 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To quote One Piece: ε˜˜γ‹ζœ¬ε½“γ‹γ˜γ‚ƒγ­γƒΌοΌζ–°θžγ―γ‚¨γƒ³γ‚ΏγƒΌγƒ†γ‚€γƒ³γƒ‘γƒ³γƒˆγ οΌ

13.09.2025 08:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Well - 2025 Remix

The Well (2025 Remix) is out on Spotify 😊 open.spotify.com/track/3fgU8b...

07.09.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nobbys Beach, Newcastle, Australia

06.09.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Insiders: The sovereign citizen movement | Insiders: On Background For years, experts have warned of the dangers of the so-called sovereign citizen movement. This week's tragic police shooting in Victoria has brought this movement into sharper focus. So how do you de...

This was probably my favourite: talking to David Speirs on Insiders: On Background

iview.abc.net.au/show/insider...

30.08.2025 01:25 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.

AI sucks www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...

30.08.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Game meats v Farm Transparency Ranked Australia’s #1 young university. UTS offers globally recognised degrees, strong industry ties, and career-ready learning in the heart of Sydney.

β€œMaking these copyright cases rather than privacy and defamation means that the public interest in the footage and any consumer rights to know, as well as animal rights, can rightly be ignored. This is clearly not the purpose of the Copyright Act…”

www.uts.edu.au/news/2025/08...

30.08.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ocean Baths in Newcastle, Australia

30.08.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Well (2025 Remix)
YouTube video by Guy Baldwin - Topic The Well (2025 Remix)

Pleased to share this new remix of my 2021 song The Well youtu.be/4PO9rmbta-8

29.08.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Haha had to Google that reference πŸ˜‚

25.08.2025 05:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks to UNSW Law & Justice for hosting me as a visiting scholar for the next three weeks! Looking forward to a productive visit

25.08.2025 05:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Australians have their say on new climate targets as Coalition prepares for another brawl on net zero A more ambitious 2035 emissions-reduction target gets support from a range of Australians, even from Coalition voters.

"Australians have expressed support for a significant increase to the country’s emissions-reduction target as the Climate Change Authority prepares to recommend a much more ambitious 2035 goal."

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

24.08.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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This egg slider and borekita conclusively demonstrate the proposition

25.08.2025 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gail's is the best thing about the UK

23.08.2025 06:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lecturer in Law Appointments at Oxford Brookes University Discover Lecturer in Law Appointments jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

Come and join us at Oxford Brookes Law School! We’re a lovely friendly department, with several permanent Lecturer and Senior Lecturer posts:

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ986/l...

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ993/s...

21.08.2025 09:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Could copyright now be used to gag advocacy groups and media reporting? The Australian Federal Court’s recent copyright judgment on footage filmed covertly could deter rights advocacy groups and undermine media freedom and public debate, explains a University of Melbourne...

My write up on last week’s first β€œag gag” SLAPP suit in Australia, which has implications beyond just exposing animal cruelty.

Could copyright be used to suppress information from the public sphere and undermine media freedom?

pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/cou...

20.08.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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