Ian Miles
@ianmiles.bsky.social
270 followers 110 following 130 posts

Prof Emeritus, University of Manchester. Research: foresight, innovation, services, soc change... HE/HIM -don't mind, but dislike those who find pronouns offensive No interest in sport I love music, speculative fiction, play with words and colours.... .. more

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outonbluesix.bsky.social
How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.
mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?

Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.

It undermines police and the law.

ianmiles.bsky.social
Language was invented to communicate orders and instructions.

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lewisgoodall.com
Spot on from Olga Rudenko: "Russia could end the war in Ukraine at any moment by stopping its attacks and withdrawing its forces. By simply going home. Mr. Putin could end it with a phone call."

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
Opinion | All Russia Needs to Do Is Go Home
www.nytimes.com

ianmiles.bsky.social
enjoy the comments, too.
spacewhalerider.com
This is the side of Mimas they don't want you to see (the side without Herschel, the massive crater that makes it look like the Death Star)
The "back side" of Mimas without the massive crater is, well, covered in much smaller craters that pockmark the surface. There's no additional geology to be observed, just endless craters.

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spacewhalerider.com
This is the side of Mimas they don't want you to see (the side without Herschel, the massive crater that makes it look like the Death Star)
The "back side" of Mimas without the massive crater is, well, covered in much smaller craters that pockmark the surface. There's no additional geology to be observed, just endless craters.

ianmiles.bsky.social
Call to Action on AGI Governance: I've asked @DavidLammy #FCDO to press the #UN to convene a General Assembly on #AGI governance—before tech outstrips our collective wisdom.
#FutureOfAI www.linkedin.com/posts/ian-mi...
eve.gd
The University of Warwick has paid a lot of money, I'm guessing, for their internet banner ads on the Guardian and elsewhere.

But they can't spell "curiosity". This isn't a US-UK variant. They just, genuinely, have a massive spelling error in their banner ads.
A banner advert for the University of Warwick, which says "Beyond ignores curiousity". This is a spelling error.

ianmiles.bsky.social
Sleepwalking into a corporate coup via deregulated Freeports & SEZs?
Read, sign and share the petition calling for full Freeport/SEZ transparency
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

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newsagents.bsky.social
Come and see us LIVE! 🎤

The News Agents Live On Stage with HSBC UK is coming to Birmingham Symphony Hall on 17th February! 🎟️

𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰: buff.ly/3ZgCiDt

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longcovidadvoc.com
#lLongCovid research at the super Cohen Centre!

Participants needed 🇺🇸
coresinai.bsky.social
Our upcoming trial will evaluate the feasibility of Microtesla Magnetic Therapy (MMT) for addressing cognitive challenges in individuals with #LongCOVID. We are studying those with moderate to severe cognitive impairment.

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atlantarey.bsky.social
We are having an online protest tomorrow on May 21st 12-4pm to support the MASS LOBBY against disability benefit cuts in Westminster.

If you want to participate, please post as much as you can about the benefit cuts and disability rights tomorrow between 12pm-4pm.

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privateeyenews.bsky.social
London is Over, Finished, and Washed Up
By Professor Matt Goodwhinge

From the new Private Eye, out now.

ianmiles.bsky.social
From #TheLancet: Despite Secretary #RFK Robert F Kennedy Jr's calls for “radical transparency”, unlogged #data manipulation - mainly substituting "sex" for "gender" is happening big time. Changes are not being made transparently www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Data manipulation within the US Federal Government
A US Department of Veterans Affairs dataset compiling veteran health-care use in 2021 was quietly amended on March 5, 2025. A column titled gender was renamed sex, and the words were also switched in ...
www.thelancet.com

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chrisgpackham.bsky.social
Watch @oliviablakemp.bsky.social’s brutal takedown of driven grouse shooting in just 90 seconds from last weeks debate in Parliament.

@wildjustice.bsky.social

ianmiles.bsky.social
Wonder what the current legal definition of "support" is. Is criticism of the banning of #PalestineAction support? [asking for a friend]

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joncooper-us.bsky.social
THIS IS ABSOLUTE INSANITY.
👇👇

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christinalattimer.bsky.social
I’ve read The Invisible Doctrine by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social and it was an eye opener. It’s helped me understand why politics transfer wealth.

Now it’s on film and you can view it, from a few places including Apple TV - but here’s the link to the YouTube offer

youtu.be/lc--mVz3n2A?...