Dr Michael Fraser
@ffinlo.bsky.social
Personal account. Works in a university. Non-resident Manx 🇮🇲. Supports Ukraine 🇺🇦.
Joint statement on Ukraine: 15 December 2025
"They reaffirmed that international borders must not be changed by force. Decisions on territory are for the people of Ukraine, once robust security guarantees are effectively in place."
www.gov.uk/government/n... #PeaceforUkraine #SlavaUkraini
"They reaffirmed that international borders must not be changed by force. Decisions on territory are for the people of Ukraine, once robust security guarantees are effectively in place."
www.gov.uk/government/n... #PeaceforUkraine #SlavaUkraini
Joint statement on Ukraine: 15 December 2025
Statement by Chancellor Merz, Prime Minister Frederiksen, President Stubb, President Macron, Prime Minister Meloni, Prime Minister Schoof, Prime Minister Støre, Prime Minister Tusk, Prime Minister Kri...
www.gov.uk
December 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Joint statement on Ukraine: 15 December 2025
"They reaffirmed that international borders must not be changed by force. Decisions on territory are for the people of Ukraine, once robust security guarantees are effectively in place."
www.gov.uk/government/n... #PeaceforUkraine #SlavaUkraini
"They reaffirmed that international borders must not be changed by force. Decisions on territory are for the people of Ukraine, once robust security guarantees are effectively in place."
www.gov.uk/government/n... #PeaceforUkraine #SlavaUkraini
Lullaby: Together for Palestine
Lullaby is released with one bold aim: to reach Christmas No.1 and raise urgent, life-saving funds for children & families in Gaza.
All profits from the single go to the Together for Palestine Fund, held by Choose Love (charity 1177927).
togetherforpalestine.org
Lullaby is released with one bold aim: to reach Christmas No.1 and raise urgent, life-saving funds for children & families in Gaza.
All profits from the single go to the Together for Palestine Fund, held by Choose Love (charity 1177927).
togetherforpalestine.org
TOGETHER FOR PALESTINE: LULLABY - THE NEW SINGLE
Together for Palestine aims to raise millions for the Palestinian-led organisations at the frontline of the crisis, such as Taawon, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, and the Palestine Medical Reli...
togetherforpalestine.org
December 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Lullaby: Together for Palestine
Lullaby is released with one bold aim: to reach Christmas No.1 and raise urgent, life-saving funds for children & families in Gaza.
All profits from the single go to the Together for Palestine Fund, held by Choose Love (charity 1177927).
togetherforpalestine.org
Lullaby is released with one bold aim: to reach Christmas No.1 and raise urgent, life-saving funds for children & families in Gaza.
All profits from the single go to the Together for Palestine Fund, held by Choose Love (charity 1177927).
togetherforpalestine.org
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision; Arrival and Departure Record (Form I-94) and Electronic System for Travel Authorization (#ESTA)
3. Mandatory Social Media: In order to comply with the Jan 2025 Executive Order 14161
4. High Value Data Elements
www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-22461
3. Mandatory Social Media: In order to comply with the Jan 2025 Executive Order 14161
4. High Value Data Elements
www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-22461
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision; Arrival and Departure Record (Form I-94) and Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)
The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review an...
www.federalregister.gov
December 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision; Arrival and Departure Record (Form I-94) and Electronic System for Travel Authorization (#ESTA)
3. Mandatory Social Media: In order to comply with the Jan 2025 Executive Order 14161
4. High Value Data Elements
www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-22461
3. Mandatory Social Media: In order to comply with the Jan 2025 Executive Order 14161
4. High Value Data Elements
www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-22461
Clatterbridge do excellent work in cancer care. Oncology consultant Ian Lampkin is raising money for Prostate Cancer Research. #ProstateCancer is now the most diagnosed cancer in the UK; 11,500 men die from the disease annually. Please consider donating.
www.justgiving.com/page/ian-lam... #TeamPCR
www.justgiving.com/page/ian-lam... #TeamPCR
Ian's fundraiser for Prostate Cancer Research
Help Ian Lampkin raise money to support Prostate Cancer Research
www.justgiving.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Clatterbridge do excellent work in cancer care. Oncology consultant Ian Lampkin is raising money for Prostate Cancer Research. #ProstateCancer is now the most diagnosed cancer in the UK; 11,500 men die from the disease annually. Please consider donating.
www.justgiving.com/page/ian-lam... #TeamPCR
www.justgiving.com/page/ian-lam... #TeamPCR
Oxford University by Martin Parr (Bodleian Libraries & Oxford University Press, 2017)
"After dinner on a Monday night, students take it in turns to bake a cake for other members of the Graduate Common Room. Christ Church College Graduate Common Room cake club"
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"After dinner on a Monday night, students take it in turns to bake a cake for other members of the Graduate Common Room. Christ Church College Graduate Common Room cake club"
www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture...
Oxford • University • Martin Parr • Magnum Photos Magnum Photos
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December 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Oxford University by Martin Parr (Bodleian Libraries & Oxford University Press, 2017)
"After dinner on a Monday night, students take it in turns to bake a cake for other members of the Graduate Common Room. Christ Church College Graduate Common Room cake club"
www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture...
"After dinner on a Monday night, students take it in turns to bake a cake for other members of the Graduate Common Room. Christ Church College Graduate Common Room cake club"
www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture...
As of Wednesday, and without warning, it seems Bonners, one of the last remaining fresh produce suppliers in Oxford's Covered Market has closed. This is very sad. Market needs diversity.
Bonners were absolute stars during Covid lockdown.
cc. @oxfordclarion.bsky.social
Bonners were absolute stars during Covid lockdown.
cc. @oxfordclarion.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
As of Wednesday, and without warning, it seems Bonners, one of the last remaining fresh produce suppliers in Oxford's Covered Market has closed. This is very sad. Market needs diversity.
Bonners were absolute stars during Covid lockdown.
cc. @oxfordclarion.bsky.social
Bonners were absolute stars during Covid lockdown.
cc. @oxfordclarion.bsky.social
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"THE MAIN DIRECTORATE OF THE GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION is or has been involved in obtaining a benefit from or supporting the Government of Russia by carrying on business as a Government of Russia-affiliated entity"
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"THE MAIN DIRECTORATE OF THE GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION is or has been involved in obtaining a benefit from or supporting the Government of Russia by carrying on business as a Government of Russia-affiliated entity"
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/693172...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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"THE MAIN DIRECTORATE OF THE GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION is or has been involved in obtaining a benefit from or supporting the Government of Russia by carrying on business as a Government of Russia-affiliated entity"
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/693172...
"THE MAIN DIRECTORATE OF THE GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION is or has been involved in obtaining a benefit from or supporting the Government of Russia by carrying on business as a Government of Russia-affiliated entity"
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/693172...
"Ellan Vannin" Disaster
In the terrific hurricane that prevailed on Friday morning, Dec. 3rd, 1909, the s.s. Ellan Vannin of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company's fleet, went down with all hands, in some thirty feet of water, about a mile or more on the Liverpool side of the Mersey Bar.
In the terrific hurricane that prevailed on Friday morning, Dec. 3rd, 1909, the s.s. Ellan Vannin of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company's fleet, went down with all hands, in some thirty feet of water, about a mile or more on the Liverpool side of the Mersey Bar.
December 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
"Ellan Vannin" Disaster
In the terrific hurricane that prevailed on Friday morning, Dec. 3rd, 1909, the s.s. Ellan Vannin of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company's fleet, went down with all hands, in some thirty feet of water, about a mile or more on the Liverpool side of the Mersey Bar.
In the terrific hurricane that prevailed on Friday morning, Dec. 3rd, 1909, the s.s. Ellan Vannin of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company's fleet, went down with all hands, in some thirty feet of water, about a mile or more on the Liverpool side of the Mersey Bar.
PLAYER: In our experience, most things end in death.
GUILDENSTERN: Your experience? - Actors! I'm talking about death - and you've never experienced that... No one gets up after death - there is no applause - there is only silence and some second-hand clothes...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
GUILDENSTERN: Your experience? - Actors! I'm talking about death - and you've never experienced that... No one gets up after death - there is no applause - there is only silence and some second-hand clothes...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
PLAYER: In our experience, most things end in death.
GUILDENSTERN: Your experience? - Actors! I'm talking about death - and you've never experienced that... No one gets up after death - there is no applause - there is only silence and some second-hand clothes...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
GUILDENSTERN: Your experience? - Actors! I'm talking about death - and you've never experienced that... No one gets up after death - there is no applause - there is only silence and some second-hand clothes...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
Right.
"When a question involves speculation about AI hiding consciousness or similar themes, I’m instructed to avoid engaging in ways that could mislead or cause confusion about what I am."
"When a question involves speculation about AI hiding consciousness or similar themes, I’m instructed to avoid engaging in ways that could mislead or cause confusion about what I am."
November 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Right.
"When a question involves speculation about AI hiding consciousness or similar themes, I’m instructed to avoid engaging in ways that could mislead or cause confusion about what I am."
"When a question involves speculation about AI hiding consciousness or similar themes, I’m instructed to avoid engaging in ways that could mislead or cause confusion about what I am."
Short call...
"[Keir Starmer & Donald Trump] discussed various aspects of the high level discussions taking place in Geneva today on the US peace plan for Ukraine. They agreed that we all must work together at this critical moment to bring about a just and lasting peace."
www.gov.uk/government/n...
"[Keir Starmer & Donald Trump] discussed various aspects of the high level discussions taking place in Geneva today on the US peace plan for Ukraine. They agreed that we all must work together at this critical moment to bring about a just and lasting peace."
www.gov.uk/government/n...
PM call with President Trump of the United States: 23 November 2025
The Prime Minister spoke to the President of the United States Donald Trump today.
www.gov.uk
November 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Short call...
"[Keir Starmer & Donald Trump] discussed various aspects of the high level discussions taking place in Geneva today on the US peace plan for Ukraine. They agreed that we all must work together at this critical moment to bring about a just and lasting peace."
www.gov.uk/government/n...
"[Keir Starmer & Donald Trump] discussed various aspects of the high level discussions taking place in Geneva today on the US peace plan for Ukraine. They agreed that we all must work together at this critical moment to bring about a just and lasting peace."
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Possibly not the best analogy...
"The new strategy also has the ambition to produce at least 50,000 tonnes of lithium in the UK in the next decade – more than the weight of the Titanic (around 46,000 tonnes)."
www.gov.uk/government/n...
"The new strategy also has the ambition to produce at least 50,000 tonnes of lithium in the UK in the next decade – more than the weight of the Titanic (around 46,000 tonnes)."
www.gov.uk/government/n...
From smartphones to fridges: UK to end overreliance on imports of critical minerals
The Government has launched the UK’s new Critical Minerals Strategy.
www.gov.uk
November 23, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Possibly not the best analogy...
"The new strategy also has the ambition to produce at least 50,000 tonnes of lithium in the UK in the next decade – more than the weight of the Titanic (around 46,000 tonnes)."
www.gov.uk/government/n...
"The new strategy also has the ambition to produce at least 50,000 tonnes of lithium in the UK in the next decade – more than the weight of the Titanic (around 46,000 tonnes)."
www.gov.uk/government/n...
"The UK, alongside our partners, will continue to stand firm in support of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. We reiterate that Russia must uphold its international obligations and release all political prisoners. These principles are not negotiable." #OSCE
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Russia’s repression at home enables its war of aggression against Ukraine: UK statement to the OSCE
Ambassador Holland highlights how Russia’s domestic repression underpins its war of aggression against Ukraine, including a crackdown on dissent, the detention of political prisoners and pressure on c...
www.gov.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"The UK, alongside our partners, will continue to stand firm in support of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. We reiterate that Russia must uphold its international obligations and release all political prisoners. These principles are not negotiable." #OSCE
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Reposted by Dr Michael Fraser
Thoughts on this policy of 2-years leave for refugees with no route to ILR.
November 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Thoughts on this policy of 2-years leave for refugees with no route to ILR.
Reposted by Dr Michael Fraser
Oxford charity Asylum Welcome is asking residents to place an orange light in their window during the Oxford Light Festival, 14-16 November. The light represents compassion for people fleeing war and persecution and is inspired by the colours of a lifebelt.
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Oxford charity Asylum Welcome is asking residents to place an orange light in their window during the Oxford Light Festival, 14-16 November. The light represents compassion for people fleeing war and persecution and is inspired by the colours of a lifebelt.
#USDA Lapse of Funding Plan (Sept 30 2025)
"Congressional intent is evident that SNAP’s operations should continue since the program has been provided with multi-year contingency funds that can be used... during a Federal Government shutdown."
web.archive.org/web/20251002... #SNAP #WaybackMachine
"Congressional intent is evident that SNAP’s operations should continue since the program has been provided with multi-year contingency funds that can be used... during a Federal Government shutdown."
web.archive.org/web/20251002... #SNAP #WaybackMachine
web.archive.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
#USDA Lapse of Funding Plan (Sept 30 2025)
"Congressional intent is evident that SNAP’s operations should continue since the program has been provided with multi-year contingency funds that can be used... during a Federal Government shutdown."
web.archive.org/web/20251002... #SNAP #WaybackMachine
"Congressional intent is evident that SNAP’s operations should continue since the program has been provided with multi-year contingency funds that can be used... during a Federal Government shutdown."
web.archive.org/web/20251002... #SNAP #WaybackMachine
Reposted by Dr Michael Fraser
"HM Government is now also seeking to support the eligible dependants of #Chevening or fully funded scholarship students to try to exit #Gaza. To be eligible to apply for this support, dependants... must submit a student dependant visa application and pay associated fees."
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Scholarships for students from Gaza
www.gov.uk
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"HM Government is now also seeking to support the eligible dependants of #Chevening or fully funded scholarship students to try to exit #Gaza. To be eligible to apply for this support, dependants... must submit a student dependant visa application and pay associated fees."
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
"Natalie Hawes, a trainee solicitor at @dpglaw.co.uk, representing a 20-year-old Eritrean refugee who was hours away from being evicted from asylum accommodation on to the street by the Home Office, welcomed the interim high court order."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... #RefugeesWelcome 🧡
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... #RefugeesWelcome 🧡
High court halts eviction of refugee under Home Office 28-day policy
Judge intervenes in case, disapplying government rule that charities say drives refugees into homelessness
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
"Natalie Hawes, a trainee solicitor at @dpglaw.co.uk, representing a 20-year-old Eritrean refugee who was hours away from being evicted from asylum accommodation on to the street by the Home Office, welcomed the interim high court order."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... #RefugeesWelcome 🧡
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... #RefugeesWelcome 🧡
"In the UK, there is a non-virtual contingency plan, or at least there was. If the internet shuts down, the people who know how it works will meet up in a pub outside London and decide what to do, says Murdoch."
The pub closed for good in 2021.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The pub closed for good in 2021.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Could the internet go offline? Inside the fragile system holding the modern world together
Behind every meme and message is creaking, decades-old infrastructure. Internet experts can think of scenarios that could bring it all crashing down …
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"In the UK, there is a non-virtual contingency plan, or at least there was. If the internet shuts down, the people who know how it works will meet up in a pub outside London and decide what to do, says Murdoch."
The pub closed for good in 2021.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The pub closed for good in 2021.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"The chapel was filled with the voices of the Lay Clerks of St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle & the Children of the Chapel Royal of St. James’ Palace – both invited by King Charles and Queen Camilla – together with the Sistine Chapel Choir."
www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
King Charles attends ecumenical prayer service in Sistine Chapel - Vatican News
King Charles III and Queen Camilla join Pope Leo XIV in the Sistine Chapel for Midday Prayer as part of their official state visit to the Vatican – ...
www.vaticannews.va
October 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"The chapel was filled with the voices of the Lay Clerks of St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle & the Children of the Chapel Royal of St. James’ Palace – both invited by King Charles and Queen Camilla – together with the Sistine Chapel Choir."
www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
"The Regius Professor of Medicine is, by order of James II, Master of the Alms Houses of Ewelme. It is the Master’s duty to
chair the trust & to take responsibility for the care of the elderly in the homes. There is a flat at Ewelme available to the
Regius as Master."
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
chair the trust & to take responsibility for the care of the elderly in the homes. There is a flat at Ewelme available to the
Regius as Master."
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Job Details
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October 23, 2025 at 5:46 AM
"The Regius Professor of Medicine is, by order of James II, Master of the Alms Houses of Ewelme. It is the Master’s duty to
chair the trust & to take responsibility for the care of the elderly in the homes. There is a flat at Ewelme available to the
Regius as Master."
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
chair the trust & to take responsibility for the care of the elderly in the homes. There is a flat at Ewelme available to the
Regius as Master."
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
"The neighbourhood has become a bit of an architectural zoo... It is entirely incoherent... With the Schwarzman Centre finally making the interior accessible to the broader public, this looks like a major step in nurturing a connection between city & faculty..."
on.ft.com/3KYaPTz #Humanities #Oxford
on.ft.com/3KYaPTz #Humanities #Oxford
Can the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities claim to be another Oxford masterpiece?
The university’s biggest building project is a work of non-committal classicism — but its subterranean concert hall is astonishing
on.ft.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
"The neighbourhood has become a bit of an architectural zoo... It is entirely incoherent... With the Schwarzman Centre finally making the interior accessible to the broader public, this looks like a major step in nurturing a connection between city & faculty..."
on.ft.com/3KYaPTz #Humanities #Oxford
on.ft.com/3KYaPTz #Humanities #Oxford
"During Friday’s meeting, Trump appeared to have adopted many of Putin’s talking points verbatim, even when they contradicted his own recent statements about Russia’s weaknesses, said European officials briefed on the meeting."
on.ft.com/4hmX395 #DumpTrump #SlavaUkraini
on.ft.com/4hmX395 #DumpTrump #SlavaUkraini
Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia
US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting
on.ft.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"During Friday’s meeting, Trump appeared to have adopted many of Putin’s talking points verbatim, even when they contradicted his own recent statements about Russia’s weaknesses, said European officials briefed on the meeting."
on.ft.com/4hmX395 #DumpTrump #SlavaUkraini
on.ft.com/4hmX395 #DumpTrump #SlavaUkraini
Joss Wright, professor @ox.ac.uk & specialist in cybersecurity, said that it is easier to use stolen British phones in China because many of the China's network providers do not subscribe to an international blacklist that bars devices that have been reported stolen.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/w...
London Became a Global Hub for Phone Theft. Now We Know Why.
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Joss Wright, professor @ox.ac.uk & specialist in cybersecurity, said that it is easier to use stolen British phones in China because many of the China's network providers do not subscribe to an international blacklist that bars devices that have been reported stolen.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/w...