CG
@greslib.bsky.social
Librarian, & occasional knowledge counsellor. All sorts. Retweets are not an endorsement.
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“Very deep poverty is defined as less than 40% of the UK poverty threshold after rent. The average income of a household in very deep poverty is 59% below the poverty line. For a couple with two young children this amounts to £16,400 or below.”
Record number of people in UK live in ‘very deep poverty’, analysis shows
Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Record number of people in UK live in ‘very deep poverty’, analysis shows
Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:38 AM
“Very deep poverty is defined as less than 40% of the UK poverty threshold after rent. The average income of a household in very deep poverty is 59% below the poverty line. For a couple with two young children this amounts to £16,400 or below.”
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I see the “Man of the People” has been devoting all his time as MP to his constituents in Clacton….Of course he’s not in the pocket of far right billionaires who think that because they are rich they should get even more of the cake
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Nigel Farage racks up £151,000 in donor-funded flights to support Donald Trump
Most recently, Farage attended an event at Trump’s Mar A Lago resort celebrating US Military Veterans just months before Trump’s vile slur dismissing the sacrifice of British troops who served in Afgh...
www.mirror.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 8:54 AM
I see the “Man of the People” has been devoting all his time as MP to his constituents in Clacton….Of course he’s not in the pocket of far right billionaires who think that because they are rich they should get even more of the cake
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Time to dump ChatGPT!
The latest model of ChatGPT has begun to cite Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as a source on a wide range of queries, including on Iranian conglomerates and Holocaust deniers, raising concerns about misinformation on the platform.
The latest model of ChatGPT has begun to cite Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as a source on a wide range of queries, including on Iranian conglomerates and Holocaust deniers, raising concerns about misinformation on the platform.
Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as source, tests reveal
Guardian found OpenAI’s platform cited Grokipedia on topics including Iran and Holocaust deniers
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Time to dump ChatGPT!
The latest model of ChatGPT has begun to cite Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as a source on a wide range of queries, including on Iranian conglomerates and Holocaust deniers, raising concerns about misinformation on the platform.
The latest model of ChatGPT has begun to cite Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as a source on a wide range of queries, including on Iranian conglomerates and Holocaust deniers, raising concerns about misinformation on the platform.
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End of Days stuff - Daily Mail outperforms BBC at accurate reporting of a far-right attack.
January 25, 2026 at 10:55 AM
End of Days stuff - Daily Mail outperforms BBC at accurate reporting of a far-right attack.
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ICE is a paramilitary force deployed in a campaign of state domestic terrorism.
If the primary focus were immigration enforcement, they’d be raiding agricultural and hospitality industry settings.
Instead, they’re going into residential neighborhoods, schools, and courthouses.
Terror is the goal.
If the primary focus were immigration enforcement, they’d be raiding agricultural and hospitality industry settings.
Instead, they’re going into residential neighborhoods, schools, and courthouses.
Terror is the goal.
January 24, 2026 at 2:06 PM
ICE is a paramilitary force deployed in a campaign of state domestic terrorism.
If the primary focus were immigration enforcement, they’d be raiding agricultural and hospitality industry settings.
Instead, they’re going into residential neighborhoods, schools, and courthouses.
Terror is the goal.
If the primary focus were immigration enforcement, they’d be raiding agricultural and hospitality industry settings.
Instead, they’re going into residential neighborhoods, schools, and courthouses.
Terror is the goal.
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How much Nigel Farage has earned from second jobs after rules breach
With Nigel Farage found to have breached code of conduct regarding his second jobs, we reveal just how much he and every other MP has earned as extra income on top of being an MP
With Nigel Farage found to have breached code of conduct regarding his second jobs, we reveal just how much he and every other MP has earned as extra income on top of being an MP
How much Nigel Farage has earned from second jobs after rules breach
With Nigel Farage found to have breached code of conduct regarding his second jobs, we reveal just how much he and every other MP has earned as extra income on top of being an MP
www.mirror.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 4:32 PM
How much Nigel Farage has earned from second jobs after rules breach
With Nigel Farage found to have breached code of conduct regarding his second jobs, we reveal just how much he and every other MP has earned as extra income on top of being an MP
With Nigel Farage found to have breached code of conduct regarding his second jobs, we reveal just how much he and every other MP has earned as extra income on top of being an MP
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Your next prime minister
"Nigel Farage has blamed his failure to declare £380,000 of income from TV and speeches on “severe growing pains” since becoming an MP and the fact that “I don’t do computers”." [Times]
January 22, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Your next prime minister
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No MP should be earning £380,000 on top of their parliamentary salary.
Farage manages it because he's turned "politainment" into a viable career. Like his US counterparts he's discovered that being a disruptor can make you very wealthy indeed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage manages it because he's turned "politainment" into a viable career. Like his US counterparts he's discovered that being a disruptor can make you very wealthy indeed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage apologises for 17 breaches of MPs’ code of conduct
Reform UK leader, who failed to declare £380,000 on time, says he is computer-illiterate ‘oddball’
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:35 AM
No MP should be earning £380,000 on top of their parliamentary salary.
Farage manages it because he's turned "politainment" into a viable career. Like his US counterparts he's discovered that being a disruptor can make you very wealthy indeed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage manages it because he's turned "politainment" into a viable career. Like his US counterparts he's discovered that being a disruptor can make you very wealthy indeed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Change in opening hours : to LJC term time
From Monday 12 January we will be open for longer again, to support the teaching and learing at the London Jesuit Centre: Mondays-Thursdays: 9:30am to 6:30pm Fridays: 9:30am to 6pm Saturdays: 9:30am to 2pm Please always check our web page for changes to…
From Monday 12 January we will be open for longer again, to support the teaching and learing at the London Jesuit Centre: Mondays-Thursdays: 9:30am to 6:30pm Fridays: 9:30am to 6pm Saturdays: 9:30am to 2pm Please always check our web page for changes to…
Change in opening hours : to LJC term time
From Monday 12 January we will be open for longer again, to support the teaching and learing at the London Jesuit Centre: Mondays-Thursdays: 9:30am to 6:30pm Fridays: 9:30am to 6pm Saturdays: 9:30am to 2pm Please always check our web page for changes to the opening hours, especially if you are travelling from further away from London. The second LJC term of 2025-26 ends on 27 March 2026.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Change in opening hours : to LJC term time
From Monday 12 January we will be open for longer again, to support the teaching and learing at the London Jesuit Centre: Mondays-Thursdays: 9:30am to 6:30pm Fridays: 9:30am to 6pm Saturdays: 9:30am to 2pm Please always check our web page for changes to…
From Monday 12 January we will be open for longer again, to support the teaching and learing at the London Jesuit Centre: Mondays-Thursdays: 9:30am to 6:30pm Fridays: 9:30am to 6pm Saturdays: 9:30am to 2pm Please always check our web page for changes to…
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Prof Stevenson on "1758 - The Secret History of a Papal Election" @campionhall.bsky.social : Thursday 19 February 2026: 17:15-18:45 (GMT), at CH, Oxford _and_ online! More info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/campion-le... [talk covers a manuscript deposited by the @heythroplib.bsky.social at Campion Hall!]
Campion Lecture HT 2026: 1758 - The Secret History of a Papal Election
An exploration of intrigue and diplomacy behind a pivotal eighteenth-century papal conclave. Delivered by Professor Jane Stevenson.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Prof Stevenson on "1758 - The Secret History of a Papal Election" @campionhall.bsky.social : Thursday 19 February 2026: 17:15-18:45 (GMT), at CH, Oxford _and_ online! More info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/campion-le... [talk covers a manuscript deposited by the @heythroplib.bsky.social at Campion Hall!]
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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Amazing collections, lovely people. Come and spend a year doing research @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social
Apply to be the 2026-7 Munby Fellow in bibliography and history of the book @theul.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ688/m...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ688/m...
Munby Fellowship in Bibliography 2026 - 2027 at University of Cambridge
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Munby Fellowship in Bibliography 2026 - 2027 opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Amazing collections, lovely people. Come and spend a year doing research @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Incredulous! 👇 Let the first two lines sink in!
December 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Incredulous! 👇 Let the first two lines sink in!
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Excellent piece on the continuing value of libraries from Martha Gill in @theobserveruk.bsky.social - pleased to be quoted in it. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Far from being past their shelf life, libraries are essen...
These vital institutions can launch businesses and reduce the need for social care
observer.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Excellent piece on the continuing value of libraries from Martha Gill in @theobserveruk.bsky.social - pleased to be quoted in it. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
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Verily, the man who puts the c*nt in country.
It’s the Boxing Day Hunt, Nigel Farage thinks packs of hounds should chase a fox and tear it to shreds.
December 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Verily, the man who puts the c*nt in country.
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We’re excited to share our new main catalogue, making it easier for you to find and request the majority of our published collection. We’ve also launched an interim version of our Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Find out how to start searching and requesting on our website bit.ly/BLNewCatalogues
December 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We’re excited to share our new main catalogue, making it easier for you to find and request the majority of our published collection. We’ve also launched an interim version of our Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Find out how to start searching and requesting on our website bit.ly/BLNewCatalogues
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If you haven’t noticed this up to this point, now you won’t be able to avoid identifying it everywhere
And have you noticed a big uptick in “benefits” stories at the moment?
Probably completely unrelated(🤔) to the fact we’ve had the longest run with no small boat crossings for 2 years, and the latest immigration stats are down at pre-pandemic levels…
They’ve gotta find a scapegoat somewhere🙄
9/9
Probably completely unrelated(🤔) to the fact we’ve had the longest run with no small boat crossings for 2 years, and the latest immigration stats are down at pre-pandemic levels…
They’ve gotta find a scapegoat somewhere🙄
9/9
December 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If you haven’t noticed this up to this point, now you won’t be able to avoid identifying it everywhere
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You can explore the data in this great report. My point is not to set one subject against another but that the stereotypes about humanities employability need a bit of probing, and shouldn’t be the thing that put someone off what they want to study
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December 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
You can explore the data in this great report. My point is not to set one subject against another but that the stereotypes about humanities employability need a bit of probing, and shouldn’t be the thing that put someone off what they want to study
graduatemarkettrends.cdn.prismic.io/graduatemark...
graduatemarkettrends.cdn.prismic.io/graduatemark...
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Our economic woes are caused by Brexit, (Ukraine), Covid, Brexit’s ugly baby - our dismal immigration policy, Truss budget, 14yrs of austerity…
All rightwing policies.
Quite mad that our media acts as if Labour’s budget is the end of days, when they failed to adequately scrutinise any of
that👆shit.
All rightwing policies.
Quite mad that our media acts as if Labour’s budget is the end of days, when they failed to adequately scrutinise any of
that👆shit.
December 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Our economic woes are caused by Brexit, (Ukraine), Covid, Brexit’s ugly baby - our dismal immigration policy, Truss budget, 14yrs of austerity…
All rightwing policies.
Quite mad that our media acts as if Labour’s budget is the end of days, when they failed to adequately scrutinise any of
that👆shit.
All rightwing policies.
Quite mad that our media acts as if Labour’s budget is the end of days, when they failed to adequately scrutinise any of
that👆shit.
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Seventh 2025 CSP Hunter scholarship awarded
We are delighted to announce that we have just awarded the seventh 2025 recipient for one of the seven The Professor CSP Hunter Scholarships to Dr Stephen Dolan Find out more about the recipients this year, what the eligibility criteria were.
We are delighted to announce that we have just awarded the seventh 2025 recipient for one of the seven The Professor CSP Hunter Scholarships to Dr Stephen Dolan Find out more about the recipients this year, what the eligibility criteria were.
Seventh 2025 CSP Hunter scholarship awarded
We are delighted to announce that we have just awarded the seventh 2025 recipient for one of the seven The Professor CSP Hunter Scholarships to Dr Stephen Dolan Find out more about the recipients this year, what the eligibility criteria were.
heythroplibrary.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Seventh 2025 CSP Hunter scholarship awarded
We are delighted to announce that we have just awarded the seventh 2025 recipient for one of the seven The Professor CSP Hunter Scholarships to Dr Stephen Dolan Find out more about the recipients this year, what the eligibility criteria were.
We are delighted to announce that we have just awarded the seventh 2025 recipient for one of the seven The Professor CSP Hunter Scholarships to Dr Stephen Dolan Find out more about the recipients this year, what the eligibility criteria were.
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#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : The play of goodness : creation, phenomenology, and culture / Jacob Benjamins. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...
November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
#NewAcquisition @heythroplib.bsky.social : The play of goodness : creation, phenomenology, and culture / Jacob Benjamins. Our catalogue record: hey.koha.openfifth.n...