Scott Davidson
@scottify.bsky.social
Academic type. PR/lobbying/public affairs/ageing politics/agonistic democracy
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/scott_y_gram/
Me messing around with music: https://www.mixcloud.com/sonidoscottify/
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/scott_y_gram/
Me messing around with music: https://www.mixcloud.com/sonidoscottify/
You’re just the second best fictional clergy
From the archive, 5 years ago: #Top10 Fictional Clergy www.independent.co.uk/voices/top-1...
Top 10 fictional clergy
A league table (in no particular order) of imaginary intermediaries for the divine
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
You’re just the second best fictional clergy
Dear Spotify & Apple Music,
Last time I looked...the year ends on December 31.
best regards
The Decemberists
#unwrapped #applereplay
Last time I looked...the year ends on December 31.
best regards
The Decemberists
#unwrapped #applereplay
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Dear Spotify & Apple Music,
Last time I looked...the year ends on December 31.
best regards
The Decemberists
#unwrapped #applereplay
Last time I looked...the year ends on December 31.
best regards
The Decemberists
#unwrapped #applereplay
This self harm - the loss of jobs, prestige, innovation, soft power - because of the ‘genius’ McSweeney strategy of sucking up to Reform voters, racists & right wing newspapers…
None of whom will ever vote, like or endorse anything Lab does
A toxic brew of political cowardice and stupidity
None of whom will ever vote, like or endorse anything Lab does
A toxic brew of political cowardice and stupidity
Every sympathy for University of Essex (and pressures facing them) but this is very bad news for Southend.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
Roles to be lost are part of wave of redundancy programmes across UK’s higher education sector
giftarticle.ft.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This self harm - the loss of jobs, prestige, innovation, soft power - because of the ‘genius’ McSweeney strategy of sucking up to Reform voters, racists & right wing newspapers…
None of whom will ever vote, like or endorse anything Lab does
A toxic brew of political cowardice and stupidity
None of whom will ever vote, like or endorse anything Lab does
A toxic brew of political cowardice and stupidity
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This is £600m from the same university sector that is pretty close to collapse in a growing number of major institutions?
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This is £600m from the same university sector that is pretty close to collapse in a growing number of major institutions?
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
Blue Labour attacks on universities continue
One of Britain’s biggest success stories must suffer cos…you know…the 20% of voters who hate all foreigners, vote reform, will never vote Labour…but the govt priority is to place their prejudices over the national interest
One of Britain’s biggest success stories must suffer cos…you know…the 20% of voters who hate all foreigners, vote reform, will never vote Labour…but the govt priority is to place their prejudices over the national interest
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Blue Labour attacks on universities continue
One of Britain’s biggest success stories must suffer cos…you know…the 20% of voters who hate all foreigners, vote reform, will never vote Labour…but the govt priority is to place their prejudices over the national interest
One of Britain’s biggest success stories must suffer cos…you know…the 20% of voters who hate all foreigners, vote reform, will never vote Labour…but the govt priority is to place their prejudices over the national interest
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You have a tax on international students, you have less of them, huh, you have less revenue, and whoopsdaisy, you're back to the taxes you didn't want to hike and everyone is cross.
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
You have a tax on international students, you have less of them, huh, you have less revenue, and whoopsdaisy, you're back to the taxes you didn't want to hike and everyone is cross.
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I left Twitter in 2015 ten years ago because of the scale of threats, abuse, cyber-stalking I received & the real world impact it had on me personally & professionally. Under Musk X is worse. He is a foreign hostile actor, interferes in our democracy, incites violence. Gov should be bold & abandon X
Growing backbench pressure about how government uses X
I hope this pressure can link up with pressure to recognise strength of prima facie evidence thst X is in breach of legal duties (in systemic failure of its complaints system to be compliant with UK law)
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
I hope this pressure can link up with pressure to recognise strength of prima facie evidence thst X is in breach of legal duties (in systemic failure of its complaints system to be compliant with UK law)
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Labour MPs Call For A More Serious Review Of The Government's Use Of X
Labour MPs are calling for ministers to take control of decisions over the government’s continued use of X, as concerns grow about the platform’s s...
www.politicshome.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I left Twitter in 2015 ten years ago because of the scale of threats, abuse, cyber-stalking I received & the real world impact it had on me personally & professionally. Under Musk X is worse. He is a foreign hostile actor, interferes in our democracy, incites violence. Gov should be bold & abandon X
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"You state in your letter three times that your client has suffered “overwhelming financial and reputational harm”. This is presumably on the Beetlejuice principle that it you say something three times it somehow appears"
davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...
davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...
The letter the BBC could send to Trump in reply to his $1bn claim
12th November 2025 Yesterday this blog offered a close reading of the letter Trump’s lawyers had sent to the British Broadcasting Corporation. As a follow-up, this is a letter that the BBC could se…
davidallengreen.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"You state in your letter three times that your client has suffered “overwhelming financial and reputational harm”. This is presumably on the Beetlejuice principle that it you say something three times it somehow appears"
davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...
davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...
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The first of what we can hope will be many legal victories for the music industry in its fight against the AI pirates. A Munich court ruled that OpenAI had breached copyright law and was liable to be sued for damages for appropriating content without authorisation.
En Allemagne, l’industrie musicale remporte une première victoire judiciaire contre OpenAI
En Allemagne, l’industrie musicale remporte une première victoire judiciaire contre OpenAI
Un tribunal de Munich a estimé, mardi, que le géant américain de l’intelligence artificielle avait porté atteinte « aux droits d’exploitation protégés par le droit d’auteur ». L’entreprise s’est dite « en désaccord » avec cette décision et dit étudier « les prochaines démarches possibles ».
www.lemonde.fr
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The first of what we can hope will be many legal victories for the music industry in its fight against the AI pirates. A Munich court ruled that OpenAI had breached copyright law and was liable to be sued for damages for appropriating content without authorisation.
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Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Elon Musk is once again inciting violence on British streets because the government has taught him there are literally no consequences for doing so.
They even carry on using his far-right social network to promote government policy as he does it. The absence of backbone is *astounding*.
They even carry on using his far-right social network to promote government policy as he does it. The absence of backbone is *astounding*.
October 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Elon Musk is once again inciting violence on British streets because the government has taught him there are literally no consequences for doing so.
They even carry on using his far-right social network to promote government policy as he does it. The absence of backbone is *astounding*.
They even carry on using his far-right social network to promote government policy as he does it. The absence of backbone is *astounding*.
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Unlike Zarah it seems, I support international solidarity against fascist imperialism and that’s why I support military & humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
There’s no peace without defending Ukraine. There’s no peace with Russian occupation.
There’s no peace without defending Ukraine. There’s no peace with Russian occupation.
There is always money for war, never for the poor.
Every penny spent on bombs, tanks and missiles is stolen from our homes, schools and hospitals.
We are not going to take it anymore.
Every penny spent on bombs, tanks and missiles is stolen from our homes, schools and hospitals.
We are not going to take it anymore.
October 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Unlike Zarah it seems, I support international solidarity against fascist imperialism and that’s why I support military & humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
There’s no peace without defending Ukraine. There’s no peace with Russian occupation.
There’s no peace without defending Ukraine. There’s no peace with Russian occupation.
Massive news. Some one has invented owned media, and here’s the marmalade dropper… it isn’t the same as journalism. Mind blown
October 16, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Massive news. Some one has invented owned media, and here’s the marmalade dropper… it isn’t the same as journalism. Mind blown
Next time Vance tries to criticise the UK about free speech - just give him a hard star and project this onto a large screen
ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.
He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.
He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.
October 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Next time Vance tries to criticise the UK about free speech - just give him a hard star and project this onto a large screen
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
A reminder - the UK govt provides ZERO teaching grant for the teaching of humanities and social science in universities
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.
October 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
A reminder - the UK govt provides ZERO teaching grant for the teaching of humanities and social science in universities
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Reading papers is a basic skill (and dare I say duty?) of scientists, and I include medical doctors in that group. Keeping abreast of the literature is a foundational part of our professions. There aren’t good shortcuts. In any case, reading papers regularly is fun.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/s...
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/s...
Science journalists find ChatGPT is bad at summarizing scientific papers
LLM “tended to sacrifice accuracy for simplicity” when writing news briefs.
arstechnica.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Reading papers is a basic skill (and dare I say duty?) of scientists, and I include medical doctors in that group. Keeping abreast of the literature is a foundational part of our professions. There aren’t good shortcuts. In any case, reading papers regularly is fun.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/s...
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/s...
The tepid bath of managed decline
No ‘Trump bump’ for British universities, alas. Not helped by Jacqui Smith, whose view of international students is similar to Basil Fawlty’s to hotel customers.
September 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The tepid bath of managed decline
Big Tech| Meta’s huge spending on lobbying to electorally punish politicians who support democratic controls and online safety
www.reuters.com/world/us/met...
www.reuters.com/world/us/met...
Meta to launch California super PAC backing pro-AI candidates
Meta said on Tuesday it will launch a California-focused political action committee to back state-level candidates favoring lighter regulation of technology, particularly artificial intelligence.
www.reuters.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Big Tech| Meta’s huge spending on lobbying to electorally punish politicians who support democratic controls and online safety
www.reuters.com/world/us/met...
www.reuters.com/world/us/met...
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It is and was extremely low cost for established institutions to stop using social media platforms that willingly abandoned content screening to block extremism, racism, misinformation etc. That they are mostly all ignoring this - including governments - is an abdication of public duty and ethics.
August 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
It is and was extremely low cost for established institutions to stop using social media platforms that willingly abandoned content screening to block extremism, racism, misinformation etc. That they are mostly all ignoring this - including governments - is an abdication of public duty and ethics.
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August 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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