Brian P
@brianpatton.bsky.social
Scientist based in Scotland. Photography, sci-fi and who knows what else may make an appearance here.
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One thing I always want to ask these masculinity entrepreneurs is why men can’t look to women as role models, and can’t see in women models of human virtue and thriving that are worth emulating. After all, women look to men for these all the time.
Sure, Galloway is better than Peterson
But he still believes the natural order of things requires men to be supreme. Men must protect, provide and procreate. It's dressed in progressive language, but it's fundamentally a patriarchal box to trap men in
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
But he still believes the natural order of things requires men to be supreme. Men must protect, provide and procreate. It's dressed in progressive language, but it's fundamentally a patriarchal box to trap men in
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
When his book Notes on Being a Man was released last month, it raced to the top of the bestseller lists. The US author, tech entrepreneur and podcaster explains his theories on dating, crying – and th...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
One thing I always want to ask these masculinity entrepreneurs is why men can’t look to women as role models, and can’t see in women models of human virtue and thriving that are worth emulating. After all, women look to men for these all the time.
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It's worth remembering that the government could stop the exclusion of trans people from public life any time they want.
December 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It's worth remembering that the government could stop the exclusion of trans people from public life any time they want.
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Absolute fucking cowards. Nothing in the Supreme Court ruling comprehensively established that it is unlawful to ever include us. You could fight that case and win if you were willing to take a risk for us.
December 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Absolute fucking cowards. Nothing in the Supreme Court ruling comprehensively established that it is unlawful to ever include us. You could fight that case and win if you were willing to take a risk for us.
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Jesus Christ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Jesus Christ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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But Labour MPs can’t put on hi-vis and a hard hat to visit for a photo opp, so they don’t count this as work and they don’t count these as jobs with saving
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 9:48 AM
But Labour MPs can’t put on hi-vis and a hard hat to visit for a photo opp, so they don’t count this as work and they don’t count these as jobs with saving
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Furious at this. TERFs and Gender Critical people are a loud, radicalized, wealthy minority, forcing groups who've done the right thing for years into horrible positions that none of them want. Stop buying Harry Potter. Fight for your trans brothers and sisters. They'll come for you next.
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Furious at this. TERFs and Gender Critical people are a loud, radicalized, wealthy minority, forcing groups who've done the right thing for years into horrible positions that none of them want. Stop buying Harry Potter. Fight for your trans brothers and sisters. They'll come for you next.
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It’s also what happened with Virgin gyms. Everywhere targeted caves when the date on the letter before action gets too close
December 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It’s also what happened with Virgin gyms. Everywhere targeted caves when the date on the letter before action gets too close
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i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
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Girl guides have made clear in their documents that they do not want to do this but they cannot afford legal challenges about it from wealthy opponents (such as the wizarding woman).
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Girl guides have made clear in their documents that they do not want to do this but they cannot afford legal challenges about it from wealthy opponents (such as the wizarding woman).
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The NHS is now going to be paying 25% more for new US based pharmaceuticals.
The UK Govs press release tries to spin this in a positive way, but from what I can see, Trump and RFK- rather than putting price caps on medicine for US patients are forcing the UK to pay more. GOOO Capitalism!
The UK Govs press release tries to spin this in a positive way, but from what I can see, Trump and RFK- rather than putting price caps on medicine for US patients are forcing the UK to pay more. GOOO Capitalism!
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The NHS is now going to be paying 25% more for new US based pharmaceuticals.
The UK Govs press release tries to spin this in a positive way, but from what I can see, Trump and RFK- rather than putting price caps on medicine for US patients are forcing the UK to pay more. GOOO Capitalism!
The UK Govs press release tries to spin this in a positive way, but from what I can see, Trump and RFK- rather than putting price caps on medicine for US patients are forcing the UK to pay more. GOOO Capitalism!
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Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
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A reminder that one of Wes Streeting's junior ministers is talking enthusiastically about 'cashing in' on NHS data (www.ft.com/content/0531...).
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A reminder that one of Wes Streeting's junior ministers is talking enthusiastically about 'cashing in' on NHS data (www.ft.com/content/0531...).
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This is great. More please! The more folk who rely on LLMs for funding planning means my chances go up even before I submit!
November 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is great. More please! The more folk who rely on LLMs for funding planning means my chances go up even before I submit!
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'Coventry is a great example' should have set off all the alarm bells.
Nous grab data, give the same generic powerpoint, know that cutting programmes doesn't reduce cost but do it anyway because it looks like 'tough decisions', & staff can't challenge because we're not given access to the data.
Nous grab data, give the same generic powerpoint, know that cutting programmes doesn't reduce cost but do it anyway because it looks like 'tough decisions', & staff can't challenge because we're not given access to the data.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
'Coventry is a great example' should have set off all the alarm bells.
Nous grab data, give the same generic powerpoint, know that cutting programmes doesn't reduce cost but do it anyway because it looks like 'tough decisions', & staff can't challenge because we're not given access to the data.
Nous grab data, give the same generic powerpoint, know that cutting programmes doesn't reduce cost but do it anyway because it looks like 'tough decisions', & staff can't challenge because we're not given access to the data.
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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They'll keep schtum about which Russell Group universities are talking to Reform. But: the Principal has been personally taking down Ceasefire posters (excellent use of his exceedingly expensive time), and has embraced being celebrated by the Daily Mail. So we can have a little guess...
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
They'll keep schtum about which Russell Group universities are talking to Reform. But: the Principal has been personally taking down Ceasefire posters (excellent use of his exceedingly expensive time), and has embraced being celebrated by the Daily Mail. So we can have a little guess...
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Your periodic reminder that science is not done by a few selected "stars scientists". Science is done by hundred of thousands. Siloed money mean a few flashy discoveries and a lot of waste. Want to change things? Make funding accessible and stop funding calls with less than 2% success rate.
· #AcademicSky ·
The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.
The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.
ERC’s new €7m Plus Grants open to researchers at any career stage - Research Professional News
European Research Council president describes scheme as part attempt to lure US talent
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Your periodic reminder that science is not done by a few selected "stars scientists". Science is done by hundred of thousands. Siloed money mean a few flashy discoveries and a lot of waste. Want to change things? Make funding accessible and stop funding calls with less than 2% success rate.
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I've encountered this in slightly older folks: younger writers and narrative designers who tell me that they want to be able to write better, and want guidance on how, but also don't want to read.
But I also have teenage children who, increasingly, do no want to read anything at all. Bleak stuff.
But I also have teenage children who, increasingly, do no want to read anything at all. Bleak stuff.
I've never encountered more students who say they hate reading. Students who want to be teachers, writers, or both. I wonder if "hate" means "I have trouble reading," but I also talk with so many students who write in a genre but refuse to read in it. They can't see themselves in relation to others.
November 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I've encountered this in slightly older folks: younger writers and narrative designers who tell me that they want to be able to write better, and want guidance on how, but also don't want to read.
But I also have teenage children who, increasingly, do no want to read anything at all. Bleak stuff.
But I also have teenage children who, increasingly, do no want to read anything at all. Bleak stuff.
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Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
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Budget getting you down? Retake the initiative and submit that ballot by 5pm today: qmucu.org/2025/11/21/v... #UKHE
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Budget getting you down? Retake the initiative and submit that ballot by 5pm today: qmucu.org/2025/11/21/v... #UKHE
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This is an excellent piece of work. It is a playbook of vexatious litigation. It’s written for the leaseholders in the case reported by @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social but it is useful for anyone facing lawfare. www.facebook.com/100064191813...
Councillor David Grant
Its Been a Leasehold/Mr. Milne day today. If your worried after receiving his threats, residents in sheffield have compiled a factsheet to try to help. they are really gathering pace in Sheffield...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
This is an excellent piece of work. It is a playbook of vexatious litigation. It’s written for the leaseholders in the case reported by @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social but it is useful for anyone facing lawfare. www.facebook.com/100064191813...
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VOTY MCVOTEFACE!
If that hearing yesterday showed anything, it is that the regulator, minister, and managers are not taking the crisis seriously and that staff needs to make it their problem. Let's get that mandate and let's drag this sector out of its impasse.
If that hearing yesterday showed anything, it is that the regulator, minister, and managers are not taking the crisis seriously and that staff needs to make it their problem. Let's get that mandate and let's drag this sector out of its impasse.
TODAY IS THE LAST SAFE DAY TO POST YOUR BALLOT!
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November 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
VOTY MCVOTEFACE!
If that hearing yesterday showed anything, it is that the regulator, minister, and managers are not taking the crisis seriously and that staff needs to make it their problem. Let's get that mandate and let's drag this sector out of its impasse.
If that hearing yesterday showed anything, it is that the regulator, minister, and managers are not taking the crisis seriously and that staff needs to make it their problem. Let's get that mandate and let's drag this sector out of its impasse.
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If the Government do go ahead with the mooted plan in here to (effectively) remove workplace pensions from salary sacrifice schemes I am genuinely a little in awe of how bad their "growth strategy is."
www.ft.com/content/ca5e...
www.ft.com/content/ca5e...
The four audiences Reeves’ ‘high-wire’ Budget must satisfy
Chancellor needs a lot to go right if she is to somehow reconcile interests of Labour MPs, markets, business and the public
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
If the Government do go ahead with the mooted plan in here to (effectively) remove workplace pensions from salary sacrifice schemes I am genuinely a little in awe of how bad their "growth strategy is."
www.ft.com/content/ca5e...
www.ft.com/content/ca5e...
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Universities closing is bad news for many reasons
One concern I haven't seen data on is that those universities w/more low income students are likely greater risk
It might be seen as an accidental consequence but i will have short and long term effects on social mobility and economic grwoth
One concern I haven't seen data on is that those universities w/more low income students are likely greater risk
It might be seen as an accidental consequence but i will have short and long term effects on social mobility and economic grwoth
Chief exec of OfS 'said the OfS believes there are 24 institutions at risk of exiting the market in the next 12 months, seven of which are large providers with more than 3,000 students. There are another 25 or so institutions of various sizes at risk over a two- to three-year period, she added.'
Seven ‘large providers’ at risk of going under in the next year
Skills minister says no higher education institutions are at imminent risk of collapse this year but OfS confirms more than 20 providers are being closely monitored
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Universities closing is bad news for many reasons
One concern I haven't seen data on is that those universities w/more low income students are likely greater risk
It might be seen as an accidental consequence but i will have short and long term effects on social mobility and economic grwoth
One concern I haven't seen data on is that those universities w/more low income students are likely greater risk
It might be seen as an accidental consequence but i will have short and long term effects on social mobility and economic grwoth
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7 x 3000+ students + 17 smaller institutions must mean 30,000+ affected students. That’s about the same size as Sheffield uni, which employs 8000ish staff. Why is the government tolerating the impending collapse of up to 24 related employers and 8000+ more lost jobs? Where is the sense of crisis?
Chief exec of OfS 'said the OfS believes there are 24 institutions at risk of exiting the market in the next 12 months, seven of which are large providers with more than 3,000 students. There are another 25 or so institutions of various sizes at risk over a two- to three-year period, she added.'
Seven ‘large providers’ at risk of going under in the next year
Skills minister says no higher education institutions are at imminent risk of collapse this year but OfS confirms more than 20 providers are being closely monitored
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
7 x 3000+ students + 17 smaller institutions must mean 30,000+ affected students. That’s about the same size as Sheffield uni, which employs 8000ish staff. Why is the government tolerating the impending collapse of up to 24 related employers and 8000+ more lost jobs? Where is the sense of crisis?