Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
@ctmccartney.bsky.social
Professor of Law & Criminal Justice interested in INjustice. Research #forensics #AI science/tech in criminal justice. Also crazy about anti-fascism, atheism, Prince, professional cycling, politics, the news, live comedy and music. #academicsky (1st-gen)
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All to remedy the totally disconnected cause - the closure/sale of 1 in 3 of our courts (sold at loss to Tories’ mates,m): 15% year on year cuts to criminal justice services; the trashing of Probation; evisceration of legal aid, etc. How do you fix that omnishambles - end a core legal principle?
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
All to remedy the totally disconnected cause - the closure/sale of 1 in 3 of our courts (sold at loss to Tories’ mates,m): 15% year on year cuts to criminal justice services; the trashing of Probation; evisceration of legal aid, etc. How do you fix that omnishambles - end a core legal principle?
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Also it's time to keep pushing.
Sign our open letter and adapt it for your university and country!
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
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Sign our open letter and adapt it for your university and country!
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
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Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
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November 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Also it's time to keep pushing.
Sign our open letter and adapt it for your university and country!
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
6/n
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Sign our open letter and adapt it for your university and country!
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
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Just what are we doing? I'm just continually astounded how Trump et al are getting a pass... on everything.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Just what are we doing? I'm just continually astounded how Trump et al are getting a pass... on everything.
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It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
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This has happened against my wishes, and I’m genuinely dismayed by it.
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This has happened against my wishes, and I’m genuinely dismayed by it.
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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And we know we're not alone as a branch in what we're facing. We need local action, but we also need national action. We've put together a list of reasons why a national mandate puts us all in a better bargaining position - please share widely.
durhamucu.org.uk/26-reasons-y...
durhamucu.org.uk/26-reasons-y...
28 reasons you need to vote – Durham UCU
durhamucu.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
And we know we're not alone as a branch in what we're facing. We need local action, but we also need national action. We've put together a list of reasons why a national mandate puts us all in a better bargaining position - please share widely.
durhamucu.org.uk/26-reasons-y...
durhamucu.org.uk/26-reasons-y...
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As we near the last safe day for ballot posting in the current national UCU ballot (get 'em in by Wed, preferably sooner), let's remember what we're fighting for. We'll start with the graphs we made last week. Decades of pay erosion has left many of us a full pay spine point below where we should be
And here we are! Literally every spine point is paying less in real terms than it was back in 2008. Spine point 5 (now replaced by the real living wage) is down by about 3.4%. By spine point 10, we're down over 10%. By spine point 23, over 20%, ultimately reaching a 22.1% reduction. 3/3
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
As we near the last safe day for ballot posting in the current national UCU ballot (get 'em in by Wed, preferably sooner), let's remember what we're fighting for. We'll start with the graphs we made last week. Decades of pay erosion has left many of us a full pay spine point below where we should be
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Pssst… #UCU members… last safe day to post your ballots (a cold walk to postbox & a quick email to reps to confirm vote). We need to regain leverage. Employers (& govt) need to know they can’t keep ‘solving’ financial issues by cutting jobs/pay/conditions. Workers are already at/past breaking point.
As we near the last safe day for ballot posting in the current national UCU ballot (get 'em in by Wed, preferably sooner), let's remember what we're fighting for. We'll start with the graphs we made last week. Decades of pay erosion has left many of us a full pay spine point below where we should be
And here we are! Literally every spine point is paying less in real terms than it was back in 2008. Spine point 5 (now replaced by the real living wage) is down by about 3.4%. By spine point 10, we're down over 10%. By spine point 23, over 20%, ultimately reaching a 22.1% reduction. 3/3
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Pssst… #UCU members… last safe day to post your ballots (a cold walk to postbox & a quick email to reps to confirm vote). We need to regain leverage. Employers (& govt) need to know they can’t keep ‘solving’ financial issues by cutting jobs/pay/conditions. Workers are already at/past breaking point.
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UK now at the point where the former Chair of the Racial Equalities Commission is calling for campaigns of terror against people of colour on the streets of the UK
Trevor Philips in the Times, calling for a Trump/Miller-style of random deportations based on skin colour.
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
UK now at the point where the former Chair of the Racial Equalities Commission is calling for campaigns of terror against people of colour on the streets of the UK
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This cover oozes with contempt for the magazine’s history and its readership
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This cover oozes with contempt for the magazine’s history and its readership
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Doing some reading up on this - and you know who the Pentagon didn't go after? Jan. 6 offenders who were retired military. www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
November 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Doing some reading up on this - and you know who the Pentagon didn't go after? Jan. 6 offenders who were retired military. www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
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Popped over to X and searched for "English Patriot". Only took a few seconds to start finding the fake accounts from English Patriots who aren't in England.
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Popped over to X and searched for "English Patriot". Only took a few seconds to start finding the fake accounts from English Patriots who aren't in England.
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"The proposed 6% tax on international student fees is a dagger aimed at one of the UK’s most successful export industries"
- Martin Wolf in the FT today
Gift link below for anyone else reading:
on.ft.com/3KlPgMA
- Martin Wolf in the FT today
Gift link below for anyone else reading:
on.ft.com/3KlPgMA
How to get the UK out of its economic hole
Reeves’ challenge is to remedy the disaster that Brexit has been for the country
on.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"The proposed 6% tax on international student fees is a dagger aimed at one of the UK’s most successful export industries"
- Martin Wolf in the FT today
Gift link below for anyone else reading:
on.ft.com/3KlPgMA
- Martin Wolf in the FT today
Gift link below for anyone else reading:
on.ft.com/3KlPgMA
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Likewise 'if that means closures of departments and programmes limit students' choice of area and location of study'. Student choice, the mantra of days gone by, is being killed by a thousand uncoordinated cuts.
Cold spots: Mapping inequality in SHAPE provision in UK higher education
This British Academy report reveals that many parts of the UK are becoming subject cold spots – areas with no provision in a subject within a commutable distance. These are often in rural, coastal or ...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Likewise 'if that means closures of departments and programmes limit students' choice of area and location of study'. Student choice, the mantra of days gone by, is being killed by a thousand uncoordinated cuts.
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They can’t make computers as intelligent as humans, but they can make humans as unthinking as computers.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
They can’t make computers as intelligent as humans, but they can make humans as unthinking as computers.
Mondays like this are the payback for taking the weekend off. Fortunately - spending the weekend in Oslo with my brother was worth it (post- incredible conference). But always a reminder that the re-entry on Monday is painful.
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Mondays like this are the payback for taking the weekend off. Fortunately - spending the weekend in Oslo with my brother was worth it (post- incredible conference). But always a reminder that the re-entry on Monday is painful.
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Labour, supporting the economy by decimating one of Britain's strongest industries... Be under no illusions, this is a deliberate choice by government to push already struggling universities over the cliff edge.
Labour could tax wealth, instead they trash industries.
Labour could tax wealth, instead they trash industries.
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Labour, supporting the economy by decimating one of Britain's strongest industries... Be under no illusions, this is a deliberate choice by government to push already struggling universities over the cliff edge.
Labour could tax wealth, instead they trash industries.
Labour could tax wealth, instead they trash industries.
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The first full ten-year assessment of Brexit’s impact has arrived. The verdict is stark: no benefits, huge costs, and a self-inflicted economic slowdown.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The first full ten-year assessment of Brexit’s impact has arrived. The verdict is stark: no benefits, huge costs, and a self-inflicted economic slowdown.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
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Let’s be absolutely clear, given the chance, Reform would destroy the U.K. in the same way Trump has decimated the USA. And the Tories aren’t any better atm.
The black hole in Durham County Council’s budget has grown by £11.1mn in the past two months under the control of Reform UK.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
Reform cabinet backs £10mn cuts to start filling Durham’s growing black hole
Reform is now learning that running a big council is not as easy as it probably thought
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Let’s be absolutely clear, given the chance, Reform would destroy the U.K. in the same way Trump has decimated the USA. And the Tories aren’t any better atm.
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With help from the media, millions of gullible people voted for this awful grifting chancer and his mates and they’ll do exactly the same again for Farage and Reform.
Fool me once, etc, etc…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Fool me once, etc, etc…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
With help from the media, millions of gullible people voted for this awful grifting chancer and his mates and they’ll do exactly the same again for Farage and Reform.
Fool me once, etc, etc…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Fool me once, etc, etc…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Folks it’s time we put our differences aside and launch Olivia Nuzzi, Ryan Lizza and RFK jr into space
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Folks it’s time we put our differences aside and launch Olivia Nuzzi, Ryan Lizza and RFK jr into space
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They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
Instead of hiring more immigration judges, the Department of Justice just posted an ad for "deportation judges." join.justice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
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'Northamptonshire chief constable fined £50,000 for contempt of court'
Re the release of video evidence: "Counsel for Northamptonshire police, Dijen Basu KC, said over four years the force had breached every single order made against it."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Re the release of video evidence: "Counsel for Northamptonshire police, Dijen Basu KC, said over four years the force had breached every single order made against it."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Northamptonshire chief constable fined £50,000 for contempt of court
Judges spare Ivan Balhatchet a prison sentence, after an earlier ruling that the force had ignored repeated orders to turn over video footage of an arrest
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
'Northamptonshire chief constable fined £50,000 for contempt of court'
Re the release of video evidence: "Counsel for Northamptonshire police, Dijen Basu KC, said over four years the force had breached every single order made against it."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Re the release of video evidence: "Counsel for Northamptonshire police, Dijen Basu KC, said over four years the force had breached every single order made against it."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...