Hilary Robinson
@hilaryrobinson.bsky.social
Prof. of Feminism, Art & Theory at Loughborough U. Cat lady, no kids. England, but have lived in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast, Pittsburgh. #AcademicSky
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My School is supporting competitive applicants for the @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellowships (details below). I'm happy to support candidates in my research areas, including (among others) animals in moral/political philosophy.
If you want to apply, contact me ASAP. Internal deadline 1 Dec.
If you want to apply, contact me ASAP. Internal deadline 1 Dec.
Early Career Fellowships | The Leverhulme Trust
www.leverhulme.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
My School is supporting competitive applicants for the @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellowships (details below). I'm happy to support candidates in my research areas, including (among others) animals in moral/political philosophy.
If you want to apply, contact me ASAP. Internal deadline 1 Dec.
If you want to apply, contact me ASAP. Internal deadline 1 Dec.
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When asked to summarize a major news story, AI assistants routinely misrepresent or misdescribe one major detail of the story so significantly as to communicate the wrong idea 45% of the time, with Google being the worst offender: www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
When asked to summarize a major news story, AI assistants routinely misrepresent or misdescribe one major detail of the story so significantly as to communicate the wrong idea 45% of the time, with Google being the worst offender: www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
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London folks: We are trying to find the location of an old fuel works people tried to burn down during the 1926 general strike. On North Street in Charlton/Greenwich: the Medway Oil and Storage Company. Could anyone help us find where this was? Thanks for any assistance!
September 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
London folks: We are trying to find the location of an old fuel works people tried to burn down during the 1926 general strike. On North Street in Charlton/Greenwich: the Medway Oil and Storage Company. Could anyone help us find where this was? Thanks for any assistance!
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Crazy that we hear about Train Drivers who get £60,000 a year for driving a train.
But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK.
Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax.
But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK.
Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax.
June 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Crazy that we hear about Train Drivers who get £60,000 a year for driving a train.
But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK.
Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax.
But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK.
Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax.
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How on earth did JD Vance have the gall to lecture Europe about ‘free speech’
June 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
How on earth did JD Vance have the gall to lecture Europe about ‘free speech’
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holy shit. Cuomo halted an investigation into the Weinstein case after a donation from Weinstein’s former lawyer’s firm to his reelection campaign…
guys, this was in 2018 AFTER the Weinstein exposés (multiple) had been published & the #metoo movement was ascendant
guys, this was in 2018 AFTER the Weinstein exposés (multiple) had been published & the #metoo movement was ascendant
June 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
holy shit. Cuomo halted an investigation into the Weinstein case after a donation from Weinstein’s former lawyer’s firm to his reelection campaign…
guys, this was in 2018 AFTER the Weinstein exposés (multiple) had been published & the #metoo movement was ascendant
guys, this was in 2018 AFTER the Weinstein exposés (multiple) had been published & the #metoo movement was ascendant
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Land artist Nancy Holt,
Sun Tunnels (1973),
Great Basin Desert, Utah at sunrise #WomensArt
#SummerSolstice
Sun Tunnels (1973),
Great Basin Desert, Utah at sunrise #WomensArt
#SummerSolstice
June 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Land artist Nancy Holt,
Sun Tunnels (1973),
Great Basin Desert, Utah at sunrise #WomensArt
#SummerSolstice
Sun Tunnels (1973),
Great Basin Desert, Utah at sunrise #WomensArt
#SummerSolstice
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May 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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@christhomsbauer.bsky.social & I have started a spreadsheet where we're tracking the NEH awards from this new announcement: www.neh.gov/sites/defaul...
This came after over 1000 grants were canceled by DOGE on April 8: impact.ach.org
If you'd like to help/join us, please reply #AcademicSky
This came after over 1000 grants were canceled by DOGE on April 8: impact.ach.org
If you'd like to help/join us, please reply #AcademicSky
www.neh.gov
May 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
@christhomsbauer.bsky.social & I have started a spreadsheet where we're tracking the NEH awards from this new announcement: www.neh.gov/sites/defaul...
This came after over 1000 grants were canceled by DOGE on April 8: impact.ach.org
If you'd like to help/join us, please reply #AcademicSky
This came after over 1000 grants were canceled by DOGE on April 8: impact.ach.org
If you'd like to help/join us, please reply #AcademicSky
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Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
April 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
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Women citizens arrest oil executives - Solicitors Journal
Women conduct citizen’s arrests on oil executives in London over alleged public nuisance offences www.solicitorsjournal.com/sjarticle/wo...
Women conduct citizen’s arrests on oil executives in London over alleged public nuisance offences www.solicitorsjournal.com/sjarticle/wo...
Women citizens arrest oil executives
Women conduct citizen’s arrests on oil executives in London over alleged public nuisance offences
www.solicitorsjournal.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Women citizens arrest oil executives - Solicitors Journal
Women conduct citizen’s arrests on oil executives in London over alleged public nuisance offences www.solicitorsjournal.com/sjarticle/wo...
Women conduct citizen’s arrests on oil executives in London over alleged public nuisance offences www.solicitorsjournal.com/sjarticle/wo...
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I’ve often said Musk’s X is like Cambridge Analytica gone global, and it has the same backers - Steve Bannon and now Dominic Cummings
January 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I’ve often said Musk’s X is like Cambridge Analytica gone global, and it has the same backers - Steve Bannon and now Dominic Cummings
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There's some truth to that truth statement
January 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
There's some truth to that truth statement
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BBC Verify has examined a 24 hour snapshot of Elon Musks timeline and found a wave of misinformation amplified in the posts.
The BBC's Analysis editor examines one day on the platform for the owner of X
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
The BBC's Analysis editor examines one day on the platform for the owner of X
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
Ros Atkins on...24 hours on Elon Musk's X timeline
The BBC's Analysis editor, Ros Atkins, investigates Elon Musk's recent posts on X about grooming gangs - and looks at how one day unfolded on his timeline.
www.bbc.com
January 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
BBC Verify has examined a 24 hour snapshot of Elon Musks timeline and found a wave of misinformation amplified in the posts.
The BBC's Analysis editor examines one day on the platform for the owner of X
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
The BBC's Analysis editor examines one day on the platform for the owner of X
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
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Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
January 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
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When free speech isn't protected by factchecking, it is no longer free speech. It's propaganda.
"The essence of propaganda consists in winning people over to an idea so sincerely, so vitally, that in the end they succumb to it utterly and can never escape from it."
-- Joseph Goebbels
"The essence of propaganda consists in winning people over to an idea so sincerely, so vitally, that in the end they succumb to it utterly and can never escape from it."
-- Joseph Goebbels
January 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
When free speech isn't protected by factchecking, it is no longer free speech. It's propaganda.
"The essence of propaganda consists in winning people over to an idea so sincerely, so vitally, that in the end they succumb to it utterly and can never escape from it."
-- Joseph Goebbels
"The essence of propaganda consists in winning people over to an idea so sincerely, so vitally, that in the end they succumb to it utterly and can never escape from it."
-- Joseph Goebbels
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Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?
January 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?
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❣️Come spend a month with us!
@lboroias.bsky.social is now accepting applications for Residential Fellowships! You'll get to work on your own research, chat with amazing @lborouniversity.bsky.social
colleagues & drink coffee with me at the International House 🤓
www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias...
@lboroias.bsky.social is now accepting applications for Residential Fellowships! You'll get to work on your own research, chat with amazing @lborouniversity.bsky.social
colleagues & drink coffee with me at the International House 🤓
www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias...
Residential Fellowships | Institute of Advanced Studies | Loughborough University
www.lboro.ac.uk
January 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
❣️Come spend a month with us!
@lboroias.bsky.social is now accepting applications for Residential Fellowships! You'll get to work on your own research, chat with amazing @lborouniversity.bsky.social
colleagues & drink coffee with me at the International House 🤓
www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias...
@lboroias.bsky.social is now accepting applications for Residential Fellowships! You'll get to work on your own research, chat with amazing @lborouniversity.bsky.social
colleagues & drink coffee with me at the International House 🤓
www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias...
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The enshittification of uk general practice. (He’s talking about our paper!!) led by @oohgpwales.bsky.social
bjgp.org/content/75/7...
bjgp.org/content/75/7...
The enshittification of general practice
It was Cory Doctorow, the author, who coined the term ‘enshittification’ when he used it to describe the evolution and, critically, the deterioration of tech platforms. In 2023 the American Dialect So...
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January 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The enshittification of uk general practice. (He’s talking about our paper!!) led by @oohgpwales.bsky.social
bjgp.org/content/75/7...
bjgp.org/content/75/7...
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SCOOP: A thread on how demands for national & local govt inquiries into child sex grooming gangs are more complicated than lots of people including Elon Musk want to beliefe. Via Telford.
Labour took over Telford council in 2011 & worked to improve child safeguarding after abuse dating back to 80s.
Labour took over Telford council in 2011 & worked to improve child safeguarding after abuse dating back to 80s.
January 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
SCOOP: A thread on how demands for national & local govt inquiries into child sex grooming gangs are more complicated than lots of people including Elon Musk want to beliefe. Via Telford.
Labour took over Telford council in 2011 & worked to improve child safeguarding after abuse dating back to 80s.
Labour took over Telford council in 2011 & worked to improve child safeguarding after abuse dating back to 80s.
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Look bringing back polio sounds bad. But it’s a small price to pay to get rid of pronouns in email signatures and black women in star wars.
December 13, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Look bringing back polio sounds bad. But it’s a small price to pay to get rid of pronouns in email signatures and black women in star wars.
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There's still time to submit an abstract for the Gender and Education Association (GEA) 2025 Conference in Manchester. GEA conferences are my favourite by a country mile 👇
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Re-Routing and Re-Imagining Gender and Education conference
The 21st Gender in Education Association conference. Discover the themes being discussed, key dates and how to get involved.
www.mmu.ac.uk
December 6, 2024 at 12:39 PM
There's still time to submit an abstract for the Gender and Education Association (GEA) 2025 Conference in Manchester. GEA conferences are my favourite by a country mile 👇
www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/fac...
www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/fac...