Jane Tinkler
@janetinkler.bsky.social
Senior Prize Manager of the Nine Dots Prize + SGSSS funded PhD student University of Stirling looking at policy impact, REF and the impact agenda. Previously LSE and POST
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Individual journalists might thrive, but the press as a collective actor - and as understood in constitutions - cannot survive without a minimum of professional solidarity.
Don’t just ask the next question after yet another obscene attack on a female reporter.
Don’t just ask the next question after yet another obscene attack on a female reporter.
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 3, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Individual journalists might thrive, but the press as a collective actor - and as understood in constitutions - cannot survive without a minimum of professional solidarity.
Don’t just ask the next question after yet another obscene attack on a female reporter.
Don’t just ask the next question after yet another obscene attack on a female reporter.
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Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube".
“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.”
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Self-driving taxis are coming to London – should we be worried? | Jack Stilgoe
Waymo’s cars were first rolled out in San Francisco, but the English capital’s old roads, pelican crossings and jaywalkers may pose issues for AI, says science and technology professor Jack Stilgoe
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube".
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Some initial reactions to the 'published on a Sunday afternoon' letter from the CEO of UKRI. 🧵
www.ukri.org/news/open-le...
www.ukri.org/news/open-le...
February 1, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Some initial reactions to the 'published on a Sunday afternoon' letter from the CEO of UKRI. 🧵
www.ukri.org/news/open-le...
www.ukri.org/news/open-le...
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are those freedoms in room with us right now
Daily Express: PM WANTS TO 'REWIND' FREEDOM BREXIT GAVE US #TomorrowsPapersToday
February 1, 2026 at 10:00 PM
are those freedoms in room with us right now
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"The idea that trans inclusion at the ponds is somehow imposed against the wishes of users simply does not survive contact with reality. Londoners have looked at the evidence... and overwhelmingly said: this works, this is fair, and this reflects our values."
celord.com/2026/01/29/h...
celord.com/2026/01/29/h...
January 29, 2026 at 2:58 PM
"The idea that trans inclusion at the ponds is somehow imposed against the wishes of users simply does not survive contact with reality. Londoners have looked at the evidence... and overwhelmingly said: this works, this is fair, and this reflects our values."
celord.com/2026/01/29/h...
celord.com/2026/01/29/h...
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@404media.co The fascinating @BBCRadio4 #Vastaamo scandal of therapeutic data theft @JennyKleeman is not a one off. Chat & Ask AI leaked data on #mentalhealth & #suicide.
www.404media.co/massive-ai-c...
www.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/ubertherapy
@brisunipress.bsky.social
www.404media.co/massive-ai-c...
www.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/ubertherapy
@brisunipress.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 4:13 PM
@404media.co The fascinating @BBCRadio4 #Vastaamo scandal of therapeutic data theft @JennyKleeman is not a one off. Chat & Ask AI leaked data on #mentalhealth & #suicide.
www.404media.co/massive-ai-c...
www.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/ubertherapy
@brisunipress.bsky.social
www.404media.co/massive-ai-c...
www.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/ubertherapy
@brisunipress.bsky.social
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From the Chartists to the suffragettes, and from the civil rights movement to the anti-apartheid struggle, every great protest movement has found strength in song.
There is extraordinary power in music. More than one injustice has fallen before a hail of ballads.
There is extraordinary power in music. More than one injustice has fallen before a hail of ballads.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 10:43 PM
From the Chartists to the suffragettes, and from the civil rights movement to the anti-apartheid struggle, every great protest movement has found strength in song.
There is extraordinary power in music. More than one injustice has fallen before a hail of ballads.
There is extraordinary power in music. More than one injustice has fallen before a hail of ballads.
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I know most people find procedure dull as dishwater but I honestly don’t think the media does the public any favours by continually describing the rules of our legislature as if they’re kept in a wizard’s tower guarded by an enchanted rat
Similar klaxon for BBC R4 World Tonight’s description of the Parliament Act as “arcane”.
🚨 Use of the word “archaic” for literally any bit of parliamentary procedure klaxon 🚨
January 28, 2026 at 11:26 PM
I know most people find procedure dull as dishwater but I honestly don’t think the media does the public any favours by continually describing the rules of our legislature as if they’re kept in a wizard’s tower guarded by an enchanted rat
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“Why am I so sad today?” I ask myself after staring at my little handheld sadness machine and clicking all the sad little things that will definitely make me sad
April 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“Why am I so sad today?” I ask myself after staring at my little handheld sadness machine and clicking all the sad little things that will definitely make me sad
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work with me and @drdaveobrien.bsky.social as part of @creativepec.bsky.social! we're recruiting a postdoc to work on the arts, culture and heritage sectors using quantitative methods. please share, please feel free to email me directly with any Qs! jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Sheffiel...
Research Associate in Creative Industries (Quantitative)
Research Associate in Creative Industries (Quantitative)
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk
January 23, 2026 at 10:25 AM
work with me and @drdaveobrien.bsky.social as part of @creativepec.bsky.social! we're recruiting a postdoc to work on the arts, culture and heritage sectors using quantitative methods. please share, please feel free to email me directly with any Qs! jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Sheffiel...
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*PSA 2026 Annual Conference* #PSA26 opening keynote: ‘AI for Democracy’ with Prof. Helen Margetts OBE FBA, Prof. of Society and the Internet @ox.ac.uk
📆 Monday 30 March 2026
🚨 Early booking deadline extended to 2 February
➡️ Register online
📆 Monday 30 March 2026
🚨 Early booking deadline extended to 2 February
➡️ Register online
PSA26 Keynote Speakers - Political Studies Association
Helen Margetts is Professor of Society and the Internet at the University of Oxford, and Senior Advisor and Visiting Professor at LSE’s Data Science
buff.ly
January 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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like big tobacco funding cancer research
December 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
like big tobacco funding cancer research
Again, cutting through the hoopla about AI for mental health is @survivingwork.bsky.social: "And there’s the rub. The people most likely to turn to this form of support are the most likely to be harmed by it." See her book Uber Therapy @ubertherapy.bsky.social
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
Is something better than nothing? — Surviving Work
There’s a lot to put us off talking about AI therapy. Like the way five minutes into the what’s-your-problem-with-chatbot-therapy-debate you could find yourself wanting to trade in other people for a ...
www.survivingwork.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Again, cutting through the hoopla about AI for mental health is @survivingwork.bsky.social: "And there’s the rub. The people most likely to turn to this form of support are the most likely to be harmed by it." See her book Uber Therapy @ubertherapy.bsky.social
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
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Since AI slop is again all over Scientific Reports, a thread on the economics of grey-zone publishing.
Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this?
Background readings:
Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r
Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy
Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this?
Background readings:
Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r
Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy
November 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Since AI slop is again all over Scientific Reports, a thread on the economics of grey-zone publishing.
Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this?
Background readings:
Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r
Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy
Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this?
Background readings:
Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r
Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy
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oh man, lettuce truthers :)
You'll be hearing plenty more on BGE24 from me in coming days and weeks - I have a book to sell after all - but for now a little amuse bouche from the endnotes - *was* Liz Truss really outlasted by a lettuce?
November 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
oh man, lettuce truthers :)
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
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Key points include:
High exit rates among carers and early to mid-career workers: Professionals aged 35 and under are significantly more likely to leave & Those with caregiving responsibilities - often women - face disproportionate challenges of low pay, out-of-hours work and limited flexibility.
High exit rates among carers and early to mid-career workers: Professionals aged 35 and under are significantly more likely to leave & Those with caregiving responsibilities - often women - face disproportionate challenges of low pay, out-of-hours work and limited flexibility.
New @creativepec.bsky.social report! “Who Stays and Who Leaves? Mapping Arts, Culture and Heritage Careers” pec.ac.uk/state_of_the...
Who Stays and Who Leaves? Mapping Arts, Culture and Heritage Careers - Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre
Read the latest State of the Nations research report from University of Sheffield on mapping arts, culture and heritage careers.
pec.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Key points include:
High exit rates among carers and early to mid-career workers: Professionals aged 35 and under are significantly more likely to leave & Those with caregiving responsibilities - often women - face disproportionate challenges of low pay, out-of-hours work and limited flexibility.
High exit rates among carers and early to mid-career workers: Professionals aged 35 and under are significantly more likely to leave & Those with caregiving responsibilities - often women - face disproportionate challenges of low pay, out-of-hours work and limited flexibility.
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Buckle up - because this now amounts to a direct and deliberate attack on our country and its cultural sovereignty. Which side our politicians take - Trump's or the BBC's - over the coming days and weeks will speak volumes about their patriotism.
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president confirmed he intends to sue the broadcaster for at least $1bn over the Panorama edit of a 2021 speech.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Buckle up - because this now amounts to a direct and deliberate attack on our country and its cultural sovereignty. Which side our politicians take - Trump's or the BBC's - over the coming days and weeks will speak volumes about their patriotism.
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There’s no screening for ovarian cancer and it’s really difficult to spot: you can’t squidge your ovaries in the shower to check for lumps. Also it’s very good at masquerading at other things, like IBS and diverticulitis.
Please take a look at this list of symptoms - and share if you can.
Please take a look at this list of symptoms - and share if you can.
November 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
There’s no screening for ovarian cancer and it’s really difficult to spot: you can’t squidge your ovaries in the shower to check for lumps. Also it’s very good at masquerading at other things, like IBS and diverticulitis.
Please take a look at this list of symptoms - and share if you can.
Please take a look at this list of symptoms - and share if you can.
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"The data shows no evidence to suggest that younger men are more inclined than other demographic groups to support the British far right"
✍️ @turnbulldugarte.com & @emiliabelknap.bsky.social analyse the demographics of Reform voters and argue the gender gap is marginal
ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british...
✍️ @turnbulldugarte.com & @emiliabelknap.bsky.social analyse the demographics of Reform voters and argue the gender gap is marginal
ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british...
Most British young men reject the far right - UK in a changing Europe
Emilia Belknap and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte explain their analysis on the demographics of Reform UK voters in the UK. They argue that while the dominant narrative is that young men are the most likely ...
ukandeu.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
"The data shows no evidence to suggest that younger men are more inclined than other demographic groups to support the British far right"
✍️ @turnbulldugarte.com & @emiliabelknap.bsky.social analyse the demographics of Reform voters and argue the gender gap is marginal
ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british...
✍️ @turnbulldugarte.com & @emiliabelknap.bsky.social analyse the demographics of Reform voters and argue the gender gap is marginal
ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british...
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This is disastrous; hospices do such important work, not only to give people a good death, but to provide pain management and other services to people with terminal conditions. The staff in hospices work so, so hard and the fact that these institutions depend on charity to operate is a scandal.
Hundreds of hospice beds and staff cut in England amid funding crisis
Hundreds of hospice beds and staff cut in England amid funding crisis
National Audit Office reports nearly two-thirds of independent hospices in deficit in 2023-24 as demand increases
Hospices in England are cutting hundreds of beds and staff because of a funding crisis, despite a sharp rise in demand for palliative care, a damning report warns.
People needing end of life care faced a postcode lottery because access to services was so patchy, the National Audit Office (NAO) reported. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This is disastrous; hospices do such important work, not only to give people a good death, but to provide pain management and other services to people with terminal conditions. The staff in hospices work so, so hard and the fact that these institutions depend on charity to operate is a scandal.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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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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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.