Stephen H. Jones
@stphnhwrdjns.bsky.social
Social scientist. Writes about religion and prejudice, society and politics. Teaches sociology and criminology. Rides bikes.
Bane of my life is my kids watching YouTube shorts. I swear, about 25% of them have AI passed off as real footage. They're completely inured to it at this point.
this image was generated with google's latest nana banana pro tool. we have no idea how bad it is about to get.
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Bane of my life is my kids watching YouTube shorts. I swear, about 25% of them have AI passed off as real footage. They're completely inured to it at this point.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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I read “It is hard to imagine that taking place in Britain” initially as “thank goodness”. Then I realised that Phillips *wants* this for Britain! He wants a Britain where visible minorities live in fear of abduction and deportation? WTAF?
Just a jaw-dropping paragraph in Trevor Phillips's column for The Times.
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I read “It is hard to imagine that taking place in Britain” initially as “thank goodness”. Then I realised that Phillips *wants* this for Britain! He wants a Britain where visible minorities live in fear of abduction and deportation? WTAF?
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Amazingly, almost everything in this skeet is wrong. The myth of Spinoza's "excommunication" is mostly a product of twentieth century post-Christian wishful thinking.
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Amazingly, almost everything in this skeet is wrong. The myth of Spinoza's "excommunication" is mostly a product of twentieth century post-Christian wishful thinking.
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![[Scene is JESUS sat behind a boss’s desk in his office on a cloud in HEAVEN]
1
JESUS [speaking into intercom]
Hi can you send in Saint Nicholas please
2
SANTA [entering in full Santa garb]:
Hi boss
JESUS:
Hi Nick
3
JESUS:
Listen - about this ‘my birthday’ thing...
SANTA:
Ohh not this again boss
4
JESUS:
Nick, it’s out of hand. *You’ve* got out of hand.
5
JESUS:
I mean when I hired you, you was all humble, hiding under windows, lobbing in dowries…
And now you’re like…
6
JESUS [gesturing disdainfully at Santa’s clothing]:
I mean - what’s this.
7
SANTA:
This is my get up! I’ve had this since the Coca Cola deal in the 30s
JESUS:
*That’s what I mean.*
8
JESUS:
You’ve just gone too -
SANTA:
Oh no, oh no -
9
SANTA:
Sorry boss but waaay back in the Reformation, right, Martin Luther said: “why don’t we have Jesus delivering the presents?”. And when he prayed to ask you, do you remember what you said? Eh?
10
SANTA:
You said: “I ain’t going back there”
11
SANTA:
If you wanna take over -
JESUS:
Oh yeah! Kids coming downstairs to find me resurrected in their living room going "I got you an Xbox"...
12
SANTA:
You’re just feeling threatened cos I’m doing a bloody good -
JESUS:
*WATCH IT NICK*.
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This afternoon I will be listening to this performance on repeat. RIP.
youtu.be/ISMSAkVTTRM?...
youtu.be/ISMSAkVTTRM?...
Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers to Cross (Best of Later with Jools 2008)
YouTube video by TheGRStars
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This afternoon I will be listening to this performance on repeat. RIP.
youtu.be/ISMSAkVTTRM?...
youtu.be/ISMSAkVTTRM?...
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People know exactly what‘s going on.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
People know exactly what‘s going on.
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£40K to buy a European deputy seems quite cheap to me. Is that really the market price, or was Nathan Gill MEP just an exceptionally soft touch?
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
£40K to buy a European deputy seems quite cheap to me. Is that really the market price, or was Nathan Gill MEP just an exceptionally soft touch?
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Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
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November 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
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We will struggle to explain to future generations how something so transparent and stupid was able to take place youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We will struggle to explain to future generations how something so transparent and stupid was able to take place youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
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‘In one course video uploaded to the website, a voiceover presenting the material suddenly morphs into a Spanish accent for about 30 seconds, before switching back to a British accent’
'Students at the University of Staffordshire have said they feel “robbed of knowledge and enjoyment” after a course they hoped would launch their digital careers turned out to be taught in large part by AI.' 1/3
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
‘In one course video uploaded to the website, a voiceover presenting the material suddenly morphs into a Spanish accent for about 30 seconds, before switching back to a British accent’
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A wonderful 2 year Research Associate post working with us on ‘Racial Equality Since Devolution: Divergences, Outcomes and Frontiers'. Deadline for applications 10 December. Please share: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
Research Associate
Job PurposeTo make a leading contribution to the Nuffield-funded project ‘Racial Equality Since Devolution: Divergences, Outcomes and Frontiers’ working with Professor Nasar Meer (PI). The successf...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A wonderful 2 year Research Associate post working with us on ‘Racial Equality Since Devolution: Divergences, Outcomes and Frontiers'. Deadline for applications 10 December. Please share: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
I'm a cycling nut whose bike spend p/a is embarrassing but this is such obvious shite. Unless you are racing or flinging yourself down big mountains, £1000 on a bike is all you'll need. People like me really don't need the tax break.
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I'm a cycling nut whose bike spend p/a is embarrassing but this is such obvious shite. Unless you are racing or flinging yourself down big mountains, £1000 on a bike is all you'll need. People like me really don't need the tax break.
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A thing I got completely wrong is I thought Tony Blair's "the reason for defeat is nearly always because progressives don't 'own the future" was just him going 'let's have a hopey-changey bit for the base', but this government has made me realise it is 100 per cent true.
I hate the ‘more money in your pocket’. It’s so outdated and sounds like we’re still in 1987 with pay packets from the factory!
November 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A thing I got completely wrong is I thought Tony Blair's "the reason for defeat is nearly always because progressives don't 'own the future" was just him going 'let's have a hopey-changey bit for the base', but this government has made me realise it is 100 per cent true.
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OMG. Apple is Catholic.
In 1582, a papal bull introduced the Gregorian calendar, still used today by most of the world. Because it’s 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, countries introducing it simply skipped a third of October, and if you scroll back far enough in the iPhone calendar app you can see it change
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
OMG. Apple is Catholic.
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This is very much the majority/median position in the Labour Party, among Labour voters and the general public.
We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This is very much the majority/median position in the Labour Party, among Labour voters and the general public.
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Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
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'Peacehaven mosque targeted by arson welcomes in the community'
This is the real 'public opinion'.
www.theargus.co.uk/news/2562492...
This is the real 'public opinion'.
www.theargus.co.uk/news/2562492...
'These people are angels': Mosque targeted by arson welcomes in the community
A mosque which was subject to an arson attack last month opened its doors to the community in a bid to “build bridges and demolish walls”
www.theargus.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
'Peacehaven mosque targeted by arson welcomes in the community'
This is the real 'public opinion'.
www.theargus.co.uk/news/2562492...
This is the real 'public opinion'.
www.theargus.co.uk/news/2562492...
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This rancid trash understands the significance of Labour's anti-refugee policies.
November 16, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This rancid trash understands the significance of Labour's anti-refugee policies.
I am at this point genuinely trying to think of a policy change since 2024 that is consistent with the Labour party's underlying ethos. I can't. The closest I can find is: not strangling universities by allowing fees to rise with inflation. That pretty piss poor.
With the ending of permanent asylum, taxes on foreign students, two U-turns on income tax, a refusal to listen to business concerns about hiring costs, again I ask ‘who are Labour for?’ What is the vision underlying all these choices other than responding to last week’s polls?
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I am at this point genuinely trying to think of a policy change since 2024 that is consistent with the Labour party's underlying ethos. I can't. The closest I can find is: not strangling universities by allowing fees to rise with inflation. That pretty piss poor.
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There might be some truth in this, but I think it understates the government’s achievement, which is to have synthesised the worst aspects of all three of the Blairite, Old Right, and Soft Left traditions
I voted for Ed Miliband and I'd do it again, but I think it is important to be realistic and accept that this goverment's instincts are basically Milibandist. A particularly unserious version of Milibandism, but Milibandism nevertheless.
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
There might be some truth in this, but I think it understates the government’s achievement, which is to have synthesised the worst aspects of all three of the Blairite, Old Right, and Soft Left traditions
By coincidence, I was explaining to the students yesterday that the homicide rate today is *exactly the same* as it was in 1975. If you overlook Harold Shipman, Hillsborough, etc. it's not fluctuated much.
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
By coincidence, I was explaining to the students yesterday that the homicide rate today is *exactly the same* as it was in 1975. If you overlook Harold Shipman, Hillsborough, etc. it's not fluctuated much.
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"Others were dismayed by an apparent ignorance... about the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict. At a fractious meeting... the CEO of BBC News told colleagues: “We’ve got to remember that this all started on 7 October.""
Fascinating read from @trillingual.bsky.social at @equatormag.bsky.social
Fascinating read from @trillingual.bsky.social at @equatormag.bsky.social
Inside the BBC’s Gaza Fiasco • Articles • EQUATOR
How the world’s most trusted media organisation fell apart
www.equator.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"Others were dismayed by an apparent ignorance... about the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict. At a fractious meeting... the CEO of BBC News told colleagues: “We’ve got to remember that this all started on 7 October.""
Fascinating read from @trillingual.bsky.social at @equatormag.bsky.social
Fascinating read from @trillingual.bsky.social at @equatormag.bsky.social
Just learned that all Religious Studies courses at Lancaster have been marked for closure. Lancaster was the first Religious Studies department in the UK and has been foundational to the discipline (Ninian Smart, Linda Wood head, etc.). You wonder what will be left of the subject.
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Just learned that all Religious Studies courses at Lancaster have been marked for closure. Lancaster was the first Religious Studies department in the UK and has been foundational to the discipline (Ninian Smart, Linda Wood head, etc.). You wonder what will be left of the subject.
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Latest from Kristin Aune, Matt Mayhew & myself on how the cultural climate on university campuses shapes interfaith relations. theconversation.com/how-campus-c... In @uk.theconversation.com
How ‘campus climate’ affects students’ attitudes to people of different religions
Visible diversity and critical conversations are important.
theconversation.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Latest from Kristin Aune, Matt Mayhew & myself on how the cultural climate on university campuses shapes interfaith relations. theconversation.com/how-campus-c... In @uk.theconversation.com