Tim Newburn
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Professor of Criminology & Social Policy, LSE. Tweets mainly crime-related (but Everton FC & music obsessions may appear). MD ANT. Also @NewburnText
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It's back! Something to gladden the heart in dark & difficult times. 'Transmission': the Playmobil edit
Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance
to the Radio....
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Given how carefully these words will have been chosen, it’s quite a sentence
Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby: “Those who serve will be loved and remembered longer than those who cling to power and privilege are long forgotten”.
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Criminologists, our colleague,
@JoPhoenix1
, is suing her employer, the Open University, for failure to protect her from bullying. She needs your support. This affects everyone working in universities today. Crowdfunder is here …
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As anyone following me may have figured I'm now in treatment for a serious health problem. This has meant standing back from work at LSE. My colleagues are kindly organising a celebration for me on March 2nd: . Do share. Do keep in touch (email is good)
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Dear academics, please try not to tweet about (World) university rankings. Such things are divisive and reductive. They have much more to do with wealth than scholarship. We should all know better.
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My regular opportunity to say please don't do this. League tables are divisive & agin everything universities should stand for. And, just in case my institution hadn't noticed, while you're tweeting this, most of the UK sector is on strike because of the damage being caused
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I’m both honoured and humbled. The
@BritSocCrim
has meant a lot to me over a very extended period. My grateful thanks to my friends and colleagues for this incredibly generous award
Congratulations to the 2024 BSC Outstanding Achievement Award recipient Professor Tim Newburn
@TimNewburn
. 'Tim is a genuine titan of British criminology' and 'an inspiration to the criminological community around the globe'.
Read the full press release:
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I was only in Hong Kong for 3 days but I think it's fairly easy to spot the limitations of the IPCC's report. Moreover, was visited in London by Mr Neoh last year; fair to say I wouldn't describe it as a 'dialogue'
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I agree entirely that current Met conduct appears indefensible. However, anyone thinking it is somehow completely out of character really hasn’t been following policing over the past half century or more
#orgreave
#Hillsborough
#JFT97
#stephenlawrence
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Quite extraordinary. You really couldn’t design a police action that would appear more insensitive. So little insight into the current mood
Scuffles break out at Clapham Common memorial for Sarah Everard as people chant “arrest your own.”
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I sincerely hope
@guardian
that if you are going to publicise this shameful grandstanding that you will, before long, publish a more thoughtful and thorough analysis of the political context of sentencing and release. I'm sure my colleagues who work in this field can help you out
London Bridge attack: PM says automatic early prison release is not working - video
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'I started blogging as a way of getting back into writing after the traumatic experience of doing a PhD. PhD work bullies one into the idea that you can't say anything about any subject until you've read every possible authority on it'. Mark Fisher - k-punk.
#phdchat
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Dear Criminology students,
Using Sykes & Matza's notion of 'techniques of neutralization' discuss the statement below
#UPDATE
| Statement from AC Helen Ball following
#ClaphamCommon
vigil
"We absolutely did not want to be in a position where enforcement action was necessary. But we were placed in this position because of the overriding need to protect people’s safety."
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A reminder on this day that we are colleagues, collaborators, friends, co-workers, peer reviewers, co-investigators, associates, partners and, crucially, entirely dependent on each other for all that remains positive in HE.
#REF2021
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Publication day. After many years of being the ‘next project’ it’s finally out. An anti-miserabilist book on the nature of orderly Britain/Britons
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Chemo beginning to catch up with me, so this cover seemed only fitting this morning. Stay well all
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Just in case anyone was under the misapprehension that the north of England was dull in the 70s
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Out today. Volume IV of the OH of Criminal Justice. This one on the politics of law and order
@Thatcher_legacy
@CrimPublishing
@HCriminology
@tcguiney
@dchurchill01
@BSCHCNet
@LoaderIan
@yeomans_henry
@HarryAnnison
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It is an absolute disgrace. The
@timeshighered
, which likes to think of itself as working in the interests of HE, is doing no such thing here. We're already overrun by useless metrics; time we stopped having anything to do with the THE
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So far I’ve seen a statement from one cabinet minister condemning today’s violence in London. Silence from the government otherwise. No criticism from anyone on the front bench, least of all the PM, of the openly racist nature of the “protest”. The violence isn’t the only crime
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Essay marking - always one of the least enjoyable bits of the job - just enlivened by someone being highly critical of my research (and I taught the course). Good for them I thought.
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Visiting Twitter 40 minutes after the exit poll confirms just what a bubble my Twitter life is.
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What this young man did was disgusting. And his statement speaks volumes. No doubt an unpopular view, but I can't help but feel there is a better way of dealing with him than imprisonment. There are a variety of forms of community service he could take on
Football fan Andrew Banks jailed for 14 days for urinating by the memorial to murdered PC Keith Palmer.
Banks said he didn't know what the memorial was for, he had drunk 16 pints on an all-night bender before protests & had attended to "defend statues" but wasn't sure which ones
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My annual opportunity to ask my institution not to do this. The
@timeshighered
is a parasitical body that has only negative consequences for higher education. Colleagues at other universities are collaborators not competitors.
#DitchTHEUniRankings
We've once again been recognised as one of the best universities in the world! 🌍
The
#THEUniRankings
— released today — place LSE 27th globally and 5th in the UK. 🎉
ℹ️ Read more:
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New ‘beating crime’ initiative. The only thing that is potentially new here is the apparent lack of thought that has gone into it. Achieves nothing but headlines and unintended consequences
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Have just emailed a completed first draft of a book MS for a couple of folk to look over. Would be nice to feel a sense of accomplishment, or even just relief. Can never shake off the sense that it's all a bit inadequate. Time for a large glass/loud music. If only there were gigs
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Please, please stop. There are many reasons to value our institution (and others, who are our colleagues not competitors), but coming nth
@THEworldunirank
is absolutely not one of them. The people who create these things are the enemy of university life and student education
We've been ranked as one of the best universities in the world and fifth in the UK by
@THEworldunirank
! 🎉
#partofLSE
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To any of my colleagues, students, friends, who've not seen this - should you have the chance to be there for any of this event it would be lovely to see you. And thank you in advance to all those who are coming along - I appreciate it hugely
📢
@LSESocialPolicy
&
@LSELaw
are celebrating
@TimNewburn
's career. Tim has has been a key figure in British and European criminology and social policy for over 40 years. 👏
Pre-registration is required. ✍️
📅 Saturday 02 March
⏰ 3.00pm to 7.30pm GMT
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Treatment day today so no vinyl. Relying on old iPod so we’ll see. Starting with PJ Harvey’s Peel Sessions. Cracking
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Sadly, I have to say that I think that rankings, league tables and so forth are horribly divisive and counter to all that should be of value in higher education. We should all know better.
@THEworldunirank
is tool of neoliberalism.
#resistTHEunirankings
BREAKING: Give yourselves a BIG pat on the back! We’ve ranked 7th in the world 🌍 in the Social Sciences category, 6th in Business & Economics, and 8th in Law in the 2020
#THEunirankings
. 🥳🥳
@THEworldunirank
Read the full list:
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I really hope this gets the coverage and analysis it deserves. And I hope our political leaders are made to answer questions about it
Violence against police this afternoon at Parliament square.
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Going into a second lockdown may be depressing, but it's not nearly as depressing as feeling it should have happened considerably earlier
#Pressconference
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Back in treatment today so the trusty old iPod is back in service (fingers crossed). No difficulty in selecting music. It’s Bob Dylan’s 83rd birthday, so that’s the day sorted!
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Up in the Lakes for a week. Reading the local paper. This week’s big crime story features a burglar convicted of “illegal possession of a butter knife in a public place”. Exactly the type of trouble that could spread ...
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This morning it’s all War on Drugs (though in my case I’m happy to report that, actually and metaphorically) the drugs are working
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“The more closely people are supervised, the more they bend their energies to satisfying the supervisor instead of doing the job” (Michael Banton, 1964). He was talking about police, but applies equally to universities
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If only folk like
@NJ_Timothy
had studied policing (just a little) they'd know that 'not enforcing the law' is often the essence of good police work.
And as ever, lots of police officers standing around not enforcing the law.
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.MaryNewburn1 was an absolute tower of strength, general fortitude & organisational inspiration for this event. And as ever, a wonderful speaker. I’ve insufficient words to capture all she’s been and done in the past three months or so, less still our nearly 4 decades together ❤️
@laurajamescoach
@TimNewburn
@LSEnews
It was utterly amazing! So many people contributed warmly and generously. A whole community of scholars and students gathered, considered 'public criminology', criminal justice, policing,
#OrderlyBritain
, etc etc, and celebrated.
#FourWeddings
featured. If you know, you know...
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Just received an email headed “An apology from the THE World University Rankings.” Sadly was only some admin error, not an apology to everyone in HE for their promotion of appalling neoliberalism
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My thoughts are with all the lovely and admirable people from
@CamCriminology
and all others caught up in yesterday’s terrible events at London Bridge
#cambridgeuniversity
and their “learning together” initiative is wonderful. What they have achieved should not be undermined by
#LondonBridgeAttack
I am obviously aware that two prisoners were involved - the attacker and a second who tried to prevent it.
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China passes new security law for Hong Kong which will criminalise secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces, and will also effectively curtail protests and freedom of speech. A sad, sad day for Hong Kong and for democracy
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Still on the turntable. Still hoping to be well enough to head out to see them tonight. Happy weekend all
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We should be to talk and discuss ideas openly, especially in universities. Do read the thread and consider donating in support
Academic freedom is no justification for silencing, harassing & discriminating against GC academics, yet that is what I told at The Open University.
The latest case update provides new details of the legal questions. And, I need your help again.
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It is hard to know where to begin with this. Leaving aside the Islamophobia, the reading of the stats would see any undergraduate fail
Just out report: "United Kingdom crime rises 13% annually amid spread of Radical Islamic terror." Not good, we must keep America safe!
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'Policing, punishment & comparative penality'. Open access now out in new BJC SI Tx particularly to
@Thatcher_legacy
& Emily Gray. Great pieces in the issue, incl. from
@tcguiney
,
@drjennings
,
@pete_enns
,
@Alexnunn1
,
@rachelfc
,
@muzmarinator
,
@HarryAnnison
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Just had occasion to look up an old article of mine and found the electronic version appears to have a wonderful spelling mistake
#youthgrime
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Treatment day again today, so it’s back to the old faithful iPod. Given the reading matter (the other book is David Graeber) it has to be Screaming Trees/Mark Lanegan all the way. Should be a good day
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If the prose doesn’t send you to sleep, the effort of carrying it around ought to work
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Treatment day today, so am reliant on an aged iPod (but it has loads of stuff on it). The plan for the morning includes Dr John Cooper Clarke, War on Drugs, and Aswad. As for the afternoon, who knows..
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Any criminology students looking for a chance to practice what they've learned about stats/methods/media/politics of crime, these tweets would be a good place to start
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The great danger of today’s Cummings defence is that it risks the hard won new social order that’s been created. That order relies on co-operation & collective endeavour, as well as great sacrifices by many. Undermining it, if that’s the consequence, will have huge social costs
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Another defining moment for the Met. Reputations, not that positive in the first place, now in tatters
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Criminology folk, I've had this reply to my criticism of 'top 20' type lists. My view, in brief: there's too much treating universities/academics as if they are/should be in competition; it's not a peer-index; & 'it gets to' me because, at heart, it's parasitic not productive
@TimNewburn
Tim - it’s a kind of a peer-index. I do not quite understand why it gets to you so much
It’s valuable to surface relevant content from people who want to get up to date on this topic
Have you looked at the feed it can generate on criminology and how you can filter with keywords
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Saturday morning. Joy Division, The Last Poets, fresh coffee. Stay safe all
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I like this, but I think there may be a bigger and better way to save wasting academic labour - why not abandon the whole idea? Precious little evidence that any of this is doing anything other than undermining universities and academic quality of life
Reflections of a REF Coordinator: Having spent the week urging some colleagues to read/rate the work of other colleagues, I’m led to ask - why don’t we run a REF where academics not universities select their best work? That would eliminate this monstrous waste of academic labour
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Here we go again (not just my institution this time, but my Dept). PLEASE DON'T DO THIS. Rankings are invidious, divisive & destructive. Look at the strikes now to see the impact. Irrespective of rankings, universities the world over have wonderful staff & wonderful students
We're delighted to be ranked third in the world in the QS World University Subject Rankings 2020!
Thank you to all our wonderful staff and students who have helped make this possible! 👏
ℹ️:
#partofLSE
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President Trump currently being torn to shreds on CNN live (including by Rick Santorum). This is quite extraordinary to watch. Everyone wondered if and when the tide would turn. It seems it has.
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My timeline is full of good folk offering advice that the PM's promises on police numbers, prisons, stop & search is not founded on empirical evidence. Fascinating, but rather missing the point. It is entirely about political positioning not penal policy
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Coming shortly, vol. 3 of the Official History of Criminal Justice
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And there I was stumbling around looking for an illustration for a lecture on 'crimmigration'. Thank you Twitter
Yesterday we returned 14 dangerous Foreign National Offenders, who broke our rules & abused our values, to Lithuania. Our efforts to return those who arrived via illegally-facilitated routes were frustrated by legal claims. Our asylum system is broken but we're making it fairer.
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Gosh, how incredibly shocking. From his work on prostitution, (left) realism, and back to the recent Islington Crime Survey (), Roger was never less than a thoughtful, adventurous scholar
My dear friend and colleague Roger Matthews died of coronavirus yesterday. A world renowned criminologist, Roger was one of the very few male academics that considered prostitution to be abuse. RIP Roger:
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The pandemic is scary enough for those of us fortunate enough to be in our own homes. I cannot begin to think what it must be like for prisoners and for prison officers. Ghastly, and action on this seems ... slow
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Time for some of the folk proposing this to dust down their copies of Lord Scarman's 1981 Brixton report (or, more likely it seems, read it for the first time)
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Solidarity with
@ProfAliceS
. Many things are important, but freedom of speech is pretty much the bottom line. Important thread 👇
1/ I was de-platformed by a research methods seminar after speaking out about proposed guidance on the sex question on the 2021 Census which suggests respondents can answer in terms of their identity where this clashes with their sex.
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Treatment day so it’s the trusty iPod, some PJ Harvey and John Parish to kick off with, accompanied by some topical reading. Then on to the weekend. Happy days
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Thanks so much for being there Shadd. It really meant a lot x
Incredibly moving day celebrating the incomparable career of
@TimNewburn
at the LSE today. What a career, what a life, what a day.
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Opportunity for PhD students. The
@OpenUniversity
is looking for part-time tutors for a great looking new course called 'Crime, harm & state' (DD311). Details can be found here: Deadline is 18 June
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JOB: Teaching Fellow in Criminology (0.5 FTE), Keele University Another p/t job that cuts off as soon as teaching finishes. Ad talks of diversity, Athena SWAN etc. What about career development for the appointee? Campaign against this type of thing overdue
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I don't know where to begin. This is so utterly shameless and shameful. Devoid both of ordinary humanity and of any sense of political history. There appear to be no depths
UK PM Boris Johnson says "it does not make sense" to allow those convicted of “serious violent offences” to be granted automatic early release, following Friday's attack on London Bridge by a man convicted of a terrorism offence in 2012
Latest:
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Apart from the fact that he's not smiling here, this is how I remember Vincenzo. A deeply serious man with a wicked sense of humour. An original. Always working on something new. Always keen to discuss/argue. All the better if a glass of wine was available. Top man.
We are truly saddened to hear of the passing of our long time colleague Vincenzo Ruggiero.
Vincenzo has been a central figure within the European Group for many years, sharing critical thinking and supporting EG colleagues.
Deepest condolences to his family.
Rest easy friend.
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The organisers of this conference have it all covered. Absolutely belting plenary speakers, a wonderful venue, and now... Tunnocks caramel wafers. Top job 👏
Still on the fence about
#BSC2024
?Then let us reveal that we have budget set aside under the heading: TUNNOCKS. Tunnocks, and the full diffusion line (snowballs, caramel wafers, et al),are perhaps (along with criminology) one of Scotland's greatest contribution to the world today
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Saturday morning poets: Townes Van Zandt and Nick Cave with added fresh coffee. What’s not to love? Happy weekend all
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Too many parallels between the current protests in Forest Gate and the beginning of the 2011 riots for comfort. Yet little coverage
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Just staggered into work feeling very weary. Met by security guard asking for ID: 'staff or student sir?'. Now feeling
#youngerthanusual
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Anyone as long in the tooth as me only has to look at their bookshelves to see the profound impact of the OU on British
#criminology
in recent decades. Shame on those intent on undermining the OU's standing
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I went to the Natural History Museum with my granddaughters at the weekend. They, the 5-year old in particular, wanted to see the fossils found by Mary Anning. What a great campaign
@MaryAnningRocks
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Belatedly finding time to read the Hong Kong IPCC report in some detail. Extraordinarily narrow interpretation of police role & responsibilities I gave chairman of IPCC, Anthony Neoh, a copy of the Scarman Report. Seems no-one read it
@alvinllum
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One of the joys of urban walks in the last few weeks has been seeing the chalk drawings that kids have been doing on the pavement etc. Here’s one from this morning
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Back to treatment today so the trusty old iPod is back in service again. Clearly some of the day will be dominated by Talking Heads/Chris Frantz. Got a window view over springtime in Tooting. Should be a blast
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Can't imagine what I've done to deserve this accolade, but hard to imagine a prouder Twitter moment
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Treatment day today, so stuck in hozzy and no vinyl selection sadly. That said, am passing the IV hours with a great selection of artists. Thus far: Tom Waits, 9Bach, War on Drugs, Richmond Fontaine, and Patti Smith. Onward
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I’m either going to have to take a break from
#Twitter
or start muting a lot of folk. Too much uninformed, likely uninformed or just speculative stuff doing the rounds. It’s doing my head in
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I’m becoming really tired of the misuse of the word algorithm. Algorithms don’t make decisions, people (politicians) do.
I can't recall any other protest over an algorithm. Sadly this won't be the last.
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Just because you didn't get it published doesn't mean it's not good stuff. Here, Peter Manning on listening to a lecture by Erving Goffman
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Very well said. My university, and my Department, were tweeting on this subject yesterday. It's ghastly divisive stuff. Here's to academics everywhere, whatever they're doing. They're my colleagues not my competitors
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JOBS: Lectureships in Sociology and Criminology (x2), University College, Cork
#sociology
#criminology
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JOB: Lecturer in the Sociology of Crime, University of Newcastle Not a job title one sees often these days (more's the pity)
#criminology
#sociology
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One of the greatest scandals of the post-war years. Thirty five years of dignity in the face of the most extraordinary abuse of position and power.
#JFT97
#YNWA
35 years ago we all went to a football match, full of hope, on the sunniest of days.
97 men, women and children never returned. They're not just a number, they had lives and dreams, families that love them now and always.
Us, the survivors returned, our lives changed forever, we
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Absolutely crackers. The sector is out of control. Standing assumption now seems to be that faculty (a) will cram research into evenings and weekends, and (b) will have no life outside work. And increasing nos won't even have proper contract.
How is this even possible?! I find teaching 3 courses at a time exhausting - I think 4 would do me in.
#AcademicChatter
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No vinyl posts for a while (a few days away followed by illness). Slowly re-emerging and feel like J Mascis might be today’s medication
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Saturday morning. New Charles Lloyd, old Aretha, fresh coffee
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