Dr T🎃ny K👻inth

tonykainth.bsky.social

29 June 2026 13:45

I’ve worked in asylum and immigration appeals (many many years ago) and it is not a straightforward process. It requires specialist knowledge of a region’s history, its law, complex fact finding missions from various large orgs, deep knowledge of our own laws, etc etc. Not a job for a layperson.

Peter Geoghegan

petergeoghegan.bsky.social

11 June 2026 17:40

‘They’ are predominantly loyalists, in predominately loyalist areas, running amok ahead of an annual, hundreds of years old celebration of ‘being up to our necks in fenian blood’ This isn’t the only factor in what’s happening in Belfast but it’s a really big one that almost everyone is ignoring

Ewan Gibbs

ewangibbs.bsky.social

27 March 2026 13:22

A new special issue of Soundings explores rising authoritarian political culture in Britain. I edited it with my colleagues, Dave Featherstone and Jenny Morrison. Read our introduction on the Starmer government's embrace of repressive crackdowns 🔽

Ewan Gibbs

ewangibbs.bsky.social

05 March 2026 14:07

A relaxed cat 🐈‍⬛

Ben Rosher

benrosher.bsky.social

03 March 2026 09:09

Even *if* machines could do these jobs better than humans, why would we want them to? If we outsource intellectual curiosity and critical thinking to machines, what is left of the human? As one of my students frequently tells me, “unbridled convenience rots the soul”