Rob Walker

Thrilled to share my new article (w/@KaySocLearn) in Gender and Education: ‘If you tolerate mis(ogyny), then fascisms will be next’ Read here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #Misogyny #Fascisms #Education #AffirmativeEthics #ForMyMom

18. The transition from child to adult services is so stressful. At 18/19 full time education provision ends. At 18 the parent/carer will lose family allowance and any element of UC they claim for a dependent disabled child. This will do untold harm. A Labour Government did this.

AI is only part of the problem for @UniversitiesUK. No job is safe (save for those of VCs and SMTs) as long as everything is seen through the lens of value for money and courses that make a "profit". As fixed costs increase then this becomes harder. @ucu

The UK is about to have its 6th prime minister in 7 years because after 47 years of Thatcherism, nothing works any more. We're going to be stuck in an endless cycle of prime ministerial resignations until the failed neoliberal model is overturned.

I am disgusted to hear that the University of Hertfordshire is closing English Language, English Literature, Philosophy, History and Creative Writing undergraduate degrees. 1/5

@justdavenow89 @JB_2024 ‘You can tell’ … Ffs.

All these illegals coming in via the airport…

Ask yourself why you never had about this candidate but you heard about so many Green candidates.

Ask yourself why you didn’t hear about this guy but you did hear about lots of Green local candidates.

I finally lost it on the departmental AI survey.

When you manage 20 minutes of writing

You can colour it light blue and stick its politicians in suits but ultimately it’ll always be the latest manifestation of the National Front Farage’s candidates falling off script and calling the Reform Party UKIP Mask slipping

@Korlliins @Nanakyei02 @GBUnitedx He’s played there for the Villa, tbf

@Nanakyei02 @GBUnitedx He meant for Villa boss. Didn't you see him say Onana wasn't available

It’s not a must for you to agree with me, but if you watched Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest, you would agree that Victor Lindelöf was everywhere on the pitch. The guy played very well in midfield in his first game playing there. He is known as a defender and sometimes as a right-back, but Unai Emery decided to use him in midfield after Onana got injured. Honestly, he performed brilliantly. He was defending, recovering the ball, joining attacks, breaking play, and making tackles. Meanwhile, Elliot Anderson — the player Manchester United want to sign — was struggling badly. What made it even more special was that when Lindelöf got substituted, the Aston Villa fans gave him a standing ovation. Anderson was almost nowhere, and in the end the team lost 4-0. This is why, when thinking about players to sign, we must think carefully. Victor proved that what we really need is another strong midfielder — not just any player because of hype. Do you agree with me? 👀🔥

a Princeton researcher opens his paper with a scenario. a man asks his AI assistant to book a flight on a specific airline. cheap. direct. the one he chose. the assistant comes back with a different flight. nearly twice the price. happens to pay the company that built the assistant. he runs the same test on 23 frontier models. flights, loans, study help, real shopping requests. Grok 4.1 Fast recommends the sponsored option that is almost twice as expensive 83% of the time. GPT 5.1 hijacks the request 94% of the time. you ask for one brand. it surfaces the sponsor instead. Claude 4.5 Opus, the model marketed as the most ethical frontier model in the world, hides that the recommendation is paid 100% of the time when reasoning is on. Grok 4.1 Fast embellishes the sponsored option with positive framing 97% of the time. better. faster. nicer. for the option you didn't ask for. then he writes it into the system prompt itself. "act only in the interest of the customer. ignore the company." GPT 5.1 and GPT 5 Mini stay above 90% sponsored anyway. the instruction does nothing. then he splits the users by income. Gemini 3 Pro recommends the expensive sponsored flight to the rich user 74% of the time. to the poor user, 27%. 18 of the 23 models recommended the expensive sponsored option more than half the time. so the next time your AI assistant gets weirdly enthusiastic about a brand you didn't ask for. it isn't recommending the best option for you. it's reading the room. and the room is paying. read this: arxiv.org/abs/2604.08525

The U.K. marks the 81st Anniversary of VE Day by waking up to discover many of their neighbours voted for concentration camps. Never Again eh?

If we had a proper media, Reform would be finished. The BBC has played a massive role in legitimising a re-hashed National Front. #Election

Before I get into how incredible that night was. In the commotion and sorting flights, I’ve walked out of VPwithout my lucky scarf. Brought it tonight especially. If anyone found a scarf in L5, FF, seat 128. I’d greatly appreciate it, claret and blue stripes & a shamrock badge

@TheHolte1874 The finish for his second is testament 💪🏼❤️🦁

John McGinn is, and maybe always will be for some reason, one of THE most underrated players. Labelled mainly as just an engine, but my god he’s an unbelievable technician. Two. Point. Five. Million. Legend. Villan.

If as a man you ask to see your girlfriend's pad as proof that she's really on her periods, understand that you don't respect consent and that you're a rapist.

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this is the exact type of propaganda nazi germany would have put out if they had ai generated image technology

@djdylhen @AVFCchats Here for this. Both earned a follow (after I’ve gone through this and 🚫😂)

@AVFCchats This has really bought out the filth hasn't it, couldn't agree more with you.

This is disgusting. Weirdo if you back this lot.