Share this page!

Enter URL or ID to Unroll

You can paste full URL like: https://x.com/threadreaderapp/status/1644127596119195649
or just the ID like: 1644127596119195649

How to get URL link on X (Twitter) App

  1. On the Twitter thread, click on or icon on the bottom
  2. Click again on or Share Via icon
  3. Click on Copy Link to Tweet
  4. Paste it above and click "Unroll Thread"!
  5. More info at Twitter Help
Cybermatron has left the building 🕷 Profile picture
@Cybermatron
May 18, 2020 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
I have felt uncomfortable about #clapforcarers for at least the last three weeks , given the horrendous way they were exploited in this crisis. But this seals it.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/m…
I am no longer prepared to contribute to the once-a-week heart-warming picture of “thanking our NHS”, if all it does is to allow the government to replace competence, common sense and fairness with a sense of national self-adoration.
I’ll clap again when this country treats immigrants like actual people and doesn’t charge them extra for the services they so often provide to others, when it pays all NHS staff fairly, and protects them and their patients as it should.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Cybermatron has left the building 🕷

Cybermatron has left the building 🕷 Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @Cybermatron

Cybermatron has left the building 🕷 Profile picture
Dec 15, 2020
Aaargh! I hate being “Reviewer 2” but once, just once would I like to peer review a well-written, well-structured article that isn’t clearly just a chapter of someone’s PhD with no further consideration given to how to turn it into its own, fully-fledged and coherent narrative.
Even if I agree with all your good intentions and nearly all of your arguments, if you don’t spend some time kicking this thing into shape before submission, there is very little a reviewer can do to get you published. Here’s a few tips:
1. Start by challenging yourself to cut the thing down by a third. Yes, always. You may not manage all of it, but it will force you to sharpen your argument and eliminate a lot of extraneous detail.
Read 16 tweets
Cybermatron has left the building 🕷 Profile picture
Dec 15, 2020
Normal people I know of have just arranged a three-household birthday party next Sat because it’s a week before Christmas and “what does it matter, if we’d be allowed to do it then anyway?”. The government’s wooly messaging on this issue is causing harm going far beyond Christmas
Am I furious with those people? Yes I am. Every single one of them. And not just because I have just decided not to go home even though my mum is really unwell because I don’t want to put her at further risk, and a vaccine is coming and I’m not going to fall at the last hurdle.
I am furious because I don’t want any of them to get Covid either just for being idiots.
Read 6 tweets
Cybermatron has left the building 🕷 Profile picture
Sep 29, 2020
Dear @Jeremy_Hunt , who just said on @Channel4News that “nobody could have predicted the current situation at Universities”, I will happily grant you access to my inbox so you can read the many email exchanges where my academic colleagues and I, you guessed it, predicted this.
Sadly we were ignored. We were ignored because your government does not view higher education as a public good, refused to provide financial support to Universities and thus forced them to lie to students that we could provide a “normal” student experience...
... to get them to enrol in programmes and sign accommodation contracts to prevent them from going under.
Read 7 tweets
Cybermatron has left the building 🕷 Profile picture
Sep 26, 2020
What a pile of crock! A thread.
theguardian.com/education/2020…
“It is crucial that gender stereotyping is addressed in schools and discussed in age-appropriate ways with children and young people: it is also crucial that young people questioning their gender identities are supported and listened to without judgment...
... Suggesting to children that it is possible to be born in the wrong body is misleading, regressive and potentially very harmful, and it is good that the DfE has clarified that this should not be done.”
Read 15 tweets
Cybermatron has left the building 🕷 Profile picture
Sep 12, 2020
In DP terms, I think loss of control is most closely linked to violations of the purpose limitation principle.
Like @mireillemoret said, this is then also connected to a lack of transparency and, I would argue, fairness (in the Art. 5 sense). But as far as algorithmic decision-making is concerned, purpose limitation is clearly where its at.
Having said that, I’m starting to get very suspicious of the concept of *control* (nevermind *property*) as our loadstar, given its current link solely to the individual data subject, who is mostly not equipped to exercise that control responsibly.
Read 12 tweets
Cybermatron has left the building 🕷 Profile picture
Sep 11, 2020
Ok. I’ve done it. For the first time in my life I joined a trade union today.

What finally pushed me over the edge? My employer asking us to ensure that any video footage we record is sub-titled to comply with new disability legislation.
To be clear, I am not disputing that the University should do this. If we are using video recordings, sub-titling is imperative to ensure equality of opportunity not just for students with hearing issues but also for those whose first language is not English.
Listening to a recording is not the same as being in a room with your tutor. There will inevitably be comprehension issues. Sub-titling helps with those.
Read 19 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us!

Send Email!

:(