Tony Kearon
@crimtonyk.bsky.social
Criminologist, community type, recovering ex politician, ex postie and former academic. Salford council estate boy, now stooging around in Staffordshire and beyond. Hello.
Pinned
Tony Kearon
@crimtonyk.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Every new story about what’s happening in Universities, and every conversation with a former colleague leaves me even more convinced that I did the right thing walking away from academic criminology so I could focus full time on being a maverick crime fighter who doesn’t play by the rules.
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It is Reform UK that is broken
January 17, 2026 at 8:52 AM
It is Reform UK that is broken
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Just in case anyone thought that UK universities were deep in trouble, remember that science, research and university life as we've known it are in all in immediate peril in the US. The age of the Anglosohere university's dominance is likely coming to an end. www.science.org/content/arti...
Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research
More than 90 studies on threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation are halted
www.science.org
March 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Just in case anyone thought that UK universities were deep in trouble, remember that science, research and university life as we've known it are in all in immediate peril in the US. The age of the Anglosohere university's dominance is likely coming to an end. www.science.org/content/arti...
This pretty much hits the nail on the head.
When I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”
To repeat: "A country so stupid it actively trashes one of things it's good at and famous for."
February 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This pretty much hits the nail on the head.
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Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.
February 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.
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The nights are long in prison for those who are out of time. How long is long enough?
Rideout’s new show
April 9-17
Stoke-on-Trent
Book now www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sta...
#theatre
#prison
#livedexperience
#justice
#participatoryarts
Rideout’s new show
April 9-17
Stoke-on-Trent
Book now www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sta...
#theatre
#prison
#livedexperience
#justice
#participatoryarts
February 14, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The nights are long in prison for those who are out of time. How long is long enough?
Rideout’s new show
April 9-17
Stoke-on-Trent
Book now www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sta...
#theatre
#prison
#livedexperience
#justice
#participatoryarts
Rideout’s new show
April 9-17
Stoke-on-Trent
Book now www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sta...
#theatre
#prison
#livedexperience
#justice
#participatoryarts
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Prisons and jails across the United States are overcrowded and understaffed, jeopardizing the safety of incarcerated people, correctional officers and surrounding communities.
Prison abuse, deaths and escapes prompt calls for more oversight • Ohio Capital Journal
Prisons and jails across the United States are overcrowded and understaffed, jeopardizing the safety of incarcerated people, correctional officers and surrounding communities.
buff.ly
January 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Prisons and jails across the United States are overcrowded and understaffed, jeopardizing the safety of incarcerated people, correctional officers and surrounding communities.
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If you love The Fall, and need cheering up, do yourself a favour and listen to this. Spectacularly shambolic and hilarious. Name That Tune: Fall Songs. Wishing you all a Happy New Year when it comes.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
Oh! Brother
Music History Podcast · 4 Seasons · Monthly
podcasts.apple.com
December 27, 2024 at 11:16 AM
If you love The Fall, and need cheering up, do yourself a favour and listen to this. Spectacularly shambolic and hilarious. Name That Tune: Fall Songs. Wishing you all a Happy New Year when it comes.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
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Health Insurance CEO Reveals Key To Company’s Success Is Not Paying For Customers’ Medical Care
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December 18, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Health Insurance CEO Reveals Key To Company’s Success Is Not Paying For Customers’ Medical Care
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The perfect gift for music lovers!
A dead cult singer, a Ghost of Christmas Past, and a daughter searching for the truth…
Buy now!
www.amazon.co.uk/Rise-Dark-Ni...
A dead cult singer, a Ghost of Christmas Past, and a daughter searching for the truth…
Buy now!
www.amazon.co.uk/Rise-Dark-Ni...
December 15, 2024 at 9:30 AM
The perfect gift for music lovers!
A dead cult singer, a Ghost of Christmas Past, and a daughter searching for the truth…
Buy now!
www.amazon.co.uk/Rise-Dark-Ni...
A dead cult singer, a Ghost of Christmas Past, and a daughter searching for the truth…
Buy now!
www.amazon.co.uk/Rise-Dark-Ni...
Sobering, accurate and timely read. The days when the impacts of austerity were mitigated & partly hidden by the capacity built up previously are well and truly gone. Everything’s falling apart in many parts of the country. It’s almost like now is not the time for yet another round of austerity?
ICYMI:
The Austerity City 👇
The Austerity City 👇
December 15, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Sobering, accurate and timely read. The days when the impacts of austerity were mitigated & partly hidden by the capacity built up previously are well and truly gone. Everything’s falling apart in many parts of the country. It’s almost like now is not the time for yet another round of austerity?
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As a kid, adults all seemed so smart and so wise. As an adult who writes instruction manuals, I have to include warnings like:
*Don't jump off a moving forklift.
*Don't drink the motor oil.
*The blowtorch gets really hot so try not to lick it.
*Don't jump off a moving forklift.
*Don't drink the motor oil.
*The blowtorch gets really hot so try not to lick it.
December 14, 2024 at 8:24 AM
As a kid, adults all seemed so smart and so wise. As an adult who writes instruction manuals, I have to include warnings like:
*Don't jump off a moving forklift.
*Don't drink the motor oil.
*The blowtorch gets really hot so try not to lick it.
*Don't jump off a moving forklift.
*Don't drink the motor oil.
*The blowtorch gets really hot so try not to lick it.
Spent today as a steward at Longton Winter Gathering. Street performers, live music, food, fire eaters, lantern parade, fire engines and a camel, plus lots of laughter and smiling faces - what’s not to like?
December 14, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Spent today as a steward at Longton Winter Gathering. Street performers, live music, food, fire eaters, lantern parade, fire engines and a camel, plus lots of laughter and smiling faces - what’s not to like?
Is it just me or is RFK Jr shaping up to be the Kylo Ren of US politics?
And now this. My father had polio when he was a child in the 1930s. He thankfully survived. Many did not. This is, well, evil. Let's not mince words. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine
Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Is it just me or is RFK Jr shaping up to be the Kylo Ren of US politics?
Reminds me of The Avenue at Middelharnis by Meindert Hobbema (1689)
December 9, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Reminds me of The Avenue at Middelharnis by Meindert Hobbema (1689)
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I'll be talking about 'Made in Manchester' to Stockport Walking and Outdoor Group, Weds Jan 15th 8pm. Civic Hall, Hatherlow Lane, Hazel Grove. Visitors welcome, £2. (Pic: Crowther Street, Stockport by L.S. Lowry, Stockport Heritage Services.) stockportwalkingoutdoors.chessck.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 11:50 AM
I'll be talking about 'Made in Manchester' to Stockport Walking and Outdoor Group, Weds Jan 15th 8pm. Civic Hall, Hatherlow Lane, Hazel Grove. Visitors welcome, £2. (Pic: Crowther Street, Stockport by L.S. Lowry, Stockport Heritage Services.) stockportwalkingoutdoors.chessck.co.uk
I’m keeping one foot in academia by continuing to supervise several Doctoral students. It’s brilliant to continue to engage with people with fresh ideas, new concepts and different ways of looking at problems and solutions. All this talent needs to be drawn on, but will it?
December 3, 2024 at 4:55 PM
I’m keeping one foot in academia by continuing to supervise several Doctoral students. It’s brilliant to continue to engage with people with fresh ideas, new concepts and different ways of looking at problems and solutions. All this talent needs to be drawn on, but will it?
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If you’re a fan of Douglas Adams, and more specifically, The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy then please follow @hg2g-scrapbook.bsky.social Run by a friend, he has made the move across from X where he has 1.9k followers but here, like all of us, he is starting again.
Vogon Jeltz is maneuvered into position for a photoshoot.
November 27, 2024 at 10:19 PM
If you’re a fan of Douglas Adams, and more specifically, The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy then please follow @hg2g-scrapbook.bsky.social Run by a friend, he has made the move across from X where he has 1.9k followers but here, like all of us, he is starting again.
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Public service announcement that Charles Booth's 'Maps Descriptive of London Poverty, 1898-9' have been uploaded by LSE archive online to be viewed and reproduced freely. 🗃️ unsplash.com/collections/...
November 28, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Public service announcement that Charles Booth's 'Maps Descriptive of London Poverty, 1898-9' have been uploaded by LSE archive online to be viewed and reproduced freely. 🗃️ unsplash.com/collections/...
Fair play to @martinlewismse.bsky.social inviting viewers to ask questions on his prime time TV show via Blue Sky as well as the usual Twitter place…
Martin Lewis (@martinlewismse.bsky.social)
Founded MoneySavingExpert, Money & Mental Health Policy Institute, (ish) the Martin Lewis Money Show ITV & Martin Lewis Podcast
martinlewismse.bsky.social
November 27, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Fair play to @martinlewismse.bsky.social inviting viewers to ask questions on his prime time TV show via Blue Sky as well as the usual Twitter place…
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⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed.
If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.
👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...
If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.
👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...
Storyville Books Bookshop UK
Nestled in the rolling hills of the South Wales valleys, we are the only independent bookshop in Pontypridd, selling new books and more.
uk.bookshop.org
November 24, 2024 at 6:41 PM
⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed.
If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.
👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...
If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.
👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...
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Kicking off a little deception research starter pack. If you are an academic or affiliated organisation researching deception or lie detection and want to be added (or removed, I suppose!), drop me a message
November 26, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Kicking off a little deception research starter pack. If you are an academic or affiliated organisation researching deception or lie detection and want to be added (or removed, I suppose!), drop me a message
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Huge win from @franzanth.bsky.social creating a Content Scraper Blocklist: bsky.app/profile/cont...
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
November 26, 2024 at 4:25 AM
Huge win from @franzanth.bsky.social creating a Content Scraper Blocklist: bsky.app/profile/cont...
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
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Some great coverage of the Independent Prison Monitors report.
#criminology ##penology #prison
news.sky.com/story/scotti...
#criminology ##penology #prison
news.sky.com/story/scotti...
Scottish prisoners 'harmed' as food prices outstrip stagnant inmate wages
Some inmates are sharing cells meant for one person, while families are also shouldering the burden of the cost of living crisis as they supplement prisoners' low earnings.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Some great coverage of the Independent Prison Monitors report.
#criminology ##penology #prison
news.sky.com/story/scotti...
#criminology ##penology #prison
news.sky.com/story/scotti...
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My first ever trip to #centerparcs in the UK - a live blog as it happened:
Everyone is wearing identical north face jackets here and I think I missed a memo or something.
Everyone is wearing identical north face jackets here and I think I missed a memo or something.
November 25, 2024 at 10:18 AM
My first ever trip to #centerparcs in the UK - a live blog as it happened:
Everyone is wearing identical north face jackets here and I think I missed a memo or something.
Everyone is wearing identical north face jackets here and I think I missed a memo or something.