Peter Whitewood
@pwhitewood.bsky.social
Associate Prof & Head of History @YSJ. Early Soviet history and Stalinism. The Red Army and the Great Terror (2015); The Soviet-Polish War and its Legacy (2023). Working on POWs and the Soviet Red Cross. Occasional drummer https://shorturl.at/LRaWz
Laptop, running ChatGPT
October 30, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Laptop, running ChatGPT
Yes, he doesn’t care and never corrects a thing
October 30, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Yes, he doesn’t care and never corrects a thing
Reposted by Peter Whitewood
Just Alex Armstrong from GB News doing what any good journalist would do - making up lies to stir up hatred then being called out for it by the police.
October 30, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Just Alex Armstrong from GB News doing what any good journalist would do - making up lies to stir up hatred then being called out for it by the police.
Reposted by Peter Whitewood
"Claudia, my share of the money will buy 40 underprivileged children Piña Colada tier membership of the Amol Rajan Connection"
October 30, 2026 at 9:24 PM
"Claudia, my share of the money will buy 40 underprivileged children Piña Colada tier membership of the Amol Rajan Connection"
Reposted by Peter Whitewood
Good to hear Burnham say on student loans today: “It’s one to come back to”.
Govt wrong to keep the Plan 2 student loan threshold frozen at £29,385 for three years.
More graduates on low incomes paying a 37% marginal tax rate and no effort to repair a breach of trust.
More graduates on low incomes paying a 37% marginal tax rate and no effort to repair a breach of trust.
October 30, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Good to hear Burnham say on student loans today: “It’s one to come back to”.
Robert Jenrick is an easy costume if you’ve left things late - a suit and a pot of paint for covering up children's murals at asylum centres
October 30, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Robert Jenrick is an easy costume if you’ve left things late - a suit and a pot of paint for covering up children's murals at asylum centres
Halloween has not been cancelled, and dressing up as a GB News presenter is still an option.
October 30, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Halloween has not been cancelled, and dressing up as a GB News presenter is still an option.
You can say no; it’s voluntary, unpaid. Why accept and then outsource the exercise to an LLM? Even if it’s through self-interest, there’s only a marginal professional benefit.
Peer review for journal articles has always been a highly imperfect process—but AI is pushing this already-flawed system to its breaking point, Anna Wexler argues. She explores how this technology may be ruining academic publishing:
The Currency of the Journal Article Is Collapsing
As an editor I can say that we are being flooded with AI-assisted work.
bit.ly
October 30, 2026 at 7:34 PM
You can say no; it’s voluntary, unpaid. Why accept and then outsource the exercise to an LLM? Even if it’s through self-interest, there’s only a marginal professional benefit.
It’s been a busy and confusing year for Gen Z, according to The Spectator
October 30, 2026 at 6:56 PM
It’s been a busy and confusing year for Gen Z, according to The Spectator
Gearing up for poppy controversy season, the Express has trawled the archives for historic incidents of people not wearing poppies on air.
TV presenters who sparked fury after snubbing Remembrance poppy on air
This always turns nasty
www.express.co.uk
October 30, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Gearing up for poppy controversy season, the Express has trawled the archives for historic incidents of people not wearing poppies on air.
Reposted by Peter Whitewood
Britain's universities are in freefall. If we go on like this a large number cannot and will not survive. Here's some ideas about how to save them. Clue: abolish the Office for Students immediately.
www.arguably.uk/p/how-to-sav...
www.arguably.uk/p/how-to-sav...
How to save British universities
Underfunding, marketisation and managerial failure have created an avoidable disaster
www.arguably.uk
October 30, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Britain's universities are in freefall. If we go on like this a large number cannot and will not survive. Here's some ideas about how to save them. Clue: abolish the Office for Students immediately.
www.arguably.uk/p/how-to-sav...
www.arguably.uk/p/how-to-sav...
Reposted by Peter Whitewood
Westminster Voting Intention:
LAB: 28% (+2)
CON: 21% (=)
RFM: 20% (=)
GRN: 11% (-2)
LDM: 10% (+1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 28-29 Oct.
Changes w/ 21 Oct.
LAB: 28% (+2)
CON: 21% (=)
RFM: 20% (=)
GRN: 11% (-2)
LDM: 10% (+1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 28-29 Oct.
Changes w/ 21 Oct.
October 30, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Westminster Voting Intention:
LAB: 28% (+2)
CON: 21% (=)
RFM: 20% (=)
GRN: 11% (-2)
LDM: 10% (+1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 28-29 Oct.
Changes w/ 21 Oct.
LAB: 28% (+2)
CON: 21% (=)
RFM: 20% (=)
GRN: 11% (-2)
LDM: 10% (+1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 28-29 Oct.
Changes w/ 21 Oct.
It is a shame. I’ll just have to keep working at it.
October 30, 2026 at 9:25 AM
It is a shame. I’ll just have to keep working at it.
You've correctly identified the joke, but seem determined to continue arguing with it. I might leave you to that.
October 30, 2026 at 9:17 AM
You've correctly identified the joke, but seem determined to continue arguing with it. I might leave you to that.
I wasn’t suggesting that having a double-barrelled surname disqualifies someone from military service, or indeed from holding opinions about youth unemployment. I hope this clarifies things.
October 30, 2026 at 9:00 AM
I wasn’t suggesting that having a double-barrelled surname disqualifies someone from military service, or indeed from holding opinions about youth unemployment. I hope this clarifies things.
That the Telegraph has a long tradition of publishing articles by people with grand-sounding names who propose simplistic and impractical solutions to complex problems - in this case, for the ‘aimless’ youth. The particular juxtaposition is amusing in this context.
October 30, 2026 at 9:00 AM
That the Telegraph has a long tradition of publishing articles by people with grand-sounding names who propose simplistic and impractical solutions to complex problems - in this case, for the ‘aimless’ youth. The particular juxtaposition is amusing in this context.
Are you asking me to explain a joke?
October 30, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Are you asking me to explain a joke?
Fond memories of watching Neighbours at university, both the 2pm and 5:30pm showings.
October 29, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Fond memories of watching Neighbours at university, both the 2pm and 5:30pm showings.
'Like cutting up a Picasso'
Neighbours: AI micro-drama recut of Australian show focusing on Margot Robbie worries actors and crew
A micro-drama will use AI-assisted technology to edit old episodes of the Australian TV soap to focus on Margot Robbie's character.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2026 at 7:44 PM
'Like cutting up a Picasso'
Quite an increase! An enormous amount of labour, the majority of which will not be rewarded. There has to be a better way.
October 29, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Quite an increase! An enormous amount of labour, the majority of which will not be rewarded. There has to be a better way.
A maddening interview
Jo Johnson: I have no regrets over English sector marketisation
The former universities minister says the sector’s financial crisis will worsen unless ministers get on with legislating for annual fee rises. But 10 years on from introducing the Higher Education and...
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 29, 2026 at 7:37 AM
A maddening interview
Agree - he knows this
October 28, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Agree - he knows this
Doesn’t make sense, no
October 28, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Doesn’t make sense, no