Claire Fox @Fox_Claire@respublicae.eu

Now this really is worth a listen from
@LivingFreedomUK. A history of #AI - and whare all the chat re #ChatGPT #TruthGPT comes from.
RT @LivingFreedomUK: NEW PODCAST:
From our London Freedom Forum this week, Sandy Starr takes a look at the history of artificial intelligence and implications for freedom.
https://soundcloud.com/boi-charity/living-freedom-artificial-intelligence-and-implications-for-freedom?si=1ad934f0c355410cb04bbf675730b546&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

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Long speech on the need for more housing - but I mainly wanted to make the point that it’s a con if the government call leasehold flats ‘home ownership’. Despite not owning, leaseholders often have no control - and suffer all the costs.

https://youtu.be/7k1qjth9slw

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My thoughts (& from others) on importance of defending drivers who are under cosh from anti car policies such as #LTNs. Glad grassroots campaigns such as @FreeBathStreets @Togetherdec etc are taking this on. Also, read great essay The Freedom of the Open Road by @hiltonholloway
RT @acadofideas: Public transport matters - but it shouldn't be posed as an alternative to cars. We need both. The Net Zero-inspired clampdown on private, motorised transport - from #ULEZ t…

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We need a UK version of this.
RT @shellenberger: Over the last several months, my colleagues and I have documented the existence of a Censorship Industrial Complex. We can't do this work alone. If you work for one of the government or non-government entities "fighting" "misinfo," "disinfo," or "hate" online, please contact us

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Anyone following academic freedom wars, well worth reading this thread from @AFFSUK
RT @AFFSUK: Bristol University shockingly failed to protect the lawful free speech rights of one of its own professors, Prof. Steven Greer. Here's the story in a thread.

In Nov '20. BRISOC, the Bristol Uni Islamic Society, accused Greer of Islamophobia & racism.
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My thoughts on a report on public transport. What happens when it goes wrong? And why must we always link improving public transport to reducing car use? The choice to drive is being thwarted by coercion - eg LTNs, ULEZ etc:

https://youtu.be/ZtpemAOzgr0

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These days, what's more likely to threaten classical literature is more the fragility of the readers than the fragility of the material that the texts are printed on
RT @foliosociety: The loss of ancient literature was 'the consequence of the basic fragility of texts before the advent of printing.' @openculture explores what happened to the lost literature of Ancient Greece and Rome. https://www.openculture.com/2023/03/how-99-of-ancient-literature-was-lost.html

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Surely when Reading University Politics Association cancelled Bracknell MP @JamesSunderl, the society ironically canceled its own raison d'etre (even party politics recognises diverse views). And this censorious judgement was semi-based on his skin colour? https://www.gbnews.com/news/reading-university-woke-immigration-james-sunderland

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Classroom behaviour remains one of the most contentious but crucial discussions in education. So brill @acadofideas Education Forum have organised this great panel, representing diverse views & time for audience debate. Weds 26 April 7-8:30pm FREE ON ZOOM https://academyofideas.org.uk/event/warm-strict-schools-saving-pupils-or-another-brick-in-the-wall

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Welsh Labour Gov's full embrace of trans ideology does not bode well in terms of Starmer and Labour seriously defending women's rights or taking remotely serìously the whole emerging medical scandal about young people transitioning
RT @women_outspoken: Wales’ government has created an LGBTQ+ Action Plan to inform all policy areas.

It’s riven with ideology & terminology that erases women & same-sex attraction.

It pays little heed to safeguarding.

And it was wri…

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We're told more devolution/powers to councils, empower local people. However as Bath residents explain below, imposed #LTNs are disempowering & v divisive between neighbours, as the community were never given a chance to debate pros and cons. Thanks for exposing @FreeBathStreets
RT @FreeBathStreets: Southlands in Bath is the first place in the city selected by the council to have an LTN road block. Another 48 are planned. Southlands LTN has caused division, misery…

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All for valuing quality not just quantity BUT in a housing crisis, where rather than politicians reaching housing targets, they scrap them; where planning blocks leading to homelessness & growing housing desparation, this decision by Gove seems bonkers https://www.building.co.uk/news/housing-secretary-blocks-generic-berkeley-homes-scheme-on-design-grounds/5122650.article

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Enjoy one of our @acadofideas Letters on Liberty by @fillharrison ( Phil Harrison) on 'The seductive power of literature' this Easter Monday. Also, some forthcoming events to note - dates for your diary. https://academyofideas.org.uk/redirect/power-of-literature

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Very good from @Ella_M_Whelan in defence of power showers. I hate these eco-austerity measures that micro manage public behaviour so people have less, instead of Gov/corporates tackling macro solutions eg creating more reservoirs https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/04/08/power-shower-ban-is-a-recipe-for-smelly-disaster/

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Happy Easter all. A time a renewal and looking forward. Some thoughts...
RT @acadofideas: Easter is an event of great importance to Western culture. At a time when the idea of Western civilisation is treated with disdain by some, this is a good time to reflect on the gains in science, art, philosophy and material well-being. https://clairefox.substack.com/p/western-civilisation-is-worth-defending

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Important points from @Future_Cities. These trends are a real & present danger to #AcademicFreedom and crucially they deprive students of access to wide/ diverse alternative viewpoints, research etc. All approved under auspices of undebatebable values/truths, sewn into curriculum
RT @Future_Cities: Unaccountable Third Party interventionists in #education means that students are getting a one-sided #environmental view of the world... and an unchallengable one! This…

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Lot to this speech from Camada in terms of taking on mayors/devolution as gatekeeping blocks to building housing, taking on leafy shire Nimbys. At least shows some understanding of urgency of housing crisis and prioritising needs of working people without usual "yes but" excuses
RT @PierrePoilievre: Enough happy meetings between politicians patting each other on the back.

We need to bluntly say that local government gatekeepers must get out of the way, so afford…

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This is what leadership and solidarity look like. More please.
RT @ProfTomkins: I don’t always agree with Michael. Sometimes he annoys the crap out of me. But he’s a formidable scholar, a brilliant and gifted lawyer, and someone from whom I’ve already learnt a great deal. He’s a valued member of my team & let me just say: if you come for him you come for me.

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This section 28 slur really is the most dishonest of the lot
RT @Fox_Claire: @biteback7 Because I don't and utterly insulting to imply fight for L&G equality is in any way parallel to trans ideology, which threatens those same rights for same sex attracted people. Young lesbian and gay people being told they are likely the opposite sex is a step back, not forward.

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Excellent speech from @BevMcArthurMP: clear, succinct & a liberal defence of women's rights AND anyone's rights to live, to dress how they choose. But using those choices to force women's rights backwards is illberal. If only more politicians had the guts to say this out loud
RT @BevMcArthurMP: “None of what I’ve said is aggressive, or anti-trans…I re-state my view that essentially, people should be able to be, and to act as they wish – so long as they respect the…

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