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Mark Porter

@mrmarkporter
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Joined March 2009
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Chortle Comedy@chortleOct 21
Petition to save BBC Radio 4 Extra! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees
Save Radio 4 Extra

Save Radio 4 Extra

Radio 4 Extra is a fabulous showcase of the BBC's phenomenal archive of radio comedy and drama, fields in which the Corporation is an undoubted pioneer, with a reputation for quality rivals woud...

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How Great Is Our Claude Worship leaders have built new AI tools to help create setlists and score songs on qualities like scriptural grounding and clarity. chrst.today/4hp9cvQ
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We learnt this week that functionally illiterate American workers earn as much as the average Brit. There is not much schools can do about this. We need other parts of govt to take responsibility. substack.nomoremarking.com/p…
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Beci Carver@becimayJun 26
Wow, the salary of our VC has shot up by 31k in the last two years. That’s almost my salary …
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csz@cszablaJun 25
a russell group uni now executes a whole department on average twice a day but the mainstream UK press maybe covers the uni crisis once every few months while devoting 20 articles a day to “worries about ed miliband”
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Germany in a nutshell.
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@jmkettleMay 5
Giving a restaurant a three star review is illegal in Germany.
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Hadas Weiss@weiss_hadasApr 17
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@ERC_ResearchApr 17
The number of grant applications is rising sharply. Our capacity for their evaluation isn’t. ERC President Maria Leptin explains why stricter resubmission limits are being introduced for 2027 calls and what this mean for applicants. link.europa.eu/xF7kjc
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Hello from Germany where... wait WTF 😳
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@berlinerzeitungApr 3
Änderung im Wehrdienst-Modernisierungsgesetz trat weitgehend unbemerkt in Kraft. Demnach müssen Millionen Männer vor Auslandsaufenthalten eine Genehmigung der Bundeswehr einholen. berliner-zeitung.de/news/neu…
Neue Wehrpflicht-Regel: Junge Männer dürfen Deutschland nicht mehr längere Zeit ohne Genehmigung...

Neue Wehrpflicht-Regel: Junge Männer dürfen Deutschland nicht mehr längere Zeit ohne Genehmigung...

Änderung im Wehrdienst-Modernisierungsgesetz trat weitgehend unbemerkt in Kraft. Demnach müssen Millionen Männer vor längeren Auslandsaufenthalten eine Genehmigung der Bundeswehr einholen.

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UK HE News@HigherEd_UKFeb 26
The reason AI is so threatening to academia is because of the choice of university leaders and government to fully reorient the purpose of universities entirely around routine outputs (essays, degrees, REF submissions, etc.) and not intrinsically valuable processes.
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David Storey@DavidStorey60Feb 20
"More academics left roles than started them in 2024-25 for the first time ever.....About 60 per cent of Universities UK members saw a fall in academic staff numbers last year" @paddywjack @timeshighered linkedin.com/redir/redirect/…
Number of academics working in the UK falls for first time

Number of academics working in the UK falls for first time

Some universities reduce staff teams by more than a fifth after year of cutbacks and job losses, new data show

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Avery Edison@aedisonFeb 13
one of the most frustrating things about there being “no jobs” is that we all walk around and see the work that needs to be done. our cities are crumbling, our people need help, our world is dying. there’s so much work to be done, if only it were good for the balance sheet
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This shit’s a comedy #TheWarBetween
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I join UN experts in calling on Germany to end police violence & the apparent suppression of legitimate Palestine solidarity activism
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@UN_SPExperts16 Oct 2025
#Germany: UN experts urge the government to end police violence & the apparent suppression of legitimate Palestine solidarity activism. ohchr.org/en/press-releases/…
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RT @derJamesJackson: The German army is suing a child who made a meme asking “so kids, who wants to die on the eastern front?” during an of…
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So concerning when those in power try and limit our freedom of speech beyond what is allowed by the law and the only thing stopping them is the judiciary, months later.
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@derJamesJackson8 Oct 2025
Update: this was just overturned on appeal
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SCM Press@SCM_Press11 Aug 2025
'Mark Porter explores the landscape of musical innovation in reaction to the current ecological crisis... [offering] a thoughtful and timely contribution that moves beyond finding the “right answers” [to] contextually appropriate responses.' Order here: scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books…
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Marileen Steyn reviews 'For the Warming of the Earth: Music, faith, and ecological crisis' by Mark Porter (@SCM_Press) readingreligion.org/97803340…

For the Warming of the Earth - Reading Religion

As issues of climate and ecology become ever more important, Christian communities are increasingly looking for appropriate ways to respond to the current cr...

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Marileen Steyn reviews 'For the Warming of the Earth: Music, faith, and ecological crisis' by Mark Porter (@SCM_Press) readingreligion.org/97803340…

For the Warming of the Earth - Reading Religion

As issues of climate and ecology become ever more important, Christian communities are increasingly looking for appropriate ways to respond to the current cr...

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Google Meet have conflicts decide which meeting is more important
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Let’s be clear: the world is watching Israel attack a civilian boat carrying no weapons—only humanitarian aid—flying a U.K. flag in international waters & carrying humanitarians of many nationalities. Israel has precisely zero authority to do so under any law. #AllEyesOnDeck #Madleen @GazaFFlotilla
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the protests are inherently violent because even if the protesters are non-violent, the state will bring the violence. at this point, every protest in this country is and will be a violent protest. the only decision to make is whether to match the state.
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