Rob Aitken

Anthropologist; Senior Lecturer @UniofYorkPolitics; ethnicity & conflict; interested in ecohomes; built a Passivhaus; own views; RT not endorsement

[Rob Aitken @AitkenRob]

@kieranmch My best (cynical) guess is that a few wealthy accounts are trying to influence the odds. This fits with large numbers of Republican-aligned polling firms producing polls in recent weeks. Together these build a narrative that if he loses it is due to fraud.

[Rob Aitken @AitkenRob]

@JohnRentoul My favourite is Kilconquhar in Fife, which is pronounced 'Kin-uck-ar'

[Rob Aitken @AitkenRob]

Our PassivHaus Plus home is a mini power station.
Over the last 9 years our 9.5kWpeak solar PV system has contributed on average 3.3MWh pa to the grid.
It also keeps us warm cheaply as we only have to pay for the 1350kWh we import out of the total 5800kWh we use.

[Rob Aitken @AitkenRob]

@YouGov An approach used in the Netherlands is a national Museum Year Card. Residents (irrespective of nationality) can buy a year card and access all museums but tourists pay an entrance fee.

[Rob Aitken @AitkenRob]

@professor_dave @tombennett71 It is noticeable that they have offered multiple ways to achieve the required interdisciplinary and creative learning. Residential colleges is one way, with I think particular advantages, but may not suit every student.

[Rob Aitken @AitkenRob]

@professor_dave @tombennett71 My main interest is in the ability to deliver this broader interdisciplinary learning through residential colleges. This also offers learning through extra-curricular activities and engagement with staff and students outside the classroom.

[Rob Aitken @AitkenRob]

@professor_dave @tombennett71 I think the approach is excellent and better than the US Liberal Arts approach to interdisciplinarity. It is noticeable that NUS has stopped its collaboration with Yale to focus on its own residential college programme.

[Rob Aitken @AitkenRob]

@rogermacginty As I child I lived in a house with a corrugated tin roof in Nigeria. The drumming of tropical rain on the roof and feeling safe and secure inside is a strong childhood memory.

[Rob Aitken @AitkenRob]

@professor_dave @tombennett71 This approach is continued into HE. National University of Singapore curriculum requires UG students to take seminar based interdisciplinary modules that encourage critical thinking skills alongside the disciplinary curriculum.

[Helena Cox 🇬🇧🇨🇿 @HelenaCurator]

Great to see these powerful photos featured in @guardian! ⬇️ You can see the photos as part of our #ArtOfPolitics trail at @UniOfYork - I so loved working on this art trail with the amazing professors @de_Jong_Sara & @IndrajitRoyYork! ♥️

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[Rob Aitken @AitkenRob]

@robfordmancs Yes though with YouGov the fall for Labour was largely due to methodology change. That may not be the case in the latest two. If real the key issue will be where that fall is happening.

[Rob Aitken @AitkenRob]

@tomhfh @sundersays They already have an MP - Lee Anderson - so it would be no increase.

[Rob Aitken @AitkenRob]

@nsandihelp I am calling from the UK. I have now managed to speak to a human operator who has resolved the problem. It would help if the ai help line recognised when it could not solve the problem and offered to connect to a human rather than disconnecting.

[Rob Aitken @AitkenRob]

@nsandihelp How do I unlock my PIN number? You have locked my PIN number and your help phone is useless as it continually ignores my problem and talks about two factor authentification which is not the problem.

[Rob Aitken @AitkenRob]

@nsandihelp Thanks. I asked it to connect me to a human and it rang off.

[Rob Aitken @AitkenRob]

@martin_oneill If you have any invites for Bluesky let me know.

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[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Victoria Derbyshire to permanently replace Laura Kuenssberg on the BBC?

RT if you agree.

[Rob Aitken @AitkenRob]

@lorintbc @MirandaLarbi Congratulations Lorin!