Richard Hall

@hallymk1.bsky.social

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Prof of Education and Technology #walsallfc NTF PFHEA #decolonising The Hopeless University http://bit.ly/3plYOdB Alienated Academic http://bit.ly/2HjFQL6 #freepalestine 🇵🇸

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 7h

Probably the worst of them all is the Ring doorbell.

It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.

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Speaking of a reindeer taking down grandma, a Ring doorbell might be able to capture that kind of footage so you have proof of what happened. But like with the smart speaker, there’s so much more that comes with that purchase. Amazon — and other companies pushing camera doorbells — want you to think they’re making you safer by giving you insight into what’s happening around your home. Ring doorbell ads often also try to make them appear fun, with people putting on a show for the doorbell. But that’s little more than a public relations campaign.

For me, the camera doorbell is the perfect example of a technology that makes people believe they’re safer when really making them more paranoid and anxious as they see their neighborhood and community with deep and unwarranted suspicion. People become aware of things that had already been happening around their home for ages without them knowing about it and they become like big brother, spying out everything once the camera detects movement. It gets even worse when this paranoia meets social media, whether through snitching apps like Nextdoor or the spread of clips on platforms like Facebook that convince others to fear their surroundings and vastly overestimate the amount of crime happening in their vicinity.

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 2d

The global Palestine solidarity movement is at a crossroads as traditional forms of advocacy have become too easy for governments to ignore. Moving forward, the movement must shift from reactive protests to building lasting political power.

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#Palestine #Israel

After the Ceasefire: What next for global solidarity with Palestine?

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 9d

Last week on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to a college with an aeronautical bias

Higher education postcard: the University of Hertfordshire

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to a college with an aeronautical bias This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to a college with an aeronautical bias

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Richard Hall @hallymk1.bsky.social · 11d

Take care.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 11d

Analysts in Israel say Israel is continuing on the same path, despite the ceasefire in Gaza.

Normalising hate: Israel leans in to anti-Palestinian violence, rhetoric

Analysts in Israel say Israel is continuing on the same path, despite the ceasefire in Gaza.

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Andrew Case @aclaudecase.bsky.social · 18d

BREAKING: A federal jury in Brooklyn awarded our clients — 674 immigrants unlawfully jailed by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office — $112 million. Could not be more proud to work at @latinojustice.bsky.social and to partner with the talent of Winston & Strawn.

Jury Awards $112 Million to 674 Immigrants Unlawfully Held by Suffolk County for ICE Handover | LatinoJusticePRLDEF

FOR IMMEDIATE

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 18d

BREAKING: The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued arrest warrants for 37 Israeli officials, including PM Netanyahu, Defence Minister Israel Katz, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, reports Turkish media.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/lx1bfd

Richard Hall @hallymk1.bsky.social · 19d

Yes! From A lovely woodland walk in Norfolk!

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 19d

Yes, fellow fungophiles, they are out, and in numbers. #fungifriends

A display of freshly-foraged wild mushrooms, including scarletinas, amethysts, slippery jacks and Bay boletes among other species.

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 20d

Very useful starting point: here's my slide for the Research Methods class:

A Keynote slide listing links to critiques of AI in higher education, with a picture of The Terminator and a newspaper headline about Grok servers poisoning a Black area of Memphis.

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Judith A. Miller @1789jam.bsky.social · 21d

More on the situation at #Emory, where the firing of a med school colleague & other activities by the admins appear to violate our Open Expression Policy. We either have a policy or we do not. @emoryaaup.bsky.social @aaup.org #AAUP @academic-chatter.bsky.social

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Emory must stand up, reject culture of fear

The Emory Wheel is the only independent, student-run newspaper of Emory University, since 1919.

www.emorywheel.com

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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 22d

The Women's Budget Groups calculated how many children would be lifted above the poverty line if the two-child limit was scrapped.

How many children would be lifted out of poverty if the two-child limit was scrapped?

www.bigissue.com

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Margarita @margarita.bsky.social · 25d

Yeah, it's almost like this disgusting hate speech should be banned. Wonder who has the power to do that

Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash

Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.

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Tom Western @tomwestern.bsky.social · 25d

Wow a UK university finally learnt the word scholasticide

www.soas.ac.uk/about/news/s...

Senate statement on Gaza, Palestine

The Senate has published a ‘Senate Statement on Scholasticide in Gaza, Palestine’.

www.soas.ac.uk

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 26d

Trump administration officials reportedly told Israel that Washington will soon unveil a detailed plan for deploying an international stabilization force in Gaza.

CENTCOM is leading the design, which includes both a new Palestinian police alongside troops

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 26d

We remember Rabbi Arthur Waskow, a beloved activist rabbi who was a leading voice connecting Jewish spirituality to justice-oriented politics. He passed away last week at the age of 92.

Richard Hall @hallymk1.bsky.social · 26d

I'm speaking about a new book project, The Dissolution of the Universities next Thursday, online c/o DECkNO at Bath. Should be full of lols www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-dissol...? #ukhe

The Dissolution of the Universities

Join Professor Richard Hall in discussing the crisis of the university with the DECkNO community.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 26d

“My heart is just broken,” the Uber rider said. “Whether anyone is here legally or illegally, they deserve to be treated like a human being and not just taken off the street with no prior notice.”

Family distraught after feds detain Chicago Uber driver despite protected status, asylum application

Diego Castro was detained last Friday as he was dropping off a passenger in West Town. His family says he had made a life here since applying for asylum eight years ago.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 26d

children no longer being safe trick-or-treating on american streets because of the president is where we're at

How Chicagoans Are Helping Kids Have A Safe — And ICE-Free — Halloween This Year

Neighbors are organizing indoor trick-or-treat events, candy drives and candy dropoffs to protect vulnerable families. Two Logan Square blocks that attract thousands of trick-or-treaters may shut down...

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 26d

NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.

My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...

Early planning documents reviewed by WIRED describe a statewide transport grid designed for steady detainee transfers across Texas, with ICE estimating each trip to average 100 miles. Every county would have its own small, around-the-clock team of contractors collecting immigrants from local authorities deputized by ICE. It is a subtle transfer of the physical custody process into the hands of a private security firm—authorized to carry firearms and perform transport duties “in any and all local, county, state, and ICE locations.”

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Ronald Hartz @ronaldhartz.bsky.social · 26d

'around 150 jobs at risk in the initial phase'

- all academic staff in the film studies and modern languages departments
- large numbers of staff in chemistry, geography, geology & the environment (GGE) and history specialisms

#UKHE
#HigherEd

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University of Leicester confirms formal redundancy consultation

The University and College Union's local branch says staff are planning strike action.

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Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social · 26d

Wikipedia says Shaheen is an academic. BBCQT implies you can’t trust what she says b/c she’s an ‘activist’. Someone who Wikipedia calls ‘a former academic’ who now campaigns for Reform & wants to be its first Home Secretary is an ‘academic & author’ who you can trust. Maybe they use Grokipedia now.

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · Oct 20

Israel National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir:

"Since we've taken delivery of the hostages, let's return to the war and open the gates of hell upon Gaza."

Richard Hall @hallymk1.bsky.social · Oct 17

We stand with Palestine, with Birmingham’s communities, and against every attempt to use racism to silence solidarity. If Maccabi Tel Aviv come to Birmingham, they should be met not with welcome but with protest... these monsters have no place anywhere substack.com/home/post/p-...

Statement: No Apartheid Team in Birmingham

No Israeli team should be allowed to play any sport, anywhere, while Palestinians live under apartheid and Palestine remains in the grip of genocidal Israeli violence.

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Richard Hall @hallymk1.bsky.social · Oct 17

Collaboratory Research Placement Project: Children’s engagement with religions and worldviews in Leicestershire schools: The role of interfaith educational programmes in supporting trust and belonging collaboratoryresearchhub.ac.uk/inclusive-re...

Children’s engagement with religions and worldviews in Leicestershire schools: The role of interfaith educational programmes in supporting trust and belonging - Collaboratory Research Hub

Collaboratory 2026 Research Placement Project Download PDF (coming soon) Key Details Project Title: Children's engagement with religions and worldviews in Leicestershire schools: the role of interfait...

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Jana Bacevic @unsocialtheory.bsky.social · Oct 10

Just to note that my phone got stolen about 45 mins ago in Central London, so if you receive anything weird-looking from me - especially Whatsapp/Signal - ignore

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · Oct 10

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · Oct 9

Palestinians will feel understandable relief. The West should feel nothing but shame. Gaza has been obliterated. The territory rendered uninhabitable. Tens of thousands murdered in cold blood. The entire population subjected to starvation tactics. And now, colonial subjugation under Trump and Blair