Dr Russell Glasson
@russellglasson.com
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Interests: digital things and real things, books and eTexts - Dyslexic academic - more nuance please - #UBI to support creativity in all- solar/wind/wave/water to sustain life. russellglasson.com
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mrjamesob.bsky.social
I’ve been saying this for ten years now but possibly not often enough: Ask Them What They Think The Words They’re Using Mean. And then ask them to name the ‘problematic’ people. We had ‘sovereignty’, ‘laws’ & ‘unelected bureaucrats’. The US now has ‘Antifa’, the ‘radical left’ & ‘insurrection’. Ask!
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motherjones.com
Far-right parties in Belgium call for "antifa" bans.

The UK's Reform Party is adopting policy positions that are a “copy and paste” of Trump’s.

The American flag is a symbol for Brazil's far-right.

As Trump tears apart the US, experts worry that other countries may dismantle themselves too.
Is America contagious?
Scholars in political extremism are documenting the global spread of right-wing populism.
www.motherjones.com
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muggerjack.bsky.social
Dude, your party shut down the government...
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davidwlkr0.bsky.social
Been there. Done that. Keith Joseph abolished the Social Science Research Council because sociology was ‘socialism’
@robfordmancs.bsky.social
robfordmancs.bsky.social
Interesting and troubling report/thread here on vulnerability of scientific bodies to politicisation, something the public do not want and is not in there interest but could happen nonetheless if politicians with selective or hostile views on science and evidence were in charge
chrischirp.bsky.social
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

1/11
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kyivindependent.com
⚡️ Thales arms maker delivers new missiles to Ukraine designed to take out Russian drones.

The weapon has a maximum range of 3,000 meters and is designed to counter Shahed-type attack drones that Russia has used extensively against Ukraine.
Thales arms maker delivers new missiles to Ukraine designed to take out Russian drones
The weapon has a maximum range of 3,000 meters and is designed to counter Shahed-type attack drones that Russia has used extensively against Ukraine.
kyivindependent.com
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alangnixon.bsky.social
#NeoLiberalism come #Fascism hates study that foster critical thinking. They want individualist drones who let them keep ripping off the public via #TaxEvasion.
geofffhughes.bsky.social
Seeing people posting about how life-changing their humanities degrees have been for them and (alas) that is exactly why they want to shut this whole thing down. We are ruled by small-minded sadists who are extremely afraid that people are starting to get Ideas...
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publicsectorlawyer.bsky.social
I wonder what happened on or after 2016 that may help explain this?

conservativehome.com/2025/10/06/m...
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helenebismarck.bsky.social
The Economist tends to be very well-briefed when it comes to matters of British security. This is the second article I have seen in as many days warning about Russia‘s hybrid warfare against the West.
I would take this seriously.
economist.com
The escalating grey-zone conflict between the West and Russia is being contested on the sea as well as in the air. A rise in worrying maritime incidents is forcing NATO to step up econ.st/3ILHiM8

Photo: Reuters
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sturdyalex.bsky.social
Tory Conference debate on free speech. You see? Sometimes being "cancelled" is a mercy.
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Well, this was lovely xxx
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Fish fish fish fish phish
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maddow.msnbc.com
behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.

Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.

Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?

Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk
Zack on Bold Politics podium
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marcofoster.bsky.social
Jasmine Crockett: “Stop believing the lies they are putting out there. The only person that is harming you right now is the old white nepo baby that is sitting in the White House that is causing all the destruction, pain, and problems you are enduring”
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ecoanarchism.bsky.social
What sort of sick racist echo chamber do you have to be in to see innocent people being abducted off the streets, kids taken by force from their parents, and masked, armed thugs patrolling the streets and still think “yeh, we’ll have some of that in the UK”? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tories to pledge to create immigration taskforce modelled on Trump’s Ice
Proposed ‘removals force’ will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in bid to tackle illegal immigration
www.theguardian.com