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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10d

"We absolutely need to stop the boats,” Polanski said, “but let’s stop the boats by offering safe and legal routes to asylum and not having people clinging on to dinghies for dear life.*

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Zack Polanski: “We absolutely need to stop the boats”

The Greens’ Zack Polanski on facing up to Reform

www.newstatesman.com

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 13d

Migrants already carry out work for their communities, it’s called ‘having a fucking job’ and it’s mandatory because we aren’t eligible for benefits

Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 13d

"Migrants will have to carry out community work or volunteering to qualify to permanently remain in the UK, according to the Home Secretary." [Telegraph]

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 14d

Absolutely beyond parody that Dave Chappelle is headlining a comedy show for Saudi royalty after what, a decade of whining about cancel culture

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Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · 14d

You can't joke about anything anymore. Because you signed a multi figure contract with the Saudi government that said they wouldn't pay you if you did.

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Rebecca Mills (PhD) @drmllz.bsky.social · 20d

Pun worthy of stew

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Dr Elisa Perego @elisaperego78.bsky.social · 22d

Millions of people worldwide are estimated to be living with cardiac #LongCovid. Hidden heart damage which can manifest with symptoms like "hest pain, irregular heartbeat, breathlessness, and debilitating fatigue that can persist for years."

scienceblog.com/hidden-heart...

Hidden Heart Damage: How COVID Continues Haunting Millions

Five million people worldwide may be walking around with cardiac long COVID, their hearts silently struggling months or years after their initial

scienceblog.com

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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 21d

Again I get this but if you come to areas like mine that’s exactly what it is being used for, that’s what it means right now, and no amount of waving it with good vibes is going to change that

Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 21d

Our flag does not belong to one creed or to one race. It belongs to one people, the British people.

We will not let our flag be used to intimidate.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 21d

HOW GOOD IS THIS

This is how you speak truth to power and use your privilege.

dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 21d

“With a single post or video, we can influence thousands of guests to try a food, drink, or experience in the parks,” she says. “I couldn’t, in good conscience, keep giving them free publicity knowing they don’t support free speech and are willing to bow to fascism."

The Disney Adults Dumping the Mouse Over Jimmy Kimmel

Jimmy Kimmel and Disney’s battle has not only taken over the news cycle, but it has sent the Disney internet into shambles.

www.glamour.com

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Dr McInnes’s Monster @drbeard79.bsky.social · 29d

Scrapping People, Culture, and Environment from the REF makes *total sense* in a sector intent on literally firing swathes of academics and professional services staff thus ruining research culture and trashing the higher education environment!

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 29d

Some 'believe more radical action [than simply reducing the % from 25%] is on the cards. That could include the scrapping of PCE altogether, with research culture becoming a regulatory matter in which universities are required to hit minimum standards as a condition of funding.' 2/2

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 29d

Sadly, you can't magically determine "quality" so easily in advance - and it does nobody ANY favours for UUK to sow the idea that "hobbyist" research happens in UK universities. Bah.

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 29d

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Rebecca Mills (PhD) @drmllz.bsky.social · Sep 11

They eat Piggy don't they

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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · Sep 10

Gary’s tirelessly spoken up for the people of Gaza, asylum seekers, migrants & against racism.Many in the media and beyond have tried to turn him into a hate figure. They assumed they were on the right side of those issues.Tonight the public voted him Best Presenter ending Ant & Dec’s 23 yr record.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Sep 10

Gary Lineker on winning the National TV Award,

"It's not lost on me why I might have won this award"

"Aside from presenting Match of the Day.."

"Also, I think it demonstrates that perhaps it's ok sometimes to use our platform to speak up on behalf of those who have no voice"

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · Sep 9

Crisis at England universities created by successive govts.

Freeze on student fees
Real cuts in govt grants
Harder to enrol foreign students
Home student numbers falling
£267bn student debt
Real wage cuts
40% of universities in trouble.

Local economies decline with university decline

The Guardian view on university finances: stop chipping away at a crumbling system | Editorial

Editorial: Economic and academic activity are bound up together. Charging international students more for less will not fix deep-seated problems

www.theguardian.com

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · Sep 1

“As a disabled writer, it is clear to me there is a specific problem not just with counterfactual content being presented as truth, but counterfactual information about illness being presented as credible health advice.”
Worth reading

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Nature is Not Going to Cure You: On Raynor Winn’s Fabricated Memoir

Like many writers, I have been following the unfolding revelations about Raynor Winn and The Salt Path with great interest, and a degree of self-interest. I am a memoirist and nature writer, and I …

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 25

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Last photos taken by Gaza journalists before they were killed in Israeli strikes

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www.haaretz.com

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · Aug 19

He was very good in person with his trans fans too. Growing up going to SF cons, I met many trans people before I even knew what trans meant. I gave my parents very little they needed to accept in their child, so they had lots left over for everyone else. 😉 www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/t...

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Ian Tattum @iantattum.bsky.social · Aug 4

A very timely petition for one of my old universities.
A great place under threat

Dr Victoria Xiaoxiao Ma @victoriaxiaoxiaoma.bsky.social · Aug 4

chng.it/SkPkSVYTy2

Sign the Petition

Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable

chng.it

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Rebecca Mills (PhD) @drmllz.bsky.social · Aug 3

As a cis woman chess player fuck this

💀 🎃 ThemBOO! 🎃 💀 @thembo.bsky.social · Aug 3

All you need to know about transphobes/terfs/gender critical people is that they think trans people have an unfair advantage in chess.

World chess just placed restrictions on both trans women and trans men

The International Chess Federation will stop allowing transgender women to participate in women's tournaments. The group said changing genders has a "significant impact" on a player's status.

www.npr.org

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · Jul 6

"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
- James Baldwin

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Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · Jul 6

I've made a new list on @bookshop.org of books that explore nature / walking / the outdoors by disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill writers - Nature Beyond Cure - aka our own narratives are messy and complex. Do share! #BookSky #DisabledWriters
uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?

Nature Beyond Cure: Disabled Perspectives

Books that explore nature and living with disability and illness from disability perspectives. No magical cures here!

uk.bookshop.org

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Rebecca Mills (PhD) @drmllz.bsky.social · Jul 2

a close up of a woman making a funny face in front of a door

ALT: a close up of a woman making a funny face in front of a door

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valentine @dozygay.bsky.social · Jun 28

Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride.

However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · Jun 28

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️The ugly toad Orban tried to forbid the gay pride parade in Budapest only to provoke a beautiful Streisand effect!

#pride
#budapest
#resist
#lgbtq+
#loveislove