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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 16h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 19h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Dr Woodbury-Smith @kwhyphens.bsky.social · 21h

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Boop

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 1d

hi this is actually antisemitic

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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The Collective: Women in Legal Philosophy @collectivewlp.bsky.social · 3d

📣 Draft and link for our next CD has gone out to members - Stephanie Barclay, 'The Scalar Nature of Law'!

The Collective: Women in Legal Philosophy @collectivewlp.bsky.social · Sep 8

Without further ado, our Fall 2026 Collective Discussions line-up 🎉

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Dr Woodbury-Smith @kwhyphens.bsky.social · 3d

Which is fundamentally a psychological concept - needs less legal academics and more behavioural ones. Nancy Snow gets it. www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...

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Rob Burton, once and future non-existent entity. @robertsburton.bsky.social · 3d

There are many whose high positions rest primarily upon an ability to show authority that they can tow the line above all else, and any observer of the direction of travel of university politics - including much of student poltics - over the last few decades has found it all sadly predictable.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests Universities in the UK reassured arms companies they would monitor students’ chat groups and social media accounts after firms raised concerns about campus protests, according to internal emails. One university said it would conduct “active monitoring of social media” for any evidence of plans to demonstrate against Rolls-Royce at a careers fair. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Woodbury-Smith @kwhyphens.bsky.social · 3d

Pour one out for the legal researchers who have forgotten this and think there is some magic about ‘law’ and ‘government’ that would make our systems more resilient against tyrants and we just haven’t discovered it yet.

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 4d

4'10"?

That's it. Calling Stephen Miller "Peewee Vermin" from now on.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d

Stephen Miller responding to AOC calling Miller a clown and saying he is angry that he is 4’10”: We knew her brain didn't work—now we know their eyes don't work.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 4d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 5d

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 9d

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects

Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 7d

The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.

Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 8d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 8d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 8d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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Dr Woodbury-Smith @kwhyphens.bsky.social · 8d

We like Fall

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 9d

But also we’re terrified of the subway

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Stephen Miller: "All that bullshit is done, over, it's finished. The gangbangers you deal with- they think they're ruthless? They have no idea how ruthless we are. They think they're tough? They have no idea how tough we are. They think they're hardcore? We are so much more hardcore than they are"

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Dr Woodbury-Smith @kwhyphens.bsky.social · 10d

See: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...

Oxford becomes first UK university to offer ChatGPT Edu to all staff

OpenAI’s flagship GPT-5 model will be provided across the University and Oxford Colleges through ChatGPT Edu, a version of ChatGPT built for universities that includes enterprise-level security and

www.ox.ac.uk

Dr Woodbury-Smith @kwhyphens.bsky.social · 10d

It is terribly depressing that the academy is more worried about how to teach students to use AI ‘correctly’ (and thus making them dependent on it) and not on making the (seemingly easy) case that it is ruinous for the planet and society.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 10d

Today, 33% of all the electricity used in Oregon is attributed to data centers.

In Virginia, it’s 37%.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

AI Data Centers Use a Lot of Energy. You May Be Paying for It

AI data centers are pushing up energy costs all over the US. On today’s Big Take podcast: an investigation into who's footing the bill.

www.bloomberg.com

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Dr Woodbury-Smith @kwhyphens.bsky.social · 11d

Have we learned *nothing*?

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tony Blair would help oversee Gaza transition under Trump plan

The former UK prime minister is the first named member of a new "Board of Peace" chaired by Donald Trump.

www.bbc.com

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Alan Owlport 🦉 🎃 @alanallport.bsky.social · 12d

As is so often the case with these sort of stories, a university ignoring its own internal faculty governance procedures is at the heart of this.

Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 12d

In today's "fighting antisemitism" news, Cornell has suspended a Jewish professor and cancelled his classes because they disagreed with his political views

Cornell Cut Classes by a Pro-Palestinian Professor After an Israeli Student’s Discrimination Complaint

Dr. Eric Cheyfitz, who has taught at Cornell for more than two decades, claims the university is attempting to silence him as part of a broader crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism.

www.thenation.com

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Dr Woodbury-Smith @kwhyphens.bsky.social · 11d

RID

(Rest in discomfort. The demand that we separate the person from the work only protects the creeps)

www.creepsheet.com/accused/john...

John Searle - The Creep Sheet

John Searle (Philosopher, Academic) accused of Sexual harassment, assault

www.creepsheet.com

Dr Woodbury-Smith @kwhyphens.bsky.social · 11d

Correct - it should say the suit was settled out of court

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Ann-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social · 12d

Met him once. Wasn't surprised.

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Dr Woodbury-Smith @kwhyphens.bsky.social · 12d

‘You can’t be an environmentalist without tackling inequality’

Bravo

Pod Save the UK @podsavetheuk.crooked.com · 14d

Want to hear more about what the Green Party is offering?

Watch the full interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on our YouTube, or listen wherever you get your pods.

#PodSaveTheUK #Politics #UK #Socialism #YourParty

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Dr Woodbury-Smith @kwhyphens.bsky.social · 12d

Can confirm

UK HE News @ukhenews.bsky.social · 12d

If you doubt that the REF is ridiculous, just explain how the REF works to any academic outside the UK. This will universally elicit shock, laughter or both.

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