Bilge Serin
@noxyin.bsky.social
Dreaming to be somewhere by the sea.
Urbanist, reseacher, lecturer in Global Urbanism at @uofgussp.bsky.social
justcitymed.org
Urbanist, reseacher, lecturer in Global Urbanism at @uofgussp.bsky.social
justcitymed.org
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Bilge Serin
@noxyin.bsky.social
· Sep 2
Just City by the Med
Research network exploring social justice and inequality in Mediterranean urban contexts.
justcitymed.org
Just City by the Med Research Network connects researchers investigating social justice and inequality in cities and exploring pathways towards just urban futures, through the context of the Mediterranean. Check justcitymed.org for details 👇
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My quick-fire take for @prospectmagazine.co.uk on why we should celebrate the scrapping of the two-child limit
Draws on research for @nuffieldfoundation.org & ongoing work with the amazing @changingrealities.bsky.social
Draws on research for @nuffieldfoundation.org & ongoing work with the amazing @changingrealities.bsky.social
The government should be applauded for scrapping the cruel two-child benefit cap in the budget. But tackling poverty requires more, writes @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social.
At last: a budget that ends the two-child limit
The government should be applauded for scrapping the cruel policy, but tackling poverty requires more
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My quick-fire take for @prospectmagazine.co.uk on why we should celebrate the scrapping of the two-child limit
Draws on research for @nuffieldfoundation.org & ongoing work with the amazing @changingrealities.bsky.social
Draws on research for @nuffieldfoundation.org & ongoing work with the amazing @changingrealities.bsky.social
The video that everyone should see before the budget announcement and think little bit on.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRcdg2W...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRcdg2W...
Everyone Hates Elon on Instagram: "To be fair to the Duke, kids in the UK might be starving but it IS important he has security to chase people out of his 11,000 acre estate complete with private chap...
11K likes, 323 comments - everyonehateselon_ on November 24, 2025: "To be fair to the Duke, kids in the UK might be starving but it IS important he has security to chase people out of his 11,000 acre ...
www.instagram.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The video that everyone should see before the budget announcement and think little bit on.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRcdg2W...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRcdg2W...
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international day against violence against women in istanbul
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
international day against violence against women in istanbul
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UK universities sinking faster than expected under the weight of contradictions that are too many to list on a standard SWOT form
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
UK universities sinking faster than expected under the weight of contradictions that are too many to list on a standard SWOT form
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Join the seminar: Reclaiming Spatial Justice - The Emancipatory Power of Commoning
Stavros Stavrides will discuss role of commoning in just urban futures.
Co-organised by Just City by the Med Research Network & Urban Studies and Social Policy Seminar Series.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reclaiming...
Stavros Stavrides will discuss role of commoning in just urban futures.
Co-organised by Just City by the Med Research Network & Urban Studies and Social Policy Seminar Series.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reclaiming...
November 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Join the seminar: Reclaiming Spatial Justice - The Emancipatory Power of Commoning
Stavros Stavrides will discuss role of commoning in just urban futures.
Co-organised by Just City by the Med Research Network & Urban Studies and Social Policy Seminar Series.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reclaiming...
Stavros Stavrides will discuss role of commoning in just urban futures.
Co-organised by Just City by the Med Research Network & Urban Studies and Social Policy Seminar Series.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reclaiming...
Have been studying a few new things recently. The feeling of learning sth totally new is priceless.
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Have been studying a few new things recently. The feeling of learning sth totally new is priceless.
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A new report condemns the UK’s #Covid response, citing failures & a “toxic, chaotic” culture in Boris Johnson’s No 10.
'When This Is Over' explains what went wrong and how we can respond better next time.
Guardian: https://ow.ly/oc3X50XwQaC
Find the book: https://ow.ly/P5Jc50XwQaF
'When This Is Over' explains what went wrong and how we can respond better next time.
Guardian: https://ow.ly/oc3X50XwQaC
Find the book: https://ow.ly/P5Jc50XwQaF
When This Is Over
When This Is Over - Reflections on an Unequal Pandemic; Academics, activists and artists remember and reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic in an inclusive commemorative overview which honours the experience of a global disaster lived up close and suggests the steps needed to ensure we do better next time.
ow.ly
November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A new report condemns the UK’s #Covid response, citing failures & a “toxic, chaotic” culture in Boris Johnson’s No 10.
'When This Is Over' explains what went wrong and how we can respond better next time.
Guardian: https://ow.ly/oc3X50XwQaC
Find the book: https://ow.ly/P5Jc50XwQaF
'When This Is Over' explains what went wrong and how we can respond better next time.
Guardian: https://ow.ly/oc3X50XwQaC
Find the book: https://ow.ly/P5Jc50XwQaF
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📣 USSP Seminar alert!
Prof Stavros Stavrides, National Technical University of Athens 🇬🇷, will give a paper on the emancipatory power of commoning.
🗓️ 10 Dec 2025
🕒 3:30-5:00pm
📍 Adam Smith Building - Room 386AB
More info: www.gla.ac.uk/events/listi...
Join us for the last seminar of 2025 😀
Prof Stavros Stavrides, National Technical University of Athens 🇬🇷, will give a paper on the emancipatory power of commoning.
🗓️ 10 Dec 2025
🕒 3:30-5:00pm
📍 Adam Smith Building - Room 386AB
More info: www.gla.ac.uk/events/listi...
Join us for the last seminar of 2025 😀
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
📣 USSP Seminar alert!
Prof Stavros Stavrides, National Technical University of Athens 🇬🇷, will give a paper on the emancipatory power of commoning.
🗓️ 10 Dec 2025
🕒 3:30-5:00pm
📍 Adam Smith Building - Room 386AB
More info: www.gla.ac.uk/events/listi...
Join us for the last seminar of 2025 😀
Prof Stavros Stavrides, National Technical University of Athens 🇬🇷, will give a paper on the emancipatory power of commoning.
🗓️ 10 Dec 2025
🕒 3:30-5:00pm
📍 Adam Smith Building - Room 386AB
More info: www.gla.ac.uk/events/listi...
Join us for the last seminar of 2025 😀
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Sad and pathetic.
I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Sad and pathetic.
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Some of Glasgow's parakeets enjoying the winter sun
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Some of Glasgow's parakeets enjoying the winter sun
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Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
Record numbers of overseas-trained doctors are quitting the UK, leaving the NHS at risk of huge gaps in its workforce, with hostility towards migrants blamed for the exodus.
In all, 4,880 doctors who qualified in another country left the UK during 2024 – a rise of 26% on the 3,869 who did so the year before – figures from the General Medical Council reveal. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
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TL;DR: If you arrive on a small boat, you wait 30 years for settlement. If you arrive on a yacht, you wait 3 years. And they call this Labour policy.
NB: Never thought I would see a Labour Home Secretary repeating David Cameron verbatim, calling it "a privilege, not a right to settle in the UK."
NB: Never thought I would see a Labour Home Secretary repeating David Cameron verbatim, calling it "a privilege, not a right to settle in the UK."
November 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
TL;DR: If you arrive on a small boat, you wait 30 years for settlement. If you arrive on a yacht, you wait 3 years. And they call this Labour policy.
NB: Never thought I would see a Labour Home Secretary repeating David Cameron verbatim, calling it "a privilege, not a right to settle in the UK."
NB: Never thought I would see a Labour Home Secretary repeating David Cameron verbatim, calling it "a privilege, not a right to settle in the UK."
Join the seminar: Reclaiming Spatial Justice - The Emancipatory Power of Commoning
Stavros Stavrides will discuss role of commoning in just urban futures.
Co-organised by Just City by the Med Research Network & Urban Studies and Social Policy Seminar Series.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reclaiming...
Stavros Stavrides will discuss role of commoning in just urban futures.
Co-organised by Just City by the Med Research Network & Urban Studies and Social Policy Seminar Series.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reclaiming...
November 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Join the seminar: Reclaiming Spatial Justice - The Emancipatory Power of Commoning
Stavros Stavrides will discuss role of commoning in just urban futures.
Co-organised by Just City by the Med Research Network & Urban Studies and Social Policy Seminar Series.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reclaiming...
Stavros Stavrides will discuss role of commoning in just urban futures.
Co-organised by Just City by the Med Research Network & Urban Studies and Social Policy Seminar Series.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reclaiming...
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And our third and final online event of the term assembles a diverse panel of academics, practitioners, and activists to reflect on what gentrification means today and how we can remake cities without displacing residents. Sign up below.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
October 16, 2025 at 4:59 AM
And our third and final online event of the term assembles a diverse panel of academics, practitioners, and activists to reflect on what gentrification means today and how we can remake cities without displacing residents. Sign up below.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
First rowing session after a pause. Absolutely loving it!
November 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
First rowing session after a pause. Absolutely loving it!
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Is Shabana Mahmood’s plan to seize the jewels of asylum seekers a joke? | Zoe Williams
Is Shabana Mahmood’s plan to seize the jewels of asylum seekers a joke? | Zoe Williams
The home secretary’s idea makes her sound so much like a cartoon villain that I initially assumed it couldn’t be true, writes Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Is Shabana Mahmood’s plan to seize the jewels of asylum seekers a joke? | Zoe Williams
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Worth noting:
• Upward revision applies to entire 2021-2024 series — the *trend* in emigration is *roughly* flat
• As infuriating as big revisions are, they mean data is getting better
• BUT wild that we ever used a survey to gauge movements into and out of the country instead of counting people!
• Upward revision applies to entire 2021-2024 series — the *trend* in emigration is *roughly* flat
• As infuriating as big revisions are, they mean data is getting better
• BUT wild that we ever used a survey to gauge movements into and out of the country instead of counting people!
November 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Worth noting:
• Upward revision applies to entire 2021-2024 series — the *trend* in emigration is *roughly* flat
• As infuriating as big revisions are, they mean data is getting better
• BUT wild that we ever used a survey to gauge movements into and out of the country instead of counting people!
• Upward revision applies to entire 2021-2024 series — the *trend* in emigration is *roughly* flat
• As infuriating as big revisions are, they mean data is getting better
• BUT wild that we ever used a survey to gauge movements into and out of the country instead of counting people!
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🔴 NEW: The MoD accidentally revealed that Scottish sites - including Grangemouth and Finnart on Loch Long - were being assessed for new munitions factories. In total 12 sites across the UK have been reviewed.
Read our investigation: www.theferret.scot/m...
Read our investigation: www.theferret.scot/m...
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🔴 NEW: The MoD accidentally revealed that Scottish sites - including Grangemouth and Finnart on Loch Long - were being assessed for new munitions factories. In total 12 sites across the UK have been reviewed.
Read our investigation: www.theferret.scot/m...
Read our investigation: www.theferret.scot/m...
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A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Pretty convinced that tomatoes are from heaven.
November 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Pretty convinced that tomatoes are from heaven.
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Capitalism has created a world of bullshit abundance and artificial scarcity.
Listen to the latest Radicals in Conversation with the authors of Radical Abundance, @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLrh...
Listen to the latest Radicals in Conversation with the authors of Radical Abundance, @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLrh...
Why Liberal Abundance is Bullsh*t
Capitalism has created a world of bullsh*t abundance and artificial scarcity, where we have too much of what we don’t need and too little of what we do. The system’s pursuit of profits has put us on…
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November 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Capitalism has created a world of bullshit abundance and artificial scarcity.
Listen to the latest Radicals in Conversation with the authors of Radical Abundance, @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLrh...
Listen to the latest Radicals in Conversation with the authors of Radical Abundance, @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLrh...
Things you don't notice missing until getting them again: a quiet Sunday brunch after a few busy weekends 🤌
November 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Things you don't notice missing until getting them again: a quiet Sunday brunch after a few busy weekends 🤌
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This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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All the result of the Right Wing governments you constantly tell everyone to vote for.
They moan about the things they have voted for.
They moan about the things they have voted for.
November 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
All the result of the Right Wing governments you constantly tell everyone to vote for.
They moan about the things they have voted for.
They moan about the things they have voted for.
My phone just dropped this memory. 6 years ago today. I was on a plane to Sydney. So much and so little change. What a world it became.
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
My phone just dropped this memory. 6 years ago today. I was on a plane to Sydney. So much and so little change. What a world it became.