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Prof Paul Ekblom

@paulekblom1.bsky.social

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E Sussex UK. Emeritus prof of design against crime. Future crimes, criminal arms races, climate change, crime prevention. All academic stuff at https://crimeframeworks.com. Green issues, occasional political rant. Also hideous puns & quips. Views my own. .. more

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Prof Paul Ekblom @paulekblom1.bsky.social · Nov 30

For crime science & criminology followers - see my website crimeframeworks.com and please let your colleagues know!

CRIME FRAMEWORKS

Sharper thinking, communication, action in crime prevention, security and community safety

crimeframeworks.com

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 22d

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

www.yahoo.com

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Prof Paul Ekblom @paulekblom1.bsky.social · 22d

X-Fox

Prof Paul Ekblom @paulekblom1.bsky.social · 22d

As embodied by the loon RFK jr and his cacaphonious voice.

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Dan Howdle @danhowdle.bsky.social · 22d

'party of free speech' suspends free speech over free speech about murdered advocate of free speech

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Prof Paul Ekblom @paulekblom1.bsky.social · 22d

Cuckolded

Prof Paul Ekblom @paulekblom1.bsky.social · 22d

You've put me in an impossible position

Prof Paul Ekblom @paulekblom1.bsky.social · 22d

What about the hairy bits?

Prof Paul Ekblom @paulekblom1.bsky.social · 22d

Spineless, gutless... just a dry husk left?

Prof Paul Ekblom @paulekblom1.bsky.social · Aug 6

All their clients are stiffed.

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Bonky @shesbonky.bsky.social · Aug 5

If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research… I have nothing left to say to you. Please unfollow me.

#pediatriccancer #cancermom

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Aug 2

For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them.
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse

An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

www.theguardian.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · Aug 2

Barclays follows HSBC in exit from banking industry’s net zero alliance.

They all support Trumpism and chase profits whilst humanity and planet earth face crisis.

Can't expect banks to voluntarily accept social responsibility, it must be imposed by law.

Barclays follows HSBC in exit from banking industry’s net zero alliance

US banks have already pulled out of NZBA, the UN environment programme’s finance initiative

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Paul Ekblom @paulekblom1.bsky.social · Aug 1

She sent me packing, saying it was munch ado about nothing.

Prof Paul Ekblom @paulekblom1.bsky.social · Aug 1

All that ash - no wonder you were coffin.

Prof Paul Ekblom @paulekblom1.bsky.social · Aug 1

You should click on the button labelled 'missing Lincs'.

Prof Paul Ekblom @paulekblom1.bsky.social · Aug 1

And I thought a willy-willy was an Australian whirlwind...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Aug 1

This is moving.

Kamala Harris feels the pain we feel. Not just from her loss, but from the trauma and abuse our country is living through.

What could have been…

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Prof Paul Ekblom @paulekblom1.bsky.social · May 28

Glad to hear you're feeling better! xxx

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · May 13

My grandmas were immigrants, my mum & sisters in law are immigrants; my sister & nephews are migrants. My kids study maths, Shakespeare, dance, act & score tries alongside the kids of immigrants. My dad’s life was saved by immigrants. Immigrants have made us richer, wiser, stronger

Win the fight

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Prof Paul Ekblom @paulekblom1.bsky.social · May 13

But you will get everyone else's puke in your face - so it's roundabouts and swings

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · May 5

A gift to the NRA.

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Rod Dagnan @rod-dagnan.bsky.social · May 4

James “Jim” Joseph Rodden, 44, an assistant chief counsel for ICE who represents the agency in immigration hearings in the Dallas area said “America is a White nation founded by Whites,” He also said, “All blacks are foreign to my people, dumb f—,”

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · May 2

"If you're worried about the rise of divisive populist politicians like Donald Trump and like Nigel Farage, it will be the Liberal Democrats standing up for true British values."

@eddavey.libdems.org.uk

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · Apr 30

RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.

They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.

www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...

RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research

NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...

www.wired.com

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · Feb 20

"The government have actively avoided looking for evidence Russia interfered."

The Intelligence & Security Committee's Stewart Hosie said the government didn't investigate alleged Russian interference in the Brexit vote, and no one wanted to touch this "with a ten-foot pole".

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · Feb 20

Freedom of Movement was robbed from us by a successful Russian influence operation and the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history.

Please repost if you want it restored.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · Feb 19

Meet 11-year-old Jocelynn Rojo Carranza, a young girl from Texas whose life was tragically cut short.

She died by suicide after classmates threatened to call ICE on her family.

Stop dehumanizing immigrants.

That is not America.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Dec 28

2024: Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves ask for ideas for growth because 'make brexit work' isn't working

2018: Keir Starmer explains how the UK should be in a Customs Union and inside the EU Single Market

Perhaps 2024 Starmer could chat with 2018 Starmer, and pick up an idea or two 🤷‍♂️

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Prof Paul Ekblom @paulekblom1.bsky.social · Dec 22

Who's the Big Cheese here?

Prof Paul Ekblom @paulekblom1.bsky.social · Dec 21

Amazing what a good moisturiser can do these days