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Richard Hull
@richardhull54.bsky.social
P/T lecturer 0.2 in Social Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths, London, + semi-retired. Views my own. Climate Justice, Stop Ecocide, Critical Management Studies, Solidarity Economy, 💙.
https://www.gold.ac.uk/icce/staff/r-hull/
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#Rojava
#DAANES
#Woman,Life,Freedom
#jin,jiyan,azadi

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

"Too often, it seems to me, as I hear discussions in the west of what the new Syria will look like, this impassioned feminism is completely overlooked ...
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‘Woman, life, freedom’: the Syrian feminists who forged a new world in a land of war
In a society riven by conflict and misogyny, the autonomous region of Rojava has a government with perhaps the most complete gender equality in the world
www.theguardian.com
Whatever you think about the rest of the budget, this little snippet is very welcome.
#Co-ops
#Co-operatives.
💼 IN THE BUDGET:

Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirms a call for evidence on support for co-op growth, as part of our shared mission to double the size of the co-operative sector.
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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This is excellent news! Delighted that she chose to mention the commitment to double the size of the co-operative sector in her budget speech.
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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💼 IN THE BUDGET:

Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirms a call for evidence on support for co-op growth, as part of our shared mission to double the size of the co-operative sector.
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Ohhhh, Rest In Power Jimmy Cliff 🇯🇲
#RIP
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www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
These ads are poisoning trust in media
‘Native advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.
www.exxonknews.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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A whole new layer to understanding the #Epstein phenomenon.

Although there is a paywall at @thenation.com you can sometimes read one or two articles for free.

Just in case, thanks to @adamtooze.bsky.social latest Top Links, here is an excerpt.

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www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Jeffrey Epstein Was a Warlord. We Have to Talk About It.
Mainstream media is ignoring the fact that the late sex trafficker was a power broker who shaped global policy.
www.thenation.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Read that. Very good.
November 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A whole new layer to understanding the #Epstein phenomenon.

Although there is a paywall at @thenation.com you can sometimes read one or two articles for free.

Just in case, thanks to @adamtooze.bsky.social latest Top Links, here is an excerpt.

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www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Jeffrey Epstein Was a Warlord. We Have to Talk About It.
Mainstream media is ignoring the fact that the late sex trafficker was a power broker who shaped global policy.
www.thenation.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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#ai clstrfkkk

Economic iceberg ahead
Excellent new article by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

Especially love the image of Wiley Cayote running off the edge of a cliff and only falling when he finally looks down.

#Broligarchy
#AIBubble

broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-great-...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
broligarchy.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Excellent new article by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

Especially love the image of Wiley Cayote running off the edge of a cliff and only falling when he finally looks down.

#Broligarchy
#AIBubble

broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-great-...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
broligarchy.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Thank you @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social! It’s so nice to have an ex-Guardian colleague being so vocally supportive.

We desperately need more journalists, more outlets, more resource, more reporting. We’re not in competition with each other. We’re in competition with bullshit.
November 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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One day community radio is going to be such a big part of our lives we'll wonder how we managed without it. Thanks Richard!
You are absolutely More Than Welcome - I love Community Radio and rhere shopuld be more of it.
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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This is great to see Lee featured in the Guardian. And just to say there's one slight omission - Lee's marathon feat is part of #OurEarthWeek! Very best of luck to him.
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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😂 What a very British protest - radio DJ doing a 24-hour marathon playing hits that only reached number 2 in the charts, to highlight the 'Number Twos' discharged in sewage into Lake Windermere.
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See also Community Radio Environment Network @cren1.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Not so Golden Brown: DJ plays 24-hours of No 2s in Lake District sewage protest
Radio host uses chart songs that didn’t quite make top spot to highlight issue of Windermere pollution
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
H/T @adamtooze.bsky.social Top Links from his Chartbook.

#Arabic
#Berlin
#Xenophobia
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Pretty remarkable that it falls to *William fucking Hague* to explain the most basic reality of a decade of escalating wingnuttery right across the board, but here we are
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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These are some quite heartbreaking stories and, as Holly Greenberry-Pullen comments in the piece, really illustrates the perverse absurdity of deeming trans teens to young to even get blockers but being fine with intersex kids getting horrifically drastic full-on bodily surgery as *toddlers*.
‘I don’t want anyone to suffer like I did’: the intersex campaigners fighting to limit surgery on children
What should be done about the small proportion of babies born with genitals that are neither typically male nor typically female? Many of those affected believe parents and doctors are often too quick...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Excellent reporting by Lucy Knight, with some heart-breaking stories about unnecessary surgery on #intersex toddlers, and featuring Holly Greenberry-Pullen, the UK's only openly intersex candidate in the 2024 general election.
#TransRights

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘I don’t want anyone to suffer like I did’: the intersex campaigners fighting to limit surgery on children
What should be done about the small proportion of babies born with genitals that are neither typically male nor typically female? Many of those affected believe parents and doctors are often too quick...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Sublime version of the already sublime Gnossienne n°1 by Erik Satie. Sadly, it seems the website for Decostruttori Postmodernisti has gone - unless anyone has any updates?
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q19x...
Gnossienne n°1 (Satie) - Decostruttori Postmodernisti
YouTube video by Decostruttori Postmodernisti
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
That's a great example of #Brandalism so I've added #AltText so that more folk can appreciate it 😀.
November 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM