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UCD Criminology and Criminal Justice @ucdcrim.bsky.social · 2d

There’s still plenty of time to register for our upcoming Criminology Salon with @nicolacarr.bsky.social on Monday 20th October at 1pm at UCD Sutherland School of Law.

All welcome! Please register here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/ucd-crimin...

Looking forward to seeing you there!

UCD Criminology and Criminal Justice @ucdcrim.bsky.social · 23d

Join us at the next UCD Criminology Salon on Mon 20 Oct. @nicolacarr.bsky.social will discuss her recent book book co-edited with @harryannison.bsky.social & Thomas Guiney, Parole Futures: Rationalities, Institutions and Practices. All welcome! Please register here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/ucd-crimin...

UCD Institute of Criminology and Criminal JusticeCriminology Salon: Parole Futures: Rationalities, Institutions and PracticesMonday 20 October 2025, 13:00 – 14:30 Harty Boardroom, Sutherland School of Law, Belfield, Dublin 4 Professor Nicola Carr, Chair of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College DublinJoin us at our next Criminology Salon where Professor Nicola Carr will discuss her recent book co-edited with Harry Annison and Thomas Guiney, Parole Futures: Rationalities, Institutions and Practices, published by Bloomsbury. This book brings together a range of academic and practice perspectives to analyse the ideas, institutions and practices of contemporary parole. At a time when many parole systems are strained, this collection aims to encourage systematic reflection on parole’s rationalities, institutions, and practices and to pose ambitious “what if” questions about the possible futures of parole and prison release.

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 3d

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Guernsey Press @guernseypress.com · 3d

Monday’s Press 🗞️

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 3d

#cymru #wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #environment

NationCymru @nation.cymru · 3d

The Elenydd are the closest Wales has to a wilderness -- one of the last places where you can truly lose yourself in nature. As wind farm plans gather pace, the planned desecration of these mountains is nothing less than an emergency ✍️ Jane Eynon

Remember the Heart of Wales?

Jane Eynon Back in 2022 I was one of over 20,000 signatories to a petition to the Welsh Senedd calling for the Cambrian Mountains to be designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), a desig...

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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 4d

"The overwhelming majority of asylum seekers want to share in our standards and escape from persecution or civil war. To describe them as thieves or rapists is not just dishonest but encourages the worst sort of prejudice in our communities," writes Michael Heseltine.

https://bit.ly/4mUIeM

The Conservatives must never have any part in Farage’s po...

To describe asylum seekers as thieves or rapists encourages the worst sort of prejudice. We don’t need Trump’s mouthpiece anywhere near No 10

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 4d

Professor Gilly Carr OBE @gillycarr.bsky.social · Sep 8

Next up in #Jersey, Frankie Le Villio is honoured with a #Stolperstein stone and his cousin Stan is here to witness it. Frankie’s offence was military larceny. He was deported to #Alderney and then on to a variety of camps, including #Neuengamme. He was liberated from #Sandbostel camp.

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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 4d

Political choices such as austerity, caps to benefits and cuts to social protection spending have led to widespread food poverty.

Hunger is a political choice. Could a 'Right to Food' change everything?

www.bigissue.com

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Pete Miles @petermiles.bsky.social · 5d

Facebook as a major vector for riots.

(What if anything is being done to stop this?)

@privateeyenews.bsky.social

EYE PREDICTED A RIOT

A RECENT Guardian investigation into the role of Facebook groups in the 2024 summer riots concluded that the platform played a significant role in driving anti-immigrant sentiment and radicalisation, pointing to "algorithmic amplification" as a reason for the growth in these communities.

This has, of course, long been a known issue. Back in 2020, Eye 1523 reported on internal Facebook presentations from 2018 in which the company admitted that "64 percent of all extremist group joins are due to our recommendation tools".

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 6d

Similarly I've had to sort out a few car park issues for clients sentenced to custody in one case and mandatory driving disqualification in others.

The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 6d

Incredible work.

Reminds me (on a much smaller scale) of the client who drove to court to be sentenced for a large fraud and false documents conspiracy and told me he’d only paid for 3 hours’ parking.

As he’d previously been advised, he’d have needed 3 years’.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 6d

WOW

The Assistant US Attorney tells the judge at Diddy’s sentencing hearing that Diddy has booked speaking engagements in Miami next week.

The AUSA calls it the “height of hubris.”

Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 8d

Does Pete Hegseth remind you of anyone in Catch 22. General Sheisskopf perhaps?

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 9d

Yes, for example accountancy, trust firms etc offer professional qualifications on job for those who join straight from school. Not my choice but but pays well whilst providing a professional qualification.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 9d

I'm glad Keir Starmer is finally stepping up the fight against Nigel Farage, and I hope this will mark the end of his government parroting Farage and copying his divisive politics.

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 9d

Definitely overdue, but very welcome 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Wales #criminology #cymru

NationCymru @nation.cymru · 9d

Wales specific justice data will be available for the public to access online for the first time following repeated calls for more transparency ✍️Emily Price

Wales specific justice data made available to public for first time

Emily Price Wales specific justice data will be available for the public to access online for the first time following repeated calls for more transparency. Previously, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) s...

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 9d

Ooh, I know I'm going to like this!

Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 10d

Have you ever been to @jerseywordfest.bsky.social or @alderneylit.bsky.social ? (Hoping they will take the hint if not?) 🤞

Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 12d

And yet no sanctions on the state which does have undeclared nuclear weapons and is conventionally bombing 7 or 8 neighbouring countries.

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 13d

Seconded!!!! Lib Dems and Greens come closest, if discounting "your party" as not yet registered.

Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 14d

Interesting paper @alderneywt.bsky.social #seabirds 🌎🧪

BOU @bou.org.uk · 14d

EARLY VIEW in IBIS

Effect of a previous high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAIV) infection on the breeding success of Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) | onlinelibrary.wiley....

Sue Lewis et al | #ornithology 🪶

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 14d

open.substack.com/pub/jonn/p/w.... Short and powerful analysis and comment from @jonnelledge.bsky.social #politics 🇬🇧

What Do We Have To Lose

If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him? Plus: some natural borders; and the non-existence of grey, and other letters.

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 14d

#aviation #planes 🛩️✈️

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 14d

France is able to manufacture a next-generation fighter jet alone if no agreement can be found with Germany about the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), a French official told a small group of reporters yesterday.

France ready to make next-gen fighter jet alone if talks with Germany fail

“If the needs are divergent [between France, Germany and Spain], we must say so,” a French official told reporters.

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 15d

I'm looking forward to seeing @brianbilston.bsky.social this evening #jerseyfestivalofwords 🇯🇪 #jerseyci

Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 15d

I’m reading some poems tonight at the #jerseyfestivalofwords. If you’re nearby and fancy joining me, here’s where you can get a ticket: jerseyoperahouse.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

@jerseywordfest.bsky.social

A poster advertising the Jersey Festival of Words, including lots of top authors (and me, too).

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 15d

May try this with Guinea Fowl. Our Jersey Royals are pretty much done now but I could mash in a maincrop roast potato.

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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 16d

All hail Autumn: #RecipeOfTheDay is Chicken with Red Grapes and Marsala! www.nigella.com/recipes/chic...

Chicken with Red Grapes and Marsala

Brimming with mellow fruitfulness, the muskiness of the Marsala and the scented woodsiness of the thyme, this is the perfect autumnal supper; that said, it doesn’t stop me eating this all year round. ...

www.nigella.com

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 16d

The examples were all one way but there was discussion of "me" speech, algorithms power of billionaires etc. Anyone else remember the BBC during "the troubles" using actors to mime to Jerry Adams etc. to comply with censorship laws? 7/10 must try harder from my perspective.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 16d

What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How the simmering UK freedom of speech row reached boiling point

How did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a 'tin pot Third World dictatorship'?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Andrew H-K @beauchamp45.bsky.social · 17d

Wow! What a brilliant letter. We need this sort of action from Starmer too!

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 17d

If Badenoch does not discipline Liz Truss over her support for Tommy Robinson, it just confirms this month's @bylinetimes.bsky.social front page

🔴 From Maggie to MAGA 🔴

WWW.bylinetimes.com

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