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Dr Beth Jackson @bethjackson1x.bsky.social · 4h

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Researchers including from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University have found in a new study that some recommended U.S. diets carry higher risk of forced labor in their...

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Dr Beth Jackson @bethjackson1x.bsky.social · 4h

NEW PAPER! We assess the forced labour risk of current and recommended US diets www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/the-hum...

News - The human cost of healthy eating – study finds that some recommended US diets carry higher risk of forced labour - University of Nottingham

Researchers from the University of Nottingham and Tufts University in the US have measured the risk of forced labour behind ingredients in recommended US diets, and hope their findings will inform how...

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Dr Beth Jackson @bethjackson1x.bsky.social · 7d

The TIP report 2025 has finally been released... right before the shutdown (so it might fly under the radar). To be honest I'm surprised its been released but better late than never I guess. www.state.gov/reports/2025...

2025 Trafficking in Persons Report - United States Department of State

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Dr Beth Jackson @bethjackson1x.bsky.social · 9d

Government must end scapegoating of migrants, 103 charities warn www.refugee-action.org.uk/government-m...

Government must end scapegoating of migrants, 103 charities warn - Refugee Action

Some of the UK’s biggest charities have written to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to express deep concern at the government’s direction on immigration and urged...

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Dr Beth Jackson @bethjackson1x.bsky.social · 16d

This is a view shared by people who know no one going through the stress of the immigration system. People who want to make their lives here but are repeatedly being discriminated against by hypocrites with bad data spouting bile. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Farage vows to scrap indefinite leave to remain, placing thousands at risk of deportation

Reform UK plans to force non-citizens to apply for visas, with high salary thresholds and no access to NHS services

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Dr Beth Jackson @bethjackson1x.bsky.social · 17d

These McLaren pitstops are killing me. Clearly the wheel guns are not working right and the guys can only work with the equipment they're given but slow stops are becoming common and it's impacting on track.

Dr Beth Jackson @bethjackson1x.bsky.social · 20d

All I see is appeasement and I feel like I am losing my mind.

Dr Beth Jackson @bethjackson1x.bsky.social · 20d

Glad this has been called out by the IASC. Seems a purposeful lack of understanding of the complexities of the asylum process and the NRM. It also disregards the experiences of survivors. Distrust in the system is already rife, this rhetoric isn't going to help.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

UK anti-slavery commissioner condemns Shabana Mahmood’s asylum comments

Home secretary’s remarks about ‘vexatious’ claims will have real-life impact on trafficking victims, says Eleanor Lyons

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Dr Beth Jackson @bethjackson1x.bsky.social · 20d

Me looking at the news this morning and being like someone check Jon Stewart, John Oliver and Seth Meyers have the best lawyers please.

Dr Beth Jackson @bethjackson1x.bsky.social · 23d

When the task of the day is writing but the words seem to be nowhere...

a woman is holding a yellow sticky note with help written on it

ALT: a woman is holding a yellow sticky note with help written on it

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Dr Beth Jackson @bethjackson1x.bsky.social · Sep 8

The amount of times I've heard the term 'sweater weather' in the last week is insane, and every time I am annoyed they don't say it like these Bronx Beat legends

two women are sitting next to each other on a couch with the words sweata weatha written on the screen .

ALT: two women are sitting next to each other on a couch with the words sweata weatha written on the screen .

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Dr Beth Jackson @bethjackson1x.bsky.social · Sep 4

Honestly working analogue most of the day using a pen and paper has been a nice change.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · Sep 3

Long thread: There are two main "defences" I see put forward of Labour which crop up:
1) If you don't vote for Labour you'll get Reform
2) It's all the fault of right wing media painting Labour in a bad light.
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Dr Beth Jackson @bethjackson1x.bsky.social · Sep 2

‘I Live in Constant Fear’: Delivery Couriers Fight for Survival Amid Labour’s Immigration Blitz novaramedia.com/2025/08/25/i...

‘I Live in Constant Fear’: Delivery Couriers Fight for Survival Amid Labour’s Immigration Blitz | Novara Media

Food delivery couriers are facing increased attacks from the rightwing press, far-right thugs and now, the Labour government. Polly Smythe reports.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 1

Not just resisting, but leading the fight: five women who refuse to be ignored

Across the world, women at the heart of their communities are leading the struggle to protect their culture, land and way of life

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Dr Beth Jackson @bethjackson1x.bsky.social · Sep 1

The current discourse goes to show many folx don't know/understand/want to learn about the realities of our immigration system. Whether that's someone applying for prohibitively expensive visas or the process of how you can claim asylum in this country. Its honestly depressing.

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Pod Save the UK @podsavetheuk.crooked.com · Aug 29

Protests against migrant hotels. Endless uproar about small boat arrivals. Keir Starmer’s ‘island of strangers’ speech. Here’s a reminder from @ZoeJardiniere.bsky.social of why a more humane approach to immigration is needed.

#PodSaveTheUK #Politics #UKPolitics #News #NishKumar #Immigration

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · Aug 28

actually SSRIs prevent people from committing violence against themselves, hope this helps

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 28

RFK Jr on the mass shooting in Minnesota: "We're launching studies on the potential contribution of some of the SSRI drugs and some of the other psychiatric drugs that might be contributing to violence."

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · Aug 29

"The Trump administration, as I previously reported, ordered the incineration of nearly 500 tons of food meant for children in Afghanistan and Pakistan."
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Inside the USAID Fire Sale

Around the world, defibrillators, motorbikes, and water towers are being donated, sold, or simply abandoned.

www.theatlantic.com

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Dr Beth Jackson @bethjackson1x.bsky.social · Aug 3

That was stressful but stunning!!!!! Let's go Lando!!!

Dr Beth Jackson @bethjackson1x.bsky.social · Jul 28

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

‘Climateflation’ could push up UK food prices by more than a third by 2050, report says

Exclusive: Increasingly extreme weather a threat to production and supply chains in Britain and elsewhere

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Dr Beth Jackson @bethjackson1x.bsky.social · Jul 14

Listening to TMS still - I honestly thought either one of these teams would have won it in the first session and yet it's only just finished (I may have had to change what I was typing as Bashir took that last wicket!!!)

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Dr Beth Jackson @bethjackson1x.bsky.social · Jul 11

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Extreme heat could lead to 30,000 deaths a year in England and Wales by 2070s, say scientists

Worst-case scenario of 4.3C of warming could result in fiftyfold rise in heat-related deaths, researchers say

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Dr Beth Jackson @bethjackson1x.bsky.social · Jul 7

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

‘Like working in a volcano’: stories from six countries in Europe on a day of extreme heat

How chefs, street performers and cheesemongers struggled to get their jobs done in record-busting temperatures

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After Exploitation @afterexploitation.bsky.social · Jun 27

Stereotyping CSE undermines public understanding, making it harder for professionals and the public to spot cases that don't fit the 'mould'

Nearly 50 charities, survivors, law firms and academics have signed our letter to @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social:

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Joint letter to Yvette Cooper: Child sexual exploitation (CSE) must not be stereotyped

27th June 2025 – Following Baroness Casey’s audit on group-based child sexual exploitation (CSE) and abuse (CSA), we have grown concerned by the lack of recognition for CSE support, com…

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