Bettina Friedrich
@bettinafriedrich.bsky.social
Research psychologist at University College London
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All eyes on #Iran! Wir müssen hinschauen & die Botschaften der Iraner*innen in diesen kritischen Stunden teilen & laut machen.
Die Bundesregierung muss jetzt mehr tun! Denn es geht darum, die Zivilgesellschaft im Kampf für Freiheit & Demokratie zu unterstützen.
#آزادی
#ایران
Die Bundesregierung muss jetzt mehr tun! Denn es geht darum, die Zivilgesellschaft im Kampf für Freiheit & Demokratie zu unterstützen.
#آزادی
#ایران
January 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Are you aged 18-25 and based in the UK?
Do you fancy attending a fully funded youth summit in Berlin on democracy and civic engagement?
Then apply for the 🇬🇧🇩🇪 Youth Summit taking place from 19–22 March 2026 – a lighthouse project under the #KensingtonTreaty!
www.britishcouncil.de/en/uk-german...
Do you fancy attending a fully funded youth summit in Berlin on democracy and civic engagement?
Then apply for the 🇬🇧🇩🇪 Youth Summit taking place from 19–22 March 2026 – a lighthouse project under the #KensingtonTreaty!
www.britishcouncil.de/en/uk-german...
January 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Are you aged 18-25 and based in the UK?
Do you fancy attending a fully funded youth summit in Berlin on democracy and civic engagement?
Then apply for the 🇬🇧🇩🇪 Youth Summit taking place from 19–22 March 2026 – a lighthouse project under the #KensingtonTreaty!
www.britishcouncil.de/en/uk-german...
Do you fancy attending a fully funded youth summit in Berlin on democracy and civic engagement?
Then apply for the 🇬🇧🇩🇪 Youth Summit taking place from 19–22 March 2026 – a lighthouse project under the #KensingtonTreaty!
www.britishcouncil.de/en/uk-german...
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An academic-related emotion to add to "imposter syndrome" is "intellectual redundance": the affective result of the enduring threat job loss in UKHEI
January 8, 2026 at 9:42 AM
An academic-related emotion to add to "imposter syndrome" is "intellectual redundance": the affective result of the enduring threat job loss in UKHEI
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The protests in Iran are the largest protests since the #WomanLifeFreedom uprising of 2022.
The nationwide protests started in Tehran on 28 December, and quickly spread to other cities across the country.
The international community must press the Iranian authorities to stop the bloodshed.
1/7🧵
The nationwide protests started in Tehran on 28 December, and quickly spread to other cities across the country.
The international community must press the Iranian authorities to stop the bloodshed.
1/7🧵
January 8, 2026 at 5:41 PM
The protests in Iran are the largest protests since the #WomanLifeFreedom uprising of 2022.
The nationwide protests started in Tehran on 28 December, and quickly spread to other cities across the country.
The international community must press the Iranian authorities to stop the bloodshed.
1/7🧵
The nationwide protests started in Tehran on 28 December, and quickly spread to other cities across the country.
The international community must press the Iranian authorities to stop the bloodshed.
1/7🧵
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After a federal immigration officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, police removed barricades and left the scene. As they walked, hundreds of protesters followed them, pelting them with snowballs and chanting, “ICE out now!” Follow updates.
Minneapolis ICE Shooting Live Updates: Agent Kills Woman Amid Immigration Crackdown
Federal officials said a 37-year-old woman was trying to kill agents with a car in Minneapolis. City and state officials called that account false, demanding an end to the immigration crackdown.
nyti.ms
January 7, 2026 at 8:57 PM
After a federal immigration officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, police removed barricades and left the scene. As they walked, hundreds of protesters followed them, pelting them with snowballs and chanting, “ICE out now!” Follow updates.
On my way to the #StandUpToRacism protest I passed by the #TommyRobinson guys…and somehow I feel they don’t quite get the #Christmas message and the key values of Christianity (and I say this as an agnostic person). And yet they think they are the defenders of the Occident.
December 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
On my way to the #StandUpToRacism protest I passed by the #TommyRobinson guys…and somehow I feel they don’t quite get the #Christmas message and the key values of Christianity (and I say this as an agnostic person). And yet they think they are the defenders of the Occident.
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Übrigens leugnet Elon Musks Grok-KI den Holocaust.
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Übrigens leugnet Elon Musks Grok-KI den Holocaust.
Great statement from @uclhjs.bsky.social about the “ #bloodlibel lecture” incident @ucl.ac.uk 🥞. Important to speak out against #antisemitism and the use of antisemitic tropes in lectures at our #universities. Please share!
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Statement from HJS on Blood Libel incident
We applaud UCL for taking swift action and look forward to UCL leadership communicating directly to the UCL community to specifically call out ideas and language that will not be tolerated on campus.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Great statement from @uclhjs.bsky.social about the “ #bloodlibel lecture” incident @ucl.ac.uk 🥞. Important to speak out against #antisemitism and the use of antisemitic tropes in lectures at our #universities. Please share!
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
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With temperatures dropping below zero, we’ve activated the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol for the first time this winter to ensure anyone sleeping rough in freezing conditions is offered emergency accommodation and support to stay off the streets for good.
www.london.gov.uk/emergency-se...
www.london.gov.uk/emergency-se...
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
With temperatures dropping below zero, we’ve activated the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol for the first time this winter to ensure anyone sleeping rough in freezing conditions is offered emergency accommodation and support to stay off the streets for good.
www.london.gov.uk/emergency-se...
www.london.gov.uk/emergency-se...
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How Maga is interfering in the UK and why Britain is much less well equipped to deal with this kind of ‘foreign interference’ than other countries in Europe.
My latest analysis for
@blaetter
(#German, but there always is Deepl)
My latest analysis for
@blaetter
(#German, but there always is Deepl)
Regimechange leicht gemacht
Zur Zeit des „Empire“ veranstaltete die britische Kolonialregierung in Indien regelmäßig prachtvolle Zeremonien, bei denen die Thronbesteigung eines britischen Monarchen mit großem Prunk und aufwändig...
www.blaetter.de
October 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
How Maga is interfering in the UK and why Britain is much less well equipped to deal with this kind of ‘foreign interference’ than other countries in Europe.
My latest analysis for
@blaetter
(#German, but there always is Deepl)
My latest analysis for
@blaetter
(#German, but there always is Deepl)
Open letter in support of Professor #MichaelBen-Gad. Please consider signing.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Students are demanding his sacking because he’s an Israeli Jew who has done mandatory military service 40 yesrs ago
www.instagram.com/p/DPtJchuiIn...
www.instagram.com/reel/DP6Wop0...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Students are demanding his sacking because he’s an Israeli Jew who has done mandatory military service 40 yesrs ago
www.instagram.com/p/DPtJchuiIn...
www.instagram.com/reel/DP6Wop0...
Standing against targeted harassment of Professor Michael Ben-Gad
21 October 2025
We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned by a targeted harassment campaign against Michael Ben-Gad, Professor of Economics at City St George’s, University of London, led by a group ca...
docs.google.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Open letter in support of Professor #MichaelBen-Gad. Please consider signing.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Students are demanding his sacking because he’s an Israeli Jew who has done mandatory military service 40 yesrs ago
www.instagram.com/p/DPtJchuiIn...
www.instagram.com/reel/DP6Wop0...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Students are demanding his sacking because he’s an Israeli Jew who has done mandatory military service 40 yesrs ago
www.instagram.com/p/DPtJchuiIn...
www.instagram.com/reel/DP6Wop0...
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A member of the frog army in Berlin. #WeHaveFriendsEverywhere #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A member of the frog army in Berlin. #WeHaveFriendsEverywhere #NoKings
Great turnout for the #NoKings protest at the #USEmbassy in #London today to #StopTrump .
#FrogsStrongTogether 🐸
#FrogsStrongTogether 🐸
October 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Great turnout for the #NoKings protest at the #USEmbassy in #London today to #StopTrump .
#FrogsStrongTogether 🐸
#FrogsStrongTogether 🐸
October 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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After how many years are we now daring to say the word..?
I mean, I am glad we're finally there. But why on earth did that have to take that long...
I mean, I am glad we're finally there. But why on earth did that have to take that long...
🚨🚨Chancellor Rachel Reeves acknowledges she is looking at potential tax rises and spending cuts to fill a black hole in her Budget which she said was partly due to the lingering impact of #Brexit. 🧵
www.independent.co.uk/money/rachel...
www.independent.co.uk/money/rachel...
Reeves eyes tax hikes as economy suffers ‘severe and long-lasting’ Brexit impact
Rachel Reeves said ‘austerity, Brexit, and the ongoing impact of Liz Truss’s mini-budget’ had weighed heavily on the UK economy.
www.independent.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
After how many years are we now daring to say the word..?
I mean, I am glad we're finally there. But why on earth did that have to take that long...
I mean, I am glad we're finally there. But why on earth did that have to take that long...
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You gotta give ‘em hop.
October 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
You gotta give ‘em hop.
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NEW: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified some 1,300 employees they would be laid off — then rescinded hundreds of those notices within hours.
October 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
NEW: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified some 1,300 employees they would be laid off — then rescinded hundreds of those notices within hours.
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It’s easy to say that this is the last desperate hurrah of a dying party, but can we be clear: Trump’s ICE agents are literally kidnapping people, detaining them without due process in concentration camps (yes, this is the right term) and 1000s have disappeared. These are fascist practices.
October 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It’s easy to say that this is the last desperate hurrah of a dying party, but can we be clear: Trump’s ICE agents are literally kidnapping people, detaining them without due process in concentration camps (yes, this is the right term) and 1000s have disappeared. These are fascist practices.
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This is really worrying. And so sad.
How Reform ‘misinformation’ campaign sank town’s refugee sanctuary plan
Party accused of stoking divisions in Weston-super-Mare over scheme to improve support for asylum seekers
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This is really worrying. And so sad.
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On #WorldDayForFarmedAnimals, it's time to face what happens to animals in the meat, dairy and egg industries. 🐮🐷
We're constantly told lies that animals live happy lives on farms, and you deserve to know the TRUTH about animal farming.
➡️ Go to watchdominion.org
We're constantly told lies that animals live happy lives on farms, and you deserve to know the TRUTH about animal farming.
➡️ Go to watchdominion.org
October 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
On #WorldDayForFarmedAnimals, it's time to face what happens to animals in the meat, dairy and egg industries. 🐮🐷
We're constantly told lies that animals live happy lives on farms, and you deserve to know the TRUTH about animal farming.
➡️ Go to watchdominion.org
We're constantly told lies that animals live happy lives on farms, and you deserve to know the TRUTH about animal farming.
➡️ Go to watchdominion.org
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I feel like a broken record. But this is the wrong strategy.
The scandal of using asylum seekers as cover to roll out digital IDs
This is yet another policy disaster from Keir Starmer and Labour, we can just sit back and watch it unravel itself over the upcoming months
This is yet another policy disaster from Keir Starmer and Labour, we can just sit back and watch it unravel itself over the upcoming months
September 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I feel like a broken record. But this is the wrong strategy.