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John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 30m

John is very upset with the Theatre Royal Nottingham website. Very upset.

John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 13h

Have you seen this @nadillajamil.bsky.social

John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 13h

Really incredible thread, detailing the way that the IDF, at the highest level, is 'repurposing' 3D animations as fabricated diagrams/models of targeted sites. Super important work.

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 22h

COVER REVEAL!

'Policing the beats' is a bold new book that exposes the racist policing of Black music.

Offering the first in-depth account, Fatsis highlights the relationship between politics, culture and criminal (in)justice, inviting music lovers, scholars and activists to tune in.
#booksky

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John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 19h

absolutely incredible recovery, wasn't it?

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Liam J. Liburd @liamliburd.bsky.social · 21h

York people, I'm giving a paper at the Uni History Department's research seminar on Wednesday 15 October. Particularly keen for feedback from historians of crime, historical criminologists, and criminologists.

An Accidental History of Prisons and Race in Late Twentieth Century Britain

Join us for research seminars hosted by the Department of History with a selection of visiting academics, alongside University of York researchers. All students and staff are very welcome.

www.york.ac.uk

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John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 19h

'And now, we can cut live to Portland, where the streets are burning to the ground'

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 20h

There was certainly something recently which monopolised all public debate and paralysed all policy initiative in the UK for the better part of a decade, and I dont think it was trans rights.

Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 22h

"While Britain was redefining what a woman is, China was building five nuclear reactors," says Kemi Badenoch.

I cannot be the only person curious about how these two things are related

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John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 19h

Good?
If your business model is based on plunder, your business deserves to die.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity with @mark-bray.bsky.social, a fantastic, thoughtful, and generous scholar whose work about antifa is so important in this moment.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 1d

"It feels as if everything has vanished. Not only the tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza erased without graves, without records, as if they had never existed – so many other things have been hollowed out: basic conceptions of morality, decency, compassion, humanity, hope, future."

Disappearing people, disappearing morals – how two years has changed Gaza and Israel | Orly Noy

There can be no healing until the world stares into and acknowledges the void torn open by this conflict, says Israeli journalist Orly Noy

www.theguardian.com

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John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 1d

23 months later, I hate to think how few of these kids have survived. Heartbreaking.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Jul 7

November 7, 2023 — Kids in Gaza host a press conference, in English, to beg the world for life.

“We come now to shout and invite you to protect us; we want to live, we want peace…we want to live as the other children live.”

At the time, Israel forces had killed over 4,200 kids like these.

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John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 1d

Explain your username:
I like disco and discourse and discourse about disco.
I'd probably also like disco about discourse, but the genre hasn't made that leap yet.

Mickey Numbers @mickeynumberz.bsky.social · 1d

Explain your user name:

Remember the good old days of Shitter? Before the bots and Russian agents started setting up burner accounts that were just a name followed by a list of random numbers?

My username is just a weak joke: my name + numbers.

Lily Munster ain't got nothing on me @tigerlily.northsky.social · 2d

Explain your user name:

It's a reference to a spooky silly song for the spooky season

My name shortens to Lily

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clive henry @clivehenry.bsky.social · 1d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Stephen Lawrence killer admits role but refuses to name accomplices

David Norris, speaking at a parole hearing, becomes the first of the teenager's killers to publicly admit his role in the 1993 attack.

www.bbc.co.uk

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John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 1d

Btselem report on the 7 October attack as a triggering event in “Our Genocide”
www.btselem.org/publications...

www.btselem.org

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Teresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social · 2d

New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

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John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 2d

The data, for the social scientists >> www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/uk-populatio...

Regional ethnic diversity

According to the 2021 Census, London was the most ethnically diverse region in England and Wales – 63.2% of residents identified with an ethnic minority group.

www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk

John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 2d

But they lie and lie and lie...

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John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 2d

Oh so it's just racial integration he's commenting on, he's not being racist. That's why he referenced the historically important Black Handsworth not (e.g) North Norfolk (98.1% white) or Allerdale (98.5% white). Sure sure

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in. After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 2d

It's that classic/cliché point about journalism - don't quote those who argue it is/isn't raining, show us outside. That's what a camera can do.

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John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 2d

When he says stuff like this, why don't they just cut to Portland and show him/the viewers what is actually going on 'as we speak'?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Stephen Miller claims that in Portland "ICE officers have to street battles against antifa, hand to hand combat every night, to come and go from their building"

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John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone's safety is conditional on agreeing with him.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 2d

What Trump is doing here in failing to defend David Adler is a threat to Jewish safety because Trump is saying Jewish safety is conditional on agreeing with him.

Too many obsess over students wearing keffiyehs when basic rights are being taken away.

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 2d

Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government....

On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames

time.com/7323442/sout...

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

time.com

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John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 2d

Omfg

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 2d

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".

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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 3d

"Synagogue attack: the Manchester I know – by antisemitism researcher and Mancunian Jew" by Tony Kushner, James Parkes Professor of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations theconversation.com/synagogue-at...

Synagogue attack: the Manchester I know – by antisemitism researcher and Mancunian Jew

Manchester Jewry has maintained an extraordinarily strong local identity, but is notable in its diversity.

theconversation.com

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