Marina Veličković
@marinavelickovic.bsky.social
international law & marxism
free free palestine!
free free palestine!
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it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
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I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
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brilliant, succinct, imaginative. read it. by @harikunzru.bsky.social www.artforum.com/features/yea...
Slopocalypse Now
Hari Kunzru surveys the AI slop that dominates our feeds and likens the way it drowns out information to a new form of censorship.
www.artforum.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:31 AM
brilliant, succinct, imaginative. read it. by @harikunzru.bsky.social www.artforum.com/features/yea...
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Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
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Labour bearing down on immigration will fix this any day now.
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Labour bearing down on immigration will fix this any day now.
spotify wrapped for UKHE - this year there were around 15k job losses in HE and also 4k courses were cut and also pay has continued to decline in real terms and you are 20 years old in pension terms because you spent a decade getting a bunch of degrees and have like 7 months of NI/USS contributions
December 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
spotify wrapped for UKHE - this year there were around 15k job losses in HE and also 4k courses were cut and also pay has continued to decline in real terms and you are 20 years old in pension terms because you spent a decade getting a bunch of degrees and have like 7 months of NI/USS contributions
justice for dicfic
Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
December 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
justice for dicfic
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David Graeber once wrote an important piece about the power of protest and the police. This is an extract.
davidgraeber.org/articles/on-...
davidgraeber.org/articles/on-...
December 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
David Graeber once wrote an important piece about the power of protest and the police. This is an extract.
davidgraeber.org/articles/on-...
davidgraeber.org/articles/on-...
new slides just dropped and they're 10/10 if i do say so myself
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
new slides just dropped and they're 10/10 if i do say so myself
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
personally, as a tax payer, I would much rather fund taxis for asylum seekers than nigel farage’s salary
November 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
personally, as a tax payer, I would much rather fund taxis for asylum seekers than nigel farage’s salary
the government being like ‘asylum seekers won’t be able to use cabs’ really is relying on us all to have memory of goldfish and zero awareness of the horrors asylum seekers have been going thru in this country
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Home Office sued by asylum seeker over baby’s death
Woman claims asylum housing staff ignored pleas for help when she was in pain while 35 weeks pregnant
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
the government being like ‘asylum seekers won’t be able to use cabs’ really is relying on us all to have memory of goldfish and zero awareness of the horrors asylum seekers have been going thru in this country
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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really went dark for the sequel
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
really went dark for the sequel
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Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
‘Risk exiting the market’
what a way to package the complete collapse of higher education
what a way to package the complete collapse of higher education
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
‘Risk exiting the market’
what a way to package the complete collapse of higher education
what a way to package the complete collapse of higher education
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The Research Handbook on Global Governance is now out in the world!
Edited with @aoifemod.bsky.social and Cher Weixia Chen this Handbook is 10yrs in the making!
Edited with @aoifemod.bsky.social and Cher Weixia Chen this Handbook is 10yrs in the making!
November 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The Research Handbook on Global Governance is now out in the world!
Edited with @aoifemod.bsky.social and Cher Weixia Chen this Handbook is 10yrs in the making!
Edited with @aoifemod.bsky.social and Cher Weixia Chen this Handbook is 10yrs in the making!
if you've always been dying to wear a lefty tshirt, my - there's no such thing as unskilled labour - tshirt is on sale for another two days & then they're gone forever (for some time)
everpress.com/unskilled-la...
everpress.com/unskilled-la...
Unskilled Labour | Everpress
There is no such thing as unskilled labour, there is only underpaid labour. These limited edition Unskilled Labour garments are only available here.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
if you've always been dying to wear a lefty tshirt, my - there's no such thing as unskilled labour - tshirt is on sale for another two days & then they're gone forever (for some time)
everpress.com/unskilled-la...
everpress.com/unskilled-la...
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
no words for this
it's like catch-22
people in key jobs are the most exploited and lowest paid which is why these jobs rely on migrant workers and it is precisely why migrants then can't get settled status
the cruelty of it all
it's like catch-22
people in key jobs are the most exploited and lowest paid which is why these jobs rely on migrant workers and it is precisely why migrants then can't get settled status
the cruelty of it all
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
no words for this
it's like catch-22
people in key jobs are the most exploited and lowest paid which is why these jobs rely on migrant workers and it is precisely why migrants then can't get settled status
the cruelty of it all
it's like catch-22
people in key jobs are the most exploited and lowest paid which is why these jobs rely on migrant workers and it is precisely why migrants then can't get settled status
the cruelty of it all
very dolores umbridge coded
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 AM
very dolores umbridge coded
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The Danish Social Democrats who have pursued far right policies on immigration and governs with the centre-right are set to lose in Copenhagen for the first time in a 100 years, while the left looks set to win a major victory today.
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The Danish Social Democrats who have pursued far right policies on immigration and governs with the centre-right are set to lose in Copenhagen for the first time in a 100 years, while the left looks set to win a major victory today.
I keep thinking how mahmood almost lost her seat (as a sitting MP with Labour backing/money) to an independent candidate with zero experience just because of her silence on Palestine so like girlie has misjudged this so badly if she thinks she’s getting reelected as a ladywood mp with these policies
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I keep thinking how mahmood almost lost her seat (as a sitting MP with Labour backing/money) to an independent candidate with zero experience just because of her silence on Palestine so like girlie has misjudged this so badly if she thinks she’s getting reelected as a ladywood mp with these policies
Reposted by Marina Veličković
“If Labour don’t do this, we’ll get a Reform government”
Trans people, disabled people, migrants, people of colour and people seeking asylum already have a Reform government.
You just want to feel superior to those who like the idea of Nigel Farage as PM.
Trans people, disabled people, migrants, people of colour and people seeking asylum already have a Reform government.
You just want to feel superior to those who like the idea of Nigel Farage as PM.
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“If Labour don’t do this, we’ll get a Reform government”
Trans people, disabled people, migrants, people of colour and people seeking asylum already have a Reform government.
You just want to feel superior to those who like the idea of Nigel Farage as PM.
Trans people, disabled people, migrants, people of colour and people seeking asylum already have a Reform government.
You just want to feel superior to those who like the idea of Nigel Farage as PM.
the government seems to forget, and it’s not always entirely clear from the broader discourse either, but each of these policies has impact on actual humans
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
‘No safe place to go’: people sent back to France under ‘one in, one out’ deal tell of desperation
In Paris, a group of those returned from UK as part of the immigration scheme say they feel frightened and hopeless
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM
the government seems to forget, and it’s not always entirely clear from the broader discourse either, but each of these policies has impact on actual humans
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
these horrible refugees not leaving their children behind in war zones
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
these horrible refugees not leaving their children behind in war zones