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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 1d

Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election

Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

New post just out:

The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.

In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.

(£/free trial)

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Russia and the rise of the radical right

Marine Le Pen meets with Putin before the 2017 French Presidential election (Photo credit Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote this on Nathan Gill, Russian bribes, Reform and Farage nearly two weeks ago. Here it is again if you’re sick of the silence of the UK media

www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

It's time we asked some serious questions about Reform and Russia, says Neil Mackay

As a former prominent leader of Reform faces jail for taking bribes to make pro-Russian statements, Neil Mackay says we have to ask serious…

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@nasarmeer.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social · 1d

'..his advice was "Haribo in moderation". Haribo declined to comment when approached by the BBC.'

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 2d

'Being anti-racist as ceremonial journey: from and within reflective learning stories'

From #Identities' latest issue 32.5, by Jebunnessa Chapola

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#antiracist #racism #SystemicRacism

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@nasarmeer.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social · 2d

Next up, the ice cream = violent crime scandal...

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 3d

Circumcision rates in the US are 80%, whereas they are well under 20% in Europe

Autism rates are not remotely so varied

I appreciate innumeracy and immorality are now baked into decision making, but we should keep explaining and fighting against the harms to thousands if not millions of ppl

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social · 3d

Terminally ill Scots will benefit from strengthened housing protections, following key amendments to the Housing (Scotland) Bill.

The @uofgdumfries.bsky.social @mariecurieuk.bsky.social ‘Dying in the Margins’ study was central to informing these amendments.

Read more: gla.ac/46Rpabq

Stacey and Joost ten Wolde, who faced housing issues following Stacey's terminal illness diagnosis.

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@nasarmeer.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social · 3d

Thinking of Prof Geoff Palmer today, and whose memorial is happening at St Giles later today: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Life Scientific - Geoff Palmer on brewing - BBC Sounds

Jim talks to internationally renowned professor of brewing and distilling Geoff Palmer.

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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 3d

A reminder about our first Sociological & Cultural Studies seminar of the year, taking place tomorrow, with @raulperez.bsky.social - hosted jointly with colleagues in Politics & IR, and with the journal @identitiesjournal.bsky.social

Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 4d

Join us Friday for our co-organised colloquium with @uofgsps.bsky.social Politics & International Relations & @uofgsociology.bsky.social

'The Souls of White Jokes'
Dr Raúl Pérez

10 Oct, 11-12.30
Room 257, Wolfson Medical Bldg, University of Glasgow

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 4d

Our next #IdentitiesEvent!

'From Colonial Subjects to #Black Nations: Racializing the Caribbean within Global #Blackness'

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Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk...

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 4d

'Can sociology meet the moment?' by Adrian Favell

Book Review of 'Seeing Others: How to Redefine Worth in a Divided World'

Published as part of our latest #Symposium:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 4d

Join us Friday for our co-organised colloquium with @uofgsps.bsky.social Politics & International Relations & @uofgsociology.bsky.social

'The Souls of White Jokes'
Dr Raúl Pérez

10 Oct, 11-12.30
Room 257, Wolfson Medical Bldg, University of Glasgow

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 7d

To mark #BlackHistoryMonth, Identities presents a curated selection of articles that illuminate Black histories and lived experiences across the Black Atlantic.

Read the collection with #FreeAccess:
www.tandfonline.com/...

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 9d

New #Identities #Symposium!

'Seeing Others: How to Redefine Worth in a Divided World' by Michèle Lamont

Published in our latest issue:
www.tandfonline.com/...

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10d

Ahead of the Green Party conference, the party's new leader Zack Polanski puts a defence of the historic and future contribution of migration at the heart of his argument, alongside a socio-economic argument about inequality

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Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski

Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 10d

Our next #IdentitiesEvent!

'From Colonial Subjects to #Black Nations: Racializing the Caribbean within Global #Blackness'

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Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk...

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University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social · 10d

Join us for our first Stevenson Trust lecture this academic year on October 16th.

The event will have a speaker @vioreladan.bsky.social, discussing how generative AI is reshaping political communication.

Register here: tinyurl.com/53ed53wz

From Microtargeting to Misinformation: The Political Power of Generative AI

How AI can effect politics.

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Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · 10d

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10d

Manchester Council of Mosques have issued this statement in sadness, shock and solidarity with the Jewish community about this attack at the synagogue in Manchester

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 10d

Our latest #Identities issue is now published!

Vol 32 No 5, including a #Symposium on Michèle Lamont's 'Seeing Others'

Explore the issue:
www.tandfonline.com/...

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 12d

Join our upcoming event, co-organised with @uofgsps.bsky.social Politics & International Relations & @uofgsociology.bsky.social

'The Souls of White Jokes' with Dr Raúl Pérez

11.00am-12.30pm, In person: Hugh Fraser Room 257, Wolfson Medical Bldg, University of Glasgow

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 12d

'COVID-19 and Muslims in Birmingham'

New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Imran Awan and Damian Breen

Read the blog post ⬇️
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12d

It would exemplify a big flaw in political media culture if 90% of the discourse is about which adjective - racist, discriminatory, wrong - is a legit way to challenge this

But v little discourse involves asking the man proposing the policy to explain his differential treatment of different groups

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 13d

Our next #IdentitiesEvent is open for registration!

'From #Colonial Subjects to #Black Nations: Racializing the Caribbean within Global #Blackness'

www.eventbrite.co.uk...

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13d

"There is a war on children"

A clarion call for action and accountability from Dr. Thaer Ahmad who served in Gaza.

He reads the 'will' of a 10-year-old girl who Israel killed, as a way to honour her.

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Doctor Who Served in Gaza Reads the ‘Will’ of a 10-Year-Old Girl Who Was Killed

Dr. Thaer Ahmad gives an emotional statement at a high-level UN event about Israel's war on children in Gaza.

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