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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
You truly could not make it up. You could not.
Screenshot of Times article with headline: "Florida may loosen child labour laws to fill gap left by migrants"
The article explains a law has been proposed in Florida to allow children as young as 14 to work overnight shifts in agriculture & constraction to make up for lost migrant labour. Yes really.
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Institute of Development Studies (IDS) @ids.ac.uk · 07/03/2025
Join us for a dynamic conversation exploring how African feminists have organized over generations for collective thriving. With Jessica Horn author of African feminist praxis: Cartographies of liberatory worldmaking. @sagepub.com Tues 11 March at IDS. Book now: www.ids.ac.uk/events/book-...
This contains a photo of Jessica Horn.
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Exactly this. Awful.
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Ben O'Donovan-Iland @beniland.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Check out this super interesting blog from my @k4dd.ids.ac.uk colleague Izzy Birch, giving an overview of what the evidence is telling us will be the key trends for #Development over the next decade. @ids.ac.uk @petertaylor-uk.bsky.social @stephenthomo.bsky.social @bloggs74.bsky.social
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Government departments are being told to found 11 percent spending cuts, according to Bloomberg This feels like it should be a much bigger story... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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UK Public Services Brace for Cuts of Up to 11% to Fund Defense
Some UK government departments are bracing for budget cuts of as much as 11% as Prime Minister Keir Starmer comes under mounting pressure to plow more money into defense.
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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
‘3,000 new HIV infections have occurred worldwide as a result of the Trump administration’s aid freeze.’ This exclusion of LGBTQ+ folks is not only a disaster for public health but also truly discriminatory & evil. We are rapidly sliding back to the 1940s #Trump #HIV www.them.us/story/trump-...
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Trump Administration Is Now Providing PrEP Abroad, But Not for LGBTQ+ People
A February 6 memo from the State Department states that PrEP should only be offered to pregnant and breastfeeding women.
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Ben O'Donovan-Iland @beniland.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Google is - and has been - part of the system trying to erase people's histories. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Google Calendar removes Black History Month, Pride and other cultural events
Company says listed holidays were not ‘sustainable’ for its model as tech firms roll back diversity efforts
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 11/02/2025
We're VERY close to 60,000 complaints. Help us make this complaint the biggest in Ofcom's history 👇 goodlaw.social/i1m8
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Ofcom, stop GB News broadcasting hate
*CW: Homophobia, hate speech GB News is no stranger to spouting hatred and toxic lies. They take pride in it, and pretend the rules don’t matter. But they do. And they must be enforced. On 22 January,...
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Institute of Development Studies (IDS) @ids.ac.uk · 11/02/2025
Welcome to Bluesky, K4DD! Follow K4DD - which is hosted by IDS - for rapid research on emerging issues in #development and #diplomacy.
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Ben O'Donovan-Iland @beniland.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Really great to see our @k4dd.ids.ac.uk research now on Bluesky!
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Conservative austerity? Labour austerity? Same austerity. Let's tax the rich, tackle inequality and fund councils properly.
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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Today it's ok to grieve, despair, & feel rage. But we need to conserve our energy, retain critical hope & keep up the fight (individually & collectively). Silence is not an option with #Trump et al riding high on right-wing extremism, misogyny, white supremacy, climate denialism, & misinformation.
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Ben O'Donovan-Iland @beniland.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
#Musk is a supporter of far right parties in the UK and beyond, including the AFD in Germany. No - he didn’t do a ‘Roman salute’. He did a Nazi salute.
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Roberto @robertonapule.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
“Free Palestine” - Anti-Semitic “From the river to the sea” - Anti-Semitic “Nazi Salute” - Odd gesture 🤷‍♂️
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 21/01/2025
Nazis: "that's a nazi salute" Historians: "that's a nazi salute" Average person: "that's a nazi salute" The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
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NPR @npr.org · 16/01/2025
The deal was set to be ratified by Israeli Cabinet on Thursday. But Netanyahu says, without specifying, that Hamas has gone back on several parts of the ceasefire agreement at the last minute.
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Netanyahu delays ceasefire vote, claiming Hamas created a 'last minute crisis'
The deal was set to be ratified by Israeli Cabinet on Thursday. But Netanyahu says, without specifying, that Hamas has gone back on several parts of the ceasefire agreement at the last minute.
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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Anybody surprised ? "Final sign-off for ceasefire deal delayed after Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Hamas of ‘reneging’ on parts of agreement" #Gaza #Netanyahu #Ceasefire www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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At least 70 Palestinians killed in Gaza airstrikes as Israeli cabinet delays meeting to agree ceasefire – live
Final sign-off for ceasefire deal delayed after Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Hamas of ‘reneging’ on parts of agreement
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Ben O'Donovan-Iland @beniland.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Ceasefire on the 468th day of genocide. This doesn’t mean the end of genocide, and we must continue to practice #BDS, holding Isreal to account, and standing up for Palestinians wherever we are. Infographic by Visualising Palestine
An infographic by Visualising Palestine sharing horrific details and numbers of the genocide in Gaza.
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Institute of Development Studies (IDS) @ids.ac.uk · 15/01/2025
We now have a starter pack for IDS staff and programmes. To know more about our work, follow our people and programmes here 👇 go.bsky.app/HH8hpVY
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Reform UK MP James McMurdock has a spent criminal conviction for assaulting his girlfriend in 2006. Here are some jobs where you'd have to declare it. They're exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act He could be refused employment for his conviction. Not, though, refused the position of MP.
Below is a brief list of the types of jobs that might require you to disclose spent convictions:

Doctors, dentists, midwives and nurses
Solicitors
Accountants
School based jobs
Jobs with social services providers
Jobs that involve the supervision or training of people under the age of 18Being refused a job
The potential for legal action if you are refused employment because of a spent conviction is, as mentioned above, somewhat uncertain. However, if you are applying for a job which is exempt from the ROA, then the position is much clearer; there is very little that you can do.

If a job is exempt from ROA then generally, it is also exempt from the legislative protective elements as well.
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Ben O'Donovan-Iland @beniland.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
If the UK Gov is talking about how to tackle serious and organised crime, it must see the decriminalisation of drug use and opening safe and legal migration routes as viable methods.
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Ben O'Donovan-Iland @beniland.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Congratulations to @petertaylor-uk.bsky.social on his appointment as the director of @idsglobaldev.bsky.social!
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Elon Musk has posted ***300 TIMES*** about UK "grooming gangs" in the last ten days. Including: Calling for UK government officials to be hanged and jailed; demanding the removal of Keir Starmer as UK prime minister; suggesting Tommy Robinson be released from prison. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Elon Musk Is Posting Nonstop Falsehoods About 'Grooming Gangs'
Musk’s posts, which have racked up hundreds of millions of views on X, are his latest effort at inserting himself into UK politics.
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Institute of Development Studies (IDS) @ids.ac.uk · 04/12/2024
Hello! Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is now on Bluesky! IDS is a leading institute on international development providing research and knowledge for equitable and sustainable societies. Follow us to know about our research, partnerships, and learning. Visit us www.ids.ac.uk
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Institute of Development Studies
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) provides research and knowledge for more equitable and sustainable societies.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/12/2024
A student was murdered, and her body dumped in a field. A long-distance Olympic runner died after she was severely burned in a gasoline attack. Almost 100 women were killed in Kenya in the span of three months, the police said. Rights groups want the president to declare femicide a national crisis.
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Protests in Kenya Demand Action Over a Spate of Brutal Murders of Women
Almost 100 women have been killed in the span of three months, the police say. Rights groups want President William Ruto to declare femicide a national crisis.
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Ewa Luger @ewaluger.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
It’s like no one saw this coming www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Revealed: bias found in AI system used to detect UK benefits fraud
Exclusive: Age, disability, marital status and nationality influence decisions to investigate claims, prompting fears of ‘hurt first, fix later’ approach
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 04/12/2024
READ: Do you know what Project Esther is? It’s a plan to crush Palestine solidarity, smear activists as terrorists, and revive McCarthyism—wrapped in the guise of fighting antisemitism.
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Inside Project Esther, the right wing action plan to take down the Palestine movement
The Heritage Foundation’s “Project Esther” claims to combat antisemitism but in fact, aims to destroy the Palestine solidarity movement as a first step in a crusade against all domestic dissent in…
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Ben O'Donovan-Iland @beniland.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Please make sure to add #AltText to your images on here. It’s so important for people who use screen readers and more.
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Ben O'Donovan-Iland @beniland.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
We’re here at #AWID in Bangkok for a few days sharing our research and connecting with others around the world who are working tirelessly to counter gender backlash. So important during the global rising tide of the right-wing.
Two people standing at a booth at a conference. The booth has purple poster hanging on a white background with red leaflets. A photo of a large screen at a conference with a red background and a person on the stage.
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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
It's true that bluesky isn't great for news and commentary about Palestine. Maybe it will get better, maybe it won't. But we have to keep trying because it's crucial to talk about Palestine precisely where it feels unwelcome.
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Please sign and share excellent MP Zarah Sultana's petition on retaining the bus fare cap! www.change.org/p/save-the-2...
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Sign the Petition
Save the £2 Bus Fare Cap – Keep Fares Affordable!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Well, isn’t that convenient? Musk gets named to the fake department of DOGE, and suddenly NASA’s future is up for debate—just as SpaceX is poised to cash in. Funny how “efficiency” seems to mean redirecting public funds straight into private pockets.
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Ben O'Donovan-Iland @beniland.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Fantastic to hear from Sohela Nazneen, Tessa Lewin, Maheen Sultan, Naomi Hoosain, and so many others on the state of #GenderBacklash, how it manifests globally, and how we can counter it.
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Ben O'Donovan-Iland @beniland.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
This joke from @aiannucci.bsky.social is incredible. What's big and small at the same time? A big egg 🥚
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Ben O'Donovan-Iland @beniland.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Musk is in control of the #X algorithm, so there's no point staying there to 'save it' from becoming a vacuum - it already is!
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Ben O'Donovan-Iland @beniland.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
A very useful list for those of you joining #Bluesky
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Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
I'm block everyone posting a Handmaid's tale memes right now. And this is why:
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Painting Oppression in White Face: How The Handmaid’s Tale Appropriates Racism Against Black, Indigenous, Women of Color
How The Handmaid’s Tale takes historical and current atrocities faced by black, indigenous, women of color and paints it in whiteface.
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 09/11/2024
How Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump (Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam) www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3v...
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TESLA = TRUMP
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 04/09/2024
The Grenfell Inquiry Report, in full www.grenfelltowerinquiry.org.uk/phase-2-report
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Phase 2 report | Grenfell Tower Inquiry
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 02/09/2024
The majestic Milkyway over Uluru 📸: Max Inwood
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