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Bennett Collins, PhD @bennett2ts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Universities should be at the forefront of at least slowing down the tidal wave of AI tech that is overwhelming every social system we require to survive. Instead, gov’ts, industries, & uni admins charge us to prepare students for the AI workplace. Wake me up from this nightmare.

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Bennett Collins, PhD @bennett2ts.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

White supremacy is more responsible than anything for what happened to Jason Arday. Nothing he did deserved that from the British media, higher ed apparatus, and political punditry. The US really was born from the UK in so many ways.

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Scottish Trans @scottishtrans.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Our new trans GP self-advocacy guide is live! www.scottishtrans.org/gp-self-advo... The guide covers some general self-advocacy advice, as well as advice for issues related to trans healthcare, trans admin, and poor treatment and complaints.

Illustration of a person sat on a table speaking to a doctor in a white coat, who is smiling and taking notes. A speech bubble says "Scottish Trans GP Self-Advocacy Guide"

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

This really is quite something. In the 15 years @carbonbrief.org have tracked UK media, 2025 was first ever year where more newspaper editorials opposed #climate action than supported it. Meanwhile, the *actual* climate crisis deepens by the month. Go figure.

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 06/04/2026

Land should benefit our communities, nature and environment, not just private profit. Scottish Greens will limit how much land can be bought by any individual or company unless it provably contributes to the common good. #VoteScottishGreens

Half of Scotland's land is owned by 400 people. Scottish Greens will limit how much can be bought by any individual or company. On May 7th vote Scottish Green.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

A politician with the guts to say it: "No American child from the blue collar or the middle class should have to die fighting in Iran. Let the Epstein class fight the Epstein War." - Premier Wab Kinew at the NDP national convention, Winnipeg.

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Bennett Collins, PhD @bennett2ts.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Just read an article from a white Western scholar who contested the findings of an article researched and written by an Indigenous colleague and myself, advancing a very damaging gov’t narrative that this particular Indigenous identity does not exists - but they used ‘local research assistants’ 🙄

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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office. Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.

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Bennett Collins, PhD @bennett2ts.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

This America always existed. These guys were everywhere during Standing Rock, and that was under Obama

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars. ictnews.org/news/north-c...

ictnews.org

Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT

The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.

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Maggie Chapman (she/her) @maggiechapman.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Aberdeen welcomes refugees Not racism Sunday 14th December, 12pm Castlegate.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Ghassan Abu Sitta: “The CEO meets the branch managers"

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Rahul Rao @rahulraothariel.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

St Andrews staff & students, please sign this open letter calling on the university to sever links with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and all other Israeli universities and if you're not connected to St Andrews, please publicise this anyway. thank you! www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...

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End Links With Hebrew University — UCU St Andrews

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Bennett Collins, PhD @bennett2ts.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

The talk of nuclear reactors and permanent settlements on the Moon is sheer patriarchal, colonial hubris. I don’t even know where to start but technocracy and autocracy are clearly merging their paths.

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 04/08/2025

Revealed: How colonial rule radically shifts historical responsibility for climate change | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @vernerviisas.bsky.social #CBarchive Read here ➡️ bit.ly/3TecPJx

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Darren Beattie, fired from the Trump White House in 2018 after it was revealed he attended a white supremacist conference, has just been appointed acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, according to the State Department.

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Bennett Collins, PhD @bennett2ts.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Happy 4th fellow Americans, some reminders today: -Not all came to America voluntarily (see slavery, forced servitude) -Not all want/ed to be part of America (see Indigenous Nations, Treat of Guadalupe) -Not all want/ed America to be the Land of the Free (see white supremacy, the current President)

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Bennett Collins, PhD @bennett2ts.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I can already hear the meltdowns that the world is becoming too sensitive or too woke. Sorry but an island that imports everything shouldn’t be one of the largest economies in the world. A long overdue reckoning with the past was bound to happen. www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

Inquiry finds British committed genocide on Indigenous Australians

It is the country's first formal "truth-telling" inquiry that ran for four years from 2021.

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Bennett Collins, PhD @bennett2ts.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

In light of FM Swinney’s apology (and those of other parties) for the Tinker Experiments, just a reminder that we put in 21 recommendations in our report that all stakeholders should put into action. Apologies point out what’s wrong, actions make things right (with survivors/victims at the helm)

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Bennett Collins, PhD @bennett2ts.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

The Church of Scotland has apologized for their role in the Tinker Experiments ‘On behalf of the Church of Scotland we offer a heartfelt and genuine apology for these historic wrongs highlighted in the report and carried out in the name of the Church.’ www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...

churchofscotland.org.uk

Statement from the Church of Scotland: report on policies affecting Gypsy/Traveller communities in Scotland

A statement from Rev Tommy MacNeil, Convener of the Faith Action Programme Leadership Team (FAPLT) and Dr Mike Cantlay, Convener of the Social Care Council...

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Bennett Collins, PhD @bennett2ts.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Honoured and grateful to have been part of this work of truth-telling around the ‘Tinker Experiments’. Credit must go to Gypsy/Traveller advocates and those survivors/victims who had to endure these injustices in the dark for far too long. An apology is only the start. www.abdn.ac.uk/news/24494/a

abdn.ac.uk

Report concludes Scotland must break its silence on state-enforced 'Tinker Experiments'

Research into 20th century policies affecting Gypsy/Traveller communities across Scotland - including the forced and permanent removal of children from their families - has found clear evidence of wid...

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Maggie Chapman (she/her) @maggiechapman.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

🚨BREAKING: After years of campaigning, the Gypsy Traveller community has finally received an apology for the cruel Tinker Experiments. This is not the end of righting wrongs. The @scottishgreens.org are proud to have raised this in with Parliament, most recently last month.

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Maggie Chapman (she/her) @maggiechapman.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I'm calling for a full apology for the Tinker Experiment: state-sanctioned cruelty that forcibly removed children from Gypsy Traveller families & put others into accommodation with no water, electricity or heating. The scars on & in the community are still visible today. We must have justice.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Juneteenth went uncelebrated by the White House. That alone says everything you need to know about this regime.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/06/2025

i think this is exactly right

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Bennett Collins, PhD @bennett2ts.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

When we’re talking about ‘decolonizing’ Western science and academia, remember that this is the legacy of our sector. Let’s not pretend this has ended either, with some still believing it’s ok to do genetic studies into certain racialized groups for the ‘advancement of knowledge’

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Mark Baillie @mbaillie.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

You'll be hard pressed to find much of this in the news but the Swiss government has set an international human rights precedent by apologising for its historic treatment of Gypsy-Travellers. Scotland may be next. Well done Switzerland & @justiceinfo.bsky.social 👏 www.justiceinfo.net/en/142170-da...

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This was a “dark chapter in Swiss history”

This is the first time Switzerland has admitted commission of an international crime. In removing thousands of Traveller children from their families over a period of 50 years, the Swiss government co...

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Maggie Chapman (she/her) @maggiechapman.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Most people don't know this: that Scotland's Gypsy Travellers had their children and their culture ripped away from them. It's history that's been swept under the rug. ScotGov must listen to this report, and give a public apology for its part in this cultural genocide!

A screenshot of an article on the BBC News website. The headline reads "Scotland's travellers suffered 'cultural genocide', says report". The image below is of a man with white skin, blonde hair and a beard wearing a gilet looking sternly into the camera.

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Ms Chatelaine @theelaineg.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

This is a hideous situation, not just for trans people - male, female and all of the spectrum - but for people who don't fit gender presentation norms whether or not they are queer. The women with short hair and no makeup, especially them.

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Holly Bruce MSP @hollybruce.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I’ll always campaign for laws & policies to be improved to ensure trans folks can live with dignity and respect. @scottishtrans.bsky.social have called for the community not to panic & to try and seek solace and support. Sending love to the trans community today, and always.

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 28/02/2025

Donald Trump's state visit to Scotland must be met with protest. The UK faces an urgent choice. Either we stand reunited with democratic Europe, or we assist Trump in ushering in a new era where international law is replaced by the whim of tyrants and their billionaire backers.

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 26/02/2025

Scottish Green MSPs are bringing a vote in the Scottish Parliament today to end Scottish Government funding for Israel's arms dealers. We hope all parties who claim to support human rights and international law will back our motion. 🇵🇸

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The Scotsman @scotsman.com · 24/02/2025

Staff at beleaguered Scottish university embark on 3 weeks of strikes from today over jobs threat www.scotsman.com/education/st...

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Staff at beleaguered Scottish university embark on 3 weeks of strikes from today over jobs threat

Union boss vows to fight ‘brutal cuts’ at cash-strapped institution

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Bennett Collins, PhD @bennett2ts.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

At a time when anti-Trans-ness and anti-Queerness is uniting the far right everywhere, it’s really a time for allies to be louder and not shrink back, regardless of where you are. Leaving this fight to Trans and Queer academics and activists to fight alone will not end well for anyone.

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Bennett Collins, PhD @bennett2ts.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Im specifically hearing these anti-trans ‘compliance investigations’ are going to start with the University of Maine system because of Gov Mills standing up to the dictator-in-chief last week, and that the investigation will likely widen to all schools in Maine receiving federal funding.

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Bennett Collins, PhD @bennett2ts.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I’m incredibly disturbed to hear from friends and colleagues in the US that the federal gov is using the ban on trans people in sports as a door wedge to conduct so-called ‘compliance investigations’ at universities and possibly withhold funding. academics everywhere should be alarmed by this.

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Wabanaki Alliance @wabanakialliance.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

A recent Indian Country Today article, “A New Day in the Dawnland”, discusses growing collaboration between the Wabanaki Nations and First Light, a consortium of conservation groups, seeing the return of lands to Wabanaki stewardship. Read the article in full here: ictnews.org/news/a-new-d...

[Photo: Chuck Loring, Penobscot Nation's Director of Natural Resources, speaking to the importance of these transfers (Photo credit to Stewart Huntington/ICT)]

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 21/02/2025

Malcolm X was assassinated 60 yrs ago today. See his timeless wisdom on the true meaning of “progress.” “If you stick a knife 9 inches in & take it out 6—that’s not progress. Progress is healing the wound. They wont even admit the knife is there.”

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 20/02/2025

Hundreds of Jobs at risk at Bangor University 🚨 UCU Bangor's Dyfrig Jones (@dyfrigjones.bsky.social) spoke to @bbcwales.bsky.social about the devastating impact these cuts will have 👇

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

*Incredibly* positive news for Scotland's northeast, as the energy transition brings *£30 billion* in investments. Remember: as powerful as the far-right looks right now, they have nothing to offer but a retreat into the past borne along on a current of scientific and economic illiteracy.

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North-east set for £30billion investment in 'biggest spending spree since oil and gas boom'

New research by Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce forecasts a wave of big spending projects that are set to bring huge benefits to Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.

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Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

The Scottish Government and SFC should be extending financial support to the University of Dundee. However, conditions of this support should be governance reform at the University and NO compulsory staff redundancies. www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/dund... #SaveDundeeUni

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EXCLUSIVE: Fears Dundee University job losses could hit 500 as John Swinney urged to step in

University insiders fear as many as 500 jobs could be cut in order to make up the £30 million budget shortfall.

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