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Giovanna Fassetta

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Professor of Education and Social Justice Views entirely my own

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Refugee and Migrant Justice @rmjusticeuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🔊🔊🔊 We're plesaed to have contributed to this @tbij.bsky.social piece on shameless government profiting off migrants through extortionate visa fees & hidden second taxes. Our client, Fatima, shared her story. Never forget the people hurt by the policies. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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Government makes £5bn a year from immigration fees while applicants…
Home Office’s fees are up to 10 times the processing cost – and rising every year
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Giovanna Fassetta @giofassetta.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Elimination Project carries out the “basic logic of settler colonialism”: Establishing “permanent settler sovereignty over a territory already inhabited by an Indigenous people” by “pushing them out, dispossessing them and dismantling their collective existence” (B'Tselem report) aje.news/b5hpee
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How Israel systematically dismantles Palestinian life in occupied West Bank
B'Tselem says settlement expansion, displacement and curbs are not isolated abuses, but decades-old, coordinated system.
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Giovanna Fassetta @giofassetta.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"You can't be neutral on a moving train" (H. Zinn)
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"The US govt has denied Palestinian Authority president.. a visa to attend the UN general assembly in person"
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Energy portfolios of 20 private equity firms produce 1.5bn tons of greenhouse gases a year, more than the annual emissions of any country except China, the US, India and Russia. Companies don't bear the social cost of profits. It is dumped on the people. Killing us and the planet.
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World’s top 20 private equity firms produce more greenhouse gases a year than most countries, report finds
Firms manage $7.3tn in assets and could afford to transition away from fossil fuels yet invest in natural gas and coal-fired plants to power datacenters
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Giovanna Fassetta @giofassetta.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A world angry, resentful, spiteful. An uncaring world that sees everyone as a potential enemy. A world of permanent illegal wars; where the pursuit of obscene wealth for very few will kill us, through climate breakdown or through AI. Well done, extreme right fascist nihilists worldwide. Great job!
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I just signed this open letter to RNLI volunteers saying that Britain values their service. In case anyone else wants to sign act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...
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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 10/09/2026
It took Jason Arday's death for them to realise how far they’d crossed the line. The Times thought no one would notice what they edited, but we did 👀 We're demanding a public inquiry now, join us 👇 goodlaw.social/n1ck
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Giovanna Fassetta @giofassetta.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A very talented young writer from Gaza (that I know personally and fully trust) needs support with her education abroad. Please, consider giving! chuffed.org/project/supp...
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A Writer from Gaza: Support her Education Abroad
Dear friends, family, colleagues, and community,
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The BBC has managed to report this grim story but without mentioning the perpetrator’s fascist connections. I suppose their journalists can’t be expected to know who everyone is, but you can be sure we’d know about it if he‘d been an asylum seeker
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Warwickshire man raped and attacked woman in 'horrific' abuse campaign
James White, from Warwickshire, subjected the victim to weeks of abuse, including rape and sexual assault.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 20/08/2026
🚨 OCEAN HEAT: We are entering uncharted territory. Record-breaking ocean temperatures are pushing ecosystems closer to dangerous tipping points. Fossil fuel corporations and big polluters are gambling with a liveable planet for profit.
Line graph of Niño 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomalies from 1982–2026. The red 2026 line rises from around -0.7°C in January to nearly +2.7°C by mid-August, far above most previous years. Source: Climate Reanalyzer, using NOAA OISST v2.1 data.
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Giovanna Fassetta @giofassetta.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Giovanna Fassetta @giofassetta.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Racially motivated lynching in 2026 Heartbreaking www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Jason Arday, professor at centre of Cambridge plagiarism row, found dead
Academic was pronounced dead at his home in south London after police called to address after 3pm on Friday
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A fifth heatwave. People at risk across the country. But the new Government is silent. Time to tax fossil fuel companies to fund firefighting helicopters. And to race to lower carbon energy and permanently cheaper bills.
Green leader Zack Polanski accuses government of 'gross negligence' over climate crisis
With parts of Britain set to experience their fifth heatwave of the summer this week, Zack Polanski, the Green party leader, has accused the government of not recognising the severity of the crisis.

In a statement, he said:

We are now facing the fifth heatwave in months following the recent deaths of 3,000 people in our country from extreme weather conditions.

This is the greatest crisis this country has faced since the second world war and to complacently dismiss the demands for immediate action by saying everything is under control is gross negligence, blatantly untrue and misses the severity of the crisis.

Only days after dedicated public servants talked about the need for urgent action, backed up by indisputable science, to secure our food supplies and the health of the most vulnerable, the Labour government says it’s all in hand, and supply chains are resilient.

At a press conference last week, Polanski said the government should be responding with emergency measures now.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
'We cried instead of celebrating': War and loss shadow Gaza's top students - www.middleeasteye.net/news/we-cried…
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'We cried instead of celebrating': War and loss shadow Gaza's top students
Some topped Palestine. Others were killed before their results were announced
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Giovanna Fassetta @giofassetta.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Another example of the many ways in which the lives of people in Gaza can be stopped prismreports.org/2026/07/27/p...
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The freezing of Palestinian bank accounts
Reports indicate that the Bank of Palestine has frozen Palestinian accounts as part of a decision from Israel
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I was asked yesterday what neoliberalism is. This is the answer:
An infographic on neoliberalism
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Compare and contrast. Andy Burnham says Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine. But when it comes to Gaza, he only says war crimes appear to have been committed, and he doesn't name by who. He also says its up to the courts to determine, not politicians.
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Jules or Τζουλς 🕊️🍉 @katsikajules.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
@lbc.co.uk @lewisgoodall.com
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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Humans should not be forced off pavements by delivery robots, but that's exactly what's happening. The people who pay the price are those with the least room to give it up.
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Gareth Davies @garethtbij.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
If only there was a word for "people granted asylum". Or perhaps the BBC is avoiding using the word "refugee" because it makes this policy look even more like it is - performative cruelty?
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
'What is perhaps remarkable about the Exeter cuts is that they are targeted at some of the university’s most successful departments, many of which turn over a profit even after they have made enormous and increasing contributions to the central university budget.' Read, rage and weep.
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The Crisis in Britain’s Universities
The cuts that have been proposed at the University of Exeter demonstrates the crisis of purpose in Britain’s universities. Should not universities also be places to prepare for "eternal dwellings"?
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Giovanna Fassetta @giofassetta.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This guy is saying out lout that they are so morally bankrupt and ruthless that they are making past scandals, corruption and foul play look like minor misdemeanours (which, btw, is true). What an achievement to be bragging about. What a sickening time to live in www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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JD Vance says Nixon’s Watergate scandal would be ‘12-hour news story’ today
Vice-president declares admiration for 37th president and claims Nixon and Trump are targeted by ‘deep state’ forces
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The UK at the UN yesterday "We are horrified by footage of Israeli forces killing a 7mth old baby" Horrified enough to take action, like halting all arms exports, imposing sanctions on the Israeli govt & economy, & ending all military ties? So really you're not horrified at all
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Dennis A Francis @dennisafrancis.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
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Mike Jay @mikejay.link · 10/06/2026
I think both Sadiq Khan and Yvette Cooper should get substantially more letters... Just saying.
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Giovanna Fassetta @giofassetta.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
"immigration politics increasingly resembles not a response to public anxiety, but one of the mechanisms through which that anxiety is continuously reproduced and politically organised by those able to dominate the narrative"
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Politicians who fanned these flames should hang their heads in shame. Time and again we've seen this story play out. Single incidents used to fuel a far right narrative - and communities across the nation paying the price.
Huge fires encompassing a street with buildings, cars and the majority of the street on fire with plumes of black smoke.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Adam Parsons "Welcome to Jerusalem where there is presently an uneasy peace over this city, this country" Which country? What part of Jerusalem are you in? Don't you think thats important, since East Jerusalem is under a brutal occupation & is part of the OPT Sloppy journalism
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The BBC 10 o’clock news says the right wing idea of ethnic minorities being given preferential treatment in criminal justice is likely to become a “growing fault line in our politics” WITHOUT POINTING OUT THAT IT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. What’s the point of the news if it doesn’t correct disinformation?
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The BBC's flagship politics show devoting the whole programme this morning to 'two tier policing'. May as well hand the entire schedule directly over to Elon Musk www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-bbcs-t...
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The BBC’s ‘Two Tier’ Journalism Boosting Reform and the Far-Right
Why is our national broadcaster giving so much oxygen to the racist fantasies of the far-right?
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Giovanna Fassetta @giofassetta.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
On a simmer, rather than a full boil, but the genocidal project is still alive (and killing) www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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How a shortage of gas, engine oil and spare parts is grinding Gaza to a halt
With food and medicine already scarce, emergency services, bakeries and water supplies are increasingly being pushed to the brink
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
WANTED ! Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes School of Education & Social Sciences University of the West of Scotland Location: Paisley. Salary: £51,753 to £56,535 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRT548/l...
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Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes at University of the West of Scotland
Paisley Campus Full time: 35 hours per week Fixed Term: ending in January 2026 "This role may be eligible for visa sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa...
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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
The last 10 years in a nutshell: Nazi: I’m a Nazi! Media: Outspoken Man Touts Unconventional Ideas Nazi: No, I’m just a Nazi. Media: Meet the Dapper White Nationalist Who— Nazi: No, seriously! I’m quoting Mein Kampf! I love Hitler! Media: Why Both Sides Have an Extremist Problem.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Mustafa Barghouti explains that Israel has violated the Gaza ceasefire 3,000 times, has killed 930 Palestinians, is still restricting the entry of aid, & is occupying 60% of Gaza (soon to be 70%) when the ceasefire agreement says they should be withdrawing.
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Plagiarism machine say <ping, whirr> you’re not 16 you’re 37 <grrrk, kerching> go to detention centre
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AI facial recognition to check age of asylum seekers from next year
The Home Office says the tool will make it easier to identify adult migrants "attempting to game the system".
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
If I’m understanding the Home Office’s trial age assessment tech, it gets people’s ages wrong by an *average* of 2.5-3 years, is inaccurate for the most crucial cohort (teenagers) and is worse in assessing women/girls and non-white people (umm…) but they’re going for it anyway, because computer
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Giovanna Fassetta @giofassetta.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Over 2 million people pushed into 30% of what was already, before the genocidal killing frenzy, one of the most densely populated places on earth www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Netanyahu orders Israeli army to seize ‘70% of Gaza Strip’, violating ceasefire deal
Speaking in West Bank settlement, Israeli PM, who is fighting for political survival before elections, says ‘we are squeezing Hamas’
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 28/05/2026
Israeli army has already expanded its control of Gaza by 11 percent over the 'Yellow Line', beyond terms of 'ceasefire' aje.news/atd96u
Israeli army has already expanded its control of Gaza by 11 percent over the 'Yellow Line', beyond terms of 'ceasefire'
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Giovanna Fassetta @giofassetta.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
People Make Glasgow...
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Giovanna Fassetta @giofassetta.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
For sale
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Whenever someone prominent accidentally shares an AI hallucination, people are like “this is why you have to double-check the output!” Which is absolutely true, but remember that AI proponents market it as a faster way to work. Which is not really true if you have to double check everything it does.
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Giovanna Fassetta @giofassetta.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Perverse does not even start to describe it www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Palestinians forced to demolish own homes to make way for Israeli theme park
Residents of al-Bustan district told to make way for Kings Garden, with knocking down own houses cheaper option
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
At some point there needs to be a *proper* conversation about how cruelty has become a new normal for so many people. And we can't just keep putting it down to structures. Too many people with plenty of agency are actively choosing this.
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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
"The failure of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to suspend Israel from Eurovision, as it did with Russia, is an act of cowardice and an illustration of blatant double standards when it comes to Israel," says Amnesty International (@amnesty.org): www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
"Human rights are not a zero-sum game; our shared humanity is the only thing that will truly make us all safer. The escalation of hate speech and violent incidents against Jewish and Muslim communities across the UK is a direct assault on fundamental human rights and must be tackled urgently."
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 10/05/2026
Israeli attacks are intensifying in southern Lebanon, with 552 killed since the 'ceasefire' started on April 16.
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Medics among 51 killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon in past 24 hours
Israeli attacks are intensifying in southern Lebanon, with 552 killed since the 'ceasefire' started on April 16.
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Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights @lphr-lawyers.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Israeli forces in Gaza killed a water engineer and two drivers who transported water to displaced families over four days in mid-April, exacerbating severe shortages of clean water that are fuelling the spread of preventable disease www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Deadly Israeli attacks worsen Gaza’s water shortage crisis
Engineer and two drivers killed in recent weeks as scarcity of clean water fuels spread of preventable diseases
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26/04/2026
According to the Global Network Against Food Crises, 100% of Gaza’s population are facing acute food insecurity due to Israel’s war on the Strip.
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