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Marion Jones

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A fair, beautiful society for people and planet, please. Let’s dance.

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What about going after tax avoiders? Every year, HMRC, by its own estimates, fails to collect 46.8 billion of tax. See webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/202606... How about hiring more people to retrieve this avoided tax before suggesting cutting welfare to the poorest and most vulnerable?
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The image is of a four panel comic. The title reads "Poltergeist".
In the first panel we see a woman with a worried expression on her face. She says, "stuff keeps moving around my house."
In the second panel the same woman says "I'm terrified. I can't sleep."
In the third panel we see a ghost holding a candle and a pillow that reads "live laugh love". The ghost is zooming through the house.
In the fourth panel we see the same ghost hanging up a frame and thinking, "home decor is my passion".
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
A federal judge ruled that the Trump admin violated her order prohibiting overcrowding at ICE's Baltimore holding room — the very facility I've been sounding the alarm on after we saw this terrible footage last year. The judge is right to threaten contempt — the abuses must end.
‘Spectacular failure’: Baltimore ICE facility violated overcrowding order, judge finds
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 24/09/2026
Reject Netanyahu’s UN propaganda. Jewish Americans trust Mamdani over Bibi. AP-NORC poll of 1,022 Jewish Americans •44% of Jews view Mamdani favorably & 39% unfavorably •32% of Jews view Netanyahu favorably & 59% unfavorably Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal. Zohran Mamdani is a man of integrity
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026
An AI executive warned that ChatGPT was built via “the largest theft of labor in human history.” That’s just one of the bombshell quotes we discovered through our OpenAI lawsuit.
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AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”
Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
... believed disinformation, it was somehow disrespectful not to give it equal billing with real information. Instead of redoubling efforts to educate, they decided it was easier to entertain. They pretend their job is to just take the pulse, because it's easier than trying to save the patient. END
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Marion Jones @marionjones100.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I've signed. Will you? Add your name to help make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority, and stand with the communities affected by wildfires. campaigns.nationaltrust.org.uk/page/196457/...
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I've signed. Will you? Add your name to help make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority, and stand with the communities affected by wildfires.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Jesus doesn’t hear the prayers of those who wage war.” — Pope Leo XIV
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/09/2026
KARL: Do you support Trump banning news organizations because he doesn't like what they're reporting? SCALISE: Look, Biden removed the press credentials from 400 agencies KARL: That's not true. 400 reporters who had credentials didn't reapply. They weren't banned from the WH. That did not happen.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Doctors Without Borders say Israel just bombed one of their clearly marked vehicles 👇🏽 (Will 🇺🇸 media even mention this?)
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
From Dexter Filkins' article on diplomacy, Kushner style:
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
1/2 This summer, Reform-led Kent County Council voted to include Oaken Wood in its minerals plan. If approved, at least 41 hectares of this ancient woodland would be destroyed, making it the largest loss of ancient woodland in England this century.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wow! FYI, they have an album at Bandcamp continentalrecordservices.bandcamp.com/album/before-we-change-our-mind
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Before We Change Our Mind, by Beoga
11 track album
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Marion Jones @marionjones100.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Legitimate concerns finally aired on BBC. Much love to this woman.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 14/09/2026
“Every day they came to rape me.” A Sudanese girl, now 13, told NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof that RSF fighters repeatedly raped her and subjected her to genital mutilation after her family attempted to flee El Fasher, in Darfur last year. The girl now struggles to walk and lacks adequate food...
“Every day they came to rape me.”

A Sudanese girl, now 13, told NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof that Rapid Support Forces fighters repeatedly raped her and subjected her to genital mutilation after her family attempted to flee El Fasher, in Darfur last year. 

The girl now struggles to walk and lacks adequate food and medical care at a displacement camp in Tawila. Relatives corroborated her account, and aid workers told Kristof the family had told them the same story.

In his September 12 column, Kristof examines how Biden and Trump recognized genocide in Sudan but refuse to hold the RSF’s chief backer, the UAE, accountable.
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Presidents Biden and Trump both called the carnage in Sudan a genocide, yet both did nothing serious to address it. World leaders will gather in NYC for UN General Assembly shortly, and they won't do anything serious either. The US is effectively protecting Trump's business partners in the UAE, which is underwriting mass murder and mass rape in Sudan.

So what does this mean on the ground? I talked to a 13-year-old girl who was held in a rape camp by the UAE-armed RSF militia; the girl still can't walk properly. Here's a gift link: https://nytimes.com/2026/09/12/opinion/trump-sudan-genocide.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AlE.VJhc.xIrk4bbCRvVF&smid=url-share I hope leaders gathering at the UN will think of this girl and recognize the human cost of their dithering.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/opinion/trump-sudan-genocide.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AlE.VJhc.xIrk4bbCRvVF&smid=url-share
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Police have arrested a man in the case of Tasia Fortune, the Black woman found hanging from a tree in Jackson, Mississippi
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Mississippi police make arrest in Tasia Fortune case after medical examiner rules death a homicide | CNN
Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have arrested a man in the case of Tasia Fortune, the 29-year-old Black woman found hanging from a tree outside an abandoned house last month, following the state medic...
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Media Diversified @writersofcolour.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A HMRC official was sacked because he was caught on camera saying he gives wrong information to black and brown people when they call for advice in a bid to sabotage them. He was a member of the far right group Patriotic Alternative. How many more?
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it.” GEORGE CARLIN LIFE IS WORTH LOSING (2005) My joint favourite Stand-Up of all time (along with Richard Pryor).
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 11/09/2026
Wishing all Jewish Londoners a happy new year as Rosh Hashanah begins this evening. Shanah Tovah!
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/09/2026
9/11 entrenched Islamophobia in US politics. But it doesn’t work the way you think | Moustafa Bayoumi
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9/11 entrenched Islamophobia in US politics. But it doesn’t work the way you think | Moustafa Bayoumi
Anti-Muslim sentiment is used as a political weapon. Meanwhile, Muslim American leaders are making a difference for all
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 10/09/2026
Some sacrifices are too profound for words. On 9/11, the men and women of the FDNY showed us what extraordinary courage looks like — answering the call when our city needed them most.
Mayor Mamdani, FDNY Commissioner Bonsignore and other officials stand with their hands over their hearts. In front of them, portraits of fallen FDNY members blow in the wind
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Jewish Council supports the decision of the 12 countries who have put trade restrictions on illegal Israeli settlements and urges the Australian government to do the same and then go further, imposing country-level sanctions. www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/09/jewi...
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Jewish Council welcomes UK, Canada, France and others banning settlement trade, urges Australia to not be left behind
MEDIA RELEASE 09 September 2026 The Jewish Council of Australia welcomes moves by twelve countries including the UK, Canada, and […]
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Ed Miliband: "I speak as a proud British Jew.. I don't accept that in this country we can't stand up for values of the rule of law, freedom & dignity of all people.. and also counter antisemitism" Absolutely. Opposing apartheid & genocide is not antisemitic.
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Amy Borrett @amyborrett.ft.com · 08/09/2026
Britain’s state-owned electricity system operator has awarded Palantir a £21mn contract without inviting rival bids, arguing critical processes are too reliant on its tech to run a competitive procurement process Latest for @financialtimes.com: as.ft.com/r/7fe6c0b7-2...
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Britain’s grid operator gave Palantir contract without inviting rival bids
Neso cited a legal exemption that removes the requirement to consider other suppliers if dependencies leave no alternative
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Colin Elves @colinelves.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I have legitimate concerns about the rise of the far right in the UK and I want to know what the politicians are going to do about it.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.
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Michael @mmdc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If of interest, please sign up, please share. #migrantstrike #migrantstrike2028
With the AfD’s success in Sachsen-Anhalt, this is as good a time as any to mention #MigrantStrike2028 - that, as you read this, immigrants across Europe are organising to launch some of the biggest strike actions that the continent will have seen. They are doing this in response to the attempts by the far-right to take their lives and their labour for granted - particularly at a time when, due to Europe’s ageing population, it needs them more than ever.  They refuse to be treated as scapegoats and this movement is just the beginning. If you would like to join the effort, please email migrantjusticecop@protonmail.com
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I simply do not understand what's going on in Labour that renders its leaders incapable of finding a TV camera and speaking out against street violence. Even if you assume they agree about immigration, violence is wrong, unpopular AND against the interests of any even vaguely left wing govt.
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
When will authorities realise you don’t mess with nuns? The dictionary needs a new word to capture the level of tenacity of a nun — there’s no rush when you’ve got centuries of tradition coursing through you. #nuntastic will do for now. Anyway: cheese 🧀 + PhD + history + nuns = 👌👌👌
Screenshot of an Instagram post about a cheese making nun: regulators questioned a cheese making nun so she went and got a microbiology PhD and defended her cheese with data
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Kent police said 'no arrests were made' of the people who blocked a port and roads. There's your two-tier policing, folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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Port of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roads
Hundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port.
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A reminder... the Public Order Act 1936 bans uniformed political protest.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is apparently what it means to be 'proud and British'. You hide your identity and act like thugs.
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
What is particularly odd about this is that Braverman is Buddhist (she took the oath of allegiance on the Dhammapada) and her husband is Jewish.
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Marion Jones @marionjones100.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I voted: @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social @mayor.nyc.gov @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @premnsikka.bsky.social @mehdirhasan.bsky.social, @dieworkwear.bsky.social @markhamillofficial.bsky.social @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com Here: bsky38.com
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38 Most Influential Bluesky Posters of 2026
Vote for the 38 most influential Bluesky posters of 2026.
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
So many questions regarding Cambridge’s lack of curiosity about Orr’s activities.
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Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Peter has written a guest post which you can read here peterfrankopan.substack.com/p/how-did-he...
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How Did Hermes Reach China? A Silk Road Detective Story
Peter Stewart is an outstanding scholar with a remarkable breadth of interests.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 05/09/2026
While James Orr is in the news – let’s look at what he’s been up to with Michael Gove... goodlaw.social/we4g
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Putin’s megaphone: Orbán’s far-right push into UK universities is fuelled by Russian oil
Good Law Project has uncovered a network funded by Hungary’s authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán, that uses profits from refining Russian oil to platform far right and anti-trans campaigners in the UK
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
BREAKING 84yo Reverend Sue Parfitt’s home was raided by police today. She had taken part in a peaceful protest on Wednesday with @just-stopoil.bsky.social outside Westminster, calling on Andy Burnham to refuse to reopen new oil & gas licenses in the North Sea. (Footage from a 2025 arrest)
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The British Polling Council @britpollingcouncil.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Statement from the British Polling Council www.britishpollingcouncil.org/channel-4-ne...
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Channel 4 News Investigation – 3rd September 2026 – re: Reform UK...
Channel 4 News Investigation – 3rd September 2026 – re: Reform UK involving BPC member JL Partners
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It took a lot: the threat of an IPSO investigation, insults and rank hypocrisy from Michael Gove, refusal to publish a right to reply & a last minute excision without consultation, but at last I got The Spectator to publish a counter to its propaganda war against Project Spire.
Letter published in The Spectator correcting some of its misinformation about Project Spire’s historical basis.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Reform show how fucked up political finance is. But I guarantee Labour will be embarrassed over some skeevy donor at some point. Failing to act on this is just inviting scandal, resignations, distrust and collapse of govt. Again. So here are some interconnected ideas to fix it.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Tone of the Electoral Commission response is not confidence-inspiring about its own role An Electoral Commission spokesperson said: "The law requires political parties to report ... "Information about any potential attempt to evade the controls on donations is for the police to consider."
An Electoral Commission spokesperson said: "The law requires political parties to report all permissible donations they accept with a value over £11,180 and all impermissible donations over £500.

"Information about any potential attempt to evade the controls on donations is for the police to consider."

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police told the BBC: "We're aware of media reporting on Thursday, 3 September involving political party donations and an alleged breach of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 relating to polling. We will assess this matter and any information provided to us."

It is understood the force has not begun an investigation.

Jukes has been approached for comment.
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 01/09/2026
Pierre Damas Bel was a physiology and neuroscience student at Wright State who had dreams of going to medical school. He was a bright student and cherished community member. ICE’s cruelty is killing people.
Photo of Pierre Damas Bel with white and green text overlaid that reads: "Ohio Haitian student takes his own life after being fitted with ICE ankle monitor"
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Trump repeals rule that allowed bison to graze on public lands The new rule applies to 245 million acres of public land Bison must be off the land by Sept 30 says Trump He does not care if they starve news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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Trump administration repeals rule that allowed bison to graze on public lands
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration recently repealed the 2024 Public Lands Rule, which established that conservation should have equal priority with industry when it comes to accessing lease...
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I would love to breathe new life into this little gem… but I NEED funding! I may well eventually turn to you good people, but if there’s an arts-loving benefactor out there who fancies putting their shirt on a passionate, highly-qualified player, then do give me a shout.🙏🏻 Please RT, folks! x
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Hacked Off @hackedoff.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Dr Corinne Fowler writes about the media abuse that preceded Jason Arday's death. www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/w...
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When media abuse of academics becomes the norm in HE
Following the death of Jason Arday, Corinne Fowler writes on the toll of media abuse on academics and what universities must do to protect their staff.
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