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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

HAPPENING NOW: Police arrested hundreds of protestors including Jewish elders, descendants of Holocaust survivors, and students, dragging them out of a sit-in at Trump Tower by their arms and legs. Jews say: Free Mahmoud, Free Palestine!

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Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

UK has one of the weakest social security systems in the rich world, with poorest households worse off than Slovenian counterparts. Jobless benefits covered the cost of essentials in just two of the past 14 years. @niesrorg.bsky.social finds on.ft.com/4ijBPIO (£)

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UK social safety net among weakest in rich world, analysis finds

Think-tank report comes as Keir Starmer seeks to convince Labour MPs to back welfare spending cuts

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more. The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law. No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.

Indeed, a White House official told The Free Press that the basis for targeting Khalil is being used as a blueprint for investigations against other students.

Khalil is a "threat to the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States," said the official, noting that this calculation was the driving force behind the arrest. "The allegation here is not that he was breaking the law," said the official.

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Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire @grapevinecovwarks.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Have you heard that a sensory library has opened at #Coventry Central Library? Items include noise cancelling headphones, weighted lap pads and sensory lights. All you need is a library card! Alex, an autistic person from our city, came up with the idea... bit.ly/3XuL1BQ

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Alex brings personal experience to turn idea for sensory library into a reality - Grapevine

This week, Alex Hilton from Coventry sees all their hard work come to fruition with the launch of a sensory library for Coventry - primarily aimed at fellow autistic people, but open to all - inside t...

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Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire @grapevinecovwarks.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Just over two weeks until the #Coventry and #Warwickshire Business and Community Awards 2025 🏆 We're honoured to be a finalist in the Coventry Building Society 'Not For-Profit Champion' category with some brilliant organisations doing important work for people and communities 💜

A gold and black social media graphic shows the purple and pink Grapevine and blue, black and white Coventry Building Society logos alongside the words, "Not-For-Profit Champion Finalist".

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Also he should wear a suit while doing this

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

In my years as a civil rights lawyer, I’ve never seen a more clear cut First Amendment violation, or a more flagrant government declaration of intent to violate blackletter law. Part of the point here is to dare the courts to uphold longstanding precedent.

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I just sent our university president and provost an urgent request to defend First Amendment freedoms at Stanford, given this administration’s willingness to punish those who disagree with it. I urge you to do the same with your university leaders.

Dear President Levin and Provost Martinez:

In light of the recent arrest of a former student at Columbia University and the ongoing threats to fundamental freedoms posed by the current administration, I urge you both to clearly and publicly denounce these dangerous attacks on First Amendment rights. Silence or neutrality in this critical moment risks complicity. Students and faculty urgently need reassurance that Stanford will vigorously protect our community members against threats of arrest, censorship, or sanctions for engaging in constitutionally protected expression.

You have consistently emphasized the importance of free speech and academic freedom as foundational to our institution. Now is the time to unequivocally reaffirm those commitments. Our community must know that Stanford stands firmly behind them, ready to use every resource available to safeguard their right to express themselves freely, without fear of intimidation.

I urge you to act swiftly and decisively to demonstrate our unwavering dedication to protecting constitutional rights, especially as threats against these freedoms escalate.

I have cc’d the Stanford Daily on this correspondence because I believe our entire community should be engaged in encouraging decisive action from our administration at this crucial moment.

Sincerely,

Hakeem Jefferson
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Faculty Director of the Program on Identity, Democracy, and Justice at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Look, folks, this is it. The entire ballgame. Either we're a Republic of laws & the Constitution, or we have a dictator. This is fascism, & the impeachment vote should be happening today. Every single university president in the country should be out, in front of microphones, condemning this.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

UK 15 year olds have the lowest life satisfaction in Europe, we have seen NEETs rise to around 1m. Not all of this is pandemic related, but there has been little recognition that young people sacrificed a lot whilst being least at risk, & have had little payback hetanshah.medium.com/we-need-to-t...

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We need to think about tackling the Covid Decade for young people

Young people have been hit hard by the pandemic but it’s not clear there is much for them in the Queen’s Speech today. Our recent British…

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Neil Denton @neildenton.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

This is an excellent read. "At national level, we need to stress test everything." "And at local level, we need a deep focus on rebuilding connection and relationships".

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Stephanie Nolen @stephanienolen.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

The Times obtained a recording of a meeting of U.S. health and security experts and Embassy staff, who described how the Trump aid freeze means that there is limited disease surveillance or contact tracing in Uganda's growing Ebola outbreak. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/h...

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As Ebola Spreads in Uganda, Trump Aid Freeze Hinders Effort to Contain It, U.S. Officials Fear (Gift Article)

Two more people are reported dead from the disease, and dozens are in isolation, as the outbreak grows.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

If you're wondering what happens when a democracy slides into authoritarianism, here it is! truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

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Neil Denton @neildenton.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

As I complete my term as Surgeon General, this is my parting prescription for the country I love: to remake and recenter our lives around relationships, service, and purpose. This is the path to health, well-being, and fulfillment. It is what will help us find our way home people.com/surgeon-gene...

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Surgeon General Urges Americans to 'Rethink How We're Living Our Lives' in Closing Letter to the Country (Exclusive)

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy shares his "parting prescription" for the country in a letter shared exclusively with PEOPLE.

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 08/12/2024

Violence and wars consume 13.5% of the global economy. $19.1 trillion last year. More than the economy of China. How much should we spend on fostering peace?

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Neil Denton @neildenton.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

If you're interested in the links between social cohesion and resilience, then this is worth a read. New report from Protection Approaches. protectionapproaches.org/cohesion-rep...

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Protection Approaches

Research on whether, and how, social cohesion initiatives contribute to societal preparedness and resilience to shocks and crises.

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Neil Denton @neildenton.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Barefoot human kindness. It's not about rejecting or ignoring the innovation and complexity, it's just making sure we don't lose our footing in the process. relationshipsproject.org/the-man-in-t...

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The man in the hospital

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Nick Brooke @nstb.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

📢 We are hiring 2 Associate Lecturers in International Relations @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, with a focus on Conflict and Security. Both will play a central role in supporting and teaching on a new online Postgraduate programme in Conflict & Security in Policy and Practice

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Neil Denton @neildenton.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Morning! Why does microsoft only have a web version of office for tablets/phones, and why does it not let you do really simple things!? Want to export ppt slides and notes onto a pdf? Desktop (which surely no one still has), "yeah sure, no probs", tablet "you'll need to cut and paste each one" WHY!?

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

FACT OF THE DAY. 1 December 1955. Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in racially segregated Montgomery, Alabama. Though she was not the first person to do this, her highly publicised protest became a landmark moment in the drive for black civil rights in the USA.

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

This world map shows only the regions with an average life expectancy of over 80 years. Source: buff.ly/2L8USYS

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 25/11/2024

Fact-checking misinformation and disinformation is not censorship. It's what sane people have always done to separate the signal from the noise.

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Neil Denton @neildenton.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I found this a really helpful thread.

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Neil Denton @neildenton.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

"He may be a sexual predator, the argument seemed to be, but at least he’s our sexual predator", an excellent short read on "moral licensing".

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Alex Dukalskis @alexdukalskis.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

📖 To celebrate the migration to Bluesky I will put everyone who reposts this before Dec 2nd into a random drawing & send the winner a free paperback copy of my 2021 book Making the World Safe for Dictatorship anywhere they happen to be in the world. 📖

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Neil Denton @neildenton.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Great article about a wonderful thing. "It’s an enduring and practical enquiry into what happens when we just gather as a group of human beings, be in the moment together, and listen to each other. Just come along and experience it"

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Neil Denton @neildenton.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Peacebuilders, community weavers, relational practitioners and believers; if you had a moment to spare, we'd love to know your thoughts on this, or felt willing to help us shape it. relationshipsproject.org/relationship...

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The Relationships Academy: Why, What and How

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Neil Denton @neildenton.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

I've been watching the "assisted dying" debate. I've found myself imagining what might change if all debates in the H of C were held with similar levels of consideration, listening and respect - free from schoolyard nastiness, stamping, shouting and insults...

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Neil Denton @neildenton.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Excellent piece from Rebeca Sandu and Mel Smith on the core values, boundaries and challenges of those putting relationships at the heart of their practice. Challenging, thoughtful, heartfelt - which is par for the course from these two lovely folk. therelationalworker.substack.com/p/relational...

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Relational Worker, does it resonate?

Mel Smith and I decided to use the Relational Worker paper as the starter for conversations with people in the field to explore the idea of this Substack, the legitimacy at the border of relational wo...

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Neil Denton @neildenton.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

@rshipsproject.bsky.social @rosafriend.bsky.social This might be a better app, but I am no better at using it! Attached? Below? Whatever I'm supposed to call it, its an interesting article on the potentially protective power of community organising and relationships.

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Neil Denton @neildenton.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

We've seen far right groups use this in the U.K. before; people clearing snow, turning up to flood affected communities with both help and messages of hate. If it can be used to divide, it can also be used to connect. A hopeful message for community organisers? www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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Democrats should stop mocking Trump’s ground game and start learning from it

Cable ads and bussed-in volunteers don’t cut it any more. If the party wants to win, it must engage voters in a collective push for change

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