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Anti-Fascism and Far Right @ffrafaction.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A network of 75 right-wing Facebook groups is being used to spread anti-immigration rhetoric between Northern Ireland and Scotland, reflecting growing links between the two countries as racist violence escalates thedetail.tv/articles/fro...

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From Facebook to street patrols: the growing anti-migrant networks linking Northern Ireland and Scotland

Northern Ireland is becoming a “model for far right activity to be emulated elsewhere”, a human rights charity has warned

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Once again, the necessary reminder that Fascism 1.0 did at least have real Bolshevism to be afraid of. Fascism 2.0 is feeding off entirely imaginary, and frankly stupid, fears.

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RMT Union @rmtunion.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The cost of outsourcing 💷 £129 billion estimated public spending on outsourced services in 2024/25. 📈 £6 billion estimated operating profits from those contracts in that year. 👷‍♀️ Approximately 1.12–1.32 million workers in publicly funded services outside direct public employment. #InsourceNow

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Just a reminder as the new academic year kicks off - the UK government has deliberately, ruthlessly, throttled the recruitment of international students, solely to pander to racists, and the resultant 25%+ fall in numbers can and will only accelerate some universities into bankruptcy.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 31/08/2026

Normalise saying 'fascist propaganda' instead of 'culture wars'

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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

New in the Ulsterisation of UK national life. If the authorities don't confront far right paramilitaries in part of the state, expect this sort of group in other parts of the state to want a piece of the same action.

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VidyaKumar 🕵️🪐🚀💫⚖️🇵🇸 @vidyakumar.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It's that time of year again to circulate this for those who need it. 😊

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We are in the “you can’t learn that anymore” stage of fascism, for anyone still keeping track.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Too much marking to organise a revolution

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Turkey has requested an Interpol red notice for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu over the Global Sumud Flotilla. Turkey initiated criminal proceedings against Netanyahu and other Israeli officials for their role in the illegal interception of the Gaza-bound flotilla.

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Leonore (Lee) Carpenter @leecarpenter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In case you are an academic who is currently being gaslit into believing that you're a caveman who wants their students to be jobless if you resist allowing AI in your classrooms... I present to you Berkeley Law's response, which can be summarized as "Fuck off directly into the sun."

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Artificial Intelligence Policy

Effective Summer 2026 Purpose Future lawyers may need to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) fluently. But the current state of the technology requires that AI use be coupled with the cognitive […]

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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Just published first in two-part interview w/ @mollycrabapple.bsky.social on Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. This installment covers the foundation of the Bund through emigration to NYC to the Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917. www.thedigradio.com/podcast/maki...

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Making the Jewish Bund w/ Molly Crabapple

Featuring Molly Crabapple on her book Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. The first episode of a two-part interview.

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michael veale @michae.lv · 03/08/2026

You can now access many more digital laws, not just the GDPR, at the UCL Massively Crossreferenced Digital Laws page: EU: GDPR, DSA, DMA, AI Act, UCPD, NIS2 UK: OSA, DPA18, ...+ Each article/para/recital, links to what-cites-it in int'l cases/statutes/guidance homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucqnmve/law...

UCL Massively Crossreferenced Digital Laws

Varying digital legal instruments across jurisdictions, each able to be clicked on a section/article/paragraph basis to find the hard and soft law instruments that cite and interpret each specific part (or substantively very similar parts of previous/neighbouring laws.) Snippets provided for each citing source along with original links to that source. Typically thousands of citations for each. Citing documents can be ordered by date, citation numbers, or 'authority/influence' (PageRank algorithm).

Database of citing documents maintained and updated daily/weekly; the below documents intended to be updated weekly. Last update 3 August 2026.

Document coverage and national grammar for document detection is strongest and best tested for UK, Ireland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, EU and ECHR, but the database contains and attempts to link administrative decisions and guidance from other jurisdictions. Unlike Westlaw or other providers, this is not only free, with links to the originals, and incorporates a large amount of guidance and secondary material.

Documents generated from a dataset held and maintained by Michael Veale, Professor of Technology Law and Policy, Faculty of Laws, University College London. If you wish to study these instruments and the tech and practices that interact with them, consider learning about it at UCL Laws: on our LLM in Law and Technology, or our week-long executive education on AI for Lawyers: Technological Understanding for Compliance and Litigation.

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Richard Van Noorden @richvn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Dean of Science at Stellenbosch University writes that although AI generates almost all the words for his articles (including this one): "AI did almost all of the writing. I remain the expert and the thought leader behind the piece." www.nature.com/articles/d44...

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When AI writes the words, who is the author?

After an AI detector classified one of my opinion pieces as entirely AI-generated, I found myself questioning where authorship ends, where expertise begins and what readers deserve to know.

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VidyaKumar 🕵️🪐🚀💫⚖️🇵🇸 @vidyakumar.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Dear All, I have a new publication out thanks to Laura Betancur, Liliana Obregón Daniel Quiroga Villamarín, and Juan Castro entitled: #Revolution in the Americas: On #HannahArendt, Allegory, and International Law. The whole collection is excellent. Please share: share.google/kEXoO2WPUDxl...

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Revolution in the Americas: On Hannah Arendt, Allegory, and International Law

AbstractWhat can Hannah Arendt’s treatise On Revolution tell us about the formation, practices and limits of international legal knowledge about revolution

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 07/08/2026

‘No red line’: South Lebanon residents outraged as Israel resumes strikes aje.news/4tpu7e

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

ASA member Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social uses ethnographic fieldwork and interviews to weave an account of how Brazil’s labor and environmental regulations are forged through racial and class struggles at worksites and within the state. @dukepress.bsky.social

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The Business of Racism: Labor and Environment in Brazil's Racial Capitalism

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 27/07/2026

‘Nolan has read at least the first line of my translation of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘺 into iambic pentameter. In one interview, he cited my version of it: “Tell me about a complicated man.” But I would be ashamed to have written any part of this script.’ New, by Emily Wilson www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 28/07/2026

Bluesky users really are 𝘓𝘙𝘉 people. Even if you don’t know it yet. Try us out for 3 months for just £6, to see: subscription.lrb.co.uk/offers/social

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Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I have spent the last 3 days binge-reading Emily Wilson's Odyssey. After two decades with my mind occupied by the Indian epics, I have a lot of reactions (including, damn, the Odyssey is short). I'm enamored with the translation though.

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Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The UNHCR archives in Geneva are at risk; reading room already closed - and there's a much broader 'humanitarian archive emergency' ongoing with aid budget cuts. www.aretenews.com/unhcr-refuge...

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As aid funds shrink, archivists warn of risks to the humanitarian record

UNHCR's archives are a test case for humanitarians struggling to preserve institutional memory in an era of retrenchment.

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Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar... This article has a really long history. I began collecting data on space launch & costs more than 10 years ago (forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?to...). Over the years, we refined the dataset through many iterations.

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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Due to several retirements, UWA #Law School is recruiting multiple positions from Lvls B-D (lecturer, snr lecturer, Assoc Prof). See ad for topic areas BUT we could also really use a feminist/gender & the law person!! #job #jobFairy #academia #Perth #AUS external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...

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Prospective staff : Jobs at UWA : The University Of Western Australia

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Once again, more EU citizens are leaving the UK than arriving. A negative net migration figure of -42,000 — is this what @andyburnham.bsky.social, #ShabanaMahmood and #KeirStarmer celebrate as a success and a goal to achieve for #migration overall?

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VidyaKumar 🕵️🪐🚀💫⚖️🇵🇸 @vidyakumar.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 16/07/2026

‘Law is not the only element in determining citizenship: the actions of those who interpret or challenge the law are just as important.’ @kabcommons.bsky.social on England’s birthright citizenship. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Kathleen Commons · Short Cuts: England’s Birthright Citizenship

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GSFLS | Global Summit 2026 @lgbtqstudies.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

🌈 Call for Collaboration Partners! Join the 11th Global Summit on Feminist & LGBTQ+ Studies 2026. 📍Berlin (Hybrid) | 📅24–25 Sept 2026. Collaborate with us! 🌐 genderandfeminist.com #FeministStudies #LGBTQStudies #GenderStudies #AcademicConference #Berlin2026 #Collaboration #HybridConference

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Garden Court North Chambers @gcnchambers.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Next Wednesday, Garden Court Chambers, Garden Court North Chambers, One Pump Court Chambers & Nexus Chambers will come together to co-host: 'Descent Into Authoritarianism? Undermining the Role of Defence Lawyers: The Rajiv Menon KC Case'. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A collective UEA #protest effort from @crwerren.bsky.social @storiesfromjack.bsky.social @suzmd.bsky.social & me: our evidence* to the current JCHR Inquiry "Security, safety & protest: the role of Human Rights" has just been made public... committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide... * it's not short

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British History Online @bho.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The Crisis in UK HE: the Future for History Open, online meeting for historians in UK higher education on what is needed to best support and protect the profession and discipline in a time of crisis. 2-4pm BST, Tuesday 4 August 2026 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-crisis...

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The Crisis in UK HE: the Future for History

An open meeting for historians in UK higher education on what is needed to best support and protect the profession and discipline.

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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Great piece from @hetanshah.bsky.social in @financialtimes.com on the future of the Humanities. Hope the new Cabinet will read this! giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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We need humanities more than ever in the age of AI

Subjects like literature, languages and history are vital to a thoughtful and prosperous society

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jaimi.bsky.social @jaimi.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Musk is now openly backing Le Pen

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ASA Theory Section @asatheory.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

🎉Check out Anaheed Al-Hardan and @juliango.bsky.social's new book "Anticolonialism and Social Thought." @universitypress.cambridge.org doi.org/10.1017/9781...

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Anticolonialism and Social Thought

Cambridge Core - Social Theory - Anticolonialism and Social Thought

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Sarah Osment @smosment.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The University of Chicago law school has banned AI and electronic devices from its classrooms for first-year students. Why won't the college do the same for its first-year undergraduates?https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/13/university-of-chicago-ai/

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The AI effect: University of Chicago Law School opts to prohibit electronic devices in some classrooms

Come fall, first-year students at U. of C. Law School will be prohibited from using electronic devices like laptops, tablets and phones in the classroom.

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John Cotter @drjohncotter.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I’m new to this, but does this mean Spain could get Argentina back at the weekend?

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VidyaKumar 🕵️🪐🚀💫⚖️🇵🇸 @vidyakumar.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I will still watch football and cheer for *this* England team in the next World Cup tournament. #BringSouthgateBack For the final, #GoSpain 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

We’ve crunched the data and it shows teaching only staff in social science, humanities and arts went from 34% in 2012/13 to 42% by 24/25 and that this has been concentrated at early and mid career level www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...

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Mapping SHAPE academic staff briefing:
Rise of teaching only contracts has reshaped the UK's academic workforce

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

What can we learn from data about the current trends in university staffing in the humanities, social sciences and arts subjects? 🧵 Read on for key insights or see the full analysis: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...

A group of academic staff members, sitting on chairs and reading documents.

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Claudia Stellar, PhD @claudiastellar.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

accurate

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John Merrick @johnmerrick.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

As i've been predicting for the past few years –– social housing will be the next right wing moral panic. It's incredible the speed in which this stuff (directly lifted from far right blogs) has ended up in centre-right publications

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