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My prediction in 2020/1 for the 2024 general election was that Johnson would fight it on leaving ECHR against the hated human rights wuss Sir Keir, and that Labour wouldn’t lift a finger to resist it. That appears to have been naively optimistic.

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Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process. But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things. That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.

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Hi, it’s Meg again. Brad is still in ICE custody. We are grateful to the many friends, supporters, and allies who have gathered in Federal Plaza. Together we are standing up for those with no voice.

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I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles

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YES! World Science Fiction Convention to Edmonton, Alberta in 2030! Let's do it! #yeg

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What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? The definition of suicide varies from country to country. This makes statistics somewhat difficult to compare. Which affects prevention strategies.

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BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity. This is a major win for public health.

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ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds. He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings. He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights. This is political intimidation.

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Just 10 days left to chip in to my birthday fundraiser for our local animal shelter! Thank you so much to everyone who has donated so far. 💕 Let's see if we can get it up to $7,000! givebutter.com/catsofyore

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America is one of those countries where if you host a global sporting event, inclusive messages have to be censored to so as not to anger the central government. In this case the message is “racism is bad” www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...

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A recent review of the NYPD's Community Response Team's body-camera footage finds significantly higher rates of unconstitutional encounters than the average NYPD patrol officer.

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Women messing with men's heads du jour: Judith & Abra w/ head of Holofernes nicely placed in a basket, 1608. By Orazio Gentileschi, whose day is today.

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I wrote a retrospective on futurism and the far right from 2024 for the Los Angeles Review of Books. This includes not only a review of recent scholarship but also new directions in my own work on this subject.

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Yeah, Othello’s just about being careful where you put your handkerchief, isn’t it?

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If you are too young to remember the Iraq War, you'll hear "no one protested" and "no one knew they were lying." Millions of people knew they were lying and protested. The press not only did not want a record of mass dissent; they did not want a record of mass knowledge of lies.

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My husband writes the introduction first, I write it last. If you write nonfiction please let me know what you do. (there is an option for other, and I apologise for not being able to turn off email collection; I won't use it. This is pure curiosity tho I might write it up forms.gle/bZSJFVbGAany...

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There’s still time to grab your ticket for this brilliant workshop with @bonabooks.bsky.social. Tomorrow, June 16th at 7pm. Tickets are £5 for BFS members and £10 for non-members britishfantasysociety.org/events-calen...

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This is astonishing, even in this day and age. Criticizing an MP for supporting abortion rights because she has herself chosen to give birth. It’s not only offensive; it’s illogical. In what is supposed to be the leading conservative journal of ideas.

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Strange Horizons article (from 2024) about portrayals of “(not-)Muslims” in secondary-world fantasy: “A Letter Dispatched from the Hills of Afghulistan and the Ramparts of Tarouz,” by Tanvir Ahmed. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

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“I went for the people that can’t, the people who are too scared to go. There are a lot of kids that I know who’ve lost their parents,” he said. However, despite his injuries, Santoyo said he planned to return to the protests on Saturday, whether he would be walking or not.

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I've just discovered that season 2 of #EightDaysofDianaWynneJones is three episodes in! Not sure how I missed it but that's three days dog walks sorted.

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BREAKING: Shootings reported at homes of 2 Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota. At least 3 people shot, suspect at large bnonews.com/index.php/20...

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All governments are imperfect but they are NOT "all the same". The lazy trope that "it doesn't matter who you vote for" isn't just false; it feeds the nihilism on which the radical right prey. It's like a burning tyre, coating everything in acrid smoke, choking off any meaningful democratic choice

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It always irritates me when TV shows call languages from Africa "dialects". Essentially, ”a language is a dialect with an army and a navy.” A lot of these "dialects" have limited mutual intelligibility. So, we don't even know if Nigeria has more than 512 languages. folukeafrica.com/the-512-lang...

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I don't know about you but when I think of things that can protect the Jewish community, my first thought is not "a new war for people to die in"

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This is the truth of the academic job market in literature. You can do everything right, you can excel in all the things that should help you get a job, and still not get a job 🫂

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I spoke with the LA-area pastor who confronted masked men conducting an apparent immigration action on church property — men, she says, who said "the whole country is our property." DHS claims ICE wan't there — but I have video, and it may've still been a DHS team. religionnews.com/2025/06/13/i...

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You can discount every word of this, as it is more accurately summarised as “Yes Sir, Mr President, Sir”. The rest is a sales job for that single sentence.

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A huge loss to Scotland, Prof. Palmer was an intellectual powerhouse and exceptional advocate on anti-racism and the need for honest recognition of Scotland’s role in slavery. www.scotsman.com/education/si...

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This is the lede. There is a woman on camera in charge of a lot of people with guns. She says they are going to liberate a domestic population center from democratically elected officials and violate too many laws to count in the process. I have zero time for anything else.

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If the feds’ objective is to “liberate” Los Angeles and California from its democratically elected leadership, then this not a peacekeeping mission but a program of invasion.

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