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mattiasdebacker.bsky.social
Research professor and researcher VUB Spatial and Urban Criminology. Editor @crimencounters Father of two. And musician in the Belgian postpunk band KORINTHIANS https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3434-4800
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The #TeslaTakedown is working www.splinter.com/the-tesla-ta...

The latest US consumer confidence data via @bloomberg.com suggests trouble ahead🚨🚨🚨

They’re cutting Medicaid

Israel is doing ethnic cleansing in the West Bank.

Elke dag, bijna elk uur, wordt de grens opgeschoven van wat we tot voor kort volslagen belachelijk en onmogelijk achtten. In de VS gaan ze nu de "overtolligheid" van overheidsjobs laten beoordelen door AI. 😱😱😱

The true torment of our profession! “(The New Yorker, no date)”

Jaarlijkse reminder! Legit: hier in Gent rook ik al de geur van een barbecue. 😂

In Vlaanderen we don’t say “sandwich”, we say “shandwies” and I think that’s just beautiful. 😍

Vandaag dikketruiendag op school. Alle kinderen kwaad dat het te warm is. 😂

Iemand moet dringend in de pers zeggen dat we als Europa op eigen benen moeten staan. Want dat zou echt een originele take zijn.

Scientia vincere Tenebras. Resist by continuing to do what you are trained to do: speak truth to power, investigate and educate. Do not capitulate.

"When politicians who are seen as mainstream treat an extremist far-right party as normal, public opinion will tend to follow; and once such normalization has happened, as in Europe today, it is virtually impossible to undo."

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Het ergste is dat Vance en trawanten de ironie van hun uitspraken wellicht zelf totaal niet zien. Delen we nog wel dezelfde democratische waarden? Ik denk het inderdaad niet, Junior Donald.

It's really hard to concentrate on climate science when our colleagues are getting fired and everyone's funding is being threatened. Maybe that's the goal.

What's in a name 😅

Ik 's ochtends wanneer ik net uit bed kom:

Stop carspreading!

Happy to report that APA wrote this letter, gathered a coalition across science, and will now pay for ads for it to be disseminated in Science and Chronicle of Higher Ed to spread the word!! unitedsciencealliance.org

I totally missed the fact that Michael Burawoy was killed in a hit-and-run a week ago. Totally gutted by this. I read quite some of his work while trying to make sense of doing a phd. RIP. www.ktvu.com/news/sociolo...

Two days after Michael was killed, I wrote this short piece about what he meant to me – and more importantly, what he meant to us. It was the hardest thing I've ever written. Thanks to @versobooks.bsky.social for running it.

We were asked by the Dutch postpunk band Darker to do a remix of one of their songs. Of course, we couldn't help ourselves. We added a Eurotrash arpeggiator synth. 😀 open.spotify.com/track/6PNYWS...

Every act of kindness is resistance. Every act of advocacy is resistance. Every act of education is resistance. Every act of love is resistance. Fascism only thrives on hate - kindness, advocacy, education, & love starve it of what it needs. Find ways to do these each day - no matter how small.

Eén medium de afgrond inrijden vindt hij voorlopig al straf genoeg. www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20250...

Peter Vandenbempt moet voor het eerst commentaar geven op een rugbymatch en is wat nerveus. Heerlijk. 😅

Ik wil aankondigen dat ik morgen om 16u een verrassingsconcert doe in Gent. *crickets*

We're hosting a Summer School on Policing the Other: Vulnerable Communities' Experiences with the Police. EXTENDED DEADLINE: 1 March. The Summer School takes place in Brussels, in the majestic royal library, between 2 and 5 June. ❤️ SHARING IS CARING! ❤️ cris.research.vub.be/en/10th-gern...