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Really interesting thread on the need to protect science / evidence informed decision making in the context of populism.👇

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"It’s worse than you think because the people running the government seem to have no higher mission than to watch it burn." From genius @brbarrett.bsky.social who cuts through all of the DOGE chaos better than any other person on the planet. www.wired.com/story/doge-w...

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New migration statistics out today show a 4000% rise in asylum refusals for Afghans from Qtr4 ‘23 compared to Qtr 4 ‘24. Have the Taliban been replaced with a feminist, human rights respecting democracy? Nope. Government are ‘clearing the backlog’ by refusing refugees status.

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Does anyone have advice to offer about using a rollator? My breathing is very restricted and I'm hoping that the ability to stop and sit would help me rebuild strength 😃👩‍🦼 #disability #mobility

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There's no way "over half of Gen Z want a dictator" - our new study gets more like 6% This is vital to get right - we're sowing generational division, giving fake momentum to the sense that young people are rejecting democracy + missing the real message theconversation.com/only-6-of-ge...

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I think it is so important to question - and keep questioning - why legacy media is so very keen to represent the politics of the younger generation as far-right... 👇👇

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Great thread on (lack of) trans representation in UK media, but this 👇 is especially on the money.

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Maybe the most illustrative sentence about what’s going on that I’ve read in weeks.

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At this moment of escalating backlash against human rights and dignity, this is SO worth a listen again: open.spotify.com/episode/638j...

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Not an area of expertise for me, but I found this very interesting and compelling 👇

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Good analysis of how migration does help explain support for the far-right (just not how some think it does). Obvious relevance to the UK.. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/w...

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Must read on Mccarthy style purging of LGBTQIA+ federal workers. And important to recognise how much of the rhetoric that underpins this is still being parroted daily in our UK press, despite knowing where it leads 😥

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Someone needs to explain ecological fallacy to journalists covering the German election: Centre-left down, Radical Right up DOES NOT mean voters switched from centre-left to radical right! Look at the voter flows: SPD and Green vote fragmented, and AfD mainly won votes from CDU and non-voters

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Free speech no longer exists in the US government. For @theatlantic.com I spoke with 12+ federal workers in 6 agencies who said the Trump administration’s actions have led to pervasive self-censorship, even on issues some view as critical to national security. 1/ www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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So interesting how persistent the idea that it is younger generations turning to the far right is...

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My prediction is that this will do nothing to stop the endless “why is the far right winning TikTok/Gen Z” stories.the fact the Greens crush Reform among under 25s in every poll here doesn’t stop the endless “why is Farage winning young people?” stories

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Just walked round my own (very hilly) block for the first time in 6 months and feeling pumped about it! 😃😃

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Last week, a number of prominent UK feminists declared Donald Trump a "feminist hero" for banning trans women from playing sports. How did we get here? A new book by @reproutopia.bsky.social explores how reactionary tendencies have created Enemy Feminisms throughout the history of feminism

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The political class and press loves to wheel out the cardboard cut out of the "working class voter" to justify its own anti-migrant urge. How about making public services work well in poorer areas? Good jobs? Why are we not worried about "looking down on" people's concerns about these things?

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Exploited migrant farm workers in UK paid for picks, not hours. Workers not paid for in-work travel, time spent moving between workstations, team meetings, receiving instructions on equipment use. Employers violating employment rights. Need effective enforcement, not deregulation.

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Despite targets to end HIV by 2030* more than 30% of people with HIV in the WHO Europe region still have detectable (i.e. transmissable) levels of the virus. New report highlights need for more testing and PrEP provision. *spoiler: not on our current trajectory. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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New: "Elon Musk Is A Billionaire Federal Welfare Vampire" @alanoh.bsky.social for @forbes.com

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🧵I was almost part of this statistic. Last year in Newham, I spent 3 months unable to get a face to face appointment with my GP (fobbed off with inhalers!) and once sent to A&E for a 13 hour wait to be checked for P.E. and discharged back to primary care (!) 1/4 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Muhsin Hendricks, the world’s first openly gay Imam, was murdered yesterday. His work supporting LGBTQ Muslims had led to numerous threats against his life. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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It costs money for GB News to pump hate into Britain's homes. Much of that money comes from Sky, which also makes much play of being a force for good. We've made it so easy for you to write and politely ask Sky's Chief Executive to stop funding hate. action.goodlawproject.org/sky-stop-fun...

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Sylvia Rivera, speaking in the year I was born - with a critique of the LGBTQIA+ rights movement that is as relevant now as it was then. Our movement has delivered so much for the most privileged among us, and far too little for the most marginalised. stonewallforever.org/monument/syl...

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So cuts to benefits and cuts to support that helps us work (and be less reliant on benefits)? Disabled people don't disappear when government withdraws support... we just suffer.

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Our article 'A Crisis of Political Trust?' led by @viktorv.bsky.social is now out in @bjpols.bsky.social! We use >3,000 surveys in 143 countries between 1958 and 2019, finding that trust in representative institutions has generally been declining in recent decades. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Peggy is currently recruiting new worshippers .. #justsaying

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“This is bad, full stop. It creates a class of person who are forever excluded from civic life no matter how long they live here. It’s also a clear breach of the refugee convention.” Damn straigt, @colinyeo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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This is so good, particularly on reactionary centrist x trans rights ..

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My latest. As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality. I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI. Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Great article from @nancymk.bsky.social in this weeks @divamag.bsky.social that's well worth a read. Please share and also consider subscribing to Diva Magazine. (Sigh, I remember the good old days when Stonewall stood up for us like this 😔) diva-magazine.com/2025/02/05/n...

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