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Pride was banned in Hungary. This was the response. The fascists never learn. ¡No pasarán! ❤️ 🌈

A rainbow bridge!

Somebody tell us, top-heavy institutions with operational resources shrinking, how do they, in general, fare?

Budapest can be very Proud indeed 🏳️‍🌈

Only in post-Reagan America is running on a living wage considered “radical.”

When LGBTQ+ Pride is forbidden, what do you do? Bring 100,000 of your friends.

This is a truly beautiful thing.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...

Magyar Pride is it!

Budapest Pride! Sent from a friend on site. ❤️

We long feared the Australianisation of #UKHE (love Australia, don't love the casualisation, hypermarketisation, absurd dependency on consultants). And with every story out of Australian universities the parallels become more and more eerie. Solidarity @ouranu.bsky.social our TAs know all too well.

An excellent introduction to decentralized mechanical ventilation has been produced by the English company @breathingbuildings.bsky.social in this document: www.breathingbuildings.com/wp-content/u... Very clear drawings make it easy to understand the proposed solutions. H/T @chrisiddon.bsky.social

I mean obviously. I think most people answered knowing the framing is a lie

Things I learned from this video: -Zohran Mamdani was arrested in front of City Hall and went on a 15-day hunger strike -yellow cab drivers like Mouhamadou were $750K in debt -several cab drivers committed suicide -mayoral ads can also be about celebrating Iftar with spicy Bengali food in the Bronx

Surprisingly effective things Zohran Mamdani ran on: -free buses -rent freeze -halal cart for $8 instead of $10 -taxing the 1% -no cost childcare -city-owned grocery stores -a Department Of Community Safety for mental health programs and crisis response -building affordable housing -why Cuomo sucks

“Unite believes that the planned changes in fact create greater injustice. The proposal to limit Personal Independence Payments (PIP) to new claimants will create a two-tier workforce and will create a massive barrier to work for newly disabled people” www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/...

Sadly JCVI are restricting vaccines even more in the UK. #Makeitmakesense

open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Because someone would only propose this if they have no clue what disability is, nor what these benefits are for. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“We haven’t learned anything.” Three pandemics in 20 years — and most UK indoor public spaces still don’t take infection control seriously. We’re stepping in — delivering clean air to those who need it most. Read more: www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

🤯 This article says much of what the #COVID -safe would like to see regularly reported in the media—in other words, the truth. I’m happily surprised. Are more people becoming aware? www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Rafael Behr - Volatile inconsistency is a trait of this president, a learned technique. Keeping everyone around you guessing, lurching from charm to menace – coercive control is something cult leaders do. A method that is poorly suited to international affairs. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?

If these are the people who are protesting you policy, you are simply wrong. It would not have been easy for many of them to protest and they did anyway.

Everything you need in a headline

Yes to this but why stop there? Let’s go for full comprehensive universities established on co-operative principles. VCs to be elected by staff, paid the same as other professors and rewarded for the burden of their 4 year stint with a sabbatical afterwards. Local govt on the board too.

I'll be reading this about universities today, looks really interesting: 'What flexibility exists is taken up with a focus on the latest emergency... rhythms of crisis-emergency-crisis suck life gradually out of the creativity and functionality of the sector'. So we end with a 'slow death'. (1/2)

Our children deserve nothing but the best, and clean air is fundamental! We've delivered 18 air purifiers to a London primary school, making it a healthier place to learn. What impact do you think improved air quality will have in your local schools? #CleanAirInSchools

UCU-Led UH EDI Strategy Consultation Meeting Wednesday 25th June 10:00 – 11:30am, online Help feed into the EDI office’s better understanding of systemic barriers and bring forward opportunities for lasting, meaningful change.

#Measles can lead to severe, long-term complications and can even cause your immune system to forget how to resist infections. 🔸Brain damage 🔸Severe diarrhoea and dehydration 🔸Deafness 🔸Blindness 🔸Pneumonia

THAT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE LONG COVID AND OTHER POST-COVID CONDITIONS Which the government is trying to ignore

Once again, if there's anyone in the Dem natsec professional briefcase carrying class listening, tell your boss to haul Kurilla to the Hill and get him on record what his communications have been with the Israeli government

Jeff Bezos is getting married this weekend in Venice. Here is how Venice greeted him today. Bezos is set to marry Lauren Sánchez in a lavish wedding in Venice, Italy, described as the "wedding of the century." The celebration is estimated to cost between $7 million and $10 million

Or talk about regime change

Thinking about this very thing last night, it occurred to me that right now in the US, both major parties seem more indifferent than ever to that whole "consent of the governed" thing. Public opinion *in itself* is less of a stick to wield--acting on those opinions w/others is harder but more useful

it’s wild how the trump administration doesn’t even need to try and spin a WMD story. they’re literally just like, we did what we did and you can get on board or die mad.

Will guidance on freedom of speech help the staff who fear physical attack for expressing their views? wonkhe.com/blogs/will-g...