Funded Masters of Arts (Island Studies) position University of Prince Edward Island “Island Metabolisms and the Genesis of the Canadian Agri‑Food System" Supervisor - @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social , Director of the UPEI GeoREACH Lab niche-canada.org/2026/07/24/f... #envhist #aghist #PEI

Funded Masters of Arts (Island Studies) position University of Prince Edward Island

Funded Masters of Arts (Island Studies) position studying “Island Metabolisms and the Genesis of the Canadian Agri‑Food System.”

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🚨 ICE just published their recent numbers and it's worse than we thought. JUNE: ICE and CBP took 43,138 people. That works out to 1,474 of our neighbors every single day. JULY: 65,765 people are now inside US concentration camps.

ICE Quietly Arresting More People Than Ever According to Latest Data

NEW DATA ALERT 🚨 After months of data silence, ICE's new numbers show 65,765 people in immigration detention, deportations near 1,250 a day, and arrests now at 1,473 a day.

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ICE has shot and killed 10 people since Trump came back into office. 2 more in the last week. In addition, 50 people have died in ICE detention. ICE has become a killing machine. We cannot let this feel normal. It isn't.

Reform UK Plans To Jail Candidates For Using Irish, Gaelic Or Cornish On Election Leaflets EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage's party propose amendment to the Government's elections… https://bylinetimes.com/2026/07/13/reform-uk-plans-to-jail-candidates-for-using-irish-gaelic-or-cornish-on-election-leaflets/

Reform UK Plans To Jail Candidates For Using Irish, Gaelic Or Cornish On Election Leaflets

EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage's party propose amendment to the Government's elections Bill which would mean candidates using Irish and Scottish Gaelic would face up to six months in prison

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'As more of Cottrell’s life in the UK and his connections with Reform come to light, our findings show how Cottrell, a convicted criminal, gambler, and financier who calls Farage “daddy”, became the lynchpin of a shadowy network of Reform backers operating out of the Balkans.'

Inside Reform and George Cottrell’s world in Montenegro

Why are some of Britain’s most controversial Reform-linked figures all operating out of a grubby office in a town of 11,000 people in the Balkans?

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This is why we read books.

There’s no difference between men marching in white masks and men marching in white hoods. None.

Maybe this hasn’t sunk in for anyone who should care but the NHS was birthed when the UK *literally had negative money*. The USA had razed us of every penny to pay for weapons to defend ourselves against Germany, Germany had bombed all our industrial sites. We still did it in 6 months. 6.

Amnesty International UK@amnestyuk.bsky.social · last mo.

The NHS was founded 78 years ago today. It was built after the devastation of the Second World War when the country was bankrupt - but when the people demanded a society built on fairness and dignity for all. Today, we must defend the right to healthcare and rebuild our social security system.

This went very well, 😅😮‍💨 generating exciting new alliances, the best feedback for an event I’ve had, opening up a new space at UAL & beyond... But having steered this particular ship for the last few months I am currently only able to lie on the sofa & sleep- so watch this space. More later 💪🙌

Anne-Marie Creamer@amcreamer.bsky.social · last mo.

Tickets SOLD OUT, so we moved to a bigger location IRL- lived experience lab launch symposium, a research collective centring lived health experience to shape research & art Central Saint Martins College of Art, UAL Wed July 1 - in person & online tickets 👉 🔗 www.arts.ac.uk/whats-on/irl...

Tickets SOLD OUT, so we moved to a bigger location IRL- lived experience lab launch symposium, a research collective centring lived health experience to shape research & art Central Saint Martins College of Art, UAL Wed July 1 - in person & online tickets 👉 🔗 www.arts.ac.uk/whats-on/irl...

IRL (In Real Life): Launch & Inaugural Symposium

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Palantir came to Parliament today… A clear sign that our voices are being heard and the lobbyists are worried. Keep Palantir out of our public services 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

🔴 A flagship British research agency has given £50m+ of UK taxpayer cash to US tech firms Beneficiaries include firms bankrolled by Sam Altman and Eric Schmidt Some firms were incorporated in U.K. just a day before being given millions Scoop on D4S democracyforsale.substack.com/p/dominic-cu...

Dominic Cummings’ "moonshot" agency awarded £52m to US tech firms

ARIA has handed US tech companies backed by Open AI’s Sam Altman and Google’s Eric Schmidt millions in UK taxpayer cash

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SOLD OUT - so we moved to a bigger location Launch symposium - IRL - research collective centring lived health experience to shape research & art Central Saint Martins College of Art UAL London July 1 in person & online - free #medhums #creativehealth Book 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/irl-in-rea...

IRL (In Real Life): Launch & Inaugural Symposium

Introducing UAL’s new Lived Experience Lab, and inaugural symposium (in person and live-streamed).

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Tickets SOLD OUT, so we moved to a bigger location IRL- lived experience lab launch symposium, a research collective centring lived health experience to shape research & art Central Saint Martins College of Art, UAL Wed July 1 - in person & online tickets 👉 🔗 www.arts.ac.uk/whats-on/irl...

IRL (In Real Life): Launch & Inaugural Symposium

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Well, this is a familiar face from UAL & Covid days Not surprised to see him back in Westminster where he clearly really wanted to be www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Burnham’s pick for chief of staff led firm that advised BP, Apple and Amazon

Appointment of James Purnell, former chief executive of Flint Global, described by one Labour MP as ‘very bad sign’

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Palantir should have no part in UK organisations 👇

News by babygoldie@babygoldie.bsky.social · last mo.

2026-06-25 07:13:33 - The Metropolitan Police has been granted an extension to participate in the Palantir artificial intelligence project after London Mayor Sadiq Khan blocked the deal. (The Guardian)

"Burnham’s victory in Makerfield was so decisive that it exposes the hollowness of Starmer’s position as prime minister." Great to have @johnmct.bsky.social writing on where next for Labour in today's Democracy for Sale newsletter democracyforsale.substack.com/p/john-mcter...

John McTernan: Why Makerfield finishes Starmer

Optimism is back as the currency of British politics, former Labour adviser writes for Democracy for Sale.

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'Burnham is a Giant Step Backwards to a Better Sort of British Politics' – Byline Times, Peter Oborne bylinetimes.com/2026/06/19/b...

'Burnham is a Giant Step Backwards to a Better Sort of British Politics'

Makerfield’s new MP will face deep challenges if he makes it to Downing Street – but he can succeed where others haven't been able to

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More trouble for Tommy Robinson. He’s been working with Russia propagandists to incite violence in the UK well before fuelling pogroms in Belfast last week, from his well heeled perched in Moscow with agents like Malofeev BBC report t.co/xTQuLCVNDa

Disappointing news, to hear Trevor Phillips is making this move

Press Gazette@pressgazette.co.uk · 2mo ago

Sky News Sunday morning presenter Trevor Phillips is reportedly going to join CBS News as a global affairs correspondent www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

Contender for sentence of the day for me is definitely “Ranging from corporal bipedals to sentient plasmoids”

Amazing news 👏👏👏 But boy bittersweet for people who’ve contended with challenging head & neck surgery last year - like my OH. It’s still wonderful news- and may the treatment have continued success www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Cancer jab can eradicate entire tumours in patients, trial shows

Jab brought ‘unprecedentedly strong responses’ in patients whose disease had become resistant to chemotherapy and immunotherapy

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It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.

Dan Vergano@danvergano.bsky.social · 2mo ago

White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval of research grants These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...

I feature in this, tucked away in here with a microphone in my hand. Heidi Howard was absolutely brilliant- nimble, challenging, funny, profound.

EURORDIS-Rare Diseases Europe@eurordis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Debates, role-plays, and practicing protocols. Day 3 of the EURORDIS Open Academy X @erdera.bsky.social Schools has seen our participants putting their newfound knowledge to the test. 💭 We look forward to concluding both schools with a final session of joint presentations tomorrow morning!

If you're near Birmingham on the 3rd June, here's a chance to reflect on the importance of music to Stuart Hall's work. Organised by the Stuart Hall Archive project, with Mykaell Riley and our own Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social

Select tickets – Stuart Hall Archive Project Reading Seminar: Summer Specials – BRIG Cafe, The Warehouse, 54-57 Allison Street

Stuart Hall Archive Project Reading Seminar: Summer Specials – BRIG Cafe, The Warehouse, 54-57 Allison Street, Wed 3 Jun 2026 - The Stuart Hall Archive Project Readings Seminar in 2026 continues with ...

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Recommended!

EURORDIS-Rare Diseases Europe@eurordis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

From hospitals to genomic research centres, participants at the #EURORDISOpenAcademy x ERDERA Schools’ training week are experiencing rare disease #research and care in #action. 🏥 Stay tuned to follow their journey throughout the week!🚀 @erdera.bsky.social

I feature in this, tucked away in here with a microphone in my hand. Heidi Howard was absolutely brilliant- nimble, challenging, funny, profound.

EURORDIS-Rare Diseases Europe@eurordis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Debates, role-plays, and practicing protocols. Day 3 of the EURORDIS Open Academy X @erdera.bsky.social Schools has seen our participants putting their newfound knowledge to the test. 💭 We look forward to concluding both schools with a final session of joint presentations tomorrow morning!

That’s a wrap on the 2026 EURORDIS Open Academy x ERDERA Schools’ in-person training week! 👏 Congratulations to all participants on completing their trainings, we look forward to welcoming you to our active alumni community!

Tickets booked for June 10- can’t wait! Journeying through ontological shock, been consumed w this subject since The Age of Disclosure doc last year, w 4 star generals & government scientists saying it’s all true. 🤯. Its opened up quite a world. youtu.be/9Q4gIbXiJaI?...

DISCLOSURE DAY | Final Trailer | Amblin

YouTube video by Amblin Entertainment

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I’m at the #EURORDIS Open Academy this week in Barcelona- my head and heart are full of the creativity, the potential, the confounding dilemmas, the brilliance of the rare disease world. 🙏 EURORDIS, and ERDERA

EURORDIS-Rare Diseases Europe@eurordis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Lift-off for the EURORDIS Open Academy x ERDERA Schools' in-person training week, the culmination of a six-month learning journey for our 70+ participants! 🚀 👀 Stay tuned to learn more about what our trainees will be getting up to throughout the week. @erdera.bsky.social