Very nice of Spain to take back control of some UK borders
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w agoSpain and Gibraltar celebrate as border fence falls after signing of ‘historic deal’
Ben Rosher
@benrosher.bsky.social
Borders | ontosec | migration | citizenship
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absolutely insane story, and yeah, just looking at this chart... with the exception of maybe two people, this entire class was cheating like motherfuckers
Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 4w agoDoes he think doing this means it’ll erase the £5m donation because it won’t fall in the 12 month period before he becomes an MP if he wins? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
Nigel Farage resigns as MP for Clacton, triggering by-election which he says he will stand in
The Reform UK leader's statement follows reports he failed to declare financial support from an ally. He has also faced questions over an unregistered £5m gift from a donor.
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The government will do literally anything bar allowing asylum seekers to work.
For @theguardian.com I write that ending TPS is the single largest assault on immigrant lives in contemporary US & part of a playbook that couples expanded enforcement with canceling legal status. “Legal” & “illegal” are decisions about whose life is valued. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The US supreme court just put the lives of 1.3 million immigrants in danger| Heba Gowayed
The court’s TPS decision is devastating for those whose countries of origin are deemed unsafe. Congress must act
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Migration is a reserved matter, giving local authorities responsibility without authority over migration is a recipe for disaster. And that’s before we get onto the utter inhumanity of handing responsibility for asylum accommodation to Reform led authorities.
Politics UK@politicsuk.com · 2mo ago🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham would end all Government contracts for asylum accommodation and hotels if he becomes Prime Minister The responsibility for providing accommodation would instead be given to local authorities [@thetimes]
Every single municipal budget in the country is unironically the Dril candles tweet but the candles are police
In the grand scheme of things it is but a small milestone. But I’m very chuffed with my 100 citations. Thanks to everyone who’s engaged with my work!
Starmer should call an election under a PR voting system. FPTP no lingers works for the politics we have. Also, it’ll be hilarious watching reform tying themselves in knots trying to argue that more accurate representation is somehow an elite coup.
At this point, is anybody’s first thought not “ah, this is probably a false flag” www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
Trump unhurt and suspect in custody after shots fired at White House correspondents' dinner - follow live
The US president is rushed out of the event at a Washington hotel, as police say the man, 31, had multiple weapons and was a
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There are an awful lot of folk getting more upset over the destruction of a white statue than they have been over the destruction of brown people.
Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 4mo agoA photo of an IDF soldier in southern Lebanon smashing a statue of Jesus Christ with a sledgehammer went viral. The IDF confirmed the photo, claimed “the soldier's conduct is wholly inconsistent with the values expected of its troops,” and said it is investigating.
"The UK’s restrictions on asylum seekers’ right to work do not appear to act as a strong deterrent, yet they drive up asylum costs..." ✍️ @cbarnard.bsky.social, @fionacostello.bsky.social & Ali Ahmadi ask whether the ban on asylum seekers working actually works 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/does-the-ban...
Does the ban on asylum seekers working actually work? - UK in a changing Europe
Ali Ahmadi, Catherine Barnard and Fiona Costello argue that while the UK’s restrictions on employment for asylum seekers do not act as...
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Just love it when unis try to individualise structural problems
New paper! academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic... What does “taking back control of borders” feel like when you are the one being bordered?
In the Shadow of the Damoclesian Border
Abstract. In the contemporary international order, control of borders is the central totem of statehood. The call to “take back control” of borders was the
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The new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum implies a tactical use of geography and temporality to hamper migrants from getting access to asylum "The Spatiotemporal Disguises of Asylum" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... out in @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social
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Video abstracts are a great way to introduce your newest research. Check out Zoë Jay's video abstract for her article: "'If it makes you happy, it can’t be that bad’: Liberal enjoyment and complicity in popular culture." 📺➡️ buff.ly/PUKAza6
Can we at least agree that Paddington should be on every banknote, walking various luminaries into the afterlife
Whole bunch of academics, charity workers, legal practitioners, and policymakers are gonna end up in jail. Very silly performative policymaking with no reasonable chance of being operationalised.
Bailiffs board Ryanair plane after airline refuses to pay delayed flight compensation
Bailiffs board Ryanair plane after airline refuses to pay delayed flight compensation
Austrian officials took action after airline ignored court order to pay €890 to unnamed women Bailiffs have boarded a Ryanair aircraft after the airline refused to pay compensation to a passenger whose flight was delayed. Austrian officials took action after the airline ignored a court order to pay the unnamed woman €890 (£742) in legal costs and compensation for a delayed flight two years ago. Continue reading...
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So @asanews.bsky.social emailed its membership its refusal to put a petition to Boycott, Divest, & Sanction Israel up to a vote, one that already had 438 signatures. This undemocratic decision, they wrote, is because they're worried about membership dropping. Well do I have news for you.
Just so we’re clear: ❌ Travelling clandestinely or in a small boat to seek asylum: wrong ❌ Travelling safely and regularly to seek asylum: also wrong
UK puts emergency brake on study visas for four countries’ nationals
Shabana Mahmood says UK’s generosity abused as study visas halted for nationals from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan
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My takeaway from the latest AI discourse is that the methods bros have spent so long relying on R they’ve forgot they’re supposed to understand at least some fundamentals of research.
Even *if* machines could do these jobs better than humans, why would we want them to? If we outsource intellectual curiosity and critical thinking to machines, what is left of the human? As one of my students frequently tells me, “unbridled convenience rots the soul”
Alexander Kustov@akoustov.bsky.social · 5mo agoSorry, Bluesky, but I have to say it: AI can already do social science research better than most professors with PhDs. And, for the first time in my life, I really have no idea what happens in five years. Things are changing already, we just need to wake up.