Anupama Ranawana
@msamrc.bsky.social
She/her. Feminism, anti-colonialism, critical international development. Liberation theology. Gender, faith and politics.Mother to a grumpy cat. Editorial hats: Culture and Religion (T and F), Conversations IFJP. All opinions my own
US citizens denied entry to Israel for trip to learn about Palestinian Christians www.christiancentury.org/news/us-citi...
US citizens denied entry to Israel for trip to learn about Palestinian Christians
A group of 13 United States citizens who traveled to Israel to take part in a weeklong trip with a Christian organization dedicated to Palestinian liberation theology were denied entry at the border…
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"After more than two years of conflict, children in Gaza desperately need safe spaces to learn, play and heal." (1/x)
They said straight up they wanted to disenfranchise women and people of color. They said they wanted to dismantle the federal government. And the likes of Thiel funded them for building the plans on how to do it. And _nobody cared_ when this shit was pointed out. People thought you were crazy.
Israeli forces used phosphorus shells in southern Lebanon, reports Lebanese media
Israeli forces used phosphorus shells in southern Lebanon, reports Lebanese media
Israeli forces used phosphorus shells and carried out airstrikes and heavy artillery fire across several areas of southern Lebanon overnight and early Saturday, Lebanese state media reported, Anado…
middleeastmonitor.com
A friend shared this screenshot of Dr Funez-Flores. He's 100% right
CFP!!! Precarity, Debt, and Control in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Please circulate
www.justgiving.com/campaign/cac...
Community Appeal to Help Us Get Our Minibuses Back on the Road
CACE supports older people and people living with dementia across Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & the Northern Corridor. Two community buses were recently vandalised, leaving them off the road. Donations will ...
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The flag of banned loyalist terrorist groups and a neo-Nazi banner were displayed at a protest in Edinburgh organised by a far right group called the Scottish Defence League. www.theferret.scot/loyalist-ter...
Loyalist terrorist and neo-Nazi flags displayed at Edinburgh anti-immigration protest
Loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland murdered hundreds of people during The Troubles. But far right activists flew their flag at an anti-immigration rally despite terror laws banning publi...
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'More than 1,500 staff members at the University of Sheffield have backed a motion of no confidence in the institution’s executive board and council.' UCU is accordingly calling on the VC to resign.
UCU calls on Sheffield vice-chancellor to resign
Union passes vote of no confidence in executive board over high workloads and job insecurity
timeshighereducation.com
Lovely write up on Summit Sarkar who became an ancestor this August: peoplesdemocracy.in/2026/0823_pd...
there’s a difference between being critical of someone or something that deserves it and having a take because you feel like you need to raise your voice
Not the silliest thing about the life in the UK test.
Jonathan Coe@jonathancoe.bsky.social · yesterdayApparently this is the list of British films included in the booklet accompanying the British Citizenship test. Unfortunately, if familiarity with the films on this list is one of the criteria for being a British citizen I think we're going to have to deport everyone under the age of 50.
"We’re not remotely prepared": Labour MPs fear party has gone soft on climate crisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We’re not remotely prepared’: Labour MPs fear party has gone soft on climate crisis
Polls suggest growing scepticism around net zero, with politicians uncertain how to proceed
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« I have been told by naïve philosophers that, unlike science, philosophy does not appeal to billionaires. Yet philosophers have been just as instrumental to the eugenics movement as scientists, from colonial times to the present. » 1/2
How Much Dark Money Is in Professional Philosophy?
One of the purposes of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY is to expose eugenic principles and practices within professional philosophy. As Shelley Tremain has argued persistently since founding this blog, the…
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« This is partly because philosophers have a monopoly on ethics, including bioethics and AI ethics – fields that tell us not only how things are, but how things ought to be. » 2/2
UK - along with Australia and Canada - says it is "shameful" that Israel has closed without explanation its criminal investigation into the killing of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza
It's amazing the amount of promo work we are expected to do as scholars. Have an email from someone in who's book I have a chapter and there's suggestions for social media posts, circulating to department... Shall we have a panel etc etc. All one wants is to write a few good things...
Does anyone know of anyone that would benefit from stitch embroidery, lacemaking text books? My dad is trying to re-home mums collection, some of which are rare and expensive very niche techniques like medieval plumping (dont ask me). If anyone's interested please DM me
There must have been some miscommunication because the Trust did announce an investigation back in 2024 www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/leverhu...
Leverhulme Trust Statement | The Leverhulme Trust
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Words get weaponised when the people they describe stay silent or divided. Black and Brown people have been louder yet DEI was never about lowering the bar. It was admitting the bar was never level to begin with, for more people than any one group. That's worth saying loudly, together. #JasonArday
It is quite disturbing that The Economist and The Atlantic have scheduled recurring, almost daily, posts linking to negative articles about Jason Arday. It is not too much to ask to allow his family, wife, children and friends to grieve and mourn in peace.
The Epstein class is using your pension money building cathedrals of fake text generation during the strongest El Nino in living memory. Is this still fine? Don't these people have names and addresses and LinkedIn profiles? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Increased rainfall and storms to hit UK due to biggest El Niño for a century, says Met Office
‘Unprecedented’ weather pattern over Pacific Ocean to be felt worldwide with severe droughts expected in southern hemisphere
theguardian.com
Cofnas is not "an outspoken critic of DEI". he is an outspoken racist and a vile human being. any academic institute that harbors him is complicit in his racism and makes academia a hostile place for the rest of us
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 2d agoResearcher Nathan Cofnas, an outspoken critic of DEI, was himself sacked from Cambridge in 2024 over his views on race.
Ghent University suspends Cofnas, a supporter of eugenics and biological racism. Prior to his role in the Arday controversy, the department in Ghent had issued an account doubting the opaque recruitment process was on merit, or that he was qualified for the role www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended by university
Nathan Cofnas says he is being investigated for discriminating against the late Cambridge professor.
bbc.co.uk
'The area of the National Trust’s Holnicote estate where rivers have been returned to their natural courses and wetlands have been restored have remained green and lush during the five heatwaves across the summer.'
Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding
theguardian.com
He never should have been hired to begin with and the fact that he could is because the guy who did so has lifetime tenure and very little oversight because of that I need folks to realise that students, staff and even some residents here have been protesting this guy getting hired since FEBRUARY
Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d agolol
