Rick B
@rickburgess.bsky.social
He/They Dissident. Pondering an anti-social model of disability?!?! If I ever get the time and energy I like to compose odd music. Otherwise - Ask me about my initialisms: GMCDP, MDPAC, RITB, CSMH, DBW, CSS, DPHRN.
See you tomorrow (Sat 22nd Aug) 1 - 4pm. Bembe Cafe Pavilion in Alexandra Park M16 Weather is sunny intervals and light winds, 20 C, no rain and no heatwave! You are welcome to bring picnic rugs and your own food, we will also provide food.
UN writes to UK to abolish 'no recourse to public funds’ spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas...
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Note Severe Conditions Criteria DOES require NHS dx assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a7eed...
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Hungarian-Israeli death squad merc working for UAE ran spy op against British human rights activist
UAE-funded mercenary 'ran covert operation' against British activist in London | ITV News
Mercenary Abraham Golan was allegedly hired to mount a covert surveillance operation against a British academic, on UK soil. | ITV National News
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The Moral Maze has Melanie Phillips, an avowed islamophobe on as a regular guest. British establishment media is more deeply racist and eugenicist than you would possibly imagine if you didn't live here.
Rebecca Sear@rebeccasear.bsky.social · 2d agoTonight BBC radio 4 ran an hour-long advert for “suicidal empathy” (the idea and book) on the Moral Maze, describing its author simply as a Canadian professor, without mentioning his enthusiasm for Great Replacement ideology nor calls for civil war in the UK. That does not seem ok.
Arms industry and genocide are driving utter State despotism: None of the eight defendants were on the factory premises when the raid happened. Aleksandra ‘Ola’ Herbich, was alleged to have cooked pasta for the activists the night before
Jury refuses to convict seven Palestine Action 'organisers' for Israeli arms factory raid
After 37 hours of deliberation, the jury was unable to reach verdicts on most of the charges
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Abolish the DWP - Seeking volunteer writers for why the Department for Work and Pensions (UK) is deadly, unreformable and must be abolished. Email - richardamm(at)gmail.com
How far-right vigilantes are targeting asylum seekers as HMO attacks rise
Experts said the targeting of asylum seekers in houses 'represented a new escalation of anti-migrant harassment and violence'
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Lizzie Dearden@lizziedearden.bsky.social · 4d agoAn employee of the government contractor Serco has been charged with sharing the addresses of asylum HMOs that were targeted by mobs in Thetford Several had their windows smashed and fences broken down as groups of people tried to force their way inside at different locations
Amnesty UK's Disabled People's Human Rights Network, Student Action Network, Anti-Racism Network, Feminist Network and Queer Rights Network issue a joint statement following the death of Professor Jason Arday. www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved...
Our collective statement on the death of Professor Jason Arday
Amnesty UK's Disabled People's Human Rights Network, Student Action Network, Anti-Racism Network, Feminist Network and Queer Rights Network issue a joint statement following the death of Professor Jas...
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The Assisted Dying Bill, lacking essential safeguards, has now been brought back, with the threat of skipping important parliamentary steps to get it passed. Join us in writing to your MP to urge them to vote no to the Bill on the 11th of September 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...
Oppose the Assisted Dying Bill!
The UK Government consistently fails to assist Disabled people to live. We fear that rushing to assist us to die before we have access to the support we need to live, will dangerously devalue our live...
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Unions should be first up to condemn any unpaid labour in return for benefits, from any party. But, the union movement is still behind in understanding that social security directly affects working pay and conditions. Centrist TUC leaders aiding Labour not helpful either.
Good policy that we had in GM now national (after we campaigned for it and AB agreed). However if this is used to justify cuts to the already inadequate social care and social security, it is not a consolation prize to excuse further austerity.
Burnham scraps restrictions on disabled people’s bus passes in England
Move means holders will be able to travel free on local services at any time of day or night from April next year
theguardian.com
Wild story. Apparently, this attacker was a deranged man who was pro-Israel and wanted to convert to Judaism. forward.com/news/845474/...
The Central Synagogue attack had no clear connection to Mamdani. He’s still being blamed.
The suspect’s social media posts show a history of supporting Israel and criticizing Mayor Zohran Mamdani
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'The one-bedroom flat off north London’s Creighton Road is, according to UK government records, tied to a transnational network of companies involved in the mass recruitment of mercenaries to fight in Sudan alongside paramilitaries accused of myriad war crimes and genocide'
'Air thick with flies': UAE's Colombian mercenaries recount horrors of Sudan siege
Former members of the UAE's Colombian mercenary corps have now recounted the siege and the fall of the city of El Fasher in 2025
thecanary.co
“Israel is Googling anonymous users on X and their family members shortly after they speak out against the country,” The theory centers around Israeli security company Au10tix, who, in 2023, was tasked with verifying users’ identities, a prerequisite for joining X’s premium service
X Users Find Their Real Names Are Being Googled in Israel After Using X Verification Software "Au10tix"
A wide range of anonymous X (Twitter) users have reported that their real names are suddenly being Googled in Israel shortly after they began criticizing the country for its actions in Palestine. Some...
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'an average land-surface temperature of nearly 44C in the south-west district of Mahipalpur, by the airport, compared with about 37C just 2 miles (3km) away in the leafy, upmarket suburb of Vasant Kunj'
Coping with 54C heat: Delhi slum diaries detail living in extreme temperatures
With heatwaves now recognised as disasters, personal testimonies are key to a new project that looks to protect those living in the most cramped districts of India’s capital
theguardian.com
From www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Former News of the World Reporter Paul McMullan | On the Media | WNYC Studios
In the aftermath of the News of the World phone hacking scandal, the British government launched an investigation known as the Leveson Inquiry to look into the practices and ethics of...
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Gregk Foley@gregk.co.uk · 6mo agoSharing from a friend, a passage from the Leveson Inquiry regarding the British actor Denholm Elliott, who died of AIDS in 1992. Three years after her death, the News of the World journalist Paul McMullan did the following to his daughter—neither a celebrity nor even someone of public interest.
Reform social security cuts are just the more extreme end of the agreed consensus -Tory, Lib, Lab. Until we break with neoliberalism & its end stage fascism we will only be debating the speed at which we reach the destination not the actual destination> private insurance and no public provision.
Ahahaha, shameless crooks in cahoots, Neoliberalism works! 'Water companies could be allowed to raise bills during droughts, under new surge pricing plans. Ofwat, is mulling rule changes which would allow higher water prices in summer months, aimed at reducing consumption during times of scarcity'
How water companies could charge you more during drought
Rule changes being proposed by the regulator could allow a new regime of dynamic pricing creating higher bills when water is scarce
inews.co.uk
We are writing to the Prime Minister, and the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, calling for an immediate public inquiry into the British press, following the tragic death of Jason Arday. Sign here 👇
Jason Arday Letter | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
goodlaw.social
At the very least there should be outcry against Ghent University until they sack Cofnas
Pieter T. L. Beck@ptrbck.bsky.social · 7d agowww.dropbox.com/scl/fi/t47r5... Statement of the department. Has been taken offline due to complaint of the prof who hired Cofnas
In the wake of Arday's death, Nathan Cofnas (who led the X mob against him) states his motivation. Beyond whistleblowing, he states that after a 'revolution' removes professors like Arday, it will open opportunities for him to become 'head of the department of eugenics and race science at Harvard'.
But our govt> www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Electric vehicle sales targets could be cut after pressure from car makers
The government says it is considering cutting the new electric car sales target from 80% to 50% by 2030.
bbc.co.uk
Rick B@rickburgess.bsky.social · last wk.'Overall, the whole-life emissions for an electric car are almost 90% lower than for internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles'
Coming online briefly to express sorrow, rage, love and solidarity for colleagues of the global majority, especially in higher education. If you need to speak, rage, grieve, just sit with someone, drop me a line. Hold each other close