One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office. Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.

This America always existed. These guys were everywhere during Standing Rock, and that was under Obama

This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars. ictnews.org/news/north-c...

I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.

Aberdeen welcomes refugees Not racism Sunday 14th December, 12pm Castlegate.

A piece I wrote on what I saw during COP in Belém: “Indigenous-washing at COP30: How Inclusion Became a Cover for Systemic Failure” icmagazine.org/indigenous-w...

Ghassan Abu Sitta: “The CEO meets the branch managers"

St Andrews staff & students, please sign this open letter calling on the university to sever links with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and all other Israeli universities and if you're not connected to St Andrews, please publicise this anyway. thank you! www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...

The talk of nuclear reactors and permanent settlements on the Moon is sheer patriarchal, colonial hubris. I don’t even know where to start but technocracy and autocracy are clearly merging their paths.

Revealed: How colonial rule radically shifts historical responsibility for climate change | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @vernerviisas.bsky.social #CBarchive Read here ➡️ bit.ly/3TecPJx

Darren Beattie, fired from the Trump White House in 2018 after it was revealed he attended a white supremacist conference, has just been appointed acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, according to the State Department.

Happy 4th fellow Americans, some reminders today: -Not all came to America voluntarily (see slavery, forced servitude) -Not all want/ed to be part of America (see Indigenous Nations, Treat of Guadalupe) -Not all want/ed America to be the Land of the Free (see white supremacy, the current President)

I can already hear the meltdowns that the world is becoming too sensitive or too woke. Sorry but an island that imports everything shouldn’t be one of the largest economies in the world. A long overdue reckoning with the past was bound to happen. www.bbc.com/news/article...

In light of FM Swinney’s apology (and those of other parties) for the Tinker Experiments, just a reminder that we put in 21 recommendations in our report that all stakeholders should put into action. Apologies point out what’s wrong, actions make things right (with survivors/victims at the helm)

The Church of Scotland has apologized for their role in the Tinker Experiments ‘On behalf of the Church of Scotland we offer a heartfelt and genuine apology for these historic wrongs highlighted in the report and carried out in the name of the Church.’ www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Honoured and grateful to have been part of this work of truth-telling around the ‘Tinker Experiments’. Credit must go to Gypsy/Traveller advocates and those survivors/victims who had to endure these injustices in the dark for far too long. An apology is only the start. www.abdn.ac.uk/news/24494/a

🚨BREAKING: After years of campaigning, the Gypsy Traveller community has finally received an apology for the cruel Tinker Experiments. This is not the end of righting wrongs. The @scottishgreens.org are proud to have raised this in with Parliament, most recently last month.

I'm calling for a full apology for the Tinker Experiment: state-sanctioned cruelty that forcibly removed children from Gypsy Traveller families & put others into accommodation with no water, electricity or heating. The scars on & in the community are still visible today. We must have justice.

Juneteenth went uncelebrated by the White House. That alone says everything you need to know about this regime.

i think this is exactly right

When we’re talking about ‘decolonizing’ Western science and academia, remember that this is the legacy of our sector. Let’s not pretend this has ended either, with some still believing it’s ok to do genetic studies into certain racialized groups for the ‘advancement of knowledge’

You'll be hard pressed to find much of this in the news but the Swiss government has set an international human rights precedent by apologising for its historic treatment of Gypsy-Travellers. Scotland may be next. Well done Switzerland & @justiceinfo.bsky.social 👏 www.justiceinfo.net/en/142170-da...

Most people don't know this: that Scotland's Gypsy Travellers had their children and their culture ripped away from them. It's history that's been swept under the rug. ScotGov must listen to this report, and give a public apology for its part in this cultural genocide!

This is a hideous situation, not just for trans people - male, female and all of the spectrum - but for people who don't fit gender presentation norms whether or not they are queer. The women with short hair and no makeup, especially them.

I’ll always campaign for laws & policies to be improved to ensure trans folks can live with dignity and respect. @scottishtrans.bsky.social have called for the community not to panic & to try and seek solace and support. Sending love to the trans community today, and always.

Donald Trump's state visit to Scotland must be met with protest. The UK faces an urgent choice. Either we stand reunited with democratic Europe, or we assist Trump in ushering in a new era where international law is replaced by the whim of tyrants and their billionaire backers.

Scottish Green MSPs are bringing a vote in the Scottish Parliament today to end Scottish Government funding for Israel's arms dealers. We hope all parties who claim to support human rights and international law will back our motion. 🇵🇸

Staff at beleaguered Scottish university embark on 3 weeks of strikes from today over jobs threat www.scotsman.com/education/st...

At a time when anti-Trans-ness and anti-Queerness is uniting the far right everywhere, it’s really a time for allies to be louder and not shrink back, regardless of where you are. Leaving this fight to Trans and Queer academics and activists to fight alone will not end well for anyone.

Im specifically hearing these anti-trans ‘compliance investigations’ are going to start with the University of Maine system because of Gov Mills standing up to the dictator-in-chief last week, and that the investigation will likely widen to all schools in Maine receiving federal funding.

I’m incredibly disturbed to hear from friends and colleagues in the US that the federal gov is using the ban on trans people in sports as a door wedge to conduct so-called ‘compliance investigations’ at universities and possibly withhold funding. academics everywhere should be alarmed by this.

A recent Indian Country Today article, “A New Day in the Dawnland”, discusses growing collaboration between the Wabanaki Nations and First Light, a consortium of conservation groups, seeing the return of lands to Wabanaki stewardship. Read the article in full here: ictnews.org/news/a-new-d...

Malcolm X was assassinated 60 yrs ago today. See his timeless wisdom on the true meaning of “progress.” “If you stick a knife 9 inches in & take it out 6—that’s not progress. Progress is healing the wound. They wont even admit the knife is there.”

Hundreds of Jobs at risk at Bangor University 🚨 UCU Bangor's Dyfrig Jones (@dyfrigjones.bsky.social) spoke to @bbcwales.bsky.social about the devastating impact these cuts will have 👇

*Incredibly* positive news for Scotland's northeast, as the energy transition brings *£30 billion* in investments. Remember: as powerful as the far-right looks right now, they have nothing to offer but a retreat into the past borne along on a current of scientific and economic illiteracy.

The Scottish Government and SFC should be extending financial support to the University of Dundee. However, conditions of this support should be governance reform at the University and NO compulsory staff redundancies. www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/dund... #SaveDundeeUni

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

There are now 1,100+ incarcerated firefighters on the LA frontlines, including 50+ youth. The jobs are highly coveted - some of the most meaningful activities available in CA prison, but they risk their lives for $5-10 a day. Several have died in recent yrs + many struggle to get jobs after prison.

Scotland? @johnswinney.bsky.social?

"These fires are only the beginning of a historic reckoning that starts with the question: are fossil fuels liberating us or holding us hostage? There is a clear answer to this... in the ledgers of petroleum and automobile companies." - @johnvaillant.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is the time to be slow

Without multi-causal analysis, attributing the LA fires to only climate change overlooks many injustices at play, namely Indigenous sovereignty, or lack thereof in California. This doesn’t mean asking the Tongva to carry out controlled burns, it means co-governance of lands at the very least.