Heaton Park. My heart is broken. British Jews have been warning you about this for years. It’s Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur. This is one of every Jews worst nightmare. Why we have so much security at synagogue. The anxious thought you try and push to the back of your mind. Heartbroken.

In US Catholic universities, students are stepping up to meet the #reproductive and #contraceptive health needs of their peers: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

My new article on Climate Change Litigation under the ECHR is out in @echr-law-review.bsky.social. (Thanks to my colleagues @lancasterlaw.bsky.social and @cohelongo.bsky.social for comments.) brill.com/view/journal...

Prof Conor Gearty on the UK Supreme Court’s legal tactics for erasing the Human Rights Act. “The​ current members of the Supreme Court, ten men and two women, all of them white, seem to regard the Human Rights Act as an unwelcome remnant of a past era”. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

We are deeply saddened by the passing of UN Messenger of Peace Dr. Jane Goodall. Her life’s work championing conservation, humanity and the natural world leaves an enduring legacy. Our condolences to her family, the Jane Goodall Institute and all who draw hope from her example.

Any #disabilitylaw scholars interested in reviewing this book for Medical Law International? www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

And here's a taster of Alice @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social and Fox @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social in their lip sync mash-up... Thanks to the Uni of Leeds School of Law for providing funding for this event, for our artists for their performances, our friends for supporting us!

Last night, Law's a Drag held its first ever CABARET! We mixed lip syncs, comedy, and dance with a Q&A on the For Woman Scotland UKSC judgment, providing info about how it will affect equality law, and the lives of drag artists, and trans, nonbinary, intersex, and cis people in the UK 🏳️‍⚧️🌈🏳️‍🌈💖🎉🥰💋

Working class northerners couldn‘t possibly be vegan?! Vegans don‘t go to chip shops?! Why are Telegraph journalists so fucking weird? You have to wonder what makes them so incurious that they‘ve never never been north of Watford or spoken to anyone who hasn‘t been privately educated.

This Labour government seems to determined to create all the tools necessary for a future government of the far-right to control, surveille, and discipline the entire population.

Mandatory ID cards result in multiple intersecting forms of discrimination and oppression, and will marginalise several communities already under assault from the government. These kinds of facile gimmicks do nothing to address issues, but will materially make life worse for many, many people

New essay: REJECT TRANS DOOM-POSTING. It's about grief, loss, institutional failures, and the horror of the current moment. It's also a love letter to trans community, and the things we do with and for one another.

Methodologies Symposium Day 2: Dr. Zoe Tongue took us on a journey as we explored Reproductive Utopias.

I have a chapter on abortion and the right to health in this new Research Handbook on Human Rights Law and Health, edited by the wonderful Elizabeth Wicks and Nataly Papadopoulou! www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...

Realizing Better Futures Now: @jennahanchey.bsky.social reviews Joseph M. Pierce's SPECULATIVE RELATIONS: INDIGENOUS WORLDBUILDING AND REPAIR (@dukepress.bsky.social)

Day 2 of our Methodologies Symposium has kicked off here at Newcastle Law School with a panel discussion chaired by Dr. Ruth Houghton. Drawing on their own methodologies, the panelists explore ‘Prefigurative Legalities and Utopia as Method’

"Genre is something you use, not something you belong to." - @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social

Had a much-needed week in Napoli before the start of the teaching term. Ate a pizza every day. Saw good architecture. Warm. 10/10.

Excited to present on this panel tomorrow!

On the incredibly sad news of Conor Gearty's passing: dflw.ie/on-the-passi...

My book Magic Misoprostol: Reproductive Justice and Abortion Liberation in Latin America is out this week! It will be available as a free ebook with @brisunipress.bsky.social here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/magic-misopr... And I’ll be holding an online book launch on 18th sept, sign up below 👇

Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup

Men in suits, speaking in abstract language in civil tones in finely furnished rooms, have body counts no serial killer could ever hope to match. And yet they're not perceived as being horrifically violent.

THIS MONTH! 🏳️‍⚧️🌈🏳️‍🌈💘💋 Join our trans rights cabaret, Leeds, 28th September! Featuring amazing performances from local drag artists, explanations of the law affecting trans people, and fundraising for @goodlawproject.bsky.social's trans rights fund! Book now: www.eventbookings.com/b/event/law-...

Success! We delivered our joint letter demanding full scrutiny, meaningful debate & a free vote for MPs on the new Code of Practice. www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/02/e... Many MPs we’ve spoken to are now ready to help. ❗️BUT they’ve advised that they need you—as constituents—to keep writing in❗️ 1/2

We have a whole 'Trans and Non-Binary Stories' section on our @brokenfrontier.bsky.social comics Resource Lists page if anyone wants to check out some awesome comics in this area. www.brokenfrontier.com/resource-lis...

I reviewed The Women of Wild Cove, a novel about a matriarchal society with no biological family, for ARB 👇

I tend to avoid books about female dominated societies because, as @whiterxbbit.bsky.social points out, they tend to be biologically essentialist. You just replace male dominance with female dominance.

grotesquely comic to have high ranking politicians coming out swinging in defence of *Graham Linehan*. guarantee if you showed most normal people a selection of Graham's tweets from the last decade (and told them it's all he's been doing all that time) they'd agree he should be punted into the sun

A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.

The Comics Journal has published an extensive and fascinating essay by Takekuma Kentaro exploring different drawing tools and their effect on expression and line in manga. A must read fascinating deep dive with examples. #manga #comics

If someone chops off your arm to distract you from the fact that he's stealing your wallet, your missing wallet is no longer your biggest problem. Anyone who tells you that the chopped-off arm is a distraction is not being helpful.

ChatGPT will only ever give you what you want, which is why it'll never surprise you. Wendy Xu (@wendyxu.bsky.social) on Bridge to Terabithia, The Boy and the Heron, and the shock of unfairness: reactormag.com/creativity-v...

A Queensland judge has ruled an 11-year-old girl can have an abortion after weighing up her "physical, psychological and social circumstances". Shamefully, healthcare workers had second-guessed her repeated requests for abortion, which her mother supported, and they went to court.

Obviously the smears against this man are incredibly libellous - and it says a lot about access to the law that he wouldn't be able to afford to Lord McAlpine these fuckers - but at what point does the government clock that it needs to get a grip on this raging online fire of fascist hate?

From 18th Oct-26th Apr, the Mercer Gallery in Harrogate will be hosting Vision and Labour: Making Comics, the Art of @averyhill.bsky.social including a display case about the creation of Who Killed Nessie by me and @rachaelsmith.bsky.social ! Come see it during @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social !

Our third @starsandsabers.bsky.social anthology, OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM, has the most incredible lineup of horror authors. Still, the crowd-funding campaign could use some help. All shares appreciated! First, the cover, by Niall C. Grant:

🚨ARC GIVEAWAY🚨 Win an ARC of Caskey Russell's THE DOOR ON THE SEA! 🌊1st in a new epic fantasy series 🛶 Inspired by the culture and folklore of the Tlingit tribe 🐦‍⬛Inc. a really rude Raven US/CAN/UK/IE only. Like, repost, follow & pop a Raven🐦‍⬛in the comments to enter! Closes 23/08 23:59 BST.

Postdoc Fellowship: Multispecies Justice. Come work with @danycelermajer.bsky.social and me at @seisydney.bsky.social. We're looking at experiments in more-than-human inclusion in democratic decision making on climate and adaptation. More here: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...

What strange times, when the commander of RAF Greenham Common is coming out as a liberal supporter of the right to protest

That's how you can tell human authors from AI. AI will put in some em dashes, then apologise and take them out when told off. Human authors will climb the filing cabinet, hissing, and defend their right to em dashes with a loaded stapler.

We’re editing a book on reproductive justice in Latin America and invite extended abstracts (800 words) by Nov 30, 2025. More info: tinyurl.com/2298h4c5

NEW How did ancient tattooers learn their craft? High-res, near infrared photography and collaboration with modern tattooers reveals the complex process behind tattoos on Siberia's 'ice mummies'. #AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵 Warning: this thread contains images of human remains

The more I think about the new Superman movie, the more I realise I loved it - goofy, political, optimistic, nostalgic... and Krypto!

My overwhelming memory from Hebrew school is being young and seeing images of ancestors starving in the camps. “Never again” was our religion. Here is the paper of record today. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...

If you love Superman, you gotta own up to the fact that you love people too: #Superman reactormag.com/we-dont-love...

All famines are man-made, all famines are political. Historians of empire and humanitarianism have known this forever. Gaza is not starving, Gaza is being starved, by Israel, and this starvation is enabled by our government and by every other government that does not step in to force food and aid.

I have a new article out in @flsjournal.bsky.social on thinking about abortion and foetal disability from a reproductive/disability justice perspective link.springer.com/article/10.1... #openaccess