Thrilled to share that my second blog is live with the @manchester.ac.uk EDI Blog! Just ahead of #Neurodiversity Celebration Week, this piece looks at how assessment optionality may help students better demonstrate their learning! Check it out below ⬇️⬇️⬇️ blogs.manchester.ac.uk/edi/2026/03/...

Great to see that spring was out in bloom for fieldwork today in Wales!!

Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy. This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis. 44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.

jasbir puar’s terrorist assemblages (2007) is as relevant as ever i see

Our data belongs to all of us. We need to know how the NHS deals with our data. We need the right to say no. No to sneaky data grabs and no to Palantir 👇 https://goodlaw.social/3gc7

another great time to remind folks that we want to keep our data safe and keep palantir out of the nhs

Many of these medical emergencies could have been prevented if children detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center had been given adequate care. Kids don't belong in ICE detention.

The Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood sure has put on a show… But how much is really serious & how much is just a theatre of cruelty? Here’s the TRUTH about this week’s asylum changes youtu.be/w6Nr4ccjMlM?...

Every single one of those graves is for a little girl between 7 and 12 years old. This is the reality of American imperalism.

what in the dystopian hellscape am I reading about now???

An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar tools.

A shameful, heartbreaking betrayal of our duties as a country that is lucky enough to be on the right side of history and on the lucky side of political geography. How can the politicians who betray our moral duties look themselves in the eye in the mirror I will never know.

to be clear: this ‘deal’ leaves it open for the department of defense to use ai for the mass surveillance of us citizens and to automate military attacks

KC DSA is launching the Kansas Trans ID Access Fund as a direct assistance initiative of Kansas City DSA designed to ensure that trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming Kansans can obtain and maintain valid state issued identification. 🧵(1/3)

feels like we should be investigating insider trading on government & military operations, ya know?

Looking for useful resources on neuroinclusive teaching? Check out my latest blog post for the @uomsoss.bsky.social Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Directorate on Universal Design Learning & practical steps to implement it in classrooms! blogs.manchester.ac.uk/edi/2026/03/...

Refugees do not choose to come here - by definition, they were forced to flee. Scrapping permanent status will trap refugees in a state of insecurity and fear. This is inhumane cruelty. Doing so says some people deserve fewer rights - and that inequality is law. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

UK folks!! Marvelous new book coming out there in May from @drcarpineti.bsky.social! It's very 🔭 and very queer, so very 🌈🌈🌈🌈!! 🧪

ooof those nhs wait times aren’t changing anytime soon

'Analysis of Home Office quarterly data reveals the number of overseas nurses granted entry to the UK has fallen by 93% over three years. Just 1,777 overseas nurses were granted entry in 2025, compared with 26,100 in 2022.' Meanwhile, nursing programmes are at risk in many UK universities.

hell freaking yeah!!

Four years of Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine. Standing with Ukrainians. Supporting them in their fight for freedom and just peace. Bringing Ukraine to rooms and places that matter, big and small. That’s the least we can do.

404 Media found multiple users of Zello, an app previously used by Jan. 6 insurrectionists, linked to ICE officials. An officer at the scene of an CBP official shooting a US citizen also used the app. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/how-ice-and-...

Our constitutional rights haven't changed. Despite what ICE may claim, we all have the right to record and document ICE activities in public. We're suing.

Many disabled and chronically ill people are demonized for not working full-time jobs, when the truth is they can be forced out due to inaccessible policies. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

I am, per usual, obsessed with the people behind the robots, and we got more info on robotaxis' safety-critical remote assistance/operations this week: www.wired.com/story/govern...

Many of our neighbors are still impacted by 🧊. As your resources and capacity allow please fund and/or share this GFM 🙏🏼 ("Central" is in South Minneapolis, where Renee Good lived and was murdered.) www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-ren...

ICE agents are paid a bonus for anyone they seize and that includes tourists- read this account from a retired tourist held for 6wks despite a valid visa and seriously think do you need to go to the States? World Cup and Olympics are huge issues imo

She lives with her grandmother in Colombia and travels frequently to the U.S. to visit her mother. Her visa made them targets for ICE. A trip to Disneyland ended with a 9-year-old, who had broken no laws, detained at Dilley, Texas. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

The way that Meta and YouTube designed their products — allegedly luring users into a nonstop loop of taps and scrolling — is at the heart of this month’s bellwether social media trial, which sets the stage for thousands of similar lawsuits. Read more from @laurenfeiner.bsky.social: buff.ly/ndKT7WQ

“‘Aaronson v Channel 4’ sounds real, but it’s completely made up, Koutsogiannis v Random House is a real case, but Kamal’s summary was totally wrong. And the citation number he used to refer to another real case, Riley v Murray, was a reference to an entirely different one” https://bit.ly/3OqPjII

some hopeful news out there!

absolutely!! audiobooks are a fantastic way to read & they open up literature for so many people

for those following the trafficking and abuse allegations, this is a great round-up of everything we know thus far in the epstein files open.spotify.com/episode/6mM5...

Thinktanks warn zero net migration could hit like Brexit: slower growth & fewer opportunities for all. Slashing migration won’t fix the cost-of-living crisis. It will pile even more pressure on our universities, NHS & the key sectors keeping the country running. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

As a proud U.S. citizen, Juana never thought she'd be zip-tied and detained by ICE for hours with her 3-year-old son, especially while attending a family-friendly event. They’re two of hundreds of people we’re defending in court for being targeted in an unlawful militarized immigration raid.

'The majority of the UK’s publicly-funded research is carried out in universities, who now spend over £15bn annually delivering research. Universities are the UK’s single best collective asset for economic and social prosperity'. 1/3

Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...

Today is the last day to respond to the government's horrifying proposals on "earned settlement" - the Amnesty guidance is very helpful, so there's no excuse for not doing it media.amnesty.org.uk/documents/Am...

Over 40,000 have taken action to keep Palantir out of the NHS. Will you join them? https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=PalantirNHS&utm_medium=social_media

NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

The Detained Immigrant Bond Fund urgently needs replenishing so we can continue bringing home people like Elizer who have been granted release. To donate and help reunite families ➡️: https://www.cluejustice.org/bond

Aliya Rahman is a U.S. citizen who was violently arrested by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. Rahman says she repeatedly told agents she was disabled, but they ignored her pleas for medical attention or other accommodation. https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/9/minneapolis_ice

LIVE: Israel approves measures to expand its powers in occupied West Bank https://aje.news/9txfc8

some recs for Black history month! (and always!)

ugh men will literally go to convicted sex offender jeffery epstien before going to therapy

Such a relief that 'science isn't political' and thus that 'pure research' can be conducted at the world's best seats of learning.

ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational