Introduction to @cliffstott.bsky.social & Ed Maguire's new book, 'Policing the crowd' available via Researchgate: www.researchgate.net/profile/Edwa...

Out now! Handbook of Social Identity Research 🌟 📚 ✍ Edited by Nyla Branscombe and Katherine J. Reynolds 'Indispensable for those interested in the research methods and empirical results' – Naomi Ellemers Read first chapter 🆓: tinyurl.com/mpfkzvjz ℹ️ More information: tinyurl.com/38ctp2f8

After infesting it & gnawing through the hull, rat jumps from the sinking ship to board the raft crewed by those whose only goal is to sail us further toward disaster www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Queen's University is recruiting through the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program. Geography and Planning is a particularly great option for international scholars seeking to do northern or climate change research. Feel free to reach out if interested. www.queensu.ca/vpr/recruitm...

"Ohio" (1971) - written by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970. Performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. 🗃️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN_9...

History repeats.

🤣 People ripping down the covering over Banksy's art. Lets stop being ridiculous, let the world see its beauty.

Mathematician Marjorie Lee Browne, whose work focused on linear algebra, topology, and the properties of classical groups, was born #OTD in 1914. She was one of the first Black women to earn a PhD in mathematics from a US university – the University of Michigan.👩‍🔬 🧪 🧮

Another classic piece of timely political commentary from Banksy.

Exactly, the boats are a direct product of Breshit and should be the primary basis of the discussion and attack on Reform’s analysis.

Reefer madness! A lesson from history

Early morning start, so time for a relaxing read in Tavistock Square London before the work today begins

The crowd management failure at 2022 champions league final: inter-organisational analysis of a collective powerlessness www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Hello from downtown LA, where the helicopters are circling and sayimg they got the protesters surrounded. Flash bang echoes. They're pushing protesters back There won't be a lot of pictures today for reasons I assume are obvious Let's do this 🧵

New pre-print - the first empirical study of the 2024 summer riots, case studies of Bristol, Stoke, & Tamworth detailing the sequence of events, who was involved, and targets Funded by @ukri.org www.qeios.com/read/17ASAP

Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boise, Idaho, adopted official Pride flags on Tuesday in response to state laws barring the display of any nonofficial flags at schools and government buildings.

Judge Hannah Dugan, the Wisconsin judge who was arrested on Friday morning on charges of obstructing immigration enforcement, spent most of her legal career working on behalf of low-income people and marginalized groups. Here's what to know.

The moment the penny drops for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke when trying to implement bathroom bans.

Atmospheric CO2 has passed 430 parts per million. The last time atmospheric CO2 was at 430 ppm was during the ancient Pliocene Era, three to five million years ago, and humans didn’t exist.

The role of misperceptions of others' beliefs.

Whilst the identity of the person whose skull it was remains unknown, it is thought to be a female slave & was donated in 1946 by a eugenicist and supporter of fascism interned during WW2. FFS🤦‍♂️ www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Huge consequences for human rights, for activism and protests.

Tories to force vote to disapply Human Rights Act in immigration cases Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights- just privileges that can be taken away by people in power when they want youtu.be/yhXzz_alkSk?...

Liverpool v PSG Rope a Dope

Unbelievable #LFC

EPISODE ALERT: #80 with Cliff Stott, a distinguished social psychologist specializing in crowd behavior, group identity, and public order policing. Time to debunk some old-fashioned myths about crowds. Apple: apple.co/41wPdDA Spotify: spoti.fi/3QXwmvr Soundcloud: on.soundcloud.com/ro7ZX5vPBaUb...

USAID head Peter Marocco is promoting a Christian Nationalist agenda, working with Hungary’s Viktor Orbán to prioritize aid for persecuted Christians while sidelining other religious groups & dismantling democracy programs.—signaling a shift to prioritize religious nationalism over global equality.

Here is my testimony for today's NYC Public Safety Committee hearing on abolishing the NYPD Gang Database in support of @gangscoalition.bsky.social. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Let them eat cake… www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Another masterclass from our beloved Reds 🔥 The Road to Glory Continues 🏆

Awesome #LFC

Russia needs a ceasefire to prepare for a new invasion, - Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service Oleh Ivashchenko The Foreign Intelligence Service is aware of Russia's plans for 2030. Russia's economy is weak, and it needs a respite from the war to restore its economy and replenish its reserves.

Majority of universities now have only four options: 1. Specialise, shrink, give yourself a skinnier USP; 2. Federate, group together with regional partners; 3. Merge, as a uni with less-bad finances absorbs one or two others; 4. Go for training, become an FE and apprenticeship hub.

On 27 Feb my book comes out. It’s about how Liverpool’s recent history should change the way we think about modern Britain. On this thread every few days till then, I will tweet an extraordinary fact about Liverpool’s twentieth-century. Pre-order here: www.waterstones.com/book/liverpo...

“I’m deeply worried by the darkening shadow that’s going over the world, a shadow that we have to call fascism” Stephen Fry

Is anyone surprised?

"In Norway, Tesla saw a 38% sales slump, in France sales dropped by 63%, and in Spain by 75%. Tesla sales dropped 13% across the whole European Union last year and are expected to fall further... Tesla registered only 1,277 new cars in Germany in January, a year-on-year drop of 59.5%."

I was at a punk show in 83 where a skinhead jumped up on stage and gave a Nazi salute. The bass player hit him with his bass, knocking him into the crowd and 150 people collectively hauled his ass out of the venue and threw him in the mud. This was the right and only appropriate response.

Lobbying led UK universities to adopt US-style security during Gaza protests, emails reveal

Trump fires black joint chiefs chair whom Hegseth accused of 'DEI woke shit' www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

⚡️US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal, sources tell Reuters. The U.S. first raised the prospect of shutting off Starlink after Zelensky rejected the deal presented on Feb. 12. Starlink terminals are critical in securing Ukraine's battlefield communications.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Schools, colleges and states that require students to be immunized against COVID-19 may be at risk of losing federal money under a White House order signed Friday by President Donald Trump.

US Vice President JD Vance’s office says he met German far-right leader Alice Weidel apnews.com/article/germ...

The Hong Kong Accountability Archive (HKAA) is an independent, searchable and secure database of videos that documents the policing of the 2019 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.

Fire chiefs warn UK is not prepared for climate crisis impacts

Fans from FC St. Gallen at FC Lucerne protest against police use of ‘rubber bullets’, an increasingly common tactic deployed by police in Switzerland towards football fans.