Vanessa Traill
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Vaguely academic, sf&f and crime fan, unashamedly a geek, fan and mad cat lady. (Dr/ PhD) She/ her
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Zack Polanski
5 days ago
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Dr Eleanor Janega
about 1 month ago
The destruction of the Gaza city mosque is a devastating loss to humanity as a whole. A part of our global medieval heritage destroyed in furtherance to a genocide. I despair.
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Leonie V. Hicks
about 2 months ago
I'm so angry about
#KingAndConqueror
because the exec producer says: 'there's an obscuring mist that allows you to take artistic license in a way that doesn't feel inauthentic or unethical, because there's only so much we can know.
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King & Conqueror cast and creatives on telling the story of Harold, William and the Battle of Hastings -
The drama follows Harold of Wessex (James Norton) and William of Normandy (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) two men destined to meet in 1066
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/king-and-conqueror-cast-and-creatives
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Dan Sohege
about 2 months ago
Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".
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Amnesty International UK
2 months ago
The targeted killing of Anas al-Sharif and five other journalists on Sunday means at least 242 Palestinian journalists have been killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of October 2023. No conflict in modern history has seen a higher number of journalists killed.
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Amnesty International UK
2 months ago
đ¨HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds arrested in Parliament Square in protest organised by Defend Our Juries The arrest of otherwise peaceful protesters is a violation of the UKâs international obligations to protect the rights of freedom of expression and assembly. 1/3
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Mike Galsworthy
3 months ago
"The BBCâs recent refusal to air documentaries on Gaza is part of a systemic fear among UK journalists of reporting the plain facts"
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Gaza War coverage: new report reveals systematic bias against Palestinians
The BBCâs recent refusal to air documentaries on Gaza is part of a systemic fear among UK journalists of reporting the plain facts
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/gaza-war-coverage-new-report-reveals-systematic-bias-against-palestinians/
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Saul Staniforth
3 months ago
Juliette Touma: "There is a much easier way, & that is to drive trucks through the borders" Airdrops are cover to allow Israels allies to point to actions being taken whilst the reality is they continue facilitating the extermination of the Palestinian people.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb
3 months ago
this is one of the worst crimes in human history and the entire global north and all of us in it share the responsibility
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D Franklin
3 months ago
Feeling very timely in this moment of a trans revival of Section 28...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/15/r...
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A Mere Solicitor
3 months ago
Caster Semenya is a cis woman. A cis woman who has been subject to human rights abuses. Sheâs won (again) by proving that the system is unfair and she wasnât given a fair hearing. Thereâs no world in which her fight isnât for womenâs rights.
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Amnesty International UK
4 months ago
The documentary that the BBC refused to air showing the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza by Israeli authorities was broadcast by Channel 4 last night. Amnesty International researcher, Budour Hassan, explains the use of secret sites by the Israeli authorities.
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Laura Webster
4 months ago
đ¨ Last night JK Rowling attacked The National as an "anti-woman newspaper". I think that is absolutely ridiculous chat. Here's my open letter setting out why this kind of attack does not work on our team.
www.thenational.scot/news/2525321...
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JK Rowling called our newspaper 'anti-woman'. Here's my response
THIS week JK Rowling launched an attack on The National, describing us as an "anti-woman newspaper" ...
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25253214.jk-rowling-called-national-anti-woman---response/
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Caitlin
6 months ago
Remember when the US Congress voted for a âtrans bathroom banâ on their premises, mostly to bully their solitary trans colleague, and we (the reasonable among us) all thought that outrageous? Obviously progressive Scotland would never do something like â oh.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2514895...
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Access to Holyrood toilets and changing rooms to be based on sex following ruling
Scottish Parliament to bar trans women from female toilets and redesignate facilities as gender neutral after Supreme Court ruling on legalâŚ
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25148957.holyrood-adds-gender-neutral-toilets-sex-ruling/
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Caroline Dodds Pennock
6 months ago
Close to TWO THOUSAND academics and educators say TRANS RIGHTS NOW. (Sorry if you've seen this (and the historians' letter!) too many times. The lack of an algorithm means we have to keep reposting it to catch people, and this really matters.)
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Caroline Dodds Pennock
6 months ago
This. As a cis woman, I reject the premise that trans women are a threat to me or to my womanhood.
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Jolyon Maugham KC
6 months ago
Spare a thought today, too, for lesbian women, overwhelmingly trans inclusive, but who the Supreme Court has presented as exactly the opposite. Sorry but the heterosexual judges on the Supreme Court know better than you what you really think.
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Good Law Project
6 months ago
The Supreme Court ignored trans voices, harming trans people â and the fairness of its ruling. Iâm ashamed of what our law has become, says
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The Supreme Court ignored trans voices. Iâm ashamed of what our law has become | Good Law Project
The Supreme Courtâs decision to exclude trans voices has harmed trans people â and harmed the fairness of their ruling.
https://goodlaw.social/83qa
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Esther
7 months ago
Absolutely heartbroken to learn of Hossamâs murder. He gave so much of himself and deserved so much more from this world and this life. Free Palestine.
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Center for Constitutional Rights
7 months ago
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
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Stephen A Russell
7 months ago
A hero passes
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Saul Staniforth
8 months ago
Hani Mahmoud reports on Israel cutting off electricity to the desalination plant in Gaza that provides drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people.
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Yassmin Abdel-Magied
8 months ago
Feel like you know nothing about Sudan? I sat down with the team at Prospect Magazine to talk about the conflict, and why itâs NOT a forgotten war, but an invisibilised one:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...
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Sudanâs âwar of opportunityâ, with Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Is Sudan really the âforgotten warâ? Former broadcaster Yassmin Abdel-Magied breaks down the situation and explains which countries are positioning th...
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/prospect-podcast/69301/sudans-war-of-opportunity-with-yassmin-abdel-magied
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Cats of Yore
over 1 year ago
Pussy willows by Margaret Ely Webb!
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. The full book is available here:
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Monica H Green
over 1 year ago
#MedievalSky
#GlobalMiddleAges
If you've not already had a look at this gorgeous astrolabe in Verona, check out the NY Times article. And for more context, this piece in the Guardian has more detail:
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/m...
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Vajra Chandrasekera
almost 2 years ago
âThis is a textbook case of genocide.â Craig Mokhiber just resigned as Director of the New York Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, after more than three decades of service in the UN. "We are failing again." His full resignation letter and final appeal are well worth reading.
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Top UN official in New York resigns over âgenocideâ of Palestinian civilians
Craig Mokhiber, director of human rights body, accuses the US, UK and much of Europe as âwholly complicit in the horrific assaultâ
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/31/un-official-resigns-israel-hamas-war-palestine-new-york
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A few weeks back I had a lovely day out with a friend at Pollock House and managed to prove to myself that there was a portrait in the house that had a startling resemblance to another friend. I first spotted it years ago but somehow never made it back to gather proof until now. So glad I found it!
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And hello to another new social media platform. Sadly not joining this one because of Gish (unlike twitter & insta) but Jazz and Lola will enjoy having another audience. Once they wake up!
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