Melanie Richter-Montpetit

ACT-UP London Mass Die-In, Vigil and reading of names.
World AIDS Day 1/12/25
8.00am sharp
Trafalgar Square
#actuplondon #actup #worldaidsday

Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵

📣 Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial Paper Prize for Early Career Scholars 2026 📣

We are now accepting submissions for this annual prize, which is a collaboration between RIS and the BISA CPD working group! Find out more ⤵️

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Disciplining dissent: UK universities, the arms industry, and protest Laura Shewan, SGR, describes the increasingly close relationship between the military-industrial complex and the academic sector in Britain. She also highlights the increasing antagonism of university...

SGR’s campaigner Laura Shewan documents how UK universities are clamping down on student protests while deepening ties with the arms industry.

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UN calls for probe into Israel’s strikes on Lebanon At least 13 civilians, including 11 children, were killed in the Israeli strike on Ein El-Hilweh camp.

At least 13 civilians, including 11 children, were killed in the Israeli strike on Ein El-Hilweh camp.

U.S. Military Documents Indicate Plans to Keep Troops in Caribbean Through 2028 As rumors of a U.S. war on Venezuela swirl, military documents show plans to feed a buildup of troops in the region for years.

U.S. Military Documents Indicate Plans to Keep Troops in Caribbean Through 2028

As rumors of a U.S. war on Venezuela swirl, military documents show plans to feed a buildup of troops in the region for years.

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University in the UK is already astonishingly narrow. My husband & I both did five year undergrads (Canada) as did most people we know. We do the same level of specialisation (if not more) but also so much breadth. Our schooling is much mire broad as well. The UK gov wants us all to be technicians.

Y’know, believing there’s a kind of racism that isn’t hurtful or insulting is itself quite revealing.

Nick Robinson and Michael Crick on BBC R4 Today blithely absolving Farage of racism just because Nigel learnt to stop hissing death camp gas sounds into his targets’ ears (and instead started doing his racism in political code) is giving me indigestion at 9am.

Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.

1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.

It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.

Transgender care saves lives.

European lawmakers warn of “prelude to invasion” as U.S. military buildup around Venezuela grows More than 60 political leaders from across Europe have issued an urgent warning against what they describe as a “prelude to invasion” of Venezuela, citing US invasion, Venezuela More than 60…

“Our demand is clear and our resolve is firm: No war on Venezuela."

Read more from Jeremy Corbyn, Yanis Varoufakis, Manon Aubry and others in Maktoob Media.

University managers are already declaring that they can't have the optics of pushing this levy onto international fees (would be nice if they thought about the students themselves but 🤷) and that they will seek the money in operational costs.

ie: government is further cutting into what makes unis.

Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.

Video shot by astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, shows a stunning display of the Northern Lights as seen from the International Space Station.

Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...

“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”

The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.

Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.

EdTech LLMs reinforce racism and forecast the death of education.

Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue, medics say ‘Severe lack’ in territory where Israeli strikes have killed more than 50 people and injured over 100 in recent days

Anyone remember that cease fire?

"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"

In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.

Israel's military has bombed Beirut for the first time since June, claiming to target a Hezbollah member in the southern suburb of Dahiyeh.

It's the latest violation of a ceasefire Israel signed with Hezbollah a year ago, which Israel has broken with near-daily attacks on southern Lebanon.

Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent $1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months

A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
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I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer

Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record.
@independentsage.bsky.social

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Trump: so if I recite this 'shahada' and implement a bunch of social programs, I get into heaven?

Mamdani: that's right, Mr. President

Trump: and when do I get one of those cool rugs? I always thought those looked neat. like rolling out a little red carpet for yourself every few hours

Devastating news - Iranian President declared that Teheran, capital city with 10 million residents, no longer ecologically viable and must be moved

The politics of hunger in Sudan | Nisrin Elamin 6.30pm Weds 3 Dec | Nisrin Elamin | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

Why is Sudan—rich in land, livestock, and gold—facing mass hunger?
Join @nisrinelamin.bsky.social at LSE to unpack the extractive politics behind famine.
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
📍Hong Kong Theatre & Online
#LSEEvents #Sudan

Das Bild einer Entfremdung: Die Stipendiaten der Deutschlandstiftung Integration verlassen bei der Rede des Bundeskanzlers den Saal.
Viele wollen es nicht verstehen oder wahr haben, aber die Äußerungen des Kanzlers haben enorme Kränkungen verursacht.

the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know

Ein weiterer Tiefpunkt der Mißachtung von Wissenschaftsfreiheit. Ich bin sicher, das Netzwerk "Wissenschaftsfreiheit" wird dazu bald eine Stellungnahme abgeben. Ach warte mal...deren Mitglieder sind ja damit beschäftigt, uns einzureden, dass Cancel Culture von Postkolonialen Theorien und Co droht..

Why the military’s impact on climate change can no longer be ignored www.tni.org/en/publicati...

Report claims almost 100 Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli jails since October 2023 The highest number of deaths are alleged to have happened at the Sde Teiman detention centre.

Systematic torture and murder, with no consequences.

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