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Any time a politician says we should leave the ECHR, the very next questions any interviewer should ask are
🚨Which human rights are you willing to lose personally
🚨Which methods of torture are you going to allow people to be sent to face
🚨Which family members would you be willing to lose

#r4today

Horrific about the murderous attack on worshippers at the synagogue in Manchester. Reminds me of the attack on two mosques in my hometown in 2019. I am thinking of the victims and all Jewish people and hope our society can unite across religious and political diferences for safety and protection.

We call on Jo Grady and UCU SMT to: • Enter negotiations with Unite UCU without preconditions. • Stop the threat of punitive deductions for ASOS - this breaches UCU and TUC policy and only serves to undermine all of us, not least those UCU members currently involved in legal test cases against punitive deductions after taking lawful industrial action. Signed, 25, no 37, no 46, no 50 UCU branch committees (and still counting)

Fifty branches, representing over 36% of UCU members, have now called for @drjogrady.bsky.social to enter unconditional negotiations & remove the threat of punitive deductions against staff.

Unite's repeated requests for such talks have had no response. Will she now listen to @ucu.org.uk members?

Do you still endorse the sexual predator candidate?

Four lit candles with a stained glass window in the background.

A new report, from our Department of Theology and Religion, on the experiences of victim-survivors in the Mike Pilavachi case calls on the Church of England to create a culture in which spiritual authority is handled safely.

www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

Screenshot of text/numbers in tables. "Newcastle upon Tyne Remain: 65,405 Leave: 63,598 Electorate: 190,735 Turnout: 67.7% Valid votes: 129,003"

'the party said it had chosen Newcastle, “the symbolic heart of Brexit”'
www.itv.com/news/tyne-te...

YouTube video by Candy Cane Gunner Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine - The White Stripes (lyrics)

Me to Trump/RFK
(@officialjackwhite.bsky.social)
youtu.be/ZVtByJNA290?...

Recognising Palestine is not a substitute for stopping the genocide.

When I was in the West Bank, No Other Land’s Basil Adra told the devastating truth.

Image of text: "September 10, 2025 Liam de los Reyes Hope in Faithful Witness De-Temporalized Eschatology in Black and Latin American Liberationist Thought first published on September 10, 2025 DOI: 10.5840/jsce202599132 Abstract; Full Text(PDF) Marie-Claire Klassen Doing Theology in the Wake of Genocide "Can Our Theology Ever be the Same Again After [Gaza]?" first published on September 10, 2025 DOI: 10.5840/jsce202599131 Abstract; Full Text(PDF)"

Great to see articles from two good friends and Notre Dame classmates dropping on the same day in the Journal of @sofcethics.bsky.social - Marie-Claire Klassen and Liam de los Reyes. Both look great and timely.

➡️ Charlie Kirk
➡️ “Tommy Robinson”
➡️ The PR machine defending the Israeli government
➡️ The war on climate science

What have they got in common?

Their funders - a small clique of American billionaires. 💰

It sounds like a conspiracy theory - but it’s true. 🧵

He condemned the criminality, not the politics - only the means, not the ends

Congratulations!

UK workers increasingly rejecting return-to-office mandates, study finds | King's College London Women and some parents are showing the strongest resistance

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/uk-work...

Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin?

TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?

Autistic woman’s painstaking clarifications only making you misunderstand her harder Red headed woman looking fed up on sofa

An autistic woman’s attempts to communicate as clearly and transparently as possible have only made you more determined to aggressively misinterpret her, it has been confirmed.

Definitely not based on recent experience: www.patreon.com/posts/138333...

The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?

First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me

“First they came for the communists...”

This is the incredible story of the German pastor who wrote those famous lines, and his journey from Hitler fanboy to his opponent and victim.🧵

When speaking to Tommy Robinson at the far right demonstration in London today, Elon Musk wore a t-shirt saying "What would Orwell think?"

So let's dive in - what would George Orwell think about Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk? 🧵

The image is a four-panel comic with text boxes and illustrations explaining the “Groypers.” * Title at the top: *“Who are Groypers and why did Charlie Kirk’s murderer had their memes engraved on his bullet casings?”* * Top left panel: A man in a baseball cap next to a logo with the letters “AF.” Text explains that Groypers are an ultranationalist neo-Nazi group that emerged from 2010s meme culture, led by Nick Fuentes. * Top right panel: A seated man (Charlie Kirk) with a microphone pointing outward. Text explains that he was a main target of the “Groyper Wars” for debating Jewish or queer people, and Groypers tried to derail his debates. * Bottom left panel: **Groyper the Frog**, a variation of “Pepe,” wearing a suit and holding a coffee mug. Text explains that Groypers use progressive symbols like the protest song “Bella Ciao” to disguise their real beliefs. * Bottom right panel: Close-up of a face with a dark background. Text describes Groypers’ use of coded memes from video games and harassment memes targeting the furry community. It mentions “Tyler Robinson” as a soldier in the “Groyper Wars,” deeply immersed in internet culture. At the bottom right, the name *Sophie Labelle* is written.

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We call on Jo Grady and UCU SMT to: • Enter negotiations with Unite UCU without preconditions. • Stop the threat of punitive deductions for ASOS - this breaches UCU and TUC policy and only serves to undermine all of us, not least those UCU members currently involved in legal test cases against punitive deductions after taking lawful industrial action. Signed, 25, no, 37 UCU branch committees (and counting)

Another 12 more UCU branches have signed (so far) today!

uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/u...

We'd like to send special solidarity back to @ucukent.bsky.social and @ucugreenwich.bsky.social for their support following their own worrying news from this week.

We call on Jo Grady and UCU SMT to: • Enter negotiations with Unite UCU without preconditions. • Stop the threat of punitive deductions for ASOS - this breaches UCU and TUC policy and only serves to undermine all of us, not least those UCU members currently involved in legal test cases against punitive deductions after taking lawful industrial action. Signed, 25 UCU branch committees (and counting)

Sometimes solutions are easy @drjogrady.bsky.social & @ucu.org.uk

Let’s sit down and talk without conditions or threats that damage everyone. It’s time to resolve this dispute.

Our statement, with support from the following branch committees:

Exclusive: Zack Polanski wants trade unions to affiliate to Green Party 'The Labour Party as a party of change is beyond dead'

Zack Polanski says he wants to see a 'much stronger relationship' between the Greens and trade unions.

"When pressed on whether that meant he wanted to see unions funding and affiliating to the Greens, he said: 'yes to all of that'"
leftfootforward.org/2025/09/excl...

I loved being part of these sessions on #neurodivergent #liberationtheology & the insight, creative theological analysis & challenge @naomijacobs.bsky.social, @rudyreyes.bsky.social, @krysiawally.bsky.social, Joanna, Jeremy, & Jonathan brought. Look forward to continuing the conversations further.

I mean it’s literally the case made, with rationale clearly laid out, at the start of this thread. Do you have a counter argument? Or just repeat the refuted argument and call the refutation ridiculous without any reasons given?

Rogue intimidating behaviour like deducting pay for ASOS is indeed unfair, unprofessional, & a deliberate act of escalation, whether done by senior managers of a university, college, or union.
It’s consistent with behaviour of employers who don’t want resolution for their staff & those they work for

Marking and assessment boycott to hit 145 UK universities from tomorrow UCU has today confirmed that a marking and assessment boycott will commence tomorrow [Thursday 20 April] at 145 UK universities after employers failed to produce an improved offer in the pay & conditi...

Jo Grady: “...these deductions are immoral, counterproductive, and have no place in our universities. UCEA and vice-chancellors need to stop with the bully-boy tactics which are damaging to staff, students, and the international reputation of UK higher education.’

www.ucu.org.uk/article/1287...

University accused of ‘vindictive attack’ as staff lose 21 days’ pay over protest Academics fear docked wages after marking boycott at Queen Mary University of London are start of a wider crackdown

We wonder what @qmucu.bsky.social thinks about their own union’s threat to make 100% deductions for ASOS.

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

UCU: Fighting punitive ASOS deductions Motion from UCU Congress 2022-2023: Fighting punitive ASOS deductions

UCU policy: “To work with the TUC and other TUs to campaign for a change to the law to prevent such deductions, including lobbying government and opposition parties”

Maybe while @drjogrady.bsky.social is at @tuc.org.uk in Brighton she can work on thi… oh!

policy.web.ucu.org.uk/motion-infor...

Jo Grady calling Queen Mary management "vindictive" for making deductions from UCU members taking action short of a strike: Jo Grady, UCU's general secretary, said Queen Mary's senior management had "launched a vindictive attack" on its members, "punishing them for taking part in lawful industrial action" and "cementing its reputation as the worst university employer in the UK" She said: "It is wrong to do this at any time and all the more deplorable as staff struggle to make ends meet in a cost of living crisis."

Screen shot of the article from The Guardian about Queen Mary ASOS deductions in which Jo Grady is quoted

🚨 Third consecutive vote for industrial action 🚨

✅ strike action: 76%
✅ action short of a strike (ASOS): 80%
✅ turnout: 77%

ASOS begins today with @ucu.org.uk threatening staff: "We'll deduct your wages."

Double standards and vindictive attacks undermine us all.

#ReclaimUCU