Bilge Serin

Took a while.

Universities and research are the powerhouse of this country. Yet, they are seemingly adamant to criple it.

Another ridiculous funding cut news: UK physics research and science facilities face ‘substantial’ cuts www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Joy of first rowing session after almost two months compulsory break. Definitely feeling it.

This is what they have in the USA and what Nigel Farage wants to bring to the UK.

It was my pleasure to be invited by Romola Sanyal in the Displacement Urbanism podcast zurl.co/s8yzX

Kenmure Street documentary wins Special Jury Award at Sundance Film Festival

Everybody to Kenmure Street has been awarded the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance, it was announced this evening (January 30).

Glasgow arts centre goes bust after over 33 years with all jobs lost A GLASGOW arts centre has gone into liquidation with all jobs lost ...

www.thenational.scot/news/2581275...

"I am not neutral; I am Palestinian. "

Pep Guardiola
Manchester City football manager.

Not sure if it's a millenial thing, but Cohors Malbec is fabulous wine.

Cities Under Siege Cities are the new battleground of our increasingly urban world. From the slums of the global South to the wealthy financial centers of the West, Cities Under Siege traces the spread of political viol...

FREE EBOOK!

Cities Under Siege, Stephen Graham's powerful exposé of how political violence operates through the spaces of urban life is available as a free download.

Just City by the Med Research network exploring social justice and inequality in Mediterranean urban contexts.

Just City by the Med Research Network connects researchers investigating social justice and inequality in cities and exploring pathways towards just urban futures, through the context of the Mediterranean. Check justcitymed.org for details 👇

UK loses WHO status as measles-free after rise in deaths and fall in jab uptake UN health body says Britain is one of six countries in Europe and central Asia where disease has become re-established The UK has lost its status as a measles-free country after a rise in deaths from the disease and fall in the proportion of children having the MMR jab in recent years. The World Health Organization said it no longer classified Britain as having eliminated measles because the disease had become re-established. Continue reading...

UK loses WHO status as measles-free after rise in deaths and fall in jab uptake

Starmer's excuse of blocking Burnham: "better use of resources". Gosh, another you can't make this up moment.

The toucan's look on its face is priceless.

Wallpaper in my study room. Tiger is a bit shy, but giraffe is naturally curious.

Stop running and look around 👏

Help us make hope normal again.

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Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels for EU power generation in 2025, report finds Researchers say event described as ‘major tipping point’ for clean energy in era of destabilised politics Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels in the European Union’s power generation last year, a report has found, in a “major tipping point” for clean energy. Turbines spinning in the wind and photovoltaic panels lit up by the sun generated 30% of the EU’s electricity in 2025, according to an annual review. Power plants burning coal, oil and gas generated 29%. Continue reading...

Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels for EU power generation in 2025, report finds

Brilliant talk by @juliango.bsky.social

To sum, those atrocities committed in faraway lands always come back home.

www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/vi...

"Heaven is a fed girl"

Delighted to share this super line-up of speakers, thinkers and doers at our seminar exploring civic intermediaries and urban change in the UK and Italy.

📅 January 28, 3.30-5pm
🧭 U of G Advanced Research Centre

Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/civic-inte...

Wednesday, 21 January 2026

University of Glasgow Racial Justice Lecture Series

Policing #Race: #Militarization and the Imperial Boomerang in #Britain and the United States.

By @juliango.bsky.social

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Had a first go at creating a starter pack for social policy research. I’m new here and have surely missed lots so please say if you’d like added or removed!

I feel like I could post this every day.

Why not throw a (political) punch?

New PSUK out now - this week, Nish and Coco discuss UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's response to Trump's strike on Venezuela, with co-host of @PodSaveAmerica.crooked.com and Pod Save the World, Tommy Vietor.

Link in bio!

#PodSaveTheUK #Politics #UK #News

I am horrified by the murder of a woman in Minneapolis by an ICE agent.

This is what fascism looks like in real time, where a far-right government emboldens a violent death squad to terrorise communities with impunity.

Keir Starmer is less popular than Nicolás Maduro.

He's within the margin of error of Hamas.