Clifford Stott

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

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Former Tory chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK Zahawi is the most senior former Conservative to join Nigel Farage’s party

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...

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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...

YouTube video by peaceandfreedom2011 Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Music And Song Courtesy:Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)

"Ohio" (1971) - written by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970. Performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. 🗃️

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US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

History repeats.

🤣 People ripping down the covering over Banksy's art.

Lets stop being ridiculous, let the world see its beauty.

Black and white photo of Marjorie Lee Browne. She is wearing a dark blouse with a shirt strand of pearls. Her hair is shoulder length, and it appears she is wearing matching pearl earrings.

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

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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

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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 and Boise Adopt Official Pride Flags in Response to State Laws

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.

Who Is the Wisconsin Judge Arrested in Immigration Dispute?

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.

Oxford academics drank from cup made from human skull until 2015, book reveals Decades-long use of chalice at Worcester College highlights violent colonial history of looted human remains, says Prof Dan Hicks

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.

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic Kemi Badenoch to force vote in Parliament to disapply the Human Rights Act in immigration cases

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
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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.

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USAID Head Peter Marocco Promoting Christian Nationalist Agenda Favored by Hungary Trump appointee to the State Department Peter Marocco, who is in charge of dismantling USAID, has met with a number of Christian Nationalist groups abroad, including those with ties to the anti-democr...

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.

Testimony on the NYPD Criminal Group Database Testimony on the NYPD Criminal Group Database Public Safety Committee New York City Council February 24, 2025 Alex S. Vitale Ph. D. Policing and Social Justice Project, Brooklyn College avitale@bro...

Here is my testimony for today's NYC Public Safety Committee hearing on abolishing the NYPD Gang Database in support of @gangscoalition.bsky.social.
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