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This, so much this.

Need to happen everywhere and every time they appear in public, parasites.

What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly. Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.

A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.

I hope you’ll read and share the piece.

stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...

Obviously things have got dramatically worse in the US recently, and I don't want to diminish that, but I've been at *so many* conferences in the UK on topics like empire, humanitarianism and development where multiple speakers from the Global South have been denied visas or held at the border

It has never been a good faith debate about free speech, just free speech for me and not you, it was ever thus.

Bookplate engraving of John Hodgson, looking like a daper clergyman with fluffy hair.

So the most British clergyman (and proto-academic) ever, our man John doesn't abandon his History of Northumberland. He's sitting on evidence that will change a key part of British history, but nope! Out of scope.

So what does he do? He footnotes it. A 173 PAGE LONG FOOTNOTE. 13/22

Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.

Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK

Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.

Hahaha yes, this very true

Wow that's a really stunning piece of red brick being protected. How will the neighbourhood survive its loss, terrible really.

I think a big problem is that we seek to understand racism and bigotry rather than confront it.

Me I'm a bit over "seeking to understand" because it's just normalised it all

Like a certain B Johnson 🤦‍♂️

Massive celebrations sweep across Syria as the nation ushers in 2025, marking the start of a new era free from the former Assad regime. This footage captures the jubilant atmosphere in Damascus.

The great MAGA fitna begins

But of course they did, they could carve off chunks of Cyprus and it would be classed as a defensive action 🙃

He gave it to Ramzan...

In the city of Sahnaya, located in the countryside of Damascus, Syrian Christians are celebrating the fall of Assad: “One, one, one the Syrian people are one” as the church bells rings.

A video showing the toppling of the dictator Hafez al-Assad’s statue in the Syrian city of Latakia and the removal of the old regime’s flag. Crowds are celebrating this morning for Syria’s new future.

Ten years hiding in his house in #Homs because he was wanted by the #Assad regime and he never went out for a walk with his family, now he is free 😭❤️

Yes, or fail to be moved by people who have lived for decades under the cruellest oppression tearing down the images and statues of the tyrant.

Some people reading this the wrong way, so let me be clear: the liberation of the prisons is not a sufficient proof for HTS's good intentions or transformed nature.
That should not stand in the way of standing in solidarity with people - ordinary people - who have been oppressed so cruelly.

What joy and hope and possibilty trampled into a lost decade filled with trauma and loss, the end of the tyrant is near.

When will they take some fucking responsibility for the fact that civil service can only deliver what Ministers decide?!

The inaction of the past 4-5 months lies at the feet of ministers , to join the right wing populist horse shit of scapegoating those of us who can't talk back is pathetic

Pentametron was one of the great web art projects, retweeting couplets of accidentally iambic tweets. Thanks to Bluesky's open feed, I have resurrected the concept..

Behold @iambic.bot!

Disappointing for #safc to lose ground over the last few games when they deserved more from the games. Big test tonight, another draw would be (this time) a canny outcome.

This this, a thousands times this. And alas utterly predictable from well before the election that starmer and reeves would not have the gumption (or the will) to effect the required change. Alas it will not only lead to a loss in 29, but a high risk of a swing to the far right

After some important interactions on here today, it strikes me that the primary people we should all be consulting on the subject of assisted dying are those currently living with life limiting conditions / terminal illnesses.

Several individuals have told me they feel completely ignored.

Shaun Cunnington

Hopefully, anyway

Day six of following all Sunderland fans back on Bluesky. Really enjoying it on here so far compared to the other place.

Drop this post a share so we can all find each other.

#SAFC