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Richard Hall
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Prof of Education and Technology #walsallfc NTF PFHEA #decolonising The Hopeless University http://bit.ly/3plYOdB Alienated Academic http://bit.ly/2HjFQL6 #freepalestine 🇵🇸

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Felicity Callard @felicitycallard.bsky.social · 4d
Important to realise that one of Alice Sullivan's demands in her legal letter to University of Bristol is for the university to withdraw its Trans Inclusion Policy profalices.co.uk/wp-content/u... (the policy is already listed as under review by the university www.bristol.ac.uk/inclusion/lg...)
F Action the Defendant is expected to take 112. To avoid litigation, the Defendant is asked to a. b. confirm that the Trans Inclusion Policy will be withdrawn on account of its unlawfulness; and issue a public announcement stating that its decisions in respect of the Claimant’s lecture were unlawful for the reasons outlined above.

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Richard Hall @hallymk1.bsky.social · 9d
New co-created report with a range of amazing Muslim students and staff richard-hall.org/2025/12/17/m... #highered
Muslim Friendly Universities Report: Being and Becoming: British Muslim Students’ First-Year Journeys in Higher Education – Richard Hall's Space
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David Mabb @davidmabb.bsky.social · 15d
Cover design for ‘Revolutionary Subjectivity in the Thought of Karl Marx’ Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series to be published 23th December 2025. Cover art is from Construct 74, acrylic on wallpaper mounted on linen (2024).
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2716-r...

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Michael Chessum @michaelchessum.bsky.social · 17d
15 years ago, Britain's streets were the scene of a mass youth revolt. If it had taken place under a Starmer government, we would have ended up in prison.

We don't just need slick media performers - we need disruptive movements that can change things 'from below'.

For @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
Bring back the spirit of the 2010 student fees protests
We need their rampant disdain for the Establishment more than ever
www.newstatesman.com

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Richard Hall @hallymk1.bsky.social · 21d
I was asked for a copy of my PhD. First ask since 1997. Low demand! However, it led me down a floppy disc rabbit hole back to my MA and PhD theses: Yorkshire politics in the early eighteenth century richard-hall.org/2025/12/05/m...
My MA and PhD theses: Yorkshire politics in the early eighteenth century – Richard Hall's Space
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 25d
No one can stop Palestinians from getting their education. On Saturday, the Islamic University of Gaza opened its doors for in-person classes for the first time in the two years since the Israeli military began its genocide.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Nov 25
Probably the worst of them all is the Ring doorbell.

It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.

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Speaking of a reindeer taking down grandma, a Ring doorbell might be able to capture that kind of footage so you have proof of what happened. But like with the smart speaker, there’s so much more that comes with that purchase. Amazon — and other companies pushing camera doorbells — want you to think they’re making you safer by giving you insight into what’s happening around your home. Ring doorbell ads often also try to make them appear fun, with people putting on a show for the doorbell. But that’s little more than a public relations campaign. For me, the camera doorbell is the perfect example of a technology that makes people believe they’re safer when really making them more paranoid and anxious as they see their neighborhood and community with deep and unwarranted suspicion. People become aware of things that had already been happening around their home for ages without them knowing about it and they become like big brother, spying out everything once the camera detects movement. It gets even worse when this paranoia meets social media, whether through snitching apps like Nextdoor or the spread of clips on platforms like Facebook that convince others to fear their surroundings and vastly overestimate the amount of crime happening in their vicinity.

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · Nov 23
The global Palestine solidarity movement is at a crossroads as traditional forms of advocacy have become too easy for governments to ignore. Moving forward, the movement must shift from reactive protests to building lasting political power.

mondoweiss.net/2025/11/afte...

#Palestine #Israel
After the Ceasefire: What next for global solidarity with Palestine?
The global Palestine solidarity movement is at a crossroads as traditional forms of advocacy have become too easy for governments to ignore. Moving forward, the movement must shift from reactive protests...
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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · Nov 16
Last week on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to a college with an aeronautical bias
Higher education postcard: the University of Hertfordshire
This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to a college with an aeronautical bias This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to a college with an aeronautical bias
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Richard Hall @hallymk1.bsky.social · Nov 14
Take care.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Nov 14
Analysts in Israel say Israel is continuing on the same path, despite the ceasefire in Gaza.
Normalising hate: Israel leans in to anti-Palestinian violence, rhetoric
Analysts in Israel say Israel is continuing on the same path, despite the ceasefire in Gaza.
bit.ly

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Andrew Case @aclaudecase.bsky.social · Nov 7
BREAKING: A federal jury in Brooklyn awarded our clients — 674 immigrants unlawfully jailed by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office — $112 million. Could not be more proud to work at @latinojustice.bsky.social and to partner with the talent of Winston & Strawn.
Jury Awards $112 Million to 674 Immigrants Unlawfully Held by Suffolk County for ICE Handover | LatinoJusticePRLDEF
FOR IMMEDIATE
www.latinojustice.org

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Nov 7
BREAKING: The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued arrest warrants for 37 Israeli officials, including PM Netanyahu, Defence Minister Israel Katz, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, reports Turkish media.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/lx1bfd

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Richard Hall @hallymk1.bsky.social · Nov 6
Yes! From A lovely woodland walk in Norfolk!

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · Nov 6
Yes, fellow fungophiles, they are out, and in numbers. #fungifriends
A display of freshly-foraged wild mushrooms, including scarletinas, amethysts, slippery jacks and Bay boletes among other species.

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · Nov 5
Very useful starting point: here's my slide for the Research Methods class:
A Keynote slide listing links to critiques of AI in higher education, with a picture of The Terminator and a newspaper headline about Grok servers poisoning a Black area of Memphis.

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Judith A. Miller @1789jam.bsky.social · Nov 4
More on the situation at #Emory, where the firing of a med school colleague & other activities by the admins appear to violate our Open Expression Policy. We either have a policy or we do not. @emoryaaup.bsky.social @aaup.org #AAUP @academic-chatter.bsky.social

www.emorywheel.com/article/2025...
Emory must stand up, reject culture of fear
The Emory Wheel is the only independent, student-run newspaper of Emory University, since 1919.
www.emorywheel.com

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Big Issue @bigissue.com · Nov 3
The Women's Budget Groups calculated how many children would be lifted above the poverty line if the two-child limit was scrapped.
How many children would be lifted out of poverty if the two-child limit was scrapped?
www.bigissue.com

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Margarita @margarita.bsky.social · Oct 31
Yeah, it's almost like this disgusting hate speech should be banned. Wonder who has the power to do that
Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash
Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.
futurism.com

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Tom Western @tomwestern.bsky.social · Oct 31
Wow a UK university finally learnt the word scholasticide

www.soas.ac.uk/about/news/s...
Senate statement on Gaza, Palestine
The Senate has published a ‘Senate Statement on Scholasticide in Gaza, Palestine’.
www.soas.ac.uk

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · Oct 30
Trump administration officials reportedly told Israel that Washington will soon unveil a detailed plan for deploying an international stabilization force in Gaza.

CENTCOM is leading the design, which includes both a new Palestinian police alongside troops

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · Oct 30
We remember Rabbi Arthur Waskow, a beloved activist rabbi who was a leading voice connecting Jewish spirituality to justice-oriented politics. He passed away last week at the age of 92.

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Richard Hall @hallymk1.bsky.social · Oct 30
I'm speaking about a new book project, The Dissolution of the Universities next Thursday, online c/o DECkNO at Bath. Should be full of lols www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-dissol...? #ukhe
The Dissolution of the Universities
Join Professor Richard Hall in discussing the crisis of the university with the DECkNO community.
www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · Oct 30
“My heart is just broken,” the Uber rider said. “Whether anyone is here legally or illegally, they deserve to be treated like a human being and not just taken off the street with no prior notice.”
Family distraught after feds detain Chicago Uber driver despite protected status, asylum application
Diego Castro was detained last Friday as he was dropping off a passenger in West Town. His family says he had made a life here since applying for asylum eight years ago.
trib.al

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Oct 30
children no longer being safe trick-or-treating on american streets because of the president is where we're at
How Chicagoans Are Helping Kids Have A Safe — And ICE-Free — Halloween This Year
Neighbors are organizing indoor trick-or-treat events, candy drives and candy dropoffs to protect vulnerable families. Two Logan Square blocks that attract thousands of trick-or-treaters may shut down...
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · Oct 30
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.

My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
Early planning documents reviewed by WIRED describe a statewide transport grid designed for steady detainee transfers across Texas, with ICE estimating each trip to average 100 miles. Every county would have its own small, around-the-clock team of contractors collecting immigrants from local authorities deputized by ICE. It is a subtle transfer of the physical custody process into the hands of a private security firm—authorized to carry firearms and perform transport duties “in any and all local, county, state, and ICE locations.”

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Ronald Hartz @ronaldhartz.bsky.social · Oct 30
'around 150 jobs at risk in the initial phase'

- all academic staff in the film studies and modern languages departments
- large numbers of staff in chemistry, geography, geology & the environment (GGE) and history specialisms

#UKHE
#HigherEd

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University of Leicester confirms formal redundancy consultation
The University and College Union's local branch says staff are planning strike action.
bbc.com

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Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social · Oct 30
Wikipedia says Shaheen is an academic. BBCQT implies you can’t trust what she says b/c she’s an ‘activist’. Someone who Wikipedia calls ‘a former academic’ who now campaigns for Reform & wants to be its first Home Secretary is an ‘academic & author’ who you can trust. Maybe they use Grokipedia now.

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · Oct 20
Israel National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir:

"Since we've taken delivery of the hostages, let's return to the war and open the gates of hell upon Gaza."
Ben Gvir

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Richard Hall @hallymk1.bsky.social · Oct 17
We stand with Palestine, with Birmingham’s communities, and against every attempt to use racism to silence solidarity. If Maccabi Tel Aviv come to Birmingham, they should be met not with welcome but with protest... these monsters have no place anywhere substack.com/home/post/p-...
Statement: No Apartheid Team in Birmingham
No Israeli team should be allowed to play any sport, anywhere, while Palestinians live under apartheid and Palestine remains in the grip of genocidal Israeli violence.
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