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William Wood
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Senior Lecturer, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University.
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https://experts.griffith.edu.au/9738-william-wood

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Feb 5
Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
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Of course it’s a coup
Miss the obvious, lose your republic
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William Wood @woodwi.bsky.social · Jun 18
New article with Juan Tauri on the problems and myths of the FGC in Aotearoa/New Zealand

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#restorativejustice #youthjustice
Revisiting New Zealand’s “gift to the world”: demythologising youth justice family group conferencing in Aotearoa New Zealand
In 1989, New Zealand implemented Family Group Conferences (FGCs) as part of the Children, Young Persons, and their Families Act. Since then, New Zealand’s youth justice system, and the FGC in parti...
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Meidas_SocietysChild @societyschild.bsky.social · May 17
I'm in the mood to pull out my vinyl copy of Greetings From Asbury Park tonight and listen to a true patriot serenade our home.

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William Wood @woodwi.bsky.social · May 15
"Across the country, deadly encounters begin with officers making decisions that turn routine stops into fatal confrontations."

The longer I am away, the more I understand David Bowie's song about Americans.

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Brett Kavanaugh Just Gave a Gratuitous Win to Cops Who Kill
The court explicitly declined to answer the big question, even though it hovered over the case and surfaced repeatedly in oral arguments.
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William Wood @woodwi.bsky.social · Feb 20
The US started by revolting against a crazy and delusional King . . . Ironic it’s now ending with a crazy and delusional king.

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William Wood @woodwi.bsky.social · Feb 20
Democracy in United States started by revolting against a crazy and delusional king . . . Ironic it’s now ending with a crazy and delusional king.

#resist #stopthecoup

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William Wood @woodwi.bsky.social · Feb 8
Who would have guessed a 19 year old nicknamed "Big Balls" would pose a security risk?

This isnt even conservatism. Its putting henchmen (henchboys) into positions where they can break shit in order to control it. Its a coup, no matter how you look at it.

#henchboys #coup #felonmusk
Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
www.bloomberg.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Feb 8
Yes, nothing says "I should be in charge of honoring America's fine arts at the Kennedy Center" quite like being a low-brow philistine schmuck who broke tradition by refusing to go to the Kennedy Center to honor America's artists. I just never thought I'd see Kid Rock and Hulk Hogan get the award.

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William Wood @woodwi.bsky.social · Feb 6
What could possibly go wrong with closing the primary US agency responsible for responding to the growing Ebola outbreak in Uganda?

#ebola #USAID

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As Trump shuts down USAID missions, officials warn Ebola outbreak in Uganda will spread
Americans are among those exposed to the virus in Uganda.
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · Feb 6
I know pointing out hypocrisy doesn’t matter anymore, but if there’s one person I wouldn’t want to be the judge of who goes into locker rooms, it would be the man who openly boasted about walking into dressing rooms of underage girls

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William Wood @woodwi.bsky.social · Feb 1
MAGA is literally seizing the government. Mass purges at the DOJ and FBI. Without the rule of law, Trump & Musk seeking to take direct control of the federal payments system. There is literally no one to stop them from the transition to an autocracy.

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William Wood @woodwi.bsky.social · Feb 1
MAGA is literally seizing the government. Mass purges at the DOJ and FBI. Without the rule of law, Trump & Musk seeking to take direct control of the federal payments system. There is literally no one to stop them from the transition to an autocracy.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/u...
Treasury Official Quits After Resisting Musk’s Requests on Payments
Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team sought access to the government’s vast payment system, part of its bid to choke off federal funding.
www.nytimes.com

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William Wood @woodwi.bsky.social · Jan 31
Get with the program kids !
How to fight fascism with the Raccoons of the Resistance! Bring your own refreshments | First Dog on the Moon
The Simple Sabotage Field Manual is going viral! All the kids are reading it
www.theguardian.com

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William Wood @woodwi.bsky.social · Jan 31
New Blog for this month at Restorative Practices International

www.restorativepracticesinternational.com/restorative-...
Restorative Justice in Dehumanising Times – Restorative Practices International – RPI
www.restorativepracticesinternational.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · Jan 10
I think a giant framed print of this would look amazing in the lobby of the Trump Presidential Library

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Vacro @vacro.bsky.social · Jan 9
Thousands of the firefighters currently battling bushfires in California are incarcerated in California's prisons. It's dangerous and pays as little as $2 a day. Most will be barred from working as firefighters post-release. Here's a 🧵of coverage of the issue:
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
30 percent of California's forest firefighters are prisoners
About 4,000 inmates battle blazes in the Golden State's woodlands.
www.motherjones.com

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William Wood @woodwi.bsky.social · Jan 9
With the latest fires in CA, I am reminded of the passing of Mike Davis not too long ago. His work, Ecology of Fear helped a then younger grad student (me) understand the connection between power and ecology.

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Mike Davis, Who Really Set the California Fires?
You can't have too much of a good thing, so let me just quote Mike Davis from 1998 to introduce Mike Davis 2007 on the California fires. In Ecology of Fear, his 1998 book on
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William Wood @woodwi.bsky.social · Dec 7
Newest article on RJ. Mostly putting this out there to connect with other RJ and innovative justice scholars

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Getting to Accountability in Restorative Justice
Offender accountability is a primary goal of restorative justice meetings. Yet existing research on restorative justice demonstrates wide variation in how accountability is defined in research and ...
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