Neil Denton
@neildenton.bsky.social
Independent Community Mediator.
Co-Lead, RelationshipsProject.org.
Professor in Practice, After Disasters Network, Durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/hazard-risk-resilience
Associate, RelationalLab.pt
Co-Lead, RelationshipsProject.org.
Professor in Practice, After Disasters Network, Durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/hazard-risk-resilience
Associate, RelationalLab.pt
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HAPPENING NOW: Police arrested hundreds of protestors including Jewish elders, descendants of Holocaust survivors, and students, dragging them out of a sit-in at Trump Tower by their arms and legs.
Jews say: Free Mahmoud, Free Palestine!
Jews say: Free Mahmoud, Free Palestine!
March 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Police arrested hundreds of protestors including Jewish elders, descendants of Holocaust survivors, and students, dragging them out of a sit-in at Trump Tower by their arms and legs.
Jews say: Free Mahmoud, Free Palestine!
Jews say: Free Mahmoud, Free Palestine!
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UK has one of the weakest social security systems in the rich world, with poorest households worse off than Slovenian counterparts.
Jobless benefits covered the cost of essentials in just two of the past 14 years.
@niesrorg.bsky.social finds
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Jobless benefits covered the cost of essentials in just two of the past 14 years.
@niesrorg.bsky.social finds
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UK social safety net among weakest in rich world, analysis finds
Think-tank report comes as Keir Starmer seeks to convince Labour MPs to back welfare spending cuts
on.ft.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
UK has one of the weakest social security systems in the rich world, with poorest households worse off than Slovenian counterparts.
Jobless benefits covered the cost of essentials in just two of the past 14 years.
@niesrorg.bsky.social finds
on.ft.com/4ijBPIO (£)
Jobless benefits covered the cost of essentials in just two of the past 14 years.
@niesrorg.bsky.social finds
on.ft.com/4ijBPIO (£)
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NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
March 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
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Have you heard that a sensory library has opened at #Coventry Central Library? Items include noise cancelling headphones, weighted lap pads and sensory lights. All you need is a library card! Alex, an autistic person from our city, came up with the idea... bit.ly/3XuL1BQ
Alex brings personal experience to turn idea for sensory library into a reality - Grapevine
This week, Alex Hilton from Coventry sees all their hard work come to fruition with the launch of a sensory library for Coventry - primarily aimed at fellow autistic people, but open to all - inside t...
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March 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Have you heard that a sensory library has opened at #Coventry Central Library? Items include noise cancelling headphones, weighted lap pads and sensory lights. All you need is a library card! Alex, an autistic person from our city, came up with the idea... bit.ly/3XuL1BQ
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Just over two weeks until the #Coventry and #Warwickshire Business and Community Awards 2025 🏆 We're honoured to be a finalist in the Coventry Building Society 'Not For-Profit Champion' category with some brilliant organisations doing important work for people and communities 💜
March 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Just over two weeks until the #Coventry and #Warwickshire Business and Community Awards 2025 🏆 We're honoured to be a finalist in the Coventry Building Society 'Not For-Profit Champion' category with some brilliant organisations doing important work for people and communities 💜
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Also he should wear a suit while doing this
March 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Also he should wear a suit while doing this
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In my years as a civil rights lawyer, I’ve never seen a more clear cut First Amendment violation, or a more flagrant government declaration of intent to violate blackletter law. Part of the point here is to dare the courts to uphold longstanding precedent.
March 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
In my years as a civil rights lawyer, I’ve never seen a more clear cut First Amendment violation, or a more flagrant government declaration of intent to violate blackletter law. Part of the point here is to dare the courts to uphold longstanding precedent.
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I just sent our university president and provost an urgent request to defend First Amendment freedoms at Stanford, given this administration’s willingness to punish those who disagree with it.
I urge you to do the same with your university leaders.
I urge you to do the same with your university leaders.
March 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I just sent our university president and provost an urgent request to defend First Amendment freedoms at Stanford, given this administration’s willingness to punish those who disagree with it.
I urge you to do the same with your university leaders.
I urge you to do the same with your university leaders.
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Look, folks, this is it. The entire ballgame. Either we're a Republic of laws & the Constitution, or we have a dictator. This is fascism, & the impeachment vote should be happening today. Every single university president in the country should be out, in front of microphones, condemning this.
Trump takes credit for Mahmoud Khalil's arrest by ICE:
March 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Look, folks, this is it. The entire ballgame. Either we're a Republic of laws & the Constitution, or we have a dictator. This is fascism, & the impeachment vote should be happening today. Every single university president in the country should be out, in front of microphones, condemning this.
This is worth reading.
My latest post is now out.
I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.
This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...
I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.
This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...
Censor, purge, defund: how Trump following the authoritarian playbook on science and universities
I have mapped 35 of the Trump administration's attacks on science and universities to the authoritarian playbook - and consider what it means for attacks still to come
christinapagel.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This is worth reading.
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UK 15 year olds have the lowest life satisfaction in Europe, we have seen NEETs rise to around 1m. Not all of this is pandemic related, but there has been little recognition that young people sacrificed a lot whilst being least at risk, & have had little payback
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We need to think about tackling the Covid Decade for young people
Young people have been hit hard by the pandemic but it’s not clear there is much for them in the Queen’s Speech today. Our recent British…
hetanshah.medium.com
March 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
UK 15 year olds have the lowest life satisfaction in Europe, we have seen NEETs rise to around 1m. Not all of this is pandemic related, but there has been little recognition that young people sacrificed a lot whilst being least at risk, & have had little payback
hetanshah.medium.com/we-need-to-t...
hetanshah.medium.com/we-need-to-t...
This is an excellent read. "At national level, we need to stress test everything." "And at local level, we need a deep focus on rebuilding connection and relationships".
He can’t tame Donald Trump. So what *should* Keir Starmer’s foreign policy mission be? New out on the Good Apocalypse Guide: open.substack.com/pub/goodapoc...
Keir Starmer's mission impossible
He can't tame Trump. So what should Starmer's foreign policy mission be?
open.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
This is an excellent read. "At national level, we need to stress test everything." "And at local level, we need a deep focus on rebuilding connection and relationships".
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The Times obtained a recording of a meeting of U.S. health and security experts and Embassy staff, who described how the Trump aid freeze means that there is limited disease surveillance or contact tracing in Uganda's growing Ebola outbreak.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/h...
As Ebola Spreads in Uganda, Trump Aid Freeze Hinders Effort to Contain It, U.S. Officials Fear (Gift Article)
Two more people are reported dead from the disease, and dozens are in isolation, as the outbreak grows.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The Times obtained a recording of a meeting of U.S. health and security experts and Embassy staff, who described how the Trump aid freeze means that there is limited disease surveillance or contact tracing in Uganda's growing Ebola outbreak.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/h...
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If you're wondering what happens when a democracy slides into authoritarianism, here it is!
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truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
March 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If you're wondering what happens when a democracy slides into authoritarianism, here it is!
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
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Trump's attacks on science have consequences : Penn Medicine graduate programs instructed to cut Ph.D. admissions by 35% due to funding uncertainty
www.thedp.com/article/2025...
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Penn Medicine graduate programs instructed to cut Ph.D. admissions by 35% due to funding uncertainty
The email noted that the school has admitted an average of 307 students in recent years, but this year plans to admit 201 — a 35% reduction.
www.thedp.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Trump's attacks on science have consequences : Penn Medicine graduate programs instructed to cut Ph.D. admissions by 35% due to funding uncertainty
www.thedp.com/article/2025...
www.thedp.com/article/2025...
As I complete my term as Surgeon General, this is my parting prescription for the country I love: to remake and recenter our lives around relationships, service, and purpose. This is the path to health, well-being, and fulfillment. It is what will help us find our way home
people.com/surgeon-gene...
people.com/surgeon-gene...
Surgeon General Urges Americans to 'Rethink How We're Living Our Lives' in Closing Letter to the Country (Exclusive)
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy shares his "parting prescription" for the country in a letter shared exclusively with PEOPLE.
people.com
January 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
As I complete my term as Surgeon General, this is my parting prescription for the country I love: to remake and recenter our lives around relationships, service, and purpose. This is the path to health, well-being, and fulfillment. It is what will help us find our way home
people.com/surgeon-gene...
people.com/surgeon-gene...
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Violence and wars consume 13.5% of the global economy. $19.1 trillion last year. More than the economy of China.
How much should we spend on fostering peace?
How much should we spend on fostering peace?
December 8, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Violence and wars consume 13.5% of the global economy. $19.1 trillion last year. More than the economy of China.
How much should we spend on fostering peace?
How much should we spend on fostering peace?
If you're interested in the links between social cohesion and resilience, then this is worth a read. New report from Protection Approaches. protectionapproaches.org/cohesion-rep...
Protection Approaches
Research on whether, and how, social cohesion initiatives contribute to societal preparedness and resilience to shocks and crises.
protectionapproaches.org
December 5, 2024 at 9:08 AM
If you're interested in the links between social cohesion and resilience, then this is worth a read. New report from Protection Approaches. protectionapproaches.org/cohesion-rep...
Barefoot human kindness. It's not about rejecting or ignoring the innovation and complexity, it's just making sure we don't lose our footing in the process. relationshipsproject.org/the-man-in-t...
The man in the hospital
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December 5, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Barefoot human kindness. It's not about rejecting or ignoring the innovation and complexity, it's just making sure we don't lose our footing in the process. relationshipsproject.org/the-man-in-t...
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📢 We are hiring 2 Associate Lecturers in International Relations @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, with a focus on Conflict and Security.
Both will play a central role in supporting and teaching on a new online Postgraduate programme in Conflict & Security in Policy and Practice
Both will play a central role in supporting and teaching on a new online Postgraduate programme in Conflict & Security in Policy and Practice
December 2, 2024 at 5:04 PM
📢 We are hiring 2 Associate Lecturers in International Relations @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, with a focus on Conflict and Security.
Both will play a central role in supporting and teaching on a new online Postgraduate programme in Conflict & Security in Policy and Practice
Both will play a central role in supporting and teaching on a new online Postgraduate programme in Conflict & Security in Policy and Practice
Morning! Why does microsoft only have a web version of office for tablets/phones, and why does it not let you do really simple things!? Want to export ppt slides and notes onto a pdf? Desktop (which surely no one still has), "yeah sure, no probs", tablet "you'll need to cut and paste each one" WHY!?
December 3, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Morning! Why does microsoft only have a web version of office for tablets/phones, and why does it not let you do really simple things!? Want to export ppt slides and notes onto a pdf? Desktop (which surely no one still has), "yeah sure, no probs", tablet "you'll need to cut and paste each one" WHY!?
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FACT OF THE DAY. 1 December 1955. Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in racially segregated Montgomery, Alabama. Though she was not the first person to do this, her highly publicised protest became a landmark moment in the drive for black civil rights in the USA.
December 1, 2024 at 8:54 AM
FACT OF THE DAY. 1 December 1955. Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in racially segregated Montgomery, Alabama. Though she was not the first person to do this, her highly publicised protest became a landmark moment in the drive for black civil rights in the USA.
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This world map shows only the regions with an average life expectancy of over 80 years. Source: buff.ly/2L8USYS
November 30, 2024 at 12:05 PM
This world map shows only the regions with an average life expectancy of over 80 years. Source: buff.ly/2L8USYS