Robin Whitaker
@rgwhitaker.bsky.social
Cyclist
Anthropologist
Trade unionist
Malcontent
Anthropologist
Trade unionist
Malcontent
"Education International affirms that academic freedom, trade union rights, and international solidarity are not privileges; they are fundamental rights protected under international law."
www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3200...
@caut.bsky.social @eduinternational.bsky.social
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@caut.bsky.social @eduinternational.bsky.social
Education International denounces the blocking of high level delegation to Palestine
Education International strongly condemns the decision by the Israeli occupation authorities to prevent a delegation of education leaders from entering Palestine, detaining delegation members for hour...
www.ei-ie.org
January 25, 2026 at 11:23 AM
"Education International affirms that academic freedom, trade union rights, and international solidarity are not privileges; they are fundamental rights protected under international law."
www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3200...
@caut.bsky.social @eduinternational.bsky.social
www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3200...
@caut.bsky.social @eduinternational.bsky.social
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📣Education International sends a strong message to #Palestinian educators after a delegation of education leaders from 15 countries was detained and interrogated for hours.
‼️Attempts to intimidate, isolate, or silence educators will only strengthen our collective determination and solidarity.
‼️Attempts to intimidate, isolate, or silence educators will only strengthen our collective determination and solidarity.
January 24, 2026 at 6:07 AM
📣Education International sends a strong message to #Palestinian educators after a delegation of education leaders from 15 countries was detained and interrogated for hours.
‼️Attempts to intimidate, isolate, or silence educators will only strengthen our collective determination and solidarity.
‼️Attempts to intimidate, isolate, or silence educators will only strengthen our collective determination and solidarity.
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In 2025, 1,348 attacks were carried out on medical facilities, resulting in the deaths of 1,981 people.
Watch our documentary series “Again and Again” which reveal attacks against healthcare and their devastating consequences: https://ow.ly/o87P50Y1aar
Watch our documentary series “Again and Again” which reveal attacks against healthcare and their devastating consequences: https://ow.ly/o87P50Y1aar
January 22, 2026 at 4:03 PM
In 2025, 1,348 attacks were carried out on medical facilities, resulting in the deaths of 1,981 people.
Watch our documentary series “Again and Again” which reveal attacks against healthcare and their devastating consequences: https://ow.ly/o87P50Y1aar
Watch our documentary series “Again and Again” which reveal attacks against healthcare and their devastating consequences: https://ow.ly/o87P50Y1aar
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Happy to be doing a talk at Queens University in a few weeks - it's open to the public if interested or nearby.
January 5, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Happy to be doing a talk at Queens University in a few weeks - it's open to the public if interested or nearby.
This about sums it up.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s coup in Venezuela didn’t just break the rules – it showed there aren’t any. We’ll all regret that | Nesrine Malik
It’s not just the triumphalism in the White House. Leaders loth to oppose this gangsterism must think how that looks to Putin, Xi and in the UAE, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM
This about sums it up.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Unimos nuestra voz y apoyo 📢
Expresamos nuestra solidaridad con todo el pueblo venezolano quien es quien tiene que definir su destino. Llamamos a que se detenga la escalada militar y de violencia.
El ataque a #Venezuela es una violación al derecho internacional y contrario al multilaterismo. ⬇️
Expresamos nuestra solidaridad con todo el pueblo venezolano quien es quien tiene que definir su destino. Llamamos a que se detenga la escalada militar y de violencia.
El ataque a #Venezuela es una violación al derecho internacional y contrario al multilaterismo. ⬇️
January 4, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Unimos nuestra voz y apoyo 📢
Expresamos nuestra solidaridad con todo el pueblo venezolano quien es quien tiene que definir su destino. Llamamos a que se detenga la escalada militar y de violencia.
El ataque a #Venezuela es una violación al derecho internacional y contrario al multilaterismo. ⬇️
Expresamos nuestra solidaridad con todo el pueblo venezolano quien es quien tiene que definir su destino. Llamamos a que se detenga la escalada militar y de violencia.
El ataque a #Venezuela es una violación al derecho internacional y contrario al multilaterismo. ⬇️
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Kids who got new bikes for Christmas, "super excited" to walk them around the city that's too dangerous to ride in.
www.creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorec...
www.creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorec...
December 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Kids who got new bikes for Christmas, "super excited" to walk them around the city that's too dangerous to ride in.
www.creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorec...
www.creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorec...
Latest instalment of Making Connections, the @independentnl.bsky.social transportation column, in which @ryangreen.bsky.social shares his thoughts on what it would mean to make our city a city for kids. @elizabethyeoman.bsky.social
theindependent.ca/commentary/m...
theindependent.ca/commentary/m...
What would it mean to build a city for kids? – The Independent
An interview with St. John’s active transportation advocate Ryan Green
theindependent.ca
December 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Latest instalment of Making Connections, the @independentnl.bsky.social transportation column, in which @ryangreen.bsky.social shares his thoughts on what it would mean to make our city a city for kids. @elizabethyeoman.bsky.social
theindependent.ca/commentary/m...
theindependent.ca/commentary/m...
"These actions represent a blatant violation of international norms and conventions that protect the sanctity of educational institutions. Even during war, universities should be safe places for students and academics, to foster critical and independent thinking..."
www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3184...
www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3184...
Education International Condemns Israeli Attacks on Palestinian Universities
Education International (EI) strongly condemns the violent raids by Israeli forces on two major Palestinian universities in the West Bank during the early hours of Tuesday, 9 December. EI calls on Isr...
www.ei-ie.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"These actions represent a blatant violation of international norms and conventions that protect the sanctity of educational institutions. Even during war, universities should be safe places for students and academics, to foster critical and independent thinking..."
www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3184...
www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3184...
Last night with the beautiful moon, I decided to walk up Signal Hill. It was not the relaxing activity I had hoped for. At the top, amid the usual vehicles idling or circling the lot and a few taking selfies, I was saddened to see a fox mingling with the humans. 1/5
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Popular Signal Hill fox found dead | CBC News
After the loss of a beloved St. John’s animal, Karen Gosse of Rock Wildlife Rescue is reminding people “a fed fox is a dead fox.”
www.cbc.ca
December 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Last night with the beautiful moon, I decided to walk up Signal Hill. It was not the relaxing activity I had hoped for. At the top, amid the usual vehicles idling or circling the lot and a few taking selfies, I was saddened to see a fox mingling with the humans. 1/5
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Premeditated road violence.
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Premeditated road violence.
Very sad news. Another victim of traffication.
Traffication: How Cars Destroy Nature and What We Can Do About It share.google/f7SDl7ZVp48l...
Traffication: How Cars Destroy Nature and What We Can Do About It share.google/f7SDl7ZVp48l...
November 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Very sad news. Another victim of traffication.
Traffication: How Cars Destroy Nature and What We Can Do About It share.google/f7SDl7ZVp48l...
Traffication: How Cars Destroy Nature and What We Can Do About It share.google/f7SDl7ZVp48l...
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hey here's an idea to fix the environment:
Mass transit networks are more energy efficient. Encourage their use by offering a tax break to adults who decide not to get a car
Mass transit networks are more energy efficient. Encourage their use by offering a tax break to adults who decide not to get a car
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
hey here's an idea to fix the environment:
Mass transit networks are more energy efficient. Encourage their use by offering a tax break to adults who decide not to get a car
Mass transit networks are more energy efficient. Encourage their use by offering a tax break to adults who decide not to get a car
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Not just the environment, the economy as well.
(And arguably there are many positive social aspects of moving away from car-centric transportation systems.)
(And arguably there are many positive social aspects of moving away from car-centric transportation systems.)
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Not just the environment, the economy as well.
(And arguably there are many positive social aspects of moving away from car-centric transportation systems.)
(And arguably there are many positive social aspects of moving away from car-centric transportation systems.)
Excellent news! Congratulations @cupe3912.bsky.social
Nothing but respect for my president!! @ericafd.bsky.social
SMU Part-Time Faculty have a tentative agreement! SMU PT members, check your email for more information.
#SMUstrike #FairDealNow #cdnpse #canlab
#SMUstrike #FairDealNow #cdnpse #canlab
November 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Excellent news! Congratulations @cupe3912.bsky.social
"There’s a direct link between the poverty Gates claims to care so much about and the wealth he fails to mention."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"There’s a direct link between the poverty Gates claims to care so much about and the wealth he fails to mention."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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As universities and colleges cut academic programs, close programs, and slash 13,000+ jobs, Budget 2025 halves international student enrolment without boosting core funding.
November 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
As universities and colleges cut academic programs, close programs, and slash 13,000+ jobs, Budget 2025 halves international student enrolment without boosting core funding.
"..suppressing teachers’ rights is exactly what the UCP intended to do...And if the UCP can take the rights away from 50,000 of them, then nobody’s safe."
@acifa.bsky.social's @drmacd.bsky.social & CAFA's Lee Easton on why we must fight Bill 2. @caut.bsky.social
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
@acifa.bsky.social's @drmacd.bsky.social & CAFA's Lee Easton on why we must fight Bill 2. @caut.bsky.social
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: If the UCP can take away teachers' rights, no one is safe
But Bill 2 does far more than end a strike. It turns fifty-thousand Albertan teachers into second-class citizens.
edmontonjournal.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"..suppressing teachers’ rights is exactly what the UCP intended to do...And if the UCP can take the rights away from 50,000 of them, then nobody’s safe."
@acifa.bsky.social's @drmacd.bsky.social & CAFA's Lee Easton on why we must fight Bill 2. @caut.bsky.social
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
@acifa.bsky.social's @drmacd.bsky.social & CAFA's Lee Easton on why we must fight Bill 2. @caut.bsky.social
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...