Anita Howarth
@anitahowarth27.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at Brunel University London @brunelsmcj. Researcher on journalism and political communication. Writes on social justice issues esp migration, food and hunger. Interests have expanded to include disinfo, altered images and populism
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It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.
April 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Brilliant!
This article injects some much-needed sense and nuance into the sometimes bizarre world of diplomatic reporting. Well worth a read by @helenebismarck.bsky.social on when the normal seems abnormal and the importance of making the best of a bad situation.
Starmer’s Berlin trip was a real success. But let’s not confuse Germany with the EU | Helene von Bismarck
If the British prime minister wants a closer relationship with the EU, he needs to go to Brussels, not just Berlin and Paris says the German historian Helene von Bismarck
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2024 at 1:09 PM
This article injects some much-needed sense and nuance into the sometimes bizarre world of diplomatic reporting. Well worth a read by @helenebismarck.bsky.social on when the normal seems abnormal and the importance of making the best of a bad situation.
A useful read for those into political communication esp on how Democrats are using the strategy set out by Bitecofer in "Hit 'em where it hurts". Memes do not always use humour and when they do it can flop, but when the combo works it can be powerful esp when mixes factually accurate + humour
How Kamala Harris became Donald Trump’s supertroll and found his weak spot
Since the vice president became the Democratic presidential candidate there has been a sharp change of tactic: turn Donald Trump and his team into a laughing stock. Alex Hannaford meets the woman who ...
www.independent.co.uk
August 18, 2024 at 8:01 AM
A useful read for those into political communication esp on how Democrats are using the strategy set out by Bitecofer in "Hit 'em where it hurts". Memes do not always use humour and when they do it can flop, but when the combo works it can be powerful esp when mixes factually accurate + humour
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Even if you don’t enjoy travel books, this is for you. One of the most remarkable and interesting men of the 20th century, an extraordinary adventure, and a fascinating and unique culture now long swept away by the sands of time (cliche alert!).
Day 8:
"Arabian Sands“ by Wilfred Thesinger.
If you enjoy travel books, this may be for you. It describes the British authors‘ journeys in the "Empty Quarter“ of the Arabian Peninsula between 1945-50.
"Arabian Sands“ by Wilfred Thesinger.
If you enjoy travel books, this may be for you. It describes the British authors‘ journeys in the "Empty Quarter“ of the Arabian Peninsula between 1945-50.
December 8, 2023 at 11:54 AM
Even if you don’t enjoy travel books, this is for you. One of the most remarkable and interesting men of the 20th century, an extraordinary adventure, and a fascinating and unique culture now long swept away by the sands of time (cliche alert!).
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Horrifying [in972mag]
That the attacks are "intended to harm Palestinian civil society: to create a shock that will lead civilians to put pressure on Hamas,” is the exact definition of terrorism. Israel is committing a stated campaign of state terrorism.
[h/t RJackson] www.972mag.com/mass-assassi...
That the attacks are "intended to harm Palestinian civil society: to create a shock that will lead civilians to put pressure on Hamas,” is the exact definition of terrorism. Israel is committing a stated campaign of state terrorism.
[h/t RJackson] www.972mag.com/mass-assassi...
December 7, 2023 at 6:39 PM
Horrifying [in972mag]
That the attacks are "intended to harm Palestinian civil society: to create a shock that will lead civilians to put pressure on Hamas,” is the exact definition of terrorism. Israel is committing a stated campaign of state terrorism.
[h/t RJackson] www.972mag.com/mass-assassi...
That the attacks are "intended to harm Palestinian civil society: to create a shock that will lead civilians to put pressure on Hamas,” is the exact definition of terrorism. Israel is committing a stated campaign of state terrorism.
[h/t RJackson] www.972mag.com/mass-assassi...
Hillingdon Herald
"It is with great sadness that we announce our beloved colleague at Brunel University, Professor Benjamin Zephaniah, has died. Benjamin died in the early hours of this morning, December 7. Benjamin was diagnosed with a brain tumour 8 weeks ago. He was an inspiration to us all.
"It is with great sadness that we announce our beloved colleague at Brunel University, Professor Benjamin Zephaniah, has died. Benjamin died in the early hours of this morning, December 7. Benjamin was diagnosed with a brain tumour 8 weeks ago. He was an inspiration to us all.
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December 7, 2023 at 12:41 PM
Hillingdon Herald
"It is with great sadness that we announce our beloved colleague at Brunel University, Professor Benjamin Zephaniah, has died. Benjamin died in the early hours of this morning, December 7. Benjamin was diagnosed with a brain tumour 8 weeks ago. He was an inspiration to us all.
"It is with great sadness that we announce our beloved colleague at Brunel University, Professor Benjamin Zephaniah, has died. Benjamin died in the early hours of this morning, December 7. Benjamin was diagnosed with a brain tumour 8 weeks ago. He was an inspiration to us all.
This from Marie Le Conte is delightful. I've lived in London for 20 years and had forgotten the novelty of these small British traditions. Good to be reminded on a grim December morning
Don't forget the small joys of British life
A recent family visit reminded me of the British traditions designed to lift our spirits
www.theneweuropean.co.uk
December 6, 2023 at 8:01 AM
This from Marie Le Conte is delightful. I've lived in London for 20 years and had forgotten the novelty of these small British traditions. Good to be reminded on a grim December morning
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Under the snappy title News, I’ve started curating a list of top level information providers across a range of subject areas - journalists, academics, opinion formers…
December 4, 2023 at 9:48 PM
Under the snappy title News, I’ve started curating a list of top level information providers across a range of subject areas - journalists, academics, opinion formers…
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· Event: Representing climate change: Problems and challenges for the 4th Estate”
· Date: Thursday 7 December 2023
· Time: 1pm – 2pm (UK Time), please check time difference for your country. ·
Link to register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2a9114...
· Date: Thursday 7 December 2023
· Time: 1pm – 2pm (UK Time), please check time difference for your country. ·
Link to register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2a9114...
November 29, 2023 at 1:44 PM
· Event: Representing climate change: Problems and challenges for the 4th Estate”
· Date: Thursday 7 December 2023
· Time: 1pm – 2pm (UK Time), please check time difference for your country. ·
Link to register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2a9114...
· Date: Thursday 7 December 2023
· Time: 1pm – 2pm (UK Time), please check time difference for your country. ·
Link to register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2a9114...
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News that a “bashful golden mole” has been discovered in South Africa after 87 years is sufficient excuse to post one of my favourite LRB pieces. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Katherine Rundell · Consider the Golden Mole
www.lrb.co.uk
November 29, 2023 at 7:12 PM
News that a “bashful golden mole” has been discovered in South Africa after 87 years is sufficient excuse to post one of my favourite LRB pieces. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
· Event: Representing climate change: Problems and challenges for the 4th Estate”
· Date: Thursday 7 December 2023
· Time: 1pm – 2pm (UK Time), please check time difference for your country. ·
Link to register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2a9114...
· Date: Thursday 7 December 2023
· Time: 1pm – 2pm (UK Time), please check time difference for your country. ·
Link to register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2a9114...
November 29, 2023 at 1:44 PM
· Event: Representing climate change: Problems and challenges for the 4th Estate”
· Date: Thursday 7 December 2023
· Time: 1pm – 2pm (UK Time), please check time difference for your country. ·
Link to register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2a9114...
· Date: Thursday 7 December 2023
· Time: 1pm – 2pm (UK Time), please check time difference for your country. ·
Link to register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2a9114...
A big part of growing up in South Africa was seeing the blue whales in Hermanus, a couple of hours' drive from Cape Town. Great news tihs😍😍
Blue whales: Ocean giants return to 'safe' tropical haven
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...
Blue whales: Ocean giants return to 'safe' tropical haven
A year-long study finds the animals are back in the Seychelles where they were hunted in the 1960s.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2023 at 3:25 PM
A big part of growing up in South Africa was seeing the blue whales in Hermanus, a couple of hours' drive from Cape Town. Great news tihs😍😍
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There’s been a noticeable uptick in politically-charged work on dementia in sociology and psychology in recent years.
I’m halfway through this book and feeling even more strongly that philosophy is far behind other disciplines on this.
I’m halfway through this book and feeling even more strongly that philosophy is far behind other disciplines on this.
November 21, 2023 at 11:50 AM
There’s been a noticeable uptick in politically-charged work on dementia in sociology and psychology in recent years.
I’m halfway through this book and feeling even more strongly that philosophy is far behind other disciplines on this.
I’m halfway through this book and feeling even more strongly that philosophy is far behind other disciplines on this.
Fascinating talk by Hauke Riesche at @brunelsmcj.bsky.social yesterday on a paper he + others published. Argues a research program on the Public Understanding of Social Science "cannot take the paradigm developed for the natural sciences and apply this unproblematically to the social sciences".
November 21, 2023 at 11:51 AM
Fascinating talk by Hauke Riesche at @brunelsmcj.bsky.social yesterday on a paper he + others published. Argues a research program on the Public Understanding of Social Science "cannot take the paradigm developed for the natural sciences and apply this unproblematically to the social sciences".
Perceptive by Chris Grey. W/o a core belief to anchor him, Sunak is an opportunist, turning in the wind like a weathervane. Bizarre in a politician, unsettling in a PM. Dangerous for a country
"It's just that there is less to him than meets the eye ... no hidden depths ... nothing to read."
"It's just that there is less to him than meets the eye ... no hidden depths ... nothing to read."
A country on the rack of Tory Brexitism
<a rel="me" href="https://mastodon.online/@ChrisGrey">Mastodon</a>
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November 17, 2023 at 8:42 AM
Perceptive by Chris Grey. W/o a core belief to anchor him, Sunak is an opportunist, turning in the wind like a weathervane. Bizarre in a politician, unsettling in a PM. Dangerous for a country
"It's just that there is less to him than meets the eye ... no hidden depths ... nothing to read."
"It's just that there is less to him than meets the eye ... no hidden depths ... nothing to read."
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If Braverman is going to ban chants which are racist or anti-semitic by implication rather than overtly (and by implication according to someone's controversial view of the connection) then I look forward to her prosecution for the phrase "cultural Marxism"
November 13, 2023 at 8:08 AM
If Braverman is going to ban chants which are racist or anti-semitic by implication rather than overtly (and by implication according to someone's controversial view of the connection) then I look forward to her prosecution for the phrase "cultural Marxism"
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The bear patiently waits for the tree to fall under its tremendous bulk, humans aren’t the only persistence hunters
November 13, 2023 at 5:48 AM
The bear patiently waits for the tree to fall under its tremendous bulk, humans aren’t the only persistence hunters
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Obviously BlueSky is superior to the Twitter now in any number of ways, but we still don’t have an efficient mechanism for the distribution of videos from Rosie Holt MP.
MP says Tory party is a broad church and some of it is a bit fascisty #suellabraverman
Defending Suella Bravermans latest comments
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November 13, 2023 at 7:55 AM
Obviously BlueSky is superior to the Twitter now in any number of ways, but we still don’t have an efficient mechanism for the distribution of videos from Rosie Holt MP.
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I hope Suella Braverman is part of next year I’m a celebrity. I wouldn’t watch it of course, so why the hope? Because if she’s on celeb, it means she will no longer be in government.
November 12, 2023 at 8:02 PM
I hope Suella Braverman is part of next year I’m a celebrity. I wouldn’t watch it of course, so why the hope? Because if she’s on celeb, it means she will no longer be in government.
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This is a very good idea: count me in. x.com/mrbrendancox...
November 12, 2023 at 10:18 PM
This is a very good idea: count me in. x.com/mrbrendancox...
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This was mostly carried out at night, while the bombs were literally falling on the London docks where the majority of the tea blending industry for the whole Empire was based.
Soldiers and tea-workers cooperated to move vast stocks of tea, to safer locations before the Luftwaffe could destroy it.
Soldiers and tea-workers cooperated to move vast stocks of tea, to safer locations before the Luftwaffe could destroy it.
November 12, 2023 at 8:34 AM
This was mostly carried out at night, while the bombs were literally falling on the London docks where the majority of the tea blending industry for the whole Empire was based.
Soldiers and tea-workers cooperated to move vast stocks of tea, to safer locations before the Luftwaffe could destroy it.
Soldiers and tea-workers cooperated to move vast stocks of tea, to safer locations before the Luftwaffe could destroy it.
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And it's deeply ingrained in our research and archiving practices (ask yourself, where are the archives of student experience/attitudes/activities/voice that future historians will use?)
November 12, 2023 at 12:25 PM
And it's deeply ingrained in our research and archiving practices (ask yourself, where are the archives of student experience/attitudes/activities/voice that future historians will use?)