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In case you missed it:
For the final instalment of HEF's Heritage Sector Resilience interviews focussed on embedding #heritage in #policy, we heard from Lydia Gibson on her role as Head of Policy and Communications at @heritagealliance.bsky.social. Read the interview online: historicenvironmentforum.org.uk/policy-resil...
January 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Arrested for walking in Victorian Cambridge at night, Elizabeth Howe was locked in freezing, damp conditions in the Spinning House. She fell ill and died—a stark reminder of the injustice women faced.
@jennyrhodes42.bsky.social reports on @carolinebiggs.bsky.social book
#Cambridge
@jennyrhodes42.bsky.social reports on @carolinebiggs.bsky.social book
#Cambridge
The truth about the women locked up by Cambridge University
Cambridge University proctors used to be permitted to lock up local townswomen for no more reason than suspicion of ‘immorality’
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Arrested for walking in Victorian Cambridge at night, Elizabeth Howe was locked in freezing, damp conditions in the Spinning House. She fell ill and died—a stark reminder of the injustice women faced.
@jennyrhodes42.bsky.social reports on @carolinebiggs.bsky.social book
#Cambridge
@jennyrhodes42.bsky.social reports on @carolinebiggs.bsky.social book
#Cambridge
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🚨BREAKING🚨
Leonard Peltier Granted Executive Clemency
After 50 years of unjust incarceration and the tireless efforts of intergenerational grassroots organizing and advocacy, our elder and relative Leonard Peltier has been granted executive clemency.
Leonard Peltier Granted Executive Clemency
After 50 years of unjust incarceration and the tireless efforts of intergenerational grassroots organizing and advocacy, our elder and relative Leonard Peltier has been granted executive clemency.
January 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🚨BREAKING🚨
Leonard Peltier Granted Executive Clemency
After 50 years of unjust incarceration and the tireless efforts of intergenerational grassroots organizing and advocacy, our elder and relative Leonard Peltier has been granted executive clemency.
Leonard Peltier Granted Executive Clemency
After 50 years of unjust incarceration and the tireless efforts of intergenerational grassroots organizing and advocacy, our elder and relative Leonard Peltier has been granted executive clemency.
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January 19, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Today, we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight against white supremacy and his advocacy for Native rights.
“Our nation was born in genocide… the scar of racial hatred had already disfigured colonial society.” – Dr. King, "Why We Can’t Wait" (1963)
#MLKDay #IHaveADream
“Our nation was born in genocide… the scar of racial hatred had already disfigured colonial society.” – Dr. King, "Why We Can’t Wait" (1963)
#MLKDay #IHaveADream
January 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Today, we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight against white supremacy and his advocacy for Native rights.
“Our nation was born in genocide… the scar of racial hatred had already disfigured colonial society.” – Dr. King, "Why We Can’t Wait" (1963)
#MLKDay #IHaveADream
“Our nation was born in genocide… the scar of racial hatred had already disfigured colonial society.” – Dr. King, "Why We Can’t Wait" (1963)
#MLKDay #IHaveADream
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"Even though he is revered today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was widely disliked by the American public when he was killed" ...
I added extra links in this Bluesky thread not included in the original article.
I added extra links in this Bluesky thread not included in the original article.
#MLK #MartinLutherKingJr #MartinLutherKing #IHaveADream #VietnamWar #CivilRightsAct #VotingRightsAct
Even though he is revered today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was widely disliked by the American public when he was killed.
⏬ Abridged (shortened) 2018 article thread (10 min) with extra links 📖 🍿 🔊
Even though he is revered today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was widely disliked by the American public when he was killed.
⏬ Abridged (shortened) 2018 article thread (10 min) with extra links 📖 🍿 🔊
Even Though He Is Revered Today, MLK Was Widely Disliked by the American Public When He Was Killed
Seventy-five percent of Americans disapproved of the civil rights leader as he spoke out against the Vietnam War and economic disparity
www.smithsonianmag.com
January 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Even though he is revered today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was widely disliked by the American public when he was killed" ...
I added extra links in this Bluesky thread not included in the original article.
I added extra links in this Bluesky thread not included in the original article.
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Guy who has been posting like a Nazi and speaking like a Nazi and organizing with the Nazi Party in Germany that is now in control of the USA gives a Sieg Heil
January 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Guy who has been posting like a Nazi and speaking like a Nazi and organizing with the Nazi Party in Germany that is now in control of the USA gives a Sieg Heil
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🎙️How are data & algorithms impacting our lives?
@ginasue.bsky.social, @jenitennison.com & @jfbonnefon.bsky.social discuss how data & algorithms impact our work, public services & decision-making, while raising questions about ethics, fairness, & governance.
🎧https://pod.fo/e/299eb0
@ginasue.bsky.social, @jenitennison.com & @jfbonnefon.bsky.social discuss how data & algorithms impact our work, public services & decision-making, while raising questions about ethics, fairness, & governance.
🎧https://pod.fo/e/299eb0
January 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🎙️How are data & algorithms impacting our lives?
@ginasue.bsky.social, @jenitennison.com & @jfbonnefon.bsky.social discuss how data & algorithms impact our work, public services & decision-making, while raising questions about ethics, fairness, & governance.
🎧https://pod.fo/e/299eb0
@ginasue.bsky.social, @jenitennison.com & @jfbonnefon.bsky.social discuss how data & algorithms impact our work, public services & decision-making, while raising questions about ethics, fairness, & governance.
🎧https://pod.fo/e/299eb0
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Today the Nerd Reich (as @gilduran.com names it) comes to power in Trump's wake. In 'Resisting AI - An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence' bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai I wrote about forms of resistance to technofascistic solutionism. Other worlds are still possible ✊
Resisting AI
Resisting AI - An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere, yet it causes damage to society in ways that can’t be fixed. Calling for the restructuri...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
January 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Today the Nerd Reich (as @gilduran.com names it) comes to power in Trump's wake. In 'Resisting AI - An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence' bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai I wrote about forms of resistance to technofascistic solutionism. Other worlds are still possible ✊
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I'm reading *Imagination: A Manifesto* by @ruha9.bsky.social and discussing it with a reading group spanning a few platforms.
I'm going to post a few quotes and start some conversations here and there about it. Hope you'll bear with me (and maybe better yet, join us)
I'm going to post a few quotes and start some conversations here and there about it. Hope you'll bear with me (and maybe better yet, join us)
January 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I'm reading *Imagination: A Manifesto* by @ruha9.bsky.social and discussing it with a reading group spanning a few platforms.
I'm going to post a few quotes and start some conversations here and there about it. Hope you'll bear with me (and maybe better yet, join us)
I'm going to post a few quotes and start some conversations here and there about it. Hope you'll bear with me (and maybe better yet, join us)
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It’s the combination of state violence against BIPOC communities and massive giveaways to big tech that pull Trump’s agenda together.
Divide and conquer—all for the billionaire class.
Divide and conquer—all for the billionaire class.
January 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It’s the combination of state violence against BIPOC communities and massive giveaways to big tech that pull Trump’s agenda together.
Divide and conquer—all for the billionaire class.
Divide and conquer—all for the billionaire class.
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To everybody who said our Nazi comparisons were hyperbolic:
January 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
To everybody who said our Nazi comparisons were hyperbolic:
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Trump invoked "manifest destiny" today. That's pretty much all you need to know.
January 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Trump invoked "manifest destiny" today. That's pretty much all you need to know.
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To treat the excuse that's going around more seriously than it deserves:
That's not the gesture for "my heart goes out to you." Yes, those were his words, and yes, he touched his heart. But for that gesture, you always turn your hand palm-side up: I offer, I give.
That's not the gesture for "my heart goes out to you." Yes, those were his words, and yes, he touched his heart. But for that gesture, you always turn your hand palm-side up: I offer, I give.
January 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
To treat the excuse that's going around more seriously than it deserves:
That's not the gesture for "my heart goes out to you." Yes, those were his words, and yes, he touched his heart. But for that gesture, you always turn your hand palm-side up: I offer, I give.
That's not the gesture for "my heart goes out to you." Yes, those were his words, and yes, he touched his heart. But for that gesture, you always turn your hand palm-side up: I offer, I give.
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When giving your heart to a whole audience, you would also normally sweep it horizontally to indicate the whole crowd you love.
Straight arm, up at an angle, palm facing out or down rather than up... I mean, if you want, you could say "he does that so often that it's his muscle memory," but.
Straight arm, up at an angle, palm facing out or down rather than up... I mean, if you want, you could say "he does that so often that it's his muscle memory," but.
January 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
When giving your heart to a whole audience, you would also normally sweep it horizontally to indicate the whole crowd you love.
Straight arm, up at an angle, palm facing out or down rather than up... I mean, if you want, you could say "he does that so often that it's his muscle memory," but.
Straight arm, up at an angle, palm facing out or down rather than up... I mean, if you want, you could say "he does that so often that it's his muscle memory," but.
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You don't get to throw your support behind the AfD one week, do a Nazi salute at the inauguration of a fascist the next, boost & publicly agree with far right conspiracacists, and then claim people have misunderstood you. When you do those things, it's because you're a Nazi.
January 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
You don't get to throw your support behind the AfD one week, do a Nazi salute at the inauguration of a fascist the next, boost & publicly agree with far right conspiracacists, and then claim people have misunderstood you. When you do those things, it's because you're a Nazi.
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Across the TV news landscape, coverage of Trump's inauguration was soft.
Networks almost entirely avoided using terms like "twice-impeached" or "convicted felon." On CNN, neither term was used a single time, per a search of closed captioning.
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/the-invasi...
Networks almost entirely avoided using terms like "twice-impeached" or "convicted felon." On CNN, neither term was used a single time, per a search of closed captioning.
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/the-invasi...
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Jake Tapper's approach to Inauguration Day embodies a larger trend gripping the news media, which has tamped down its once aggressive posture toward Donald Trump.
www.status.news
January 21, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Across the TV news landscape, coverage of Trump's inauguration was soft.
Networks almost entirely avoided using terms like "twice-impeached" or "convicted felon." On CNN, neither term was used a single time, per a search of closed captioning.
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/the-invasi...
Networks almost entirely avoided using terms like "twice-impeached" or "convicted felon." On CNN, neither term was used a single time, per a search of closed captioning.
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/the-invasi...
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Billions of people worldwide are set to get their news from an information environment that has warmed to Donald Trump, even as he poses an unprecedented threat to America’s democratic principles.
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/maga-makeo...
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/maga-makeo...
A MAGA Makeover
Billions of people are set to get their news from an information environment that has warmed to Donald Trump, even as he poses a threat to democratic principles.
www.status.news
January 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Billions of people worldwide are set to get their news from an information environment that has warmed to Donald Trump, even as he poses an unprecedented threat to America’s democratic principles.
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/maga-makeo...
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/maga-makeo...
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We are excited to be a part of #AIHouseDavos this week for a global discussion on #AI. 🌎
In #Davos? Catch Prof @lawrennd.bsky.social today for a brilliant panel discussion on #OpenSource AI Infrastructure
📅 20 January
🕑 14.50
More info below ⬇️
opensourceaiinfrastructureecosystem.aihousedavos.com
In #Davos? Catch Prof @lawrennd.bsky.social today for a brilliant panel discussion on #OpenSource AI Infrastructure
📅 20 January
🕑 14.50
More info below ⬇️
opensourceaiinfrastructureecosystem.aihousedavos.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
We are excited to be a part of #AIHouseDavos this week for a global discussion on #AI. 🌎
In #Davos? Catch Prof @lawrennd.bsky.social today for a brilliant panel discussion on #OpenSource AI Infrastructure
📅 20 January
🕑 14.50
More info below ⬇️
opensourceaiinfrastructureecosystem.aihousedavos.com
In #Davos? Catch Prof @lawrennd.bsky.social today for a brilliant panel discussion on #OpenSource AI Infrastructure
📅 20 January
🕑 14.50
More info below ⬇️
opensourceaiinfrastructureecosystem.aihousedavos.com
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We kicked off our this term's series of workshops today at the West Hub with our AI and Large Language Models course.
If you missed out on a space on today's course, sign up for the waiting list to be the first to hear when new dates are announced: bit.ly/4ap4QQ5
If you missed out on a space on today's course, sign up for the waiting list to be the first to hear when new dates are announced: bit.ly/4ap4QQ5
January 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
We kicked off our this term's series of workshops today at the West Hub with our AI and Large Language Models course.
If you missed out on a space on today's course, sign up for the waiting list to be the first to hear when new dates are announced: bit.ly/4ap4QQ5
If you missed out on a space on today's course, sign up for the waiting list to be the first to hear when new dates are announced: bit.ly/4ap4QQ5
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Join us for a public lecture by Professor Rebecca Katz on the state of global health security and pandemic preparedness, the challenges in global health governance and the opportunities ahead.
📅4th February
⏰5.30-6.30 pm
🌎In-person, Cambridge
Register below⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cser-publi...
📅4th February
⏰5.30-6.30 pm
🌎In-person, Cambridge
Register below⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cser-publi...
January 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Join us for a public lecture by Professor Rebecca Katz on the state of global health security and pandemic preparedness, the challenges in global health governance and the opportunities ahead.
📅4th February
⏰5.30-6.30 pm
🌎In-person, Cambridge
Register below⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cser-publi...
📅4th February
⏰5.30-6.30 pm
🌎In-person, Cambridge
Register below⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cser-publi...
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“Arising during an election year, the issue was simply shelved.” Read Dana Frank on how a local prosecutor protected white supremacists and went on to a career in Washington, DC. www.hnn.us/article/ohio...
January 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
“Arising during an election year, the issue was simply shelved.” Read Dana Frank on how a local prosecutor protected white supremacists and went on to a career in Washington, DC. www.hnn.us/article/ohio...
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Right wing twists Dr. King’s words to attack anti-racist education, focusing almost exclusively on “I have a dream.”
But King was a radical. He denounced Vietnam war, when it was politically risky. He decried racism in the North ⬇️. @thenewpress.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/ki...
But King was a radical. He denounced Vietnam war, when it was politically risky. He decried racism in the North ⬇️. @thenewpress.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/ki...
King of the North: Martin Luther King's Freedom Struggle Outside of the South
Book — Non-fiction. 2025. By Jeanne Theoharis. 400 pages. Illustrates how King’s time in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago — outside Dixie — was at the heart of his campaign for racial justic...
www.zinnedproject.org
January 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Right wing twists Dr. King’s words to attack anti-racist education, focusing almost exclusively on “I have a dream.”
But King was a radical. He denounced Vietnam war, when it was politically risky. He decried racism in the North ⬇️. @thenewpress.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/ki...
But King was a radical. He denounced Vietnam war, when it was politically risky. He decried racism in the North ⬇️. @thenewpress.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/ki...
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“‘I'll tell you what's at the bottom of it,“ [LBJ] said.
‘If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket.
Hell, give him somebody to look down on & he'll empty his pockets for you.‘” www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opin...
‘If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket.
Hell, give him somebody to look down on & he'll empty his pockets for you.‘” www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opin...
January 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“‘I'll tell you what's at the bottom of it,“ [LBJ] said.
‘If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket.
Hell, give him somebody to look down on & he'll empty his pockets for you.‘” www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opin...
‘If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket.
Hell, give him somebody to look down on & he'll empty his pockets for you.‘” www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opin...