Clifford Stott
@cliffstott.bsky.social
Academic, crowd psychologist, policing scholar, Professor, MBE. Liverpool FC, family lives with HD.
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History repeats.
October 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
History repeats.
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🤣 People ripping down the covering over Banksy's art.
Lets stop being ridiculous, let the world see its beauty.
Lets stop being ridiculous, let the world see its beauty.
September 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
🤣 People ripping down the covering over Banksy's art.
Lets stop being ridiculous, let the world see its beauty.
Lets stop being ridiculous, let the world see its beauty.
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Mathematician Marjorie Lee Browne, whose work focused on linear algebra, topology, and the properties of classical groups, was born #OTD in 1914.
She was one of the first Black women to earn a PhD in mathematics from a US university – the University of Michigan.👩🔬 🧪 🧮
She was one of the first Black women to earn a PhD in mathematics from a US university – the University of Michigan.👩🔬 🧪 🧮
September 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Mathematician Marjorie Lee Browne, whose work focused on linear algebra, topology, and the properties of classical groups, was born #OTD in 1914.
She was one of the first Black women to earn a PhD in mathematics from a US university – the University of Michigan.👩🔬 🧪 🧮
She was one of the first Black women to earn a PhD in mathematics from a US university – the University of Michigan.👩🔬 🧪 🧮
Another classic piece of timely political commentary from Banksy.
September 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Another classic piece of timely political commentary from Banksy.
Exactly, the boats are a direct product of Breshit and should be the primary basis of the discussion and attack on Reform’s analysis.
Journalists questioning Nigel Farage should be pointing out Brexit has been a primary factor in the sky rocketing number of small boat crossings. How hard can this be?
youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
Imagine the shock when he finds out Brexit is a primary factor in sky rocketing small boat crossings
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
September 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Exactly, the boats are a direct product of Breshit and should be the primary basis of the discussion and attack on Reform’s analysis.
Reefer madness! A lesson from history
came across this gem from a 1942 San Francisco Examiner...
September 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Reefer madness! A lesson from history
Early morning start, so time for a relaxing read in Tavistock Square London before the work today begins
June 19, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Early morning start, so time for a relaxing read in Tavistock Square London before the work today begins
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The crowd management failure at 2022 champions league final: inter-organisational analysis of a collective powerlessness
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
June 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The crowd management failure at 2022 champions league final: inter-organisational analysis of a collective powerlessness
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Hello from downtown LA, where the helicopters are circling and sayimg they got the protesters surrounded. Flash bang echoes. They're pushing protesters back
There won't be a lot of pictures today for reasons I assume are obvious
Let's do this
🧵
There won't be a lot of pictures today for reasons I assume are obvious
Let's do this
🧵
June 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Hello from downtown LA, where the helicopters are circling and sayimg they got the protesters surrounded. Flash bang echoes. They're pushing protesters back
There won't be a lot of pictures today for reasons I assume are obvious
Let's do this
🧵
There won't be a lot of pictures today for reasons I assume are obvious
Let's do this
🧵
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New pre-print - the first empirical study of the 2024 summer riots, case studies of Bristol, Stoke, & Tamworth detailing the sequence of events, who was involved, and targets
Funded by @ukri.org
www.qeios.com/read/17ASAP
Funded by @ukri.org
www.qeios.com/read/17ASAP
May 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
New pre-print - the first empirical study of the 2024 summer riots, case studies of Bristol, Stoke, & Tamworth detailing the sequence of events, who was involved, and targets
Funded by @ukri.org
www.qeios.com/read/17ASAP
Funded by @ukri.org
www.qeios.com/read/17ASAP
📉 NOAA will stop tracking the financial toll of extreme weather, just as climate disasters grow costlier. What does this mean for our future preparedness?
Read more: ow.ly/r80350VQmjQ
#InTheNews #ClimateCrisis #NOAA #ExtremeWeather
Read more: ow.ly/r80350VQmjQ
#InTheNews #ClimateCrisis #NOAA #ExtremeWeather
May 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boise, Idaho, adopted official Pride flags on Tuesday in response to state laws barring the display of any nonofficial flags at schools and government buildings.
Salt Lake City and Boise Adopt Official Pride Flags in Response to State Laws
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boise, Idaho, adopted official Pride flags on Tuesday in response to state laws barring the display of any nonofficial flags at schools and government buildings.
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Judge Hannah Dugan, the Wisconsin judge who was arrested on Friday morning on charges of obstructing immigration enforcement, spent most of her legal career working on behalf of low-income people and marginalized groups. Here's what to know.
Who Is the Wisconsin Judge Arrested in Immigration Dispute?
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Judge Hannah Dugan, the Wisconsin judge who was arrested on Friday morning on charges of obstructing immigration enforcement, spent most of her legal career working on behalf of low-income people and marginalized groups. Here's what to know.
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Atmospheric CO2 has passed 430 parts per million.
The last time atmospheric CO2 was at 430 ppm was during the ancient Pliocene Era, three to five million years ago, and humans didn’t exist.
The last time atmospheric CO2 was at 430 ppm was during the ancient Pliocene Era, three to five million years ago, and humans didn’t exist.
April 22, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Atmospheric CO2 has passed 430 parts per million.
The last time atmospheric CO2 was at 430 ppm was during the ancient Pliocene Era, three to five million years ago, and humans didn’t exist.
The last time atmospheric CO2 was at 430 ppm was during the ancient Pliocene Era, three to five million years ago, and humans didn’t exist.
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The role of misperceptions of others' beliefs.
‘A huge 89% majority of the world’s people want stronger action to fight the climate crisis but feel they are trapped in a self-fulfilling “spiral of silence” because they mistakenly believe they are in a minority’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say
Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:19 AM
The role of misperceptions of others' beliefs.
Whilst the identity of the person whose skull it was remains unknown, it is thought to be a female slave & was donated in 1946 by a eugenicist and supporter of fascism interned during WW2. FFS🤦♂️ www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Oxford academics drank from cup made from human skull until 2015, book reveals
Decades-long use of chalice at Worcester College highlights violent colonial history of looted human remains, says Prof Dan Hicks
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Whilst the identity of the person whose skull it was remains unknown, it is thought to be a female slave & was donated in 1946 by a eugenicist and supporter of fascism interned during WW2. FFS🤦♂️ www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Huge consequences for human rights, for activism and protests.
Criminalizing Dissent: Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M to Dakota Access Pipeline Firm over Protests
Criminalizing Dissent: Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M to Dakota Access Pipeline Firm over Protests
A jury in North Dakota has ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $660 million in damages for defaming Energy Transfer Partners, the corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Texas-based pipeline...
www.democracynow.org
March 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Huge consequences for human rights, for activism and protests.
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Tories to force vote to disapply Human Rights Act in immigration cases
Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights- just privileges that can be taken away by people in power when they want
youtu.be/yhXzz_alkSk?...
Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights- just privileges that can be taken away by people in power when they want
youtu.be/yhXzz_alkSk?...
Kemi Badenoch to force vote in Parliament to disapply the Human Rights Act in immigration cases
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
March 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Tories to force vote to disapply Human Rights Act in immigration cases
Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights- just privileges that can be taken away by people in power when they want
youtu.be/yhXzz_alkSk?...
Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights- just privileges that can be taken away by people in power when they want
youtu.be/yhXzz_alkSk?...
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Liverpool v PSG
Rope a Dope
Rope a Dope
March 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Liverpool v PSG
Rope a Dope
Rope a Dope
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EPISODE ALERT: #80 with Cliff Stott, a distinguished social psychologist specializing in crowd behavior, group identity, and public order policing. Time to debunk some old-fashioned myths about crowds.
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February 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
EPISODE ALERT: #80 with Cliff Stott, a distinguished social psychologist specializing in crowd behavior, group identity, and public order policing. Time to debunk some old-fashioned myths about crowds.
Apple: apple.co/41wPdDA
Spotify: spoti.fi/3QXwmvr
Soundcloud: on.soundcloud.com/ro7ZX5vPBaUb...
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Spotify: spoti.fi/3QXwmvr
Soundcloud: on.soundcloud.com/ro7ZX5vPBaUb...
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USAID head Peter Marocco is promoting a Christian Nationalist agenda, working with Hungary’s Viktor Orbán to prioritize aid for persecuted Christians while sidelining other religious groups & dismantling democracy programs.—signaling a shift to prioritize religious nationalism over global equality.
USAID Head Peter Marocco Promoting Christian Nationalist Agenda Favored by Hungary
Trump appointee to the State Department Peter Marocco, who is in charge of dismantling USAID, has met with a number of Christian Nationalist groups abroad, including those with ties to the anti-democr...
globalextremism.org
February 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
USAID head Peter Marocco is promoting a Christian Nationalist agenda, working with Hungary’s Viktor Orbán to prioritize aid for persecuted Christians while sidelining other religious groups & dismantling democracy programs.—signaling a shift to prioritize religious nationalism over global equality.