Dr Jaime Ashworth
@drjaimeashworth.bsky.social
Educator and Researcher. Holocaust History, Memory, and Education; Polish History; Photography and Visual Culture; Jewish Studies. Reform Jew. COYS. He/him www.framingthequestion.blog
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What’s passion worth? Image: one of the many coffees that have contributed to my productivity. Reconciling passion and productivity is a challenge. My wife will tell you that I don’t ta…
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"They're killing everyone that moves"
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
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Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"They're killing everyone that moves"
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The inscription “Light for the Nations” on the memorial to Aachen synagogue, destroyed during the November Pogrom (#Kristallnacht), 9-10 November 1938.
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The inscription “Light for the Nations” on the memorial to Aachen synagogue, destroyed during the November Pogrom (#Kristallnacht), 9-10 November 1938.
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How utterly grim.
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
How utterly grim.
Feeling quite defeated today. But wishing one and all #ShabbatShalom
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Feeling quite defeated today. But wishing one and all #ShabbatShalom
Sad to hear of the passing of Manfred Goldberg MBE. A survivor of the Riga Ghetto and Stutthof, he told his story forthrightly.
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Sad to hear of the passing of Manfred Goldberg MBE. A survivor of the Riga Ghetto and Stutthof, he told his story forthrightly.
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Update on that super-professional candidate vetting process Nigel Farage used to boast about:
Nigel Farage's favoured Mayoral candidate for Doncaster said black people cannot be English.
Reform councillor Alexander Jones claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’.
The messages were deleted after questions were raised by Byline Times
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
Reform councillor Alexander Jones claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’.
The messages were deleted after questions were raised by Byline Times
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
Nigel Farage's Chosen Reform Mayoral Candidate Suggested Black Britons Can’t Be English
The party's candidate for Mayor of Doncaster claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon 'lineage' and attacked 'third world cultures' in now-deleted posts
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Update on that super-professional candidate vetting process Nigel Farage used to boast about:
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All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
The angriest person I’ve ever been in the presence of. Presumably the funeral salute will be aimed at the mourners. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Dick Cheney, vice-president and giant of Republican politics, dies aged 84
VP served under presidents from Nixon to George W Bush Cheney will be remembered for key role after 9/11
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The angriest person I’ve ever been in the presence of. Presumably the funeral salute will be aimed at the mourners. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is a very long shot, but does anyone have access to an image of the (antisemitic) „Politische Bilderbogen” No25: „Bienen und Drohnen”?
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is a very long shot, but does anyone have access to an image of the (antisemitic) „Politische Bilderbogen” No25: „Bienen und Drohnen”?
I suspect that footage of Sir Richard Evans encountering these falsehoods would have an appreciable value.
More garbage from Grokipedia
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
November 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I suspect that footage of Sir Richard Evans encountering these falsehoods would have an appreciable value.
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Of course, one of the reasons UK universities are vulnerable to blackmail and intimidation from foreign governments is that they tend not to be properly supported by the British one.
November 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Of course, one of the reasons UK universities are vulnerable to blackmail and intimidation from foreign governments is that they tend not to be properly supported by the British one.
Answers can range from factual to speculative (though I’d appreciate facts at some point) but why doesn’t there appear to be an English translation of Gisela Bock’s work on the killing of the “mentally ill”? Or Ernst Klee?
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Answers can range from factual to speculative (though I’d appreciate facts at some point) but why doesn’t there appear to be an English translation of Gisela Bock’s work on the killing of the “mentally ill”? Or Ernst Klee?
3 years ago tonight, we knew our little girl would be with us tomorrow. Tomorrow I make cake! Shehechyanu and Shabbat Shalom one and all.
October 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
3 years ago tonight, we knew our little girl would be with us tomorrow. Tomorrow I make cake! Shehechyanu and Shabbat Shalom one and all.
Well that took a long time to clarify. Do they not get that people actually notice how long it takes to formulate a response? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tories will not deport legally settled people, Badenoch clarifies
Katie Lam spoke ‘imprecisely’ in stating large number of people would ‘need to go home’, says Conservative leader
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Well that took a long time to clarify. Do they not get that people actually notice how long it takes to formulate a response? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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This is disastrous; hospices do such important work, not only to give people a good death, but to provide pain management and other services to people with terminal conditions. The staff in hospices work so, so hard and the fact that these institutions depend on charity to operate is a scandal.
Hundreds of hospice beds and staff cut in England amid funding crisis
Hundreds of hospice beds and staff cut in England amid funding crisis
National Audit Office reports nearly two-thirds of independent hospices in deficit in 2023-24 as demand increases
Hospices in England are cutting hundreds of beds and staff because of a funding crisis, despite a sharp rise in demand for palliative care, a damning report warns.
People needing end of life care faced a postcode lottery because access to services was so patchy, the National Audit Office (NAO) reported. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This is disastrous; hospices do such important work, not only to give people a good death, but to provide pain management and other services to people with terminal conditions. The staff in hospices work so, so hard and the fact that these institutions depend on charity to operate is a scandal.
Settling on disused barracks to house marginalised groups. This sounds somehow…familiar. At some point the _search _ for “solutions” is actually the problem. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Plans to house UK asylum seekers in barracks are costly and complicated, experts say
Exclusive: Organisations warn using the barracks in Sussex and Inverness may be more expensive than hotels
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Settling on disused barracks to house marginalised groups. This sounds somehow…familiar. At some point the _search _ for “solutions” is actually the problem. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
If Reform want to reduce depression I have several suggestions for them. But seriously, PIP is an in-work benefit. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tightening Pip benefit eligibility could save £9bn a year, say Reform
Lee Anderson says ‘gaming the system’ is too common and jokes about symptoms of anxiety and depression
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If Reform want to reduce depression I have several suggestions for them. But seriously, PIP is an in-work benefit. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The BBC Written Archives Centre is a treasure house for British social and cultural history. The same microfilm that records coverage of Eichmann’s capture also includes interviews with then Spurs Captain Danny Blanchlower. Open access is vital. theconversation.com/changes-to-t...
Changes to the BBC’s Written Archives Centre threaten open research – and might infringe on the broadcaster’s charter
The broadcasting history preserved by the WAC features innumerable strands of our social, political and cultural histories.
theconversation.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The BBC Written Archives Centre is a treasure house for British social and cultural history. The same microfilm that records coverage of Eichmann’s capture also includes interviews with then Spurs Captain Danny Blanchlower. Open access is vital. theconversation.com/changes-to-t...
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
One of the few upsides of self-driving cars is the idea that they might be able to move within parking bays to make space…
October 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
One of the few upsides of self-driving cars is the idea that they might be able to move within parking bays to make space…
Looking at the political headlines this morning and wondering if editors should…um…tread Caerphilly in their analysis.
October 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Looking at the political headlines this morning and wondering if editors should…um…tread Caerphilly in their analysis.
We are still waiting for a political figure to seriously challenge the premise on which this “question” is set. Framing groups of people as questions invites “solutions” which disregard humanity.
It really is astonishing that anyone bought the argument that Brexit would ‘settle’ the immigration question in the UK. People who made this argument should hang their heads in shame.
October 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
We are still waiting for a political figure to seriously challenge the premise on which this “question” is set. Framing groups of people as questions invites “solutions” which disregard humanity.