Rebecca Mills (PhD)
@drmllz.bsky.social
Literary geography, crime fiction, literature and medicine, comedy of complicated life choices. Surviving the c-words. 🏳️🌈🇫🇮🇬🇧🇪🇺 Lecturer but views own. Loves all the cats except one. Formerly doombiscuits. Masked-up af.
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"We absolutely need to stop the boats,” Polanski said, “but let’s stop the boats by offering safe and legal routes to asylum and not having people clinging on to dinghies for dear life.*
www.newstatesman.com/politics/gre...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/gre...
Zack Polanski: “We absolutely need to stop the boats”
The Greens’ Zack Polanski on facing up to Reform
www.newstatesman.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"We absolutely need to stop the boats,” Polanski said, “but let’s stop the boats by offering safe and legal routes to asylum and not having people clinging on to dinghies for dear life.*
www.newstatesman.com/politics/gre...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/gre...
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Migrants already carry out work for their communities, it’s called ‘having a fucking job’ and it’s mandatory because we aren’t eligible for benefits
"Migrants will have to carry out community work or volunteering to qualify to permanently remain in the UK, according to the Home Secretary." [Telegraph]
September 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Migrants already carry out work for their communities, it’s called ‘having a fucking job’ and it’s mandatory because we aren’t eligible for benefits
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Absolutely beyond parody that Dave Chappelle is headlining a comedy show for Saudi royalty after what, a decade of whining about cancel culture
September 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Absolutely beyond parody that Dave Chappelle is headlining a comedy show for Saudi royalty after what, a decade of whining about cancel culture
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You can't joke about anything anymore. Because you signed a multi figure contract with the Saudi government that said they wouldn't pay you if you did.
September 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
You can't joke about anything anymore. Because you signed a multi figure contract with the Saudi government that said they wouldn't pay you if you did.
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Millions of people worldwide are estimated to be living with cardiac #LongCovid. Hidden heart damage which can manifest with symptoms like "hest pain, irregular heartbeat, breathlessness, and debilitating fatigue that can persist for years."
scienceblog.com/hidden-heart...
scienceblog.com/hidden-heart...
Hidden Heart Damage: How COVID Continues Haunting Millions
Five million people worldwide may be walking around with cardiac long COVID, their hearts silently struggling months or years after their initial
scienceblog.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Millions of people worldwide are estimated to be living with cardiac #LongCovid. Hidden heart damage which can manifest with symptoms like "hest pain, irregular heartbeat, breathlessness, and debilitating fatigue that can persist for years."
scienceblog.com/hidden-heart...
scienceblog.com/hidden-heart...
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Again I get this but if you come to areas like mine that’s exactly what it is being used for, that’s what it means right now, and no amount of waving it with good vibes is going to change that
Our flag does not belong to one creed or to one race. It belongs to one people, the British people.
We will not let our flag be used to intimidate.
We will not let our flag be used to intimidate.
September 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Again I get this but if you come to areas like mine that’s exactly what it is being used for, that’s what it means right now, and no amount of waving it with good vibes is going to change that
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HOW GOOD IS THIS
This is how you speak truth to power and use your privilege.
This is how you speak truth to power and use your privilege.
“With a single post or video, we can influence thousands of guests to try a food, drink, or experience in the parks,” she says. “I couldn’t, in good conscience, keep giving them free publicity knowing they don’t support free speech and are willing to bow to fascism."
The Disney Adults Dumping the Mouse Over Jimmy Kimmel
Jimmy Kimmel and Disney’s battle has not only taken over the news cycle, but it has sent the Disney internet into shambles.
www.glamour.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
HOW GOOD IS THIS
This is how you speak truth to power and use your privilege.
This is how you speak truth to power and use your privilege.
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Scrapping People, Culture, and Environment from the REF makes *total sense* in a sector intent on literally firing swathes of academics and professional services staff thus ruining research culture and trashing the higher education environment!
Some 'believe more radical action [than simply reducing the % from 25%] is on the cards. That could include the scrapping of PCE altogether, with research culture becoming a regulatory matter in which universities are required to hit minimum standards as a condition of funding.' 2/2
September 12, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Scrapping People, Culture, and Environment from the REF makes *total sense* in a sector intent on literally firing swathes of academics and professional services staff thus ruining research culture and trashing the higher education environment!
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Sadly, you can't magically determine "quality" so easily in advance - and it does nobody ANY favours for UUK to sow the idea that "hobbyist" research happens in UK universities. Bah.
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Sadly, you can't magically determine "quality" so easily in advance - and it does nobody ANY favours for UUK to sow the idea that "hobbyist" research happens in UK universities. Bah.
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Gary’s tirelessly spoken up for the people of Gaza, asylum seekers, migrants & against racism.Many in the media and beyond have tried to turn him into a hate figure. They assumed they were on the right side of those issues.Tonight the public voted him Best Presenter ending Ant & Dec’s 23 yr record.
Gary Lineker on winning the National TV Award,
"It's not lost on me why I might have won this award"
"Aside from presenting Match of the Day.."
"Also, I think it demonstrates that perhaps it's ok sometimes to use our platform to speak up on behalf of those who have no voice"
"It's not lost on me why I might have won this award"
"Aside from presenting Match of the Day.."
"Also, I think it demonstrates that perhaps it's ok sometimes to use our platform to speak up on behalf of those who have no voice"
September 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Gary’s tirelessly spoken up for the people of Gaza, asylum seekers, migrants & against racism.Many in the media and beyond have tried to turn him into a hate figure. They assumed they were on the right side of those issues.Tonight the public voted him Best Presenter ending Ant & Dec’s 23 yr record.
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Crisis at England universities created by successive govts.
Freeze on student fees
Real cuts in govt grants
Harder to enrol foreign students
Home student numbers falling
£267bn student debt
Real wage cuts
40% of universities in trouble.
Local economies decline with university decline
Freeze on student fees
Real cuts in govt grants
Harder to enrol foreign students
Home student numbers falling
£267bn student debt
Real wage cuts
40% of universities in trouble.
Local economies decline with university decline
The Guardian view on university finances: stop chipping away at a crumbling system | Editorial
Editorial: Economic and academic activity are bound up together. Charging international students more for less will not fix deep-seated problems
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Crisis at England universities created by successive govts.
Freeze on student fees
Real cuts in govt grants
Harder to enrol foreign students
Home student numbers falling
£267bn student debt
Real wage cuts
40% of universities in trouble.
Local economies decline with university decline
Freeze on student fees
Real cuts in govt grants
Harder to enrol foreign students
Home student numbers falling
£267bn student debt
Real wage cuts
40% of universities in trouble.
Local economies decline with university decline
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“As a disabled writer, it is clear to me there is a specific problem not just with counterfactual content being presented as truth, but counterfactual information about illness being presented as credible health advice.”
Worth reading
lithub.com/nature-is-no...
Worth reading
lithub.com/nature-is-no...
Nature is Not Going to Cure You: On Raynor Winn’s Fabricated Memoir
Like many writers, I have been following the unfolding revelations about Raynor Winn and The Salt Path with great interest, and a degree of self-interest. I am a memoirist and nature writer, and I …
lithub.com
September 1, 2025 at 8:41 AM
“As a disabled writer, it is clear to me there is a specific problem not just with counterfactual content being presented as truth, but counterfactual information about illness being presented as credible health advice.”
Worth reading
lithub.com/nature-is-no...
Worth reading
lithub.com/nature-is-no...
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He was very good in person with his trans fans too. Growing up going to SF cons, I met many trans people before I even knew what trans meant. I gave my parents very little they needed to accept in their child, so they had lots left over for everyone else. 😉 www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/t...
August 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
He was very good in person with his trans fans too. Growing up going to SF cons, I met many trans people before I even knew what trans meant. I gave my parents very little they needed to accept in their child, so they had lots left over for everyone else. 😉 www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/t...
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A very timely petition for one of my old universities.
A great place under threat
A great place under threat
August 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A very timely petition for one of my old universities.
A great place under threat
A great place under threat
As a cis woman chess player fuck this
All you need to know about transphobes/terfs/gender critical people is that they think trans people have an unfair advantage in chess.
World chess just placed restrictions on both trans women and trans men
The International Chess Federation will stop allowing transgender women to participate in women's tournaments. The group said changing genders has a "significant impact" on a player's status.
www.npr.org
August 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
As a cis woman chess player fuck this
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"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
July 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
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I've made a new list on @bookshop.org of books that explore nature / walking / the outdoors by disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill writers - Nature Beyond Cure - aka our own narratives are messy and complex. Do share! #BookSky #DisabledWriters
uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?
uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?
Nature Beyond Cure: Disabled Perspectives
Books that explore nature and living with disability and illness from disability perspectives. No magical cures here!
uk.bookshop.org
July 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I've made a new list on @bookshop.org of books that explore nature / walking / the outdoors by disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill writers - Nature Beyond Cure - aka our own narratives are messy and complex. Do share! #BookSky #DisabledWriters
uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?
uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?
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Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride.
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
June 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride.
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️The ugly toad Orban tried to forbid the gay pride parade in Budapest only to provoke a beautiful Streisand effect!
#pride
#budapest
#resist
#lgbtq+
#loveislove
#pride
#budapest
#resist
#lgbtq+
#loveislove
June 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️The ugly toad Orban tried to forbid the gay pride parade in Budapest only to provoke a beautiful Streisand effect!
#pride
#budapest
#resist
#lgbtq+
#loveislove
#pride
#budapest
#resist
#lgbtq+
#loveislove
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Congrats to Viktor Orbán on personally scoring one of the biggest middle fingers of all time
Crowds gather for Budapest Pride march despite Orbán’s threat of ‘legal consequences’ – as it happened
Organisers of Budapest Pride said the government was attempting to restrict peaceful protests by targeting them
www.theguardian.com
June 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Congrats to Viktor Orbán on personally scoring one of the biggest middle fingers of all time
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Abolish the Home Office:
Appalling and shameful. We should be better than this.
Ukrainians who fled to UK being refused asylum on grounds it is ‘safe to return’
Law firm says it hears weekly from Ukrainians, including vulnerable women and children, who were turned down
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Abolish the Home Office:
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Day 3 of strike action at Bournemouth University.
Staff are striking to defend jobs, courses and the future of their university. ✊
Show your support and solidarity with a repost to spread the word!
Staff are striking to defend jobs, courses and the future of their university. ✊
Show your support and solidarity with a repost to spread the word!
June 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Day 3 of strike action at Bournemouth University.
Staff are striking to defend jobs, courses and the future of their university. ✊
Show your support and solidarity with a repost to spread the word!
Staff are striking to defend jobs, courses and the future of their university. ✊
Show your support and solidarity with a repost to spread the word!
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This week’s #CookbookCorner stars the vital Boustany: A Celebration of Vegetables from my Palestine by Sami Tamimi. Read more about it, then get his recipe for Crushed Broad Beans with Goat’s Cheese & Preserved Lemon Salsa right here!
www.nigella.com/cookbook-cor...
www.nigella.com/cookbook-cor...
June 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This week’s #CookbookCorner stars the vital Boustany: A Celebration of Vegetables from my Palestine by Sami Tamimi. Read more about it, then get his recipe for Crushed Broad Beans with Goat’s Cheese & Preserved Lemon Salsa right here!
www.nigella.com/cookbook-cor...
www.nigella.com/cookbook-cor...