Katja Krebs
@katjakrebs.bsky.social
European Migrant and Associate Professor in Theatre @ Bristol Uni. Trans-inclusive feminist and supporter of human rights for all no matter where you‘ve come from or are going to.
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I’d have thought nothing cuts more against our precious British values than selling out your country for Russian bribes…
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I’d have thought nothing cuts more against our precious British values than selling out your country for Russian bribes…
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
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Nick Timothy, Tory MP most responsible for the Windrush scandal, gives Mahmood his support
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Nick Timothy, Tory MP most responsible for the Windrush scandal, gives Mahmood his support
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Es freut mich ja unironisch, zu lesen, dass ihr euch so über die rechtswidrige Abschiebehaft empört. Mehr als ich, möglicherweise, weil die knapp fünfzehn Jahre, die ich diesen Mist jetzt schon beruflich mache, irgendwie auch schon abgestumpft haben und ich von Ausländerbehörden halt auch im Grunde
October 29, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Es freut mich ja unironisch, zu lesen, dass ihr euch so über die rechtswidrige Abschiebehaft empört. Mehr als ich, möglicherweise, weil die knapp fünfzehn Jahre, die ich diesen Mist jetzt schon beruflich mache, irgendwie auch schon abgestumpft haben und ich von Ausländerbehörden halt auch im Grunde
A must-read …
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
No shame, no opprobrium: racism is priced in now. Of all the right’s victories, this one has been critical | Jason Okundaye
In this age of Tory nativism and Faragist populism, the question isn’t ‘is this person a bigot’? Now it is ‘does that matter at all?’ says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A must-read …
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Sign the petition: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/now-more-tha...
Sign petition - Now more than ever | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Join our call to the Canadian government to protect civilians and healthcare in war zones. Add you name to our petition now.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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On Sept. 20, Visit our MSF’s Human Chain Gallery for Gaza: An Art Action Against Genocide.
Witness powerful MSF images from #Gaza. Discover which story resonates with you.
Witness powerful MSF images from #Gaza. Discover which story resonates with you.
September 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
On Sept. 20, Visit our MSF’s Human Chain Gallery for Gaza: An Art Action Against Genocide.
Witness powerful MSF images from #Gaza. Discover which story resonates with you.
Witness powerful MSF images from #Gaza. Discover which story resonates with you.
All this …👇
New rules: if you can't pass a Life in the UK test on the first go, you don't get to talk about immigration.
If you wouldn't cheerfully pay twice for the NHS (your taxes + healthcare surcharge), you don't get to talk about immigration.
If you wouldn't cheerfully pay twice for the NHS (your taxes + healthcare surcharge), you don't get to talk about immigration.
September 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
All this …👇
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Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
My colleague @thejohnsimpson.bsky.social has done a terrific deep dive into the financial links between US tech billionaires and Tommy Robinson
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
US cash turned Tommy Robinson into the poster boy of UK f...
Outside the Old Bailey in 2018, a reinvented Tommy Robinson flashed his perfect new teeth to 2,000 diehard supporters at a “free Tommy” rally on a stage ...
observer.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
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A massive, dangerous and disgusting scandal, of which far too few people are yet aware. At @fightingdirty.bsky.social we'll keep pushing to stop it. Congrats to @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social for continuing to shine the light:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms
Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:50 AM
A massive, dangerous and disgusting scandal, of which far too few people are yet aware. At @fightingdirty.bsky.social we'll keep pushing to stop it. Congrats to @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social for continuing to shine the light:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Years too late. Incredible that the GMC - whose entire raison d'être is upholding professional standards in UK medicine - has allowed Aseem Malhotra to spew out his toxic, dangerous, anti-scientific disinformation for so long.
Regulatory failure at its worst.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Regulatory failure at its worst.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
GMC examines doctor’s Reform speech linking vaccines to royal family cancer
Medical bodies and prime minister condemn Aseem Malhotra’s ‘pseudo-science’ remarks at party conference
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Years too late. Incredible that the GMC - whose entire raison d'être is upholding professional standards in UK medicine - has allowed Aseem Malhotra to spew out his toxic, dangerous, anti-scientific disinformation for so long.
Regulatory failure at its worst.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Regulatory failure at its worst.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I am here to say vaccines are awesome because guess what Denmark is close to completely eliminating the two most dangerous HPV strains (serotype 16 and 18) and with the cervical cancer.I think that is bloody AMAZING!!!!
bit.ly/4pbHxjT
bit.ly/4pbHxjT
Denmark close to wiping out leading cancer-causing HPV strains after vaccine roll-out
A nationwide study suggests infections with human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 have been virtually eliminated since vaccination began in 2008 – protecting even unvaccinated women.
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September 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I am here to say vaccines are awesome because guess what Denmark is close to completely eliminating the two most dangerous HPV strains (serotype 16 and 18) and with the cervical cancer.I think that is bloody AMAZING!!!!
bit.ly/4pbHxjT
bit.ly/4pbHxjT
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Wie arg die Normalisierung von Antifeminismus und Behindertenfeindlichkeit aktuell ist, sieht man auch daran, dass solch eine Aussage von Söder nicht von seinem Presse-Team eingefangen wird und die Interviewenden von der FAZ auch nicht zurückfragen, wie er das meint.
Alles normal, wa?
Alles normal, wa?
Verstehste, denn eine "Dame ohne Unterleib" ist wertlos für die Gesellschaft, zumindest legt das dieses Söder-Zitat nahe.
Bitte was?
Söder: “Ohne Auto, Maschinenbau und Chemie ist Deutschland eine Dame ohne Unterleib.”
www.faz.net/aktuell/tech...
Söder: “Ohne Auto, Maschinenbau und Chemie ist Deutschland eine Dame ohne Unterleib.”
www.faz.net/aktuell/tech...
September 9, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Wie arg die Normalisierung von Antifeminismus und Behindertenfeindlichkeit aktuell ist, sieht man auch daran, dass solch eine Aussage von Söder nicht von seinem Presse-Team eingefangen wird und die Interviewenden von der FAZ auch nicht zurückfragen, wie er das meint.
Alles normal, wa?
Alles normal, wa?
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This is infuriating. What is the point of a Marine Protected Area if trawlers are allowed to keep ploughing it?
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules
Defra says blanket ban on ‘destructive’ fishing practice disproportionate as MPs urge minister to reconsider
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
This is infuriating. What is the point of a Marine Protected Area if trawlers are allowed to keep ploughing it?
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This is Israel’s Defence Minister...
Never before has genocide been so publicly declared & brazenly broadcast
It’s as if they’re emboldened & think they’ll get away with it
Can’t think why.
My heart breaks for the innocent souls awaiting their fate - betrayed by the west.
Never before has genocide been so publicly declared & brazenly broadcast
It’s as if they’re emboldened & think they’ll get away with it
Can’t think why.
My heart breaks for the innocent souls awaiting their fate - betrayed by the west.
September 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is Israel’s Defence Minister...
Never before has genocide been so publicly declared & brazenly broadcast
It’s as if they’re emboldened & think they’ll get away with it
Can’t think why.
My heart breaks for the innocent souls awaiting their fate - betrayed by the west.
Never before has genocide been so publicly declared & brazenly broadcast
It’s as if they’re emboldened & think they’ll get away with it
Can’t think why.
My heart breaks for the innocent souls awaiting their fate - betrayed by the west.
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keir starmer’s press team up early this morning working on how best to say that yes actually shooting 11 civilians dead at sea is something the uk should start doing too. followed by yvette cooper on why we shouldn’t stop there: shoot their families too
September 3, 2025 at 4:59 AM
keir starmer’s press team up early this morning working on how best to say that yes actually shooting 11 civilians dead at sea is something the uk should start doing too. followed by yvette cooper on why we shouldn’t stop there: shoot their families too
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Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
September 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
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Friday 5 September is the closing date for the following three funding calls, hosted by the Royal Historical Society:
> Martin Lynn Scholarship in African History
> Early Career Fellowship Grants
> Open Research Support Grants
Full details and eligibility for these awards bit.ly/425YJgC
> Martin Lynn Scholarship in African History
> Early Career Fellowship Grants
> Open Research Support Grants
Full details and eligibility for these awards bit.ly/425YJgC
Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: three current programmes - RHS
The Society currently invites applications for the following three schemes — open to historians across a range of career stages and backgrounds — with a closing date of 5 September 2025. For further i...
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August 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Friday 5 September is the closing date for the following three funding calls, hosted by the Royal Historical Society:
> Martin Lynn Scholarship in African History
> Early Career Fellowship Grants
> Open Research Support Grants
Full details and eligibility for these awards bit.ly/425YJgC
> Martin Lynn Scholarship in African History
> Early Career Fellowship Grants
> Open Research Support Grants
Full details and eligibility for these awards bit.ly/425YJgC
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This is ICE-style immigration enforcement in the UK, it is also very reminiscent of Windrush.
Motorcyclist on shopping trip arrested amid Labour’s crackdown on undocumented migrants
Fernando Fontoura, who moved to the UK aged 12, detained in drive to find people ‘illegally working’ as delivery drivers
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
This is ICE-style immigration enforcement in the UK, it is also very reminiscent of Windrush.
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This 🔽 spread widely 👍
Apparently the UK government are doing an emergency alert test on the 7th of September so just in case anyone knows any current domestic abuse victims who would need to have their safety phones switched off so as not to be outed, please pass it in.
August 31, 2025 at 8:26 AM
This 🔽 spread widely 👍
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I'm boycotting the state banquet to send a message to both Donald Trump and Keir Starmer that they cannot close their eyes and wish away the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Donald Trump can stop this catastrophe in Gaza and get the hostages released.
youtu.be/4MqPsjiage8
Donald Trump can stop this catastrophe in Gaza and get the hostages released.
youtu.be/4MqPsjiage8
Boycotting Trump Banquet to Call for Gaza Action
I fear we could have a situation where Trump comes to our country, is honoured with a lavish dinner at one of our finest palaces, yet no one reminds him that he has the power to stop the horrifying…
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August 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I'm boycotting the state banquet to send a message to both Donald Trump and Keir Starmer that they cannot close their eyes and wish away the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Donald Trump can stop this catastrophe in Gaza and get the hostages released.
youtu.be/4MqPsjiage8
Donald Trump can stop this catastrophe in Gaza and get the hostages released.
youtu.be/4MqPsjiage8
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Every day, another piece of nauseating news hits my gut in a way I thought I’d become immune to, reminding me that the decline towards fascism takes place through the actions, not just of the fascists themselves, but of weak humans who choose short term self-preservation over courage and conviction.
Back in 2020, YouTube suspended OAN's channel, demonetized it, and noted it was not an "authoritative" source.
Now, five years later, the Google-owned platform has inked a deal to put the MAGA propaganda network in millions of living rooms.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/youtube-oa...
Now, five years later, the Google-owned platform has inked a deal to put the MAGA propaganda network in millions of living rooms.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/youtube-oa...
YouTube’s Deal With the Devil
Google once declared OAN too toxic for its platform—now Sundar Pichai and Neal Mohan are breathing new life into the conspiracy network as they negotiate a high-stakes agreement with Rupert Murdoch's ...
www.status.news
August 28, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Every day, another piece of nauseating news hits my gut in a way I thought I’d become immune to, reminding me that the decline towards fascism takes place through the actions, not just of the fascists themselves, but of weak humans who choose short term self-preservation over courage and conviction.
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Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences?
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
August 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences?
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
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Following the double attack on a hospital killing the sick, medics, rescuers and journalists amongst others and as people starve in Gaza, when will governments move beyond hollow condemnation?
Israel’s attack on hospital in Gaza may constitute a war crime on many fronts
Double-tap strike suggests killing of civilians, rescue workers and journalists deliberate and not a mistake
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Following the double attack on a hospital killing the sick, medics, rescuers and journalists amongst others and as people starve in Gaza, when will governments move beyond hollow condemnation?
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“You don’t fight Reform UK by making its strongest issue the national priority. Nor, as countless political-science research projects have illustrated, do you effectively combat the radical right by accommodating them.” 👏👏👏Also: there’s no such thing as ‘politically acceptable racism’. Depressing.
Politically acceptable UK racism is rising, even under La...
As I wrote these words last autumn: “We have made progress... even though that progress remains fragile and insufficient”, little did I realise just how ...
observer.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
“You don’t fight Reform UK by making its strongest issue the national priority. Nor, as countless political-science research projects have illustrated, do you effectively combat the radical right by accommodating them.” 👏👏👏Also: there’s no such thing as ‘politically acceptable racism’. Depressing.
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