Kush
@kksoodlaw.bsky.social
The guy behind the guy behind the times
My radio's broken, and can't be arsed with the pub as I'm trying to write for a deadline tomorrow. I had a ticket offer to the match too and had to turn that down. So resorting to this app and some annoying lad on youtube hosting a watchalong. 165 of 1000 words drafted so far 🥴 #nffc
February 1, 2026 at 2:48 PM
My radio's broken, and can't be arsed with the pub as I'm trying to write for a deadline tomorrow. I had a ticket offer to the match too and had to turn that down. So resorting to this app and some annoying lad on youtube hosting a watchalong. 165 of 1000 words drafted so far 🥴 #nffc
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400 jobs at risk. A campus set to close.
This film explains what’s happening at the University of Essex and why staff, students and the local community are organising to stop it.
📍 Southend rally | 5 February
This film explains what’s happening at the University of Essex and why staff, students and the local community are organising to stop it.
📍 Southend rally | 5 February
January 26, 2026 at 3:13 PM
400 jobs at risk. A campus set to close.
This film explains what’s happening at the University of Essex and why staff, students and the local community are organising to stop it.
📍 Southend rally | 5 February
This film explains what’s happening at the University of Essex and why staff, students and the local community are organising to stop it.
📍 Southend rally | 5 February
Hands up if someone, or several someones, immediately sprung to mind...
One stark lesson from Epstein. People who are accustomed to have others defer, even grovel, to them, can get a false impression of their capabilities and the capabilities of their chums who are in a similar position.
February 1, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Hands up if someone, or several someones, immediately sprung to mind...
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A vast array of data suggests that school, not social media, is the biggest modern threat to the mental health of children. If you were recently a child, that won’t be a surprise. If not: enjoy the post :)
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School is Way Worse For Kids Than Social Media
On building a world that doesn’t make children want to die
open.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:50 PM
A vast array of data suggests that school, not social media, is the biggest modern threat to the mental health of children. If you were recently a child, that won’t be a surprise. If not: enjoy the post :)
open.substack.com/pub/unpublis...
open.substack.com/pub/unpublis...
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It intrigues me that “philistine,” (n. uncouth or uncultured), means this in virtue of the ancient association between the Palestinian people and indigeneity. The term was first used by the Israelites to refer to the non-semitic locals (Philistina).
January 31, 2026 at 6:49 PM
It intrigues me that “philistine,” (n. uncouth or uncultured), means this in virtue of the ancient association between the Palestinian people and indigeneity. The term was first used by the Israelites to refer to the non-semitic locals (Philistina).
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So difficult to talk about immigration on this app. Far too many folks can't be positive about immigrants without describing how immigrants serve them with their labour, e.g. in healthcare and so on. People shouldn't be valued by how they serve them ⚰️
January 31, 2026 at 1:55 PM
So difficult to talk about immigration on this app. Far too many folks can't be positive about immigrants without describing how immigrants serve them with their labour, e.g. in healthcare and so on. People shouldn't be valued by how they serve them ⚰️
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Indian state commits violence through its nationalism and resulting immigration policies (e.g. against Bangladeshis, which is in the news a lot if they read it) that the u.s. could only dream of. But of course India isn't the u.s. is it, which is the only thing they care about
January 30, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Indian state commits violence through its nationalism and resulting immigration policies (e.g. against Bangladeshis, which is in the news a lot if they read it) that the u.s. could only dream of. But of course India isn't the u.s. is it, which is the only thing they care about
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People are asking a lot “how is this happening?” It’s happening the way abolitionists have warned you for decades it’s happening — you can’t dehumanize whole groups of people, pay for their brutalization & not expect for more bounty hunters to come.
January 30, 2026 at 1:15 AM
People are asking a lot “how is this happening?” It’s happening the way abolitionists have warned you for decades it’s happening — you can’t dehumanize whole groups of people, pay for their brutalization & not expect for more bounty hunters to come.
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Staff ,supporters and students gathered outside Firth Court today in solidarity with colleagues locked out and facing withheld pay after lawful strike action at
@sheffielducu
Punishment is not negotiation. ✊
@sheffielducu
Punishment is not negotiation. ✊
January 29, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Staff ,supporters and students gathered outside Firth Court today in solidarity with colleagues locked out and facing withheld pay after lawful strike action at
@sheffielducu
Punishment is not negotiation. ✊
@sheffielducu
Punishment is not negotiation. ✊
The Home Office Minister says he wants to embed cultural change within his department. You can't change the indelibly eugenicist nature of border control. It'll always lead to scandals like this. So much so that 'business as usual'is far more honest a term to use than 'scandal'.
"The burden should be on the state, not the applicant"
Martin Force KC (@1crownofficerow.bsky.social) calls for urgent reform of the #Windrush Compensation Scheme to deliver real justice for victims.
🔗 Full article in 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 Magazine ➡️ hi.switchy.io/lIPd
#AccessToJustice #LegalAction
Martin Force KC (@1crownofficerow.bsky.social) calls for urgent reform of the #Windrush Compensation Scheme to deliver real justice for victims.
🔗 Full article in 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 Magazine ➡️ hi.switchy.io/lIPd
#AccessToJustice #LegalAction
January 30, 2026 at 3:07 PM
The Home Office Minister says he wants to embed cultural change within his department. You can't change the indelibly eugenicist nature of border control. It'll always lead to scandals like this. So much so that 'business as usual'is far more honest a term to use than 'scandal'.
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‼ IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ‼
Pro(vider) bono - The hidden cost of delivering #LegalAid - Are legal aid lawyers the unsung heroes of #ProBono?
@fionabawdon.bsky.social reports in 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ➡ hi.switchy.io/lI4s
Pro(vider) bono - The hidden cost of delivering #LegalAid - Are legal aid lawyers the unsung heroes of #ProBono?
@fionabawdon.bsky.social reports in 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ➡ hi.switchy.io/lI4s
January 28, 2026 at 4:45 PM
‼ IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ‼
Pro(vider) bono - The hidden cost of delivering #LegalAid - Are legal aid lawyers the unsung heroes of #ProBono?
@fionabawdon.bsky.social reports in 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ➡ hi.switchy.io/lI4s
Pro(vider) bono - The hidden cost of delivering #LegalAid - Are legal aid lawyers the unsung heroes of #ProBono?
@fionabawdon.bsky.social reports in 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ➡ hi.switchy.io/lI4s
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Now playing: Heart of the Congos. RiP Sly Dunbar, who played on this and about a million other records.
January 27, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Now playing: Heart of the Congos. RiP Sly Dunbar, who played on this and about a million other records.
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Out today: THE CROWN'S SILENCE
I'm delighted to share that my new book is officially out! It traces the British monarchy's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and colonial slavery over hundreds of years. Please buy a copy, tell your library, & spread the word. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
I'm delighted to share that my new book is officially out! It traces the British monarchy's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and colonial slavery over hundreds of years. Please buy a copy, tell your library, & spread the word. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
January 27, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Out today: THE CROWN'S SILENCE
I'm delighted to share that my new book is officially out! It traces the British monarchy's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and colonial slavery over hundreds of years. Please buy a copy, tell your library, & spread the word. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
I'm delighted to share that my new book is officially out! It traces the British monarchy's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and colonial slavery over hundreds of years. Please buy a copy, tell your library, & spread the word. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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👀ICYMI: "To speak of the “demise” of the UK university is not to suggest its disappearance, but its transformation into something increasingly unrecognisable."
#AcademicSky #HigherEducation #Universities
#AcademicSky #HigherEducation #Universities
Why are UK universities failing? - LSE Impact
The HE sector in the UK faces the prospect of a university going into administration. How have universities fallen so low and is change possible?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
January 26, 2026 at 4:47 PM
👀ICYMI: "To speak of the “demise” of the UK university is not to suggest its disappearance, but its transformation into something increasingly unrecognisable."
#AcademicSky #HigherEducation #Universities
#AcademicSky #HigherEducation #Universities
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It somehow is always the widening participation programmes that are the ones that get cut first, that get deemed dispensable.
Shame on @universityofessex.bsky.social. Transforming society for the better is #UKHE 's role, Essex's in particular. Have you forgotten what you were established for?
Shame on @universityofessex.bsky.social. Transforming society for the better is #UKHE 's role, Essex's in particular. Have you forgotten what you were established for?
In yet more devastating news, the VC has confirmed her plans to cut 80% of academic staff from Essex Pathways, our foundation year department. This would effectively close down all our existing foundation year programmes through the back door.
But it's not a done deal yet. Please share urgently.
But it's not a done deal yet. Please share urgently.
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It somehow is always the widening participation programmes that are the ones that get cut first, that get deemed dispensable.
Shame on @universityofessex.bsky.social. Transforming society for the better is #UKHE 's role, Essex's in particular. Have you forgotten what you were established for?
Shame on @universityofessex.bsky.social. Transforming society for the better is #UKHE 's role, Essex's in particular. Have you forgotten what you were established for?
What's most chilling about this is that in both domestic and Strasbourg jurisprudence, the atrocities of the 2nd WW have been weaponised to specifically disentitle people of colour to Art3's protections. This approach is historically illiterate, as it sees those atrocities as an aberration only.
December 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
What's most chilling about this is that in both domestic and Strasbourg jurisprudence, the atrocities of the 2nd WW have been weaponised to specifically disentitle people of colour to Art3's protections. This approach is historically illiterate, as it sees those atrocities as an aberration only.
So few parents follow through on their moral convictions. The sense of fairness many of them performatively encourage in their children, are contradicted by what arseholes those parents are to those around them.
December 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
So few parents follow through on their moral convictions. The sense of fairness many of them performatively encourage in their children, are contradicted by what arseholes those parents are to those around them.
Part of me would rather go back to the non-stop pressure of being a legal aid lawyer, than have to spend another day among talentless masters of managerialism in academia. You get to a stage where you wish you'd learned a trade back when you had the chance...
December 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Part of me would rather go back to the non-stop pressure of being a legal aid lawyer, than have to spend another day among talentless masters of managerialism in academia. You get to a stage where you wish you'd learned a trade back when you had the chance...
Every film I see is copaganda. Every time I slump into the sofa to watch telly, there's some game show on where celebrities gamble with money for charities that they could easily donate themselves to the cancer patients, disabled or (in this country especially) sick pets they feign concern for.
December 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Every film I see is copaganda. Every time I slump into the sofa to watch telly, there's some game show on where celebrities gamble with money for charities that they could easily donate themselves to the cancer patients, disabled or (in this country especially) sick pets they feign concern for.
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Utterly devastating. Sending solidarity to @ucuessex.bsky.social. Managers keep flouting all the legislation about consulting staff and trade unions and keep getting away with it. It's mindnumbing but shouldn't stop us from standing up for staff and students and for what we know university to be
It's official: 400 redundancies and a campus closure. At-risk staff will get a letter next week. Absolutely no serious consideration of any of the union's counterproposals.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
December 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Utterly devastating. Sending solidarity to @ucuessex.bsky.social. Managers keep flouting all the legislation about consulting staff and trade unions and keep getting away with it. It's mindnumbing but shouldn't stop us from standing up for staff and students and for what we know university to be
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Atrocious stuff. Bullying never works.
Booo Sheffield management 👎 Listen to your staff!
Management at Sheffield have aggressively ramped up their attacks on striking staff, but we @sheffielducu.bsky.social are unbowed: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Atrocious stuff. Bullying never works.
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like big tobacco funding cancer research
December 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
like big tobacco funding cancer research
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I'm a white person born in the area I live in, who can clearly see that black people are being pushed out and white people from the home counties with more money are moving in, it's really obvious
December 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I'm a white person born in the area I live in, who can clearly see that black people are being pushed out and white people from the home counties with more money are moving in, it's really obvious