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Luke Martell
@lukemartell.social.coop.ap.brid.gy
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Former university tutor interested in social and ecological alternatives, socialism, social democracy, global politics, and other things too.

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benjamingeer.piaille.fr.ap.brid.gy
Florida Introduces ‘Sanitized’ Sociology Textbook

"The volume was created after a state review found that existing course materials violated a law prohibiting general education courses from teaching about systemic inequality. So far, at least two universities have adopted it." […]
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piaille.fr
January 29, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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wtebbens.social.coop.ap.brid.gy
The royalty system is broken. Spotify unilaterally changed royalty payment rules to artists.

"Musicians might notice that 87% of tracks now receive the same from Spotify as from Anna's Archive: zero"

"Since April 2024, no track with fewer than a thousand streams a year on Spotify can claim any […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
January 28, 2026 at 11:04 AM
lukemartell.social.coop.ap.brid.gy
'Record numbers of Swedish retirees are enrolling in a university run “by pensioners for pensioners”.... ‘Keeps your mind alert’: older Swedes reap the benefits of learning for pleasure' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/26/older-swedes-reap-benefits-late-life-education
#universities […]
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social.coop
December 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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mishavelthuis.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy
Do you people know #bookwyrm? The Fediverse alternative to Goodreads?

I am on a particular instance called https://bookrastinating.com/

Would love to connect to more #fediverse friends, and be inspired by what you are reading!

#bookrastinating
Screenshot of Bookwyrm showing me the books I have read in 2025.
December 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
lukemartell.social.coop.ap.brid.gy
I know I'm preaching to the converted here, but honestly, how can anyone with any morality still use Meta products.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/17/parents-of-sextortion-victim-sue-meta-for-alleged-wrongful-death
#meta #instagram
Parents of sextortion victim sue Meta for alleged wrongful death
Exclusive: Lawsuit is the first UK case of its kind, with Ros and Mark Dowey accusing Meta of ‘putting profit before our young people’
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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greenelects.world
Under-50s Back Green Party as FIRST Choice in Latest YouGov Poll.
First place is The Greens with twenty-eight percent of the vote, a six-point increase. Second are Labour with twenty-five percent of the vote, a four-point increase. Third are Reform with eighteen percent of the vote, a five-point decrease. Fourth are The Liberal Democrats with fourteen percent of the vote, a seven-point increase. Fifth are The Conservatives on five percent of the vote with a five-point decrease. These figures compare results from November seventeenth to those from November tenth and represent the combined eighteen to twenty-four and twenty-five to fifty age groups.
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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greenelects.world
New Westminster poll from @findoutnow.bsky.social (12 Nov) puts the Green Party in second place.
1st place RFM: 33% of the vote , 2nd place GRN: 17% of the vote , 3rd place CON: 16% of the vote , 4th place LAB: 15% of the vote , 5th place LDM: 11% of the vote , 6th place SNP: 3% of the vote
November 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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aaron.front-end.social.ap.brid.gy
[Death of a child; Palestine]

Rana Majed Al-Muqayad didn't reach one year of age. Innocent, orphaned, she was unaware of her surroundings. Surely, had she grown up, she would have had many dreams and stories. Rana and her mother, Shaimaa Saleh, were killed […]

[Original post on front-end.social]
Rana Majed Al-Muqayad was less than a year old when she was killed by an IDF bombardment.
October 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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opendemocracy.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy
Keir Starmer’s Labour is a lost cause. But there’s still hope for the left: In choosing big business over ordinary people, the PM has sacrificed the heart of the Labour Party. So what next? […]

[Original post on newsie.social]
October 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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erininthemorning.com
Oh look. When you fight instead of capitulating, you can have your funding restored.
esqueer.net Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Sep 3
JUST IN: Harvard won summary judgment against the Trump administration with the court finding that the admin violated Harvard's 1st amend. rights. The court has vacated the funding freeze orders and termination letters and issued a permanent injunction.

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[cite_start]A screenshot of the first page of a court document from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts[cite: 3]. [cite_start]The document is titled "MEMORANDUM AND ORDER" [cite: 43] [cite_start]and was filed on September 3, 2025[cite: 1]. The document lists two related civil actions: * [cite_start]**Civil Action No. 25-cv-11048-ADB**: President and Fellows of Harvard College, et al., Plaintiffs, v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al., Defendants[cite: 4, 5, 14, 17, 21]. * [cite_start]**Civil Action No. 25-cv-10910-ADB**: American Association of University Professors - Harvard Chapter, et al., Plaintiffs, v. United States Department of Justice, et al., Defendants[cite: 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 36]. [cite_start]The order is from Judge Burroughs, D.J.[cite: 44]. [cite_start]The text begins by identifying the plaintiffs in the consolidated cases[cite: 45]. A screenshot of pages 81 and 82 from a court order, detailing the judge's rulings and the relief granted. **Rulings:** * **For Harvard's case:** The court grants Harvard's motion for summary judgment on several counts, including violations of the First Amendment and Title VI. It grants in part Harvard's motion regarding the "Freeze Orders" and grants in part the defendants' motion regarding the "Termination Letters," citing a lack of jurisdiction. * **For the Organizational Plaintiffs' case:** The court grants the plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment on their First Amendment claims and denies the defendants' cross-motion on several counts. The ruling on the "Freeze Orders" and "Termination Letters" mirrors the one in Harvard's case. **Ordered Relief:** 1. The court vacates and sets aside the Freeze Orders as arbitrary and capricious. 2. The court vacates and sets aside the Freeze Orders and Termination Letters as violations of the First Amendment. 3. The court vacates and sets aside the Termination Letters as violations of Title VI. 4. The court permanently enjoins the defendants from implementing the Freeze Orders, Termination Letters, and their unconstitutional conditions.
September 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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tomwarren.co.uk
Microsoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts. The protest encampment started today, and it’s the biggest escalation of the protests at Microsoft so far www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Microsoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts
It’s the biggest escalation yet of the protests at Microsoft.
www.theverge.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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bristolgreenparty.bsky.social
As the far right again target hotels housing asylum seekrs, here's some relevant information:

- No tax-payer funded phone
- £9.95 a week, not £70
- No eligibility for mainstream benefits
- No right to work and earn
Asylum seekers living in hotels do not receive £70 a week – Full Fact
Thousands of people have viewed a video supposedly featuring a former ‘migrant hotel employee’, who makes a number of incorrect claims about what government support asylum seekers receive.
fullfact.org
August 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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projectfearlessness.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy
This was Berlin last night. About 100,000 protesting against the rise of the far right in Germany and Europe.

Germans don't like Nazis. Again.

#hopeandresistance
Protestors at Brandenburg Gate, Berlin. People are holding up lights that spell out Hope And Resistance.
January 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
lukemartell.social.coop.ap.brid.gy
#silentsunday
View of Loch Lomond in Scotland, clouds with rays of sun coming down between them, a narrow pier walkway, shrubbery to the left, grey water and mountains, and sun reflected on the water.
January 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
lukemartell.social.coop.ap.brid.gy
I agree that far-right policies are more important than far-right salutes but the Nazi salutes (which they were) will have their own effect. "Jewish non-profit chief says Musk will spur violence with his ‘Nazi salute’" […]
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social.coop
January 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
lukemartell.social.coop.ap.brid.gy
Deleted my X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Amazon accounts. These had been dormant for a long while with statements posted on them saying why I was no longer using them and redirects to my Fediverse accounts urging friends to join me (with some success). Added a bridge to Bluesky so I can […]
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social.coop
January 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM