Leon
@nishi-kun.bsky.social
Nerdy sociologist from England! Special Interests include:
📚 Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels
🤓 Psychology & Sociology
🎮 Gaming
🎵 Goth and Heavy Metal 🦇
🇯🇵 Anime & Manga
🎲 TTRPG
⚔️ Live Action Roleplay
📚 Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels
🤓 Psychology & Sociology
🎮 Gaming
🎵 Goth and Heavy Metal 🦇
🇯🇵 Anime & Manga
🎲 TTRPG
⚔️ Live Action Roleplay
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Embark on the Path of the Goddess with a chance to win a custom designed Kunitsu-Gami Xbox Series X console and controller, created in cooperation with @xbox.com.
Enter the giveaway here:
👉 bit.ly/XboxOftheGoddess
Enter the giveaway here:
👉 bit.ly/XboxOftheGoddess
December 9, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Embark on the Path of the Goddess with a chance to win a custom designed Kunitsu-Gami Xbox Series X console and controller, created in cooperation with @xbox.com.
Enter the giveaway here:
👉 bit.ly/XboxOftheGoddess
Enter the giveaway here:
👉 bit.ly/XboxOftheGoddess
While people are using food banks and struggling to pay their utilities due to insane rise of energy costs......
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
World’s largest oil companies have made $281bn profit since invasion of Ukraine
Global Witness says the five ‘super-majors’ are the ‘main winners of the war’ while many struggle to heat their homes
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2024 at 10:36 AM
While people are using food banks and struggling to pay their utilities due to insane rise of energy costs......
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Chinese and Indian university students pick vastly different subjects
• Big chunk of Chinese study engineering, supporting country's tech ambitions
• Most Indian students pick humanities, law or business, boosting services sector
• Big chunk of Chinese study engineering, supporting country's tech ambitions
• Most Indian students pick humanities, law or business, boosting services sector
December 4, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Chinese and Indian university students pick vastly different subjects
• Big chunk of Chinese study engineering, supporting country's tech ambitions
• Most Indian students pick humanities, law or business, boosting services sector
• Big chunk of Chinese study engineering, supporting country's tech ambitions
• Most Indian students pick humanities, law or business, boosting services sector
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Biden pardons his son, Trump will absolve his criminal allies. America shouldn’t stand for this | Simon Jenkins
Biden pardons his son, Trump will absolve his criminal allies. America shouldn’t stand for this | Simon Jenkins
The outgoing president’s abuse of the constitution opens the door to more abuse by the next one. The rules were never meant to condone crime
The hypocrisy is breathtaking. Yes, any father might do the same for a son. Yes, the boy is reformed, forgiven,…
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Biden pardons his son, Trump will absolve his criminal allies. America shouldn’t stand for this | Simon Jenkins
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This is huge.
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:19 AM
This is huge.
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
The god's made wine to compensate those who can't afford revenge.
December 2, 2024 at 12:21 AM
The god's made wine to compensate those who can't afford revenge.
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A phrase that came up about games today, about what makes them unique and why they're important. A different way to play. This is so essential for adults who are too often told that play is worthless when it's everything but.
Find your way to play. Cherish and cultivate it. We all deserve to play.
Find your way to play. Cherish and cultivate it. We all deserve to play.
December 1, 2024 at 4:15 PM
A phrase that came up about games today, about what makes them unique and why they're important. A different way to play. This is so essential for adults who are too often told that play is worthless when it's everything but.
Find your way to play. Cherish and cultivate it. We all deserve to play.
Find your way to play. Cherish and cultivate it. We all deserve to play.
Writing a paper on Neoliberalism's role in perpetuating poverty, inequality and systemic social problems. The current state and the future of society looks so bleak, researching this paper has got me in a very negative headspace.
Time for a break.
Time for a break.
December 1, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Writing a paper on Neoliberalism's role in perpetuating poverty, inequality and systemic social problems. The current state and the future of society looks so bleak, researching this paper has got me in a very negative headspace.
Time for a break.
Time for a break.
Great opinion piece.
‘Woke’ didn’t lose the US election: the patrician class who hijacked identity politics did | Nesrine Malik
‘Woke’ didn’t lose the US election: the patrician class who hijacked identity politics did | Nesrine Malik
Why is this simple explanation being so widely embraced? Because it does not require a commitment to real, structural change
The day that wokeness died. That has been one of the primary analyses of Donald Trump’s resounding election victory: that it was…
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Great opinion piece.
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My superego is constantly shouting at me in an eldritch language I can’t comprehend so I try to cover the barrage with the voices of online strangers speaking in a similar frequency.
November 27, 2024 at 9:05 AM
My superego is constantly shouting at me in an eldritch language I can’t comprehend so I try to cover the barrage with the voices of online strangers speaking in a similar frequency.
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"...decolonial thinking is not leftist, but rather another thing entirely: it is a de-linking from the modern, political episteme articulated as right, center, and left; it is an opening towards
another thing, on the march, searching for itself in the difference." Walter Mignolo
another thing, on the march, searching for itself in the difference." Walter Mignolo
November 22, 2024 at 9:43 AM
"...decolonial thinking is not leftist, but rather another thing entirely: it is a de-linking from the modern, political episteme articulated as right, center, and left; it is an opening towards
another thing, on the march, searching for itself in the difference." Walter Mignolo
another thing, on the march, searching for itself in the difference." Walter Mignolo
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The execution of Patrice Lumumba of Congo on 17 January 1961(?) is often described as the most significant assassination of the 20th century. Through his own words, I reflect on his life and death and the global participation in his horrific execution.
folukeafrica.com/patrice-lumu...
folukeafrica.com/patrice-lumu...
Patrice Lumumba: May Africa breathe the air of freedom
Prime Minister of Congo June-Sept 1960 (Assasinated)
folukeafrica.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:44 AM
The execution of Patrice Lumumba of Congo on 17 January 1961(?) is often described as the most significant assassination of the 20th century. Through his own words, I reflect on his life and death and the global participation in his horrific execution.
folukeafrica.com/patrice-lumu...
folukeafrica.com/patrice-lumu...
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NEW STATEMENT | Keep UNRWA Alive in Gaza and the West Bank
New Israeli legislation, if fully enforced, would prevent the UN Relief and Works Agency from serving Palestinian refugees in the occupied territories.
Such a de facto ban would be disastrous.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
New Israeli legislation, if fully enforced, would prevent the UN Relief and Works Agency from serving Palestinian refugees in the occupied territories.
Such a de facto ban would be disastrous.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
Keep UNRWA Alive in Gaza and the West Bank | Crisis Group
New Israeli legislation, if fully enforced, would prevent the UN Relief and Works Agency from serving Palestinian refugees in the occupied territories. Such a de facto ban would be disastrous. Questions about the agency’s future should wait until after the Gaza war ends.
www.crisisgroup.org
November 21, 2024 at 10:07 AM
NEW STATEMENT | Keep UNRWA Alive in Gaza and the West Bank
New Israeli legislation, if fully enforced, would prevent the UN Relief and Works Agency from serving Palestinian refugees in the occupied territories.
Such a de facto ban would be disastrous.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
New Israeli legislation, if fully enforced, would prevent the UN Relief and Works Agency from serving Palestinian refugees in the occupied territories.
Such a de facto ban would be disastrous.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
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Download your free copy of the anthology "Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire," which I had the honor of co-editing in 2022. Light in Gaza explores the critical role of Gaza in Palestinian identity, history, and the struggle for liberation.
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1861-l...
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1861-l...
Light in Gaza
Light in Gaza gathers a collective Palestinian vision of what a future Gaza could be.
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 19, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Download your free copy of the anthology "Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire," which I had the honor of co-editing in 2022. Light in Gaza explores the critical role of Gaza in Palestinian identity, history, and the struggle for liberation.
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1861-l...
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1861-l...
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For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free
Another world is possible if we fight for it
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
Another world is possible if we fight for it
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
November 9, 2024 at 8:22 PM
For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free
Another world is possible if we fight for it
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
Another world is possible if we fight for it
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
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New in PN: RFK Jr. is a massive public health threat
"Kennedy has articulated a vision that will, if enacted, lead to the deaths of untold numbers of people, many of whom have not even been born. It's difficult to overstate the long-term danger he poses."
"Kennedy has articulated a vision that will, if enacted, lead to the deaths of untold numbers of people, many of whom have not even been born. It's difficult to overstate the long-term danger he poses."
RFK Jr. is a massive public health threat
Dems like Jared Polis shouldn't pretend pretend otherwise.
www.publicnotice.co
November 19, 2024 at 2:03 PM
New in PN: RFK Jr. is a massive public health threat
"Kennedy has articulated a vision that will, if enacted, lead to the deaths of untold numbers of people, many of whom have not even been born. It's difficult to overstate the long-term danger he poses."
"Kennedy has articulated a vision that will, if enacted, lead to the deaths of untold numbers of people, many of whom have not even been born. It's difficult to overstate the long-term danger he poses."
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The government's plans to reform children's social care in England must be matched with significant investment in social work & social care.
BASW member, Patriche Bentick spoke to @channel4news.bsky.social yesterday about the longstanding challenges in the children's social care system.
BASW member, Patriche Bentick spoke to @channel4news.bsky.social yesterday about the longstanding challenges in the children's social care system.
November 20, 2024 at 5:06 PM
The government's plans to reform children's social care in England must be matched with significant investment in social work & social care.
BASW member, Patriche Bentick spoke to @channel4news.bsky.social yesterday about the longstanding challenges in the children's social care system.
BASW member, Patriche Bentick spoke to @channel4news.bsky.social yesterday about the longstanding challenges in the children's social care system.
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For anyone on here looking to understand some of BlueSky’s confusing features, this may be helpful: www.theverge.com/24295933/blu...
Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky
It’s not just an Alf pics repository.
www.theverge.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:29 AM
For anyone on here looking to understand some of BlueSky’s confusing features, this may be helpful: www.theverge.com/24295933/blu...
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This is absolutely appalling, but sadly not at all surprising www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high
Exclusive: Study finds almost quarter of UK population living in poverty, reaching the highest level this century
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:07 PM
This is absolutely appalling, but sadly not at all surprising www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:
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#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
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Action Intent Links | Bluesky
Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...
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November 18, 2024 at 2:48 PM
We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:
docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
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#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
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This implies a passivity/innocence to Musk and Twitter that is simply not the truth. Twitter helped determine the US election not because it was “so influential” but because Musk abused the platform to misinform, spread conspiracy theories and weaponise hatred… to buy himself power.
Very much not ok
Very much not ok
November 13, 2024 at 7:28 PM
This implies a passivity/innocence to Musk and Twitter that is simply not the truth. Twitter helped determine the US election not because it was “so influential” but because Musk abused the platform to misinform, spread conspiracy theories and weaponise hatred… to buy himself power.
Very much not ok
Very much not ok
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If you're new here and looking for SFFH writers and publishers, I've prepared this starter pack. Please feel free to share it.
November 11, 2024 at 4:04 PM
If you're new here and looking for SFFH writers and publishers, I've prepared this starter pack. Please feel free to share it.