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Dr Julia Molinari PhD SFHEA - INTIFADA against all #Colonialism
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Dr Julia Molinari PhD SFHEA - INTIFADA against all #Colonialism @serenissimaj.bsky.social · Oct 10
Écrire est un acte d'amour.
S'il ne l'est pas, il n'est qu'écriture
(Jean Cocteau)
White man multi-tasking: reading, writing, smoking and gesturing with 6 hands and jacket on back-to-front
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naomiaklein.bsky.social
The AI bubble may be about to bust.

Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.

We all need to say this very clearly:

NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!

Expropriate their asses instead.

They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.

They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
serenissimaj.bsky.social
I abhor AI-generated imagery being used everywhere, including so-called 'reputable' press & media.

AI images are fronting stories on serious issues. These images have nothing to do with protecting privacy/identities since many are of politicians.

My trust in all reporting is undermined as a result
November 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
serenissimaj.bsky.social
Getting a few things off my chest in Chaper 2:

*** Academic writing as political ***

Forthcoming @uclpress.bsky.social in May 2026:

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Academic writing is never a neutral practice [...] its power [...] makes it a political act
✍️

#WhatMakesWritingAcademic #AcWri

uclpress.co.uk/book/critica...
1 Introduction Ayanna Prevatt-Goldstein and David Mallows Part I: Framing the politics and practices of academic writing 2 Academic writing as political Julia Molinari 3 The turn to difference: doing academic writing and writing development differently Amanda French 4 Multimodal and embodied approaches to writing for access and inclusion Arlene Archer Part II: Generative AI and academic writing 5 Progressive academic writing literacies: the constructive use of machine translation and generative AI as graduate competences Mike Groves and Klaus Mundt 6 Student writing as ‘passing’ in a time of synthetic text Helen Beetham 7 Generative AI, academic writing and learning differences: can ChatGPT scaffold writing development? Adrian Wallbank Part III: The practices of academic writing 8 Exploring writing pedagogy with subject lecturers Gillian Lazar 9 Investigating feedback on students’ written work to understand subject lecturer expectations and support student writing Lena Grannell 10 Creating time and space to write through social writing Rowena Murray Afterword Lisa Ganobcsik-Williams
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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dropsitenews.com
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen says that the parent company, Magnum (owned by Unilever), blocked the ice cream maker from releasing a Palestine-themed flavor last year, because, as executives told The Guardian, it was “not the right time.”

That decision came as Palestinians were facing a...
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen says that the parent company, Magnum (owned by Unilever), blocked the ice cream maker from releasing a Palestine-themed flavor last year, because, as executives told The Guardian, it was “not the right time.” That decision came as Palestinians were facing a genocide and one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes in recent history — mass displacement, starvation, and sustained bombing. Cohen is now calling it out publicly, asking how a company with a conscience can be asked not to speak during a moment like that. He’s urging people to pressure Magnum and oppose their “silencing tactics.” Quote Ben Cohen @YoBenCohen Magnum told reporters at @TheGuardian that it blocked Ben & Jerry’s from creating a flavor for Palestine last year, because it was ‘not the right time’. Meanwhile, Palestinians were living through one of the worst humanitarian crises of this generation. If that’s ‘not the right time’ to take a stand, when is? And if its ’not the right time' for a business with a conscience to speak out, when is? Keep telling @MagnumGlobal what you think of their silencing tactics. #FreeBenandJerrys
November 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
serenissimaj.bsky.social
Not sure where to ask this kind of question anymore since I've withdrawn from many social media platforms but can anyone point me to information relating to the London Interdisciplinary School (#LIS) beyond the obvious I can find online?

For example, who actually funds them? What's their ethos?

Tx
November 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
serenissimaj.bsky.social
Said before the gpts were imposed on us:

'epistemic virtues such as truth, integrity, justice, innovation and research [...] require an ethical orientation towards honesty [...] that must be intentional & originate from [...] the writer.

#WhatMakesWritingAcademic
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/what-make...
Since it emerges, ‘academicness’ is not dependent on the presence or absence of specific features relating to language, genre moves or argument. If what made writing academic could be reduced to these specific features, then hoax academic papers such as those by Alan Sokal (Cuthbert, 2018; Franca & Lloyd, 2000; Sokal, 1996, 2008) and Ike Antkare (Labbé, 2010; Labbé & Labbé, 2012; Van Noorden, 2014) would count as academic in virtue of the fact that they display the features that standard academic writing programmes readily teach as ‘academic’ (such as the passive voice): despite displaying conventional academic forms, hoaxes promulgate ‘nonsense’ (Alvesson et al., 2017) and, in so doing, they fail to adhere to the standards of excellence (MacIntyre, 1985) inherent to socio-academic practices (SAPs). These SAPs include epistemic virtues such as a commitment to the truth (Connell, 2013), to academic integrity (Zgaga, 2009), to social justice (Case, 2013) and to innovation and research (Warnock, 1989). Such commitments require an ethical orientation towards honesty, an orientation that must be intentional and originate from an agent, in this case the writer. Neither an automated generator of academic jargon (C. Labbé, personal communication March 25, 2014; Labbé & Labbé, 2012) nor the deliberate human intention to mislead and distort disciplinary knowledge (Sokal, 2008) is commensurate with these standards of socio-academic excellence. It is in this sense that academic hoaxes do not count as academic because academicness cannot be reduced to its forms and because there are no inherent standards of excellence from which academicness can emerge. Clearly, however, those who published these articles, the editor-readers of Social Text and Springer (for Sokal and Antkare, respectively) believed them to be genuinely academic, probably because they based their judgements of academicness on the form of the texts (i.e. they looked and sounded academic). Sokal (2008) has document…
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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JNP/International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) webinar:

‘Zionist Organisations Supporting the Genocide’

6:30pm, Weds 26 November

The webinar exposes UK Zionist organisations supporting Israeli propaganda, inc. genocide denial.

Registration:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#FreePalestine
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Zionist Organisations supporting Genocide. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
A webinar exposing the Zionist organisations in the UK supporting the Israeli genocide, concentrating on actions against their influence.
us06web.zoom.us
November 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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parismarx.com
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.

The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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krisshrishak.bsky.social
Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.

@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed

www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
Scientists call on the President of the European Commission to retract AI hype statement
Experts in AI call on the President of the European Commission to retract unscientific AI hype statement she made in the budget speech.
www.iccl.ie
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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dropsitenews.com
🚨 Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta describes evidence of systematic organ theft from Palestinian bodies recently returned from Israeli custody, saying hearts, lungs, kidneys, and corneas were surgically removed from those killed in Gaza. He noted surgical cuts and stitching from the chest to the abdomen...
🚨 Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta describes evidence of systematic organ theft from Palestinian bodies recently returned from Israeli custody, saying hearts, lungs, kidneys, and corneas were surgically removed from those killed in Gaza. He noted surgical cuts and stitching from the chest to the abdomen, opened with a medical bone saw, and skin showing burn marks from preservation chemicals. Sahat English 🇵🇸 @sahatenglish In an interview with @AJEnglish @AJArabic , Dr. @GhassanAbuSitt1 revealed medical evidence indicating that vital organs — including hearts, lungs, kidneys, and corneas — were surgically stolen by the Israeli occupation from Palestinian martyrs in #Gaza. He noted that the chest cavities were opened using a medical bone saw, organs were extracted without damage, and skin bore burn marks consistent with preservation chemicals. These findings, he says, point to systematic organ removal under Israeli custody.
November 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Our webinar below 👇🏼 which took place last night, will soon be available online.

In the meantime, this article on the UK Terrorism Act goes to the chilling heart of what was discussed, Fahad Ansari being one of our speakers.

#AcademicFreedom
#Fascism
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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'Stenography': BBC report inside Gaza rekindles criticism over genocide coverage - https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/stenography-bbc-report-inside-gaza-rekindles-criticism-over-genocide-coverage
'Stenography': BBC report inside Gaza rekindles criticism over genocide coverage
Published under Israeli military escort and with no access to Palestinians, the article has reignited criticism of the broadcaster's Gaza coverage
www.middleeasteye.net
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
serenissimaj.bsky.social
Thanks to the dedication of the wonderful @buxtonfilm.bsky.social, this man's sad story was told on Monday 💔

#Buxton
#IndependentCinema #IndependentFilm
lrb.co.uk London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 19d
‘Who wrote this story for you?’

Boris Lojkine’s film ‘L’Histoire de Souleymane’ explores the role of truth and storytelling in a Guinean refugee’s search for asylum.

Michael Wood reviews:

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Michael Wood · At the Movies: ‘L’Histoire de Souleymane’
The​ title seems a little tame if you haven’t seen the movie. L’Histoire de Souleymane: Souleymane’s Story (or...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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crookedfootball.bsky.social
The BBC headline with "migrants" is already terrible and plays into the far-right narrative. And the solution to asylum-seekers being exploited by criminals is to allow them to contribute by working legally rather than making them survive on a pittance.
Crime network behind UK mini-marts is enabling migrants to work illegally
Undercover reporters were told how easy it was to make big profits selling illegal vapes and cigarettes.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
serenissimaj.bsky.social
"the Global North [...] reinforce[s] existing geopolitical hierarchies and epistemic privileges rather than purely defending the truth [...] the US [is] receptive to Israel’s ‘narratives’ [...]. The ‘beheaded babies narrative’ [...] was [...] debunked".

#Truth

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Media ecosystems refer to both traditional and digital media, which can either amplify, counter false narratives, or emphasise sympathy and condemnation for specific parties. Major Western news outlets have shown double standards in reporting on Palestine. For example, it has already been argued that the US media tends to emphasise Israeli suffering while minimising Palestinian suffering. Between 7 October and 24 November 2023, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post were 16 times more likely to cover Israeli deaths than Palestinian deaths. Similarly, words such as ‘slaughter’ and ‘massacre’ were 60 and 124 times more likely to be used when referring to deaths of Israelis as opposed to those of Palestinians (Ali and Johnson Citation2024). At times, journalists have been more receptive to Israeli narratives. In one example, CNN journalist Nick Robertson reported a false Arabic translation from an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) official despite being told by a colleague that this was incorrect (Al Jazeera English Citation2024). A colleague commented on this, stating that ‘Trusting the Israeli government rather than one’s own colleagues is “giving cover to the Israeli government”’ (Al Jazeera English Citation2024). This has all been made more potent by Israel’s prohibition of journalists in Gaza, which itself facilitates alethocide. Resources such as funding enhance the scope and potential of disinformation campaigns, while expertise allows for more sophisticated operations. For example, some countries are ‘digital superpowers’’; they have the means to use digital technology to influence audiences domestically, regionally and internationally (Jones Citation2022). With its tech industry in the domain of surveillance and social media manipulation well established, Israel can be considered a digital superpower. They produce and export spyware such as Pegasus and are home to organisations such as Team Jorje, who run networks of thousands of fake accounts spreading propaganda on behalf of their clients (Andrzejewski Citation2023). The global matrix of coloniality also involves technopolitics, which is also a key modulator of disinformation and thus alethocide. The role of tech companies as gatekeepers in shaping hegemonic realities is increasingly crucial. History is littered with examples of how corporations can become more powerful than nations themselves (Jones Citation2023). The tech behemoths that are wealthier than many nations are mostly American and have selectively enforced content moderation policies, allowing pro-Israel disinformation to spread while restricting Palestinian voices. In terms of systemic-ness and longevity, the US President Joe Biden repeated the false claim of decapitated babies long after it had been debunked (Scahill Citation2023). The longevity of this disinformation was emphasised when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated the debunked information in a speech to the US Congress in July 2024. In his speech, Netanyahu falsely claiming that Hamas had burned babies alive and killed two babies in an attic. Netanyahu’s speech was met with widespread applause by the predominantly Republican audience, which itself indicated an uncritical embrace of the falsehoods (Haaretz Citation2024). The cumulative disinformation surrounding the killing of babies reflects not just media reach but also penetration into public consciousness and high-level political discourse. Biden’s repetition (Scahill Citation2023) of these unverified stories underscores the geopolitical modulation of disinformation, in which key actors – particularly political leaders – exploit their epistemic privilege to intensify the spread and impact of falsehoods. These dynamics illustrate how disinformation can be modulated through the hierarchical reach of political and media structures, producing long-term harmful effects.
November 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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dropsitenews.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
serenissimaj.bsky.social
Genuine question:

what is the psychology/rationale for politicians (and their interviewers) spreading their legs in poses that look really un-natural, uncomfortable, cringey, and quite unnecessary?

Is it another macho-misogynist legacy re-purposed as a power?

Thanks for research-informed replies.
Photo of Yvette Cooper, UK Labour Foreign Secretary, being interviewed by a Channel 4 journalist in a Jordan warehouse full of aid that isnt being allowed into Gaza by Israel
November 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
serenissimaj.bsky.social
What makes #AcademicWriting incisive?

What role and responsibility does it have in times of urgency, when human-inflicted injustice, cruelty, ecocide, genocide, and many other harms are imposed by those in power.

Some thoughts in here, especially towards the end www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Coloniality of Academic Freedom and the Palestine Exception
This article reflects on my experience of being suspended and reinstated. It demonstrates how administrators, including those at my institution, knowingly violate academic freedom and free speech. ...
www.tandfonline.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
serenissimaj.bsky.social
UK Criminalisation Strategies Against Pro-Palestine Protest

📆6 Nov. 17.00 UK Time - Online & Free

Speaking-truth-to-power webinar organised by the OU Palestine Solidarity Group (oupalestinesolidarity.org)

#OpenUniversity
#FreePalestine
#AcademicFreedom

events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dfcc11...
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Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams
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November 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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lseblogs.bsky.social
Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger are leaving the International Criminal Court, denouncing it as an “instrument of neo-colonialism.”

What will this mean for the international justice system, asks Abubakar Usman @africaatlse.bsky.social
The Sahel Alliance countries have quit the ICC. Will it matter? - Africa at LSE
When countries leave any international organisation, it undermines its remit. But what will Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger leaving the ICC mean for justice, asks Abubakar Usman Abubakar. The Sahel…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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ilpost.it
In Sardegna si protesta contro l’espansione di un’azienda di armi
In Sardegna si protesta contro l’espansione di un’azienda di armi
È molto contraria anche la giunta regionale, e l'opposizione al progetto è aumentata da quando si è messa in mezzo una società israeliana
ilpost.link
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
serenissimaj.bsky.social
Visceral pain & loss, reeking of blood, feces, death, genocide

Generational anger, rage, injustice

The trauma of children & whole families

The US-UK-EU-funded #Israel genocide to advance settler colonial supremacy not just in #Palestine but in Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria

Is cruel, illegal, wrong
October 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
serenissimaj.bsky.social
Bed-time reading for a meeting with Sage Pubs. tomorrow - genuinely deeply sick of having to deal with #GenAI.

My workload has increased 10-fold for no moral reason.

It is boring, unethical, insidious because it is as a eugenic, fascistic, uber-mensch ideology that harms and is creating busy work.
Cover of 'Communicative AI: a critical Introduction to Large Language Models' by Mark Coeckelbergh and David J. Gunkel Contents of 'Communicative AI: a critical Introduction to Large Language Models' by Mark Coeckelbergh and David J. Gunkel
October 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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truthout.org
Jamaica remains in a state of emergency after being battered by Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic cyclones in history. Mikaela Loach, a climate justice activist, says the hurricane was “caused by the climate crisis,” and says hurricanes should be named after oil executives.
Hurricanes Should Be Named After Fossil Fuel Executives, Climate Activist Says
Jamaica remains in a state of emergency after being battered by one of the strongest Atlantic cyclones in history.
truthout.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
serenissimaj.bsky.social
*Nuclear Futures: From Hiroshima and Nagasaki to Palestine and Beyond*:

'workers in the security & military industry must recognise that their profession causes torture & death. What should replace the military industry? #Academia must step-up' (Ilan Pappé)

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nuclear-fu...
Zoom image of Ilan Pappé with some attendees listed on the screen inc. Julia Molinari Tahrir Hamdi Aoe TANAMI Afaf Jabiri % Afaf Jabiri petertrnka 2 FAZIL MORAD .ll llan
October 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM