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Jack Greig-Midlane
@thejackgm.bsky.social
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Sociology of policing, police reform, public order, politics of expression. Teach criminology @ UWE. Will post cat pictures. Talks underground punk, indie, etc. ⚽️ #CAFC
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“You ruined my night completely so you could have the money and I hope now you can spend it on lessons in grace and decorum. Because you have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on.”
A picture of Kier Starmer behind a podium with the US and UK flags behind him. The Closed Captions read 'there's a famous slogan in the United Kingdom'.
November 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Is anyone else a bit taken back by the amount of energy being expended by the government here?

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No 10 says talks happening 'at pace' across government to get Maccabi fans ban lifted Downing Street has said that discussions are happening "at pace, across government" to resolve the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending the Europa League match in Birmingham. At the morning lobby briefing, a No 10 spokesperson told reporters: 44 Conversations began on this last night. You will have seen the West Midlands police and crime commissioner has asked police and Birmingham's safety advisory group to immediately review the decision. Culture secretary Lisa Nandy is meeting officials to discuss what more can be done to try and find a way through to resolve this, and what more can be done to allow fans to attend the game safely. The secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, Steve Reed, spoke to the local council this morning, and the Home Office is urgently working to support police to try and find a way through this. You can expect to hear further updates today. I won't pre-empt the conversations, but these are happening at pace, across government, with all the relevant groups to find a way to resolve this.
October 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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October 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Will be teaching on crime an deviance in Japan next semester. Important not to romanticise the culture of ‘low crime countries’ too much.

#criminology

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Text from article: The atmosphere took a darker turn in 2023, when Japan’s government amended the immigration control law to allow authorities to deport migrants awaiting decisions on their refugee applications provided it is their third attempt. The legal change suggested that Japan had become a magnet for illegal immigrants, whose presence was leading to a rise in crime and antisocial behaviour – claims amplified on social media and in conservative newspapers. It also coincided with a post-pandemic rise in the number of foreign workers arriving in Japan – mainly young men and women from other countries in Asia who are needed to fill a gaping hole in the workforce, as Japan confronts a future of seemingly irreversible population decline.
September 29, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Defending your country is woke

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Picture of article, quote: Defense as the Department of War, a callback to the department's original name used from 1789 to 1947. The directive will make Department of War the secondary title, and is a way to get around the need for congressional approval to formally rename a federal agency, an administration official said. "We won the first world war, we won the second world war, we won everything before that and in between," Trump said at the signing. "And then we decided to go woke and we changed the name to the Department of Defense."
September 6, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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This is like something from clunky 2010s mockumentary
August 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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In the clean white interior of the Heart of Gold spaceship, Marvin the paranoid android from hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy, saying “Life. Don’t talk to me about life!” Zaphod Beeblebrox stands behind with a disapproving look on his faces.
August 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Sorry, I’m actually a little busy right now, Adrian.
Guardian column headline that reads: “Opinion Why do I hate umbrellas? How long have you got?” The article is by Adrian Chiles
July 31, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Big tension between whole country being ‘close to civil disobedience’ and trouble at asylum hotel protests being ‘some bad eggs’.
July 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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May 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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“The IOPC has explained of its findings: "Like the [2012] Hillsborough Independent Panel report and the inquests, we found no evidence to support police accounts to the media, the Taylor inquiry and both sets of inquests, which suggested that the behaviour of supporters caused or in any way contributed to the disaster." However, in a letter to families last month, the watchdog said that while South Yorkshire police did seek to "deflect the blame from themselves", with no duty of candour required the force "was entitled, within the law at the time, to present its ' best case' and be selective with the evidence it presented".”
April 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Another great warning in China
Chinese sign with English translation: “Please don’t trample on the fragrant and lush grass.”
March 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Post a warning
Chinese sign with English translation: “You’re are possibly in the supervision of video. Please behave well and be a nice tourist.”
March 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Indeed. It was some time ago (2017) that Peterson proposed a website that he hoped would lead to the closure of courses he didn’t like the descriptions of
Text of article here: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-monday-edition-1.4396981/toronto-university-professor-says-controversial-website-on-hiatus-1.4396986
February 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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ASBO v2.0?

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“The bill also includes the government's proposed "Respect Orders". These court-imposed restrictions will be similar to the Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (Asbo) developed in the Tony Blair era, then scrapped by the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats coalition a decade ago. While Asbos were popular with voters, critics say the restrictions often became unworkable or poorly enforced. The proposed Respect Orders allow courts to impose restrictions on an individual's behaviour, just like an Asbo. But they would also be able to compel them to attend programmes such as addiction treatment or anger management courses to change their ways.”
February 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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No cheating. Your last saved celebrity pic is your therapist.
It’s Adrian Chiles, who has ‘lost all faith in zips’.
January 31, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Not completely surprised by some of the details here. Though be aware that it’s a sample of just 14 children interviewed

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January 28, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Can a person be ‘radicalised’ into ‘an obsession with extreme violence’? Or is this more a desire to expand the terrorist categorisation for symbolic purposes?

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January 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Trump tells ‘it’ (his own corrupt practices) like it is!
January 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Super Clive
January 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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#cafc shirt that represents heady days of relegation from and then promotion back to the premier league.
January 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Much like Musk and Twitter, Farage and the pro-Reform party GB News channel have found a very effective way to consistently thrust themselves into the media limelight and reach out to particular voters with flattering rhetoric.
See link in quoted tweet for article text. This is an example of Farage’s rhetoric on his GB News tv show.
January 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Difficult to describe this rhetoric as anything other than unhinged and dangerous. The absence of vigilante arsonist mobs is a good thing, actually!

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January 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Adorno being tortured by different jazz sub-genres simultaneously
January 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Advertise your account using one (1) Simpsons image
Springfield Police putting a paper party hat on Bart Simpson, and reading to him ‘You have the right to be delighted.’
January 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM