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This is a brilliant thread, and I wanted to chime in with my 2 cents, from both a pedagogical and a human rights perspective. TLDR: The whole thing smacks of 'the children are yearning for the mines". 1/
Nick HarkawayI don’t have anything close to a knowledge base that would allow me to evaluate this from and education pov. BUT I am fascinated by one aspect. 1/n www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Not just intellectually homeless, but literally homeless too. I know of at least two colleagues who can no longer afford their rent after they were made redundant.
Katherine Stiles· #AcademicSky · #EduSky · #HigherEd · “Across continents, universities are witnessing the emergence of a new academic precariat.”
Is there anyone in British politics that communicates the joy and hope possible in public service like this?
Spectrum News NY1New York City residents are celebrating the reopening of public pools — including Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who jumped into the water while wearing a suit at an East Harlem pool on Saturday. Outdoor public pools will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day through Sept. 13.
Dan is one of the few people that correctly places Labour amongst the other racist right-wing parties.
Dan SohegeRight now we have three right wing racist parties (Labour, Reform and Conservatives) fighting each other to prove that they are the cruelest and most inhumane towards vulnerable people. These are policies based on xenophobia and hate, aimed at excluding people who need asylum. 6/
Tell me again about the male loneliness epidemic
The GuardianProsecutors in England and Wales expect rise in domestic abuse during World Cup
The fact that Labour *still* believes that anything they do will appease the Daily Mail, Farage, and their ilk is absolutely baffling to me, and the reason why they will keep losing support. It's simple, you cannot out-fash the fascists.
Robert SaundersOne of the lessons of the last two years is that Labour urgently needs to stop being afraid of its own shadow. Burnham should appoint whoever he thinks would be the best Chancellor and throw his authority behind them. The Daily Mail will try to kill them anyway. So just govern.
School and nursery both shut today and tomorrow, the temperature in my living room has been 30° since 11am today.
Samira ShackleI have to say, it's making me feel a little insane hearing commentators say Ed Miliband shouldn't be chancellor because of his "ideological zeal" for Net Zero, in a week where temperatures are so extreme that my kids are being sent home early every day and it's regularly 30 degrees inside my house