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Alexlee

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phd researcher on sociology and rewilding at the university of brighton. now living in Darlington.

currently over one hundred academics at my uni will be sacked this summer. please donate to the strike fund at https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/ucu/2023/05/12/redundancy-fightback-resources-links/

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Alexlee, to Palestine
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Good turn out in Amsterdam #Palestine @palestine

Alexlee,
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@palestine the other protest was against China's banning of Falun Gong, a bizarre ban given that Falun Gong is mostly a set of exercises like tai chi and not exactly a major threat...

Alexlee, to Palestine
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50 Spanish universities to break ties with Israeli institutions

The Confederation of Spanish Universities (CRUE) announced on Thursday that it will cut ties with Israeli universities and research centers “that have not expressed a firm commitment to peace and compliance with international humanitarian law.”

https://english.palinfo.com/news/2024/05/09/318701/

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Alexlee, to Palestine
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Large and heavy handed police response again try to evict Palestine activists from Amsterdam.

Live blog on AT5:
https://www.at5.nl/artikelen/226541/liveblog-shovels-jetskis-en-me-busjes-in-omgeving-binnengasthuisterrein

Live on instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/week.4palestinenl/live/17930206019768969

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Alexlee, to palestine
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Never forgive the Guardian for their deliberate misrepresentation of antisemitism, not only helping enable the current genocide but also destroying the reputation of one of the few leaders that might have actually worked towards as solution @palestine

Alexlee, to palestine
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Fundraiser by Warwick For Palestine : Support the student encampment at Warwick University
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-student-encampment-at-warwick-university
@palestine

pvonhellermannn, (edited ) to random
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Informative, moving, galvanising Palestinian Solidarity Campaign () event here in Eastbourne last night. In a packed room of over 100 old and young, we heard Yara Hawari’s brilliant analysis from West Bank and Andrew Feinstein powerfully talk about apartheid and the pivotal, corrupting influence of the global arms trade on the world order and Western leaders.

As Yara said: “this is a moment of clarity”.

Wonderful to have this moment together, with your neighbours. 1/6

Alexlee,
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@pvonhellermannn
Great to find you on here. Sounds like an excellent event and great to see stuff happening! Are there any other eastbourne people on Mastodon? Although i moved away i would like to still see whats happening in the town

Alexlee, to Palestine
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In an era of post-truth, the strategy of rigidly defending your version of truth and attacking other people's view of the truth is a largely self-destructive excercise that just creates a never ending argument

Understanding the logics and rationales of those people we disagree with is a far better way but requires humility and nuance

Naomi Klein in Doppelganger and Büscher in The Truth About Nature show us how this can be done with , and

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Alexlee,
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell @samohTmaS @academicchatter

I personally think the concept of logic is unhelpful in a post-truth world.

Lakatos explains this well in his work. Those with different paradigms or worldviews cannot agree on a common rationality because they have literally different worldviews.

This is increasingly true in the post-truth era. There is no common worldview, so therefore no common rationality.

Emotion is a good approach. As is how worldviews are created, e.g. by narrratives.

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@GhostOnTheHalfShell @samohTmaS @academicchatter
Sorry, corrected my post... I meant Kuhn not Lakatos (it was a few years since I read this)

Alexlee, to academicchatter
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Bernardine Evaristo joins calls to save Goldsmiths’ Black British literature MA
@academicchatter
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/apr/10/bernardine-evaristo-joins-calls-to-save-goldsmiths-black-british-literature-ma?CMP=share_btn_url

Alexlee, to writing
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Writers and academics - my partner works as a freelance proofreader and i speak from experience when i say she can spot a missing comma at 50 paces!

Please check out her website Better World Words if you are interested and to get in touch https://betterworldwords.com/

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Alexlee, to music
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My friend Wanda has her book out today, Sonic Rebellions, for anyone working on issues around sound and social justice
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003361046/sonic-rebellions-wanda-canton
@academicchatter #socialjustice #music

fkamiah17, to UKpolitics
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What's the point of Ofcom if it an't see an egregious breaking of rules?
GPLB: "Ofcom launches investigation into whether Rishi Sunak's People's Forum Q&A on GB News broke impartiality rules"

Alexlee,
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@fkamiah17 It happened just up the road from me. A friend applied to go on the show but was phoned by them and was asked what her question was. She said it was about aid to Gaza. They didn't sound impressed and unsurprisingly she was not invited to the show. I believe this is a clear breach of OFCOM rules...

Wen, to random
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Julian Assange’s moment of truth has arrived – and the stakes are high

is a arse () and a self important one. Selective revelations were misguided and damaging to all. BUT amongst WikiLeaks material, 'These revealed details of US activities in Iraq and Afghanistan, including attacks on civilians. They also revealed details of the US treatment of prisoners in Guantánamo Bay’

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/feb/18/julian-assanges-moment-of-truth-has-arrived-and-the-stakes-are-high

We can not allow US hubris and indignation to rule us.

Alexlee,
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@fkamiah17 @Wen @russellt have you got a link about sweden not extraditing to the US? i remember reading a piece saying he had asked Sweden for assurances he wouldnt be sent to the US and these were not provided

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@fkamiah17 @Wen @russellt also yes all our media, traditional and social media, like to just make people simply good or bad... as a person i get the impression Assange is an arse but politically i think he's done fantastic vital work.

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@Wen @fkamiah17 @russellt Yeah the Clinton stuff was awkward. I am no fan of Clinton but i dont know what that was supposed to achieve really

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@Wen @fkamiah17 @russellt
His refusal to be tried could be largely narcissism, protecting his heroic self-image. But could be other things. Many sex offenders are repeating traumas that have been done to them and trying to block these experiences out, but through failing to come to terms with them, and end up repeating. Logically yes it would make sense to be tried, but his refusal to be tried for rape may well be connected to all sorts of traumas and psychological stuff we dont know about

Alexlee, to academicchatter
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Today is the last day for PGRs to join UCU in time to receive voting papers for the current elections. Full membership is a pound a month or free for most PGRs. Find out how to join up at
https://pgrs.uk/2024-01-29-PGR-Survey-UCU-Election-Results/ @academicchatter
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Today is the last day for PGRs to join UCU in time to receive voting papers for the current elections. Full membership is a pound a month or free for most PGRs. Find out how to join up at
https://pgrs.uk/2024-01-29-PGR-Survey-UCU-Election-Results/
@ucu @academicchatter

fkamiah17, to Life
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I know this might be heresy, but does anyone else think the whole Carol Vorderman explosion is just a little overcooked? Great she's speaking out and all that, but she's not the fucking messiah.

Alexlee,
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@fkamiah17 the turning of political issues into a he said, she said story is dire its covered like a soap opera instead of actual discussions about the issues themselves. Not vodermans fault... but its incredibly depressing all the same

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Well, all the chuntering and Westminster pyschodrama has turned out to be just that - "sound and fury, signifying nothing".
Vote passed with a majority of 44. I feel sick. See y'all tomorrow and fuck the fucking Tories.
Here's something calming to clear the mind.
J S Bach - Partitas 1-6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51dXnVmnrgU

Alexlee,
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@fkamiah17 despite how shit it is, its never likely to actually happen though? The criticism from the tory right that its never going to pass the legal challenges suggests that no one is actually going to be sent to rwanda, it just optics...

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Middlesbrough today. I think over 5,000 people. Astonished shop assistants stopped working to watch. A LOT of energy. Loved all the young childen keeping the chants going.

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Alexlee, to academicchatter
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Conversation this morning: I'm so tired I can't write my PhD, but I can't rest because I feel guilty for not working... when I am dead will I still feel the need to be productive all the time? @academicchatter

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