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Alexlee

@Alexlee@sciences.social

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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pluralistic, to random
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I have been a published writer since I was 17, and never in all those years have I encountered worse editorial suggestions than the automated ones generated by Microsoft Office365.

Makes Clippy look like EB White.

Alexlee,
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@pluralistic bring back Clippy!

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 random
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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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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...

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

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.

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
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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

billbennett, to random
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Turns out nuclear power is a lot more expensive than renewable power.

https://reneweconomy.com.au/nuclear-option-costs-six-times-more-than-renewables-study-finds/

Alexlee,
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@billbennett I totally 100% agree nuclear is insanely expensive, often dangerous, unsustainable and leaves a massive problem of radioactive waste. However, as Brett Christophers says in The Price is Wrong about energy - renewable energy generation is cheap - but distribution is expensive and rarely factored in. Renewables require redesigning the grid to transport from and to different places that are often quite remote. So needs public investment in distribution to take advantage of cheap prices

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 palestine
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UC Workers Are Poised to Strike for Palestine and for Free Speech

In the University of California system, the union representing 48,000 grad students and other academic workers is about to strike in protest of repression of campus protests. It’s a watershed for labor and for the Palestine solidarity movement.

https://jacobin.com/2024/05/uc-uaw-palestine-strike-free-speech
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Alexlee, to Palestine
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Joe Biden should be next

"Joe Biden has done more than arm Israel. He’s complicit in Gaza’s devastating famine" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gaza-famine-biden-israel-hamas-b2542961.html

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Alexlee,
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@FrankFrank @Lassielmr @palestine I trust that the ICC know their shit, probably more than you, unless you are an expert in international law (you don't appear to be)

Alexlee,
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@FrankFrank @Lassielmr @palestine saying "others are allowed to do genocide why are they picking on us" isnt a defence. Its suggesting you understand israel is doing genocide and then defending it with whataboutery.

While i think its important to engage with people we/I dont agree with, im not willing to engage with people who are aware that a gecocide is taking pace but stil defend it. You are blocked.

Alexlee,
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@FrankFrank @Lassielmr @palestine I think the ICC know about the Rome Statute

Alexlee, to palestine
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Great series from JVL

Jewish Journeys from Zionism (10): Leah Levane
https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/jewish-journeys-from-zionism-10-leah-levane/
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Alexlee, to palestine
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The Murdoch press is pursuing elected representatives of the Greens who speak up against Israel’s genocide in Gaza, citing the supposed concerns of UK pro-Israel groups offended by criticisms of Israel and of Israeli influence in UK politics.
https://skwawkbox.org/2024/05/10/exclusive-israel-lobby-murdoch-press-hunting-greens-after-party-gives-ground-to-pressure/
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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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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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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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Good turn out in Amsterdam @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 academicchatter
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Bernardine Evaristo joins calls to save Goldsmiths’ Black British literature MA
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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 UKpolitics
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The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), a London-based legal group, has submitted a complaint to Scotland Yard’s War Crimes Team accusing Israel of using “‘starvation as a weapon of war” and “willfully causing great suffering to Palestinians during its war on Gaza”. It named four British government ministers for “alleged complicity and criminal responsibility in Israeli war crimes”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/22/israels-war-on-gaza-live-famine-fears-rise-as-aid-failure-escalates

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