Julie (she/her)

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Champagne socialist. Online extrovert, real-life introvert. Hoping for more social, less media.
Wiltshire, UK

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Interests include #yoga, #reading, #skiing, #food, #film and #tv (esp. #NordicNoir) #languages (mainly learning #Finnish atm) and moaning about the state of #UKpolitics

Slightly ashamed to say that yesterday was the first time I had ever watched The Godfather (all part of no 2 daughter's film education). I can see why it's such a classic, but jeez Brando's mumbling was insufferable. Also felt weirdly disjointed to me at times. #YesImAPhilistine

"should Nigel Farage take any blame for the recent riots?"

This poll isn't going the way the Express expected. Here's a direct link so you can vote too 😂

https://xd.wayin.com/display/container/dc/e91ed39c-179d-4b0f-9a09-ad756da68710/entry

POLL: Should Nigel Farage take any blame for the recent riots?

Daily Express - National - Reach PLC
I didn't attend the Farage riots because I'm not a gullible simpleton
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On the UK riots, Joan Westenberg suggests: "Think about it this way: if someone broke into your house & started smashing your belongings, you wouldn't describe them as an "interior design critic." You'd call them what they are: a criminal. So why the fuck are we bending over backwards to find polite terms for people who are, quite literally, advocating for the destruction of entire communities?
When we use euphemisms like "protestor" to describe rioting, rabid, dogshit neo-Nazis, we're not just being inaccurate – we're actively contributing to the normalization of their ideology.
This tendency to soften our language when it comes to extremist ideologies isn't evenly applied. We don't hesitate to use harsh, condemnatory language when talking about other forms of violent extremism. We don't call ISIS members "religious freedom activists" or refer to cartel enforcers as "pharmaceutical distribution protestors." So why the kid gloves when it comes to neo-Nazis?"
https://joanwestenberg.com/nazis-arent-protestors-theyre-wankers
Nazis Aren’t Protestors. They’re Wankers.

There's a dangerous game of verbal gymnastics being played out in the public sphere, and it's high time we called it what it is: a steaming pile of i...

If the last week & half of violence by the far right proves anything its this:

Britain does not have a problem with migrants.... it has a problem with racism!

#racism #migrants #politics

Hold the line. While casual racism is a huge problem in the U.K., it's worth remembering that polling shows that less than 3% hold views that could be described as far right, and the thugs on the street represent about 0.1% of the population.

So, for the 'people' who are advocating for civil war in the U.K., they might want to think about their odds.

#UKRiots

Ben Jennings on Donald Trump's questioning of Kamala Harris' ethic background....

#politics #USpol

Girl on the train behind me clearly on the phone to a recently-broken-up-with boyfriend who appears to be begging to get her back. In awe of how calmly she is handling the whole thing.

We know universities are in crisis, driven by the increasingly problems in their current mode of funding. However, its not always clear how this is playing out across the sector.

So here's a UCU, university by university, list of actions managers have been taking to balance the books & its not a pretty sight.

Whether we will see failure, merge & restructuring is not yet completely clear, but its become a lot more likely in the last five years.

#universities #austerity

https://qmucu.org/qmul-transformation/uk-he-shrinking/

UK HE shrinking

a live page of all the redundancies and restructures happening across UK Higher Education. Page is updated regularly.