Olivia 🇵🇸

she/her | PhD researcher in moral cognition & AI ethics

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

One of the giants of social psychology was a serial sexual harasser.

This new report reveals how Miles Hewstone touched, bullied, and sexual harassed numerous women during his 18 years at the University of Oxford. It's amazing how often bullying and sexual harassment go together in academia.

I know several of the women who were harassed by this guy. They had real courage to testify. This article reveals how he engaged in serious professional retaliation against women (and several were clearly afraid of him).

This needs to end. I've seen how many people curry favor with known sexual harassers and how the worst can still manage to leap from job to job.

But the truth will always out. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

Here is the full article from Bloomberg:
https://t.co/oBu8lkIEEx

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Israel has chosen to mark the first days of Ramadan by blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Still, our government refuses to implement sanctions and defend international law.

There is no other way of putting it: this is a resumption of genocide — and our government is complicit.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

More babies are dying from the cold in Gaza’s camps as Israel's bombardment and blockade of over two million Palestinians in the strip persist.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

While Israeli revelers partied in Tel Aviv, Palestinians in Gaza spent New Year’s Eve fleeing Israeli attacks, mourning the killing of loved ones, and salvaging what they could from their flooded tents.

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

A doctor in Gaza says three babies have frozen to death just this week as displaced Palestinians struggle to stay warm while they grapple with the winter cold. He says they are living in tents that have “no protection from the cold.”

[Politics For You @PoliticoForYou]

BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨

Liz Truss predicts the pound will continue to fall just hours before the pound begins to rise following Rachel Reeves budget.

[Gary Marcus @GaryMarcus]

⚠️Truly terrible news.

The @uk government is considering undermining all content creators, artists, writers, musicians and more - likely with consequences everywhere.

[Olivia 🇵🇸 @Liv_HC_]

The UK must end all support for Israel's genocide, military occupation and apartheid. Use @PSCupdates online action to ask your MP to sign EDM 221, which calls for sanctions on Israel: https://t.co/kMhmhGrXRK

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

At least 18 people have been killed by an Israeli strike on the occupied West Bank refugee camp of Tulkarm, the Palestinian health ministry said.
Israeli Army Radio reported that a fighter jet attacked “gunmen” in Tulkarm.
The official Palestinian news agency reported that the air strike targeted residential areas, including a café in the camp.

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

You can’t even tell in the first headline that Israel is the one bombing Lebanon. The contrast in headlines is unbelievable.

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

Multiple injuries were reported in Jordan after the Jordanian government allowed US forces to intercept Iranian missiles heading towards Israel. As the interceptions took place, rockets fell in civilian areas across several regions of Jordan.

[Jonathan Cook @Jonathan_K_Cook]

Israeli air strikes on Lebanon kill over 500 people – the BBC evening news dedicates 10 mins.

Iranian air strikes on Israel, no known victims – the BBC evening news dedicates its entire half-hour schedule.

[Declassified UK @declassifiedUK]

Over 55 tonnes of weapons have been secretly shipped to Israel through British airspace, Declassified has found.

“Ministers have made Israel’s war crimes their own by allowing Israel to fly its loads of lethal equipment through UK airspace”, says @CAATuk.
https://t.co/ElGYn7L93R

[Declassified UK @declassifiedUK]

🚨 Last night, the UK sent a huge A400M military transport plane from its base on Cyprus to Tel Aviv.

The A400 can carry 116 soldiers and a 81,600 lb payload.

[Declassified UK @declassifiedUK]

👉NEW -- Amid Lebanon invasion, UK covers up Israel military training

by @markcurtis30

To protect its ally, Britain’s military is refusing to give details about its coaching of Israeli troops.
https://t.co/zi3lqtQrWF

[Big Think @bigthink]

When did the first brain show up on Earth? 🧠
🗣️ Lisa Feldman Barrett (@LFeldmanBarrett)

[Big Think @bigthink]

Every human is on the psychopathy spectrum.

Here’s what the spectrum looks like.

🧵Learn about extreme psychopathy (and extreme anti-psychopathy), with @aa_marsh, professor of psychology and neuroscience at @Georgetown.

[Matt Kennard @kennardmatt]

We failed the people of Gaza. Everyone. We should have been braver. We should have been shouting louder.

No more. Zero tolerance for any Zionist intimidation.

The cause of Palestine is the cause of human rights, the cause of freedom, the cause of humanity.

Zionism is death.

[Extinction Rebellion Global @ExtinctionR]

Mexico is baking under a heat dome right now and it's killing dozens. "Between May 12 and May 21, authorities said 22 people died from heat-related causes, adding to a total of 48 deaths since March 17."
https://t.co/Un9pvmBgAL

[una🔻 @readbyuna]

poetry serves as a tool of resistance; here’s palestinian poetry for your reading list