Sarah Brown

UK politics, freedom of expression & extremism

[Ben Gidley @bengidley]

My piece with @RybakJa is no longer paywalled https://t.co/omnd4qu0UO @bisa_bbk

[Sarah Brown @SarahAB_UK]

@KennethLPearce @caseytaylor I haven't read all thread but wanted to recommend Susan Schneider's book on SF and Philosophy, jic you don't know it. My first thoughts were about free will and determinism - in e.g. different versions of the alternate history mode, TV series Devs, various Chiang short stories

[Sarah Brown @SarahAB_UK]

@EarlyModernMiss @Eugene_Giddens @DrPeteKirwan A pleasure, and congratulations!

[Vicky Blake UCU @vickyblake.bsky.social @zenscara]

@ucu @UkraineSol The extra meeting generously organised by @UkraineSol means those of us attending Cradle to Grave on 17/6 can still come together to organise practical support and solidarity work
If you're able to help, please donate to support costs of putting both conferences on here ⬇️
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[Sarah Brown @SarahAB_UK]

@nwbrux Reminds me of Deutsche Amerikanische Freundschaft (apologies if not the right spelling!)

[Godspeed You Black Tamperer (ft Maya) @twlldun]

It’s the active choice to reply *here* that fascinates me. Surely, you’d think, given everything - everything - just *on a tactical level* you’d save your angry tweet about Israel or the Labour antisemitism issue for a reply to *another* tweet. Just optics 101. But no. No.

[Sarah Brown @SarahAB_UK]

Very good piece by @Mohammed_Amin on why he's turned away from the Tories https://t.co/DAkUtTgHCW

[Tom Watson @tom_watson]

Amazon strike: Hundreds of workers in Coventry walk out in pay dispute. This is one organisation that really can afford to give workers on very low wages a decent rise. https://t.co/59c74esBO6

[Sarah Brown @SarahAB_UK]

@sundersays I'm instinctively 4c but maybe 4d on reflection.

[Sarah Brown @SarahAB_UK]

@sundersays I find it dispiriting that the response is so factional - i.e. there seems a very vehement response from further left, nothing much from centre left. (Though this is possibly based on too cursory a search)

[Sunder Katwala @sundersays]

Labour should now disown/regret it.
(Wrong way to make their valid points about conviction rates & failing justice). Otherwise could exacerbate damage by senior figures will ne pushed on it & give shifting ambiguous answers, neither defend nor disown, (when next interviewed

[Dave Rich @daverich1]

"an invaluable introduction to antisemitism" - @SarahAB_UK reviews Everyday Hate in @fathomjournal https://t.co/k8PA4t2XFL

[Sarah Brown @SarahAB_UK]

I welcome the news of this Church of England Tribunal judgement against Stephen Sizer https://t.co/Ge9q4lxz6a

[Anglia Ruskin UCU @AngliaRuskinUCU]

Great to see an ARU picket in this THE article. This is why we strike. #fairpay #UCUstrike https://t.co/QWj1bAWcdA

[Alex Brown @al3xbrown]

To Bristol yesterday evening. The whole Docks area is a bit more happening than in my 1980s student days ...

[Sarah Brown @SarahAB_UK]

Very good obituary of Dr Tom Mason (many years ago one of my PhD supervisors) by University of Bristol colleague Professor David Hopkins https://t.co/YQEWorMf8N

[Cambridge University Labour Club @CamUniLabour]

TOMORROW at 4pm CULC is very excited to welcome Dr Jonathan Davis, a celebrated historian of the Labour Party, to Hughes Hall. Davis is a Professor at Anglia Ruskin University and Director of the Labour History Research Unit. We look forward to seeing you there!

[Alex Brown @al3xbrown]

Talking of recent bad takes

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

PLEASE Don’t follow the advice of The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Rt Hon Theresa Coffey @theresecoffey

Only use prescribed antibiotics
Finish the course
Don’t use left over antibiotics
Never share with others

(Share widely)