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phding in science & technology studies @stsucl. Science, expertise, society, structural inequalities, transformative justice.

[The BSA @britsoci]

This is a pivotal moment for sociology to influence social change. If your research addresses current global challenges, consider submitting to #britsoc25 Abstracts due 18 October https://t.co/yMhEJR1DeQ

[Yann. @untouchableYann]

Everyone, at some point, will either need, receive, or provide care. Whether childcare, aging care, or disability care, CARE affects everyone — & the fact that care is seen as an individual issue & not an economic necessity is wild. (+ care workers are underpaid and overworked.)

[KWAJO- Social Issues Campaigner @Kwajotweneboa]

So was I, it was the first thing I noticed.

Shameful.

[nazir afzal @nazirafzal]

The media told me a lot about the multi-millionaires who tragically lost their lives in the yacht sinking, just as I learnt plenty about the billionaires who lost their lives in the titanic sub

I will never know anything about the migrants who lost their lives in the channel

[Sky News @SkyNews]

BREAKING: "The simple truth is the deaths that occurred were all avoidable"

Speaking at the publication of the Grenfell fire report, Sir Martin Moore-Bick said that those who lived in the tower were failed by those responsible for safety.

https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3

📺 Sky 501

[Jack Stilgoe @Jackstilgoe]

We started work on this paper during lockdown. It's an analysis of how experts imagined the public in their advice on covid. The paper was led by the excellent @SolangeRokia, with @WarrenPearce and @jameswilsdon @stsucl https://t.co/aDhgbUtQ8Y

[KWAJO- Social Issues Campaigner @Kwajotweneboa]

Woke up to images of the fire in Dagenham all over X. Glad to hear it was brought under control by the emergency services and people evacuated.

7 years on from Grenfell yet residential buildings still remain unsafe and wrapped in ‘non compliant’ cladding … really is shameful and negligent.

[Alex McCormick @alexlouisemc]

https://t.co/mgAbSz4vO4

Some words from me 🩷

[Reproductive Justice Initiative @RJInitiative]

We are appalled and weary of the ongoing attacks against Muslim, Black, Brown and Migrant people in the U.K.

We have compiled some safety tips to consider in the upcoming weeks and months. We hope they are helpful to you and your communities⬇️

@aisforactivism #AdiyahCollective

[Anna Freed 🍉 @anna_susan_f]

Call for Participants 📣 feel free to share!

I am looking at the archaeology of disability for my Masters diss + looking for disabled ppl to discuss case studies w me!

If you want to take part + learn a bit about South American archaeology, email [email protected]

[Habkat @Habibakatsha]

I'd recommend everyone to watch Defiance right now. It's a Channel 4 documentary detailing the racism British Asian communities faced in the 70's/80s. The first episode looks at the rise of the far right and the death of an Asian boy in Southall https://t.co/J8n2jVufUu

[Hannah Al-Othman @HannahAlOthman]

Just wanted to share quickly how lovely yesterday felt in Southport; a total contrast to the night before. 🧵

The mosque and people’s garden walls were rebuilt by builders and bricklayers volunteering their time and labour:

[Emily Craigie @EmilyCraigie]

Great scenes in Middlesbrough where there are loads of people out to help with the clean up after yesterday’s disorder

[Shae Universe @ShaesUniverse]

Update!
6th of August
My Tiny Desk will be yours 😭🤲🏾

[a rare photo of sean connery signed by roger moore @steamedhamms]

the end of this clip should be a huge story. apsana begum says that the whipping operation yesterday used her history as a survivor of domestic abuse and coercive control to attempt to incentivise her to not rebel through the offer of supporting bills related to domestic abuse

[LeVar Burton @levarburton]

All that you touch
You change.

All that you Change
Changes you.

The only lasting truth
Is Change

God
Is Change
-Octavia Butler
from her novel Parable of the Sower

[Sofia Akel @sofiaakel]

FEATURED IN BRITISH VOGUE!! 🤯

This month has been a lot of huge, life-changing milestones and I am suspended in disbelief and immense gratitude. All the late nights have been worth it.

Thank you endlessly @mireillecharper for making a dream come true!

https://t.co/hSIyMcl0tC

[Dr Rachel Adams @racheladamsward]

For the past 4 years I’ve been working on a project to tell the story of how AI is impacting global inequality.

On November 24th 2024 my new book “The Empire of AI: The Future of Global Inequality” will be published with Polity.

[Charmaine Chua @CharmaineSChua]

Lots of amazing folks have just started new faculty jobs, and it's prompted me to reflect on the last 5 years of my TT experience. So here are 15 lessons I wish I'd learned earlier as an academic: