Meg Juss

TEL Manager @LivUniMedicine, Allotmenter, Crafter & Occasional Hiker.

[NASA @NASA]

Liftoff.

The Artemis II mission launched from @NASAKennedy at 6:35pm ET (2235 UTC), propelling four astronauts on a journey around the Moon.

Artemis II will pave the way for future Moon landings, as well as the next giant leap — astronauts on Mars.

[Diana Jeater @RoseofAcademe]

Solidarity to comrades in Newcastle today!
#DefendHE
#NOredundancies
#SpreadTheResistance
#Solidarity

@ucu @NewcastleUniUCU @ULivUCU2

[India Willoughby @IndiaWilloughby]

“This affects ALL women. I will now have to provide papers to a police officer to prove I’m a woman before being searched. These are NOT modern feminists. They are a left over from the 80s” - author Kathryn Evans.

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

BREAKING: After Trump's disgraceful actions at the WH today with President Zelensky major world players just came out to defend Ukraine and Zelensky:

- Donald Trump and JD Vance: You never thank us... waa waa waa.

- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk: “Dear Zelensky, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.”

- President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausea: “Ukraine, you’ll never walk alone.”

- Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen: “Dear Zelensky, Denmark proudly stands with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.”

- French President Emmanual Macron: “There is an aggressor: Russia. There is a people being aggressed: Ukraine. We were all right to help Ukraine and sanction Russia three years ago and to continue doing so. We, that’s the Americans, the Europeans, Canadians, Japanese, and many others. Thank you to all those who have helped and continue to do so. And respect to those who, from the beginning, have been fighting. Because they are fighting for their dignity, their independence, for their children, and for the security of Europe.”

- President of Moldova Maia Sandu: “The truth is simple. Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia is the aggressor. Ukraine defends its freedom—and ours. We stand with Ukraine.”

- Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson: “Sweden stands with Ukraine. You are not only fighting for your freedom but also for all of Europe’s. Slava Ukraini! ”

- Incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Mer: “Dear Volodymyr @zelenskyyua, we stand with #Ukraine in good and in testing times. We must never confuse aggressor and victim in this terrible war. (FM)”

- Crotia’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenković: “Croatia knows from its own experience that only a just peace can last. The Croatian Government stands firm in its belief that Ukraine needs such a peace - a peace that means sovereignty, territorial integrity, and a secure Europe.”

- Finland’s Prime Minister @PetteriOrpo: “Finland and the Finnish people stand firmly with Ukraine. We will continue our unwavering support and work towards a just and lasting peace.”

- Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal: “We stand united with @ZelenskyyUa and Ukraine in our fight for freedom. Always. Because it is right, not easy.”

- Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister Simon Harris: “Ukraine is not to blame for this war brought about by Russia’s illegal invasion. We stand with Ukraine.“

- Latvia’s President Edgars Rinkevics: “Ukraine is a victim of the Russian aggression. It fights the war with the help from many friends and partners. We need to spare no effort for just and lasting peace. Diplomacy sometimes is the art of the impossible in difficult circumstances. Latvia stands with Ukraine”

- Prime Minister of the Netherlands Dick Schoof: ”The Netherlands supports Ukraine as firmly as ever. Now more than ever. We want a lasting peace and an end to the war of aggression started by Russia. For Ukraine and its people, and for Europe.”

- Prime Minister of Luxembourg Luc Friedsen: “Luxembourg stands with Ukraine. You are fighting for your freedom and a rules based international order. ”

The West stands with the heroic Zelensky. Trump sides with the evil Putin. What has America become?

[Helen Bevan @HelenBevan]

Power gradients (the gap between those with the most power & least power in a team or system) create risks, barriers to communication, a negative sense of "us & them", less innovation & poorer patient & performance outcomes. Jade Garratt says that addressing power gradients is THE most effective lever for increasing psychological safety within a team. This means:
1) Reducing the power held or overtly displayed by the most powerful individuals; &/or
2) Increasing the power & influence of those with the least.
There are many ways to reduce power gradients. It doesn't necessarily require radical rethinking of the authority structure (& we may redraw the structure yet not reduce the power gradient): https://t.co/rmMSN7uIe4. Via @tom_geraghty (sign up for his weekly newsletter on psychological safety. It's brilliant)

[Sam Stein @samstein]

this is totally insane. what is the upshot of this?

"The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care."

https://t.co/U9QDTE5ori

[Meg Juss @MegJuss]

@easyJet Thank you. We have made our own arrangements now and will be making a claim.

[Meg Juss @MegJuss]

Marrakech to Manchester flight cancelled at 17.40pm on 5th Jan. Next flight not until Thurs 9th but 3 live chats and a phone call later and still no accommodation sorted! Sat with luggage unable to relax or work! Sort it out @easyJet!

[Meg Juss @MegJuss]

@EZySupportCare Details sent. Please get in touch immediately.

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

“My name is Amos Goldberg. I am an Israeli Professor of Holocaust Studies. For nearly 30 years I have researched and taught the Holocaust, genocide and state violence.

And I want to tell whoever is willing to listen that what’s happening now in Gaza is a genocide.

A year ago when October 7th happened, like all Israelis I was in shock. It was a war crime and a crime against humanity. 1200 people - more than 800 of them civilians - were killed in one day. Children and the elderly were among those taken hostage. Communities were destroyed. It was outrageous, traumatizing, personal. Like most Israelis, I know people who were killed, who lost loved ones or whose loved ones were taken hostage.

But immediately afterwards came Israel’s response and within weeks thousands of civilians were killed in Gaza. It took me some time to digest what was unfolding before my eyes. It was agonizing to confront that reality. I was reluctant to call it a genocide.

But if you read Raphael Lemkin – the Jewish-Polish legal scholar who coined the term ‘genocide’ and was the major driving force behind the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention – what is happening in Gaza now is exactly what he had in mind when he spoke about genocide.

It does not need to look like the Holocaust to be a genocide. Each genocide looks different and not all involve killing of millions or the entire group. The United Nations Genocide Convention explicitly asserts that genocide is the act of deliberately destroying a group in whole or in part. Those are the words.

But there does need to be a clear intent.

And indeed, there are clear indications of intent to destroy Gaza: Israel’s leaders - including the prime minister and the minister of defence - and many high-ranking military officers, media personalities, rabbis, as well as ordinary soldiers were very open about what they wanted to achieve. There were countless documented incitements to turn the whole of Gaza into rubble and claims that there are no innocent people living there.

A radical atmosphere of dehumanization of the Palestinians prevails in Israeli society to an extent that I can’t remember in my 58 years of living here.

Now that vision has been enacted. Tens of thousands of innocent children, women and men have been killed. Over a hundred thousand were wounded. There is a near total destruction of infrastructure, intentional starvation and blocking of humanitarian aid. There are mass graves and reliable testimony of summary executions. Children that were shot by snipers. All the universities and almost all hospitals are gone. Almost all the population is displaced. There have been numerous bombings of civilians in so-called ‘safe zones’. Gaza does not exist anymore. It is completely destroyed. Thus, the outcome fits perfectly with the stated intentions of Israel’s leadership.

Lemkin - that scholar who coined the term ‘genocide’ - described two phases of a genocide. The first is the destruction of the annihilated group and the second is what he called ‘imposition of the national pattern’ of the perpetrator. We are now witnessing the second phase as Israel prepares ethnically cleansed areas for Israeli settlements.

And therefore, I have come to the conclusion that this is exactly what a genocide looks like. We don’t teach about genocides in order to realize it retrospectively. We teach about it in order to prevent it and to stop it.

But like in every other case of genocide in history right now we have mass denial. Both here in Israel and around the world.

But reality cannot be denied.

So yes, it is a genocide.

And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent.”

- Statement to Led By Donkeys, December 2024
- Photo: Parliament Square, London, 8.40am, 4th December 2024

[Paul Gilbert @PdGilbert]

And the winner is…….

@TechsCommit
#THEAwards24
@uk_itss

[Reverend&TheMakers @Reverend_Makers]

OK HERE WE GO https://t.co/NpykLC6GGV

I’ve always wanted to do the Jon Lewis ad but no one asked me so I kinda made my own 3 minute one in Sheffield

More importantly it’s to raise awareness and money for @samaritanscharity who are there for people 365 days a year .

Nobody should have to feel alone this Xmas

If you could share the video link and maybe give some money too then I would be much obliged

Thanks so much
Jon

[lan Byrne MP @IanByrneMP]

I have written to the Chancellor and Minister for Work and Pensions ahead of the Budget next week to urge them to do right by our 1950s-born women affected by State Pension age changes & pay them the compensation they are owed.

[Meg Juss @MegJuss]

@lpool_LSSL How can we recycle plastic pots and milk or juice tetrapaks in Liverpool? Are there plans to add these common items to your recycling facilities?

[Liverpool City Council @lpoolcouncil]

#News: Liverpool has been named the world’s first “Accelerator City” for Climate Action by @UNClimateTalks.

The title, which recognises a commitment to rapidly decarbonise the city's cultural sector, will be marked with a series of events in November.

➡️ https://t.co/moqZ4IKX1R

[Jane Hart @C4LPT]

The Top 100 Tools for Learning 2024 (the results of the 18th annual survey) is now online at https://t.co/zgydR4KFbk

[Danielle M Hinton, SFHEA 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇹🇿 @hintondm]

#SOTLspotlight No. 19: Understanding Inclusive Leadership in practice plus a series of vlogs from leaders in #HigherEd, is a new practice guide from @AdvanceHE for #AdvanceHEmembers released 11/7/24

#inclusiveleadership

https://t.co/kpVnPCVf2R

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

We’ve got a Labour government.

We are in the final of the Euros.

All we need now is for the fucking sun to come out and things will be perfect.

#NEDENG