A group of 17 non-government organizations have issued a report decrying a 'repression first' approach, employed by French police towards sex workers ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, which they claim harms 'the security and health of sex workers.' lemonde.fr/en/france/arti…

Former British Army interpreter @mhottak has a message from the Bibby Stockholm

EB UvA Amsterdam stopped negotiating with delegation students & staff (who wanted to continue tomorrow). Riot police was called again, and are having an orgy of violence while evicting occupied buildings. Dystopian. Students & staff are beaten up because protesting genocide.

Was delighted to pass Kevin Drain's PhD thesis University of Helsinki over the weekend - available from Routledge next month.

Badbury Rings by the brilliant David R Abram.
#HillfortsWednesday
Have a look at his website & prints here davidabram.co.uk

Housebuilder’s bullsh*t pt97 Financial Times Savills claim only 160k new homes built annually on average, blaming “planning uncertainty” and demanding govt subsidy.
 
But they sit on 1.1m unbuilt ‘certain’ permissions!

Profits 2022: Barrett £1.3bn, Persimmon £1bn!

How do they do this?🧵

30 years of the Channel Tunnel today... something to talk about on 20th May when we discuss Kent as Borderland and the resurgence of 'island thinking' The Bartlett

Where does Columbia think it is, after years of trampling on neighborhoods, pricing out working people, impervious to their safety? Yo. This is NYC, a rough and tumble world where so many try to make a viable life. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Yes. Arresting students because they are just manifesting their thinking, and since their thinking is not aligned, you beat and jail them.

This is the contemporary Western University (in Europe, too).

It's good that the Guardian is covering this campaign to resist estate demolition in Thamesmead but this might not be the most helpful way to refer to it theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

On Friday: Urbaria Institute Guest Lecture: Phil Hubbard King's Geography & Anne Tervo (Aalto University) both speaking on small homes, 13-1500 in Porthania P219 (Lehtisali) helsinki.fi/fi/kaupunkitut…

Visiting the Lesnes Estate Occupation 4 refurbishment not demolition in Abbey Wood, south-east London - occupation’s been going for 3 weeks & looks like it will be here for several weeks more✊🏽. DemolitionWatchLdn💙 FocusE15 Labour Campaign For Council Housing Aysen Dennis RefurbishDon'tDemolish Isaac Rose

Now heard David Boulter of tindersticks new album on Clay Pipe Music - part of a most remarkable triptych of albums about growing up in Nottinghamshire in the 1960s and 1970s, full of warm, fuzzy memories of the places we once lived. Strongly recommended.

Brilliant news - need to standardise fares, make connections between services easier, improve stations! nationalisation the route to this! bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Heartbreaking, yet the Tory party trying to make political capital from it supporting their ridiculous Rwanda policy itv.com/news/2024-04-2…

Looking forward to this from Clay Pipe Music as well. David Boulter from tindersticks is a brilliant musician, these tales of life in St Ann's in inner city Nottingham in the 1960s/70s will be well worth anyone's time.

Marking season for academics (though it never stops) so needing suitable ambient listening. This from mankymusic aka Llyn y Cwn will do nicely... drones hewn from ancient stones.

Out in Southampton Shirley with Alice Kloker

🎶 My copy of Sonic Rebellions has arrived 🎶

Proud of this chapter - an experiment in #participatory #listening #research with the reader! And alongside wonderful group of authors

Thankyou Wanda Canton

Book launches in Brighton + London to be announced soon!

Pre-order now...

So prices are still going up while my pay stays the same? Thanks Conservatives